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Site description (2000 baseline)
River flood-plains, c.14 km north-east of the town of Borgarnes, with pools, marshes and peatbogs. The area extends over Ferjubakkaflóia, Hóp, the lower parts of Gljúfurá and Nordurá, and Ystatunga south of Sólheimatunga. Land-uses include hunting, recreation, grazing and haymaking in some places, and there are some summer cottages.

Key biodiversity
Important for staging waterbirds.

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Ferjubakkafloi-Holmavad (Iceland). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/ferjubakkafloi-holmavad-iba-iceland on 23/12/2024.