Runde West Side Bird Sanctuary

The Runde West Side Bird Sanctuary (Norwegian: Runde vestside fuglefredningsområde) is a bird sanctuary and Ramsar site on the island of Runde in the municipality of Herøy in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. The area was protected in 1981 together with three other bird sanctuaries in order to "take care of rich and interesting bird life and a bird habitat, especially with respect to seabirds,"[2] according to the conservation regulations. The four sites have a total area of 2.6 square kilometers (1.0 sq mi).

Runde West Side Bird Sanctuary
Runde vestside fuglefredningsområde
Map showing the location of Runde West Side Bird Sanctuary
Map showing the location of Runde West Side Bird Sanctuary
Map showing the location of Runde West Side Bird Sanctuary
Map showing the location of Runde West Side Bird Sanctuary
Nearest cityRunde
Coordinates62°22′48″N 5°36′36″E
Area85 ha (210 acres)
Established1981
Designated27 May 2013
Part ofRunde
Reference no.2164[1]

The area covers the west side of the bird cliff on Runde, from just south of the Runde Lighthouse all the way to the southwest end of the island with the Lundeura and Raudenipa viewing points.

In 2013, the area was designated a Ramsar wetland site as one of five subareas of the Runde Ramsar Site.[3]

References
  1. "Runde". Ramsar Sites Information Service. Retrieved 25 April 2018.
  2. "Forskrift om vern for 4 fuglefredningsområder og vern av fuglelivet på og omkring Runde i Herøy og Ulstein kommunar, Møre og Romsdal". December 13, 1996. Retrieved August 3, 2017. ta vare på eit rikt og interessant fugleliv og fuglane sitt livsmiljø, serleg med omsyn til sjøfuglkoloniane
  3. 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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