Varanger 2019

Summer tour in Varanger, Norway and Finnish Lapland, June 24 - July 3.
Ella Maria and Leif Bisschop-Larsen, Denmark.

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LBL1902426-1200 Heading north through the taiga of Finnish Lapland. © Leif Bisschop-Larsen / Naturfoto. LBL1902434-1200 Reindeer meet you on the road in Finnish Lapland. © Leif Bisschop-Larsen / Naturfoto. LBL1902450-1200 Rivers and lakes are dominant in Finnish Lapland. © Leif Bisschop-Larsen / Naturfoto. LBL1902454-1200 Labrador Tea (Mosepost), Ledum palustre. © Leif Bisschop-Larsen / Naturfoto. LBL1903524-1200 Whooper Swan (Sangsvane), Cygnus cygnus, Finnish Lapland. © Leif Bisschop-Larsen / Naturfoto.
LBL1903531-1200 Whooper Swan (Sangsvane), Cygnus cygnus, Finnish Lapland. © Leif Bisschop-Larsen / Naturfoto. LBL0905040-1200 Common Sandpiber (Mudderklire), Actitis hypoleucos. © Leif Bisschop-Larsen / Naturfoto. LBL1903607-1200 Siberian Tit (Lapmejse), Poecile cinctus, Finnish Lapland. © Leif Bisschop-Larsen / Naturfoto. LBL1903690-1200 Pine Grosbeak (Krognæb), Pinicola enucleator, Finnish Lapland. © Leif Bisschop-Larsen / Naturfoto. LBL1902495-1200 Neidenfjorden, Varanger. © Leif Bisschop-Larsen / Naturfoto.
LBL1902496-1200 Neidenfjorden, Varanger. © Leif Bisschop-Larsen / Naturfoto. LBL1902497-1200 Marsh Andromeda, Andromeda polifolia (Rosmarinlyng). © Leif Bisschop-Larsen / Naturfoto. LBL0904588-1200 Mountain Heath, Phyllodoce caerulea (Blålyng). © Leif Bisschop-Larsen / Naturfoto. LBL1902484-1200 Coral-root Orchid, Corallorhiza trifida (Koralrod). © Leif Bisschop-Larsen / Naturfoto. LBL0904720-1200 Red-necked Phalarope (Odinshane), Phalaropus lobatus. © Leif Bisschop-Larsen / Naturfoto.
LBL0904814-1200 Temminck's Stint (Temmincksryle), Calidris temminckii. © Leif Bisschop-Larsen / Naturfoto. LBL0904863-1200 Long-tailed Skua (Lille Kjove), Stercorarius longicaudus. © Leif Bisschop-Larsen / Naturfoto. LBL0904954-1200 Arctic Skua (Alm. Kjove), Stercorarius parasiticus. © Leif Bisschop-Larsen / Naturfoto. LBL1902501-1200 Neidenelva, Varanger. © Leif Bisschop-Larsen / Naturfoto. LBL1902464-1200 Meadow with Globe Flower, Trollius europaeus (Engblomme), Neiden, Varanger. © Leif Bisschop-Larsen / Naturfoto.
LBL1902472-1200 Globe Flower, Trollius europaeus (Engblomme). © Leif Bisschop-Larsen / Naturfoto. LBL1902506-1200 Valley near Byluft, Varanger. © Leif Bisschop-Larsen / Naturfoto. LBL0904676-1200 Arctic Redpoll (Hvidsisken), Carduelis hornemanni. © Leif Bisschop-Larsen / Naturfoto. LBL0905174-1200 Bluethroat (Blåhals), Luscinia svecica. © Leif Bisschop-Larsen / Naturfoto. LBL1902513-1200 View over Varangerfjord towards Varangerbotn, Varanger. © Leif Bisschop-Larsen / Naturfoto.
LBL1902521-1200 Traditional fishing-boat, Varangerbotn, Varanger. © Leif Bisschop-Larsen / Naturfoto. LBL1902523-1200 Traditional fishermen's huts, Varangerbotn, Varanger. © Leif Bisschop-Larsen / Naturfoto. LBL1902527-1200 Nesseby Church, Varanger. © Leif Bisschop-Larsen / Naturfoto. LBL1902528-1200 Vestre Jacobselv, Varanger. © Leif Bisschop-Larsen / Naturfoto. LBL1902533-1200 Birch "forest" at Vestre Jacobselv, Varanger. © Leif Bisschop-Larsen / Naturfoto.
LBL1902544-1200 Yellow Wood Violet, Viola biflora (Fjeldviol), Vestre Jacobselv, Varanger. © Leif Bisschop-Larsen / Naturfoto. LBL1902550-1200 Dwarf Cornel, Cornus suecica (Hønsebær), Vestre Jacobselv, Varanger. © Leif Bisschop-Larsen / Naturfoto. LBL1902623-1200 The village of Ekkerøy, Varanger. © Leif Bisschop-Larsen / Naturfoto. LBL0905212-1200 Red-throated Pipit (Rødstrubet Piber), Anthus cervinus. © Leif Bisschop-Larsen / Naturfoto. LBL0905467-1200 Ruddy Turnstone (Stenvender), Arenaria interpres. © Leif Bisschop-Larsen / Naturfoto.
LBL1902566-1200 Ekkerøy, Varanger. © Leif Bisschop-Larsen / Naturfoto. LBL1902573-1200 Ekkerøy, Varanger. © Leif Bisschop-Larsen / Naturfoto. LBL1902578-1200 Eggs of Kittiwake (Ride) maybe predated by Raven (Ravn). Ekkerøy, Varanger. © Leif Bisschop-Larsen / Naturfoto. LBL1902892-1200 Raven (Ravn), Corvus corax, Ekkerøy, Varanger. © Leif Bisschop-Larsen / Naturfoto. LBL1902603-1200 Part of the Kittiwake-colony has (?) given up nesting, Ekkerøy, Varanger. © Leif Bisschop-Larsen / Naturfoto.
LBL1902606-1200 Abandoned Kittiwake nests, Ekkerøy, Varanger. © Leif Bisschop-Larsen / Naturfoto. LBL1902935-1200 Kittiwake colony at Ekkerøy, Varanger. © Leif Bisschop-Larsen / Naturfoto. LBL1902938-1200 Kittiwake (Ride), Rissa tridactyla, Ekkerøy, Varanger. © Leif Bisschop-Larsen / Naturfoto. LBL1902861-1200 Ruddy Turnstone (Stenvender), Arenaria interpres, Ekkerøy, Varanger. © Leif Bisschop-Larsen / Naturfoto. LBL1902903-1200 White-tailed Eagle (Havørn), Haliaeetus albicilla, Ekkerøy, Varanger. © Leif Bisschop-Larsen / Naturfoto.
LBL1902585-1200 Rose-root, Rhodiola rosea (Rosenrod), Ekkerøy, Varanger. © Leif Bisschop-Larsen / Naturfoto. LBL1902608-1200 Cloudberry, Rubus chamaemorus (Multebær), Ekkerøy, Varanger. © Leif Bisschop-Larsen / Naturfoto. LBL1902612-1200 Cloudberry, Rubus chamaemorus (Multebær), Ekkerøy, Varanger. © Leif Bisschop-Larsen / Naturfoto. LBL1902626-1200 Komagdalen, Varanger. © Leif Bisschop-Larsen / Naturfoto. LBL1902627-1200 Komagdalen, Varanger. © Leif Bisschop-Larsen / Naturfoto.
LBL1902631-1200 Komagdalen, Varanger. © Leif Bisschop-Larsen / Naturfoto. LBL1902646-1200 View over Varangerhalvøya National Park, Komagdalen, Varanger. © Leif Bisschop-Larsen / Naturfoto. LBL1902643-1200 Creeping Azalea, Loiseleuria procombens (Kryblyng), Komagdalen, Varanger. © Leif Bisschop-Larsen / Naturfoto. LBL1902644-1200 Dwarf Birch, Betula nana (Dværgbirk), Komagdalen, Varanger. © Leif Bisschop-Larsen / Naturfoto. LBL1903054-1200 Lapland Bunting (Laplandsværling), Calcarius lapponicus, Komagdalen, Varanger. © Leif Bisschop-Larsen / Naturfoto.
LBL1903076-1200 Long-tailed Duck female (Havlit), Clangula hyemalis, Komagdalen, Varanger. © Leif Bisschop-Larsen / Naturfoto. LBL1903088-1200 Lapland Bunting, Calcarius lapponica and Golden Plover (Hjejle), Pluvialis apricaria, Komagdalen, Varanger. © Leif Bisschop-Larsen / Naturfoto. LBL1903102-1200 Golden Plover (Hjejle), Pluvialis apricaria, Komagdalen, Varanger. © Leif Bisschop-Larsen / Naturfoto. LBL0905396-1200 Red-throated Diver (Rødstrubet Lom), Gavia stellata. © Leif Bisschop-Larsen / Naturfoto. LBL0905432-1200 Long-tailed Duck (Havlit), Clangula hyemalis. © Leif Bisschop-Larsen / Naturfoto.
LBL1902659-1200 Komagdalen, Varanger. © Leif Bisschop-Larsen / Naturfoto. LBL1902670-1200 Komagelva, Komagdalen, Varanger. © Leif Bisschop-Larsen / Naturfoto. LBL1902703-1200 Seabird colony (mainly Guillemots), Hornøya, Varanger. © Leif Bisschop-Larsen / Naturfoto. LBL1902712-1200 Seabird colony (mainly Guillemots), Hornøya, Varanger. © Leif Bisschop-Larsen / Naturfoto. LBL1902696-1200 Sea-birds (mainly Guillemots) at Hornøya, Varanger. © Leif Bisschop-Larsen / Naturfoto.
LBL1903113-1200 Common Guillemot (Lomvie), Uria aalge, Hornøya, Varanger. © Leif Bisschop-Larsen / Naturfoto. LBL1902679-1200 Shag (Topskarv), Phalacrocarbo aristotelis have invaded the bird hide at Hornøya, Varanger. © Leif Bisschop-Larsen / Naturfoto. LBL1902730-1200 Shags (Topskarv), Phalacrocarbo aristotelis nest everywhere in and around the shelter, Hornøya, Varanger. © Leif Bisschop-Larsen / Naturfoto. LBL1902731-1200 Shag (Topskarv), Phalacrocarbo aristotelis, Hornøya, Varanger. © Leif Bisschop-Larsen / Naturfoto. LBL1902713-1200 Nesting area for Shag (Topskarv), Phalacrocarbo aristotelis, Hornøya, Varanger. © Leif Bisschop-Larsen / Naturfoto.
LBL1903196-1200 Shag (Topskarv), Phalacrocarbo aristotelis, Hornøya, Varanger. © Leif Bisschop-Larsen / Naturfoto. LBL1903450-1200 Kittiwake (Ride), Rissa tridactyla, Hornøya, Varanger. © Leif Bisschop-Larsen / Naturfoto. LBL1903442-1200 Common Guillemot (Lomvie), Uria aalge, Hornøya, Varanger. © Leif Bisschop-Larsen / Naturfoto. LBL1903236-1200 Common Guillemot (Lomvie), Uria aalge, Hornøya, Varanger. © Leif Bisschop-Larsen / Naturfoto. LBL1903335-1200 Common Guillemot (Lomvie), Uria aalge, Hornøya, Varanger. © Leif Bisschop-Larsen / Naturfoto.
LBL1903499-1200 Brünnich's Guillemot (Polarlomvie), Uria lomvia and Common Guillemot (Lomvie), Uria aalge, Hornøya, Varanger. © Leif Bisschop-Larsen / Naturfoto. LBL1903149-1200 Razorbill (Alk), Alca torda, Hornøya, Varanger. © Leif Bisschop-Larsen / Naturfoto. LBL1903394-1200 Razorbill (Alk), Alca torda, Hornøya, Varanger. © Leif Bisschop-Larsen / Naturfoto. LBL1903384-1200 Puffin (Lunde), Fratercula arctica, Hornøya, Varanger. © Leif Bisschop-Larsen / Naturfoto. LBL0906113-1200 Puffin (Lunde), Fratercula arctica, Hornøya, Varanger.© Leif Bisschop-Larsen / Naturfoto.
LBL0906179-1200 Puffin (Lunde), Fratercula arctica, Hornøya, Varanger.© Leif Bisschop-Larsen / Naturfoto. LBL1903455-1200 Puffin (Lunde), Fratercula arctica, Hornøya, Varanger. © Leif Bisschop-Larsen / Naturfoto. LBL1903485-1200 Puffin (Lunde), Fratercula arctica, Hornøya, Varanger. © Leif Bisschop-Larsen / Naturfoto. LBL1902754-1200 Vesterelva, Persfjord, Varanger. © Leif Bisschop-Larsen / Naturfoto. LBL1902752-1200 Vesterelva, Persfjord, Varanger. © Leif Bisschop-Larsen / Naturfoto.
LBL1902758-1200 Vesterelva, Persfjord, Varanger. © Leif Bisschop-Larsen / Naturfoto. LBL1902759-1200 Vesterelva, Persfjord, Varanger. © Leif Bisschop-Larsen / Naturfoto. LBL1902764-1200 Mountain Avens, Dryas octopetala (Fjeldsimmer), Vesterelva, Persfjord, Varanger. © Leif Bisschop-Larsen / Naturfoto. LBL1902766-1200 Moss Campion, Silene acaulis (Tue-Limurt), Vesterelva, Persfjord, Varanger. © Leif Bisschop-Larsen / Naturfoto. LBL1902776-1200 Reindeer (Rener), Rangifer tarandus at Østerelva, Persfjord, Varanger. © Leif Bisschop-Larsen / Naturfoto.