Jackal or Golden jackal          Šaakal or  harilik šaakal      Canis aureus

In March, before installing the web camera in the nest, we waited impatiently for the start of male bird Karl’s migration. Karl did have a tracking device but the lack of GSM cover in southern Sudan kept us in the dark during four months, from mid-November 2018 when Karl reached his wintering site. However, on March 16 during the spring migration Karl’s locations were registered and all seemed to be in order. We had nearly two weeks of time to install the camera at the nest. The nest could be seen in the web camera from March 24 onwards.

Osprey             Kalakotkas           Pandion haliaetus 

The young ospreys  are  three months old and they will not be seen around the nest for long any more, Male Ivo still feeds the young birds quite generously and with reason because the independent life of the young birds on migration is not an easy one, particularly when the skills of fishing are still only recently learned, Today the cries of the young birds near the nest are still to be heard.

The female as well as one of the young birds has already gone on migration.

Osprey         Kalakotkas       Pandion haliaetus 

So the nesting of the ospreys in camera view has ended this year.

Our thanks to the viewers, the attentive members of the LK forum and their great work in covering the events.in the forum

Young bird  Juuli will be three months old on August 30 – a fair wind in Juuli’s wings!

Web camera image selected by  Sova, LK forum

The weighty fish contingent has not started their journey yet: they might reach the Keila   River estuary perhaps in a month at the earliest. Sooner or later – depending on weather and the water conditions the very large salmons and sea trout come in camera view and maybe  groups of tens of river lampreys that soon begin to gather in the river to be prepared early for the springtime spawning .