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]