Searching for breeding sites of the Spotted Eagle in the north of Chernihiv region
In late June-early July 2009 it was the expedition with aim to reveal breeding places of Spotted Eagle in the north of Chernihiv region. The expedition was taken under the project competition announced by Ukrainian Birds of Prey Research Centre. A question of accurate definition of distribution and numbers of the Spotted Eagle in Ukraine […]
Expedition to southern regions of Ukraine
An expedition was undertaken during the last decade of May 2009 in the framework of the project supported by the Falcon Research Centre (United Kingdom). The aim was to reveal the sites, suitable to set up nest boxes for Saker Falcons on poles of power lines. The participants of the expeditions were Vitaly Vetrov, Sergey […]
Collaborative ornithological researches in the Caucasus
In early May 2009 the third Russian-Ukrainian expedition across the Northern Caucasus took place. The first expedition of this kind was in late May-early June 2004 along the Eastern Azov area and Taman. The second expedition in early May 2008 covered the Eastern Azov area and the Western Caucasus till Elbrus area, also Stavropolje and […]
New Data on the Long-legged Buzzard in Kyiv region
The Long-legged Buzzard is the species listed in the Red Data Book in Ukraine. During last decades its range expanded. Breeding sites were revealed in Kyiv region as well (Grishchenko 2002, 2003; Domashevsky, Kostyushin, Pismenny 2008). However, today we are still poor-known of a complete picture of distribution and numbers of the species. In addition, […]
Migration of raptors in the vicinity of Kyiv in autumn 2008
Weather conditions of autumn 2008 have caused mass and intensity passage of Falconiformes, which allows us to treat this migration season as unusual. We carried out observations on a permanent plot near the village of Pogreby (Brovary district of Kyiv region) located in the floodplain of Desna River (Domashevsky, 2003). Compared with previous counts an […]
The third cycle of counts of BP in the alienated zone of CAPS
THE FINAL STAGE OF WINTER COUNTS OF LARGE BIRDS OF PREY IN THE ALIENATED ZONE OF THE CHORNOBYL ATOMIC POWER STATION IN THE WINTER 2008-2009 The third cycle of counts of large birds of prey during winter 2008-2009 was carried out 17-20.02.2009. Snowfalls, started on the threshold of counts, have returned leaving winter. The ground […]
The second cycle of counts of BP in the alienated zone of CAPS
CONTINUATION OF WINTER COUNTS OF LARGE BIRDS OF PREY IN THE ALIENATED ZONE OF CHORNOBYL ATOMIC POWER STATION (CAPS) The second cycle of counts of birds of prey in the alienated zone of Chornobyl Atomic Power Station (CAPS) was carried out from 20 to 22.01.2009. The length of automobile counts was about 380 km within […]
Counts of Birds of Prey in January 2009 in Cherkasy Region
During January 2009 three counts of birds of prey were carried out in agricultural landscapes of Cherkasy region. A motor-car was used for the counts; the total route length amounted to 178 km. The investigations covered: 2.01.09 – Zolotonosha and Chornobay districts; 17.01.09 – Cherkasy and Chygyryn districts. Weather conditions: snow cover was 10-15 cm […]
Counts and catching of birds of prey
14.01.2009 we visited the urban junkyard of Kyiv, located in Obukhov district near the village of Krenychi. There we carried out counts and catching of birds of prey. It was recorded a concentration of Corvidae (Jackdaw, Rook), about 3,000 individuals in a total. Apart from these species, the junkyard is a feeding place for the […]
Winter ringing of raptors near Kyiv
Raptor ringing is one of our studies directions A trip to Kyiv area turned out to be rather interesting. After Christmas holidays I was enthusiastic to spend a day in nature and be revived with good impressions. Since the very dawn of 9.01.2009 I set tackles for catching raptors near the village of Pukhovka (Brovary […]