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Puffin Pursuit: An Icelandic Avian Adventure – Part 2

After visiting a small colony called Grímsey á Steingrímsfirði, we moved on towards the larger populated island of Grímsey.
Puffin Pursuit: An Icelandic Avian Adventure – Part 1

We’d be joining them for 2 weeks on a Seabird research expedition, affectionately named the ‘Puffin Rally’. Each year, the South Icelandic Nature Research Centre, led by Dr. Erpur Hansen, monitor several key Puffin colonies, to monitor their population across Iceland.
Birdwatchers Perrine, Teresa, Damon and Alexis win Leica Birdingplaces contest

From November 2023 to April 2024 Birdingplaces and Leica organized a nice winter contest among birdwatchers. Any birder who added a birdwatching area to Birdingplaces had a chance to win a pair of Leica binoculars. More than 65.000 birders visited the action page and over 1200 new birdwatching areas have […]

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25. September 2024

Puffin Pursuit: An Icelandic Avian Adventure – Part 2

North As we moved east through some impressive landscapes, the terrain changed dramatically, from lush green hills and snow-capped mountain peaks to some barren rocky plateaus. As we drove to our next location, we had been alerted to an incoming Atlantic storm, which would pass over the north of Iceland […]
18. September 2024

Puffin Pursuit: An Icelandic Avian Adventure – Part 1

It’s 11:30pm when the plane tyres touchdown on the tarmac. The airport buildings are illuminated by the deep orange glow of the midnight sun, dipping below the horizon. The following morning, both myself and wildlife-filmmaker Ed Towler, head out early to meet with the small team of researchers in Reykjavik. […]

10. September 2024

Birdwatchers Perrine, Teresa, Damon and Alexis win Leica Birdingplaces contest

From November 2023 to April 2024 Birdingplaces and Leica organized a nice winter contest among birdwatchers. Any birder who added a birdwatching area to Birdingplaces had a chance to win a pair of Leica binoculars. More than 65.000 birders visited the action page and over 1200 new birdwatching areas have […]
6. September 2024

Birds on the Edge: A species focus on the Yellowhammer, A Beacon of Brightness in the Bird World

In this Leica Nature Blog, the Birds on the Edge Campaign, a National Lottery Heritage Funded project run by The North York Moors National Park Trust with the goal of preserving four at risk bird species in the area, pays homage to the Yellowhammer. In the UK, few birds bring as […]
12. August 2024

Birds on the Edge: A species focus on the Common Redstart, A Fiery Jewel of the Woodland

In this Leica Nature Blog, the Birds on the Edge Campaign, a National Lottery Heritage Funded project run by The North York Moors National Park Trust with the goal of preserving four at risk bird species in the area, pays homage to the Common Redstart. Among the many captivating birds that […]