Avifauna of airports and solid waste landfills in Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug, Russia
Citation
Emtsev A, Nakonechnyi N (2023). Avifauna of airports and solid waste landfills in Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug, Russia. Version 1.6. Surgut State University. Occurrence dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/z6pxpy accessed via GBIF.org on 2024-12-13.Description
The dataset present bird counts made for an airport bird control, at the airports of the cities of Khanty-Mansiysk, Nyagan, Beloyarsky and in the immediate vicinity, including the cities of Surgut and Urai of the Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug - Yugra.
Prevention of aircraft collisions with birds is a specific problem that appeared with the birth of aviation itself, and occupies an intermediate position between aviation and ornithology. Each airport is unique in terms of a set of environmental and industrial conditions that determine the degree of danger posed by birds to aircraft flights. Bird control in aviation has been established as a separate type of flight safety - ornithological flight safety.
Modern ornithology provides a set of measures, including measures for operational and passive protection of aircraft, airfield and airport facilities from birds. Bird control also includes measures for the ecological transformation of the aerodrome and near-aerodrome areas in order to reduce their attractiveness for birds, measures to assess the bird hazard of the airport area. Environmental transformation measures are to eliminate or reduce the environmental factors themselves that attract birds. These include the availability of accessible food and water, convenient nesting sites, places for safe day and night rest, and shelters.
Implementation of environmental transformation measures is the optimal solution to the problem of reducing the likelihood of collisions due to the appearance of birds on the territory of the airport, in the air sector of the airport and aircraft approaches. The ecological aspect of the bird hazard potential can be assessed within the framework of an ecological and ornithological surveys of the airport area.
A full-scale ecological and ornithological survey provides information on the spatial and temporal distribution of birds in the study area. The survey identifies factors contributing to the attraction and concentration of birds, and determines the possibility of influencing the ornithological situation in order to reduce the risk of collisions with aircraft. The resulting data serves as the information basis for planning all bird control activities at the airport.
Sampling Description
Study Extent
According to the recommendations of the Manual for Ornithological Support of Flights in Civil Aviation (ROOP GA-89) (1989), visual observations of birds were carried out from the ends of the runway in the morning and evening, lasting about 1-2 hours. The runway was also bypassed taking into account all individuals found in its area and the nature of their stay. The altitude and direction of flight of birds, the number of individuals in the group and the change in their behavior during the tracking were noted. For a more accurate description of the location of the observer during the research period, the territory of the airport is divided into several zones in accordance with their position relative to the cardinal points.Sampling
Bird counts in the vicinity of the airport (in adjacent biotopes) were carried out at control sites (taken as a basis) using a standard method (Naumov, 1963), somewhat adapted to local conditions. The dataset also provides data on bird sightings in anthropogenic habitats - at the airport part, solid waste landfill and in the adjacent territory. They can serve as an indicator of the degree of synanthropization and transformation of the local avifauna. The high detection range of large and well-visible species, such as halei, made it possible to increase the counting area for them. For the most numerous small passerine species, the counting area was reduced.Quality Control
When carrying out the work, the features of the biology of different species were taken into account. The birds were recorded during the hours of their greatest current activity, as a rule, in the early morning hours. Species active in the evening or at night were additionally recorded. Territorial pairs or feeding birds were for equated to nesting ones. Findings of old nests was also equated to the nesting. Wandering, non-breeding birds or birds with an unclear nature of their stay were noted separately.Method steps
- The work was carried out using the necessary technical means. Visual recognition of birds was carried out using 10x binoculars. To determine coordinates on the terrain, orientation, measure distances and areas, an GPS navigator Garmin CH was used. In addition, photographs were taken whenever possible.
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Contacts
Aleksandr Emtsevoriginator
position: researcher
Surgut State University
Lenina street, 1
Surgut
628412
Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug
email: alemts@mail.ru
Nikolay Nakonechnyi
metadata author
position: researcher
Surgut State University
Lenina street, 1
Surgut
628412
Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug
RU
email: yyd@list.ru
Nikolay Nakonechnyi
administrative point of contact
position: researcher
Surgut State University
Lenina street, 1
Surgut
628412
Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug
RU
email: yyd@list.ru