BREEDING CONDITIONS REPORT, 1995


RESPONDENT

Christoph Z”ckler

SITE NAME

Lower Pura River, Russia

Contact details (phone/fax//e-mail//address):
(44 1223)277314/(44 1223)277136 // Christoph.Zockler@unep-wcmc.org // WCMC, 219 Huntingdon Road, Cambridge CB3 0DL, UK

PROJECT DETAILS

Project name:

Start of survey:

End of survey: Team size:

10.07

27.07

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WEATHER CONDITIONS

Season phenology:

Weather conditions:

The season was average to late. Fair weather till 15.07. rain and strong wind 15.07-18.07. improving at very warm till 27.07.

 

Season temperature:
Season humidity:
Date of 50% snow-cover:
Date of ice-break on rivers: 17.06.95
Date of final loss of snow:

BIOTIC CONDITIONS

Rodents abundance evaluation:

low

Breeding conditions:

There were absolutely no lemming at all, so a hard predation pressure to breeding geese and eider ducks and waders. A lot of nests got predated by foxes and gulls. Many reindeers invaded in the second half of July (ca. 6000) and destroyed quite a serious number of nests as well. Generally very good breeding conditions. No human impact at all.
 

Rodent dynamics:

Rodent species recorded:

LatinAbundance

Summary of fauna studies:

Breeding densities for geese and king eider, success for geese and some information about waders, gulls, birds of prey.

 

FAUNA IN STUDY AREA

Group of speciesPresenceAbundanceBreedingDetailed studiesComment
arctic foxesYes no  
lemmingsNo    
wadersYes breedingYes 
swansYes    
geeseYes breedingYes 
ducksYes breedingYes 
birds of preyYes  Yes 
cranesNo    
skuasYes    
gulls/ternsYes breedingYes 
owlsYes    
passerinesYes breedingYes 

 

SEABIRD COLONIES

speciesComment

 

WATERBIRD NON-BREEDING AGGREGATIONS

speciesAggregation typeNumberComment

 

HUMAN ACTIVITY IN THE STUDY AREA

Human activityComment
summer field camp 

 


Recommended citation

Zockler, C. (1995). Breeding conditions report for Lower Pura River, Russia, 1995. ARCTIC BIRDS: an international breeding conditions survey. (Online database). Eds. M.Soloviev, P.Tomkovich. . Updated 11 Dec. 2008. Accessed .

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