Theme pages

Here you can find information about important topics and services.

Monitoring schemes

The National Butterfly Survey of Finland (NAFI)

The National Butterfly Survey of Finland (NAFI). Explore results and report observations.

Winter Bird Census

Winter bird census studies prevalence and abundance of birds in different habitats in different parts of our country and on a long time scale. Examine the results and report census results.

Line-transect count of land birds

Line-transect count survey is a method to get a representative image of birds nesting in the area. Explore out the results, reserve a line, and report results.

Finnish Museum of Natural History (LUOMUS) coordinates a research project ´Atlas of amphibians and reptiles in Finland´. Examine the species and the results. You can also report your own observations.

Satellite tracking

Satellite transmitters and other positioning devices provide detailed information on migratory birds, wintering areas, catchment areas and the extent of the territories. Follow the birds on the map!

Invasive species

Service for terminating invasive species

LOLIFE

Flying-Squirrel-Life

SYKE Butterfly Census

Bumblebee census

Bumblebee census organized by Finnish Environment Institute

Point count

Point counts of breeding terrestrial birds

Glow worm form

Glow worm citizen science project

Observations

Quality control

Browse comments regarding observations.

Identify species

Help identify observations! Browse images in FinBIF for which the subject has not been identified.

Data bank

Publish your dataset at FinBIF as primary- or secondary data.

Collection metadata

Browse collections and view their metadata.

Species identification

Pinkka

Pinkka - E-Learning Environment

Insects of Finland – Guide to Orders

Identify insects to an order level

Mosses of Finland – Identification Keys

Identification keys to genera of mosses.

Taxonomy

Checklist of Finnish species

The annual versions of the national checklist of Finnish species.

Geographic Information

Map service

This service can be used to find out coordinates in different Finnish and global coordinate systems, calculate distances and areas, and look at different maps (topographic laser map, forest vegetation zones, etc.). You can also save the patterns you draw and bring your own patterns to the service in a variety of file formats.

Finnish Uniform Grid

Learn about the Uniform Coordinate System (YKJ) and its use in the life sciences.

Biogeographical province

Information about the Finnish biogeographical provinces.

Opening the observation data in geographic information systems

Instructions for downloading and opening location information of observation data in several geographic information systems.