Harju said that due to its long tusks, she guessed that it was an older walrus, adding that the animal was calm during the hour that she watched it lay on the beach.
The eyewitness, who first heard the animal splashing by the southeastern coast, said she couldn't believe her eyes.
Sightings of great egrets have been reported for decades, but sightings this summer confirm the first time the species has nested in Finland.
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