carolyn@demon.siemens.com (Carolyn L Pedersen) (10/05/89)
I've enjoyed reading about rare birds seen in Finland (posted by Martin Helin). Could someone in Finland please list a few COMMON birds? I'd be interested to find out whats out there. Carolyn * * \_/
misan@ra.abo.fi (Annika Forsten DC) (10/12/89)
Hello netbirders, Somebody asked for a list on common finnish birds. That's a bit difficult to give, but if we are talking about the most common ones, it would be something like the following: Chaffinch, Meadow Pipit, Yellowhammer, House Sparrow, Pied Wagtail, Brambling, Carrion Crow, Fieldfare, Skylark, Swallow, Tree Pipit, European Robin, Sedge Warbler, Willow Warbler, Chiffchaff, Great Tit. The most common waterbirds would be: Mallard, Tufted Duck, Goldeneye, Goosander, Great Crested Grebe. Raptors: Sparrow Hawk, Goshawk, Common Buzzard. We have hardly any waders at all, but some shorebirds, especially on migration. The above list are not in any kind of order and are only my personal view on the spur of the moment. I have visited Florida (last spring) but otherwise I don't know much about 'your' birds. Anything else you want to know about birds or birding in Finland? Do tell me about your way of birding and your birds. Annika Forsten , ]bo Akademi, Turku, Finland misan@ra.abo.fi
s30986u@kaira.hut.fi (Martin Helin) (10/18/89)
In article <16203@siemens.siemens.com> Carolyn L Flanders writes: >I've enjoyed reading about rare birds seen in Finland (posted by >Martin Helin). Could someone in Finland please list a few >COMMON birds? I'd be interested to find out whats out there. Although Annika Forsten from Turku, Finland has already answered I'm also glad to oblige, Carolyn : As an example, here's the species list from the 7-8 Oct, 1989 when I was watching birds in the Hanko peninsula (SW-Finland) : Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus Mute Swan Cygnus olor Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus Whistling/Tundra/Bewick's Swan C. columbianus/bewickii (whichever you use) Mallard Anas platyrhynchos (Eurasian) Wigeon A. penelope Teal A. crecca Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula Eider Somateria mollissima Goldeneye Bucephala clangula Goosander Mergus merganser Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator White-tailed Eagle Haliaetus albicilla Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus Goshawk A. gentilis Buzzard Buteo buteo Rough-legged Buzzard B. lagopus Golden Eagle Aquila chrysaetos Black Grouse Lyrurus tetrix Snipe Gallinago gallinago Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus Black-headed Gull Larus ridibundus Herring G. L. argentatus (Great) Black-backed G. L. marinus Common/Mew Gull L. canus Stock Dove Columba oenas Woodpigeon C. palumbus Black Woodpecker Dryocopus martius "Little Woodpecker" Dendrocopos minor Skylark Alauda arvensis Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis Tree Pipit A. trivialis White Wagtail Motacilla alba alba Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus Dunnock Prunella modularis Chiffchaff Phylloscopus colybita Goldcrest Regulus regulus Robin Erithacus rubecula Blackbird Turdus merula Fieldfare T. pilaris Redwing T. iliacus Song Thrush T. philomelos Mistle Thrush T. viscivorus Coal Tit Parus ater Great Tit P. major Blue Tit P. caeruleus Crested Tit P. cristatus Willow Tit P. montanus (chickadee) Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella Reed Bunting E. schoeniclus Brambling Fringilla montifringilla Chaffinch F. coelebs Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis Siskin C. spinus Greenfinch C. chloris Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula Linnet Acanthis cannabina Crossbill Loxia curvirostra House Sparrow Passer domesticus Starling Sturnus vulgaris Jay Garrulus glandarius Magpie Pica pica Raven Corvus corax Carrion Crow C. corone cornix This rather long list gives you some idea what's around in southern Finland at this time of the year. Annika mentioned in her article that waders are scarce but on the contrary Finland has significantly more breeding wader species than most European countries. We also have a lot of migrant species which don't breed in Finland. Numbers of these are perhaps not as great as in the Central Europe, for example. Martin Martin Helin Helsinki University of Technology, Finland Internet : mhe@otax.hut.fi UUCP : mhe@otax.UUCP s30986u@kaira.hut.fi s30986u@kaira.UUCP