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Finland and Arctic Norway

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With Killian Mullarney and Dick Forsman as leaders

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8 Red-throated Diver 7 40 Gavia stellata
8 Black-throated Diver 5 25 Gavia arctica
4 Great Northern Diver 1 1 Gavia immer
8 White-billed Diver 2 6 Gavia adamsii
8 Great Crested Grebe 4 6 Podiceps cristatus
8 Red-necked Grebe 5 15 Podiceps grisegena
8 Slavonian Grebe 1 5 Podiceps auritus
5 Fulmar 1 1 Fulmarus glacialis
8 Gannet 4 25 Sula bassana
8 Cormorant 5 '00s Phalacrocorax carbo
8 Shag 3 '0s Phalacrocorax aristotelis
3 Bittern 1 1 H Botaurus stellaris
4 Grey Heron 1 1 Ardea cinerea
1 White Stork Ciconia ciconia
7 Mute Swan 2 10 Cygnus olor
8 Whooper Swan 12 104 Cygnus cygnus
5 (Taiga) Bean Goose 3 11 Anser (fabalis) fabalis
8 (Tundra) Bean Goose 5 58 Anser (fabalis) serrirostris/rossicus
5 Pink-footed Goose 3 3 Anser brachyrhynchus
1 Lesser White-fronted Goose Anser erythropus
3 White-fronted Goose Anser albrifrons albifrons
7 Greylag Goose 5 95 Anser anser
3 Canada Goose 2 7 Branta canadensis
6 Barnacle Goose 4 26 Branta leucopsis
3 Brent Goose 2 200 Branta bernicla bernicla
8 Shelduck 2 25 Tadorna tadorna
8 Wigeon 11 14 Anas penelope
6 Gadwall 3 8 Anas strepera
8 Teal 13 19 Anas crecca
8 Mallard 14 15 Anas platyrhynchos
8 Pintail 9 16 Anas acuta
8 Garganey 2 8 Anas querquedula
6 Shoveler 5 21 Anas clypeata
8 Pochard 1 7 Aythya ferina
8 Tufted Duck 15 25 Aythya fuligula
7 Scaup 2 4 Aythya marila
8 Common Eider 6 800 Somateria mollissima
8 King Eider 3 180 Somateria spectabilis
8 Steller's Eider 5 300 Polysticta stelleri
8 Long-tailed Duck 6 400 Clangula hyemalis
7 Common Scoter 7 40 Melanitta nigra
8 Velvet Scoter 7 70 Melanitta fusca
8 Goldeneye 11 133 Bucephala clangula
8 Smew 8 8 Mergus albellus
7 Red-breasted Merganser 10 25 Mergus serrator
8 Goosander 9 170 Mergus merganser
7 Honey Buzzard 3 2 Pernis apivorus
7 White-tailed Eagle 3 14 Haliaeetus albicilla
8 Marsh Harrier 3 3 Circus aeruginosus
5 Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus
5 Goshawk 3 1 Accipiter gentilis
7 Sparrowhawk 2 2 Accipiter nisus
8 Common Buzzard 2 1 Buteo buteo
8 Rough-legged Buzzard 9 5 Buteo lagopus
1 Greater-spotted Eagle Aquila clanga
5 Golden Eagle 2 2 Aquila chrysaetos
5 Osprey 2 1 Pandion haliaetus
6 Kestrel 9 6 Falco tinnunculus
2 Red-footed Falcon Falco vespertinus
8 Merlin 6 4 Falco columbarius
6 Hobby Falco subbuteo
7 Gyr Falcon Falco rusticolus
6 Peregrine 5 2 Falco peregrinus
8 Hazel Grouse 6 6 Bonasa bonasia
8 Willow Grouse 6 6 Lagopus lagopus
7 Ptarmigan Lagopus mutus
8 Black Grouse 4 8 Tetrao tetrix
8 Capercaillie 2 3 Tetrao urogallus
1 Grey Partridge Perdix perdix
8 Pheasant 5 5 Phasianus colchicus
1 Spotted Crake 1 2 Porzana porzana
7 Corncrake 1 1 Crex crex
7 Moorhen 1 1 Gallinula chloropus
8 Coot 3 8 Fulica atra
8 Common Crane 5 42 Grus grus
7 Oystercatcher 11 25 Haematopus ostralegus
8 Little Ringed Plover 1 1 Charadrius dubius
8 Ringed Plover 9 60 Charadrius hiaticula tundrae
7 Dotterel 1 4 Charadrius morinellus
8 Golden Plover 10 65 Pluvialis apricaria
8 Lapwing 5 6 Vanellus vanellus
7 Knot 3 2500 Calidris canutus
7 Sanderling Calidris alba
3 Little Stint 1 1 Calidris minuta
8 Temminck's Stint 6 13 Calidris temminckii
2 Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea
8 Purple Sandpiper 4 3000 Calidris maritima
8 Dunlin 6 1200 Calidris alpina
4 Broad-billed Sandpiper Limicola falcinellus
8 Ruff 10 14 Philomachus pugnax
7 Jack Snipe 1 1 Lymnocryptes minimus
8 Common Snipe 12 10 Gallinago gallinago
8 Woodcock 3 2 Scolopax rusticola
8 Black-tailed Godwit 1 4 Limosa limosa
8 Bar-tailed Godwit 4 20 Limosa lapponica
8 Whimbrel 9 10 Numenius phaeopus
8 Curlew 10 20 Numenius arquata
8 Spotted Redshank 4 6 Tringa erythropus
8 Redshank 7 20 Tringa totanus
8 Greenshank 9 4 Tringa nebularia
8 Green Sandpiper 4 2 (H) Tringa ochropus
8 Wood Sandpiper 10 12 Tringa glareola
8 Terek Sandpiper 1 1 Xenus cinereus
8 Common Sandpiper 9 6 Actitis hypoleucos
8 Turnstone 5 12 Arenaria interpres
8 Red-necked Phalarope 2 2 Phalaropus lobatus
1 Grey Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius
2 Pomarine Skua Stercorarius pomarinus
8 Arctic Skua 6 30 Stercorarius parasiticus
8 Long-tailed Skua 8 10 Stercorarius longicaudus
3 Great Skua Catharacta skua
8 Little Gull 7 200 Larus minutus
8 Black-headed Gull 11 '00s Larus ridibundus
8 Common Gull 14 200 Larus canus
8 "Baltic" Lesser Black-backed Gull 4 20 Larus (fuscus) fuscus
8 "Siberian" Gull 1 6 Larus (fuscus) heuglini
8 Herring Gull 13 '00s Larus (argentatus) argentatus
4 Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides
8 Glaucous Gull 4 9 Larus hyperboreus
8 Great Black-backed Gull 8 70 Larus marinus
8 Kittiwake 6 '000s Rissa tridactyla
5 Caspian Tern 1 1 Sterna caspia
8 Common Tern 4 3 Sterna hirundo
8 Arctic Tern 11 80 Sterna paradisaea
4 Little Tern Sterna albifrons
2 Black Tern Childonias niger
8 Guillemot 2 '00s Uria aalge
8 Brünnich's Guillemot 1 100 Uria lomvia
8 Razorbill 3 200 Alca torda
8 Black Guillemot 3 50 Cepphus grylle
8 Puffin 3 50 Fratercula arctica
8 Feral Pigeon 9 22 Columba livia
8 Stock Dove 1 3 Columba oenas
8 Woodpigeon 8 40 Columba palumbus
3 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
8 Cuckoo 7 6 (H) Cuculus canorus
8 Eagle Owl 1 1 Bubo bubo
3 Snowy Owl Nyctea scandiaca
8 Hawk Owl 4 2 Surnia ulula
8 Pygmy Owl 1 1 6jvs Glaucidium passerinum
1 Tawny Owl Strix aluco
8 Ural Owl 1 1 Strix uralensis
6 Great Grey Owl 1 1 1jv Strix nebulosa
2 Long-eared Owl Asio otus
8 Short-eared Owl 6 3 Asio flammeus
8 Tengmalm's Owl 1 1 Aegolius funereus
8 Common Swift 7 50 Apus apus
7 Wryneck 2 2 Jynx torquilla
8 Grey-headed Woodpecker 1 1 Picus canus
8 Black Woodpecker 2 1 4jvs Dryocopus martius
8 Great Spotted Woodpecker 7 4 Dendrocopos major
1 White-backed Woodpecker Dendrocopos leucotos
5 Lesser Spotted Woodpecker 1 1 Dendrocopus minor
8 Three-toed Woodpecker 2 1 Picoides tridactylus
1 White-winged Lark Melanocorypha leucoptera
1 Crested Lark Galerida cristata
8 Skylark 5 4 Alauda arvensis
8 Horned Lark 3 6 Eremophila alpestris
8 Sand Martin 5 20 Riparia riparia
8 Swallow 9 25 Hirundo rustica
8 House Martin 8 60 Delichon urbica
8 Tree Pipit 8 5 Anthus trivialis
8 Meadow Pipit 10 60 Anthus pratensis
5 Red-throated Pipit Anthus cervinus
8 Rock Pipit 3 4 Anthus petrosus littoralis
4 "Blue-headed" Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava flava
8 "Grey-headed" Yellow Wagtail 3 10 Motacilla flava thunbergi
unidentified "Yellow" Wagtail 4 8 Motacilla flava sp.
1 Citrine Wagtail Motacilla citreola
8 White Wagtail 14 15 Motacilla alba alba
8 Waxwing 5 20 Bombycilla garrulus
6 Dipper (Black-bellied) Cinclus cinclus cinclus
6 Wren 1 1 H Troglodytes troglodytes
8 Dunnock 3 4 Prunella modularis
8 Robin 4 5 (H) Erithacus rubecula
8 Thrush Nightingale 3 4 (H) Luscinia luscinia
1 Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos
8 Bluethroat 4 5 Luscinia svecica
5 Red-flanked Bluetail 1 1 Tarsiger cyanurus
8 Redstart 8 10 (H) Phoenicurus phoenicurus
8 Whinchat 1 5 Saxicola rubetra
8 Northern Wheatear 11 17 Oenanthe oenanthe
4 Ring Ouzel 2 3 Turdus torquatus
8 Blackbird 5 6 Turdus merula
8 Fieldfare 15 '0s Turdus pilaris
8 Song Thrush 6 10 Turdus philomelos
8 Redwing 15 '0s Turdus iliacus
8 Mistle Thrush 6 6 Turdus viscivorus
4 River Warbler Locustella fluviatilis
8 Sedge Warbler 5 15 Acrocephalus schoenobaenus
8 Blyth's Reed Warbler 2 5 Acrocephalus dumetorum
8 Marsh Warbler 2 2 Acrocephalus palustris
8 Reed Warbler 2 2 Acrocephalus scirpaceus
7 Great Reed Warbler 1 1 Acrocephalus arundinaceus
5 Icterine Warbler 2 2 Hippolais icterina
2 Barred Warbler Sylvia nisoria
8 Lesser Whitethroat 2 6 (H) Sylvia curruca
8 Whitethroat 2 6 Sylvia communis
8 Garden Warbler 3 10 (H) Sylvia borin
7 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla
4 Greenish Warbler Phylloscopus trochiloides
8 Wood Warbler 2 2 Phylloscopus sibilatrix
8 Chiffchaff 1 3 (H) Phylloscopus collybita
8 Willow Warbler 11 25 (H) Phylloscopus trochilus
8 Goldcrest 5 2 (H) Regulus regulus
8 Spotted Flycatcher 6 3 (H) Muscicapa striata
5 Red-breasted Flycatcher 1 1 Ficedula parva
8 Pied Flycatcher 10 8 Ficedula hypoleuca
2 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus
8 Willow Tit 5 7 Parus montanus borealis
8 Siberian Tit 1 1 Parus cinctus
8 Crested Tit 1 4 Parus cristatus
4 Coal Tit Parus ater
8 Blue Tit 4 6 Parus caeruleus
8 Great Tit 9 7 Parus major
7 Treecreeper 2 1 Certhia familiaris
8 Red-backed Shrike 3 2 Lanius collurio
4 Northern Great Grey Shrike Lanius excubitor
8 Jay 3 4 Garrulus glandarius
6 Siberian Jay 3 5 Perisoreus infastaus
8 Magpie 14 20 Pica pica
3 Nutcracker Nucifraga caryoctactes
8 Jackdaw 4 60 Corvus monedula
8 Rook 1 35 Corvus frugilegus
1 Carrion Crow Corvus corone
8 Hooded Crow 14 30 Corvus cornix
8 Raven 12 10 Corvus corax
8 Starling 5 6 Sturnus vulgaris
8 House Sparrow 11 20 Passer domesticus
1 Tree Sparrow Passer montanus
8 Chaffinch 8 20 Fringilla coelebs
8 Brambling 9 40 Fringilla montifringilla
8 GreenFinch 10 20 Carduelis chloris
3 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis
8 Siskin 8 30 Carduelis spinus
3 Linnet Carduelis cannabina
6 Twite 2 15 Carduelis flavirostris
8 Mealy Redpoll 7 20 Carduelis (flammea) flammea
8 Arctic Redpoll 3 5 Carduelis hornemanni
1 Two-barred Crossbill Loxia leucoptera
8 Crossbill 8 30 Loxia curvirostra
3 Parrot Crossbill 1 4 Loxia pytopsittacus
8 Scarlet Rosefinch 4 5 Carpodacus erythrinus
5 Pine Grosbeak 1 1 Pinicola enucleator
8 Bullfinch 6 8 Pyrrhula pyrrhula
1 Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes
8 Lapland Longspur (Bunting) 4 45 Calcarius lapponicus
8 Snow Bunting 2 17 Plectrophenax nivalis
8 Yellowhammer 4 10 Emberiza citrinella
8 Ortolan Bunting 1 3 Emberiza hortulana
4 Rustic Bunting Emberiza rustica
5 Little Bunting 1 1 Emberiza pusilla
8 Reed Bunting 11 10 Emberiza schoeniclus