Plants
Common alder
The characteristic tree of wet coastal forests
Hoary alyssum
The harmless hoary alyssum
Purple loosestrife
Lovely flowers by the seashore
Sand ryegrass
Impressive shore grass
Scots pine
Finland’s most common tree species
Sea milkwort
Salt bather
Sea sandwort
Juicy, edible leaves
Seaside centaury and lesser centaury
Beautiful pink flowers
Warty cabbage
Eye-catching and fragrant
Yellow loosestrife
Common shore plant
Birds
Black-headed gull
Helsinki’s most numerous seagull
Caspian tern
The largest tern
Common goldeneye
Kalevala bird
Common tern
Black-tipped beak
Eider
The most common waterfowl in the Baltic Sea
Goosander
Deep diver on Helsinki’s shores
Great cormorant
Needless fish envy
Long-tailed duck
Tundra duck
Northern wheatear
Common shore bird
Tufted duck
Archipelago diver
White wagtail
Wagging tail