Screencap from webcam Toivo
Estonian text posted 23.04.2019
English translation Liis

Water stick insect         Nõelhark       Ranatra linearis

This creature belongs to the Nepidae or Water scorpion insects, and appeared yesterday in camera view in the Võrtsjärv water meadow.

Those who move in mainland water bodies are probably more familiar with the water scorpion  Nepa cinerea with its leaf-like body. The stick water insect (see images) is seen less often .

Video recorded by  Tatjana, LK forum
Estonian text posted 27.04.2019

So female Tiiu laid the egg 

Greater spotted eagle      Suur-konnakotkas         Clanga clanga

 

Greater spotted eagles generally lay two eggs, seldom three.

We saw in the video Tiiu laying the first egg on April 23rd. Today on April 27th too the egg was laid in the evening.

Transmission provided by  Teetormaja and EENet
Estonian text posted 27.04.2019

Video recorded by  Mutikluti, LK forum
Estonian text posted 24.04.2019
English translation Liis

Grey heron          Hallhaigur       Ardea cinerea

 

A baby boom is starting in the heron colony – just imagine the hatching of the chicks of a some hundred nesting pairs at roughly the same time !

For information – the heron pairs keep together only during one nesting period.