Orin Delta - Norway

[David]

The Orin Delta in Central Norway, which is where the Verdalselva flows into the Trondsheim Fjord, is a Ramsar site and the most important location for migrating Pink-footed goose Anser brachyrhynchus from the Svaldbard (Spitzbergen) population with up to 8000 - 9000 individuals resting at Ørin at the same time. The total population is some 40,000 birds. It is also the most important spring location in Norway for the Scandinavian population of Common Scoter Melanitta nigra with 1230 birds present simultaneously. The Common Scoter is on the Red List of Norwegian Birds. Ørin is also a very important migration and wintering location for many other shorebirds and ducks.

This is now under threat from local industrial park planning.

The Norwegian Ornithologicak Soiciety has appealed for support.

You can help our fellow scandinavian birders by reading the background notes, and joining the international protest at:

http://www.proactnow.org/localcampaigns/id19.html

David Conlin

[paula]

Hi David
Have done the deed and sent the mail.