BREEDING CONDITIONS REPORT, 1998


RESPONDENT

Valentin Kokhanov

SITE NAME

Yenozero Lake, eastern Murman coast, Russia

Contact details (phone/fax//e-mail//address):
8-10-38-06/278-2-27-82 // // Ostrovskogo St., 30, Krasnogolovka, Mar'insky raion, Donetsk oblast, 85630, Ukraine

PROJECT DETAILS

Project name:

Start of survey:

End of survey: Team size:

23.07

4.08


WEATHER CONDITIONS

Season phenology: late

Weather conditions:

Wader reproduction was not completed by 4 August that confirms reports of local people about late and cold spring at the Kola Peninsula.

 

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:

Rodents were virtually absent, and skuas (mainly Long-tailed, but also Arctic) preyed primarily upon birds, eggs, and chicks. This determined low reproductive success in waders. Terrestrial predators were not recorded. Four local wader species (Eurasian Golden Plover, Ringed Plover, Temmink's Stint and Dunlin) accounted in total for 39 pairs and broods in the area of 79 lake islands (135 ha in the eastern part of Enozero Lake) and a patch of shoreline tundra (100 ha).
 

Rodent dynamics:

Rodent species recorded:

LatinAbundance

Summary of fauna studies:

 

FAUNA IN STUDY AREA

Group of speciesPresenceAbundanceBreedingDetailed studiesComment
arctic foxesNo    
volesYesrare   
wadersYescommonhatching  
skuasYes    

 

SEABIRD COLONIES

speciesComment

 

WATERBIRD NON-BREEDING AGGREGATIONS

speciesAggregation typeNumberComment

 

HUMAN ACTIVITY IN THE STUDY AREA

Human activityComment
reindeer herding 
seasonal fishing/hunting 

 


Recommended citation

Kokhanov, V.D. (1998). Breeding conditions report for Yenozero Lake, eastern Murman coast, Russia, 1998. ARCTIC BIRDS: an international breeding conditions survey. (Online database). Eds. M.Soloviev, P.Tomkovich. . Updated 11 Dec. 2008. Accessed .

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