A slight mixup in details for this morning meant we were all dressed up ready to go out after breakfast so we decided to explore an area in Gosney about an hour away. We stopped for petrol and drinks and passed a museum which we thought we would visit on the way back if we had time. We drove up the 835 (913) in Gosney but missed the site and ended up at the Martinselkonin turn off. We turned round headed back 16 Km but could see nothing so we kept going until we noticed a sign for Lintutorni which turned out to be Bird Hide in Finnish.
Looking back from the road we could see a tower hide so we turned back and found a small car park just off the road. A short walk along a boardwalk being harangued by a Wood Sandpiper in a tree and we found the tower hide. Climbing up we could see across a great looking marshy area. Scanning round we saw a pair of Cranes, a Whooper Swan on a nest, several nesting Black-headed and Common Gulls and a couple of very noisy Greenshank on the islands. There were also Tufted Duck, Teal, Green Sandpiper and Goldeneye on the pools. Even though it rained for most of the visit we kept reasonably dry as the tower was covered.
On the way home we stopped at the Winter War Memorial built to commemorate all those who died or fought in the Winter War of 1940. There were also some old guns and Second World War vehicles as well as a modern looking centre. We didn't have time to go in but I would be interested in visiting another time.
We returned in time to have a shower and download some pictures before 4.00pm dinner of Meatball Soup, Chicken in a curry sauce with rice and Chocolate cake. We then collected our picnic bag and our gear and walked out to hide 17, which is quite new and placed on a different pool looking easterly with a reputation for not being very mozzie secure so we had applied repellant and we spent some time filling up gaps with tissue. We still had quite a number of them which we swatted ruthlessly. It was quite dark and overcast and rained fairly regularly through the night.
There was bait in several places in front of the hide, within about 30yds so we had hopes of some reasonable pictures. A Wolverine was the first to come in, quite fast from the right, and it gave great views. It moved quite fast in front of us until it got to the fallen tree where it found some food, then it came back along the lake to the base of a tree and opened another food cache. It then went back left until it disappeared in the bushes. It appeared again moving along the lake edge to the back of the lake where it disappeared.
Through the night we were visited by 4 different bears, two youngsters coming in together, which fed around the ground between the hides and the lake, giving absolutely brilliant views. We returned to the lodge for breakfast and a sleep before spending a bit of time wandering around the area near the lodge.
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Looking back from the road we could see a tower hide so we turned back and found a small car park just off the road. A short walk along a boardwalk being harangued by a Wood Sandpiper in a tree and we found the tower hide. Climbing up we could see across a great looking marshy area. Scanning round we saw a pair of Cranes, a Whooper Swan on a nest, several nesting Black-headed and Common Gulls and a couple of very noisy Greenshank on the islands. There were also Tufted Duck, Teal, Green Sandpiper and Goldeneye on the pools. Even though it rained for most of the visit we kept reasonably dry as the tower was covered.
On the way home we stopped at the Winter War Memorial built to commemorate all those who died or fought in the Winter War of 1940. There were also some old guns and Second World War vehicles as well as a modern looking centre. We didn't have time to go in but I would be interested in visiting another time.
We returned in time to have a shower and download some pictures before 4.00pm dinner of Meatball Soup, Chicken in a curry sauce with rice and Chocolate cake. We then collected our picnic bag and our gear and walked out to hide 17, which is quite new and placed on a different pool looking easterly with a reputation for not being very mozzie secure so we had applied repellant and we spent some time filling up gaps with tissue. We still had quite a number of them which we swatted ruthlessly. It was quite dark and overcast and rained fairly regularly through the night.
There was bait in several places in front of the hide, within about 30yds so we had hopes of some reasonable pictures. A Wolverine was the first to come in, quite fast from the right, and it gave great views. It moved quite fast in front of us until it got to the fallen tree where it found some food, then it came back along the lake to the base of a tree and opened another food cache. It then went back left until it disappeared in the bushes. It appeared again moving along the lake edge to the back of the lake where it disappeared.
Through the night we were visited by 4 different bears, two youngsters coming in together, which fed around the ground between the hides and the lake, giving absolutely brilliant views. We returned to the lodge for breakfast and a sleep before spending a bit of time wandering around the area near the lodge.
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