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Skálanes is a private sector nature and heritage centre within a 1250 hectare nature reserve in East Iceland, 16km from the nearest town of Seyðisfjörður. For the next 5 months (April -September 2011) I will be working as a Ranger on the reserve, undertaking practical management, monitoring wildlife and leading volunteer groups.

During my time at Skálanes I aim to try and keep a regular diary of my work on the reserve and my life in this beautiful and wild country. This blog is mainly aimed at my family and friends, but I also hope it will appeal to anyone who might be interested in nature conservation.

Thursday, 21 April 2011

Photo Blog

I thought that I would  try and post some photographs today from Skalanes, so here goes:

Fulmar soaring abve the cliffs near the centre


White Wagtail on the centre roof

Bjartur has learned to bring his dish at dinner time!

Is nowhere safe for a wee snooze!?

Banana Bread: Evolution! (With chocolate!)


More photographs to come. We have been working on repairing the wetland dam over the last couple of days and hope to have it fixed soon. We now have snipe and redshank pairing up and displaying on the reserve and it surely cannot be long before the Whimbrel turn up.  Both Black-Tailed Godwit and Red-Necked Phalaropes have bred in the wetlands before and we hope that by repairing the dam and bringing the waterlevel up by 30-40cm that we will have restored the habitat that they have liked in previous years.

More on the dam later...

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