My latest project ‘Borealis Winter’, focuses on the Birdlife of Northern Finland and the Varanger Penninsula during the colder months. This projects explores arctic specialities and their environment. Fellow Photographers on this trip include Brandon Kemp, Connor Coombes and Ewan-Heath Flynn. Here I will write about our adventure and some insight behind the project. 

Our first stop was Neljän Tuulen avoin yhtiö, this accommodation has a very reliable feeding station for the woodland species here. This place being the only easy food source for miles around meant there was many birds to see that were remarkably tame.

We heard the drumming of a Three Toed woodpecker (Picoides tridactylus) on the side of a road but playing its call to get its attention was impossible for it to respond to due to the acoustical absorption of the snow. Siberian Jays (Perisoreus infaustus) were seen around this station and many locations, a Lesser-Spotted Woodpecker (Dendrocopos minor) made an appearance too, an amazing tiny bird. Red Squirrels (Sciurus vulgaris) and Red Fox (Vulpes vulpes) were also seen. A Hawk Owl (Surina ulula) was spotted in a distant tree on the side of the road near this location.