Isetskoe vodohranilische
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Rarely recorded
- Species
- ≈ 126 species Source, Species: Community observations: eBird and GBIF
- Best time
- May–July Source, Best time: Months with the most species, across all years of observations
- ≈ 126 species Source, Species: Community observations: eBird and GBIF
- May–July Source, Best time: Months with the most species, across all years of observations
Birds in October
All birds
October
Within 10 km
About the lake
Lake Iset lies north-west of Yekaterinburg, beside Sredneuralsk, and covers 24 square kilometres. About 8 kilometres long, it is shallow: the average depth is 2.5 metres and the maximum is 3.5. Shallows spread into four bays on the eastern shore—Lebyazhy, Teplay, Cheremshansky and Mulyanka. The Shitovsky Istok, Chernaya, Lebyazhka and Mulyanka flow into the lake; the Iset is its sole outflow. Small islands, including Solovetsky, Krasnenky and Kamenny, break the water’s surface. Mountains and forests surround the lake, forming a landscape typical of the southern-taiga Trans-Urals.
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Construction of an earthen dam at the source of the Iset began in 1850. In 1946 it was replaced by a concrete dam, raising the lake to its present level; its water is used by Sredneuralskaya GRES. The rise also submerged traces of earlier human life. Archaeologists found more than a dozen settlements along the shores, dating from the Neolithic to the Iron Age, and ochre images on one island were flooded as the water level increased.
Birds recorded nearby include the long-tailed tit, great tit, Eurasian blackbird, Eurasian bullfinch and Eurasian jay.
When there are more birds
October — 35 species
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