European Gardening: BIRDS IN THE GARDEN, 1 by rannveig

rannveig wrote:
I don't know the reason for the food shortage - it's something that's been a problem for the past 2 years at least and not just for the sea gulls - the artic terns didn't nest in the Reykjavik area this summer for the same reason. They're main food source is a small fish(don't know the name) that just seems to be gone or at least there's not enough of it .... they don't know the reason why.
Don't know why they go so far inland in your area - here they're just along the coast - well, here every town is on the coast - you don't see them far inland here.

We traveled to the West fjords of Iceland (in the NW) this summer and there we saw a lot of nesting arctic terns that seemed to have enough to eat - it seems the food shortage is just here in the south .... maybe the sea is too warm or something ??