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SITE NAME
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Lyamchina Bay, Vaigach Island, Russia
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| Contact details
(phone/fax//e-mail//address): |
| 23-96-55 // science@mmbi.info // MMBI, Vladimirskaya 17, Murmansk, 183010, Russia
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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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28.07
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29.07
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WEATHER
CONDITIONS
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Weather conditions: |
| In the period of observations on 28-29 July weather was usual for Vaigach Island with cool, air temperatures +5-8°Ñ, low clouds and permanent drizzle. The Nenets people reported hot weather in early July.
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BIOTIC
CONDITIONS
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| Rodents abundance evaluation: |
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Breeding conditions:
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Three records of single Snowy Owls were made. Rare observations of gulls included 4 Glaucous Gulls and 3 Herring Gulls. An Arctic Fox was hunting Common Eiders resting near the water on the sea coast.
Lakes in coastal tundra were inhabited by a nesting pair of Red-throated Divers, 2 pairs of Bewick's Swans, and 5 broods of Bean Geese. We recorded a flock of ca. 300 moulting Bean Geese, a flock of 17 Barnacle Geese, and an aggregation of 36 adult Barnacle Geese and 24 chicks in the bay, along with flocks of female Common Eiders and several broods of downy chicks of this species. Moulting males of Common Eiders were not recorded. A flock of 8 Common Merganser males was observed.
One Ringed Plover, one Eurasian Golden Plover and one Dunlin were recorded in tundra. Snow Buntings, mostly wandering with broods, were the most common passerines. One pair of White Wagtails, one of Meadow Pipits and one of Lapland Buntings were noted, and 3 Shorelarks were recorded at one place.
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Rodent dynamics:
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| Lemmings were not observed in coastal tundra, but two lemmings and a downy chick of Willow Grouse was recorded in a nest of Rough-legged Buzzards.
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Rodent species recorded:
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Summary
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