Osprey in the Altai-Sayan region

Osprey in the Altai-Sayan region Igor V. Karyakin

Photos by I. Karyakin, A. Levashkin, S. Ernst, V. Fedorenko

Kemerovo region Krasnoyarsk Kray

Altai Kray

Republic of Khakassia

Republic of Tyva Republic of Altai

-breeding territories - summer observations

-breeding territories - summer observations

5

30 29

11 24

99 breeding territories and 19 summer observation of Osprey. Additional information on about 20 nests and 36 points of summer observation is stored in “Faunistica”, “ODN” and on a birdwatching websites. Information about 13 more nests and 20 more observation with the species is published in different scientific papers, but it is hard to check whether this data is unique or coincide with an already known data.

-breeding territories - summer observations

200-250

100-150

30-60

Estimated population numbers

Typical nesting places of the Osprey in the Altai are mountain larch forests near the lakes 5 nests were found on small lakes and 6 nests were found on the big Teletskoe Lake

Typical nesting places of the Osprey in the Republics Khakassia, Tyva and Krasnoyarsk Kray are mountain larch forests along rivers 80 nests were found on small rivers and 16 nests were found on big rivers