Current view: Text account
Site description (2000 baseline):
Site location and context
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.
Important for staging waterbirds.
Pressure/threats to key biodiversity
Hunting and recreation cause some disturbance to birds, and summer cottages also pose a threat. The area is on the list of sites of conservation interest in the Nature Conservation Register.
National None
International None
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.
