Current view: Text account
Site description (2000 baseline):
Site location and context
A slow-flowing river with associated estuary and seasonally flooded marshes (dominated by sedge
Carex) by Akureyri airport.
The area supports hundreds of migrating ducks in spring, as well as a wide variety of breeding waterfowl and waders.
Pressure/threats to key biodiversity
Development of the airport poses a threat, and birds are disturbed by hunters, horse-riders and dog-walkers. 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: Osholmar Eyjafardarar (Iceland). Downloaded from
https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/osholmar-eyjafardarar-iba-iceland on 06/12/2024.
