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    City birding in Tallin, January 2016

    Hi all, I spent the last week of January 2016 in Tallin. It was a time of my winter holidays at university and I was in a group of other dominican brothers who are not specially interested in birdwatching. So I generally did not have many occasions for any special birding trips. When we came...
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    Estonia news

    Kaarel, do You know is harbour in Tallin worth visiting in January or it's better to skip it and look for birds on Paljassaare peninsula?
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    Question about birding on the route Helsinki-Rovaniemi, February/March

    Hi all, friends of mine plan to visit Finland and Norway in the last days of February / first days of March 2016. They take a ferry from Tallin to Helsinki and go to Rovaniemi, from where they head to Varanger. Does anyone knows some places near this route good for Capercaille, Siberian...
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    Which Sandpiper (Poland, 2nd August)

    Hi everybody, yesterday we filmed a sandpiper and we are not sure which species does it belong to. So far there are different opinions: 2 for Wood, 2 for Marsh and 1 for Green. I will be very gratefull for Your help in setting the ID of the bird. http://youtu.be/S7N1QqGBCx0
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    Split in first week of Septempber - where to go

    Hi all, in the first week of September i am planning to be in Croatia. We will leave in Marina, which is some 40 km to the east from Split. I will be very gratefull for any sugeestions about places worth visitng to watch birds (in radius of 100 km from Marina). I am aware that probably most of...
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    Birding spots near Bergen

    Hi all, in the end of September (22-29.09) I will be in Bergen. I want to see the city but also plan to go somewhere for birdwatching. I will be very gratefull for any tips - I will not have own transport, so the most wanted places are the ones with an access by public transport. Best...
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    Birding in Turku and around - when and where

    Hi all, I live in Poland but I am really interested in birding in Finland. In October I moved from Warsaw to Gdansk, where we have really good plane connection with Turku (S Finland). In September I spent nice week in Jurmo bird observatory and now wonder about next trips. My time and...
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    Estonia March 2009

    Hi, i think we will aplly to Your advice. Also from another source I have heard that not only Saaremaa but also Hiumaa can be very interesting in this part of year. I will be very gratefull for any news about Estonian birds in March. Best greetings Antek PS. I have also sent an email...
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    Estonia March 2009

    Hi all, I am also planning a short trip to Estonia during March (19-23) with my 8 friends. I have already been to Estonia and generally I know the places which we want to see. Our main target is to see Steller's Eiders on Saaremaa. Does anybody which place is the best to leave a car and go...
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    Wagtail, Hanko, Southern Finland

    Hi, yes, the lack of distinctive 'half-ring' around ear-coverts was the main reason why I think that it is not a pure Citrine. Here in Hanko I was given an issue of 'Lintumies' magazine from 1989. There is article about distinguishing young 'grey flavas' and young Citrine's (authors: Hannu...
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    Wagtail, Hanko, Southern Finland

    Hi all, I am sending the photo of quite interesting Wagtail. After consulting with Polish and Finnish birders I decided to leave it as unidentyfied on species level (probably it is a hybrid Motacilla flava/citreola). Nevertheless I think it's interesitnig bird.
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    siskin migration

    hi, i am now in Halias Bird Observatory in Southern Finland and for last few days we had very strong migration of siskins (up to 12 thousands birds daily). This stream has ended recently, so maybe a part of individuals seen by You are these ones? best regards antek
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    Estonia in Septembe

    Hi all, I am planning to go to Estonia for a week in second half of September (after two weeks in Finland :). I will travel only with public transport and if you know some interesting bird places which could be achieved in this way I will be very gratefull.
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    Interesting birds in Warsaw - website

    Hi all, recently we have launched the new version of website of Warsaw Local Group of Polish Society for the Protection of Birds (OTOP). You can find it here: www.wgotop.pl Unfortunately, it's whole in Polish, but here: http://www.wgotop.pl/news.php You can find interesting bird...
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    Exakta 20-60x70mm

    Hi all, I can translate: czesc Slawku powiem krotko to nie jest dobra luneta, ale niestety, jezeli nie masz 2000 zl to trudno dostac cos sensownego. Jeden z moich znajomych powiedzial ostatnio, ze lepiej miec nawet kiepska lunete niz zadnej. Slawek Parniewicz "HI Slawek, to put it...
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