The Friends of the Baltic Seal Foundation on its page on the Vkontakte social network announced the results of air surveys of the number of gray seals in the Russian part of the Gulf of Finland, which took place at the end of spring. Experts have recorded about 1,651 animals.
The report notes that the number of these animals has hardly changed in several years. Counting seals from the aircraft was not easy, as it was necessary to double-check each individual in the picture several times. The data analysis took several months in total.
In the near future, the foundation's specialists will start processing data on the Ladoga seal.
A full count has already been conducted in 112 municipalities of the Republic of Bulgaria. The census of nests in the rest of the country will continue in the summer of this year. According to the Bulgarian Society for the Protection of Birds, the number of stork nests in the country is increasing. Preliminary results have revealed 4482 nests
A pest was introduced to the Sochi area along with plants as part of the preparations for the 2014 Olympics. As a result, from 2012 to 2015, the box tree moth destroyed almost all plantations of the relict, endangered Colchis boxwood, a plant that survived the Ice Age almost two million years ago. After the pest infestation, 99% of the unique trees died
The State Tourism Agency of Azerbaijan has reported that the number of visitors to its nature reserves and museums increased by 35% last year. These include the Yanar Dag natural reserve, the Ateshgah Fire Temple, the Kish and Lahij reserves, and several other museums and historical sites
The press service of the Ministry of Ecology and Nature Management of the Moscow Region reported that individual cases of tick appearance have begun to be recorded in the region
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