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SITE NAME
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Gorodetsky Cape, Rybachi Peninsula, Murman coast, Russia
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| Contact details
(phone/fax//e-mail//address): |
| (8152)534869 // haliaeetus51@rambler.ru // Ledokolny proezd, 5-18, Murmansk, 183050, Russia
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PROJECT DETAILS |
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Project name:
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Ornithologo-parasitologic expedition
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Start of survey:
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Team
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9.06
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20.06
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WEATHER
CONDITIONS
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Weather conditions: |
| Based on observations on 9-20 June, the season was late and cold. Air temperatures did not exceed +6°C in this period. The weather was dull and windy, with northerly winds reaching 15-20 m/s. There were fogs, frequent drizzling and pelting rains with thunderstorms.
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BIOTIC
CONDITIONS
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| Rodents abundance evaluation: |
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Breeding conditions:
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Counts of nesting seabirds were conducted in a colony on the cape. Numbers of all species (Kittiwake, two species of murres, Cormorant) declined slightly compared with 2007. The low breeding success of Kittiwakes was clearly due to the lack of food. Hence, weather and feeding conditions were not favourable for the breeding of seabirds.
Mammalian predators were not recorded. Rough-legged Buzzards, skuas and Ravens occurred in average numbers and nested. We recorded White-tailed Sea Eagles and Gyrfalcons. Owls were not observed. Willow Grouse were common, but nesting was not confirmed.
Human impacts declined considerably compared with the previous years. Contrary to the previous years poaching fishermen were absent from the area, and there were only small numbers of fishing boats in the nearby sea. Herds of reindeers were recorded in the area less often than earlier.
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Rodent dynamics:
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| Lemmings were not recorded. Voles were seen, but we could not judge their abundance.
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Rodent species recorded:
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Summary
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