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Coastal Archipelago Park of the South Coast ("Sørlandet") of Norway, Hvaler islands The Coastal Archipelago Park of the South Coast ("Sørlandet") of Norway covers an area of the Skagerak coast between Grenland in Telemark and Lindesnes in West Agder, including many hundreds of islands and skerries. The ...

By Peter Prokosch

By Peter Prokosch

Marsh daisies (Armeria maritima), Coastal Archipelago Park of the South Coast ("Sørlandet") of Norway, Hvaler islands Marsh daisies or "Coastal Pink" are coloring the coastal rocks and salt marshes in June. The Coastal Archipelago Park of the South Coast ("Sørlandet") of Norway covers an area of the Skagerak coast between Grenland in T...

By Peter Prokosch

By Peter Prokosch

Coastal Archipelago Park of the South Coast ("Sørlandet") of Norway, Mute Swans, Hvaler islands The Coastal Archipelago Park of the South Coast ("Sørlandet") of Norway covers an area of the Skagerak coast between Grenland in Telemark and Lindesnes in West Agder, including many hundreds of islands and skerries. The ...

By Peter Prokosch

By Peter Prokosch

Common Tern (Sterna hirundo), Coastal Archipelago Park of the South Coast ("Sørlandet") of Norway,, Common Terns have breeding colonies on particularly protected islands. These bird sanctuaries are closed to visitors from April - July. Terns are long-distant migrants wintering in Africa. The Coastal Archipelago Park o...

By Peter Prokosch

Common Terns (Sterna hirundo), Coastal Archipelago Park of the South Coast ("Sørlandet") of Norway,, Common Terns have breeding colonies on particularly protected islands. These bird sanctuaries are closed to visitors from April - July. Terns are long-distant migrants wintering in Africa. The Coastal Archipelago Park o...

By Peter Prokosch

Herring Gull (Larus argentatus), Coastal Archipelago Park of the South Coast ("Sørlandet") of Norway, Store Torungen The Coastal Archipelago Park of the South Coast ("Sørlandet") of Norway covers an area of the Skagerak coast between Grenland in Telemark and Lindesnes in West Agder, including many hundreds of islands and skerries. The ...

By Peter Prokosch

Herring Gull (Larus argentatus), Coastal Archipelago Park of the South Coast ("Sørlandet") of Norway, Store Torungen The Herring Gull is one of 5 breeding gull species on the coast of Sørlandet. It can be distinguished from the other light grey-backed but smaller Common Gull by its pink feet and large yellow bill with red spot. The sim...

By Peter Prokosch

Common Gull (Larus canus), Coastal Archipelago Park of the South Coast ("Sørlandet") of Norway, Store Torungen The Common Gull is one of 5 breeding gull species on the coast of Sørlandet. It can be distinguished from the other light grey-backed but bigger Herring Gull by its greenish feet and thin green-yellow bill without a red ...

By Peter Prokosch

Eider Duck (Somateria mollissima), male lifting up, Lille Torungen, Sørlendet, Norway Eider ducks are the only common sea-duck species breeding in the archipelagos of Sørlandet. The Coastal Archipelago Park of the South Coast ("Sørlandet") of Norway covers an area of the Skagerak coast between Grenland ...

By Peter Prokosch

By Peter Prokosch

Norwegian South-Coast around Grimstad, November morning

By Peter Prokosch

Russian-Norwegian Border, Pasvik-Valley In the triangle of the Russian/Norwegian/Finish border fruitful cooperation on protected areas takes place between the three countries respectively the Russian Pasvik Reserve (Zapovednik), Norwegian Pasvik National Park ...

By Peter Prokosch

By Peter Prokosch

Map Lichen (Rhizocarpon geographicum), Setesdalheia, Norway The map lichen is a species of lichen, which grows on rocks in mountainous areas of low air pollution. Each lichen is a flat patch bordered by a black line of spores. These patches grow adjacent to each other, leading to...

By Peter Prokosch

Self-shooting box for Polar Bears from former hunting times, Svalbard Until hunting was totally closed in 1973 Polar Bears were heavily hunted on Svalbard, using different methods. This historic self-shooting device remains as an outdoor museum piece aside an old trapper hut on an island i...

By Peter Prokosch

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