While the unseasonably warm weather in Finland has left wannabe ice skaters out in the cold, bird watchers have been counting their chickens thanks to the large number of species that have postponed their migrations south. Read the full story

A bottlenose dolphin has washed ashore are Vikurfjara in Iceland. The bottlenose dolphin is a very rare visitor to Iceland. Read the full story

A lonely snowy owl, who flies all the way from Greenland to Scotland every breeding season, is still to find a Valentine after nine years. Read the full story

Hopes in Denmark of discovering more about the invasive species, the raccoon dog, were literally crushed last week when the first ever live specimen was run over by a car. Wildlife experts who were eager to examine the habits of the raccoon-like animal have announced that their only captured beast had been turned into roadkill. Read the full story

A walrus was spotted at Flateyardalur in Iceland late on Thursday night. Stefan Gudmundsson, who saw the beast, said it looked exhausted; but was a phenomenal sight all the same. Read the full story

A researcher at the University of Alaska Fairbanks has said that climate change could lead to greater inter-species breeding. Read the full story

There has been another significant decrease in the numbers some species of cliff birds around Iceland. The situation of some populations, such as puffins and Brunnich’s guillemots, is much worse along the south coast than in the north. Read the full story

The Swedish residential area of Utby on the outskirts of Gothenburg was the scene of a bizarre assault recently when a local woman was sent tumbling in a seemingly unprovoked attack by an elk. The woman, who was walking her dog at the time, is said to be recovering well after the surprise attack according to news source The Local. Read the full story

Proving that they truly are man’s best friend, a pack of dogs saved a 75 year-old Swedish man as he was being attacked by an angry elk. The unusual incident occurred in a fruit orchard in the northern Swedish town of Gallivare. When the elderly man tried to chase the elk out of his yard, the formidable animal turned on him, causing several minor injuries. Read the full story

A particularly determined woodpecker on the island of Oland has gone on a pecking frenzy, creating dozens of fist-sized holes in several houses in the town of Tornbotten. The problem has become so bad that residents of this quiet island off south eastern Sweden have asked local authorities for permission to shoot the bird dead.

Speaking to the newspaper Expressen, Leif Johansson explained that his house has been repeatedly targeted by the woodpecker, and his frustration is boiling over. “There are fist-sized holes in the houses…it costs money to replace those boards. If it makes a hole in my house I need to tear down a whole wall. This woodpecker is totally out of its mind.”

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