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Lake Tjörnin

Reykjavik  >  Iceland

A lake within the city of Reykjavik: a great place to observe waterbirds in the city!

Tillagd* av Bas Engels
Senast uppdaterad 12 februari 2020

Beskrivning

Lake Tjörnin is located just north of Reykjavik Airport and is a fairly large pond within the city of Reykjavik. It's a great place for observing many species of waterbird, like swans, geese, gulls and waders. In winter, the lake is frozen and most waterbirds, being mainly swans, geese and ducks, are concentrated near the edges of the lake were they are fed by people.

Most common species that can be observed here are sångsvan, spetsbergsgås, bläsand, vigg and even species like ejder, småskrake and bergand. Often, large flocks of gulls are present too, being mostly skrattmås, Gråtrut, silltrut (in summer), Vitvingad trut, vittrut and havstrut.

Within the lake, a small island is located on which (at least) five species of duck breed: gräsand, Kricka, snatterand, bergand and vigg.

In summer, this pond is also a great place to observe silvertärna. They breed in the Vatnsmýrin wetland preserve, which is just south of the lake and definitely worth a visit.

Detaljer

Tillgänglighet

The area is easy accessable due to the pathways around the lake.

Terräng och habitat

Spridda träd och buskar , Sjö , Stad/by

Förhållanden

Platt

Rundtur

Ja

Tubkikare behövs?

Kan vara användbart

Bästa säsong för skådning

Året runt

Bästa tid för ett besök

Vinter , Vår

Rutt

Asfalterad väg

Hur ansträngande vandring

Lätt vandring

Nås

Till fots , Cykel , Rullstol

Fågeltorn / plattform

Nej

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