Photos Arne Ader and Kaarel Kaisel
Estonian text posted 25.10.2018
Brent geese
Brent goose Mustlagle Branta bernicla
We see in Arne’s photo both adults and juvenile birds – on the neck of the latter the semi-circle shaped patch is not yet visible
The migrants passing Estonia have nested in the western Siberian tundras, but close to the sea.
Photo Arne Ader
Video Ahto Täpsi
Estonian text posted 25.10.2018
Text and illustrations Tiit Hunt, www.rmk.ee
English translation Liis
Estonian text posted 23.10.2018
The migrant camera was in two different locations on the Haeska shore to start with this autumn. The first place was a promising patch of grass that however became submerged in water with the rising seawater level and storm winds so that a boat was needed to fetch the camera.
Videos recorded by Fleur and Jassi, LK forum
English translation Liis
Estonian text posted 21.10.2018
Flights to find night location looked like this at sunset
Although the goose migration still continues the camera location regrettably did not hit the best place. As can be seen there is not much grass growth on the pastures despite the warm weather.
Soon Tiit Hunt will give the watchers a review of events and information on where the camera soon will be placed.
Screenshot from webcam IceAge, LK forum
English translation Liis
Estonian text posted 19.10.2018
White-tailed eagle pair Suvi and Sulev’s nest looked like this at the end of the season
White-tailed eagle Merikotkas Haliaeëtus albicilla
The droppings of lynxes are seldom seen in nature – the lynx usually scratches soil or snow on top of them. However, if you find excrements do not touch them with bare hands.
Photo: Aive Sepp
Estonian text posted by Animal of the Year Team 13.10.2018
English translation Liis
Text and illlustrations provided by Tiit Hunt, www.rmk.ee
English translation Liis
Estonian text posted 13.10.2018
Yes, the nature cameras work, when they work, still on line and among the wildlife – storms, mice, cows,water,ants and all the other wild life.
On the Sassi peninsula the video images from the migrant camera were splashed by cattle, and the badger camera images from Nasva in Saaremaa were devoured by mice – tooth marks here and there causing short circuits on the hundred meters long cable.
Once in the Tehumardi area hundreds of ants at the badger den discovered that a good place for their nest was directly in the camera between all kinds of small widgets; it became too much when they started to run unceasingly across the sensor.
Text and visuals Kaido Einama, www.reisijutud.com
English translation Liis
Estonian text posted 11.10.2018
There are hiking paths that seem quite ordinary but soon will no longer be so – one of those is the nature trail in the Poruni ancient forest. When the Reisijutud.com people were there 15 years ago local people told about bears that in the night visited hikers sleeping in their tents in the middle of nowhere and put their noses inside the tent to find out where the delicious smell of food came from. And a local mushroom picker suggested cunningly to pick those ”rubber mushroom”: “I don’t want them, but leave the ceps for me”. He called the chanterelles ”rubber mushrooms”.
Text Ivar Ojaste
Images Aivar Leito
English translation Liis
Estonian text posted 08.10. 2018
Cranes “Soits 1“and “Soits 2“ left their home in Elistvere on September 18th, and at the moment are staying in the Hortobagy National Park in East Hungary
Dear Friends,
During their autumn migration the 9 cranes, ringed and wearing satellite transmitters on the initiative of Aivar Leito who recently left us, have reached Germany, Poland and Hungary.
Linnuvaatleja introduces new book in English
Birding Estonia, the first comprehensive guide in English to birdwatching in Estonia for birdwatchers and tourists interested in nature has been published.
Text and illustrations Tiit Hunt, www.rmk.ee
English translation Liis
Estonian text posted 08.10.2018
Last week the barnacle geese reached Estonia and came into the Haeska camera view too – they were clearly a couple of weeks late or even more. The warm weather kept them in place in the north until the last moment and so they were not seen in September except a few small groups of local origin.
Yesterday’s radar observation in Esivere showed for the first time this large migration of various bird species from the Arctic that reached an order of hundreds of thousand individuals. A favourable slight northern wind set the birds moving.
Text: Jaan Riis, Looduse Omnibuss
English translation Liis
Estonian text posted 07.10.2018
The 20th season of the Looduse Omnibus Nature Nights at the National Library in Tallinn starts on Monday October 8th at 18.00 Estonian time with the Night of Mountains. Our guests are young mountaineer Uko Nõulik, the EV100 anniversary year Estonia Expedition leader Raivo Plumer and the group Bonzo.
On August 14th this year the youngest Estonian mountaineer until now, 12 year old Uku Nõulik, reached the tip of the highest peak in Europe, Elbrus. On Monday he will talk about how he prepared for this and how easy or difficult the conquest of the peak was.
This forum, literally for citizen science, started 10 years ago. Registered members at the moment are 3756, subjects handled 635, more than 600 000 posts…
Photo and text Epp Harmon.
The first Forum meeting in Alliklepa at the Looduskalender field site. Autumn 2008.
To tell it all from the beginning we have to look back ten years and across an ocean. Back then viewers of the black stork web camera of Looduskalender were from the whole world. By chance we gathered at that time in the Canadian Hancock Wildlife Foundation forum.
In a field at the edge of Hosby village in Noarootsi about a hundred grey geese started to land in the calm weather.
The flock, flying in orderly flight at a height of 50-60 meters suddenly turned into a chaotic mixed bundle, they could be seen in the air in different and quite comical positions – made one laugh. I have never before noticed such trick flying by geese, it seemed that they did this frankly for their own pleasure. The possible joyous emotions of birds might be expressed just so and should not be underestimated.
Photo Arne Ader
Estonian text posted 23.09.2018
Petaalus wooded meadow. Matsalu
Astronomically autumn came on Sunday night September 23rd at 04.54 o’clock, or, when you woke up on Sunday morning it was already autumn.
We reached the equal day period but today the night was not yet longer than the day. But after the equinox the evening darkness arrives soon after sunset. Already within an hour we can see stars in the sky in clear weather where light pollution is slight.
This is a very strange year. Phenologically the start of autumn is considered to be the beginning of colouring of maple leaves (based on long-term observations - September 11th).
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