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VIDEO: Badgers preparing for evening hunt

Video recorded by  Fleur, LK forum

 

 

Badger          Mäger           Meles meles 

 

If you have spent the whole day in underground caves your coat needs some care. It is easier for a couple to get at spots that one cannot reach on one’s own.

At the end of the video a stranger comes to inspect the burrow surrounding but finds it best to leave quickly, just in case ...

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What do badgers fatten up on in autumn?

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mäger kõikesööja
Posted by the Animal of the Year team 10.08.2016 

Just now mainly fruits rich in carbohydrate are on the badger’s menu: raspberries, lingonberries, blueberries. In abandoned farm yards currants and apples too.
Photo: Tarmo Mikussaar
 

The middle of summer has passed. The closer to autumn, the more fruits are ripe, or ripening, in nature. It is a good time for a badger to start preparing for winter. Among important tasks the duty to fatten up one’s body has moved into the foreground.

About moths - Sallows have started flying

Text and photos  Aare Lindtwww.loodusmuuseum.ee
Translation Liis

Angle-striped sallow

 

Angle-striped sallow    Külmaöölane    Enargia paleacea

 

The angle-striped sallow is present in the whole of Estonia and is fairly common. The moths can be seen in broadleaf and mixed forests, thickets, gardens and other similar environments.

The sallow enjoys artificial light at night but looks for a sheltered place when the day begins.

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