– twenty years ago there were 2000 krykkjepar in previous Vågsøy municipality, and on the island of Runde, Sunnmøre, there were about 100 000 pairs. These colonies are then and saithe empty now, ” says Tore Larsen who is the advisor at the county governor in Vestland.
It has been two difficult decades for several sjøfuglartar on the west coast. Larsen is important fiskebestandar collapsed around hundreårsskiftet that quickly got big ringverknadar up in the ecosystem.
– This has been especially hard out of the black-legged kittiwake, which is now considered highly vulnerable.
Closer to the people
the Lack of industry makes it unattractive for the kittiwakes to nest. This has again contributed to that there come fewer and fewer new birds.
– What once was a millionbestand along the coast of Norway is now reduced by about 90 percent, ” says Larsen.
Less koloniar along the coast made the species more vulnerable to other rovfuglar as the white-tailed eagle and falcon. En is the black-legged kittiwake are largely to be found in the area close to people, because there are fewer rovfuglar, ” explains Larsen.
100 of the 160 krykkjepara as hekka in Norway to the south of Sunnmøre in the last year, and kept in a fjellskjering in Måløy. Which moved them into the spring two years ago.
SETTLED DOWN: Before krykkjene in Måløy settled down on the krykkjeberget, was between anna Måløybrua used as hekkestad.
Photo: Tore Larsen Can be kråkemat
But it has not only been a delight to ancient. By moving closer to the people, there has arisen the new problem.
last year, took a ramnefamilie most krykkjeungane who hatched out. In addition, there are many crows there. They take also eggs and small krykkjeungar.
Larsen says that they are working to get rid of the crows in the area before the krykkjene come back to nest. But then people must stop to feed the crows bread.
– Matinga is surely well-meant, but it is not good with respect to it as shall be of krykkjeegg and ungar in the colony.
He said that during the winter have been laid out bread for the birds in the vicinity of the hekkestaden. This has caused many of the crows. Now he hopes that the fôringa will stop.
– It is very important that we try to take care of the rookery which is where so that they do not get lost completely.
HEKKESTAD: Krykkjeberget is located at the municipality of their gruslager. Anleggsbrakker for Måløybrua in the foreground
Photo: Tore Larsen
