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![Smedholmen, Fitjar](https://www.grind.no/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/bilder/sted/232/kvh_219-_bu.jpg?itok=RVN_WnRB)
![Liarbø, Fitjar](https://www.grind.no/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/bilder/sted/232/kvh_216-3_liarbo216a.jpg?itok=4A2LYm0f)
![Reksteren (Svein Nord)](https://www.grind.no/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/bilder/sted/232/tysnes_17.jpg?itok=Vcvm41-z)
Vernøya
If you smell a foul smell out in nature, you mustn't immediately think that the reason is cloaca from houses or cabins. The reason can be an entirely natural process that occurs when plants are broken down under special conditions. When there is little oxygen available, hydrogen sulphide can be produced. This is a gas that seeps up from the earth and smells like rotten eggs.
![Three of the islands in the nature preserve: Litla Vesøya, Stora Vestøya and Lyngøy.](https://www.grind.no/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/bilder/sted/232/landskao.jpg?itok=sfUp-2i7)
Fluøyane
The richest seabird localities in Bjørna Fjord are FLUØYANE, a group of small and medium-sized islets just east of the entrance to Våge. Here, we see many different nesting birds, but there is the danger that overgrowth will become an obstacle for nesting here in the future. On one of the islands, the environmental protection authority has promised to step in and help the birds.
![Botnavatnet](https://www.grind.no/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/bilder/sted/232/fi_20.jpg?itok=q4QcNNrR)
![Today there are only a few farmers that grow potatoes in Fitjar.](https://www.grind.no/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/bilder/sted/232/fi_22.jpg?itok=avXiCbey)
Fitjar- potatoes
The deep agricultural soils in Fitjar are found especially in the area between Lake Storavatnet and Breivika. The many stonewalls in the area reflect that the earth probably was full of stones and stone blocks. The stones that couldn't be dug out had also a function: they stored heat that helped to grow potatoes.
![Huglo](https://www.grind.no/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/bilder/sted/232/stord_27.jpg?itok=9cCQ5yAR)
Huglo
The majority of Huglo is bare rock. A bit of dwarf pine forest is the only vegetation able to put down roots. Along the west- and east sides, to the contrary, the landscape is unusually green and lush. The reason lies both in the bedrock and in the ice that covered the area 12 000 years ago.
![Purple saxifrage](https://www.grind.no/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/bilder/sted/232/stord_28.jpg?itok=V-FDELh2)
![Spring in the black alder forest of Hystadsmarkjo.](https://www.grind.no/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/bilder/sted/232/stord_8.jpg?itok=uKjQ61DI)
Hystad- the black alder forest
One of the biggest black alder forests in the country is in Hystadmarkjo. Along the well prepared trail through the forest you can experience an exceptional nature with an unusual abundance of exuberant plant species. But what has laid the foundation for this richness?
![Strandvollen ved Hallaråker. Siggjo in the background](https://www.grind.no/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/bilder/sted/190/halleraker_1.jpg?itok=lQl0voUI)