Flatey Island 66:09.5N 17:50.9W

Millybrown
Mark Hillmann
Sat 5 Jul 2008 13:34
We came across Skjalfandi after a morning of shopping and sorting. 
 
It was a quiet sail across and down the coast.
There were no whales but several whale watching boats visible.
If they had been together we would have thought we were in the wrong place.
Perhaps we were. But the scenery was good.
 
Later we were passing Flatey Island - it is flat - the opposite of all the shores around.  
The book say "an abandoned island with about 30 summer cottages, community hall, church and lighthouse.  Meadow hay and wild flowers.  Highly recommended".
 
The conditions are settled, as required, so we came in.  .
 
 
It was worth visiting, the puffins swam about in groups like the ducks.  All the birds seemed to be nesting there, the terns, puffins and various waders indignant at our visit. 
 
    Here are Adam's puffin pictures for Penny.
  They are not as tame as the ducks, but swim around not far away. 
  Are these a substitute for the whales?  The whale watching boats do advertise as "whale & puffin watching"
 
   
 
The other birds included terns in attack mode and snipe drumming again, morning and evening. 
The books both say "at dusk" so they must get muddled this far north by the lack of dusk.