The Melland Nature Reserve ( no, Melland naturreservat) is located on the western part of

Skardsøya Skardsøya is an island in Aure Municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. The island is located along the Trondheimsleia strait in the northeastern part of the municipality, just east of the island of Grisvågøya and north and west of ...

island in the municipality of

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. The nature reserve has the status of a

Ramsar Ramsar may refer to: * Places so named: ** Ramsar, Mazandaran, city in Iran ** Ramsar, Rajasthan, village in India * Eponyms of the Iranian city: ** Ramsar Convention concerning wetlands, signed in Ramsar, Iran ** Ramsar site, wetland listed in a ...

site because of its importance for migratory birds. The area received protection in 2002 "to preserve an area that encompasses both protected wetlands and coastal areas rich in botanical species," according to the conservation regulations. The Melland Nature Reserve is bordered to the west by the

Mellandsvågen Nature Reserve The Mellandsvågen Nature Reserve ( no, Mellandsvågen naturreservat) is located on the western part of Skardsøya island in the municipality of Aure in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. Since 1996, the nature reserve has had the status of a Ramsar ...

, which was established in 1998 and measures . The area consists of a varied stretch of beach with diverse landscape elements. Rocky beaches dominate, but there is also a pebble beach. The bottoms of the shallow coves are covered in silt, sand, and gravel. The area has 78 registered plant species. The beach and shallow basins are important resting, overwintering, and nesting sites for birds.

References

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External links

''Mijlø-direktoratet: Melland''. Map and description of the nature reserve.

Miljøverndepartementet. 2002. ''Melland naturreservat, Aure kommune, Møre og Romsdal fylke''. 1:5000 map of the nature reserve.

''Forskrift om verneplan for havstrand og elveos i Møre og Romsdal, vedlegg 24, freding av Melland naturreservat, Aure kommune, Møre og Romsdal''. 2002.
Nature reserves in Norway Ramsar sites in Norway Protected areas of Møre og Romsdal Aure, Norway Protected areas established in 2002