Pielpajärvi Nature Trail Information Board

Spring Summer
June marks the beginning of the summer season, when bright and warm weather causes plants to turn green. All beings come back to life after a long and dark winter. With the arrival of migratory birds, summer is here. Even the bluethroat, the "nightingale of Lapland", returns to its familiar breeding grounds in the fallen birch areas of the Arctic.
The bluethroat (Luscinia svecica) has several Northern Sámi names, with meanings such as language believer, bell bird and the one with a hundred languages. They tell of this excellent singer's ability to borrow warning cries from other birds. Popular Finnish names of the bluethroat include
"chime bird", "the jingler of a pot hanger" and "blue-throat warbler".