Posted by the Animal of the Year team 29.08.2016
The cavorting of the Soosaare badgers went on in the past week too. In the video at 0:15 one of the many noises that badgers can produce is heard. There seems to be only one badger cub from this year judging from the video records seen so far. It is not clear whether the somewhat larger playmate is one of last year’s young or even the badger female herself.
Information from Omniva
Translation Liis
The stamp in the series “Estonian fauna“ was released on August 25th. A birch mouse is shown on it.
The whole series of fifteen stamps is designed by Sándor Stern.
The birch mouse (Sicista betulina) is the size of a small mouse and a rodent belonging to the Dipodids or jumping mice family. Its characteristic features are the black streak on the back and the tail that is much longer than the body.
Birch mice are omnivores, eating fruits and seeds of plants but also insects and larva.
They hibernate from September until May. On waking up in spring they only weigh about 8 grams but until autumn they store plenty of fat reserves, and weigh nearly 15 grams.
Brown rat in front of badger burrow. All, birds as well as small mammals, seem to regard death outside or inside the predator's burrow as the natural course of things.
Video: Tiit Hunt
Posted by the Animal of the Year team, 01.09.2016
In the Latvian badger cameras it has been noted that badgers are not only twilight creatures but can also come out on a warm summer day to enjoy the sun and groom the coat. The Latvians are also using the camera to study the hierarchy of the clan; evidently we will hear more about this in the future.
Video: Latvian Museum of Natural History / Latvian State Forest Research Institute Silava
Posted by the Animal of the Year team
Photo Arne Ader
Translation Liis
Itinerary
Englishwoman Sacha Dench will follow Bewick’s swans by paramotor on their migration from the breeding grounds in the Russian tundra through 11 countries. The length of the journey to reach the wintering areas of many Bewick’s swans in UK is about 7500 km.
Preliminarily the participants should be in Estonia on October 9th–13th, visiting Matsalu, Luitemaa and Tartu. The number of Bewick’s swans has been reduced by about half in the last twenty years. The number of the subspecies (Cygnus columbianus bewickii) that passes Estonia during the autumn migration is estimated at up to 18000 individuals.
Read more about the expedition: LINK
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