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Written by Selasetur Íslands
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Wednesday, 23 July 2008 10:33 |
 The Great Seal Count is a special project performed at Vatnsnes peninsula and the east coast of Heggsstaðanes peninsula every year, in July and August in rotation. The project has been conducted every year since 2007 and depends solely on the participation of volunteers.
The project are (coast line) is altogeather around 80 km which is all researched at the same time, in a period of 4 hours during afternoon low tide. All volunteers get a special reasearch form where they record where and when they saw each seal, both on land and sea.
The first count was performed on the 25th of August 2007 (727 seals) and the second one on the 20th of July 2008 (1125 seals). The third one will be held on Sunday the 26th of July, volunteers be at the center at 14:30. More information about the results can be found under the links "2007" and "2008".
Photo: Volunteers at work
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Last Updated on Friday, 17 April 2009 16:39 |
