April 2019

Video recorded by  Gavril, LK forum
Estonian text posted 21.04.2019
English translation Liis

 

 

Osprey       Kalakotkas     Pandion haliaetus

 

Yesterday evening the female laid the first egg into the nest.

This osprey nest has not been used for  breeding for some years. We  may have to do with a wholly new osprey pair and with a female laying eggs for the first time.

In the video we see the osprey pair together. The smaller male flies up from the nest and when he arrives back  with a pine branch we also see for a moment the egg of the young female with its multicoloured shell.

Scdreencap from webcam  Timea, LK forum
Estonian text posted 20.04.2019
English translation Liis

 

Tawny owl        Kodukakk          Strix aluco

The guess yesterday evening about a third owl chick on the verge of being hatched turned out to be true .

At a quarter to nine Klaara went on her evening flight. In the nest hollow three owl chicks tumbled around who had hatched on April 18th, 19th and 20th.

There is enough work for the parent owls, particularly of course for Klaus in order to keep the family fed.

Screencap from webcam  Timeo, LK forum
English translation Liis
Estonian text posted 19.04.2019

Just past nine o’clock it was evident what had happened in the owl nest  

Tawny owl         Kodukakk       Strix aluco

 

When Klaara was out for a quarter of an hour to stretch her wings we could see the nest interior – yesterday Klaara did not leave the nest.

Video recorded by Shanta, LK forum
English translation Liis

 

We also see male Klaus

 

Tawny owl     Kodukakk      Strix aluco

 

In the video we can hear the voices of the adults, how male Klaus lets Klaara know that she might come to have an evening meal. After some time he himself comes to the nest with a rodent which he offers to Klaara  but then decides to check in the nest hollow whether the hatching of the owl chicks is in progress  since Klaara did not leave the nest on being called. …

Screencap from webcam Liz, LK forum
English translation Liis

Estonian text posted 18.04.2019

 

Black stork         Must-toonekurg       Ciconia nigra

 

Female Kati has laid eggs with clockwork  regularity and we have been able to greet all the eggs in the morning dusk: on April 12th, 14th, 16th and 18th.

In the nice calm full-moon-time nest forest there were minus degrees in the night but spring proceeds and after noon there may be more than 15 degrees of warmth. 

Screencap from webcam Liz, LK forum

Video Urmas Lett, www.eenet.ee

English translation Liis

The third egg is a fact

 

Black stork      Must-toonekurg      Ciconia nigra

 

Three  nice eggs in the nest and a proud stork pair. The eggs came every second day, or on April 12th, 14th and 16th in the morning twilight.

This night too there were minus degrees in the nest forest as it has been since the beginning of the egg-laying, but the weather is turning more spring-like.

 

Screencap from webcam  Liz, LK forum

English translation  Liis

 

Estonian text posted 14.04.2019

Early morning at black stork nest

 

Black stork          Must-toonekurg         Ciconia nigra

Just as with the first egg this one was discovered in the nest early in the morning dusk.

The night was not as cold as when the first egg was laid but there were still some degrees of frost.

Thus female Kati laid  the eggs on April 12th and 14th.

Video recorded by  Mutikluti, LK forum
English translation Liis

Estonian text posted  12.04.2019

 

 

 

Grey heron      Hallhaigur           Ardea cinerea

 

Great egret       Hõbehaigur        Ardea alba

 

Video recorded by  Urmas Lett, www.eenet.ee
English translation Liis

Estonian text posted 12.04.2019

 

This morning at six o’clock

 

White-tailed eagle         Merikotkas       Haliaeëtus albicilla

 

… and not for the first time during the last month. Still the same adult, ringed with the number  E301 and with a nice white tail.

In due time we will find out whom we have to do with.

Screencap from webcam IceAge, LK forum

Screencaps from webcam Liz, LK forum
English translation Liis

The egg and both storks…

 

Black stork          Must-toonekurg       Ciconia nigra

 

The night was of course cold, in the nest forest there may have been at least a couple of degrees of frost but in the morning dusk the egg was really there.

Reading Urmas’s text gives a good overview: LINK

Text: Urmas Sellis, Eagle Club

Screencaps by LK forum  members Joey and Tatyana

 

English translation Google translate (edited)

Greater spotted eagles Tõnn and Tiiu have returned from migration and settled down.

Tõnn came first on April 2:

Already in the next day Tiiu followed

Soon we may see this picture often:

Text: Urmas Sellis, Eagle Club

English translation Google translate (edited)

Estonian text posted 11.04.2019

 

The black stork nest camera works, the birds are in place and viewers are plentiful.

LK forum is where you can get an overview of what has happened in the nest this year as well as in previous years. Different observers have described their observations, and added pictures and videos there.

Introduction Renno Nellis
Transmission provided by Televõrk and EEnet
English translation Liis

Estonian text posted 10.04.2019

The heron camera starts its third season. We follow the activities in Estonia’s largest heron colony in Lääne County where last season nearly 490 pairs of grey herons and 250 pairs of great egrets were nesting. Only grey herons were nesting in the colony from the start in the 1990’ies; the great egrets did not move in until 2015.

Transmission provided by EENet
Introduction and illustrations Tiit Hunt, www.rmk.ee
English translation Liis

Estonian text posted 09.04.2019

We installed a fish camera in the waters on the northern shore of lake Võrtsjärv, hoping to see the activities of pikes during their spawning period. The camera is located on the bank area that is flooded by high water at a depth of about 40 cm between sedge tufts and last year’s grass where the conditions are perfect for the spawning of the pikes

Estonian Fund for Nature announces

Photo  Arne Ader

Translation Google translate (edited)

Estonian text posted 05.04.2019

Common frog Rana temporaria  ( www.loodusemees.ee )

The massive spring migration of frogs is gaining momentum again due to warm spring weather. In this context, the Estonian Fund for Nature (ELF) invites volunteers to assist the frogs  and asks drivers in case of darkness to be very attentive both to amphibians and the volunteers assisting them. Wherever possible, on warm and rainy April evenings driving in places where frogs cross the roads massively should be avoided.