♦ Vorfuglar: Sumardagurinn fyrsti var hinn dægilegasti á suðvesturhorninu. Þessi „sælugaukur“ renndi sér um suðurloft og gladdi með sínum hlýlega fjaðraþyt. Farfuglarnir eru nú óðum að flykkjast til landsins. Múkkinn er sestur upp í Melabakka og skógarþrösturinn vill gjarnan halda sig nærri bænum. Gleðilegt sumar og takk fyrir veturinn!

♦ Birds of spring: We celebrate the First Day of Summer in Iceland today. It may freeze and snow but so it is: the first Thursday after April 18th is the first day of the summer month Harpa, according to the Old Norse calendar. Today many signs are to be read as omens for good or bad summer. It’s a very good thing to hear the sound of Hrossagaukur, – the Common Snipe (Gallinago gallinago), in the south – and up above, and I was just so lucky at our farm today!  Many migratory birds are here now, among them Fýll – Fulmar (Fulmarus glacialis) and skógarþröstur – Redwing (Turdus iliacus) as portrayed on the photos below. Happy summer to ya’ all!

Ljósmyndir teknar | Photo date: 21.04.2016