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Learn the wildlife of Estonia

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4,934 species have research-grade observations in Estonia on iNaturalist. KnowKi turns the most recorded into short lessons with real photos, so you can learn a country's wildlife from home.

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Most recorded here

The species with the most research-grade observations on iNaturalist, and how many each has. Most recorded doesn't mean native.

Birds

  1. Hooded Crow Corvus cornix600
  2. European Herring Gull Larus argentatus582
  3. White Wagtail Motacilla alba567
  4. Mallard Anas platyrhynchos506
  5. Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus447
  6. Common Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs394
  7. Mute Swan Cygnus olor375
  8. House Sparrow Passer domesticus366
  9. Eurasian Blackbird Turdus merula345
  10. Fieldfare Turdus pilaris330

Plants

  1. Wood Cow-wheat Melampyrum nemorosum373
  2. Liverleaf Hepatica nobilis362
  3. Viper's-bugloss Echium vulgare326
  4. Greater celandine Chelidonium majus279
  5. Lawn daisy Bellis perennis261
  6. Wood anemone Anemonoides nemorosa247
  7. Marsh Labrador tea Rhododendron tomentosum237
  8. Fireweed Chamaenerion angustifolium222
  9. Small balsam Impatiens parviflora216
  10. Hoary Plantain Plantago media215

Mammals

  1. Eurasian Red Squirrel Sciurus vulgaris226
  2. Western Roe Deer Capreolus capreolus141
  3. Red Fox Vulpes vulpes117
  4. European Mole Talpa europaea86
  5. Moose Alces alces71
  6. Eurasian Beaver Castor fiber69
  7. Brown Bear Ursus arctos67
  8. Mainland Raccoon Dog Nyctereutes procyonoides61
  9. Brown Hare Lepus europaeus51

Insects

  1. Red Admiral Vanessa atalanta219
  2. Small Tortoiseshell Aglais urticae212
  3. Common Brimstone Gonepteryx rhamni183
  4. European Peacock Butterfly Aglais io182
  5. Map Araschnia levana178
  6. Silver-washed Fritillary Argynnis paphia176
  7. Seven-spotted Lady Beetle Coccinella septempunctata171
  8. Green-veined White Pieris napi163
  9. European Striped Shield Bug Graphosoma italicum162
  10. Ringlet Aphantopus hyperantus151

Spiders and kin

  1. Cross Orbweaver Araneus diadematus90
  2. Goldenrod Crab Spider Misumena vatia59
  3. European Nursery Web spider Pisaura mirabilis41

Reptiles

  1. Viviparous Lizard Zootoca vivipara228
  2. Grass snake Natrix natrix112
  3. Adder Vipera berus79
  4. Eastern Slowworm Anguis colchica49

Amphibians

  1. European Toad Bufo bufo325
  2. European Common Frog Rana temporaria318
  3. Smooth Newt Lissotriton vulgaris59

Mollusks

  1. Copse Snail Arianta arbustorum279
  2. Roman Snail Helix pomatia161
  3. Brown-lipped Snail Cepaea nemoralis133
  4. Ash-black Slug Limax cinereoniger84
  5. Leopard Slug Limax maximus61
  6. Common European Ambersnail Succinea putris58
  7. White-lipped Snail Cepaea hortensis55
  8. Baltic Macoma Macoma balthica54
  9. Bush snail Fruticicola fruticum46
  10. Great Pond Snail Lymnaea stagnalis41

How a trip works

A trip has its own trail of lessons: meet six species, match them to new photos, then practice with four choices. Species you learn go into your Fieldbook, and starting a trip earns its Passport stamp. Your home place stays as it is.

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Species lists and counts from research-grade observations on iNaturalist, as of October 2026. Free, with no ads, no account and no purchases.