Blekktinden
The avian species found in Lofoten include sea eagles, arctic terns, black guillemot, puffins, grouse, oystercatchers, eiders and kittiwakes and whether wintering or migratory, all birds need protection when nesting. The increased human footfall has significantly reduced their numbers in recent years, with most encounters ending with parents and chicks getting separated, rendering the little ones incapable of surviving. However, visitors can prevent this by keeping to the marked trails and observing behaviours like birds flying above in circles to signal distress at said visitors’ proximity to their nests.
Here, a gull flies freely above the turquoise waters of Flakstadpollen, as Blekktinden rises through the clouds with its 622 metres high peak.
The avian species found in Lofoten include sea eagles, arctic terns, black guillemot, puffins, grouse, oystercatchers, eiders and kittiwakes and whether wintering or migratory, all birds need protection when nesting. The increased human footfall has significantly reduced their numbers in recent years, with most encounters ending with parents and chicks getting separated, rendering the little ones incapable of surviving. However, visitors can prevent this by keeping to the marked trails and observing behaviours like birds flying above in circles to signal distress at said visitors’ proximity to their nests.
Here, a gull flies freely above the turquoise waters of Flakstadpollen, as Blekktinden rises through the clouds with its 622 metres high peak.
The avian species found in Lofoten include sea eagles, arctic terns, black guillemot, puffins, grouse, oystercatchers, eiders and kittiwakes and whether wintering or migratory, all birds need protection when nesting. The increased human footfall has significantly reduced their numbers in recent years, with most encounters ending with parents and chicks getting separated, rendering the little ones incapable of surviving. However, visitors can prevent this by keeping to the marked trails and observing behaviours like birds flying above in circles to signal distress at said visitors’ proximity to their nests.
Here, a gull flies freely above the turquoise waters of Flakstadpollen, as Blekktinden rises through the clouds with its 622 metres high peak.
Part of my Lofoten: Arctic Flyway exhibition through which I am donating 25% of the proceeds to BirdLife Norway, a wildlife organisation dedicated to the conservation of birds in the archipelago. Lofoten is particularly important as a nesting ground because it facilitates easy access to food and very few natural predators, which makes the islands ideal to raise chicks. BirdLife works with different seabirds and migratory species that are affected by tourism, farming and climate change in order to preserve their numbers. They educate locals and visitors on best practices, wildlife behaviour and on finding solutions as a community.
Printed at dStudio, a multi-award winning, carbon neutral, fine art print studio, on Canson Infinity Platine Fibre Rag 310gsm museum quality paper, finished with a bespoke handmade oak veneer frame and paired with a signed ArtSure certificate of authenticity.