Photograp^h of the Yellowhammer, a bunting of the Emberizidae familty, Emberiza citrinella, by Andreas Trepte - Own work, CC BY-SA 2.5, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=38974913
#Talviku (Talvik)
#Tallinn #Kristiine #Lilleküla #Linnu
1) #Yellowhammer, #EmberizaCitrinella, a member of the bunting family...
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Rästa (Rästas)
#Tallinn #Kristiine #Lilleküla #Linnu
Thrush. Breeding in Estonia: hallrästas aka paskrästas, fieldfare, Turdus pilaris...
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#Nepi (Nepp)
#Tallinn #Kristiine #Lilleküla #Linnu
#Snipe, which sounds and is derived from #MHG #snepfe or #MLG #snippe or #sneppe (modern #German #Schnepfe). (It also means #NEP, which, for any pre-geriatric still struggling through, means #NewEconomicPolicy, a #Soviet-devised method of self-
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remains a mystery. Also known as #Linnu (1927-1959) with interlude as #Kuslapuu (1940-1941). Anagram of #Sepa.
#A_Rambling_Dictionary_of_Tallinn_Street_Names
#TallinnStreets #TallinnaTänavad
#PersonalName #Isikunimi
#Nature #Loodus
#Animal #Loom
#Bird #Lind
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#Püü (Püü)
#Tallinn #Kristiine #Lilleküla #Linnu
#Ptarmigan. Two species – #Laanepüü, hazel grouse, #BonasaBonasia and #rabapüü, willow ptarmigan, #LagopusLagopus – breed in #Estonia. Part of the Lilleküla bird-name group of streets. See also #Ronga.
#Nature #Loodus
#Animal #Loom
#Bird #Lind
#Räägu (Rääk)
#Tallinn #Kristiine #Lilleküla #Mooni #Linnu
Aka #rukkirääk, corn crake or #corncrake, #CrexCrex. Breeds in #Estonia. Where #Roman or #English corncrakes go crex crex, #Estonian ones have to borrow the vulgar anatine #prääks. Grossly unfair: all they had to do is change one
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#Viu (Viu)
#Tallinn #Kristiine #Lilleküla #Linnu
#Buzzard (also interjection Viu! meaning Whew! Whiz! Ping! or #onomatopoeia of your choice). Breeding in #Estonia: #herilaseviu, European honey-buzzard, #PernisApivorus; #hiireviu, common buzzard, #ButeoButeo; and #KarvasjalgViu aka #taliviu,
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#Spordi (Sport)
#Tallinn #Kristiine #Lilleküla #Linnu
#Sport, athletics, exercise. Named in 1955(?) for a planned sportsground nearby. Today, the area is better known for the sporting facilities on the other side of the track (railway!), e.g. the #ALeCoq, #Sportland and #Nike stadia., etc.
#Käo (Kägu)
#Tallinn #Kristiine #Tondi #Lilleküla #Linnu
Common #cuckoo, #CuculusCanorus. Breeds in Estonia. Part of the Lilleküla bird-name group of streets. See also #Käopoja.
#A_Rambling_Dictionary_of_Tallinn_Street_Names
#TallinnStreets #TallinnaTänavad
#Nature #Loodus
#Animal #Loom
#Bird #Lind
#Liblika (Liblikas)
#Tallinn #Kristiine #Lilleküla #Linnu
#Butterfly.
#A_Rambling_Dictionary_of_Tallinn_Street_Names
#TallinnStreets #TallinnaTänavad
#Nature #Loodus
#Animal #Loom
#Insect #Putukas
#Kännu (Känd)
#Tallinn #Kristiine #Lilleküla #Linnu
#Stump, stub, rootstock (plant, animal and human/families). Also: old fogey. Parallel to #Tüve. What this one is doing in the heart of the Lilleküla group is a mystery.
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#Sõpruse (Sõprus)
#Tallinn #Kristiine #Mustamäe #Lilleküla #Linnu #Mooni #Sääse #Siili
#Friendship. Of the various #Soviet enforcements (replacing #Endla in 1958), this one seems to have stuck. It wasn’t all bad.
#A_Rambling_Dictionary_of_Tallinn_Street_Names
#Sovietisation #Sovetiseerimine
Sule (Sulg)
#Tallinn #Kristiine #Lilleküla #Linnu
#Feather (pen and nib). Name-bomber in the Lilleküla bird-name group of streets. Probably running out of names. If they’re looking for suggestions, they could try #Jäälind, kingfisher, elected #Estonian #BirdOfTheYear2014 or, better still,
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#Käbliku (Käblik)
#Tallinn #Kristiine #Lilleküla #Linnu
#WinterWren, a #Baltic loan word (bird with the loveliest #Latin name: #TroglodytesTroglodytes!). Breeds in #Estonia. Part of the Lilleküla bird-name group of streets. See also #Käo.
#Nature #Loodus
#Animal #Loom
#Bird #Lind
#Kotka (Kotkas)
#Tallinn #Kristiine #Tondi #Lilleküla #Linnu
#Eagle. Ten species breeding in #Estonia (hence list):
• #Kaeluskotkas, European griffon vulture, #GypsFulvus
• #Kalakotkas, osprey, #PandionHaliaetus
• #Kaljukotkas aka maakotkas, golden eagle, #AquilaChrysaetos
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#Tüve (Tüvi)
#Tallinn #Kristiine #Tondi #Lilleküla #Linnu
#Trunk (also trunk of body, or torso), #stem, stalk, stock. Parallel to #Kännu.
#A_Rambling_Dictionary_of_Tallinn_Street_Names
#TallinnStreets #TallinnaTänavad
#Nature #Loodus
#Plant #Taim
#Lehe (Leht)
#Tallinn #Kristiine #Lilleküla #Linnu
#Leaf, also sheet of paper, but not here.
#A_Rambling_Dictionary_of_Tallinn_Street_Names
#TallinnStreets #TallinnaTänavad
#Nature #Loodus
#Plant #Taim
#Linnu (Lind) #Allasum
#Tallinn #Kristiine #Tondi #Lilleküla #Linnu #Mooni
#Bird, fowl, poultry – linnu viisil elama: to live from hand to mouth; lit. to live in the way of a bird. Joined together, Linnu tee becomes #Linnutee, the #MilkyWay, sometimes known as #Piimatee (Milk Road), in Vigala
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#Kajaka (Kajakas)
#Tallinn #Kristiine #Tondi #Lilleküla #Linnu
Tallinn: cold, wet and fishy coastal harbor town... that means #seagulls, #kittiwakes, #gulls and #mews. As they say in #Pöide: Narri küll meest, ära narri mehe kübärät, Laugh at the man, not at his hat... Breeding in #Estonia are,
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#Võrse (Võrse)
#Tallinn #Kristiine #Lilleküla #Linnu
#Shoot, sucker, sprout, twig, sapling, coppice.
#A_Rambling_Dictionary_of_Tallinn_Street_Names
#TallinnStreets #TallinnaTänavad
#Agriculture #PõlluMajandus
#Nature #Loodus
#Plant #Taim
#Kotkapoja (Kotkapoeg)
#Tallinn #Kristiine #Lilleküla #Linnu
#Eaglet. Renamed (1990) from #Kiire. Part of the Lilleküla bird-name group of streets. See also #Krüüsli.
#A_Rambling_Dictionary_of_Tallinn_Street_Names
#TallinnStreets #TallinnaTänavad
#Nature #Loodus
#Animals #Loomad
#Birds #Linnud
#Hane (Hani)
#Tallinn #Kristiine #Lilleküla #Linnu
#Goose (also figurative: #simpleton, #pigeon), seven avian (and an undisclosed number of hominid) species known to nest or lose their feathers in #Estonia: hallhani aka roohani, greylag goose, #AnserAnser; lumehani, snow goose, #ACaerulescens
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#Koskla (Koskel)
#Tallinn #Kristiine #Lilleküla #Linnu #Mooni
#Sawbill, large ducks with serrated bill for catching fish: jääkoskel, common #goosander, gulaund or goosander, #MergusMerganser; kübarkoskel, hooded merganser, #LophodytesCucullatus; rohukoskel, red-breasted merganser, #MSerrator;
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#Sõpruse (Sõprus)
#Tallinn #Kristiine #Mustamäe #Lilleküla #Linnu #Lilleküla #Mooni #Sääse #Siili #Mustamäe
#Friendship. Of the various #Soviet enforcements (replacing #Endla in 1958), this one seems to have stuck. It wasn’t all bad.
#A_Rambling_Dictionary_of_Tallinn_Street_Names
#Lagle (Lagle)
#Tallinn #Kristiine #Lilleküla #Linnu
Another genus of #goose (see #Hane). Breeding in #Estonia: Kanada lagle, Canada goose, #BrantaCanadensis; mustlagle, Brent goose, #BBernicla; punakael-lagle, red-breasted goose, #BRuficollis and valgepõsk-lagle, barnacle goose, #BLeucopsis.
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#Kaupmehe (Kaupmees)
#Tallinn #Kristiine #Lilleküla #Linnu
#Merchant, #trader. Renamed (1959-1990) as #Pöögelmanni H. during the #SovietOccupation.
#A_Rambling_Dictionary_of_Tallinn_Street_Names
#TallinnStreets #TallinnaTänavad
#Commerce #Kaubandus
#Business #Äri
#Tiiva (Tiib)
#Tallinn #Kristiine #Lilleküla #Linnu
Wing (also flank, blade, or vane). Running out of birds, so name-bomber in the Lilleküla bird-name group of streets. See also #Tikutaja.
#A_Rambling_Dictionary_of_Tallinn_Street_Names
#TallinnStreets #TallinnaTänavad
#Nature #Loodus
#Birds #Linnud
#Hüübi (Hüüp)
#Tallinn #Kristiine #Lilleküla #Linnu
Bittern. At last, we have a generic that’s also a specific: #hüüp is the great bittern (not to be confused with #GreatBritain), #BotaurusStellaris and its smaller cousin is the #väikehüüp, little bittern (not to be confused with NW #France),
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#Püü (Püü)
#Tallinn #Kristiine #Lilleküla #Linnu
Ptarmigan. Two species – #laanepüü, hazel grouse, Bonasa bonasia and #rabapüü, willow ptarmigan, Lagopus lagopus – breed in #Estonia. Part of the Lilleküla bird-name group of streets. See also #Ronga.
#A_Rambling_Dictionary_of_Tallinn_Street_Names
#Meika (Meigas)
#Tallinn #Kristiine #Lilleküla #Linnu
Aka #kaelustuvi, common wood-pigeon, Columba palumbus. Breeds in #Estonia. Part of the Lilleküla bird-name group of streets. See also #Meleka.
#A_Rambling_Dictionary_of_Tallinn_Street_Names
#Nature #Loodus
#Animals #Loomad
#Birds #Linnud
