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The Nenets, also known as Samoyeds, are an indigenous people in northern arctic Russia. According to the latest census in 2002, there are 41,302 Nenets in the Russian Federation, most of them living in the Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug and Nenets Autonomous Okrug. They speak either the Tundra or Forest varieties of Nenets. After the Russian Revolution, their culture suffered due to Soviet collectivization policy. The government of the Soviet Union tried to force.
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[order] Anseriformes | [family] Anatidae | [latin] Mergus merganser | [UK] Goosander | [FR] Grand Harle | [DE] Gänsesäger | [ES] Serreta Grande | [IT] Smergo maggiore | [NL] Grote Zaagbek | [IRL] Síolta mhór
spanwidth min.: 78 cm
spanwidth max.: 94 cm
size min.: 58 cm
size max.: 68 cm
Breeding
incubation min.: 30 days
incubation max.: 32 days
fledging min.: 60 days
fledging max.: 70 days
broods 1
eggs min.: 5
eggs max.: 15
Status: Resident at larger lakes in Counties Wicklow and Donegal. Rare winter visitor throughout Ireland.
Conservation Concern: Amber-listed in Ireland, due to its small breeding population. The European population has been assessed as Secure.
Identification: Large, long-bodied, with a long narrow red bill ending in a hook. Swimming birds often retract their long necks. Adult males largely white with glossy green-black neck and head. Back largely black. Females with dark red-brown head, though with a white throat patch, greyish body.
Similar Species: Red-breasted Merganser.
Call: Male call is deep muffled 'krroo-krraa'.
Diet: Goosanders feed largely on small and medium sized fish, and occasionally larger fish such as Pike.
Breeding: Breed on freshwater lakes and pools and winter on large unfrozen lakes and brackish lagoons and occasionally on coastal estuaries. The most recent breeding records in Ireland come from County Wicklow, where one pair was confirmed breeding in 1994, and annual breeding has since been deemed likely, though not confirmed.
Wintering: Irish birds appear to be largely resident. Birds from Continental Europe can occasionally found along coastal areas in winter.
Where to See: Found on freshwater. Belfast Lough in County Down and Lough Tay & Dan in County Wicklow are the most regularly used wintering areas.
Physical characteristics
The long, narrow bill with serrated edges readily distinguishes mergansers from all other ducks. Common mergansers are among the largest ducks, but are less stocky than eiders and goldeneyes. In flight, they appear more elongated than other ducks, flying in trailing lines close to the water surface.
Male common mergansers have a greenish-black crested head and upper neck. The lower neck, breast, and underparts are creamy-white with a variable pink wash. They have black backs and upperwing coverts with white scapulars. The bill is red with a blackish culmen and nail. The legs and feet are deep red.
Female common mergansers have a tufted red-brown head that is clearly defined from the lower neck by a clear whitish chin. The back and sides are silver-gray and the breast and belly are white. The bill is red with a blackish culmen and nail. The legs and feet are deep red.
Habitat
Common mergansers nest in tree cavities, nest boxes, cliff crevices, and on the ground generally near clear water rivers in forested regions and mountainous terrain. They feed by diving underwater in marine and freshwater habitats.
Other details
This duck has a wide distribution in boreal and temperate regions of Eurasia and North America. It has also isolated populations in the mountainous regions of the Alps, the Caucasus and Tibet. Two populations inhabit or visit the European Union. One comprises the birds of northern and north-western Europe, wintering mainly in the Baltic Sea and around the North Sea. It amounts to about 200000 individuals, and seems stable. The birds of the British Isles are sedentary. They amount to about 5000-8000 individuals and increased during the last decades. The population of Central Europe (France, Germany) amounts to 3000 individuals. It is also sedentary and seems to be slightly increasing. A very small population is breeding in the Balkan Peninsula. It is estimated at not more than 11-32 breeding pairs, and its trends are unknown
Feeding
Common mergansers eat mainly fishes, amphibians, crustaceans, mollusks, and other invertebrates obtained by diving underwater in marine and freshwater habitats
Conservation
This species has a large range, with an estimated global Extent of Occurrence of 10,000,000 km². It has a large global population estimated to be 450,000-1,400,000 individuals (Wetlands International 2002). Global population trends have not been quantified, but the species is not believed to approach the thresholds for the population decline criterion of the IUCN Red List (i.e. declining more than 30% in ten years or three generations). For these reasons, the species is evaluated as Least Concern. [conservation status from birdlife.org]
Breeding
Common mergansers breed from Alaska, the southern Yukon, Labrador, and Newfoundland south to central California, Arizona, New Mexico, southern Chihuahua, and, east of the Rockies, to Minnesota, Michigan, New York, New England, and Nova Scotia. Common mergansers nest in tree cavities, nest boxes, cliff crevices, and on the ground generally near clear water rivers in forested regions and mountainous terrain. Female common mergansers lay an average of 9 to 12 eggs.
Migration
Migratory and partially migratory. No evidence that any Icelandic breeders emigrate. Similarly, British breeders almost entirely resident, moving short distances (mainly within 150 km) from breeding waters to lakes and sheltered estuaries. No evidence that breeders of southernmost Scandinavia, north Germany, and Poland move further than western Baltic, but those breeding central and northern Scandinavia, Finland, Baltic States, and Russia east to Pechora migrate west to Baltic and beyond to Netherlands and Britain, in smaller numbers to west France and north Spain. In late August and early September, moulting and breeding waters often deserted as flocks build up on estuaries and shallow parts of some inland lakes. Mass departures not until advent of freezing; thus major movements through Russia and Baltic October and early November. Early arrivals in North Sea countries late October and early November, but no large numbers until December, while numbers build up on Black Sea and Sea of Azov from mid-October to mid-December. Return migration from early March and, apart from stragglers, non-breeding range vacated by mid-April.
c/n 0634. On overhaul at Ukhta Airport, Russia. Transferred to Komiavia in 1995. Withdrawn from use at Pechora by 2003.
This is four V-600 missiles mounted on the S-125 quadruple launcher. An effective short range, low level missile system.
On display at the Muzeum Katynskie, Warsaw, Poland.
25-8-2013
The Yugyd Va National Park covers 18,917 square kilometres in the Northern Ural Mountains and adjacent foothills and flatlands. The entire park is within the Pechora River basin, i.e. west of the Europe-Asia continental divide. Administratively, the park is located in the south-eastern part of the Komi Republic, on the territory of the Vuktylsky, Intinsky and Pechorsky districts of the republic. The park headquarters is in the town of Vuktyl; branch offices operate in Pechora and Inta. In the south, the national park is adjacent to a much older Pechora-Ilych Nature Reserve. The park was created by the Russian Government on April 23, 1994, with the goals of protection and recreational use of the taiga forests of the Northern Urals. In 1995, the forest area including the Yugud Va National Park and the nearby Pechora-Ilych Nature Reserve were recognized by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site.
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Oil & chemical tanker Pechora Star is pictured sailing downstream on the River Mersey at Eastham Ferry after emerging from the Manchester Ship Canal on August 14th, 2022.
I finally got a chance to catch up with this little warbler that has been on the southern shores of Belfast Lough since at least the last week of 2013. It is considered to be of the "tristis" race (which may become considered a separate species) which breed in Siberia east of the Pechora River and the normally winters in the lower Himalayas. They do on occasions show up in Western Europe. After two hours I seen the bird for a matter of a few minutes before being disturbed by a runner onto private land, it didn't reappear before I had to leave - I may return for this one!
Ural Mountains taiga, in the Komi Republic, Russia
Project: Strengthening the protected areas system of the Komi Republic to conserve virgin forest biodiversity in the Pechora River headwaters region (2009-13)
The project’s overall objective is to extend the protected area system of the Komi Republic and to improve capacity for its management.
photo by Adriana Dinu
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Greenpeace activists stand in San Francisco Oct. 5, 2013, in solidarity with the crew of the Greenpeace ship Arctic Sunrise. Tens of thousands of people have taken part in an emergency global day of solidarity with the 'Arctic 30' in well over 80 cities in 50 countries throughout the world. 28 Greenpeace International activists and two journalists were charged with piracy this week by a Russian court, following a peaceful protest against Arctic oil drilling at a Gazprom oil platform in the Pechora Sea.
The Yugyd Va National Park covers 18,917 square kilometres in the Northern Ural Mountains and adjacent foothills and flatlands. The entire park is within the Pechora River basin, i.e. west of the Europe-Asia continental divide. Administratively, the park is located in the south-eastern part of the Komi Republic, on the territory of the Vuktylsky, Intinsky and Pechorsky districts of the republic. The park headquarters is in the town of Vuktyl; branch offices operate in Pechora and Inta. In the south, the national park is adjacent to a much older Pechora-Ilych Nature Reserve. The park was created by the Russian Government on April 23, 1994, with the goals of protection and recreational use of the taiga forests of the Northern Urals. In 1995, the forest area including the Yugud Va National Park and the nearby Pechora-Ilych Nature Reserve were recognized by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site.
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The Yugyd Va National Park covers 18,917 square kilometres in the Northern Ural Mountains and adjacent foothills and flatlands. The entire park is within the Pechora River basin, i.e. west of the Europe-Asia continental divide. Administratively, the park is located in the south-eastern part of the Komi Republic, on the territory of the Vuktylsky, Intinsky and Pechorsky districts of the republic. The park headquarters is in the town of Vuktyl; branch offices operate in Pechora and Inta. In the south, the national park is adjacent to a much older Pechora-Ilych Nature Reserve. The park was created by the Russian Government on April 23, 1994, with the goals of protection and recreational use of the taiga forests of the Northern Urals. In 1995, the forest area including the Yugud Va National Park and the nearby Pechora-Ilych Nature Reserve were recognized by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site.
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The Nenets, also known as Samoyeds, are an indigenous people in northern arctic Russia. According to the latest census in 2002, there are 41,302 Nenets in the Russian Federation, most of them living in the Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug and Nenets Autonomous Okrug. They speak either the Tundra or Forest varieties of Nenets. After the Russian Revolution, their culture suffered due to Soviet collectivization policy. The government of the Soviet Union tried to force the.
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16th Novemeber 2013, SYDNEY. Around 200 people gathered on the Sydney foreshore to mark a Global Day of Action in support of the Arctic 30. 30 white doves were released by Christine Russell, wife of detainee Colin Russell, alongside their daughter Maddy. 28 activists, a freelance photographer and a freelance videographer, were charged with piracy and later also with hooliganism by a Russian court, following a peaceful protest against Arctic oil drilling at a Gazprom oil platform in the Pechora Sea two months ago. Since then, over 2 million people have sent letters to Russian embassies demanding their release from prison. 13 nobel peace laureates are among those who have joined calls for their freedom. ©James Alcock/Greenpeace NO ARCHIVE. NO RESALE. CREDIT COMPULSORY. EDITORIAL USE ONLY. OK FOR ONLINE REPRO
The S-125 Neva/Pechora (Russian: С-125 Нева Печора, NATO reporting name SA-3 Goa) Soviet surface-to-air missile system was designed by Aleksei Mihailovich Isaev to complement the S-25 and S-75. It has a shorter effective range and lower engagement altitude than either of its predecessors and also flies slower, but due to its two-stage design it is more effective against more maneuverable targets. It is also able to engage lower flying targets than the previous systems, and being more modern it is much more resistant to ECM than the S-75. The 5V24 (V-600) missiles reach around Mach 3 to 3.5 in flight, both stages powered by solid fuel rocket motors. The S-125, like the S-75, uses radio command guidance. The naval version of this system has the NATO reporting name SA-N-1 Goa and original designation M-1 Volna (Russian Волна – wave).
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A Greenpeace activist stands in San Francisco Oct. 5, 2013, in solidarity with the crew of the Greenpeace ship Arctic Sunrise. Tens of thousands of people have taken part in an emergency global day of solidarity with the 'Arctic 30' in well over 80 cities in 50 countries throughout the world. 28 Greenpeace International activists and two journalists were charged with piracy this week by a Russian court, following a peaceful protest against Arctic oil drilling at a Gazprom oil platform in the Pechora Sea. Photo by Mathew Sumner/Greenpeace
The Yugyd Va National Park covers 18,917 square kilometres in the Northern Ural Mountains and adjacent foothills and flatlands. The entire park is within the Pechora River basin, i.e. west of the Europe-Asia continental divide. Administratively, the park is located in the south-eastern part of the Komi Republic, on the territory of the Vuktylsky, Intinsky and Pechorsky districts of the republic. The park headquarters is in the town of Vuktyl; branch offices operate in Pechora and Inta. In the south, the national park is adjacent to a much older Pechora-Ilych Nature Reserve. The park was created by the Russian Government on April 23, 1994, with the goals of protection and recreational use of the taiga forests of the Northern Urals. In 1995, the forest area including the Yugud Va National Park and the nearby Pechora-Ilych Nature Reserve were recognized by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site.
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Photo ID: 56096 Pechora Star
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Greenpeace activists protest with a mock prison cell (representing the court in Murmansk) and placards reading "I am one of 30" in Central Warsaw.
This protest is part of an emergency Global Day of Solidarity for the 'Arctic 30. Tens of thousands of people participate in activities held in over 160 locations in 46 countries throughout the world. A Russian court charged twenty-eight Greenpeace International activists, as well as a freelance videographer and photographer, with piracy this week. The charges follow a peaceful protest against Arctic oil drilling at a Gazprom oil platform in the Pechora Sea.
Image: ESA
This Envisat image features the Nenets Autonomous Okrug region and an icy Pechora Sea in Arctic Northwest Russia.
This image was acquired by Envisat’s Medium Resolution Imaging Spectrometer (MERIS) instrument on 10 March 2008 working in Full Resolution mode to provide a spatial resolution of 300 metres.
Not sure how many times I ve tried making a model of this odd looking SAM system, but this is my latest attempt, and it looks far better than the last few tries I ve done.
PowerShift activists stand in Pittsburgh, Pa., Oct. 18, 2013, in solidarity with the crew of the Greenpeace ship Arctic Sunrise. Tens of thousands of people have taken part in an global day of solidarity with the 'Arctic 30' throughout the world. Some 28 Greenpeace International activists and two journalists were charged with piracy this week by a Russian court, following a peaceful protest against Arctic oil drilling at a Gazprom oil platform in the Pechora Sea. Photo by Dan Speicher/Greenpeace
St Anne was, according to the apocrypha, as well as in both Christian and Islamic tradition, the mother of Mary, the wife of Joachim and the maternal grandmother of Jesus.
Sudan National Museum, Khartoum; no label.
The original is in the National Museum, Warsaw, which makes this a copy.
Pechora Pipit (Anthus gustavi), Tianliaoyang, Taiwan
Ebird checklist:
ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist/S31939852
The Pechora pipit (Anthus gustavi) is a small passerine bird which breeds in the tundra of northern Asia, eastwards of Russia. It is a long-distance migrant, moving in winter to Indonesia. Rarely in September and October, the Pechora pipit may be observed in western Europe.
Source: Wikipedia