November 2016

Video recorded by  Fleur, LK forum
Photo Arne Ader
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Mallard     Sinikael-part     Anas platyrhynchos

…and so they have arrived at the spawning ground – three individuals passed the camera.

In the dry summer last year the water level was some twenty centimetres lower and the mallards could successfully loot the spawning nests of the brown trout. With a higher water level it is more complicated for them and the video shows this too.

The body length of mallards is about half a meter or a little more, adults weigh a kilo or some hundred grams more.

Text Tiit Hunt, www.rmk.ee
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Brown trout   Jõeforell or hõrnas   Salmo trutta morpha fario

Text and photos Aare Lindt, www.loodusmuuseum.ee
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Northern winter moth

Winter moth

Northern winter moth   Metsa-külmavaksik        Operophtera fagata

Today, on Sunday, Eesti Looduskaitse Selts, the Estonian Society for Nature Conservation,  celebrates its 50^th anniversary in the Estonian National Museum with the conference ”How to uphold the nature and culture of Estonia”

On Sunday nearly 400 nature friends from all Estonian counties will gather in the Estonian National Museum to celebrate 50 years of the Eesti Looduskaitse Selts together.

ELKS was founded on November 4th, 1966, on the initiative of prominent naturalist and culture personality Jaan Eilart and developed into a notable national movement for protection of Estonian nature and culture.

Video record  Ahto Täpsi
Photo Arne Ader
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Path of woodcock on Wednesday morning in the snow in Virumaa

Woodcock; European woodcock  Metskurvits; folk name also nepp         Scolopax rusticola

The snow on Wednesday morning quite likely surprised the bird too; for food it looks for all kinds of creepy-crawlies in the mud with its long beak. There is no panic yet to leave towards south since the soil surface is not yet frozen.

Most woodcocks have already headed towards south but some that spend the winter here can be seen almost every year.

Text and photos  Aare Lindt, www.loodusmuuseum.ee
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Female of plumed prominent

Plumed prominent    Vahtratutlane        Ptilophora plumigera

Half a century ago the plumed prominent only occurred in West Estonia and even there it was rare. By now they have been encountered almost everywhere where maples grow.