ICELAND · SPECIES · SEALS
Selalátur landsels
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What this layer shows
Harbour seal haul-outs on Iceland's coast, with counts from 1980 to 2018. The harbour seal is red-listed; avoid disturbing haul-outs, above all in the June pupping season.
Where the data comes from
WFS · ogc.gis.is
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Facts shown for each feature
Seals counted (2018) · Seals counted (2016)
In these presets
Birds, seals and vegetation
Important bird areas, harbour and grey seal sites, the spread of Nootka lupin, planted forest, land-reclamation areas and soil erosion.