Nesting of Barnacle Goose (Branta leucopsis) in the Russian Part of the Gulf of Finland

• Published in: ARCTIC
• Main Authors: Kouzov, Sergei, Zaynagutdinova, Elmira, Sagitov, Rustam, Rychkova, Anna
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: The Arctic Institute of North America 2018
• Subjects: Baltic Sea; Barnacle Goose; Branta leucopsis; wildfowl; geese; breeding; population growth; expansion; population size; distribution; landscape; habitat; mer Baltique; bernache nonnette; gibier à plumes; bernaches; reproduction; croissance de la population; étendue; taille de la population; paysage; Балтийское море; Белощекая казарка; водоплавающие птицы; гуси; размножение; рост численности; расселение; размер популяции; распространение; ланшафт; биотоп; Onega; Reef Island; Arctic; Barnacle goose
• Online Access: https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/67741

Until the end of the 1980s, the Barnacle Goose (Branta leucopsis) was an extremely rare migrating species in the Russian part of the Gulf of Finland, but in recent years it has become one of the mass migrants there. The first nest of a Barnacle Goose in the region was found on Dolgy Reef Island clos...