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Birding Finland on the Fly

10,000 Birds

Between finishing one graduate program and beginning another, he embarked on a whirlwind tour of Europe. Here’s his third stop: In June of 2013, we arrived in Helsinki, the capital and largest city in Finland, and our third destination on our European getaway. Of course, birding was on the itinerary! Next came a stop in Russia.

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What the rings reveal

10,000 Birds

Black-tailed godwits winter in large numbers on the estuaries of both Norfolk and Suffolk, and we know that nearly all these birds breed in Iceland. In breeding plumage islandica godwits develop a deeper red plumage than their limosa cousins. However, I doubt if it will be returning to Northern Europe this spring.

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