A happy ongoing year 2023 to everyone! Every year, a new species is selected to be the animal of the year. Last year, it was the Brown Bear, an animal …
Lynx Watching in Estonia
The report from our Environmental Agency revealed that there were about 450-550 Eurasian Lynx roaming around in Estonian forests and fields. For several years now, we have managed to spot …
When is the best time to visit Estonia for birding and mammal watching?
That’s probably the most frequently asked question among people who want to come to Estonia for either birdwatching or mammal watching. The shortest and most honest answer has always been …
Natourest and the Brown Bear Hide figuring in media recently
In August 2021, the team of the Estonian TV series “Metslased” (meaning “Savages”) visited our Brown Bear Hide. Our team member Peep was there to give them an overview of …
Looking for Lynx and some birding with our German friends
Our good friends and partners from Germany came to visit us during the second week of January. Just to have a good time, get some fresh ideas for our late …
Brown Bear is Estonia’s animal of the year 2022
We are happy to announce that Brown Bear was chosen to be the animal of the year 2022. Not that choosing any other animal would have made us less happy. …
Wolves near the Brown Bear hide
During the last week of February, we cooperated with Hunt – Eesti rahvusloom (Wolf – Estonia’s national mammal) and made 2 very spirited wolf-themed tours. In most parts of Estonia, …
Articles about the “Bear Watching Hide” experience
Our spring season was pretty much canceled a few days before heading out to our first tour of the year and sadly we did not manage to make any tours …
A lynx visiting our Brown Bear hide!
We opened our Brown Bear watching hide on the 15th April and the first week has been quite good. Our camera traps near the hides have captured Brown Bears, Foxes, …
Brown Bears are waking up from hibernation
The first migrating birds, such as Cranes, Starlings, Northern Lapwings and Greylag Geese, arrived some weeks ago and today morning, the air was already filled with Woodlark songs. In most …
