kb57
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I did a walk with my first wife through Pallas-Yllastunturi National Park in late June 1985(!), staying at wilderness huts, so my information is definitely out of date, and my primary interest was botany at the time...however, I saw both Siberian jay and bluethroats, as well as breeding bar-tailed godwits and wood sandpipers. Top birding experience, and one that has stayed in memory ever since, was four long-tailed skuas / jaegers flying overhead early one morning shortly after we set off from the hut.
I found my old notebook a while back, and had described an unseen bird call which I'm fairly certain now was red-flanked bluetail - didn't expect them at that time in that part of Finland.
I'd second @rosbifs comments about mosquitos - when we were there (27-30 June) they were pretty bad, although OK in open areas when there was some wind. Everyone said we should've been there about 2 weeks earlier - the downside is I think the huts were a lot busier then, as those in the know go before the mosquito emergence.
I found my old notebook a while back, and had described an unseen bird call which I'm fairly certain now was red-flanked bluetail - didn't expect them at that time in that part of Finland.
I'd second @rosbifs comments about mosquitos - when we were there (27-30 June) they were pretty bad, although OK in open areas when there was some wind. Everyone said we should've been there about 2 weeks earlier - the downside is I think the huts were a lot busier then, as those in the know go before the mosquito emergence.