Firstly an apology, the bird I photographed yesterday was a golden plover and not a grey plover!
Today we arrived at the sparsely populated northwest fjiord region and it was planned we would do some small boat exploring including a remote beach clean.
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| dramatic scenery |
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| cruising the fjiords |
The wind was quite fresh when we arrived on site and it was decided to look for somewhere more sheltered. This took some time and the outcome was the beach clean part of the day was abandoned. We were able to go out in small inflatable boats to look for the local birdlife. We did see at distance some puffins, guillemots, razorbills, gulls and kittiwakes on the cliffs (the only birds I was quick enough to photograph). We commented that we would have had better opportunities on boat trips in Scilly.
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| kittiwakes on cliff |
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| our small boats |
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small & large boat
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| Hofsos village |
We then left that area and headed for the small port of Hofsos which played a large part in earlier emigrations from Iceland. We were tendered ashore where 
there were old buildings with lovely photographs and descriptions of the arduous stories that families went through in previous times. A thoroughly good experience where we could have spent a lot more time. We returned to the warmth of the boat for the rest of the evening.
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