BREEDING CONDITIONS REPORT, 2003


RESPONDENT

Damian Nowak

SITE NAME

Karskoe Sea coast, Yamal, Russia

Contact details (phone/fax//e-mail//address):
(81048)343158000 // guguli@poczta.onet.pl // ul. Lotnicza 17, 42-300 Myszkow, Poland

PROJECT DETAILS

Project name:

Larus heuglini research

Start of survey:

End of survey: Team size:

23.06

29.09

2


WEATHER CONDITIONS

Season phenology:

Weather conditions:

Very warm year (also in opinion of native Nenets people). We did not record falls of temperature below freezing. High temperature (+25-30øC) prevailed during many days in August.

 

Season temperature: warm
Season humidity: dry
Date of 50% snow-cover:
Date of ice-break on rivers:
Date of final loss of snow:

BIOTIC CONDITIONS

Rodents abundance evaluation:

low

Breeding conditions:

Numbers of waders migrating along Karskoe sea coast appeared lower compared with the previous year, and there were definetely fewer Heuglini Gulls on the sea coast in August compared with 2002. Thus, breeding success was, probably, low. Also, ca. 50 nests of Heuglini Gulls produced only ca. 10 nestlings in the colony on the sea coast near Mys Rok, but it is possible that native people collected most of eggs. Weather conditions were excellent.
 

Rodent dynamics:

Single lemming was observed.

Rodent species recorded:

LatinAbundance

Summary of fauna studies:

 

FAUNA IN STUDY AREA

Group of speciesPresenceAbundanceBreedingDetailed studiesComment
lemmingsYesrare  single
wadersYesabundantbreeding  
swansYesabundant   
geeseYesabundanthatching  
ducksYescommonhatching  
birds of preyYescommonhatching  
buzzardsYes    
skuasYescommonbreeding  
gulls/ternsYescommonfledgingYes 
passerinesYescommonfledging  

 

SEABIRD COLONIES

speciesComment

 

WATERBIRD NON-BREEDING AGGREGATIONS

speciesAggregation typeNumberComment
Phalaropus lobatusfeeding600.00 
Stercorarius longicaudus 12.00 
Stercorarius pomarinusfeeding32.00 

 

HUMAN ACTIVITY IN THE STUDY AREA

Human activityComment
reindeer herding 
vicinities of a permanent human settlement 

 


Recommended citation

Nowak, D., Nowak, A. (2003). Breeding conditions report for Karskoe Sea coast, Yamal, Russia, 2003. ARCTIC BIRDS: an international breeding conditions survey. (Online database). Eds. M.Soloviev, P.Tomkovich. . Updated 11 Dec. 2008. Accessed .

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