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Finland 8th-18th July 2010 
- Having withstood blizzards, gales and torrential rain in late May 2000, we felt it was about time we returned to see if the weather in Finland was always that bad..Colin and Alison Parnell report.
Finland 24th – 30th May 2009
- Birdwatching in Finland is surreal. The 24 hours of daylight and the unusual times when you are birdwatching make it a unique experience. It is very tiring and the days are very long...Ken Musgrove reports
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Finland 9th
to 17th May 2006
- A beautiful country with outstanding scenery and friendly
people. Nine days in Finland produced a list of 143 species
including all five speciality owls.....Alan
Miller reports
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Finland
/ Norway - Oct
2003 -
281
Bird Species recorded
- Our next stop was for an awesome adult
White-tailed Eagle that flew over the roadside trees and
gave spectacular views. A little further on we stopped for
coffee at a roadside café.....There were all the usual commoner
birds present including several Common Redpolls, and after
a good 10 minutes I picked up a Pine Grosbeak perched in
a very close tree...Nick Bray reports for
Birdseekers
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Finnish Lapland & Arctic
Norway 27th May to 5th June, 2005
- As our plane approached Ivalo airport, almost one hundred and fifty miles inside the Arctic Circle, it was clear from the widespread snow and still frozen lakes, that spring was indeed late arriving this year...Chris Hall reports
Finland 16th-20th
May 2005
- By 0150 the sky was reddening from the north
and we began to see things such as our first Elk and both Brown
and Arctic Hares by the roadside. We also saw our first birds.
Some very pale Short-eared Owls hunting in forest clearings....Bob
Swann reports.
Finland and Varanger
23rd May – 3rd June 2001
- We traveled in late May in order to maximise
opportunities to pick up species that can be difficult at other
times of the year e.g. Owls and Woodpeckers, and to get early
migrants. We decided to travel extensively and the longer daylight
hours enabled two whole 'nights' to be spent birding, although
having to travel the following day, led to significant sleep loss....Wilton
Farrelly reports
Birding through Finland (and a bit
Norway) May/June 2001
- We moved towards Parikkala, with a short
stop at Porvoo (beautiful the old city!). We reached Siikalahti
at 5 pm and we headed for the bird tower. Here we felt like to
be home for the quantity of waterbirds, but we had another 6 new
entries in our life list: Little Gull, Horned Grebe, White-backed
Woodpecker, Smew, Whooper Swan. In the wood near the bird-tower
we had a "Phylloscopus", which we identified only at home as Greenish
Warbler...Stefano and Daniela Fantini report
Finland (East and Central) 10-4
June 2000
- The Hotelli Korpiselkä in Hoilola is in Pines
and Spruces forest, near a lake and a river. There are numerous
footpaths. Birds seen here are Corn Crake, Golden Oriole, Icterine
and Blyth's Reed Warbler, Bohemian Waxwing, Common Rosefinches,
Rustic Bunting, etc...Georges & Mireille Olioso report.
Finland - Birds and
Music.
- This report by Ann Barker gives a
fascinating insight into both the birds and the culture of this
remote area of Northern Europe. Her trip, organized by Sunbird,
also visited parts of Russia, Estonia and Norway......
Northern Scandinavia
June 13-28, 1998
- In June 1998 I was finally able to satisfy
a long outstanding ambition to travel to this wonderful part of
Europe in search of some of its most magical birds. I had wanted
to visit this region for many years... Gruff Dodd searches
for lifers in Northern Finland, Sweden and Norway. A superbly
detailed report.
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