Photos Arne Ader
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Labrador tea

Labrador tea     Sookail        Ledum palustre

Where the Labrador tea grows there is usually a lot of it – be it a bog or forest where the humidity is sufficient for this beautiful flowerer.

The flowers, in umbels, are set in the tips of the numerous branches of the evergreen semi-shrub that grows up to a metre high. Some twenty to thirty flowers are gathered in the inflorescences and they are very rich in nectar. The truly long-lasting flowering period starts already in May and goes on until July.

Great Tit Year science news edited by  Marko Mägi, bird ecologist at University of Tartu
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The first clutches of great tit chicks have left the nests. However, few of them will reach a reproductive age, because during the week after leaving the nest a great part will fall victims to predators. Having reached adult age the chances of living on further are relatively great and so it is extremely important precisely in the first weeks of life to make the right decisions outside the nesr and keep alive.

The first decision that the fledged chicks have to make is the time of leaving the nest – to leave in early morning, at mid-day or  even at dusk? Is there  a ”best time” for leaving the nest?

Image captured from webcam by Gavril, LK forum
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The first egg was hatched in the nest of osprey pair Mai and Mati in the evening of June 4th

Image from webcam captured by Helga LK forum

The second osprey chick was hatched in the evening of June 5th

On the night to June 7th the most recently hatched chick probably died; the cause regrettably remains unknown.

Text and photos Aare Lindt, www.loodusmuuseum.ee
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Elephant hawk moth

Small elephant hawk moth

Elephant hawk moth     Suur-punasuru          Deilephila elpenor

Video recorded by Urmas Lett, www.eenet.ee
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Osprey    Kalakotkas        Pandion haliaetus

A brief summary: the first egg appeared in the nest of osprey pair Mai and Mati on April 28, the others followed on May 1st  and 4th.

Osprey chicks have hatched from two eggs, on June 4th and 5th (as of Wednesday, June 8th).