Three countries in North Eastern Europe. 欧洲东北部的三个国家.
The Baltic states. 波罗的海国家.
Estonia,Latvia and Lithuania,are full of 爱沙尼亚、拉脱维亚和立陶宛,充满了
primeval forests and moors. 原始森林和荒野.
The wilderness is a spacious habitat for large animals. 荒野是大型动物的广阔栖息地.
Water defines the rhythm of nature and 水定义了大自然和大自然的节奏
the life of the region's human inhabitants. 该地区居民的生活.
In the Baltic,ancient traditions are still alive today. 在波罗的海,古老的传统至今仍然存在.
In a landscape like no other in Europe. 在一个欧洲没有的地方.
In winter,a meter-thick carpet of snow covers Estonia's 冬天,一米厚的雪覆盖着爱沙尼亚的大地
endless expanses of forest. 一望无际的森林.
Large paws with dense pads of hair,prevent their owner from 大爪子有浓密的毛发,防止主人
sinking into the snow when stalking. 跟踪的时候掉进雪里.
The tufted ears and excellent eyesight,can locate 簇状的耳朵和极好的视力,可以定位
prey a good distance away. 在很远的地方捕食.
Capercaillies for instance,having to get by on 例如,卡佩尔卡利,不得不靠
low nutrient food,during the cold season. 低营养食物,在寒冷的季节.
Pine and spruce needles. 松针和云杉针.
No matter how great its hunger,in the trees the big birds 不管它有多饿,树上的大鸟
are out of reach of the lynx. 是山猫够不着的.
Unusual calls echo through the woods. 不寻常的叫声在树林中回荡.
Over the last few years,dog sled tours have become popular 在过去的几年里,狗拉雪橇旅行已经变得很流行
in the Estonian wilderness. 在爱沙尼亚的荒野.
The tourists won't spot the lynx,even though they're not 游客们不会发现猞猁的,即使它们不是
that uncommon here,with a population of more than 1,000. 这在这里很少见,人口超过1000.
In January,the Baltic is ruled by icy temperatures and 一月份,波罗的海被冰冷的温度和
larger rivers freeze over. 较大的河流结冰.
The Gauja winds for over 450 kilometers,through Latvia. 高贾风绵延450公里,穿过拉脱维亚.
But minus 30 degrees Celsius.Even waterfalls turn to ice. 但是零下30摄氏度.连瀑布都化为冰.
The red coloring comes from the sandstone,through whose 红色来自砂岩
thick layers the Gauja has been eating its way for 高加人已经吃了很多年了
thousands of years. 几千年了.
The more the river freezes over,the less chance the otter 河水越结冰,水獭就越不可能死亡
has of finding food. 找不到食物.
It needs open places where it can slip into the water 它需要能滑入水中的开阔地方
to hunt. 打猎.
Every seven to eight minutes at the latest,it has to find 最迟每七到八分钟,它必须找到
a hole under the ice to snatch a few breaths of air. 冰下的一个洞,用来呼吸几口空气.
At some point the Gauja will almost completely freeze over. 在某个时刻,高加人几乎会完全冻死.
Leaving only a handful of entry holes for the otter. 只给水獭留下几个入口.
Ice can cover the river for two or three months. 冰可以覆盖这条河两三个月.
For golden eagles too,finding food in the winter is hard. 对金雕来说,在冬天找到食物也很难.
about twenty paris breed in Latvia. 拉脱维亚大约有20只巴黎犬.
The partners usually stay together for life. 伴侣通常一辈子呆在一起.
In early February,the mating rituals begin as every year, 在二月初,交配仪式每年开始,
with the eagles renewing their vows. 老鹰们再次宣誓.
Soon they'll be extending their aerie. 很快他们就要扩大他们的范围了.
In contrast to their Alpine relatives in the Baltic, 与他们在波罗的海的阿尔卑斯山亲戚不同,
golden eagles nest in trees,rather than on cliff faces. 金雕在树上筑巢,而不是在悬崖上.
A dead mountain hare has attracted the attention of some 一只死野兔引起了一些人的注意
Siberian Jays. 西伯利亚松鸦.
In hard winters,the birds migrate to central Europe. 在严冬,这些鸟迁徙到中欧.
They were once seen as harbingers of catastrophe. 他们曾被视为灾难的先兆.
This time they're out of luck,and they're driven off. 这次他们走运了,被赶了.
Golden eagles can kill animals weighing up to 15 kilos. 金雕能杀死重达15公斤的动物.
Three times their own weight. 三倍于自身重量.
In winter the kings of the air depend on carrion. 冬天,空中之王靠腐肉为生.
Animals that die of hunger or cold like this hare, 像这只野兔一样死于饥饿或寒冷的动物,
help the eagle survive the chilliest time of year. 帮助老鹰度过一年中最寒冷的时候.
Deep in the Estonian forest,humans unintentionally created 在爱沙尼亚森林深处,人类无意中创造了
a winter wildlife shelter. 冬季野生动物庇护所.
The sandstone caves of Piusa. 皮乌萨的砂岩洞穴.
A labyrinth dug out by hand. 用手挖出的迷宫.
Here quartz was once mined for the production of glass, 这里曾经开采石英生产玻璃,
today,the galleries are deserted. 今天,画廊空无一人.
No air currents target the flames of the candles 没有气流指向蜡烛的火焰
set up by Matti Masing,to light his route 由Matti Masing设置,照亮他的路线
back out of the cave. 从洞里出来.
The passages are cold but frost free. 通道很冷,但没有霜冻.
And moist enough to prevent the object of his interest, 而且足够湿润以防止他感兴趣的物体,
from drying out. 防止干燥.
Bats,damp with dew. 蝙蝠,被露水弄湿了.
Moths glisten in the torch light. 飞蛾扑火.
From October to April,the bats hibernate in Piusa. 从十月到四月,蝙蝠在皮乌萨冬眠.
Their metabolism is close to zero 它们的新陈代谢几乎为零
and their body temperature's greatly reduced. 他们的体温大大降低了.
Since mining ceased,more and more bats come here. 自从采矿停止,越来越多的蝙蝠来到这里.
Where as in 1949,it was a mere 22,today more than 4,000 像1949年一样,当时只有22个,今天超过了4000个
spend the winter undisturbed in the 在寒冷的天气里安然过冬
cathedral like cloisters. 大教堂般的回廊.
Piusa has become the most significant winter quarters, 皮乌萨已经成为最重要的冬季居住区,
for bats in the Baltic. 波罗的海的蝙蝠.
In the spring,they will leave the cave again. 到了春天,他们又会离开洞穴.
At the moment however,the nights are icy cold, 然而此刻,夜晚冰冷,
and temperatures of minus 20 degrees Celsius',not uncommon. 零下20摄氏度的温度也不少见.
When the sun climbs higher in the sky,the days get longer, 太阳越升越高,白天越长,
the clattering call of the capercaillie can be heard from 卡佩尔卡利的喧闹叫声可以从
quite a distance. 相当远.
In February March,the birds begin their courtship rituals. 二月到三月,鸟儿们开始了求偶仪式.
Measuring up to one meter high, 高达一米,
the cock makes quite an impression. 公鸡给人留下了很深的印象.
Red swellings over the eyes,flash. 眼睛红肿,闪光.
The calls of the cock attract some hens. 公鸡的叫声吸引了一些母鸡.
And a rival,who is quickly driven off. 还有一个对手,他很快就被赶走了.
Allowing the local hero to convince the females, 让当地的英雄说服女性,
of his particular charms in peace. 他在和平中的特殊魅力.
Spreading their wings means that they are ready and 展开翅膀意味着它们已经准备好了
willing to mate. 愿意交配.
Then,the cock mounts the chosen hen. 然后,公鸡骑上选中的母鸡.
All in a matter of seconds. 就在几秒钟之内.
From now on the hen has sole responsibility 从现在起,母鸡全权负责
for the offspring. 为了后代.
Bringing up chicks,is not on the cock's agenda. 养小鸡,不是公鸡的事.
Half of Estonia consists of pine-rich open forest. 爱沙尼亚的一半由松树茂密的开阔森林组成.
Ideal living conditions for capercaillies. 卡佩卡利人的理想生活条件.
The other half is characterized by moors, 另一半是荒野,
swamps and meadows. 沼泽和草地.
It's April,the first white storks are back from Africa. 四月,第一批白鹳从非洲回来了.
Everywhere,snow and ice are melting. 到处都是冰雪融化.
From all directions,water is flowing into lower lying 水从四面八方流入低洼处
parts of the Soomaa National Park. 苏马国家公园的一部分.
After summer,autumn and winter, 经过夏、秋、冬,
shortly before the advent of spring,begins the 就在春天来临前不久,春天开始了
fifth season in the flatland of central Estonia. 在爱沙尼亚中部平原的第五季.
High water. 高水位.
A vast expanse of country is now flooded. 一大片地区现在被洪水淹没了.
Roads become waterways. 道路变成了水道.
For the villagers,this is no catastrophe. 对村民来说,这不是灾难.
They've been adapting to the watery conditions 他们一直在适应潮湿的环境
for centuries. 几个世纪以来.
They simply build their houses higher. 他们只是把房子建得更高.
Now they can only reach them by boat. 现在他们只能乘船到达.
The melt water has come quickly,and caught the 融化的水很快就来了,抓住了水
spring snowflakes in full bloom. 春天雪花盛开.
Every year,this mystical water world lures many 每年,这个神秘的水世界都吸引着许多人
visitors to Soomaa. 苏马的游客.
In a canoe,almost impossible areas in the swampy woods, 在独木舟里,沼泽树林里几乎不可能的地方,
become accessible. 变得容易接近.
Red ribbons mark the way,through the labyrinth of trees. 红色的丝带标志着路,穿过迷宫般的树木.
Freshly arrived from Africa,black tailed godwits 刚从非洲来的黑尾神灵
look for food in the soft ground in the edge of the 在森林边缘松软的土地上寻找食物
vast lake. 广阔的湖泊.
In some places,the water is five meters deep. 在一些地方,水有5米深.
The fifth season lasts at least two weeks,until the melted 第五季至少持续两周,直到太阳融化
snow has run off the land of swamps. 雪已经从沼泽地流走了.
Until then,Soomaa is a gigantic watery wilderness. 在那之前,苏马是一片巨大的水上荒野.
During the snow melt,streams become rivers. 雪融化时,溪流变成河流.
To the east of the capital Tallin,lies Estonia's 首都塔林以东是爱沙尼亚的首都
biggest waterfall. 最大的瀑布.
Here the Jagiello River,plunges downwards for eight meters. 在这里,贾吉略河向下倾了8米.
Its amber moor water only has three kilometers to go, 它琥珀色的沼泽水只有三公里,
before it reaches the Baltic Sea. 在它到达波罗的海之前.
The widest waterfall in Europe,is in Latvia. 拉脱维亚是欧洲最宽的瀑布.
Here the Ventar,overcomes a 400 meter long 这里的文塔,克服了400米长
barrier of stone. 石头的屏障.
In early May,vimba bream,relatives of the cod, 五月初,鳕鱼的亲戚vimba bream,
move up the river to less borning grounds. 向上游移动到出生较少的地方.
It seems almost as if they first check to see,how high 好像他们先检查一下,有多高
the obstacle is. 障碍是.
Before then,taking a proper runner. 在此之前,选择一个合适的跑步者.
Barely 50 centimeters long,the fish have to get over a 只有50厘米长,鱼必须通过
one a and a half meter high waterfall. 一个半米高的瀑布.
This early in the year,only a few manage the leap, 今年早些时候,只有少数人成功实现了飞跃,
and then overcome the strong current of the Ventar. 然后克服文塔的强大电流.
Which is still swollen with melt water. 仍然被融化的水溶胀.
In two weeks time,it will be a lot easier. 再过两周,事情就会简单多了.
By then,it will finally be spring in the Baltic. 到那时,波罗的海终于迎来春天了.
Everywhere,water levels are falling. 各地的水位都在下降.
The meadows however,stay damp. 然而,草地仍然潮湿.
Offering food,for many birds. 为许多鸟提供食物.
Besides the white stork,another unusual migratory bird 除了白鹳,另一种不寻常的候鸟
has returned from Africa,to the hilly meadows of 已经从非洲回到了
central Latvia. 拉脱维亚中部.
One of Europe's rarest birds of prey. 欧洲最稀有的猛禽之一.
The lesser spotted eagle,with its peculiar method 小斑鹰,其独特的方法
of hunting. 打猎的感觉.
Instead of falling to earth like a stone and snatching up 而不是像石头一样掉到地上抢
its prey,this eagle pursues it on foot. 它的猎物,这只鹰用脚追赶它.
The raptor lives mainly on frogs and mice. 猛禽主要以青蛙和老鼠为食.
Latvia is home to 3,600 pairs,one fifth of the 拉脱维亚有3600对,占世界的五分之一
world's population. 世界人口.
Nowhere else on earth,do so many lesser spotted eagles, 地球上没有其他地方,有这么多小斑鹰,
live as close together as here. 像这里一样住得很近.
The fragmentary mosaic of the landscape,offers perfect 残缺的马赛克景观,提供了完美的
living conditions. 生活条件.
Along with damp meadows and moorland as hunting grounds, 还有潮湿的草地和荒地作为狩猎场,
the birds need quiet,primeval forests to build their 鸟类需要安静的原始森林来建造它们的栖息地
aeries in. 空中飞行.
This eaglet is just 10 days old,and all alone. 这只小鹰只有10天大,而且是孤独的.
The first born chick usually throws the second born 第一胎的小鸡通常把第二胎的小鸡扔出去
out of the nest. 从巢里出来.
The parents allow this active siblicide to happen. 父母允许这种积极的西伯利亚发生.
After all,they did exactly the same thing 毕竟,他们做了完全相同的事情
when they were eaglets. 当他们还是小鹰的时候.
The second egg is a kind reserve,in case anything goes 第二个鸡蛋是一种储备,以防有事发生
wrong with hatching out the first. 孵化出第一个是错误的.
The surviving eaglet has its parents attention 幸存的小鹰引起了父母的注意
all to itself. 一切都是自己的.
Today's tasty morsel,is mole. 今天的美味小吃是鼹鼠.
The parents remain within calling distance. 父母仍在通话距离之内.
While one feeds and warms the chick,the other brings 一个喂小鸡取暖,另一个带着
further supplies. 进一步供应.
In the remote northeast of the Baltic,close to the Russian 在波罗的海东北偏僻的地方,靠近俄罗斯
border lies,Alutaguse. 边界就在那里,阿卢塔格斯.
The largest expanse of forest in Estonia. 爱沙尼亚最大的森林.
With its evergreen woodlands,swamps and moors, 有常绿的林地,沼泽和荒野,
it's reminiscent of the Taiga. 它让人想起泰加.
In amongst the sparse brushwood,grow blueberries. 在稀疏的灌木丛中,种植蓝莓.
The red flowers and fresh green chutes are the first meal 第一顿饭是红花和鲜绿色的斜槽
for a family of brown bears,who have just 对于一个棕熊家庭来说
finished hibernating. 已完成休眠.
The two cubs are one year old. 这两只幼崽一岁大.
Young bears usually stay with their mothers for three or 小熊通常和它们的妈妈呆在一起三到三年
even four years. 甚至四年.
Estonia is home to around 700 brown bears. 爱沙尼亚是大约700头棕熊的家园.
Half of them in the forest of Alutaguse. 其中一半在阿卢塔格斯的森林里.
While the mother bear satisfies her winter long 而熊妈妈满足了她漫长的冬天
hunger in the woods,the cubs have discovered 小熊们发现森林里有饥饿感
something up in a tree. 树上有东西.
A flying squirrel. 一只会飞的松鼠.
The emblem of Estonian nature conservation. 爱沙尼亚自然保护的象征.
In Europe these rodents only live in Finland and Estonia. 在欧洲,这些啮齿动物只生活在芬兰和爱沙尼亚.
Where they've become very rare. 在那里它们变得非常罕见.
For accommodation they need woodpecker holes. 他们需要啄木鸟洞作为住处.
And old mixed woodlands with aspens. 古老的混交林地和白杨.
Woodlands that aren't really planned for in modern forestry. 现代林业中没有真正规划的林地.
In Estonia there are very few places where one can observe 在爱沙尼亚,很少有地方可以观察到
flying squirrels gliding,from tree to tree. 飞鼠在树间滑翔.
The bear cubs spend the winter in a cozy den,dug and padded 小熊崽们在一个舒适的窝里过冬,窝里挖着,垫着软垫
out by their mother. 在他们母亲身边.
Now,at last they can get rid of all that excess energy. 现在,他们终于可以摆脱所有多余的能量.
They're occasionally suckled until they're about 他们偶尔会被吮吸直到
two years old. 两岁.
That's why the mother has to eat for three, 这就是为什么妈妈三个人都要吃饭,
and keep a watchful eye out,danger lurks in the forest. 小心,森林里潜伏着危险.
Male bears. 雄性熊.
They can be very aggressive. 他们可能很有攻击性.
Especially during the mating season in spring. 尤其是在春天的交配季节.
The mother bear warns her cubs. 熊妈妈警告她的幼崽.
Which immediately seek the safety of the trees. 他们立即寻求树木的安全.
The adult male knows what's,what. 成年男性知道什么是,什么是.
If it were to kill the two cubs,in a few days the mother 如果要杀死这两只幼崽,几天之内母崽
would be fertile. 会很有生育能力.
And it could become a father. 它可以成为一个父亲.
The mother prepares to defend her offspring, 母亲准备保护她的后代,
and threateningly rattles her teeth. 威胁地咬牙切齿.
If the male really does mean business,the cubs would have 如果雄性真的是认真的话,幼崽们会
to climb right up into the tree top. 爬上树顶.
Suddenly,the bear seems 突然,熊似乎
to get cold feet,and makes itself scarce. 使自己变得冷淡.
The situation takes a surprising turn. 形势发生了惊人的转变.
An even mightier bear appears. 一只更强大的熊出现了.
It however,ignores the family. 然而,它忽视了家庭.
The mother bear can relax again,and calls her young 熊妈妈又能放松了,还叫她小熊
down from the tree. 从树上下来.
One had already climbed quite a way up. 其中一个已经爬了相当长的一段路.
Is the danger really over? 危险真的结束了吗？
The large bear has settled down nearby. 这只大熊已在附近定居下来.
It may be the father,then it would have no reason to 可能是父亲,那就没有理由了
kill the cubs. 杀死幼崽.
Some female bears use a tactic of multi-paternity to 一些雌性熊使用多重亲子的策略
protect their young,by mating with as many males as 通过与尽可能多的雄性交配来保护它们的幼崽
possible in one area. 可能在一个区域.
Then all the potential sires think they could be the father. 所有潜在的父辈都认为他们可能是父亲.
And thus spare the mothers cubs. 这样就可以放过母子了.
Close by and well hidden,a young family has just seen 一个年轻的家庭刚刚看到
the light of day. 白昼之光.
After a four week brooding period,the capercaillies 经过四周的孵卵期后,卡珀卡利犬
chicks have hatched. 小鸡孵出了.
The single mom is just back with something to eat. 单身妈妈带着吃的回来了.
Adult capercaillies live on the leaves and berries of 成虫生活在植物的叶子和浆果上
blueberry plants. 蓝莓植物.
But the chicks,need protein rich food. 但是小鸡需要富含蛋白质的食物.
Ants and other insects. 蚂蚁和其他昆虫.
Before the mother brings out her young to eat, 在妈妈把孩子带出来吃之前,
she carefully checks that the coast is clear. 她仔细检查海岸是否安全.
For the big brown bear,the chicks would make a tasty snack. 对于大棕熊来说,小鸡们会做可口的零食.
The capercaillie hen remains calm. 卡佩卡利母鸡保持平静.
Relying on her perfect camouflage. 依靠她完美的伪装.
Thickly-wooded Estonia is almost as big as the Netherlands. 森林茂密的爱沙尼亚几乎和荷兰一样大.
But it has only a tenth of the population. 但它只有十分之一的人口.
Around one and a half million. 大约150万.
More than 7,000 streams and rivers,crisscross the country. 7000多条溪流纵横全国.
Since the fall of the Soviet Union,they've become 自从苏联解体后,他们就成了
much cleaner. 干净多了.
Once almost extinct,the otter population is now thriving. 曾经几近灭绝的水獭,现在正欣欣向荣.
in the 1970s the animals were endangered by environmental 在20世纪70年代,这些动物因环境污染而濒临灭绝
pollution and poachers after their soft pelts. 污染和偷猎者在他们柔软的毛皮之后.
Today they're a protected species. 今天它们是受保护的物种.
All over the Baltic,otters are once more looking for 整个波罗的海,水獭再一次在寻找
something to eat. 吃点东西.
Even under heavy stones. 即使在沉重的石头下.
In the water,the agile creatures use their eyes for 在水中,敏捷的生物用他们的眼睛
orientation. 方向.
When visibility is bad, 当能见度不好时,
the long whiskers or vibrissae,help to find food. 长胡须或触须有助于寻找食物.
And that can be fish,shellfish,water snails,cray fish 可能是鱼,贝类,水蜗牛,小龙虾
or insect larvae. 或昆虫幼虫.
The cool streams are the nursery of 清凉的溪流是孩子们的苗圃
broad winged damselflies. 宽翅豆娘.
Having spent their first year or two in the water 在水里呆了一两年
as larvae,they now take to the air 作为幼虫,它们现在会飞到空中
as adults. 作为成年人.
Where the sun shines,shimmering blue males,stake out 在阳光普照的地方,闪烁着蓝色光芒的雄鸟,站在那里
temporary territories. 临时领土.
From here,they court the brown females. 从这里开始,它们向棕色的雌性求爱.
Perches,such as this yellow pond lily, 栖木,如这黄色池塘百合,
are especially popular. 尤其受欢迎.
Vantage points like this,naturally attract the competition. 这样的有利位置,自然会吸引竞争对手.
One well aimed attack,and the rival retreats briefly. 一次目标明确的进攻,对手短暂撤退.
Then,a battle of threats begins. 然后,一场威胁之战开始了.
With fanned out wings,the two males face each other 这两只雄鸟展开翅膀,面朝对方
in mid air. 在半空中.
While the rivals size each other up, 当对手们互相打量的时候,
nearby love has found a way. 附近的爱找到了一条路.
The happy couple contort themselves in the shape of a heart. 这对幸福的夫妇把自己扭曲成一个心形.
The male grips the females head with its abdominal pincers, 雄性用腹部的钳子夹住雌性的头,
and carries her off in tandem,to mate. 然后把她一起带走,交配.
Aerobatics,high above a Baltic stream. 特技飞行,在波罗的海的溪流上空.
The 450 kilometer long river Gauja,flows through 长450公里的高贾河流经
Latvia and Switzerland. 拉脱维亚和瑞士.
Ever since the last ice age,the river has been carving 自从上一个冰河时代以来,这条河一直在雕刻
its way through the million year old sandstone. 它穿过百万年前的砂岩.
Sometimes to a depth of 80 meters. 有时达到80米深.
The water is extremely clear and clean. 水非常清澈干净.
Its dark coloring comes from the moorish, 它的深色来自摩尔人,
ferruginous subsoil. 铁质底土.
Today,the Gauja still flows in lazy loops through the 今天,高加人仍然在河流中懒洋洋地循环流动
national park that bares its name. 以它的名字命名的国家公园.
Untamed,and unstraightened. 不受约束,不受约束.
Ships have no chance here. 船在这里没有机会.
Latvian,Switzerland is full of wooded river valleys, 拉脱维亚,瑞士到处是树木繁茂的河谷,
sandbanks and islands. 沙洲和岛屿.
And castles. 还有城堡.
The first built in the 13th century,were of wood. 第一座建于13世纪,是木制的.
Then,German invaders built citadels of stone. 然后,德国侵略者建造了石头城堡.
Like castle Tu Reider,which has been restored 像图里德城堡,已经修复
over the last few decades. 在过去的几十年里.
Away from the rivers too,the Baltic is 波罗的海也远离河流
characterized by water. 以水为特征的.
1/5 of Estonia alone,is made up of moorland. 仅爱沙尼亚就有1/5是由荒地组成的.
When lakes dry up,thick layers of peat are formed 当湖泊干涸时,就会形成厚厚的泥炭层
that are low in nutrients. 营养素含量低.
To survive here,some plants use tricks. 为了在这里生存,有些植物会耍花招.
The sundew,for example. 例如日落.
Sugary droplets,glisten on the glanned tentacles of 含糖的水滴,在有腺体的触手上闪闪发光
its leaves. 它的叶子.
They look as harmless,as morning dew. 它们看起来像晨露一样无害.
When insects land and stick fast,the tentacles exude 当昆虫落地并快速粘住时,触角就会分泌
digestive juices,which dissolve them. 消化液,溶解它们.
Thus these carnivorous plants gain vital nutrients, 因此这些食肉植物获得了重要的营养,
that the peaty ground,does not offer. 泥炭地,不提供.
In the summer,the moors are decorated by the fruit of 夏天,荒野上挂满了树的果实
the cotton grass. 棉花草.
The warm season has finally arrived. 温暖的季节终于到了.
An adolescent brown bear takes the opportunity to 一只未成年的棕熊借此机会
have a bath,in the swampy lake. 在沼泽的湖里洗个澡.
it's not alone. 这并不孤单.
The two bears,seem to now each other. 这两只熊,现在似乎是彼此.
Maybe they're siblings. 也许他们是兄弟姐妹.
When at the age of three or four,young brown bears are 在三四岁的时候,小棕熊
weaned off by their mother and then driven away, 从母亲那里断奶,然后被赶走,
the cubs may stay together for another two or three years. 幼崽可能会在一起再呆两三年.
They're not fully grown until the age of 10. 他们直到10岁才完全长大.
Brown bears eat almost anything,but they're 棕熊几乎什么都吃,但它们是
mainly vegetarian. 主要是素食者.
Besides blueberries,the moor has juicy water lily 除了蓝莓,沼地还有多汁的睡莲
chutes to offer. 提供斜槽.
The moorlands of the Baltic are unique treasure 波罗的海的沼泽地是独一无二的宝藏
houses of nature. 自然之屋.
Estonia alone has more than 7,000. 仅爱沙尼亚就有7000多人.
Some are over 10,000 years old,and consist of 10 meter 有些已经有一万多年的历史了,有10米长
thick layers of peat. 厚厚的泥炭层.
More than half have been drained and are now used by humans. 超过一半的水已经排干,现在被人类使用.
Peat is cut on a large scale,for west European gardens. 泥炭被大规模砍伐,用于西欧园林.
No local here would think of using low nutrient peat, 没有当地人会想到使用低营养泥炭,
to improve the quality of the earth. 提高地球的质量.
They would use compost or bark humus. 他们会使用堆肥或树皮腐殖质.
Fertile compost instead of peat. 肥沃的堆肥而不是泥炭.
That would also spare the large,primeval,Baltic moorland. 这也将使波罗的海的原始荒原得以保留.
Help is coming from an unexpected quarter. 帮助来自一个意想不到的方面.
Little by little,Europe's largest rodent is 渐渐地,欧洲最大的啮齿动物
reconquering its former habitat. 重新征服它以前的栖息地.
Building dams,and thus helping to irrigate 建造水坝,从而帮助灌溉
the thirsty moors. 干渴的荒野.
The beaver. 海狸.
In summer,these vegetarians enjoy juicy green 夏天,这些素食者喜欢多汁的绿色食物
herbs and leaves,buds and water lily roots. 草本植物和叶子,芽和睡莲根.
They only fell trees in winter. 他们只在冬天砍树.
This aspen was uprooted in a gale. 这棵白杨在大风中被连根拔起.
To the delight of the beavers,the bark,leaves and twigs 使海狸高兴的是,树皮,树叶和树枝
are particular delicacies. 是特别的美味.
One after another,all the members of the family, 一个接一个,所有的家庭成员,
turn up at the tree. 在树上出现.
This years offspring are already up to eating bark. 这几年后代已经能吃树皮了.
Unusual calls ring out in the forest. 森林里响起不寻常的叫声.
This is the first time the young beavers have heard the 这是小海狸第一次听到
cry of the jay. 周杰伦的哭声.
They'll get used to it soon enough. 他们很快就会习惯的.
Once extinct here,there are now 150,000 beavers in 曾经在这里灭绝的海狸现在有15万只
Latvia alone. 只有拉脱维亚.
They're important helpers in the restoration of the moors. 他们是恢复荒野的重要帮手.
Their dams,put large areas under water and create 他们的水坝,将大片地区置于水下
new habitats. 新的栖息地.
The often unspoiled woods,also offer shelter 通常未被破坏的树林也提供了庇护所
for many species. 对许多物种来说.
About a thousand wolves,live in Latvia. 大约有一千只狼生活在拉脱维亚.
Working as a pack,they can catch animals much bigger, 作为一个群体,他们可以捕捉更大的动物,
than a single wolf. 而不是一只狼.
Their fantastic sense of smell can pick up the 它们奇妙的嗅觉能捕捉到
scent of potential prey. 潜在猎物的气味.
A grazing elk cow. 放牧的麋鹿.
In winter; in deep snow,the wolves might attack. 在冬天；在大雪中,狼可能会攻击.
If the could separate the calf from its mother,it would be 如果母牛能把小牛和它的母亲分开,那就太好了
easy meat. 简单的肉.
As long as it stays close to her,the wolves don't really 只要它靠近她,狼群就不会
have much chance. 有很多机会.
A kick from the cow could be fatal. 母牛的一脚可能致命.
The pack withdraws. 背包撤退了.
Sometimes it can cover up to 60 kilometers a day. 有时一天能跑60公里.
Large parts of central Europe, 中欧大部分地区,
used to look like 以前看起来像
the Baltic today. 今天的波罗的海.
Moor and woodlands,fields,pastures and meadows. 沼地、林地、田地、牧场和草地.
The Baltic is a paradise for storks, 波罗的海是鹳的天堂,
with 23,000 pairs breeding in Estonia,Latvia and Lithuania. 在爱沙尼亚、拉脱维亚和立陶宛繁殖了23000对.
In Germany,a country twice the size of the Baltic states, 德国是波罗的海国家的两倍,
there are now only 5,000. 现在只有5000人.
A stork on a roof is seen as a symbol of 屋顶上的鹳被视为生命的象征
good luck and fertility. 祝你好运和多产.
And that's what Latvia's biggest festival, 这是拉脱维亚最大的节日,
is also all about. 也是关于.
On the night of the 24th of June,the summer solstice is 六月二十四日的晚上,夏至是
celebrated. 著名的.
With traditional costumes and garlands of flowers. 带着传统的服装和花环.
Caroways eat cheese,bread and beer. 酒鬼吃奶酪、面包和啤酒.
Fires are lit and burn 火被点燃和燃烧
all night long. 一整晚.
The singing and dancing goes on until dawn. 唱歌跳舞一直持续到天亮.
The mid summer night festival,is a lively one. 仲夏夜,是一个热闹的节日.
And in Latvia,more popular than Christmas. 在拉脱维亚,比圣诞节更受欢迎.
With the sunrise,a precession of merrymakers, 伴随着日出,欢乐者的进动,
leads across the moist meadows. 穿过潮湿的草地.
Everyone wants to feel the dampness of the dew. 每个人都想感受露水的潮湿.
Or bathe in clear spring water. 或沐浴在清澈的泉水中.
For all who wash on St.Johns eve,will remain 所有在圣约翰节前夜洗漱的人都会留下来
beautiful and strong,for the rest of the year. 在今年剩下的时间里,美丽而强壮.
The sun rises over the lowlands of the Dviete. 太阳从德维特低地升起.
A river on the border between Latvia and Lithuania. 拉脱维亚和立陶宛交界处的一条河流.
In the moist pastureland,a rarity is brooding. 在潮湿的牧场上,一种稀罕的东西正在孕育.
Its call can be heard some distance away. 它的叫声可以在远处听到.
The great snipe. 大鹬.
It even has a doppelganger. 它甚至还有一个二重身.
The somewhat smaller,common snipe. 有点小的普通鹬.
In its courtship rituals the male,tilts its head back 在求爱仪式中,雄性会把头往后仰
and clicks the two halves of its beak together. 把它的两半喙合在一起.
Rare footage of a fight between two rivals. 两个对手打架的罕见镜头.
A strict ritual must be adhered to. 必须遵守严格的仪式.
As they call,the competitors fan out their tails. 他们一边叫,一边扇出尾巴.
Showing off their white feathers. 炫耀他们的白色羽毛.
They puff themselves up. 他们自吹自擂.
Approach. 接近.
Then each performs a pirouette... 然后每个人做一个旋转动作...
And the fencing match can begin. 击剑比赛就可以开始了.
it's August. 现在是八月.
For some,the year in Latvia will soon be over. 对一些人来说,拉脱维亚的一年很快就要结束了.
In the aerie,the lesser spotted eagle chick, 在空中,小斑鹰小鸡,
is almost fully fledged. 几乎完全成熟.
It's still being fed by its parents. 它的父母还在喂它.
Untiringly they bring food. 他们不停地带来食物.
The chick meanwhile,can take the frog apart by itself. 与此同时,小鸡可以自己把青蛙拆开.
It urgently needs reserves of fat. 它急需储备脂肪.
In contrast to golden eagles,which spend the winter in 与金雕相比,金雕在冬天
the Baltic,lesser spotted eagles have a 10,000 波罗的海,斑点较少的老鹰有10000只
kilometer flight to south Africa ahead of them. 在他们前面有一公里飞往南非的航班.
The coming snow and ice would prevent them from 即将到来的冰雪将使他们无法生存
finding prey. 寻找猎物.
It's time the chick,finally learn to fly. 是时候让小鸡学会飞翔了.
The parent wants to lure it out of the nest. 父母想把它从巢里引诱出来.
The first wing beats... 第一个翅膀...
Are followed by takeoff practice. 然后是起飞练习.
The first flight,albeit a short one. 第一次飞行,虽然很短.
Soon in late August or early September,the parent 很快在8月底或9月初,父母
birds will be setting off southwards. 鸟儿将向南飞去.
Then the young bird will be left to its own devices. 然后这只小鸟就任由自己摆布了.
It will have to feed itself and find its own way to Africa. 它将不得不养活自己,找到自己通往非洲的路.
In mid September,what was the eagles hunting grounds, 九月中旬,老鹰的猎场,
is transformed into an arena,for an animal that was 变成了竞技场
reintroduced to the Baltic in the 17th century. 17世纪重新引入波罗的海.
Red deer. 马鹿.
Once the local nobility kept deer. 从前当地贵族养鹿.
At one point,some animals escaped into the wild. 有一次,一些动物逃到了野外.
If two stags of similar stature meet, 如果两个身材相似的牡鹿相遇,
a fight is unavoidable. 打架是不可避免的.
It's all about proving who's boss. 都是为了证明谁是老大.
It's not about hurting each other. 不是伤害对方.
If the animal's equally strong,the stag size 如果动物同样强壮,牡鹿的大小
one another up. 一个接一个.
They attempt to intimidate each other with 他们企图用武力互相恐吓
body language and loud roaring. 肢体语言和大声吼叫.
The rivals take every opportunity they can, 竞争对手抓住一切机会,
to push into the mating arena. 进入交配场.
With short leaps and bounds,the older alpha stag drives 随着短暂的跳跃,老阿尔法雄鹿驱动器
them off and shows its strength. 把它们脱掉,展示它的力量.
it's probably the loudest spectacle of the year. 这可能是今年最热闹的场面了.
The calls echo across the fields. 呼喊声响彻田野.
Until well into the night. 直到深夜.
In autumn a bigger species of deer,restlessly 秋天,一种更大的鹿,不安地
roams the woodlands. 漫步在林地.
Fully grown elks come to the traditional mating grounds. 成年麋鹿来到传统的交配地.
With them,a younger male. 和他们在一起的是一个年轻的男性.
Here an experienced elk bull,is already flaming. 这里有一头经验丰富的麋鹿公牛,已经在燃烧.
Pulling up its upper lip,it tests the air for the 它拉起上唇,测试空气中是否有空气
scent of a female,willing to mate. 雌性的气味,愿意交配.
This is transmitted by certain odors in the cows urine. 这是通过奶牛尿液中的某些气味传播的.
The young elk is sexually mature. 幼麋鹿性成熟.
But its time has not yet come. 但它的时代还没有到来.
An elk cow is only able to conceive for 30 hours. 一头麋鹿只能怀孕30小时.
The bull doesn't leave her alone. 公牛不会放过她.
At first the cow reacts negatively and rejects its advances. 起初,母牛反应消极,拒绝前进.
In the end,the bulls overtures get the desired response. 最终,多头的提议得到了预期的回应.
Eight months later,a new generation of elks will be born 8个月后,新一代麋鹿将诞生
in the Baltic landscape. 在波罗的海.
Estonia,Latvia,Lithuania. 爱沙尼亚,拉脱维亚,立陶宛.
Three countries in Europe,where unspoiled nature 欧洲的三个国家,那里的自然环境未受破坏
can still be found today. 今天还能找到.