BREEDING CONDITIONS REPORT, 1994


RESPONDENT

Eileen Rees

SITE NAME

Khabuika Lake, Russky Zavorot Peninsula, Russia

Contact details (phone/fax//e-mail//address):
(01704)895181/(01704)892343 // Eileen.Rees@wwt.org.uk // Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust, Martin Mere, Burscough, N. Ormskirk, Lancashire L40 OTA, UK

PROJECT DETAILS

Project name:

WWT Bewick's Swan Expedition 1994

Start of survey:

End of survey: Team size:

30.05

15.06

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WEATHER CONDITIONS

Season phenology: late

Weather conditions:

30.05.94-4.06.94 - mainly mild, bright + sunny, thawing; 5 + 6.06.94 - dull + overcast; 7 - 9.06.94 - fog, temperature falling rapidly on 9.06; 10.06.94 - gales. Bitterly cold, snow flurried. 11 + 12.06.94 - snow falling, max temp. 2 - 3^C. 13.06.94 - dry, but cold. 14 + 15.06.94 - sunny + clear, thawing. On 30.05.94 only main channels of Pechora river open in Pechora delta.

 

Season temperature:
Season humidity:
Date of 50% snow-cover: 9.06.94
Date of ice-break on rivers: 30.05.94
Date of final loss of snow: 15.06.94

BIOTIC CONDITIONS

Rodents abundance evaluation:

Breeding conditions:

 

Rodent dynamics:

Rodent species recorded:

LatinAbundance

Summary of fauna studies:

See enclosed munuscript. Further analysis pending.

 

FAUNA IN STUDY AREA

Group of speciesPresenceAbundanceBreedingDetailed studiesComment
arctic foxesYes breeding  
lemmingsYes breeding  
wadersYes breeding  
swansYes breedingYes 
geeseYes breeding  
ducksYes breeding  
birds of preyYes    
cranesNo    
skuasYes breeding  
gulls/ternsYes breeding  
owlsYes    
passerinesYes breeding  

 

SEABIRD COLONIES

speciesComment

 

WATERBIRD NON-BREEDING AGGREGATIONS

speciesAggregation typeNumberComment

 

HUMAN ACTIVITY IN THE STUDY AREA

Human activityComment
reindeer herding 
summer field camp 

 


Recommended citation

Rees, E.C. (1994). Breeding conditions report for Khabuika Lake, Russky Zavorot Peninsula, Russia, 1994. ARCTIC BIRDS: an international breeding conditions survey. (Online database). Eds. M.Soloviev, P.Tomkovich. . Updated 11 Dec. 2008. Accessed .

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