From what I’ve got from a bit of research is that Finnish lapland has 2 lemming species. Most notable is the Norway lemming who lives in the alpine zone on fells in the deep north of Lapland province. Sources say that every 30-35 year Finland has one of the most major surges of lemmings seen anywhere in any arctic regions where they travel in colossal numbers all the way down to the golf of Bothnia and Lapland’s southern border. When did this happen last? I found sources talking about an event in the 60s but i couldn’t find one referencing a time after that. Knowing when the last one happened when will the next? Also does anyone know how regular and of what scale smaller scale migrations are?
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According to Wikipedia the latest really big year was in 1970, followed by 1978 and 2011, which weren’t as extreme.
*The road ahead is filled with danger and fright!*
*But push onward Lemmiwinks with all of your might!*
2020 is the only year I have seen them in lapland. Saw lots of them.
2011 was the previous one. Never felt so bad driving a car: just splat, splat, splat everywhere & roads were full of flat lemmings… 🙁
I was reading about these lately with the same question in mind as you, and unfortunately it seems likely that there will be no great lemming years anymore. One more unfortunate consequense from the climate crisis 🙁 (Although no more becoming a mass murderer of cute fluffy screechers)