Estonia 2009 – 2016
Female Silver-washed Fritillary
Map Butterfly
Male Amanda's Blue
Female Sooty Copper
Scarce and Lesser Marbled Fritillaries
Scarce Fritillary
Poplar Admiral
Poplar Admiral
Pallas's Fritillary
Pallas's Fritillary
False Heath Fritillary
Eastern Bath White
Clouded Apollo
Yellow-legged Tortoiseshell
Yellow-legged Tortoiseshell
Small Blue
Male Silver-spotted Skipper
Male Silver-spotted Skipper
Male Scarce Copper
Male Scarce Copper
Nickerl's Fritillary
Lesser Marbled Fritillary
Lesser Marbled Fritillary
Large Blue
Grayling butterfly
Arran Brown
Male Amanda's Blue
Male Northern Chequered Skipper
Female Northern Chequered Skipper
Chestnut Heath
Male Silver-studded Blue
Female Silver-studded Blue
Heath Fritillary
Cranberry Blue
Female Cranberry Blue
Camberwell Beauty
Pair of Variable Bluets
Female Common Spreadwing
Male Black-tailed Skimmer
Female Black-tailed Skimmer
Female Baltic Hawker
Female Small Spreadwing
Male Siberian Winter Damsel
Female Robust Spreadwing
Male Bog Hawker
Male Four-spotted Chaser
Male Yellow-winged Darter
Female Yellow-winged Darter
Female Moustached Darter
Female Moustached Darter
Male Green Snaketail
Male Green Snaketail
Male Black Darter
Female Black Darter
Female Yellow-spotted Emerald
Male Spearhead Bluet
Male Small Whiteface
Female Small Whiteface
Male Dark Whiteface
Mating Black-tailed Skimmers
Burnet Moth
Viviparous Lizard
Caterpillar of Garden Tiger moth
Caterpillar of Drinker Moth
Caterpillar of Small Elephant Hawkmoth
Large Marsh Grasshopper
White-barred Clearwing
Female Wart-biter
Eurasian Bee Beetle
Longhorn beetle
Poplar Longhorn beetle
Caterpillar of Goat Moth
Garden Tiger moth
Adult Ant Lion
Male Large Gold Grasshopper
Yellow Birds-nest
Wood Cow-wheat
Wood Cow-wheat
Round-leaved Sundew leaves
Round-leaved Sundew
Oblong-leaved Sundew leaves
Oblong-leaved Sundew
Marsh Cinquefoil flower
Marsh Labrador Tea
Harestail Cotton-grass
Great Sundew
Creeping Lady's Tresses
Cloudberry
Serrated Wintergreen
Bird's Nest Orchid
Umbellate Wintergreen
Sea Holly
One-flowered Wintergreen
Musk Orchid
Musk Orchid
Military Orchid Flowers
Green-flowered Wintergreen
White Fragrant Orchids
Field Cow-wheat
Early Marsh Orchid
Dark Red Helleborine
Burnt-tipped Orchid
Broad-leaved Helleborine
Round-leaved Wintergreen
Marsh Helleborine
Marsh Helleborine
Dragon's Teeth
Meadow Pipit
Male Grey-headed Woodpecker
Eurasian Tree Sparrow
Male Capercaillie
Juvenile Sparrowhawk
Long-tailed Tit
Female Lesser Spotted Woodpecker
Goldcrest
Eurasian Jay
Coal Tit
Barnacle Geese in flight
White Stork
White Stork nest
European Beaver swimming
Raccoon Dog
Young male Elk
Red Deer Stag
We were introduced to Estonia by our friend Ingrid Williams, whose parents were Estonian, and she organised our first trip in July 2009 when we were also accompanied by friends Ian and Isla Woiwod. The main destinations were Lahemaa National Park on the north coast, Matsalu National Park on the west coast and the island of Saaremaa. Ingrid also introduced us to Marika Mann who had founded and ran a wildlife travel company called Estonian Nature Tours. Between August 2011 and September 2016 we did five trips to Estonia with Marika’s company, visiting most of the country.