Today I had very early morning and with my uncle we headed to Porvoo and more specific cape Emäsalo to have some sea watch. Arctic breeding birds like Bar-tailed Godwits, Divers, Common- and Velvet Scoters are migrating now with huge floks of Barnacle Geese.
We arrived at 6 am and there was alraedy some birders watching the sea. Yesterday was the day for migrants, so today I was expecting only a bit of what yesterday gave to some birders. For Example our friend Gustav Nordensvan counted over 200 000 Common Scoters migrating towards their breeding grounds!
Anyway we had very enjoyable five hours and we counted very nice numbers of migrating birds. Unidentified large waders were migrating quite far a way and in those flocks we had total of 907 Waders. We also had 270 identified Bar-tailed Godwits and 66 Ruffs. Very nice numbers I think.
Barnacle Geese were other common species and we counted 1858 birds and some flocks far away, some Geese anyway.
Black-throated Diver had slow day and we had 10 birds and 42 unidentified Divers.
20 Velvet Scoters, two Scaups, lone Red-necked Grebe, Common Shellduck, Arctic Skua, unidentified Skua, two Sparrow Hawks and Osprey are somethin to mention too.
At some point Mika Ilari Koskinen joined us and we had good time together.
I also took my drone there and took some aerial pictures of the place.
Emäsalo was really nice place and I will definitely visit there again. Only 40 minutes from home and you have very good sea watch place. Maybe next weekend. Thanks for the company Jände and Mika Ilari!
I got five new year ticks and my total is now 171.
-Tom
We arrived at 6 am and there was alraedy some birders watching the sea. Yesterday was the day for migrants, so today I was expecting only a bit of what yesterday gave to some birders. For Example our friend Gustav Nordensvan counted over 200 000 Common Scoters migrating towards their breeding grounds!
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| Sea watch place. |
Anyway we had very enjoyable five hours and we counted very nice numbers of migrating birds. Unidentified large waders were migrating quite far a way and in those flocks we had total of 907 Waders. We also had 270 identified Bar-tailed Godwits and 66 Ruffs. Very nice numbers I think.
Barnacle Geese were other common species and we counted 1858 birds and some flocks far away, some Geese anyway.
Black-throated Diver had slow day and we had 10 birds and 42 unidentified Divers.
20 Velvet Scoters, two Scaups, lone Red-necked Grebe, Common Shellduck, Arctic Skua, unidentified Skua, two Sparrow Hawks and Osprey are somethin to mention too.
At some point Mika Ilari Koskinen joined us and we had good time together.
I also took my drone there and took some aerial pictures of the place.
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| Most of the Wader flocks went like this. Most likely Bar-tailed Godwit flock. |
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| Bar-tailed Godwits. |
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| Same flock. |
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| Small flock of Barnacle Geese. |
Emäsalo was really nice place and I will definitely visit there again. Only 40 minutes from home and you have very good sea watch place. Maybe next weekend. Thanks for the company Jände and Mika Ilari!
I got five new year ticks and my total is now 171.
-Tom
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