August 2004
To Lofoten
On the first of August we started our trip to Norway Lofoten by Ilkka Jarvas parents caravan, which he had managed to loan. Other participants were Ilkka’s girlfriend Marisanna and our friends from Oulu Paulus Tulppo and Juha Heimovirta. (For example Leach’s and European Storm Petrels- first ones also in hand, Great Skuas, Gannets, Puffins, Kittiwakes, having fun and of course some digiscoping…) Lofoten VIII 2004 (The whole trip)
Back to work
After the trip to Lofoten I stayed couple of days in Oulu with my brother’s family. I also had one bird trip with Antti Pesola. We went to Oulunsalo Nenännokka and we did find some Broad-billed Sandpipers, Turnstones and Grey Heron and so on. We were just going to move on, when we got the messages that there was a Great White Egret in Raahe Yrjänänlahti. So we picked up Mikko Ala-Kojola on the way from Liminka and soon we were having a look at big white egret, which was with 9 Grey Herons.
During the mid August I was working in Health Centre again. So I hadn’t time to do birding at all. Also the Olympic Games took time. During the end of month Jari Kontiokorpi found two female Red-crested Pochards at Siikalahti, so I had to twitch a Siikalahti tick! At next day we twitched a young Long-tailed Skua at Joutseno Konnunsuo, and birding was fun again!
