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SITE NAME
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Khabuika Lake, Russky Zavorot Peninsula, Russia
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| Contact details
(phone/fax//e-mail//address): |
| // // Aride Island Nature Reserve, via Grand Anse, Praslin, Seychelles
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PROJECT DETAILS |
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Project name:
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WWT Bewick's Swan Expedition 1993
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Start of survey:
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End
of survey: |
Team
size: |
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29.05
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20.08
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WEATHER
CONDITIONS
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Weather conditions: |
| 29.05 - 21.06: very strong easterly 'morianas' winds off Arctic ocean started late p.m. on 20 June, stopping by late p.m. on 21 June. Otherwise very mild 29 May - 21 June, with little cloud cover. Heavy rain on night of 8 June, rain and thunder late p.m. 10 June. 31.07. - 20.08: generally mild (8-20^C), wind varible but no prolonged periods of strong winds. Mostly overcast, some little rain.
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| Date of 50%
snow-cover: |
6.06.93
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| Date of ice-break on
rivers: |
9-12.06
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| Date of final loss of
snow: |
10.06.93
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BIOTIC
CONDITIONS
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| Rodents abundance evaluation: |
average
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Rodent dynamics:
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| Yes, abundant during snowmelt, heavily predated by Buteo, Asio, Alopex (Fox) and Stercorarius. Scarcer after mid-June.
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Rodent species recorded:
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| Latin | Abundance |
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| Microtus oeconomus | common |
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Summary
of fauna studies: |
| See enclosed document. More detailed information concerning ecology of Bewick's Swans Cygnus columbianus bewickii on the breeding grounds will be published in due course.
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