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February 23, 2016February 23, 2016outikimalainen Leave a comment

Sivustoa työstetään parhaillaan! Odotus palkitaan keväämmällä, kun kimalaiskeskeinen maailma avautuu hitaasti mutta vakaasti.

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Caltha palustris (rentukka, marsh marigold) is on bloom! They grow in shadowy woodlands, and where they are you'll surely find water too. They are poisonous as are other members of the genus Ranunculus. When I was a kid we used to bicycle from our country cottage to the next village to visit my grandparents. I loved the journey everytime: it was magical, this tiny forest road in the middle of the fields, meadows and trees. At the very beginning of it there was a tiny stream where C.palustris grew and it always felt like a final hint that yes, the summer's really here. I loved the area in general- it felt somehow mystical and exiting with all the flowers, tall trees and shadows. Since some key elements of this story have been past away- my grandparents have died, their house has been sold and most of the forest was cut down, finding these flowers always brings vividly back those incredibly light and happy memories. #calthapalustris #rentukka #luhtarentukka #marshmarigold #nature #naturejournal #luonto #luontopäiväkirja #yleluonto #kevätseuranta #bbcearth #suomenluonto

Fabulous Misumena vatia (kukkaravukki, flower spider) male on Anemone nemorosa (valkovuokko, wood anemone). He's missing a leg but it didn't bother him at all. Females of M.vatia are often bright yellow, but they can adjust the color and tone depending on the color of the flower they're waiting for the prey. As it often is with spiders, females are remarkably larger than males- roughly at twice their size. #nature #naturejournal #luontopäiväkirja #misumenavatia #crabspider #kukkahämähäkki #ravukki #kukkaravukki #flowerspider #anemonenemorosa #valkovuokko #woodanemone

That moment when the sun is slowly setting but still pretty high up, birds are singing and a refreshing breeze is only a memory. It feels like late July-early August. The temperature reached +28C today. Syringa vulgaris (pihasyreeni, lilac) is frantically pushing leaves and the Passer domesticus (varpunen, house sparrow) chicks sound quite demandind. Their parents form a constant stream of feeding flights, catch bugs midflight and defend their territory. There's another nest just across the yard. Ants are climbing on my legs while I lie on the backyard, and a Propylea quatuordecimpunctata (ruutupirkko, 14-spotted ladybird) hopefully sampled my knee before when I took the laundry out to dry. Somewhere in the distance a Dendrocopos major (käpytikka, great spotted woodpecker) is drumming a tree. Everything feels comfortably lazy. #nature #naturejournal #syringavulgaris #pihasyreeni #comfortablylazy #raukea #heatwave #luontopäiväkirja #helle #presummer #esikesä #luonto

Vaccinium myrtillus (mustikka, bilberry) on full bloom. The mother's day weather has been pretty and the temperature has reached it's all time high for this particular day of the year. We had +26C at afternoon and it's still around +24C. Now considering our location, this is really unheard of. Mother's day is legendary of it's bad weather- it's at least cold then but most likely raining too. Or snowing, even in Southern Finland. In northern parts of Finland the floods are predicted to reach larger scale than they usually do. I do admit that this unexpected rush of warmth is highly welcome- I don't think we had temperatures this warm during last summer at all. And yes, it's probably a once in a lifetime-event, but still the warmth and flooding make me think of climate change. #luonto #luontopäiväkirja #nature #naturejournal #kevätseuranta #vacciniummyrtillus #mustikka #bilberry #climatechange #ilmastonmuutos

My Levisticum officinale (lipstikka, lovage) made it through the winter in a pot! Hopefully it's next one will be spent in a more permanent spot. I love growing plants in general, but growing food and spices brings me extra joy: they couldn't grow any closer than this, and it cuts the carbon footprint of my meals at least a tiny bit. One day I'll have an allotment of my own, and a magnificent collection of edible plants indoors- how awesome would it be to grow my own kiwis for example? Got some nice shots of Colletes cunicularius (from our backyard!! How amazing it is to live in a place that's abundant with insects), will post them later on. #nature #naturejournal #spring #lovage #luontopäiväkirja #lipstikka #levisticumofficinale #gardening #herbgarden #itsastart #yrttitarha #kevät #kitchengarden #keittiöpuutarha #localfood #lähiruoka #närmat #carbonfootprint

Podiceps auritus! Mustakurkku-uikku, horned grebe. Never seen one before, and now had the marvellous change of seeing three pairs at the same time 😊 the lake is really small and I doubt they will stay, but it was really really happy to spot them along with the usual Bucephala clangula (telkkä) pair. Naturally my camera was at home, but I'll test my luck again tomorrow. P. auritus is listed as vulnerable. It's a quite small waterbird, feeding on small fish, water insects and shellfish. The global population has declined 30% within past three decades, and the situation in North America is even more alarming- with the decline of 79%. Behind these numbers are actions of humans. 48% of the P. auritus population within EU countries breed yearly in Finland. #nature #naturejournal #mustakurkkuuikku #podicepsauritus #hornedgrebe #vulnerablespecies #migration #migratorybirds #muuttolintu #vaarantunut #luontopäiväkirja #luonto #kevätseuranta #kevätmuutto

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