International Wader Studie A1

Migration and international
conservation

of waders

Research and conservation on north Asian,

Africanand Europeanflyways

Edited by
H. HStker, E. Lebedeva, RS. Tomkovich,J. Gromadzka, N.C. Davidson,
J. Evans, D.A. Stroud & R.B. West

InternationalWaderStudies10

September1998


Migrationandinternational
conservation
ofwaders.
Research
andconservation
onnorthAsian,AfricanandEuropean
flywaysis basedon an internationalconferenceon 'Migration and internationalconservationof waders'held
in Odessaduring 13-17 April 1992.
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of waders.Research
and
conservation
onnorthAsian,AfricanandEuropean
fiyways.InternationalWaderStudies10.

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Migration and international
conservationof waders
Research and conservation on north Asian,

African and Europeanflyways

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Contents
PAGE

0.1

Foreword

YaroslavMovchan,DeputyMinisterfor the Environment,Ukraine

1-3

0.2

Introduction

4-8

0.3

Waderstudiesin the SovietUnion:an historicalperspective

9-12

P.S. Tomkovich

0.4

Acknowledgements

13-14

1.1.

The OdessaProtocolon internationalco-operation
on migratoryflyway
research and conservation

17-19

1.2.

The flyway concept

2.1.

Wadersasindicatorsof biologicaldiversity (Abstractonly)

23

V.E. Flint

2.2.

Towardsa flyway conservation
strategyfor waders

24-44

N.C. Davidson,D.A. Stroud,P.I. Rothwell & M.W. Pienkowski
2.3.

TheAfrican-Eurasian
WaterbirdAgreement:a technicalagreementunderthe
45-50

Bonn Convention
G.C. Boere & B. Lenten
2.4.

A modelfor internationalwaterfowlmanagementagreements:
the Greenland
White-frontedGooseAnseralbifronsfiavirostris
(Abstractonly)

51-52

D.A. Stroud
2.5,

Flyway management:needsand uses

53-58

P.M. Rose
2.6.

2.7,

The systemof waterfowlcountingin theUnitedKingdom:collectingkey
informationfor the conservationof waterfowl (Abstractonly)
J.Kirby& D.A. Stroud

59-60

Croftingandbird conservation
on Coll and Tiree

61-68

D.A. Stroud
2.8,

Informationfor managingthe coastalzonein the 1990s:the exampleof
UnitedKingdomcoastaland estuarinedirectoriesand inventories(Abstractonly) 69-72
N.C. Davidson

2.9,

Land-claimand recreational

pressureon Britishestuaries(Abstractonly)
N.C. Davidson,
D. d'A. Laffoley
& L.S.Way

2.10.

Ecosystem
researchprojecton disturbances
by humanactivitiesin the
WaddenSea (Abstractonly)
V. Knoke

2.11.

The GreatArcticReserve- large-scale
natureprotectionin northernSiberia
(Abstractonly)
P. Prokosch & H. Hi•tker

2.•2.

New waysin managingnatureprotection:
a smallerarmybringsmoreyoung
peopleto environmentalwork (Abstractonly)
H.-U.

R6sner

...

111

76-77


PAGE

3.1.

The Mediterraneanflyway:a networkof wetlandsfor waterbirds

81-84

T. van der Have

3.2.

Numbersof juvenileDunlinsCalidrisalpinaringedat the VistulaMouth
(southernBaltic,Poland)in relationto arcticbreedingconditions

85-87

J. Gromadzka

3.3.

SiberianDunlinsCalidrisalpinamigrateto Europe:firstevidence
from ringing
J. Gromadzka

& V.K.Ryabitsev

88-90

3.4.

Age differences
of wing shapein waders
A.N. Tsvelikh
& E.A. Dyadicheva

91-93

3.5.

Followingbirdnumberswhentheykeepchanging:
is monitoring
of migratorywaderspossible?(Abstractonly)
H.-U.

4.1.

94

Ri•sner

Breedingconditionsfor wadersin the tundrasof the USSRin 1988

97-100

P.S. Tomkovich

4.2.
4.3.

Breedingconditionsfor wadersin thetundrasof theUSSRin 1989
A.Y. Kondratyev

101-104

Breedingconditionsfor wadersin thetundrasof theUSSRin 1990

105-110

A.K. Yurlov
4,4,

Breedingconditionsfor wadersin Russiantundrasin 1991
V.K.Ryabitsev

111-116

4.5,

Breedingconditionsfor wadersin Russiantundrasin 1992

117-123

P.S. Tomkovich

4.6.

Breedingconditionsfor wadersin Russiantundrasin 1993

124-131

P.S. Tomkovich

4.7.

Breedingconditionsfor wadersin Russiantundrasin 1994

132-144

P.S. Tomkovich

4.8.

Mappingbreedingrangestructureof tundrawadersin Russia

145-151

E.G. Lappo

4.9.

Breedingdistributionof DunlinCalidrisalpinain Russia
E.G.Lappo& P.S.Tomkovich

152-169

4.10.

Long-termchanges
in waderpopulationsat theLaplandNature
Reserveand its surroundings:
1887-1991
A.S. Gilyazov

170-174

4.11.

Post-breeding
movementsof Oystercatcher
Haernatopus
ostralegus
broodsin thenorthof Kandalaksha
Bay(theWhite Sea)and some
aspectsof theirbehaviour(Abstractonly)

175

E.A. Lebedeva & V.V. Biancki

4.12.

Variationin numbersof migratingwaderson Bol'shoyAinov Island,
WesternMurman during 1963-1991

176-179

I.P. Tatarinkova

4.13.

Seasonalchangesin distribution,abundanceand numbersof wadersin
relationto lemmingpopulationcyclesin thewestSiberiantundra
V.S. Zhukov

180-185


PAGE

4.14.

Distributionof breedingwadersin thenorth-eastEuropeanRussiantundras

186-194

V. V. Morozov

4.15.

Nestingdensitydynamicsand sitefidelityof waderson themiddle
and northern

195-200

Yamal

V.K.Ryabitsev
& N.S.Alekseeva

4.16.

Thephenomenon
of broodaggregations
andtheirstructurein
wadersin northernTaimyr

201-206

M.Y. Soloviev & P.S. Tomkovich

4.17.

Lemmingdensityin theTaimyrtundraandits influenceon the
reproductionof birds
A. Rybkin

207-213

4.18.

Spatialand temporaldynamicsof wadernumbersin the delta
complexesof northernsubarctic

214-220

Yu. Yu. Blokhin

4.19.

Breedingwaderpopulationson themarinecoastsof north-eastern
Sakhalin

221-224

A. Y. Blokhin

4.20.

Distributionof wadersduringmigrationat SakhalinIsland

225-232

V.A. Nechaev

4.21.

Main concentrations
of migratingwaderson theKamchatkapeninsula

233-236

E.G. Lobkov

4.22.

The internationalsignificanceof wetlandhabitatsin the lower
Moroshechnaya
River (WestKamchatka,Russia)for waders

237-242

N.N. Gerasimov & Yu.N. Gerasimov

5a. Breeding
5a.1

Importantareasfor breedingwadersin Italy

245-250

R. Tinarelli

5a.2

Age oometryof theRedshankTringatotanus
in thesouthof the
Ukraine (Abstractonly)

251

M.E. Zmud

5a.3

On thebeedingof KentishCharadrius
alexandrinus
and LittleRinged
PloversC. dubiusin the LowerTiligul Liman,south-western
Ukraine
V.P.Stoylovski
& D.A. Kivganov

252-255

5a.4

Numbersand statusof waderson Dolgiy and KrugyyIslandsin the

256-260

Black Sea Nature

Reserve

T.B.Ardamatskaya
5a.5

The Oystercatcher
Haematopus
ostralegus
in theBlackSeaNatureReserve

261-263

A. G. Rudenko

5a.6

Distribution,numbersand someaspectsof thebiologyof the

264-267

Kentish Plover Charadrius alexandrinus in southern Ukraine

A.I. Korzyukov
& O.A.Potapov
5a.7

Productivityof the CollaredPratincoleGlareola
pratincola
on the
northerncoastof theAzov Sea (Abstractonly)
S. Pozhidaeva & G.N. Molodan

268


PAGE

5a.8

Fluctuations
in thenumbersof breedingwadersduringdifferent
stagesof reservoirformation (Abstractonly)

V.L.Bulakhov,
L.A. Leonova
& O.M. Myasoyedova

269

5a.9

The influenceof waterlevelsof salinelakesalongtheSamarariver
valley,Ukraine,onfluctuations
in numbersof Black-winged
Stilts
Himantopus
himantopus
andAvocetsRecurvirostra
avosetta
(Abstractonly)

270

L. Bulakhov,AI.A. Gubkin& An.A. Gubkin
5a.10

Populationchanges
in wadersbreedingat theSlavyansk
saltlakes,
easternUkraine:observations
from 1985-1991(Abstractonly)
S. Pisarev,
I. Sykorsky

& A. Timoshenko

271

5a.ll

Reviewof the Ukrainianwader fauna (Abstractonly)
V. Serebryakov

272

5a.12

Currentpopulationstatusof rareandprotectedwadersin southRussia

273-281

V.P. Belik
5a.13

Currentdistributionand populationtrendsof somerarewadersin Belarus
M. V. Nikiforov

282-284

5a.14

Wadersof theNovgorodregion:peculiaritiesof theirdistribution
and importantbreedingareas

285-290

A.L. Mischenko & O.V. Sukhanova
5a.15

Theimportanceof thepeatlandsof theUpperVolgaareaashabitats
for breedingwaders

291-298

V.I. Nikolaev
5a.16

CurlewNumenius
arquata
in theVologdaregionof north-European
Russia

299-302

V.T. Butiev & E.A. Lebedeva
5a.17

Rarebreedingwadersof the Moscowregion:distributionand numbers

303-308

V.A. Zubakin, T.V. Sviridova,V.V. Kontorschikov,O.S. Grinchenko,
E.V. Smirnova,S.V. Volkov,E.D. Krasnova& M.L. Kreindlin
5a.18

Numbers,reproductivesuccess
and geneticstructureof Lapwings
Vaneflus
vanellus
in areasof varyingpastoralregimes

309-314

S.M. Klirnov
5a.19

Wadersin agriculturalhabitatsof EuropeanRussia

315-324

E.A. Lebedeva
5a.20

Migration,breedingandpopulationsizeof CurlewNumenius
arquata
in OrenburgRegion,Russia
G.M. Samigullin

325-328

5a.21

Daily activityof StoneCurlew Burhinus
oedicnemus

duringthe
breedingperiod

329-332

A.A. Karavaev
5a.22

Thenumbersof breedingwaderson somelakesin thelower
Amu-Daryariver region,Uzbekistan
E. Shernazarov & M.M.

5a.23

333-336

Turaev

Habitatdistributionand diet of LapwingsVanellus
vanellus
in
the Kurgal'dzhinskiyNature Reserve,CentralKazakhstan

337-341

V. V. Khrokov
5a.24

BreedingDotterelsCharadrius
morinellus

in theAltai mountains
of Kazakhstan

B. V. Tsherbakov

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342-344


PAGE

5a.25

Statusof snipeGallinago
spp.andWoodcock
Scolopax
rusticola
in the

345-350

south-east of Western Siberia
N.M. Golovina
5a.26

Populationandrangefluctuations
of AsianDowitcherLimnodromus
semipalmatus
in the centralAsianarid zone

351-357

Y.I. Mel'nikov
5a.27

Wadersof the KhubsugulLake,Mongolia (Abstractonly)
N.G. Skryabin
& I.I. Toopitsyn

358

5b. Migration and wintering
5b.1

Preliminarydataon thediet of migratingRuffsPhilomachus
pugnax
in northernItaly

361-364

N. Baccetti,L. Chelazzi,I. Colombini,D Piacentini & L. Serra
5b.2

Stop-overstrategyof Ruff Philomachus
pugnaxduringthe

365-369

springmigration

N. Baccetti,
R. Gambogi
& A. Magnani
5b.3

WoodSandpiperTringaglareola
andGreenSandpiperTringaochropus
in Bulgaria

370-374

D.N. Nankinov
5b.4

Winteringwadersof the Ukranianpart of the DanubeDelta

375-377

M.Y. Zhmud
5b.5

Wadermigrationin thenorth-western
part of the BlackSea
region (Abstractonly)

378

A.N. Kabakov
5b.6

The northernand westernBlackSearegion- the 'WaddenSea'
of theMediterraneanFlywayfor waderpopulations
J.Kube,A.L. Korzyukov,
D.N. Nankinov,OAGMiinster& P. Weber

5b.7

Routesand timing of CommonSnipeGallinago
gallinago
migrationin the Ukraine
V.V.Serebryakov
& V.N. Grishchenko

5b.8

Summermovementsof wadersin the Samurriver delta:preliminary
dataand reviewof theproblemfor the CaspianSearegion

379-393

394

395-402

E.A. Lebedeva & V.T. Butiev
5b.9

The importanceof thewesternCaspiancoastfor migratingand
winteringwaders

403-412

A.O. Shubin
5b.10

Wadersof thesewagewaterreservoirin theAksaytown

413

(UralskyRegion) (Abstractonly)
V.V.Khrokov,
N.N. Beryozovikov,
F.F.Karpov& A.V.Kovalenko
5b.ll

Between-year
recaptureratesof wadersringedon migrationin
south-eastern
Kazakhstan:
constancy
in timingandlocationof

414-416

flyway routes
E.I. Gavrilov, S.N. Erokhov& A.E. Gavrilov
5b.12

Numbersof migratingwadersin south-east

Kazakhstanassessed
by standardisedmonitoring

417-424

A.E. Gavrilov, V.I. Pridatko, E.I. Gavrilov & S.N. Erochov
5b.13

Migrationof wadersin theKhabarovsk
regionof theFarEast
V. V. Pronkevich

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425-430


PAGE

5b.14

Migrationof wadersin theLunskiGulf,north-eastern
Sakhalin
(Abstractonly)
V.B.Zykov& Z.V. Revyakina

6.1

Massof RuffsPhilomachus
pu•ax w•ter•g • WestAfrica

431

435-440

OAG Mgnster

6.2

Observations
on Palearctic
waderswinteringin the innerNiger

441-443

Delta of Mali
R. Tinarelli

6.3

Waderson the southernMozambiqueCoast

444-447

P. Nilsson & A. Shubin

Appendix1.

Listof Conference
participants

451-454

Appendix2.

Translationsof the OdessaProtocol

457-491

Speciesindex

493-500

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