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Iceland - Quest Nature Tours 2017
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European Shorebirds |
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Black-tailed Godwit
adult with chick on Snaefellesnes Peninsula on 29 June 2017. A big
reason to visit Iceland is for close views of European shorebirds. |
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European Golden-Plover on Gray Moss.
European
Golden-Plovers nest in tundra like habitats, but it's not tundra.
After seeing them in Iceland the colouring of their upperparts is
perfect camouflage with the mossy landscape. South Coast lava flow
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Click for video: Common Ringed Plover at Hveravellir Hot Springs in
the middle of the highlands of Iceland.
This famous geothermal area has smoking
fumaroles, hot pools, and hot water bursting from holes in the
earth. A Common Ringed Plover with its feet in hot water was feeding
near one of the bubbling hot water springs. A close up shows the
abundance of flies it was feasting on. 4 July 2017. |
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European Oystercatcher
on Flatey Island. 30 June 2017. |
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Purple Sandpipers on the coast on
Flatey Island on 20 June 2017.
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Common Redshanks were
breeding everywhere. They are attentive and wary parents, always
watching out for their young. Hrisey Island on 3 July 2017. |
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Juvenile Common
Redshank on Flatey Island on 30 June 2017 |
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Red-necked Phalarope
is a common breeder in Iceland. They are numerous and easy to see on
Flatey Island. 30 June 2017. |
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Every day we saw and heard Common Snipe
doing aerial displays and being cryptic on the ground. Similar to
our Wilson's Snipe in North America, they often posed on fence
posts. Reykjavik on 26 June 2017. |
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Whimbrel were a common
breeder in Iceland. This individual was breeding on Hrisey Island
where the heathland looks very much like tundra. 3 July 2017. |
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