Homeward Bound - Simon & Garfunkle 1966

A farewell drink to Tallinn, next stop Weymouth.

We fly EasyJet to Stansted this evening, so just time to get this 'post' published before leaving for the airport.

Have we featured Chaffinch on the Blog yet?

Another one of many breeding Pied Flycatchers.

Close-up of Hooded Crow.

The following 3 photographs were take during our 'Blue Period' when we had the camera setting at 'White Fluorescent Light' due to gross incompetence.

The 'Tallink Ferry' that plies between this capital and Helsinki, Finland.

'Second Summer' Herring Gull of the nominate race Larus argentatus argentartus

an adult herring Gull of the same race.

An omission from yesterday's post, as we took the bus back to Tallinn, in addition to the now all too familiar numbers of White Stork, there was a second Black Kite for the trip and an addition to my Estonia List of a fine adult male Marsh Harrier, quartering fields just outside the capital.

Some Statistics

89 species have been seen in Estonia this trip, with Whooper Swan, Pink-footed Goose, Goosander, Black Kite, Marsh Harrier, Corncrake, Little Ringed Plover, Lapwing, Common Tern, Arctic tern, Little Tern, Wood Pigeon, Nightjar, Wryneck, Tree Pipit, Yellow Wagtail, Red-backed Shrike, Blyth's Reed Warbler, Sedge Warbler, Icterine Warbler, Whitethroat, Lesser Whitethroat, Goldcrest, Pied Flycatcher, Whinchat, Wheatear, Common Redstart, Robin, Thrush Nightingale, Song Thrush, Greenfinch, Hawfinch, Scarlet Rosefinch and Rook.

What still remain elusive, given the season and sites visited, includes Great Crested Grebe, Shoveler, Stock Dove, Turtle Dove, a number of Owls & Woodpeckers, Sand Martin, Great Grey Shrike, Dunnock, Long-tailed Tit, Wren, Treecreeper, Reed Bunting, any of the Redpoll, Brambling and Bullfinch.

and what wasn't seen this time but has been previously:- Grey Heron, Teal, Tufted Duck, White-tailed Eagle, Golden Eagle, Sparrowhawk, Goshawk, Honey Buzzard, Peregrine, Hobby, Merlin, Kestrel, Moorhen, Coot, Oystercatcher, Redshank, Meadow Pipit plus Marsh & Willow Tit.

The Stat Counter has now recorded well over 2,000 individual readers of the Blog, from 65 countries. The latest of these are:- Poland, Trinidad & Tobago, Finland, Philippines and South Africa.

I find it fascinating to look at the 'counter' daily to see just who, and from where, the readership come. This is a copy of today's findings and readers:-

	Num	Perc.	Country Name
	1279	63.95%	United Kingdom
	303	15.15%	Estonia
	77	3.85%	United States
	40	2.00%	Slovakia
	34	1.70%	Australia
	28	1.40%	Austria
	23	1.15%	Canada
	23	1.15%	Ukraine
	20	1.00%	Czech Republic
	18	0.90%	Netherlands
	17	0.85%	Hungary
	16	0.80%	Germany
	15	0.75%	Romania
	15	0.75%	Argentina
	10	0.50%	India
	10	0.50%	Japan
	9	0.45%	Bosnia And Herzegovina
	7	0.35%	Colombia
	6	0.30%	Macedonia
	5	0.25%	Vietnam
	5	0.25%	Spain
	4	0.20%	Europe
	3	0.15%	Mexico
	3	0.15%	Taiwan
	3	0.15%	Italy
	3	0.15%	Serbia
	2	0.10%	Venezuela
	2	0.10%	Ecuador
	2	0.10%	France
	2	0.10%	Ireland
	2	0.10%	Thailand
	2	0.10%	Chile
	2	0.10%	Finland
	1	0.05%	Philippines
	1	0.05%	Indonesia
	1	0.05%	Bulgaria
	1	0.05%	Costa Rica
	1	0.05%
	1	0.05%	Bolivia
	1	0.05%	South Africa
	1	0.05%	Sweden
	1	0.05%	Slovenia
	1	0.05%	Trinidad And Tobago

FAN-BLOODY-TASTIC!

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