Text and photos Aare Lindt, www.loodusmuuseum.ee
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Scarlet tiger moth
Scarlet tiger molth Harilik piksepeni Callimorpha dominula
The scarlet tiger moth is very rarely seen in North Estonia and it is not particularly common southwards either. The moth flies in broadleaf forests and thickets with a variety of species.
Photos Arne Ader
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Lime tree flowering
Small-leaved lime Harilik pärn Tilia cordata
Among Estonian trees the small-leaved lime is the last to flower this summer.
Some ten foreign species are used in urban landscaping in addition to the naturally occurring small-leaved lime; they all have round or broadly ovate (egg-shaped) leaves, with a roughly cordate (heart) shape and sawtooth margins.
Image from webcam captured by Liz, LK forum
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The storklets grow incredibly fast
Black stork Must-toonekurg Ciconia nigra
On Friday Ain managed to get the camera in working order.
In South Estonia there are still many households without electricity and communications after the storm on Sunday. The largest damage to forests occurred in 13 parishes: Karula, Taheva, Otepää in Valga County; Antsla, Urvaste, Mõniste, Varstu, Võru and Sõmerpalu in Võru County; Kambja and Haaslava in Tartu County, and Kanepi and Valgjärve parishes in Põlva County.
I saw fox cubs at play around a chipping wood stack. This is also a bit of explanation to the fact that the fox burrows in the neighbourhood were empty this year. Why a fox family should prefer chips stacks to the burrows is not clear. In the stacks at field verges brown hares (Lepus europaeus), various rodents, weasels and stoats may also live, in addition to the above foxes and raccoon dogs. In forests there are also pine martens and several more rodent species besides those mentioned. Of birds I have come across wagtails, redbacked shrikes, whitethroats, blackbirds, wrens, robins etc.
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