2014 brown bear mating time is here
Although it seemed that spring is early this year the brown bears mating time is as usual at the second part of May. Our group was in the hide in the 17-18 th of May and we had a chance to see mating bears. They came out already at 19:42 in the evening and later […]
Read MoreAlutaguse bear camera season is on
Brown bear camera season starts and the first brown bears were seen in the 7 th of April. Camera can be seen from page http://www.looduskalender.ee/node/19682. Camera is just next to brown bear hides and give the idea what kind of wildlife you can see from hides.
Read Morefirst 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 about 1 km in the forest. But March sun melts the tracks quickly and i ended up nowhere. But i still had a taste of […]
Read MoreRackelhahn 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.
Read MoreBrown bear watching in Europe 14.01.2014
As most of our web visitors know bear watching can be done in Estonia in Alutaguse from one of the NaTourEst brown bear hides- https://old.natourest.ee/brown-bear-2/brown-bear-hide-rent/ You can have watching or photography hide. Other brown bear watching countries and places in Europe Romania- Ibis Tours Finland- Wild Brown Bear Sweden- Björn & Vildmark Bulgaria-Neophron Tours Slovakia-
Read MoreEstonian 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://old.natourest.ee/brown-bear-2/brown-bear-photography/ In the first picture you will see 2 brown bears -a mating pair. The web page mistakenly says 2 male brown bears. Adult males are never together during the mating […]
Read MoreBrown bear
With more than 700 animals Estonia has one of the strongest Brown Bear populations in Europe. A forested area in N-E Estonia, called Alutaguse, has almost half of Estonian bears. Although fairly common there, it is still difficult to see them in wild. That is the reason why Natourest has built hides for observing and photographing […]
Read MoreElk
Elk (or Moose, as Americans say) is a common animal in Estonia. With the population of more than 12 000 animals, Elks can be seen all over Estonia, but it is naturally more common in the big wilderness areas. Elks are mainly active in twilight and this is the proper time to see them. They […]
Read MorePygmy Owl
Pygmy Owl is the smallest owl in Europe. You can find this bird all over Estonia, we have about 600-1200 breeding pairs. Pygmy owl is active during the sunset and sunrise, before and after the other owls. They usually are not afraid of people so Pygmy Owl is easy to watch for longer time and […]
Read MoreWestern 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. April is the time when they lek. Male birds gather in sparse forest spots and fight for females. All the Capercaillie leks are under protection […]
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