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Video recorded by  Fleur, LK forum

Translation Liis

Grey seal        Hallhüljes       Halichoerus grypus

Videos and comments Ahto Täpsi
Translation Liis

Spring is here and the waters have been let free. For those who have planned to visit the Uhaku karst area now is a good time to do it.

There is water enough for the river and the underground. Happy watching!

Ohoi Sinda, rauda, raiska,

rauda raiska, rähka kurja,...

Video record and investigation Ahto Täpsi

Photo Arne Ader

Translation Liis

Roe deer    Metskits or kaber    Capreolus capreolus

In Virumaa in the Roostoja area the roe buck is out for food. In the bog bilberry kind of pine forest habitat there are not many choices. So an investigation was made to see what goes for food in such a place at this time of the year. He had nibbled at fresh shoots of hare’s-tail cottongrass (Eriophorum vaginatum). In pulling them out of the tussock he managed to get hold of the white and sweeter lower parts of the stems as well.

Trail camera record sent by Ahto Täpsi

Photo Sven Začek, www.zacekfoto.ee

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Beaver    Kobras or piiber       Castor fiber

On the banks of inland waters traces of beaver activities are well visible; our largest rodents still have their mating period, and the otherwise wary creatures move around even in daytime. Their gestation period lasts three and a half months.

Video recorded by Ahto Täpsi

Photo Arne Ader

Translation Liis

In our neighbourhood pygmy owls have become more active in evenings. There were at least three of them on Wednesday making themselves heard in the village.

Pygmy owl; Eurasian pygmy owl     Värbkakk          Glaucidium passerinum

Pygmy owls occur widely in all of Estonia but they are scarce. It might be said that they are birds who set store on ecologically valuable areas. Their  numbers are estimated at around a thousand breeding pairs.