Summer in Võrumaa

 Text and photo Toivo Tuberik,Viitina Nature Education Centre
Translation: Liis
 
On Saturday in Luhasoo bog
 
This year’s late spring and early summer has been full of surprises. Plants that should flower at different times in a „normal“ summer let all their colours be enjoyed at one time.
 
In the mushroom world it is strange to find several species of Russulas, boletes and the blusher (Amanita rubescens) side by side with chanterelles. I was worried before Midsummer in Võrumaa about where the butterflies had gone. But precisely to the holiday they appeared all at once, the small tortoiseshell (Aglais urticae) as well as painted ladies (Vanessa cardui), admirals, and many others.
 
Some days ago there was talk of cloudberries in Looduskalender. This wonderfully delicious berry provided a surprise in Luhasoo – few remember such a view, the whole bog yellow and red with the berries. Of course we also have to do with people’s selective memories but still it can be said that this year is truly a cloudberry year.


 

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