10,000 Birds
FEBRUARY 12, 2014
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. This is truly a bird-lovers dream-destination.
10,000 Birds
NOVEMBER 30, 2023
Further research revealed the Bird Hybrids blog ( [link] ) has several revealing photographs of this (and many other) hybrids. My most memorable encounter with a non-wildfowl hybrid was some years ago in Finland, when I was taken to a Blackgrouse lek where two c**k Racklehahns were present.
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10,000 Birds
APRIL 4, 2015
Tristram believed that his specimen was the same bird and nobody thought any different until over a century later when researchers established that the newly-described species was about 10 percent different from that of the Hume’s owl , a surprisingly large genetic variation. As for the results of the race, it sure was a close one.
10,000 Birds
MARCH 1, 2024
Then it’s a matter of doing a little research on the internet to find who rang the bird you saw, and then emailing the details of your sighting. Once again I did my internet research and managed to contact the person who had ringed the gull. With luck you will get a speedy reply, telling you the bird’s history.
10,000 Birds
MARCH 8, 2024
A bird ringed near Helsinki, Finland, in October 1970 was found dead, 18 days later, in the Scottish west-coast town of Stranraer, a distance of 1,800km and a minimum speed of 100km per day. I’ve managed to see them, too, on their breeding grounds in Finland in summer. It’s when the rowan crop fails that they irrupt south.
10,000 Birds
JUNE 17, 2024
Give researchers an expensive toy such as a Scanning Electron Microscope, and they will use it on anything at hand. One study found that “if the White-backed Woodpecker can be saved in Finland, a suite of threatened saproxylic beetles will most likely be saved as well.”
10,000 Birds
MARCH 29, 2024
Research by the Game and Wildlife Conservation Trust has shown that predation by Foxes (of both eggs and chicks) is one of the most serious factors limiting the success of nesting Curlews. It is surrounded by a Fox-proof fence No one seems quite sure how many pairs there are today, but my guess would be between 20 and 30.
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