@undefined This is what we briefly had at home three years ago. Soon after that they were released in their swamp.
All that's left of the turtle nest today – a hole in the ground.
Yesterday in the evening, one day before #WorldTurtleDay, a park ranger came by and dug out 15 eggs. They were taken to a safe place and will hatch in 3 months. Had it not been so close to the road, the nest would have stayed under our care.
Right after she laid her eggs and went back to her swamp, a bit before midnight, we secured her nest to prevent foxes from having a feast with fine wire mesh. Soil was too compacted for metal pins we usually use to hold well, so I added a couple of bricks.
Many hours later (this all happened yesterday, I had no time to download and post the photos) – the turtle found a good spot for her nest. She spent a lot of time to determine optimal sunlight and soil condition, but she didn't take fucking humans into equation and laid the eggs on the side of a road, where cars and tractors drive. The nest will have to be moved.
At first we thought it was Dorota, who always comes first, but we checked old pictures and the markings don't match.
Oh. A European pond turtle, Emys orbicularis. We weren't expecting them before the next week.
Masza and Vuko cosplaying Gandalf and Balrog. The grass is doing all it can to look like a cave.
Slowly moving to https://circumstances.run/@Szescstopni. This account will stay up for a while.
Living in the #wetlands of #Polesia (#Polesie in Polish) in #EasternPoland. Surrounded by #bogs and #forests, trying not to fuck up surrounding nature too much.
Taking care of a small pack of #dogs (most of them rescue dogs) – #IdąPsięta.
#RuralBroadband provider by accident. Starting a small #LoRaWAN project to monitor our wetlands. Coding, mostly in #Python. Luddite.
#Atheist. I don't believe in #science – science is our defence against belief.
Fuck nazis.
I haven't deleted my account on Twitter, for good reasons, but I'm not using it anymore. https://twitter.com/szescstopni
I check facts before I toot.
I sometimes toot in Polish.
Zdolny, ale leniwy.