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Female butterfly

Large white; Cabbage white     Suur-kapsaliblikas        Pieris brassicae

The photos show the differences between the sexes  of the large white. The forewings of the female have two large black dots, the male lacks them.

The undersides of the wings are pale yellow, and the undersides of the forewings of both sexes have two black patches.  The wing span is 5-6 centimetres.

Text Margus Ots, Coordinator of the Year of Great Tits

Video recorded by Olle Koert, www.tt.ee

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Wryneckl / Photo: Uku Paal

Wryneck     Väänkael       Jynx torquilla

Image from webcam by  Shanta, LK forum

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Sadly we did not see how the great tit chicks left their nest on Friday morning since there was an interruption in transmission. From nest trunk 2 the chicks may be expected to leave on Saturday or Sunday.

Leaving the nest often takes place in early morning.

Photo  Arne Ader

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Greater celandine

We find the greater celandine in fresh and a little shadowy habitats, for instance at the base of old city walls, at churchyards, in shore areas or inland where it grows together with our native plants. The greater celandine has been cultivated for thousands of years already in all kinds of herb gardens but its original homeland may be the hills of Persia or western Himalaya.

In summer the plant, of the poppy or Papaveraceae family, may grow up to a metre high, decorated with siliqua-like seed capsules and yellow flowers with four petals. Herbivores avoid the poppy family plants since they excrete toxic alkaloids to fend them off.

Text Margus Ots, Coordinator of Great Tit Year

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The 18 days old great tit chicks are capable of flying and can leave the nest at any moment, Vana-Kuuste 02.06.2016 / Photo: Margus Ots

The chicks of great tits usually leave the nest when they are 18-20 days old. The chicks of the tits that begun their nesting first have already left the nests but the majority of the chicks will fledge during next week. In the great tit nests with cameras the nesting has developed as follows: