Mixed King and Common Eider nesting (1 Viewer)

Hello,

I've found two old articles (1958 and 1973) about the Eider farm Gisli Vagnsson in the north-western Iceland with one of the biggest Eider colony. In this colony there were several mixed nests - the males King Eider were mating with the females Common Eider. I couldn't find any further information about this farm, so I don't know whether it still exists, and if so, under what name.

Do you have any information about the mixed King and Common Eider nesting in Iceland today? If so - where does this happen? Any information would be greatly appreciated.

Thank you.

Common Eider X King Eider hybrids are not infrequent in Iceland (close to 50 records, see here https://notendur.hi.is/yannk/status_sommxs.html) and King Eider is present in Iceland in small numbers throughout the year, invariaby with Common Eider and in summer often in Common Eider colonies. Here's a nice close up of one from eBird https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S27374052
The farm is probably at Mýrar in Dýrafjörður. The farm still exists but the farmer you mentioned is long dead I think. Common Eider is very common in that area and King Eider is surely regular but there aren't many observers. Check eBird although the list of observations is not complete

Great, thank you for the information!