Vigur is a tiny island - just 2km long - in the far northwest corner of Iceland’s Westfjords. To the north of us is the uninhabited peninsula of Hornstrandir, to the west is Greenland.
Despite being just a stone’s throw from the Arctic Circle, the island feels busy right now - it is overflowing with a joyful chaos of breeding birds, while the fjord around it has been described as ‘whale soup’ due to the number of mostly humpbacks passing through. We’re getting human visitors too and it has been such a pleasure to guide many of them around the island, sharing Vigur’s wonderful history and heritage as well as its wildlife.
While sharing knowledge of this special place, we’re learning too - from visiting scientists, local experts and from the wildlife itself. Slowly we are discovering what we can improve - for us and our visitors, but most importanly for the birds and seals that call this island home.
