EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
The European Journal of Environmental Sciences offers a mixture of original peer-reviewed research papers, which bring you some of the most exciting developments in environmental sciences in the broadest sense, often with an inter- or trans-disciplinary perspective, focused on the European problems. The journal also includes critical reviews on topical issues, and overviews of the status of environmental protection in particular regions or countries. The journal covers a broad range of topics, including direct or indirect interactions between abiotic or biotic components of the environment, interactions of environment with human society, or environmental sustainability.

EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES, Vol 3 No 1 (2013), 48–63

Seasonal occurrence and abundance of waterbirds in sandpits and fishponds

Marie Kameníková, Josef Rajchard

DOI: https://doi.org/10.14712/23361964.2015.23
published online: 26. 06. 2013

abstract

Censuses of waterfowl at four fishponds and sandpits in the surroundings of Třeboň were carried out regularly during one season and their occurrence was compared with that recorded by other studies and information in the database of the Třeboňsko Protected Landscape Area. Some waterfowl show a marked preference for fishponds during the breeding season. This can be due to many factors, presence of more food, extent of the littoral growth of vegetation, fish stock, depth of water etc. However, sandpits are attractive to waterbirds in winter, when they serve as over wintering sites, meeting places for migrating birds or refuges from hunters.

keywords: waterbirds; fishponds; sandpits; comparison; occurrence

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ISSN: 1805-0174
E-ISSN: 2336-1964

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