The Bogatiy island colony (76.221°N x 62.580°E) is located on a small island in Russkaya Gavan Bay in the northern part of the Novaya Zemlya Archipelago. Seabirds have been monitored at Russkaya Gavan since 2016.
It supports breeding populations of black-legged kittiwakes (2.500-3.000 pairs), Brünnich’s guillemots (approx. 10000 individuals, glaucous gulls (approx. 5 pairs), black guillemots (several pairs), common eider (approx. 20 nests) and Arctic tern (15-20 pairs). GLS studies were initiated in 2019 with deployment on kittiwakes.
Notice: Russian field sites are not part of SEATRACK phase III.
Site coordinator
Alexey Ezhov
Murmansk Marine Biological Institute
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