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RESPONDENT
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Magnus Forsberg
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SITE NAME
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Birula Bay, Taimyr Peninsula, Russia
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| Contact details
(phone/fax//e-mail//address): |
| phone +46 34 06 22 470/mobile +46 70 60 90 075 // forsberg.mgf@telia.com // Vasterangsvagen 12, 432 96 ASKLOSTER, SWEDEN
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PROJECT DETAILS |
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Project name:
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Voyage on the ice-breaker Dranitsyn
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Start of survey:
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Team
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18.08
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18.08
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WEATHER
CONDITIONS
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| Date of ice-break on
rivers: |
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BIOTIC
CONDITIONS
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| Rodents abundance evaluation: |
high
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Breeding conditions:
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| At least one pair of Grey Plovers were breeding and having chicks. I did not try to find the chicks but the birds were alarming very load as I walked by. In the wetland I found many other waders: 25 Pectoral Sandpipers, 5 Sharp-tailed Sandpipers, 10 Little Stints, 5 Curlew Sandpipers, 10 Ringed Plovers. All birds were adults, with an exception of 7 Knots. Pomarine and Long-tailed Skuas commonly overflowed the tundra, as single birds or in loose groups of 5-10 birds.
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Rodent dynamics:
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| At the area was rich with signs of lemmings and other people even had the opportunities to see live animals. I did not encounter any lemming and can not tell which species they had seen.
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Rodent species recorded:
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Summary
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