3 August 2023

Iceland July 20th to 24th mammalwatching embeded in a visit to friends…

 

I made a trip with my partner to Iceland on July 20th to 24th 2023. This was not a mammal watching trip only, the main focus was to visit her friends in Reykjavik, but i managed to squeeze in a whale watching trip and we had a surprice encounter as well.

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Lars Michael Nielsen
Biologist with a master in conservation and managment and father of two. I’ve worked with education and guiding most of my life but at the moment im working in an engineering company with tasks conserning protected species and nature. I’m one of those birders turned more and more into the amazing world of mammals and got hooked. I don’t knwof if i have any favorite mammals but seing Iberian Lynx in Spain and Humpback Whales at an arms length in the Ice Fjord of Ilulissat was amazing experiences. I was born in a hut in the Swedish forests and grew up partly there and partly in Denmark were i live now. There are many biologists in my family  and have been “enviromentally dammaged” since i was a kid according to my mom. She grew up in Nigeria and Ghana were my grandparents worked in the Universities of Kumasi and Ibadan. My favorite story from that time is when they forgot my uncle in the chimp enclosure and when they returned one of the female chimps was “nursing” him…  
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  • 3 August 2023
    Jon Hall

    Iceland is indeed a truly lovely country. And you did really well with the cetaceans! So great to have seen Orca’s from the shore.

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    • 3 August 2023
      Lars Michael Nielsen

      We felt very lucky to see the Orcas (and Humpbacks) from the shore, even more so because it was a true surprise and the numbers of individuals. It was an amazing end to our trip. Yesterday I got Hired to lead a hiking trip on the Laugavegur next summer, so now I know when Ill be back and even be paid for it :D. I plan to spend some time before or after the trip driving around looking for mammals (and birds).

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