Goksøyr Mires Nature Reserve

The Goksøyr Mires Nature Reserve[2] (Norwegian: Goksøyrmyrane naturreservat) is located on the island of Runde in the municipality of Herøy in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway.[3] 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,"[4] according to the conservation regulations.

Goksøyr Mires Nature Reserve
Goksøyrmyrane naturreservat
IUCN category Ia (strict nature reserve)
Nearest cityRunde
Coordinates62°22′48″N 5°36′36″E
Area84 ha (210 acres)
Established1996
Designated27 May 2013
Part ofRunde
Reference no.2164[1]

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.[3]

In 2013, the area was designated a Ramsar wetland site as one of five subareas of the Runde Ramsar Site.[5]

References
  1. "Runde". Ramsar Sites Information Service. Retrieved 25 April 2018.
  2. "Runde Bird Sanctuary" (PDF). County Governor of Møre and Romsdal. 2010. Archived from the original (PDF) on August 2, 2017. Retrieved August 2, 2017.
  3. "Mijlø-direktoratet: Goksøyrmyrane". Retrieved August 1, 2017.
  4. "Forskrift om fredning av Goksøyrmyrane naturreservat, Herøy kommune, Møre og Romsdal". December 13, 1996. Retrieved August 1, 2017. å ta vare på eit myrområde med terrengdekkande myr, ein myrtype og myrvegetasjon som har vore vanleg i kyststrøka, men som på grunn av ulike former for inngrep har vorte sjelden i god og typisk utforming
  5. Forvaltingsplan for Runde og Grasøyane fuglefredingsområde Goksøyrmyrane naturreservat Herøy og Ulstein kommunar. 2013. Molde: Fylkesmannen i Møre og Romsdal, p. 3.
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