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Information - Verhonkulma (Vanajanselkä)

Migration site Verhonkulma (Vanajanselkä) Contacts Olli Haukkovaara Contacts Last count  3 October 2020 Observation hours 10:47 observation hours, 2 year

lat: 61.12313, lng: 24.19006

Description

The Verhonkulma pier on the west coast of the large, open lake Vanajanselkä offers an excellent autumn migration monitoring location for wildfowl, gulls and waders. Some of the flock migrate very close by this spot, some migrate on the opposite coast, to the south-facing directions. The pier has a space for a big group of birders if necessary. Here is some of the migration sums from best days from previous years:
- 20300 Geese
- 3500 Greater White-fronted Geese
- 13000 Barnacle Geese
- 940 Wigeons
- 351 Pintails
- 127 Great Scaups
- 384 Common Scoters
- 198 Black-throated loons
- 2 Peregrines
- 358 Golden Plovers
- 366 Grey Plovers
- 86 Red Knots
- 702 Dunlins
- 88 Bar-tailed Godwits
- 65 Little Gulls

Watching migration on this site is almost always worth it from Mid-summer wader migration to November to see Arctic wildfowl.

Location

The parking lot is right beside the pier, at Hartunkärjentie 148, Iittala. About the facilities; the rest room can be found in the beach a couple of meters from the pier to the north. If you are staying long, you should be self-catering, the nearest café is in Iittala Shell about 4 km away.

Access

The pier is owned by the municipality i.e. in free use.

Species

Waders, waterfowl, gulls and terns