BREEDING CONDITIONS REPORT, 1994


RESPONDENT

Y. Blokhin

SITE NAME

Tiksi, Yakutia, Russia

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PROJECT DETAILS

Project name:

Start of survey:

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WEATHER CONDITIONS

Season phenology:

Weather conditions:

From 20 June to 10 July the weather was favourable for breeding waders with temperature reaching 12ø-20øC.

 

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:

low

Breeding conditions:

Pomarine Skuas, which were common in June, had already disappeared by July. Long-tailed Skuas were observed on passage. Single pairs of Arctic Skuas bred. On 23 June clutches of Dotterel and Ringed Plover were well incubated. By 8-10 July chicks of Common Snipe had hatched, and judging by their behaviour, so had those of other waders.
 

Rodent dynamics:

Rodents had low numbers.

Rodent species recorded:

LatinAbundance

Summary of fauna studies:

 

FAUNA IN THE STUDY AREA

Group of speciesPresenceAbundanceBreedingDetailed studiesComment
wadersYes hatching  
skuasYes breeding  
pomarine skuasYescommonno  

 

SEABIRD COLONIES

speciesComment

 

WATERBIRD NON-BREEDING AGGREGATIONS

speciesAggregation typeNumberComment

 

HUMAN ACTIVITY IN THE STUDY AREA

Human activityComment

 


Source(s):

Tomkovich, P.S. 1998. Breeding conditions for waders in Russian tundras in 1994. International Wader Studies 10:132-144.

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