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RESPONDENT
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Humphrey Sitters
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SITE NAME
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Southampton Island, Canada
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| Contact details
(phone/fax//e-mail//address): |
| // hsitters@aol.com // Limosa, Old Ebford Lane, Ebford, Exeter EX3 0QR, UK
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PROJECT DETAILS |
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Start of survey:
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End
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Team
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24.06
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3.07
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WEATHER
CONDITIONS
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Weather conditions: |
| Compared with previous years there was a lot of snow lying when we arrived and we had more snow the day before we left.
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| Date of ice-break on
rivers: |
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BIOTIC
CONDITIONS
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| Rodents abundance evaluation: |
low
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Breeding conditions:
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| We dragged ropes round the study area of 9.15 sq kms and found 5 Red Knot nests and 9 American Golden Plover nests. Some of the Knot clutches were incomplete when found suggesting a late start to laying. Moreover most were on high ground (e.g. on top of an esker) indicating that little bare ground was exposed when nesting started.
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Rodent dynamics:
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| We saw no lemmings (we saw none in 2002 or 2003 either).
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Rodent species recorded:
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Summary
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