Estonia has a number of natural symbols: the national bird is the barn swallow, national flower is cornflower, the national tree is the oak tree, the national stone is the grey limestone. Also, there is a national fish which is Baltic herring. In 2018, a national butterfly was selected, which is swallowtail.
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Today, on 23rd of April, 2018 national animal will be announced.
The candidates are beaver, badger, fox, hedgehog, wolf and roe deer.
![](https://europea.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/rahvusloom-600x333.jpg)
Will be continued…
Katrin Uurman
EUROPEA Estonia
National Coordinator
leader of the campaign “Month of an EUROPEA Member State”
Source:
http://www.ejs.ee/jahimehed-otsivad-eesti-rahvuslooma/
Photos:
https://paeliit.wordpress.com/2017/05/04/paekivi-meie-rahvuskivi-juubel/
http://www.looduskalender.ee/sites/default/files/images/080516th688.preview.jpg
https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viiralti_tamm
https://farm5.static.flickr.com/4460/36965439833_d64329f9f0_b.jpg
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4061/4688191077_de339db7f9.jpg
https://www.earthrangers.com/content/wildwire/barn_swallow_flying1.jpg
http://www.ejs.ee/jahimehed-otsivad-eesti-rahvuslooma/