The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) choose Tooma soojaam as year 2021 centennial observing station. This title is chosen every two years and the stations must conform many terms. Tooma station is the second in Estonia to receive such high international recognition, the first in 2017 was the Vilsandi coastal station.
People visit hiking trails and protected areas more often in summer, and so that everyone can relax and enjoy their time in Estonia’s pristine natural environment, it is important to take care of the world around us.
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Whenever you spend time in a protected area, you have to follow the guidelines set out to protect it. These rules are established in order to maintain the natural features that are characteristic of that particular area.
On 29 May 2021, Lahemaa National Park will begin its jubilee celebrations in Palmse. The celebrations take place in different Lahemaa villages throughout the weekend and is accompanied by scientific conferences on the topic of Lahemaa on 31 May and 1 June.
There are already many signs of spring in Matsalu National Park. Over the last couple of weeks, hundreds of rooks, northern lapwings and larks have arrived. Greylag geese, greater white-fronted geese, whooper swans, common goldeneyes and ducks have been spotted.
First grey herons are making noise in Matsalu manor park. Common cranes are active on the local fields.
Common starlings - being the BIRD OF THE YEAR 2021 - have also arrived as well as common ringed plovers.
In order to prevent tragic accidents, the Estonian Rescue Board prohibits walking on frozen bodies of water as of March 17th. The thinning ice on all mainland water bodies has made conditions too dangerous for traversing the ice.
There have been 23 rescue operations in the first half of March, one person drowned.
The nest camera is installed on the oldest known white-tailed eagle breeding territory in Estonia – in Matsalu National Park. The first records of this date back to 1870!
The area is very suitable for white-tailed eagles – Matsalu Bay and surrounding grasslands – and as a proof of this, another pair of eagles have started to nest very close to the pair visible in the nest camera. The distance between the two pairs is less than a kilometer. It will be interesting to see how the white-tailed eagles, who fiercely defend their territory, manage so close to each other.
Estonia is celebrating World Wetlands Day and the 50th anniversary of the Ramsar Convention with 50 hikes.
