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    A Frenchman in Finland

    Early morning walk in Viikki this morning... I dipped on the Citrine wagtail, but sunrise was amazing and Common rosefinches sung all around me (first of year). I also saw two Lesser spotted woodpeckers drumming on birches, in the woods :) Belated news: I've worked a lot on duck and grebe...
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    A Frenchman in Finland

    Hi again! Helsinki is great at the moment :D I've seen the first wagtails and robins of the year last week, and on a ride home I saw both a goshawk and a sparrowhawk! In addition, this morning I went to Suomenoja: I woke up before many go to sleep (especially on a Friday evening), took the...
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    A Frenchman in Finland

    What is TMP? Anyway, I've just come back from Brittany, and it was awesome. Lots of birds everywhere, including the graceful Black-winged stilt, the elegant Avocet and the noisy House sparrows that lived near our house, in Lorient. I dipped both the Dartford warbler and the Bluethroat...
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    A Frenchman in Finland

    It's starting to smell of spring! It's true that temperature barely climb above 0 during the day, but the ice doesn't encase all the islands anymore ;) On Friday, I saw Mute swans display against a gorgeous wind-less sunset, then heard a blackbird sing in the forest. Later during this weekend, I...
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    A Frenchman in Finland

    I've just come back from a week in Finnish Lapland, and I wanted to share the thrill of seeing spectacular northern species at a very close range: grosbeak, waxwing, siberian jay, siberian tit, we got them all! Almost every accommodation had a feeder, and I was able to sit down and work on my...
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    A Frenchman in Finland

    Not much birding since last time... apart from this week of sailing in the Turku Archipelago, in the south-west. The first White-tailed eagle appeared on the fourth day only, but after that, what a festival! One passing just in front of the boat, the other one soaring above us, then one sitting...
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    A Frenchman in Finland

    A fantastic visit to Kylmäpihlaja! That's a small island out of Rauma, on the western coast. Our ship scared away a dozen of Black guillemots when we entered the harbour, then the whole place teemed with nesting birds, essentially Arctic terns and gulls, with a few Barnacle geese and also some...
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    A Frenchman in Finland

    Recently, I traveled to Kuusamo, on the edge of Lapland, to spot the elusive Red-flanked bluetail. While I saw one bird, it was only far away on top of a tree, at 1 in the morning on a rather cloudy night. It left without giving me the opportunity to have a good look at it, and I didn't see any...
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    A Frenchman in Finland

    A little walk in Roihuvuori and Herttoniemi (Helsinki) this afternoon. I missed the blossoming cherry trees by a week, but I saw a few Common terns fishing, two Thrush nightingales singing 3 meters apart from each other (one on each side of the path, what a cacophony), two adorable chicks of...
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    A Frenchman in Finland

    Ah, as I expected I kinda forgot about this thread... but let's revive it! I was in the Netherlands on the week-end of the 1st of May, in Texel to be precise. Good birding there, it was sunny all the time, with tulips in the fields, and geese also. The highlights for me were the two species of...
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    A Frenchman in Finland

    Hi hummingbird, no need to apologize. Thank you for the compliments, I'm glad you like my pictures :) This bird is a Common starling, one of our most common birds on this side of the pond ;) Here is the story behind this picture, and a few others...
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    A Frenchman in Finland

    Thank you very much! April 24: I visited Viikki, a large protected wetland to the east of the city, before going to work. Wake-up call at 4 to be on stage at sunrise, at 6; that's the good life! There was a lot of activity in the woods, with Robins, Blackbirds and Fieldfares quite ubiquitous...
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    A Frenchman in Finland

    Hello, I'm Samuel, a French birder and photographer freshly settled in Helsinki. I write a blog called Eiwawar, where I show my pictures and tell about my adventures, but I felt like I needed a more "day-to-day" diary. April 15: I was near Hämeenlinna, one hour north of Helsinki, for Black...
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    A Frenchman in Finland

    Thank you all for your warm welcome! Troubadour, this name rings a bell, but I'm not very knowledgeable about hotels here :/
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    A Frenchman in Finland

    Good evening, I'm Samuel, I was born in Grenoble, in the Alps, but during my exchange here, I fell in love with Finland. Now, I've graduated and luckily found a job in Helsinki, and there's no other place I would like to be :) A birder but also a photographer, I write a blog, but since it...
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