As it was the case for most nature tour companies, we had to cancel all of our spring tours and that just 3 days before we would have gone birdwatching …
Grouse in Estonian autumn
The year of the Western Capercaillie is ending in about a week. Now it’s a good time to look back at some of the encounters we had with this forest …
New winter guests have arrived
The thermometer has shown degrees below zero now for more than a month. One night the thermometer on one of our tracking cameras even showed -31°C. This means that all the …
A rare encounter with the Western Capercailllie
The first month of the year has flown by, bringing snow and temperatures below zero. Watching the snowstorm behind the windows of our NaTourEst office in Tallinn, it feels a …
Winter guests near the new brown bear hide
December means that all the bears, who gave us unforgettable emotions from early spring to late autumn, have become dormant. The last active Brown Bear was captured by our camera …
Young Ural Owl
Our group managed to see nice Ural Owl nest with one chick on nest. Jarek got this young one on the photo waiting for a food.
Good Pygmy Owl year
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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. …
Rackelhahn in Black Grouse lek
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.
Short Cranes concert
While looking for Pygmy Owl, Cranes gave me a little concert while i was looking at the sunset.