Iceland 2011

Here we are at Látrabjarg, or more precisely at Bjargtangar, the westernmost point of Iceland. It is considered the westernmost point of Europe, with the exception of the Azores archipelago. It is also the westernmost point of the UTC +0 time zone. (© Wikipedia)

Bjargtangar beach.

As soon as we arrived at the top of the cliff, a puffin appeared. Let's enjoy our luck because they will be rare today!

The Atlantic Puffin (Fratercula arctica), also known as the "sea parrot", is a species of North Atlantic pelagic seabird that lives in the open sea, except during its reproduction when it is forced to return to land where it nests on grassy slopes, islands or on cliffs (insular or continental). The scientific name of the species, Fratercula arctica, means "little brother of the Arctic". It is the symbol of the LPO (League for the Protection of Birds).

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Cavity in the cliff housing the puffin

In the distance, we can see the Snæfellsjökull volcano where we were at the beginning of the trip!

The remains of an egg of a Brünnich's guillemot (Uria lomvia), another bird sharing the cliffs with the puffin

A colony of Brünnich's guillemots nest on the cliff face.

Rico is on top!

Quick! A puffin takes flight!

Black-legged kittiwakes (Rissa tridactyla) have also found their place

More remains of a guillemot egg, surely the feast of a black-legged kittiwake...

And here's a video of the tip of Western Europe with its Fjords!

Bjargtangar beach

A little further on, the red sand beach of Rauðasandur with the Snæfellsjökull volcano in the background

And we end this day in Patreksfjörður with this superb view of the Vestfirðir fjords