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Skerries with a long history

Møkstrafjordøyane

12.03.2019 - 15:31

The sea keeps the bedrock in the outer skerries smooth and clean. When the bedrock is also varied and interesting, the setting is perfect for a discovery tour of these bare-faced outcrops.

A flock of three youngsters is a lot for a shag, and is testimony to a good nutrient supply in the sea right by the nesting site.

Møkster- seabirds

11.06.2020 - 08:42

Fish and guests smell after three days, it is said. The cormorants do not need this long. If you follow your nose, the cormorant is not difficult to find.

Cross-leaved heath (Akvarell: Miranda Bødtker)

Steinevik

31.03.2018 - 19:37

Tveita

Tveitabotn

31.03.2018 - 19:25

Maters Fjord with Holmedalsberget in the background.

Holmedalsberget

19.06.2018 - 16:22

If you want to be on your own for a long day in a magnificent deciduous forest in demanding terrain, then HOLMESDALSBERGET is the right place. This is a big forested area by Matres Fjord in the southwestly part of Kinnherad. Here, we find one of the largest deciduous forests in Hordaland. The forest stretches over several kilometres.

Blood-red geranium

Ølveshovda

31.03.2018 - 19:30

Møkjedalen (Bjørn Moe)

Møkjedalen

21.12.2018 - 20:46

Gjuvsland (Svein Nord)

Gjuvsland

19.06.2018 - 16:21

Main mine shaft in Valaheigruva mine.

Varaldsøy- mining

19.06.2018 - 16:13

There is still a lot of ore in the abandoned mines on Varaldsøy Island. If today's prices and availability of ore continue, it is doubtful whether the mines will resume operation. But, the pyrite is there, if the market should return. On Varaldsøy Island one finds at least nine mines and prospect pits, that for the most part date back to the latter part of the 1800s.