BREEDING CONDITIONS REPORT, 1994


RESPONDENT

A. Andreev

SITE NAME

Kolyma River mouth, Kuropatoch'ya River, Russia

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PROJECT DETAILS

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WEATHER CONDITIONS

Season phenology: late

Weather conditions:

Spring was late and summer was very cold.

 

Season temperature: cold
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:

Arctic Foxes bred and were numerous everywhere. Snowy Owls did not breed, but in the Kolyma Delta numerous nests of Peregrines were found. Judging by observations in the second half of July, the breeding success of all wader species except Little Stint was low.
 

Rodent dynamics:

Lemming numbers were low and beginning to increase.

Rodent species recorded:

LatinAbundance

Summary of fauna studies:

 

FAUNA IN THE STUDY AREA

Group of speciesPresenceAbundanceBreedingDetailed studiesComment
arctic foxesYesabundantbreeding  
lemmingsYesrare   
birds of preyYes breeding  

 

SEABIRD COLONIES

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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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