Island | GRID-Arendal - Environmental Photo Library

HOME

About

Activities

Maps & Graphics

Photo Library

Publications

News & Features

Home >> Island

Tag: Island

Arendal coast with Tromøy and Hisøy, Sørlandet, Norway

By Peter Prokosch

Macoma balthica (Baltic clam), German Wadden Sea Macoma balthica, Baltic clam, a small marine bivalve mollusk, is the main food source of the long distant migratory shorebird species red knot in the Wadden Sea, Iceland, Northern Norway and other spring staging (refuel...

By Peter Prokosch

Red Knots (Calidris canutus islandica,) feeding at Porsanger Fjord, Northern Norway The Red Knot is a migratory shorebird that travels up to 20,000 km twice a year from its breeding grounds on the high Arctic tundra to its southern non-breeding sites. Along with having one of the longest total migration...

By Peter Prokosch

By Peter Prokosch

Red-Necked Phalaropes (Phalaropus Lobatus) mating, Flatøy, Iceland The Red Phalarope spends more time at sea than any other Phalarope and nests in the wet tundra of the Arctic Coastline. They feed off the parasites on the backs of whales or on plankton. Newborn chicks can be left to fen...

By Peter Prokosch

Feedback form
Sitemap