Appendix I. Bird species list from Kitsissunnguit. A total of 54 species has been recorded, of which 25 is breeding regularly. Code CB = common breeder – breeding annually at Kitsissunnguit, RB=rare breeder, breeding in low numbers, not annually, NB=observed in breeding season but not breeding at Kitsissunnguit, Mi=migrant – using Kitsissunnguit as stop‐over site, Ac= accidental – rare visitor.
Code English
Scientific
Code English
Scientific
Mi Mi NB CB Mi Mi NB CB NB RB NB CB CB NB NB Mi CB Ac Mi Mi Mi Ac Ac NB CB RB Ac
Gavia stellata Gavia immer Fulmarus glacialis Phalacrocorax carbo Anser albifrons flavirostris Anser caerulescens Branta Canadensis Anas platyrhynchos Anas acuta Somateria mollissima Somateria spectabilis Clangula hyemalis Mergus serrator Falco rusticolus Falco peregrinus Lagopus mutus Charadrius hiaticula Pluvialis dominica Pluvialis squatarola Calidris canutus Calidris alba Calidris pusilla Calidris minutilla Calidris fuscicollis Calidris maritima Calidris alpina Numenius phaeopus
Arenaria interpres Phalaropus lobatus Phalaropus fulicarius Stercorarius pomarinus Stercorarius parasiticus Stercorarius longicaudus Larus fuscus Larus glaucoides Larus hyperboreus Larus marinus Larus sabini Rhodostethia rosea Rissa tridactyla Sterna paradisaea Uria lomvia Alca torda Cepphus grylle Alle alle Fratercula arctica Bubo scandiacus Oenanthe oenanthe Chatarus guttata Junco hyemalis Corvus corax Carduelis flammea Calcarius lapponicus Plectrophenax nivalis
Red‐throated diver Great Northern Diver Northern Fulmar Great Cormorant Greenland White‐fronted Goose Snow Goose Canada Goose Mallard Northern Pintail Common Eider King Eider Long‐tailed Duck Red‐breasted Merganser Gyrfalcon Peregrine Falcon Rock Ptarmigan Great Ringed Plover American Golden plover Grey Plover Red Knot Sanderling Semipalmated Sandpiper Least Sandpiper White‐rumped Sandpiper Purple Sandpipier Dunlin Whimbrel
Mi CB CB NB RB RB Ac CB CB CB Ac RB Mi CB NB CB CB CB CB Ac RB Ac Ac CB RB CB CB
Ruddy Turnstone Red‐necked Phalarope Red Phalarope Pomarine Skua Arctic Skua Long‐tailed Skua Lesser Black‐backed Gull Iceland Gull Glaucous Gull Great Black‐backed Gull Sabine’s gull Ross’s Gull Black‐legged Kittiwake Arctic Tern Brünnich’s Guillemot Razorbill Black Guillemot Little Auk Atlantic Puffin Snowy owl Northern Wheatear Hermit Thrush Dark‐eyed Junco Common Raven Common Redpoll Lapland Longspur Snow Bunting
Appendix II. Plant species list (scientific name in alphabetic order) from Kitsissunnguit. The list was conducted during fieldwork in June/July 2002 by David Boertmann, National Environmental Research Institute, Denmark.
Name
Name
Name
Name
Arctagrostis latifolia
Comarum palustre
Lycopodium annotium
Rhododendron lapponicum
Armeria scabra
Draba arctica
Melandrium triflorum
Salix arctica
Bartsia alpina
Draba norvegica
Mertensia maritima
Salix hervacea
Betula nana
Dryas integrifolia
Oxyria digyna
Saxifraga caespitosa
Carex bigelowii
Elymus mollis
Papaver radicatum
Saxifraga hyperboreus
Carex glareosa
Empetrum hermaphroditum
Pedicularis flammea
Saxifraga nivalis
Carex lachenalii
Equisetum arvense
Pedicularis hirsuta
Saxifraga oppositifolia
Carex norvegica
Eriophorum scheuchzeri
Pedicularis lapponica
Saxifraga tricuspidata
Carex rariflora
Eriophorum triste
Plantago maritima
Silene acaulis
Carex saxatilis
Festuca brachyphylla
Poa arctica
Stellaria humifusa
Carex stans
Hippuris vulgaris
Polygonum viviparum
Stellaria longipes
Carex ursina
Honcknya peploides
Potentilla egedii
Tofieldia pusilla
Cassiope tetragona
Huperzia selago
Potentilla hookeriana
Triglochin palustre
Cerastium alpinum
Juncus castaneus
Puccinellia angustata
Trisetum spicatum
Cerastium arcticum s.l.
Ledum palustre
Pyrola grandiflora
Vaccinium uliginosum
Chamaenerion latifolium
Luzula groenlandica
Ranunculus hyperboreus
Vaccinium vitis-idaea
Cochlearia groenlandicum
Luzula multiflora s.l.
Ranunculus lapponicus
Appendix III. Literature list with paper, reports and other types of publications with special emphasis on Kitsissunnguit. 1.
Ballegaard, J. (1979). "Mere om fuglelivet i Diskobugten." Danske Fugle 30: 217‐223.
2.
Chalmers, J. A., T. Christopher, R. Pulvertaft, C. Marcussen and A. K. Pedersen (1998). "New structure maps over the Nuussuaq Basin, central West Greenland." Geology of Greenland Survey Bulletin 180: 18‐27.
3.
Egevang, C. 2008 ”Forstyrrelser i grønlandske havfuglekolonier, med speciel fokus på ynglende havterner på Kitsissunnguit (Grønne Ejland), Disko Bugt”. Teknisk rapport nr. 71, Grønlands Naturinstitut, 21 sider. http://www.natur.gl/UserFiles/File/Publlikationer/2008‐ 02_GN_teknisk_rapport_71_final_forstyrrelser_fuglekolonier.pdf
4.
Egevang, C. 2007 ”Drømmefuglen” Fugle og Natur nr. 1 2007: 18‐19.
5.
Egevang, C. 2004 ”Grønne Ejland – perlen i Disko Bugt” SULUK (Air Greenlands magasin), 01/2004: 2‐17
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7.
8.
9.
Egevang, C. 2002 “Vestgrønlands Havterner i krise?” Dansk Ornitologisk Forenings Tidsskrift 96: 145‐146 Egevang, C. & D. Boertmann 2001 “The Greenland Ramsar sites, a status report” National Environmental Research Institute, Denmark. NERI Technical Report No. 346, 95 pp. pdf‐format: http://www.dmu.dk/1_viden/2_Publikationer/3_fagrapporter/rapporter/F R346.pdf Egevang, C. & D. Boertmann 2003 ”Havternen i Grønland – Status og Undersøgelser 2002” National Environmental Research Institute, Denmark. NERI Technical Report No. 438, 72 pp. http://www.dmu.dk/1_viden/2_Publikationer/3_fagrapporter/rapporter/F R438.pdf Egevang, C., D. Boertmann & O. S. Kristensen 2005 ” Monitering af havternebestanden på Kitsissunnguit (Grønne Ejland) og den sydlige del af Disko Bugt, 2002‐2004” Teknisk rapport nr. 62, Grønlands Naturinstitut, 41 pp. http://www.natur.gl/filer/Havternemonitering.pdf
10. Egevang, C., K. Kampp and D. Boertmann (2004). "The Breeding Association of Red Phalaropes (Phalaropus fulicarius) with Arctic Terns (Sterna paradisaea): Response to a Redistribution of Terns in a Major Greenland Colony." Waterbirds 27(4): 406‐410.
11. Egevang, C., K. Kampp, et al. (2006). Declines in breeding waterbirds following a redistribution of Arctic Terns Sterna paradisaea in West Greenland. Waterbirds around the World. C. A. G. D. A. S. G. C. Boere. The stationery Office, Edinburgh, UK: 154 12. Egevang, C. &D. Boertmann 2008 “Ross’s Gulls (Rhodostethia rosea) breeding in Greenland: A review, with special emphasis on records from 1979 to 2007” ARCTIC 61: 322-328 13. Frich, A. S. (1997). Fuglelivet og dets udnyttelse på Grønne Ejland i Vestgrønland, juni 1996. Nuuk, Greenland, Pinngortitaleriffik, Greenland Institute of Natural Resources: 19. 14. Hjarsen, T. (2000). Diskobugten ‐ Besigtigelses‐ og informationstur 20. ‐ 26 juni 2000. Nuuk, Grønlands Hjemmestyre ‐ Direktoratet for Miljø og Natur. 15. Jensen, J. F., L. Johansen and E. B. Petersen (1997). "Grønlands ældste minedrift." Tidsskriftet Grønland(4). 16. Jørgensen, P. S., Kristensen, M. W. & Egevang, C. 2007 ”Red Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius and Red‐necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus behavioural response to Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea colonial alarms. Dansk Oritologisk Forenings Tidsskrift 101 (3): 73‐78 17. Kampp, K. (1980). "Ornitologiske undersøgelser i Disko Bugt 1980." Unpublished field report. 18. Kampp, K. (1982). "Notes on the Long‐tailed Skua Stercorarius longicaudus in West Greenland." Dansk Ornitologisk Forenings Tidsskrift 76: 129‐135. 19. Kampp, K. and R. M. Kristensen (1980). "Ross's Gull Rhodostethia rosea breeding in Disko Bay, West Greenland, 1979." Dansk Ornitologisk Forenings Tidsskrift 74: 129‐135. 20. Ostermann, H. and M. P. Porsild (1921). Egedesminde Distrikt & Christianshaab Distrikt. Grønland (Grønne Ejland: p. 65 og 117) ‐ I Tohundredaaret for hans Egedes Landing. G. C. Amdrup, L. Bobé, S. Jensen and H. P. Steensby. Copenhagen, C. A. Reitzel Boghandel: 1‐151. 21. Salomonsen, F. (1950). The Birds of Greenland, Munksgaard, Copenhagen 22. Tøttrup, A., C. Egevang & D. Boertmann 2003 ”Grønne Ejland – Terners øer” Fugle og Natur nr. 1 2003: 28‐31
Appendix IV. Arctic tern population size results (point estimate and Standard Deviation) from line transect counts conducted on Kitsissunnguit in 2002 to 2006. 2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
776 (420.1)
6001
8001
Basis Ø West
3785 (1129.4)
5938 (1524.1)
3650 (1979.0)
3244 (1111.6)
5177 (1890.0)
Basis Ø East
7740 (1152.8)
11688 (1446.6)
12251 (2142.7)
8868 (716.7)
11883 (1897.7)
Niaqornaq
3159 (1254.1)
1245 (523.1)
1984 (658.0)
1747 (503.3)
25001
6701
6701
5301
14201
14001
15354
19541
19191
15879
21760
Angissat Innarsuatsiaaq
Saattuarsuit Total 1
population estimate from direct counts
Appendix V. Counts of breeding Red Phalaropes at Kitsissunnguit.
Angissat Innarsuatsiaaq Basis Ø Niaqornaq Total
1979
1980
1990
1996
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
10-20
10-11
1-2
2
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
Ca. 10
?
?
12
8
7-8
9
7-8
6
?
?
?
0
1
1
1
1
ca. 28
?
?
15
9
10
10
7
9