Mass migration of wildfowl on the Finnish Gulf, May 19th-23rd
Last week I guided two back-to-back cruises on the Finnish Gulf on board M/S Kristina Brahe. Starting at Helsinki on Wednesday 19th, we sailed east, all the way to the Russian border. The weather could not have been better, and the warm and still conditions prevailed throughout the week.
At this time of year the big [...]
KAZAKHSTAN 2nd-14th of May, 2010
Left Helsinki in the afternoon of the 1st of May flying with Turkish Airlines (excellent service) via Istanbul and arriving in Almaty, Kazakhstan, the next morning at 6 o’clock (time difference of three hours). Our multi-national Central Asia Birding group, under the leadership of Almaty-based but Dutch-born Machiel Valkenburg, comprised 2 Belgians, 4 Brits and [...]