Simon Hamilton

@tallinnstreets.bsky.social

9 months ago

#Ilvese (Ilves)
#Tallinn #Nõmme #Pääsküla
Lynx, wildcat. Native to #Estonia is the harilik ilves, Eurasian lynx, Lynx lynx. One of Pääskula’s woodland mammal group. See #Kärbi.
#A_Rambling_Dictionary_of_Tallinn_Street_Names
#Nature #Loodus
#Animals #Loomad
#Mammals #Imetajad

Simon Hamilton

@tallinnstreets.bsky.social

10 months ago

#Hirve (Hirv)
#Nõmme #Pääsküla
Deer, stag, hart. Native to Estonia is the punahirv, red deer, Cervus elaphus. Previously (-1925) #Tramvai, a nice Anglo-Germanicism for tramway. One of Pääskula’s woodland mammal group. See #Ilvese.
#AnotherStreetNotYetVisited ##VeelÜksTänavMidaMaPoleVeelKülastanud