Screencap Hellem, LK forum
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In the foreground we see an adult male already without antlers
Red Deer Punahirv Cervus elaphus
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Years are not twins – the year before last, the stags started shedding their antlers at the end of February (this is also confirmed by published data) and to Women’s Day most of them were already bald. This year the majority still wear a proud crown…
A view of roe deer from above too. In Tarmo Mikussaare’s drone photo we see a roe deer flock in a sparse forest. Just like this they spend their time together in winter and don’t move around very much. Particularly when there is plenty of food nearby. In that case the roe deer don’t move at all!
Video recorded by Biker, LK forum
Tawny owl Kodukakk Strix aluco
At 7 o’clock in the evening Klaara called on her mate Klaus. And after that we saw the first egg lying on the bottom of the nest.
The nesting period of tawny owls is long and we will have time to discuss everything in more detail.
Screencap from webcam IceAge, LK forum
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Bullfinches visited the birdfeeder until the end of the season.
This winter turned out as it did but our feathered friends got different bird foods by BALSNACK. Arne Ader cared nicely for the birds outside the window of the Loodusemees home office and ends the feeding only when the capricious spring weather is over.
The image from the camera was quite decent, there was no shortage of bird species – we can see that from the LK forum entries: thank you to the devoted watchers in the forum: LINK
Video recorded by Fleur, LK forum
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Grey seal Hallhüljes Halichoerus grypus
As we have already written, the females feed the pups for about three weeks, then the heat period begins. The large male seals of course fight for the females, driving off their rivals in order to be in the right place at the right time. The really large seal bulls have no bonds to the following generations and they may weigh up to three hundred kilos. The neck folds are sometimes scarred from bloody fights with each other.
Screencap by Hellem, LK forum
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Seal bull guarding his ”harem”
Grey seal Hallhüljes Halichoerus grypus
I asked seal researcher Ivar Jüssi who visited the isle on March 1 for observations when the peak of the mating period of the greys might come.
Among the large game animals the roe deer is the most frequent victim in traffic in Estonia. Car drivers should be particularly attentive in the Tiskre area and around the Jägala river bridge where a road with dense traffic and a traditional roe deer path coincide.
Photo: Tarmo Mikussaar
Although Estonia has more nature and a smaller population density in comparison to other European countries people still will not keep in one place but move around. Neither do the wild animals stay in one place but wander around, among them the roe deer, among the most numerous in Estonia. They move between summer and winter areas, in search of food, in the heat period, and on widening their habitats as well as on becoming independent. So the paths of roe deer and humans cross quite often and when a human with a motor vehicle and a roe deer on foot meet it is clear that due to the different speeds someone will obviously be hurt.
Introduction Renno Nellis
Transmission courtesy of TELE2 and EENet
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Image captured by IceAge, LK forum
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Seal counters arrive
Grey seal Hallhüljes Halichoerus grypus
The weather was ideal for observations, southerly wind 4m/s, air temperature +2 degrees and water temperature one degree lower.
The result of the census today (March 1st) was 53 grey seal pups and some stillborns.
Eight pups came to show themselves in camera view today. The peak pupping period is in about a week.
Editor of science news from the Year of the Great Tit Marko Mägi, marko.magi@ut.ee , bird ecology researcher at University of Tartu
Photo Uku Paal
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Cities attract birds and other animals particularly in winter because the heat leaking from buildings warms the environment and helps animals to save energy. In addition many bird species find easy ”mouthfuls” on these islands of warmth from food waste left by careless humans but also from food tables meant for birds. The concentration of great tits in cities, already at the autumn migration and particularly abundantly in the winter season, is confirmed by many scientific observations. In northern Finland and Sweden great tits manage to survive the winter only thanks to human activities – the birds gather in communities where they spend the whole long dark winter and only leave from there for the breeding areas when spring arrives.
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