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![St. Ludvig.](https://www.grind.no/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/bilder/sted/232/kvh_274-4s.jpg?itok=gXvooPsW)
Tyssøy
B.E.Bendixen, who has written about “The Churches in Søndre Bergenhus Amt”, believed even around 1900 that there was evidence at Tyssøy of the church or the chapel of the Holy Ludvig (Louis). Two large stone blocks had lain in the western wall of the church’s nave, and this wall showed a length of 16 meters in the terrain.
![Herdla church in 1863.](https://www.grind.no/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/bilder/sted/232/kvh_272-2.jpg?itok=DSvl1Ooz)
Herdla Church
A letter from the Pope Eugenius 3 in 1146 mentions St. Nikolaus church at Herdla. This church belonged under Munkeliv monastery, which was founded in Bergen by Øystein around 1110. The Herdla Church may stem from this time.
![Skogsnøya](https://www.grind.no/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/bilder/sted/232/oygard_35.jpg?itok=OaSxJidy)
Skogsøyna
There isn't much forest on Skogsøyna today, but that there is, has been planted. There is not much wildlife, either. But, quite a lot of birds pass by Skogsøyna during migration time. Ther is no other place along the coast where you can better observe the seabird migrations.
![Løno](https://www.grind.no/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/bilder/sted/232/fjell_10.jpg?itok=PM-cG2ym)
Løno
Small boat folk in Hordaland know where Løno is. As do many seabirds. With the big ocean at its back and a wide, weather beaten strait ahead of it, Løno is one of Hordaland’s most isolated and exposed recreational areas. The islands west of Sotra are some of the county’s most stable nesting localities for seabirds.
![Smooth lungwort](https://www.grind.no/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/bilder/sted/232/askoy_5.jpg?itok=aAzLO98r)
![The rock carving ship on Samnøya, Fusa](https://www.grind.no/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/bilder/sted/232/awdawdawd.jpg?itok=c-c6gsY7)
![Part of the Yddal nature preserve seen from the air.](https://www.grind.no/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/bilder/sted/232/fusa_17.jpg?itok=zg9HUkfS)
Yddal
Yddal is one of the biggest and finest pine forest areas in the county. The rich forest resources provided an important foundation for the settlement of Yddal. Up until about the 1950s, there were three farms here. Where the lumberjacks couldn't get to, the trees grew very big and can be over 300 years old.
![Vinnesleira](https://www.grind.no/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/bilder/sted/232/fusa_3.jpg?itok=XFQuYzaF)
Vinnesleira
Bays that are shallow far out into the sea, with fine sand and clay, are rare in Hordaland. Where they are found, the reason is usually that the edge of the glacier made smaller advances or stopovers when it calved back at the end of the last Ice Age. This is what happened at Vinnesleira.
![Hopslia](https://www.grind.no/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/bilder/sted/232/fusa_2.jpg?itok=IReFV51c)
Hopslia
Some of the giant trees in Hopslia north of Holme Fjord are as much as thirty metres high. Elm and ash are the most common, basswood somewhat rarer. Relatively soft bedrock, good growing conditions and enough light, help them to thrive just here.
![Raudlia](https://www.grind.no/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/bilder/sted/232/os_28.jpg?itok=88h0oT36)