Porvoo Pop in visit

All hail Schumer day.

What's that? Well it's a day off for me.

Well, a theoretical day off. I was "scheduled" to do a lot of wedding stuff yesterday.

We set off for our wedding venue early doors, which is in Porvoo, the county east of Helsinki, and after finalizing the various details there we managed to get in a little bit of birding.

The venue itself is a nice mix of coastal bay and farmland and had plenty of Yellow wagtails, Goosander, Ruff, Wood Sandpiper and a roving White Tailed Eagle.

A stunning male Grey headed Woodpecker made himself known, whistling away in the grounds, as did a "Peeeeee"ing Black Woodpecker.

On the way back through Porvoo town, we decided to take a look at the local dump.
Dumps in Finland often have more than just gull action, and sure enough, straight out of the car I found a cracking Black Kite fighting with a Common Buzzard.

We watched this bird for over half an hour as it floated around over the dump, much to the chagrin of the local Raven population. Always a good bird away from the east of the country.




Dodgy record shots of Black Kite. A bird with an interesting status. A rare breeder in the east of the country, but a decent scarce/rare elsewhere.

We were due in Kirkkonummi in the late evening for a vet appointment. So after a deluxe lunch in Porvoo, we made our way there and killed a few hours around Saltfjarden. Snow showers (yes...snow...again. AGAIN!) kept migration to a minimum, but we did see our first Whimbrel of the year, with a large flock on a nearby field.


I also got the opportunity to try out my new Finnstick. Mmmm We like Finnstick. 



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