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My Nature Photography

Nordic nature, with its wide landscapes, rugged coastlines, and unique wildlife, is the focus of my photography. You’ll also find photos here from other fascinating regions of our world.
Through my photos, I would like to showcase the beauty of our planet and inspire others to respect and preserve nature.
If my photos inspire you, I’d love to welcome you to my social media channels. Join me on my journeys into nature.

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However, most puffins that you see approaching and try to photograph are not carrying fish. Often they bring nothing at all, sometimes just a single plant stem.

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Especially in the evening hours, puffins can be observed bringing small fish to their nesting burrows with their young.

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Puffins can carry large numbers of fish in their beaks; ten fish at a time is not uncommon. They feed their young mainly on sand eels and small herring. However, overfishing and climate change are leading to decreasing fish stocks, which is increasin

There isn't much time for taking photos: the quite clumsy-looking puffins try to get the fish to their breeding burrows as quickly and directly as possible. Seagulls are often nearby and try to snatch their prey in flight.

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In summer, thousands of breeding pairs of puffins can be observed allong Icelands coastline. But even with these impressive sights, the global population of this species is a cause for concern: Unfortunately, populations throughout the North Atlantic

I hope to see many more of these funny and cute birds in Iceland this year. The chances are good, there are several million of them in Iceland. You can find them at the right time of the year on steep coasts, right by the ocean. They breed there in b

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My Nature Photography

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