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Water Rails Rallus aquaticus were once part of the Iceland breeding bird fauna. They bred at various marshes around the country, but somewhere around 1940 the population started to decline until it became extinct around 1965. The last nest was recorded in 1963. Since then Water Rails are observed annually, mostly in autumn & winter. These birds, probably Scandinavian migrants, come in the autumn with E/SE winds. 125 individuals were recorded in 1979-2006. Records of this species were first gathered in 1979, because of the extinction of the breeding population. |
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