Colour-Banded Eider Linked Nunavut and Iceland More Than 2,800 Kilometres Apart
A male northern common eider banded on East Bay Island, Nunavut, in 2023 was filmed in western Iceland…
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A continuing selection of new studies, conservation projects and important developments connected to species in the archive.
Northern Iceland Seal Count Recorded 441 Seals, Almost Unchanged From 2025
Volunteers counted 441 seals along just over 100 kilometres of coastline in northern Iceland on 27 July, almost…
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Latitude Shaped Redshank Arrival While Breeding Outcome Shaped Departure Across Europe
GPS tracking of 85 adult common redshanks across European breeding landscapes found spring arrival about two days later…
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East Greenland Barnacle Geese Fell to 65,516 While the Russian Flyway Held Near 1.5 Million
AEWA’s 2026 assessment estimated 65,516 East Greenland barnacle geese in March 2026, down from earlier peaks of 80,000,…
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Water Masses and Foraging Structured PFAS Variability in Icelandic Common and Thick-billed Murres
Plasma from 67 common murres and 45 thick-billed murres showed that PFOS variability was strongest in Atlantic-influenced waters,…
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Infrared Fingerprints Identified Rock Ptarmigan Food Plant Parts With 96.7% Test Accuracy
Using 296 pure plant fractions from crops of 236 Icelandic rock ptarmigan, an infrared-spectroscopy model identified plant parts…
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Decades of Monitoring Reveal Long-Term Snow Bunting Decline on Flatey, Iceland
Long-term monitoring from Iceland provides the first adult survival estimates for snow buntings and reveals a clear decline…
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Low Breeding Output Helps Explain Greenland White-fronted Goose Decline
A study using 39 years of data linked the decline of Greenland white-fronted geese to low production of…
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Kidney Oxalate Deposits Found in a Quarter of Icelandic Rock Ptarmigan Examined
A 13-year survey of wild rock ptarmigan in Iceland found kidney oxalate deposits in 25.3% of 1,263 birds…
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Ouse Washes Now Regularly Supports More Than 30% of Icelandic Whooper Swans Wintering in Britain and Ireland
A 2026 review found that the Ouse Washes and surrounding farmland now regularly support more than 30% of…
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Rock Ptarmigan in Hunted Areas Took Flight From Farther Away During the Hunting Season
Experimental approaches to rock ptarmigan in Iceland and Italy found that flight initiation distance rose rapidly after hunting…
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