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The delta at the outflow of Storelvi in Granvinsvatnet.

Granvinsvassdraget

24.06.2018 - 15:36

After the ice age, Granvin Fjord reached all the way up under Skjervsfjossen waterfall. Just a thousand years later, as a result of the rising of the land after the ice melted, this whole inner part of the fjord freed itself of the sea and became Granvinsvatnet lake. In spite of this rise in elevation, this waterway is still navigable for fish: Sea trout have wandered into Granvinsvatnet in more recent times and evolved to become freshwater trout. And salmon and sea trout made the journey 13 kilometres up the Storelvi river.

Rimbareidtjørna

Rimbareid- Vestbøstad

19.06.2018 - 16:07

At nesting time you cannot avoid hearing the calls of the curlew or the snipe along the narrow road through the cultural landscape from Rimbareid to Vestbøstad. And on late summer evenings, the intense song of the sedge warbler rings out over the two characteristic tarns in the area.

Pøylo

Pøyla

16.06.2018 - 16:01

Beautiful Demoiselle

Sjøbøelva river

15.05.2018 - 13:40

Gathering place for the barn swallows

Ulvenvatnet

16.06.2018 - 16:05

Lake Ulvenvatnet is thought to be the most species rich wetlands in the municipality. Despite this, the area is not protected, nor is it likely ever to be.