We took a late morning flight north from Helsinki to Rovaniemi right on the Arctic Circle. After the essential photo stop by the sign proclaiming this is the Arctic Circle we drove further north to Luosto. We searched areas of damp birch and pine forest for Rustic Bunting, first two places drew a blank but we did add Brambling to our list. At the third attempt we found a beautiful male Rustic Bunting, what a cracker! Luckily this great bird was in the mood to show off and we all feasted our eyes as it flitted around in birch trees by a fast flowing stream. Very happy we headed back to the hotel for some much needed sleep ahead of another very early morning.Bird species total 2260 posted Luosto, Finland, 05 June