Siuntio Second Score
A very enjoyable weekend of birding produced a notable find. We have been enjoying a warm dry spring, where snow and ice are melting away quite rapidly, so fast in fact that the usual slippery paths phase seems to have been skipped over entirely, and spring migrants are pouring in. My intent on Saturday was to see as many of these as I could, connecting with species such as Lapwing, Skylark, Woodcock, Wood Pigeon, Stock Dove, Bewick's Swan (good scarce) and various other early wildfowl. Having mooched around Inkoo and Siuntio for many of these, I stopped in to Störsvik as I headed back towards Kirkkonummi. The river flowing into the bay here often opens up the ice earlier than other places and is usually the site I would score my first few Smew of the year. There was indeed a section of open water and this was hosting birds such as Tufted Duck, Teal Goosander, Goldeneye, Cormorant and Grey Heron. Year ticks all. There were also 10 Gulls, consisting of 4 Great Black-Backed, 4 adult...