Seabird research on behalf of SEAPOP and SEATRACK in Vest-Agder is mainly carried out on five islands in the archipelago off the coast off Mandal municipality (58.008°N x 7.368°W) and on the island of Rauna, Farsund municipality.
The islands in Mandal are Store Slettingen, Lille Slettingen, Storøy, Østre Klovholmen and Vestre Klovholmen. Combined, the Store – and the Lille Slettingen have an areal of 0.1 km2, the Østre- and Vestre Klovholmen 0.03 km2 and Storøy 0.2 Km2. The islands of Slettingen and Klovholmen have been protected as a nature reserves since 1980.
The avifauna on these islands is dominated by gulls, most numerous of them being the lesser black-backed gulls of the sub-species, Larus fuscus intermedius and herring gulls. Other species that can be found breeding on the islands include; greylag geese, common eiders, red-breasted mergansers, oystercatchers, great black-backed gulls and common gulls.
Mandal and Lindesnes has been a SEAPOP locality since 2008 and became a SEATRACK site in 2014 but GLS loggers were deployed on lesser black-backed gulls in earlier years.
Seatrack partner
Morten Helberg
Birdlife Norge
Runar Jåbekk
Natur og Fritid
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