Birds of Saralinskiy uchastok Volzhsko-Kamskogo zapovednika
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- Species
- ≈ 51 species Source, Species: Community observations: eBird and GBIF
- Best time
- September Source, Best time: Months with the most species, across all years of observations
- ≈ 51 species Source, Species: Community observations: eBird and GBIF
- September Source, Best time: Months with the most species, across all years of observations
- 1960 Source, Founded: From Wikidata
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About the park
The Saralinsky section occupies a peninsula on the Quaternary terraces of the Kuybyshev Reservoir, where the ground rises and falls noticeably. Sandy hills and terrace slopes carry open, steppe-like pine woodland, with clearings between the trees. Oak woods and secondary pine woodland, where linden and aspen grow among the pines, lie nearby. The reservoir shore, dry open slopes and forest are close together, and the section also has rare plant communities rich in forbs.
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The reservoir was created in 1956, and its level fluctuates between 49 and 53 metres. Four years later, on 13 April 1960, the Volga-Kama Nature Reserve was established to protect the surviving forest and forest-steppe ecosystems of the middle Volga. The Saral section lies in the more southerly part of the natural transition: its original spruce-fir forests have given way to secondary pine woodland, with steppe-like patches among the trees. Its character reflects both woodland and the reservoir terraces, whose shoreline varies as the water level changes.
The Saral section is reported to have Europe’s highest breeding density of white-tailed eagles; two active nests were less than 300 metres apart. Among birds recorded nearby are gray heron, black kite, rook, sedge warbler and bank swallow.
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