BREEDING CONDITIONS REPORT, 2005

RESPONDENT

Alexei Ezhov

SITE NAME

Ivanovka Bay area, Eastern Murman, Russia

Contact details (phone/fax//e-mail//address):
(8152)534869 // haliaeetus51@rambler.ru // Ledokolny proezd, 5-18, Murmansk, 183050, Russia

PROJECT DETAILS

Project name:

Start of survey:

 End of survey: Team size:

WEATHER CONDITIONS
Season phenology:

Weather conditions:

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

BIOTIC CONDITIONS
Rodents abundance evaluation:

Breeding conditions:
The whole bay aquatory was surveyed from sea and coast. The following species were found breeding: Great Cormorant, Common Eider, White-tailed Sea Eagle, Rock Ptarmigan, Eurasian Golden Plover, Ringed Plover, Oystercatcher, Arctic Skua, Herring, Great Black-backed and Common gulls, Black Guillemot, Meadow Pipit, Wheatear, Bluethroat, Fieldfare, Snow Bunting and Hooded Crow. A group of Whooper Swans exceeding 40 birds, small flocks of Common Goldeneyes, Common Eiders and Common Mergansers were seen in the bay, where they probably moulted.
 

Rodent dynamics:
Rodents were not observed in tundra.

Rodent species recorded:
LatinAbundance

Summary of fauna studies:

 

FAUNA IN STUDY AREA

Group of speciesPresenceAbundanceBreedingDetailed studiesComment
lemmingsNo    
volesNo    
wadersYes breeding  
swansYes    
ducksYes    
birds of preyYes breeding  
skuasYes breeding  
gulls/ternsYes breeding  
passerinesYes breeding  

 

SEABIRD COLONIES

speciesComment

 

WATERBIRD NON-BREEDING AGGREGATIONS

speciesAggregation typeNumberComment

 

HUMAN ACTIVITY IN THE STUDY AREA

Human activityComment

 

Recommended citation
Ezhov, A.V. (2005). Breeding conditions report for Ivanovka Bay area, Eastern Murman, Russia, 2005. ARCTIC BIRDS: an international breeding conditions survey. (Online database). Eds. M.Soloviev, P.Tomkovich. . Updated 11 Dec. 2008. Accessed .

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