Description

This nature travel guidebook to Iceland contains routes and background info on landscape, flora and fauna.

Landscape history

Ecosystems

Geology

Flora and Fauna

Where to watch birds

Finding orchids and other wildflowers

Detailed routes with tips for finding wildlife and site descriptions

This guidebook covers the entire island of Iceland.

The Crossbill Guide is a thorough and practical guide for naturalists and nature lovers. It offers background information, routes and site descriptions, plus tips on finding and watching all kinds of wildlife. The book offers a mix of walking routes and car itineraries with stops and short walks.

Dirk Hilbers set up the Crossbill Guides Foundation and travels Europe to research the guidebooks. This is the 16th guide on which he has worked. As a biologist, when not in the field, Dirk Hilbers is a free-lance writer and lecturer in the field of environmental ethics.