PY7.Birdwatching in the mouth of the Lena River

Birds of the “Ust- Lensky” State Reserve

Season duration: June 1 - August 15

Group size: 2-6 persons

Number of days: 8 days/7 nights

PROGRAM

Day 1. Meeting in Yakutsk airport. Transfer to hotel. Accomodation in single and double rooms with all conveniences. Dinner in a restaurant.

Day 2. Early breakfast. Departure to Tiksi by AN-24 airplane (3.5 hrs).
Arrival at Tiksi, meeting in airport. Lunch. Departure to Lena Nordenscheld science station by boats (130 km, time en route 4-5 hr). Arrival at station late in the evening.
Dinner. Accomodation in rooms (as far as possible) or tents for 2 persons.

Days 3-7. Ride on boat with accompanying researcher of Station to the place of rare birds breeding. Observation of birds and animal tundra. Living in tents, if necessary.

Day 8. Departure to Tiksi early in the morning on power boat. Lunch in Tiksi in a cafe. Departure to Yakutsk in the afternoon. Arrival at Yakutsk by the evening, Hotel accommodation. Farewell Dinner.

Day 9. Early breakfast and departure to airport. Departure from Yakutsk.

Birds of the “Ust- Lensky” State reserve

1. Gavia stellata L.
2. Gavia arctica L.
3. Gavia adamsii Gray
4. Podiceps grisegena Lath.
5. Branta bernicla
6. Anser albifrons Scop.
7. Anser erythropus L.
8. Anser fabalis Lath.
9. Chen caerulescens L.
10. Cygnus cygnus L.
11. Cygnus bewickii Yrrell.
12. Anas crecca L.
13. Anas formosa Georgi.
14. Anas penelope L.
15. Anas acuta L.
16. Anas clypeata L.
17. Aythya fulygula L.
18. Aythya marila L.
19. Clangula hyemalis L.
20. Somateria mollisma L.
21. Somateria spectabilis L.
22. Somateria fischeri Brandt.
23. Polysticta stelleri Pall.
24. Melanitta nigra L.
25. Melanitta americana Swai.
26. Melanitta deglandi Bonar.
27. Mergus serrator L.
28. Circus cyaneus L.
29. Buteo lagopus Pont.
30. Aquila chrysaetos L.
31. Haliaeetus albiculla L.
32. Falco rusticolus L.
33. Falco peregrinus Tunst
34. Falco сolumbarius L.
35. Lagopus lagopus L.
36. Lagopus mutus Montin.
37. Grus leucogeranus Pall.
38. Grus grus L.
39. Pluvialis squatarola L.
40. Pluvialis fulva Mull.
41. Charadrius hiaticula L.
42. Eudromias morinellus L.
43. Arenaria interpres L.
44. Tringa glareola L.
45. Tringa erythropus Pall.
46. Phalaropus fulicarius L.
47. Phalaropus lobatus L.
48. Philomachus pugnax L.
49. Calidris minuta Leisler.
50. Calidris ruficollis Pall.
51. Calidris temminckii Leisl.
52. Calidris ferruginea Pont.
53. Calidris alpina L.
54. Calidris gallinago L.
55. Calidris acuminata Horsf.
56. Calidris alba Pall.
57. Gallinago gallinago L.
58. Gallinago stenura Bonar.
59. Numenius
60. Limosa lapponica L.
61. Limnodromus scolopaceus Say.
62. Stercorarius pomarinus Temm.
63. Stercorarius paraciticus L.
64. Stercorarius longicaudus Vieillot.
65. Larus argentatus Pontopp.
66. Larus hyperboreus Gunnerus.
67. Larus canus L.
68. Xema sabini Sabine.
69. Rhodostethia rosea MacGill.
70. Padophila eburnea Phipps.
71. Sterna paeradisaea Pontopp.
72. Cepphus grille L.
73. Nyctea scandiaca L.
74. Asio flammeus Pontopp.
75. Hirundo rustica L.
76. Delichon urbica L.
77. Eremorphila alpesris L.
78. Aanthus cervinus Pall.
79. Motachilla flava L.
80. Motachilla alba L.
81. Lanius excubitor L.
82. Erisoreus infaustus L.
83. Corvus corone L.
84. Corvus corax L.
85. Locustella certhiola Pall.
86. Philloscopus trochilus L.
87. Oenanthe oenanthe L.
88. Luscinia svecica L.
89. Tarsiger cyanurus Pall.
90. Tardus eunomus Temmincki.
91. Parus montanus Baldenstein.
92. Passer domesticus L..
93. Acanthis flammea L.
94. Leucosticte arctoa Pall.
95. Caprodacus erythrinus.
96. Emberiza pallasii Cabanis.
97. Emberiza pusilla Pall.
98. Calcarius lapponicus L.
99. Plectrophenax nivalis L.

Our team develop 3 Bird watching tours at the moment:

• Lena-Nordensheld biological station in the north, close to
  Tiksi. That is a real paradise for birdwatchers.
• Kytalyk reservation, close to Chokurdakh. That is a nesting
  place for majestic Sterh.
• Buotama, close to famous Lena Pillars. That is easy to
  reach and a lot to watch area.