Great Grey Owl joins the list. Pre-breakfast birding gave us a good selection of warblers. A Marsh Warbler sang from a willow right next to our hotel, then a short drive to a reed-fringed river quickly produced Blyth's Reed Warbler giving exceptionally good views, even singing from a telegraph wire at times! A little more tricky was a River Warbler, which at first refused to show despite its throbbing song carrying across the still morning air. Persistence paid off and we eventually got reasonable views before returning for a welcome late breakfast. Moving on towards the ferry across to Talinn, Estonia, we took a major detour to visit a known site for Great Grey Owl. We stood and scanned the edge of the wood for a long time and saw nothing. Eventually somebody noticed that behind us sat a huge Great Grey Owl, staring down at us with apparent distain showing in its beautiful yellow eyes. What a wonderful bird and we absorbed its majesty until finally Pekka insisted that we must go for the ferry.At the terminal in Helsinki, we were joined again by local expert, Mika. The ferry crossing produced fantastic visible migration of Brent Geese, where literally tens of thousands of birds crossed the blue sky ahead and around the ship, all moving north to their breeding grounds. After a calm crossing on a millpond sea, we safely arrived in Estonia. Towards dusk, we arrived at a large damp meadow and took up our position and waited. It wasn't long before we heard the strange clicking noise of displaying Great Snipe. Hearing them was one thing, seeing them was another. As we stood there engulfed in a cloud of persistent mosquitoes, an occasional tantalising glimpse of a bird in flight was had. At last as the sun almost set, we spotted a Great Snipe sitting in full view calling away! Over the next half hour or so, we enjoyed some great looks of at least two birds on the ground. To add to the spectacle, a calling Corncrake and a stunning male Red-backed Shrike - a great introduction to Estonian birding.Bird species total: 2250Posted 7.30pm, 2nd June, Somewhere in Estonia!