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SITE NAME
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Gydansky Peninsula, Tazovsky District, Russia
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| Contact details
(phone/fax//e-mail//address): |
| 6034120/9262226869 // glazpech@mail.ru // Novogireevskaya, 34-107, Moscow, Russia
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PROJECT DETAILS |
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Project name:
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Inventory of animals of Tazovsky district of Yamalo-Nenets Okrug
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Start of survey:
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End
of survey: |
Team
size: |
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26.06
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13.08
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7
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WEATHER
CONDITIONS
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Weather conditions: |
| According to reports of local people much snow accumulated in the winter. Spring started early, but was prolonged and relatively dry. Snow Buntings arrived around 25 April, while snow-free patches appeared on level areas around 5 May, after warming and first rain. Break-up on channels of small rivers started on 20 May, and Arctic Foxes in summer fur appeared about the same time. Ice started to break in the middle reaches of the Gyda River on 15 June and in lower reaches on 18 June. The last snowfall on 10 June was followed by rapid warming on 13-15 June and hot weather. Geese appeared on 20 May and mass arrival occurred on 25 May. Red-breasted Geese arrived on 10 June, divers on 12-13 June and swans on 19-20 June. Generally, weather in 2003 was more close to average compared with cold and rainy 2002.
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| Date of 50%
snow-cover: |
20.05
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| Date of ice-break on
rivers: |
18.06
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| Date of final loss of
snow: |
7.06
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BIOTIC
CONDITIONS
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| Rodents abundance evaluation: |
low
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Breeding conditions:
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| Snowy Owl was rare, while Rough-legged Buzzard was common and bred, but nesting effort was lower than in 2002. Skuas were common everywhere, but nesting was not confirmed. Geese were common, but rarely bred. Large moulting aggregations of Bean and White-fronted geese were found on large lakes (Periptaveto, Khucheto). Numbers of Willow Grouse increased compared with 2002.
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Rodent dynamics:
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| According to reports of local reindeer herders lemmings were numerous in spring, but then disappeared.
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Rodent species recorded:
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| Latin | Abundance |
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| Lemmus sibiricus | rare |
| Dicrostonyx torquatus | rare |
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Summary
of fauna studies: |
| Bird counts in different habitats were conducted in a framework of Inventory of animals of the Tazovsky district of Yamalo-Nenetsky Okrug by Reseach Center on Biodiversity Conservation of Russian Academy of Natural Sciences.
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