Ilmatsalu Fish Ponds - Estonia
Whooper Swan ( Cygnus cygnus )
At least a hundred Black Terns
20 or so Little Gulls
A pair of Red Necked Grebes
Marsh Harrier
Thrush Nightingale
Whitethoat
Lesser Whitethroat
Penduline Tit
Whinchat
and
Common Rosefinch
Soomaa - Estonia
A boardwalk through this area takes you through the variety of habitats. Mire - Dry wood - Wet mire with pools.
A pair of Goosander were basking in the glow of the evening sunshine.
Estonia hay meadow management.
Surprising few birds as I believe this is designed to increase biodiversity.
White Stork ( Ciconia ciconia )
Common Crane ( Grus grus )
Hornbeam ( Carpinus betulus )
Thrush Nigthingale singing
Hazel Grouse nibbling the new shoots on the Silver Birch.
Great Grey Owl
White Backed Woodpecker
Wood Warbler singing.
Marsh Marigold ( Caltha palustris )
Buttercup Anemone ( Anemone ranunculoides )
Green Hairstreak ( Callophrys rubi )
An Icterine Warbler singing from high in these trees.
Pied Flycatcher & Spotted Flycatcher also present.
White Wagtail ( Motacilla alba )
on the road
to
Tartu
White Stork ( Ciconia ciconia )
Common Crane ( Grus grus )
Tuhu Soo - Estonia
Whinchat on the telephone wires
Not the best photographs but an Elk nonetheless. Just pleased to see one. Brilliant. ( Cervus canadensis )
Scot's Pine - cones ( Pinus sylvestris )
Ling on a cold and frosty morning. ( Calluna vulgaris )
?
Bog Rosemary ( Andromeda polifolia )
Great Grey Shrike ( Lanius excubitor )
also
Tree Pipit
Redshank
Snipe
Black Tailed Godwit
Much more moist at this end of the mire.
Fantastic breeding Black Tailed Godwit.
Flying overhead calling.
and
a
Two syllable burst
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Just down the road out of the park in a glade
Pied Flycatcher ( Ficedula hypoleuca )
also
Redstart
Matsalu Bay - Estonia
Haeska meadows on the North Shore of Matsalu bay.
Barnacle and Whitefront on stop over. ( Branta leucopsis & Anser albifrons )
Coats of many colours.
Ruff on the flooded fields.
and
Wood Sandpiper
Hundreds of Ruff out on the shoreline. ( Philomachus pugnax )
Kloostri
The channel here controls the water level of the flood meadows.
Lesser Spotted Eagle on the road from Haesta to Kloostri
A circular walk here leads out onto the reedbeeds.
White Tailed Sea Eagle breeding in the reed beds.
Common Crane
Montague's Harrier
Blue Headed Wagtail
Wood Sandpiper
White Stork
Water Horsetail - ( Equsitum fluviatile )
Solomon's Seal ( Polygonatum multiflorum )
Wood Anemone ( Anemone nemorosa )
Buttercup Anemone ( Anemone ranunculoides )
Ash bud ( Fraxinus excelsior )
Sea Buckthorn ( Hippophae rhamnoides )
Norway Maple ( Acer platanoides )
Bird Cherry ( Prunus padus )
Leidissoo - Estonia
In a glade in the woodlands at the northern end of Leidissoo
Tree Pipit
and
Yellow Hammer
Poosaspea - Estonia
A major migration watch point.
Oystercatcher ( Haematopus ostralegus )
Long Tailed Duck sunning itself on the rocks. Many hundreds further out into the water. ( Clangula hyemalis )
Pasque Flower growing on the beach. ( Pulsatilla vulgaris )
Banks of Wood Anemone on the road to Poosaspea ( Anemone nemorosa )
Hepatica ( Hepatica nobilis )
Ants ?
Riguldi - Estonia
Further up the road from Sutlepa towards Poosaspea an area of cut wood held a singing Bluethroat Red Spotted form. ( Luscinia svecica )
Haapsalu - Estonia
Haapsalu Bay
A pair of Great Crested grebe in the bay. ( Podiceps cristatus )
The pair below were just putting the finishing touches to their nest.
Diving down to collect fresh weed.
The first time on the nest.
Seems okay
One more bit of reed.
Hooded Crow scavenging in the harbour. ( Corvus cornix )
Jackdaw ( Corvus monedula )
The most delightful Tree Sparrows in and around the park and water's edge. ( Passer montanus )
Goosander in the bay. ( Mergus merganser )
Common tern fishing in the harbour. ( Sterna hirundo )
Rosary Rd Cemetry
Wood Sorrell - Oxalis acetosela
Rosary Rd Cemetery in Norwich. An amazing place.