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Site description (2000 baseline):
Site location and context
A complex of shallow riparian lakes, 30 km south of the town of Húsavík, and including rivers, streams, pools and freshwater marshes, surrounded by
Betula wood and cultivated land. `Rocky areas' are vegetated lava and eroded gravel areas. Land-uses include grazing and fishing.
The area also supports a wide variety of wildfowl including notable numbers of breeding (200-400 pairs) and staging duck (Anatidae).
Pressure/threats to key biodiversity
Predation by introduced American mink
Mustela vison is a threat, as is the impact of net-fishing.
National High
International None600 ha of IBA covered by Nature Reserve (Vestmannsvatn, 600 ha).
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Vestmannsvatn og nagrenni (Iceland). Downloaded from
https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/vestmannsvatn-og-nagrenni-iba-iceland on 27/11/2024.
