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Birding Finland on the Fly

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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

I photographed it at Gorleston, on the Suffolk coast, on 5 September 2020, but I discovered that bird had been rung, as an adult, at nearby Great Yarmouth on 16 November 2013, so it was probably already nine years old, and could well have been older. However, I doubt if it will be returning to Northern Europe this spring.

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Birding Sweden on the Fly

10,000 Birds

In June of 2013 he embarked on a whirlwind tour of Europe, spotting birds in Iceland , Russia , Finland , and, as you’re about to find out, Sweden: We took a quick flight from Helsinki and arrived in Stockholm, Sweden, arriving at our fourth country on this trip. Birding Trips Europe Sweden' Mute Swan and cygnets.

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