Started today at 9 am with my kids. Our target was Terek Sandpiped in Espoo. When we arrived there was lots of people around and wind was pretty hard, so no optimal conditions for looking the small wader. Anyway no luck with the sandpiper, so we continued to look if the Firecrests are still singing near by.
Kids were playing and I pent nice half an hour there with Pekka Komi and Tomi Muukkonen. Thanks for the company guys! Firecrest were singing almost all the time and couple of times it came very close to us. This is still very scarce bird here, but more and more singing birds every year especially in southern Finland.
Here is few pictures.
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| Male Great-spotted Woodpecker. |
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| Firecrest. |
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| And again. |
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| This would be a great picture with flowers in the back and everything, but the bird... |
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| Firecrest |
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| Pretty tame bird. |
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| Sing us a song. |
After we left I took kids to playground and Vilma had her gymnastics practice. I had nice time with Julius and pretty soon we went back home for some lunch. Later I got info about the Terek Sand, that it is still there... Great. Anyway even better new arrived when a message of singing Arctic Warbler from Pornaistenniemi, Vanhankaupunginlahti! I told Sanni that I must go and in 10 minutes I was at the site. No twitchers around, so I was first I guess. There was loads of Wood Warblers singing and one of those birds were singing a bit oddly, and that was the bird which fooled the finder this time. Shame, but it happens.
Here is a picture of the bird. Also singing Ichterine Warbler around with loads of Spotted- and PIed Flycatchers.
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| Evil Wood Warbler who fooled people. |
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| Juvenile Fieldfare. |
Possibly trying the Terek Sandpiper this evening, but if not, more birding next week. My summer vacation starts on Wednesday, so trip to Estonia before me and kids are heading to Mallorca with my mother. Two target species there, but more of that later.
-Tom
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