Photos Peep Käspre and Vello Keppart
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Estonian text posted 06.02.2019
Brown hare; European hare Halljänes Lepus europaeus
The season has arrived when the brown hares begin to take an interest in the fruit trees in gardens. The thaw created a new and load-bearing layer on the snow that is covered by a fresh snow layer – all traces of activities nicely visible.
Video Ahto Täpsi
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Estonian text posted 03.02.2019
Screencap from webcam Biker, LK forum
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Estonian text posted 04.02.2019
Red deer Punahirv Cervus elaphus
As was expected the female deer have started moving around at the feeding ground. We have just not had any good images showing both sexes before.
For forest owners , the control of wild herbivore populations by predators is helpful.
Photo: Sergei Gorškov, https://wilderness-society.org
Estonian text posted by the Team of the Animal of the Year 03.02.2019
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The utility of large carnivores for the entire ecosystem is quite clear to all. For humans, predators are generally still considered a problem. However, a study published by Australian and US scientists in Nature Ecology & Evolution in 2018 was specifically dedicated to pointing out the benefits that humans receive from the presence of wild predators.
Video recorded and saved by Ahto Täpsi
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Estonian text posted 02.02.2019
Roe deer Metskits or kaber Capreolus capreolus
The snow cover is thick and has become layered from the intermediate thaws; layers of ice have remained in the snow. The snowfall and thaw at the weekend do not make the life of roe deer easier. The ice layers already damage their legs. It takes time and energy to get to the food and a sleeping place for the night must be dug out down to the ground – otherwise the deer may get pneumonia.
Screencap from webcam IceAge, LK forum
Illustrations from Wikipedia
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Estonian text posted 23.01.2019
In the spawning area we meet spawners as well as their ”satellites”
Members of the LK forum have been interested in what small animals we can see in action in such waters. The information below is provided by Henn Timm from the Estonian University of Life Sciences:
"In the upper reaches of rivers and streams where the flow is rapid and the water is cold there is almost no plankton. The zoobenthos (the animal fauna of the bottom) is dominated by crenobiotic species (invertebrate aquatic organisms living in cold spring waters), for instance unicellular species, crustaceans, insect larvae, leeches, snails … Typical fish species are river trouts and graylings “.
Screencap from webcam IceAge, LK forum
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Estonian text posted 30.01.2019
Spawning period is ending
River trout, Brown trout Jõeforell or hõrnas Salmo trutta morpha fario
The spawning period is coming to an end in spring-fed water bodies.
This year viewers could see in the webcam, and thanks to the low water level, even the spawning under the ice cover. Unfortunately the water turned more muddy due to the low flow rate, but such a view we have simply not seen in previous years.
Estonian Ornithological Society (EOÜ) announces
Photo Arne Ader
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Estonian text posted 28.01.2019
Northern hawkowl
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