LEO Network - Search Resultshttp://leonetwork.org2024-03-28T13:35:04Zhttp://leonetwork.org/Images/logo.pnguuid:1812230D-A23F-4A1B-9AB3-41A45411694BSeabirds were not killed by flu2022-01-20T00:00:00Z2024-03-28T13:35:04ZLEO Networkhttp://leonetwork.orgask.leonetwork@gmail.com<div><h3>Djupivogur, East, Iceland</h3><p>January 20, 2022</p><p>Close to 300 birds were found during a sweep of East Fjords beaches. No sign of bird flu was found in samples from dead seabirds. It is thought likely the birds died of hunger, as most were very thin. No widespread seabird deaths have been reported in any other region at this time.</p><img src='http://leonetwork.org/en/attachments/thumbnail/99BCB052-9958-4147-9149-58B8B51A6D89'/><p><a href='http://leonetwork.org/posts/show/1812230D-A23F-4A1B-9AB3-41A45411694B'>Read more...</a></p></div>64.7 -14.3666666666667uuid:44ABA1AC-8127-4FD3-9229-670C7501823DGood, though late, berry picking season2022-08-24T00:00:00Z2024-03-28T13:35:04ZLEO Networkhttp://leonetwork.orgask.leonetwork@gmail.com<div><h3>Iceland</h3><p>August 24, 2022</p><p>The berry picking promises to be good all over Iceland this year, even though it is starting late, due to the cool, wet summer. Arna, the lactose-free dairy company based in Bolungarvík, has already received a tonne of wild bilberries, which will be used in yoghurt for sale in shops all over Iceland.</p><img src='http://leonetwork.org/en/attachments/thumbnail/7CD2FCD5-1C04-4B7F-9DEE-DEEFEB70F36C'/><p><a href='http://leonetwork.org/posts/show/44ABA1AC-8127-4FD3-9229-670C7501823D'>Read more...</a></p></div>64.9975884448459 -18.6054668169534uuid:B547B520-8AE2-49AC-BA48-0D33A516DA4CRecord capelin catch landed2022-01-31T00:00:00Z2024-03-28T13:35:04ZLEO Networkhttp://leonetwork.orgask.leonetwork@gmail.com<div><h3>Seyðisfjörður, East, Iceland</h3><p>January 31, 2022</p><p>Börkur NK docked in Seyðisfjörður this weekend with a hold full of capelin. The fish took 18 hours to land and came in at 3,400 tonnes—which is likely the most capelin ever landed from a single tour in Iceland, according to a statement from Síldarvinnslan.</p><img src='http://leonetwork.org/en/attachments/thumbnail/A50A2EB3-F0BC-4D73-8D5A-A40FF89ACCE8'/><p><a href='http://leonetwork.org/posts/show/B547B520-8AE2-49AC-BA48-0D33A516DA4C'>Read more...</a></p></div>65.26008 -14.00577uuid:4674CD9A-ED3E-49A0-98D5-ED6F7FAF8A0130 percent have been bitten2021-07-30T00:00:00Z2024-03-28T13:35:04ZLEO Networkhttp://leonetwork.orgask.leonetwork@gmail.com<div><h3>Húnaþing vestra, Northwestern, Iceland</h3><p>July 30, 2021</p><p>The notorious lúsmý (Culicoides reconditus), a species of biting midge that has colonised Iceland for the first time in the past few years. The tiny flies can cause severe reactions, with large, sore, itchy spots that can remain angry for a week or more, and sometimes spread into a sort of rash. </p><img src='http://leonetwork.org/en/attachments/thumbnail/4DFF9A38-D85B-415C-8E65-14781B1B1DD6'/><p><a href='http://leonetwork.org/posts/show/4674CD9A-ED3E-49A0-98D5-ED6F7FAF8A01'>Read more...</a></p></div>65.397 -20.942uuid:1628642D-440F-47F2-9157-8FAECA04C71ASouthern potato farmers despair2021-09-27T00:00:00Z2024-03-28T13:35:04ZLEO Networkhttp://leonetwork.orgask.leonetwork@gmail.com<div><h3>Þykkvibaer, South, Iceland</h3><p>September 27, 2021</p><p>The wet weather this summer and autumn in southwest Iceland is causing a major headache for the region’s potato farmers. Þykkvibær, one of the country’s best-known potato producers, is suffering a mould outbreak in its potato beds for the first time in 20 years and the soil is too wet for harvesting machines to get to work.</p><img src='http://leonetwork.org/en/attachments/thumbnail/A0409078-93D9-4C36-B8C3-B8866B937F79'/><p><a href='http://leonetwork.org/posts/show/1628642D-440F-47F2-9157-8FAECA04C71A'>Read more...</a></p></div>63.7431138888889 -20.6087