The Official Tourist Guide - East Iceland

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NATURE / BIRD TRAIL
Skálanes in Seyðisfjörður for puffins,
eiders and waders.
Djúpivogur in the bird sanctuary
there are slavoninan grebe, northern
shoveler, common shelduck of the 58
species known to breed in the area,
where close to a hundred species
have been seen. For puffins and black
guillemots visit Papey.
Hamarsfjörður and Álftafjörður,
the shallow fjords are the home of
thousands of swans and waders.
Hvalnes and Þvottárskriður is where
you are most likely to see harlequin
ducks, black scoters, surf scoters and
velvet scoter swimming among the
eider ducks.