Background
Siikalahti is a five kilometre bay in Lake Simpelejärvi, located in south Karelia right on the Russian border. The development of Siikalahti as a birding lake dates back to the lowering of the water level in Lake Simpelejärvi, carried out in the 1830s and 1940s. Today Siikalahti is considered one of the best water areas for birds in Finland a...