| Summary: | I perioden 24. juli - 4. august 2006 besøgte Grønlands Naturinstitut de i alt fem eksiste-rende lomvie/ride kolonier i Qaanaaq kommune: Appaarsiut/Hakluyt Ø (77002), Kitsis-sut/Carey Øer (76007, 76008, 76009), Appat/Saunders Ø (76014), Issuvissuup Ap-pai/Parker Snow Bugt (76013) og Appat Appai (76012). Formålet var at tilvejebringe en komplet opgørelse over ynglebestanden af rider (Rissa tridactyla) og lomvier (Uria lomvia) i Qaanaaq kommune og at udpege subkolonier/referencefelter fra vandsiden til brug ved kommende vurderinger af bestandsudviklingen. For riden eksisterede der kun grove skøn af bestandsstørrelsen fra tidligere besøg, men for lomvien var der mulighed for at sammenligne med en komplet bestandsopgørelse fra 1987. In the period 24 July - 4 August, the Greenland Institute of Natural Resources conducted surveys in the five existing Thick-billed Murre (Uria lomvia) colonies in the district of Qaanaaq, North Greenland: Appaarsuit/Hakluyt Island (77002), Kitsissut/Carey Islands (76007, 76008, 76009), Appat/Saunders Island (76014), Issuvissuup Appai/Parker Snow Bay (76013) and Appat Appai (76012). The main purpose of the project was to produce total population estimates for the Thick-billed Murres and Black-legged Kittiwakes (Rissa tridactyla) in the district of Qaanaaq and to identify potential sub-colonies from the seaside for future monitoring purposes. For the Kittiwake only rough population estimates existed prior to the survey, but for the Murres there was a possibility to compare the results with a comparable survey conducted in 1987.
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