January 2018

Text Aivar Leito

Photos Leho Luigujõe

Translation Liis

Estonian text posted 05.01.2018

 

 

The migration map of the cranes shows that all the Estonian cranes with transmitters have reached their winter quarters.

Their autumn migration was again very interesting and gave us much more knowledge about migration paths and wintering areas as well as migration behaviour.

Screencap  Fleur, LK forum
Translation Liis

 

Estonian text posted 08.01.2018

The seal rookery on December 18th, the last ”working day” of the camera

 

Gray seal       Hallhüljes       Halichoerus grypus

 

The whole of autumn and early winter one storm has chased another, sunshine has been scarce.

Photo and text  Mairi
Translation Liis

 

Windflower     Võsaülane     Anemone nemorosa

 

This lonely and melancholy windflower we found on January 5th at the Alatskivi hiking path. It is not precisely common to find a flowering windflower in January…

Transmission organized by  Elisa and EENet
Introduction  Helen Arusoo, Animal of the Year Team
Technical support  HATCAM
Translation Liis

Estonian text posted  05.05.2018

The camera of the Animal of the Year is located in the Elistvere animal park where at present 4 spotted cats live: the lynx lady Gella, lynx men Lars and Koopailves and one young new-comer from East Virumaa. In camera view we will hopefully see Gella with light fur, also Lars who has a darker head and dark spots, and maybe also the shy Kooopailves who keeps himself to himself. The newcomer – who is evidently a young female and who is said to have been left in an empty dog enclosure in East Virumaa – was brought to live at Elistvere this year and is as yet accommodating herself to the other lynxes – we will not meet her to start with. The young newcomer will live on her own in her enclosure for some more time.

Lepidopterological Society in Estonia
Translation Liis

 

Estonian text posted  01.01.2017

 

2 664 butterfly friends or 53,56%  of all participants voted for the swallowtail.

 

Video recorded by  Ahto Täpsi
Translation Liis

 Estonian text posted 21.12.2017

The age of this golden eagle should be more than 3 years, light tail feathers with a dark tip are visible, a lighter head plumage is shaping up

 

Golden eagle     Kaljukotkas or maakotkas    Aquila chrysaetos

 

The large, impressive and ancient birds mostly use a pine as nesting tree. Breeding adults can be counted as non-migratory birds. Some of the young birds have gone roving and some have arrived here from the north. Altogether there are less than a couple of hundred individuals in winter here. Foraging is often done at a distance from the breeding territory, in remote marsh, bog or forest areas.

Video recorded by  Ahto Täpsi

 Snow chart from Estonian Weather Services

Translation Liis

Estonian text posted 24.12.2017

 

It is quiet in the forest in a storm  and the jay notices the gift brought to him

 

Jay        Pasknäär       Garrulus glandarius

 

 

Photo: Kristel Vilbaste

Translation Liis

Estonian text posted 29.12.2017

Carrot harvest  29.12.2017

In August I got no carrots for my soup from this bed, they were so tiny. Four months more of growing time and what a harvest.

Kristel harvested turnips too today from her Tartu city garden, in addition to the carrots. In the soil spiders moved around…

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Estonia's Centenary Year 2018