Cape Krutik (69.151°N x 35.948°) is located in the central part of the northern coast of the Kola peninsula (central Murman). It spans about 0,6 km. Seabird monitoring was initiated in 1999.
Approximately 2,000-4,500 pairs of black-legged kittiwakes can be found breeding there as well as 50-500 pairs of common guillemots, 20-200 pairs of Brünnich’s guillemots, black guillemots, herring gulls and razorbills. Colony has no protective status. Logger studies were first initiated in 2009 on kittiwakes but the site became a SEATRACK locality in 2014.
Notice: Russian field sites are not part of SEATRACK phase III.
Site coordinator
Alexey Ezhov
Murmansk Marine Biological Institute
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