Goksøyr Mires Nature Reserve Explained

Goksøyr Mires Nature Reserve
Alt Name:Goksøyrmyrane naturreservat
Iucn Category:Ia
Map:Møre og Romsdal#Norway
Nearest City:Runde
Coordinates:62.38°N 5.61°W
Area Ha:84
Established:1996

The Goksøyr Mires Nature Reserve[1] (Norwegian: Goksøyrmyrane naturreservat) is located on the island of Runde in the municipality of Herøy in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway.[2] The reserve was established in 1996 to "take care of a bog area with a blanket bog, a bog type and bog vegetation that were common in coastal areas, but which, due to various forms of intervention, are now rarely found in good and typical condition,"[3] according to the conservation regulations.

The nature reserve encompasses the northwestern part of a mountain plateau on Runde. Blanket bog dominates the area, which has slopes as steep as 25°. The bog is a nesting area for the great skua.[2]

In 2013, the area was designated a Ramsar wetland site as one of five subareas of the Runde Ramsar Site.[4]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Runde Bird Sanctuary. County Governor of Møre and Romsdal. August 2, 2017. 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20170802093350/http://faktaark.naturbase.no/DokumentData/Index/5119?title=Brosjyre&extension=.pdf. August 2, 2017. dead.
  2. Web site: Mijlø-direktoratet: Goksøyrmyrane. August 1, 2017.
  3. Web site: Forskrift om fredning av Goksøyrmyrane naturreservat, Herøy kommune, Møre og Romsdal. August 1, 2017. December 13, 1996. å ta vare på eit myrområde med terrengdekkande myr, ein myrtype og myrvegetasjon som har vore vanleg i kyststrøka, men som på grunn av ulike former for inngrep har vorte sjelden i god og typisk utforming.
  4. Forvaltingsplan for Runde og Grasøyane fuglefredingsområde Goksøyrmyrane naturreservat Herøy og Ulstein kommunar. 2013. Molde: Fylkesmannen i Møre og Romsdal, p. 3.