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Чорноморський біосферний заповідник НАН України, м. Гола Пристань
e-mail: strix@strix.ks.ua

Moskalenko Yu.O., Pliushch S.O.
The core network for ornithological monitoring of the Black Sea Biosphere Reserve:
a historical overview of its formation
The article is dedicated to reviewing the establishment of the core network for ornithological
monitoring in the Black Sea Biosphere Reserve of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine from
its inception. The relevance of the topic arises from the necessity to restore the documentation of the
core network for ornithological monitoring, which was destroyed along with all scientific archives of
the Reserve as a result of the Russian occupation and the catastrophic flooding caused by the criminal
destruction of the Kakhovka Hydroelectric Power Plant by occupying forces. Several stages can be
distinguished in the development of the core network for ornithological monitoring in the Reserve. The
initial stages were characterised by a focus solely on monitoring three types of bird communities:
breeding settlements of colonial bird species on islands, in mainland areas of the Reserve, and the
wintering bird community in the Tendrivska and Yahorlytska Bays. In the subsequent stage,
ornithological monitoring studies expanded to cover all types of bird communities within the Reserve,
facilitated by the Reserve’s designation as a biosphere reserve (since 1983). At this stage, in addition
to the existing core network for ornithological monitoring for colonial bird species and wintering
waterfowl, new core networks were established to monitor bird communities in the mainland areas of
the Reserve. In the 1990s, a core network for monitoring non-breeding waterfowl communities in
protected water areas was added. Additionally, during this period, the core network for ornithological
monitoring was fully documented – all survey sites and routes were passported. In the final stage, which
spanned the last two decades, the core networks for various bird communities in the Reserve were
significantly improved to enhance their representativeness. The core networks were closely integrated
with databases and GIS, which greatly expanded the analytical capabilities for processing the obtained
monitoring data. It is expected that the restoration of ornithological monitoring on the current core
network after the de-occupation of the Reserve will allow comparisons of the bird communities before
and after the occupation, investigate the changes that have occurred, and assess the damage inflicted.
Keywords: Black Sea Biosphere Reserve, ornithological monitoring, ornithological monitoring
backbone network, bird censuses.