Finland Ramsar wetland
Riisitunturi National Park
85 bird species recorded; the most in June.
Harrim · CC BY-SA 3.0
This month here
1 species in January.5 species in February.8 species in March.0 species in April.47 species in May.79 species in June.56 species in July.52 species in August.60 species in September.0 species in October.0 species in November.0 species in December.
The birds you are most likely to see in the month you choose, those that come for the season first. It opens on today's month.
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- Resident all year
- Summer visitor comes to breed
- Winter visitor comes for the winter
- Passage migrant in spring and autumn
In numbers
85 species, counted.
Our own rating, from the records only: species (50 points), threatened species (20), migrants (20) and protected status — Ramsar, IBA, SPA, observatory (10).
- 85Speciesrecorded more than once
- 61Migrantssummer, winter or passage visitors
- 0ThreatenedVulnerable, Endangered or Critically Endangered (IUCN)
- 3,311Recordsopen records within 6 km
- 411 mAltitudeabove the sea
- 5Raptors
- 1Owls
- 9Waders
- 2Gulls & seabirds
- 4Ducks & geese
- 1Storks & cranes
- 52Songbirds
- 11Other birds
From open records (eBird and others, through GBIF, licensed for any use). More birdwatchers mean more records: a quiet place may have more birds than it shows.
The checklist
All 85 species.
By group, with the year in twelve cells: the darker the cell, the more often the bird is recorded that month.
Raptors5 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- OspreyPandion haliaetus
- Common KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- MerlinFalco columbarius
- Rough-legged BuzzardButeo lagopus
- European HobbyFalco subbuteo
Owls1 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Northern Hawk-OwlSurnia ulula
Waders9 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Wood SandpiperTringa glareola
- Common GreenshankTringa nebularia
- Common SnipeGallinago gallinago
- European Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria
- Eurasian WhimbrelNumenius phaeopus
- Green SandpiperTringa ochropus
- Spotted RedshankTringa erythropus
- Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
- Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimus
Gulls & seabirds2 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- European Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Common GullLarus canus
Ducks & geese4 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Whooper SwanCygnus cygnus
- Common GoldeneyeBucephala clangula
- SmewMergellus albellus
- Eurasian TealAnas crecca
Storks & cranes1 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Common CraneGrus grus
Songbirds52 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- BramblingFringilla montifringilla
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus
- Common RedpollAcanthis flammea
- Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinus
- Tree PipitAnthus trivialis
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Western Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- Bohemian WaxwingBombycilla garrulus
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- Eurasian ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Rustic BuntingEmberiza rusticaNT
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- European Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleuca
- Great titParus major
- Common crossbillLoxia curvirostra
- Siberian JayPerisoreus infaustus
- European RobinErithacus rubecula
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- Pine GrosbeakPinicola enucleator
- White WagtailMotacilla alba
- Willow TitPoecile montanus
- Siberian TitPoecile cinctus
- Northern RavenCorvus corax
- Red-flanked BluetailTarsiger cyanurus
- WhinchatSaxicola rubetra
- Eurasian TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- Common Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
- Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Lanius excubitorLanius excubitor
- Northern WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
- BluethroatLuscinia svecica
- Common ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Common RosefinchCarpodacus erythrinus
- Barn swallowHirundo rustica
- Hooded CrowCorvus cornix
- Parrot CrossbillLoxia pytyopsittacus
- European Crested TitLophophanes cristatus
- Red-breasted flycatcherFicedula parva
- Eurasian MagpiePica pica
- Eurasian JayGarrulus glandarius
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Common House MartinDelichon urbicum
- European GreenfinchChloris chloris
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Wood WarblerPhylloscopus sibillatrix
- White-winged CrossbillLoxia leucoptera
Other birds11 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Common CuckooCuculus canorus
- Black GrouseLyrurus tetrix
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Western CapercaillieTetrao urogallus
- Eurasian Three-toed WoodpeckerPicoides tridactylus
- Willow PtarmiganLagopus lagopus
- Black WoodpeckerDryocopus martius
- Hazel GrouseTetrastes bonasia
- European SwiftApus apus
- Common Wood PigeonColumba palumbus
- WryneckJynx torquilla
Monthly presence relative to all bird records that month, so a busy month does not inflate every species.
When to go
The most species in June.
Species recorded in each month, with the usual temperature and rain.
- Jan-10°/-16°49 mm
- Feb-9°/-15°37 mm
- Mar-4°/-11°42 mm
- Apr1°/-4°49 mm
- May10°/2°85 mm
- Jun15°/8°98 mm
- Jul19°/12°116 mm
- Aug16°/9°106 mm
- Sep10°/5°83 mm
- Oct2°/-2°71 mm
- Nov-4°/-8°58 mm
- Dec-8°/-13°55 mm
- Bar: species recorded that month.
- Temperature: average maximum / minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
- Rain: monthly total.
The place
Riisitunturi National Park.
National park in Posio, Finland
Riisitunturi National Park is a wetland of international importance (Ramsar) in Finland, 411 m above the sea.
85 bird species have been recorded here more than once, in 3,311 open records.
The most recorded are the Brambling, the Willow Warbler and the Common Redstart.
55 species come for the summer, 5 for the winter and 1 only pass through.
The most species are recorded in June.
Get there and watch
- Official informationAccess, hours and rules from those who manage the place.Official site↗
- Riisitunturicampsite · 3.1 km · 3 within 10 km
- Posionearest town · 20 km in a straight line
- Kuusamo Airport (KAO)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 43 km in a straight lineCar hire at KAO airport (Kuusamo)Discover Cars · sponsored link↗
Plan the visit
A guided walk, a bed nearby, a car.
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From above
The place and its surroundings.
The satellite image of the 6 × 6 km around the place, with the bird hides, towers and trails that OpenStreetMap shows.
Around, in OpenStreetMap
- 3marked trails within 4 kmUKK-reitti, Riisin rääpäsy, Riisin rietas
- 3campsites within 10 kmRiisitunturi, Karitunturi, Ahmatupa
- bird hides within 6 km
- observation towers within 6 km
- visitor centres within 6 km
- viewpoints within 5 km
- car parks within 3 km
- restaurants and cafés within 3 km
- places to stay within 10 km
Counted in OpenStreetMap, the map anyone can edit. A low number may just mean nobody has mapped it yet.
In our other atlases
Around Riisitunturi National Park.
The lakes, beaches, islands, rivers and mountains around this place, and its night sky, in the family's atlases.
Peakyas5 mountains within 25 kmRiisitunturi · 1.9 kmKaritunturi · 10 kmKouvervaara · 18 kmNaatikkavaara · 18 kmRiavaara · 20 km
Lakeyas15 lakes within 15 kmSaarijärvi0.5 km² · 7.1 kmTolvanlampi1.2 km² · 7.8 kmRuokamojärvi0.8 km² · 8.6 kmNuottijärvi0.3 km² · 11 kmYli-Kitka289 km² · 13 km↗Rintajärvi2.9 km² · 13 kmKirintöjärvi3.1 km² · 15 kmSärkijärvi0.7 km² · 15 km
Figures from the sister sites' databases (Wikidata, HydroATLAS, GeoNames, OpenStreetMap). Links open when each site is online.
Photographs
The place, as people saw it.
Other places nearby.
Riisitunturi National Park
Finland
- 51Birdyas Score
- 85Species
- 61Migrants
- 0Threatened
Olvassuo Strict Nature Reserve
Finland · 137 km
- 44Birdyas Score
- 81Species
- 17Migrants
- 1Threatened
Where these figures come from
| Name and type | Wikidata (Q2722153) · CC0 |
|---|---|
| Birds | 3,311 open bird records within 6 km (GBIF, CC0 and CC BY 4.0 only; mostly eBird, Cornell Lab of Ornithology) |
| See these records | gbif.org |
| Species | GBIF Backbone Taxonomy · CC BY 4.0; Wikidata (CC0); Wikimedia Commons |
| Altitude | Copernicus DEM GLO-30 · © DLR e.V., © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH, Copernicus/ESA |
| Temperature and rain | NASA POWER (CERES SYN1deg, 2001–2020; MERRA-2) |
| What is around | © OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL |
| Images | EOX Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 · CC BY 4.0; Wikimedia Commons |
| Sister atlases | Peakyas, Lakeyas |
Every figure is an average, an estimate or a count from a public dataset. Licences and methods: data sources.
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