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Runde
Runde is an island in the municipality of Herøy in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. The island has a population of 113 people (as of 2015), and it is connected by the Runde Bridge to the island of Remøya to the south. Runde is famous for its enormous number of birds. It is said that there are about 500,000 to 700,000 seabirds inhabiting the island, most of them are to be found in the cliffs. The Runde Environmental Centre ( no, Runde Miljøsenter) is a research station at the bird island. Runde lies on the west coast of Norway, close to towns and villages like Fosnavåg, Ulsteinvik, Volda, Ørsta, and Ålesund. This region of Norway is famous for its long fjords and steep, snow-clad mountains. Birdlife The birdlife on Runde is protected by the Goksøyr Mires Nature Reserve, part of the Runde Ramsar Site. History Throughout the years, several ships have sunk near Runde on the Norwegian coast. Some of them are said to be ships from the Netherlands and Spain, loaded wit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Runde Fyr
Runde is an island in the municipality of Herøy in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. The island has a population of 113 people (as of 2015), and it is connected by the Runde Bridge to the island of Remøya to the south. Runde is famous for its enormous number of birds. It is said that there are about 500,000 to 700,000 seabirds inhabiting the island, most of them are to be found in the cliffs. The Runde Environmental Centre ( no, Runde Miljøsenter) is a research station at the bird island. Runde lies on the west coast of Norway, close to towns and villages like Fosnavåg, Ulsteinvik, Volda, Ørsta, and Ålesund. This region of Norway is famous for its long fjords and steep, snow-clad mountains. Birdlife The birdlife on Runde is protected by the Goksøyr Mires Nature Reserve, part of the Runde Ramsar Site. History Throughout the years, several ships have sunk near Runde on the Norwegian coast. Some of them are said to be ships from the Netherlands and Spain, lo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Runde Ramsar Site
The Runde Ramsar Site is a Ramsar Convention area consisting of five previously approved protected areas in the municipalities of Herøy and Ulstein in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. The area was established in 2013. The five protected areas consist of four bird sanctuaries and one nature reserve, all of which are connected to the bird cliff island of Runde. Four of the areas lie on the island of Runde in the municipality of Herøy: the Goksøyr Mires Nature Reserve, established in 1996, and the Runde West Side Bird Sanctuary, Runde North Side Bird Sanctuary, and Hellestien-Blåfjellet-Kløfjellet-Geita Bird Sanctuary. The fifth area, the Grasøyane Bird Sanctuary, lies in the municipality of Ulstein and encompasses the Grasøya island group with the islands of Grasøya and Skjærvøya and the surrounding skerries and sea. The four bird sanctuaries were all established in 1981. Runde is the southernmost and third-largest of Norway's bird cliffs, with over 120,000 nesting ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Runde Environmental Centre
Runde Environmental Centre ( no, Runde Miljøsenter) is a research station at the Norwegian island of Runde. The centre has four main activities: a marine station, a house and hub for small spin-off businesses, an information centre, and a conference/overnight centre with 34 hotel-standard rooms in 8 apartment suites. The island of Runde is located in the municipality of Herøy in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It is about north of Fosnavåg. Research Activity The marine station is the dominant activity at the Centre. The research activity will be funded by independent project funding, governmental grants, and by contributions from visiting scientists and institutes. The scientific plan (long term monitoring) calls for work to be done in the fields of meteorology, oceanography, marine pollution, seabird monitoring, marine biology, rocky shore monitoring, and renewable energy, as well as for a survey of plankton, fish, sea mammals, and terrestrial flora Flora (: floras ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Goksøyr Mires Nature Reserve
The Goksøyr Mires Nature Reserve ( no, Goksøyrmyrane naturreservat) is located on the island of Runde in the municipality of Herøy in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. The reserve was established in 1996 to "take care of a bog area with a blanket bog, a bog type and bog vegetation that were common in coastal areas, but which, due to various forms of intervention, are now rarely found in good and typical condition," according to the conservation regulations. The nature reserve encompasses the northwestern part of a mountain plateau on Runde. Blanket bog dominates the area, which has slopes as steep as 25°. The bog is a nesting area for the great skua. In 2013, the area was designated a Ramsar wetland site as one of five subareas of the Runde Ramsar Site The Runde Ramsar Site is a Ramsar Convention area consisting of five previously approved protected areas in the municipalities of Herøy and Ulstein in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. The area was established in 2013. The f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Herøy, Møre Og Romsdal
Herøy is a municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It is part of the Sunnmøre region. The administrative centre is the town of Fosnavåg on the island of Bergsøya. The industrial area of Eggesbønes is located south of Fosnavåg on the same island. The Runde Environmental Centre is located in the northern part of the municipality on Runde island. Other population centres in Herøy include the villages of Leikong, Kvalsund, or Moltustranda. The municipality is the 320th largest by area out of the 356 municipalities in Norway. Herøy is the 123rd most populous municipality in Norway with a population of 8,765. The municipality's population density is and its population has increased by 0.4% over the previous 10-year period. General information The prestegjeld (parish) of Herøy was established as a municipality on 1 January 1838 (see formannskapsdistrikt law). On 1 January 1867, the western district of Herøy was separated to become the new Sande Municipality. T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Great Skua
The great skua (''Stercorarius skua''), sometimes known by the name bonxie in Britain, is a large seabird in the skua family Stercorariidae. It is roughly the size of a herring gull. It mainly eats fish caught at the sea surface or taken from other birds. Taxonomy The great skua was described from the Faroe Islands and Iceland by the Danish zoologist Morten Thrane Brünnich in 1764 under the binomial name ''Catharacta skua''. It is now placed in the genus '' Stercorarius'' that was introduced by the French zoologist Mathurin Jacques Brisson in 1760. The English name and species name "skua" is believed to originate from the Faroese ''skúvur'' or ''skúgvur'' and is the only known bird name to originate from the Faroes that has come into regular use elsewhere. In Britain, it is sometimes known by the name bonxie, a Shetland name of Norse origin. The genus name ''Stercorarius'' is Latin and means "of dung"; the food disgorged by other birds when pursued by skuas was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Northern Gannet
The northern gannet (''Morus bassanus'') is a seabird, the largest species of the gannet family, Sulidae. It is native to the coasts of the Atlantic Ocean, breeding in Western Europe and Northeastern North America. It is the largest seabird in the northern Atlantic. The sexes are similar in appearance. The adult northern gannet has a mainly white streamlined body with a long neck, and long and slender wings. It is long with a wingspan. The head and nape have a buff tinge that is more prominent in breeding season, and the wings are edged with dark brown-black feathers. The long, pointed bill is blue-grey, contrasting with black, bare skin around the mouth and eyes. Juveniles are mostly grey-brown, becoming increasingly white in the five years it takes them to reach maturity. Nesting takes place in colonies on both sides of the North Atlantic, the largest of which are at Bass Rock (75,000 pairs as of 2014), St. Kilda (60,000 pairs as of 2013) and Ailsa Craig (33,000 pairs a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Black-legged Kittiwake
The black-legged kittiwake (''Rissa tridactyla'') is a seabird species in the gull family Laridae. This species was first described by Carl Linnaeus in his landmark 1758 10th edition of ''Systema Naturae'' as ''Larus tridactylus''. The English name is derived from its call, a shrill 'kittee-wa-aaake, kitte-wa-aaake'. The genus name ''Rissa'' is from the Icelandic name ''rita'' for this bird, and the specific ''tridactyla'' is from Ancient Greek ''tridaktulos'', "three-toed", from ''tri-'', "three-" and ''daktulos'', "toe". In North America, this species is known as the black-legged kittiwake to differentiate it from the red-legged kittiwake, but in Europe, where it is the only member of the genus, it is often known just as kittiwake. Range and distribution The black-legged kittiwake is a coastal bird of the arctic to subarctic regions of the world.del Hoyo, J; Elliott, A; Sargatal, J (1996). ''Handbook of the Birds of the World Vol. 3''. Barcelona: Lynx Edicions. pp. 622–6 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Remøya
Remøya is an island in the municipality of Herøy in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. The island is located north of the municipal center of Fosnavåg. The island is connected to other islands via a network of bridges. The Remøy Bridge connects it to the island Leinøya (to the south) and the Runde Bridge connects it to Runde Runde is an island in the municipality of Herøy, Møre og Romsdal, Herøy in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. The island has a population of 113 people (as of 2015), and it is connected by the Runde Bridge to the island of Remøya to the south. ... (to the north). The highest point on the island is Vardan which is above sea level. Virtually all of the island's residents live on the southern portion of the island in the village area called Remøy. The island had a population of 330 in 2015. See also * List of islands of Norway References Islands of Møre og Romsdal Herøy, Møre og Romsdal Sunnmøre {{MøreRomsdal-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fosnavåg
is a town in the municipality of Herøy in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It is the administrative center of the municipality of Herøy. The town is located on the island of Bergsøya, and it includes the Eggesbønes area on the south side of the island. Fosnavåg is connected to the nearby village of Kvalsund on the island of Nerlandsøya via the Nerlandsøy Bridge to the west. Fosnavåg is connected to the east by a small bridge to the island of Leinøya, which in turn is connected to the islands of Remøya and Runde via the Remøy Bridge and Runde Bridge. The village of Eggesbønes lies south of the town along the shore of the Herøyfjord, just north of the Flåvær islands and the Flåvær Lighthouse. The large island of Gurskøya lies south of Fosnavåg. On 7 June 2002, the municipal council voted to give Fosnavåg "town status". This means that ships harbored in Fosnavåg can be registered here instead of in other nearest towns like Ålesund and Ulsteinvik. The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
