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Wildlife in planned "Raet National Park": Silver-necked Cormorants (Phalacrocorax carbo)

What the attractive wildlife is in African national parks (the "Silverbacks"; Gorillas) can become the "Silvernecks" on the rocks of the planned "Raet National Park" on the coast of Aust Agder in Norway. The Ministry of Climate and Environment has given the governor (Fylkesmann) of Aust Agder the mandate to establish the marine park at the coast of the municipalities Arendal, Tvedestrand and Grimstad until 2016. In Norway cormorant is a traditional game bird. Each year ca. 10,000 cormorants are shot to be eaten. In North Norway, cormorants are traditionally seen as semi-sacred. It is regarded as good luck to have cormorants gather near your village or settlement. An old legend states that people who die far out at sea, their bodies never recovered, spend eternity on the island Utrøst – which can only occasionally be found by mortals. The inhabitants of Utrøst can only visit their homes in the shape of cormorants.

Year: 2016

From album: Arendal and the Norwegian, Raet National Park ("Sørlandet")

Photographer: Peter Prokosch

Tags: Arendal Norway Raet National Park

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Coastal Archipelago Park of the South Coast ("Sørlandet") of Norway, Jerkholmen

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Common Tern (Sterna hirundo), South Coast ("Sørlandet") of Norway, Kolbjørnsvik, Arendal

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Fenno-Scandian Rock Pipit (Anthus petrosus littoralis), Store Torungen, Sørlandet, Norway

Fenno-Scandian Rock Pipit (Anthus petrosus littoralis), Store Torungen, Sørlandet, Norway

Gravel Ridge ("Raet"), Coastal Archipelago Park of the South Coast ("Sørlandet") of Norway, Merdø

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Kayaking in the Coastal Archipelago Park of the South Coast ("Sørlandet") of Norway

Kayaking in the Coastal Archipelago Park of the South Coast ("Sørlandet") of Norway, Store Torungen Lighthouse

Kayaking in the Coastal Archipelago Park of the South Coast ("Sørlandet") of Norway, Store Torungen Lighthouse

Lesser Black-backed Gull (Larus fuscus), Coastal Archipelago Park of the South Coast ("Sørlandet") of Norway, Store Torungen

Lesser Black-backed Gull (Larus fuscus), Coastal Archipelago Park of the South Coast ("Sørlandet") of Norway, Store Torungen

Lesser Black-backed Gull (Larus fuscus), first-year bird, Coastal Archipelago Park of the South Coast ("Sørlandet") of Norway, Store Torungen

Lesser Black-backed Gulls (Larus fuscus), Coastal Archipelago Park of the South Coast ("Sørlandet") of Norway, Store Torungen

Lesser Black-backed Gulls (Larus fuscus), Coastal Archipelago Park of the South Coast ("Sørlandet") of Norway, Store Torungen

Lesser Black-backed Gulls (Larus fuscus), Herring Gull in background, Coastal Archipelago Park of the South Coast ("Sørlandet") of Norway, Store Torungen

Lychnis Viscaria (Sticky Catchfly), Valøyene, Grimstad, Norway

Marsh Daisies (Armeria maritima), Coastal Archipelago Park of the South Coast ("Sørlandet") of Norway, Hvaler Islands

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Recreation at Tromøy shore, "Rollingstone" (Raet) National Park in planning, Arendal

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Rose Chafer (Cetonia aurata), Coastal Archipelago Park of the South Coast ("Sørlandet") of Norway, Hvaler Islands

Seagulls following shrimp fisher, Coastal Archipelago Park of the South Coast ("Sørlandet") of Norway

Seagulls following shrimp fisher, Coastal Archipelago Park of the South Coast ("Sørlandet") of Norway

Seagulls following shrimp fisher, Raet National Park, Norway

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Shrimp fishing, Coastal Archipelago Park of the South Coast ("Sørlandet") of Norway

Shrimp fishing, Coastal Archipelago Park of the South Coast ("Sørlandet") of Norway

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Spring flowers on Store Torungen, planned "Raet National Park"

Spring-view from GRID-Arendal's offices, Kolbjørnsvik

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Tall ships visiting Arendal

Tall ships visiting Arendal

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The South Coast ("Sørlandet") of Norway, Archipelago of Søgne

Trommlingen, Sørlandet, Norway

Tromøy shore, "Rollingstone" (Raet) National Park in planning, Arendal

Tromøy shore, "Rollingstone" (Raet) National Park in planning, Arendal

Tromøy shore, "Rollingstone" (Raet) National Park in planning, Arendal

Tromøy shore, "Rollingstone" (Raet) National Park in planning, Arendal

Tromøy shore, "Rollingstone" (Raet) National Park in planning, Arendal

Tromøy shore, "Rollingstone" (Raet) National Park in planning, Arendal

View from Store Torungen to Lille Torungen and Arendal in spring, planned Raet National Park

Weather monitoring, Store Torungen, Coastal Archipelago Park (Sørlandet), Norway

Wheatear (Oenanthe oenanthe), planned "Raet National Park", Norwegian South Coast

Wildlife in planned "Raet National Park": Silver-necked Cormorants (Phalacrocorax carbo)

Wildlife in planned "Raet National Park": Silver-necked Cormorants (Phalacrocorax carbo)

Wildlife in planned "Raet National Park": Silver-necked Cormorants (Phalacrocorax carbo)

Wildlife in planned "Raet National Park": Silver-necked Cormorants (Phalacrocorax carbo)

Wind-shaped pine forests at the shores of Tromøy, "Rollingstone" (Raet) National Park in planning, Arendal

Winter-view from GRID-Arendal's offices, Kolbjørnsvik

Winter-view from GRID-Arendal's offices, Kolbjørnsvik

Winter-view from GRID-Arendal's offices, Kolbjørnsvik

Wood Anemones (Anemone nemorosa) are flowering in the spring forest on Jomfruland, Sørlandet, Norway

Wryneck (Jynx torquilla), Hisøy, planned "Raet National Park", South Coast of Norway

Wryneck (Jynx torquilla), Hisøy, planned "Raet National Park", South Coast of Norway

Yellowhammer (Emberiza citronella), Hisøy, Norway

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