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SITE NAME
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Khabuika Lake, Russky Zavorot Peninsula, Russia
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| Contact details
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| // // 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 1995
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Start of survey:
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End
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Team
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15.06
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13.07
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WEATHER
CONDITIONS
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Weather conditions: |
| Spring was at least 2 weeks earlier than usial. On arrival only c. 1% snow cover on low tundra. Ice-break 19.05 - Pechora R. at NarYanMar. Generally cool, windy and rather wet. two unusually heavy thunderstorms on 10.07.95 associated with westrly winds (including some hail). Heavy falls of rain also on 19+20.06, 28.06, 1.07. No periods of very strong winds (above force 6).
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| Date of ice-break on
rivers: |
19.05.95
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| Date of final loss of
snow: |
18.06.95
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BIOTIC
CONDITIONS
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| Rodents abundance evaluation: |
average
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Breeding conditions:
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| After strong rains in the end of nesting period, many Temminck's Stints lost their clutches. Arctic foxes increased compared to 1994, and were often seen destroying nests.
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Rodent dynamics:
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| Lemmings nearly absent.
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Rodent species recorded:
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| Latin | Abundance |
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| Dicrostonyx groenlandicus | rare |
| Microtus oeconomus | common |
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Summary
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| See enclosed document. More detailed information concerning ecology of Bewick's swan on the breeding grounds will be published in due course. Footprints (recent) and skull of wolverine Gulo gulo found.
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