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Flatey Island and Pink-footed Geese

Adult Black Guillemot on Flatey Island. 28 June 2019.

 

We took the ferry from Stykkisholmur to Flatey Island. 28 June 2019.

 

Atlantic Puffins were in good numbers on Flatey. 28 June 2019

 

Red-necked Phalaropes were numerous. This individual is banded. Flatey Island on 28 June 2019.

 

Northern Fulmars on Flatey Island on 28 June 2019.

 

VIDEO: Common Eider young huddled together. 28 June 2019.

 

Asi, our guide, chats to some friendly sheep. Flatey Island on 28 June 2019.

 

VIDEO: Arctic Terns dive bomb sheep near nests and young

Arctic Terns nest throughout Flatey Island and are formidable defenders of their nests and young. 28 June 2019.

 

Spotters on the ferry. 28 June 2019

 

Pink-footed Geese - A special goose of the Highlands

In a flock of Greylag Geese was this Pink-footed Goose. Blonduos on 29 June 2019

 

Families of Pink-footed Geese can be seen along the river between Blonduos and Akureyri. 29 June 2019.

 

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