When female Capercaille does not find males in the usual lekking site and joins Black Grouse lek instead, hybrids between these two species can be hatched.
first brown bear tracks in Alutaguse
On Sunday I saw the first brown bear tracks in Alutaguse. If most of Estonia is already without snow then in N-E of Estonia I was able to track bears …
A day in the field
Even though snow is gone and sun was shining, the real noisy bird migration is still on the way. But the day was great we saw 3 Elks, 15 Roe …
Youngsters near brown bear hide
Brown bear watching season 2016 is on and still lasting. Have you already seen this youngster walking around?
Short Cranes concert
While looking for Pygmy Owl, Cranes gave me a little concert while i was looking at the sunset.
A book about Brown Bear, Lynx and Wolf
Ralf Bürglin published a book about Brown bears, Lynxes and Wolves in Europe. Natourest team had an honor to be part of that book. Book is in German language.
Estonian Brown Bears in discoverwildlife.com page 19.12.2013
In the DiscoverWildlife.com two photographers Remo Savisaar and Neil Aldridge ´s photos were published- http://www.discoverwildlife.com/gallery/estonian-wildlife-photo-gallery-neil-aldridge-and-remo-savisaar Some of the pictures were made from Natourest Alutaguse bear hide- https://natourest.ee/brown-bear-2/brown-bear-photography/ In the first picture you …
Western Capercaillie
The speculated number of male Capercaillies in Estonia is about 1000-1500 birds. They live in big forest areas like Soomaa and Alutaguse but we can’t find them in Estonian islands. …
Ringed Seal
Estonia hosts the most southern Ringed Seal population in the world. Their population is about 1500 and they can be spotted around small islets near Hiiumaa and Muhumaa. In spring …