Birds of Middle Kaban lake
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Rarely recorded
- Species
- ≈ 43 species Source, Species: Community observations: eBird and GBIF
- Best time
- May–June Source, Best time: Months with the most species, across all years of observations
- ≈ 43 species Source, Species: Community observations: eBird and GBIF
- May–June Source, Best time: Months with the most species, across all years of observations
Birds in October
All birds
October
About the lake
At the northern end of Sredny Kaban, Kazan Zoo has a water area called River Zambezi. The Rowing Sports Centre is nearby, across from Kazan CHP-1. The three Kaban lakes extend north–south along the scarp of a high Volga terrace. Sredny Kaban occupies part of a former great bend of the Volga: its basin formed as an oxbow lake and was altered by karst collapses. The lake reaches 19 metres at its deepest. The Botanical Channel, running beside the zoo, connects it with Nizhny Kaban; the channel is 750 metres long, 100–120 metres wide and 2–3 metres deep. In the south, Monastyrskaya Channel branches off towards the Volga bay of Poduvalye. Near the lake’s head, water often remains unfrozen because heated water from Kazan CHP-1 is discharged there after treatment.
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Before the Kuibyshev Reservoir was filled, channels linked the Kaban lakes with the Volga and Kazanka. Dams were built to prevent the reservoir’s filling from raising the lake levels; near Otary, water is now pumped into the reservoir. During high Volga floods, vessels could enter Kaban via the Bolaq, and occasionally through temporary channels south of the lake. This passage was used as far back as the time of the Kazan Khanate. Regular steamship service began in 1878 between the Bolaq’s source near Nizhny Kaban and the dachas on Dalny, now Sredny Kaban. After the steamers lost their transport role and stopped running, the lake was used as a rowing course. By June 2011, the Rowing Sports Centre had been established there, one of the principal facilities for the 2013 Universiade.
Ducks and gulls live on the Kaban lakes. Birds recorded nearby include mallard, hooded crow, mute swan, Eurasian tree sparrow and great tit.
When there are more birds
October — 13 species
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