• Nynorsk
  • English

Universitetet i bergen logoUniversity of Bergen

Search form

Search form

Vinnesholmen, Fusa

Vinnesholmen

21.11.2018 - 19:25

Ask mot Herdlefjorden og Holsnøy

Ask- jordbær

12.06.2018 - 16:55

Strawberry-growing on Askøy flourished in the beginning of the last century. When gardener Samson Eik took in the type "Seierherren" from Rosendal in 1909 for growing strawberries on Hop, it appeared that the soil and climate in this area was perfect for the mass production of strawberries.

Stone quarry in Kollevågen, 1922

Hanøy

12.06.2018 - 16:56

Shelduck.

Herdleflaket

05.12.2018 - 10:11

Spring, summer and autumn, there is bird life on Valen, and the tidal zone is especially attractive. Out on Herdlaflaket, you see ducks and other diving birds all year round, but most in winter.

The smallholding Træet, Askøy

Træet

30.03.2018 - 08:56

Aksnesholmane

Aksnesholmane

26.05.2018 - 16:30

There are especially many seabirds inwards along the fjords of western Norway. There are not many islets, either, so if the birds want to nest, it is not always easy to find good sites. At Aksnesholmane there is an impressive colony of gulls, and the locality has been protected since 1923.

Herdla

Herdla- Migrating birds

12.03.2019 - 15:30

Bergen folk landed on it, long and well. The Germans took it over, during the Second World War. The birds had been doing it for several thousands of years: HERDLA is the main airport for migrating birds during their autumn migrations.