BREEDING CONDITIONS REPORT, 2003


RESPONDENT

Y. Goryaev

SITE NAME

Dvorovaya Bay, Murman coast, Russia

Contact details (phone/fax//e-mail//address):
23-96-55 // // MMBI, Vladimirskaya St., 17, Murmansk, 183010, Russia

PROJECT DETAILS

Project name:

Start of survey:

End of survey: Team size:

10.06

20.06

2


WEATHER CONDITIONS

Season phenology: average

Weather conditions:

 

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:

Rough-legged Buzzard bred. Ringed Plover was the only common wader.
 

Rodent dynamics:

Neither rodents, nor their tracks were seen.

Rodent species recorded:

LatinAbundance

Summary of fauna studies:

 

FAUNA IN STUDY AREA

Group of speciesPresenceAbundanceBreedingDetailed studiesComment
wadersYescommonbreeding  
swansYesrare   
geeseYesrare   
ducksYesrare   
birds of preyYesrare   
buzzardsYescommonbreeding  
ptarmigansYesrare   
cranesYesrare   
skuasYesrare   
gulls/ternsYesabundantbreeding  
passerinesYescommon   
auksYescommonbreeding  
cormorantsYescommonbreeding  

 

SEABIRD COLONIES

speciesComment
Alca torda 
Cepphus grylle 
Larus argentatus 
Larus hyperboreus 
Larus marinus 
Phalacrocorax auritus 
Phalacrocorax carbo 
Rissa trydactyla 
Uria aalge 
Uria lomvia 

 

WATERBIRD NON-BREEDING AGGREGATIONS

speciesAggregation typeNumberComment
Somateria mollissima   

 

HUMAN ACTIVITY IN THE STUDY AREA

Human activityComment

 


Recommended citation

Goryaev, Y.I., Ezhov, A.V. (2003). Breeding conditions report for Dvorovaya Bay, Murman coast, 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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