White-Tailed Eagle Centre

The Westfjords


The White-Tailed Eagle Centre highlights the attempts to increase the population of the struggling species, which peaked in 2011 at 66 nests. It also has a handicraft market. The centre is just north of the causeway on Rte 60 that crosses Gilsfjörður.

Strætó Bus 59 Hólmavík–Búðardalur–Borgarnes stops outside.


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