Here is my traditional article to celebrate the Land of a Thousand Lakes, a frozen land with a big heart, the place where I’m happy ❤
It’s not perfect, but there’s no other country where I would rather be 🙂
Here are a few pictures from this year that I haven’t published on the blog yet. The first ones are from Spring and Summer around Helsinki, while the latter are from Lapland in September. More articles are coming soon, but in the meantime, why not have a go at my latest piece, Ruska 2020: Pallas-Ylläs, if you haven’t yet? Welcome!
Wood sandpiper (Tringa glareola) 
Wood warbler (Phylloscopus sibilatrix) 
Eurasian wigeon (Mareca penelope) 
Black-throated diver (Gavia arctica) 
Bohemian waxwing (Bombycilla garrulus)
Happy 103rd birthday Finland! Hyvää itsenäisyyspäivää!
Beautiful photos, per usual, Samuel… autumn in Lapland is gorgeous!
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Thanks Eliza… all seasons are gorgeous in Lapland! 😀 It’s a special place
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Wonderful nature shots, Samuel. Your bird captures are excellent.
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Thank you very much for your visit and the kind words, Jane 🙂
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Wow, such wonderful photos!
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Thank you very much 🙂
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Thank you for these pictures! I miss home even more.
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Kiitos for visiting, I’m glad you liked the pics 🙂
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It’s been a wee while, Samuel! I’m taking some time to wander through the WordPress world on a lovely summer morning…your photos are hauntingly beautiful and you’re right, your beloved Finland is stunning no matter the season!
A recent afternoon walk by the lagoon with a Mason jar of homemade ice tea left me bemused as I watched a large Pileated Woodpecker flitting about not knowing until I was told that a coyote had just melted into the bush…
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Hi Kim, it’s good to see you here! Thank you very much for your kind words.
It’s been a while I haven’t published anything new here, I’ve been working on all sorts of projects… including a new newsletter, which I’d like to encourage you to subscribe to, if you want (but you’ll see that in my latest post!).
Sounds like amazing wildlife encounters! Here it’s baby time, we have wigeon, coot and moorhen chicks wandering along the river =) I spent some time in Lapland last month, it was spectacular with all the migratory species back on their breeding grounds!
Take care ❤
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