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Site description (2000 baseline):
Site location and context
A very large glacial outwash plain formed by the Skeidará river, on the south-east coast by Vatnajökull glacier, and including Ingólfshöfdi and its vicinity. There are some small marshes of sedge (
Carex,
Eriophorum), sandy areas with rushes
Juncus, and flat, gravel areas that are partly or completely vegetated.
Not much information on birds is available for the area apart from Ingólfshöfdi, but the breeding avifauna also includes a good variety of waders and other waterbirds.
Pressure/threats to key biodiversity
Nootka lupin
Lupinus nootkatensis, an introduced plant which is highly invasive, may pose a potential threat to the habitat.
National Low
International None90 ha of IBA covered by Nature Reserve (Landscape) (Ingólfshöfdi, 90 ha).
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Skeidararsandur (Iceland). Downloaded from
https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/skeidararsandur-iba-iceland on 24/11/2024.
