Birding across the border

A unique publication dedicated to amateur bird watching in Norway and Russia, issued a Norwegian Institute of Bioeconomy Research (NIBIO) together with the Russian publishing house "Yavr". "Birding across the border. Where to watch birds in Varanger and the Murmansk Region "- is 49 routes in Varanger and the Murmansk region. The publication contains articles about the most interesting places where birds live, nest or just stop at the bays. Articles provide information about specific types and conditions of their habitat, about the possibilities of access to the most interesting points of the tourist infrastructure. Each article is provided with a card-scheme. Icons under the headline will tell you what is the area of ​​the location, the time it takes to study it, what time of year you can come here, and what equipment to bring. At the end of the book has a list of species that are found on the Kola Peninsula and the Varanger. The publication of many photographs that will help create an impression of landscapes and most interesting forms.

Despite the impressive amount of information - 240 pages, the book light and comfortable on the format, it can be your "field" companion in the exciting journey.

The publication is intended for a wide range of ornithology enthusiasts. Berdvotchery can take a guide on the road or explore it in advance, standing on the threshold of choosing a suitable route. Guides and tour operators find new directions rabotyKrome addition, the book is useful for teachers of biology and local history as well as all those involved in environmental education.

The publication includes a very different scale area. It is in the arms of the Barents Sea and Varanger, and the Kola Peninsula offer guests the charm of the Arctic. Northern Lights - the polar night, the midnight sun - during the polar day. Due to geographical proximity and similarity of climate for both regions, with rare exceptions, are characterized by the same species of birds. Some migratory birds in their routes are used as the Kola Peninsula and the Varanger. Therefore, the Murmansk region and Finnmark combined longtime collaboration of experts in the field of professional ornithology. Berding as a kind of tourism appeared in Russia recently. The guide for the first time an overview of the possible routes for berdvotcherov in the Murmansk region.

- Some of the materials that were used in the creation of texts, previously available only to narrow specialists, - says Julia Solntseva, director of publishing house "Yavr". - In Russia, until recently, only the scientists engaged in ornithology. Invaluable role in the study of the avifauna of the Murmansk region have played a research staff of federal reserves: Kandalaksha, Lapland and Pasvik. At the same time, the territory which are not included in the reserves, have remained poorly understood. Therefore any bird-watching in the Kola Peninsula may be of great importance to the scientific community.

There is another reason why the Kola Peninsula and the Varanger housed together under the cover of the guide. In each area - its capabilities. In Norway - the available routes, infrastructure for berdvotcherov: towers and houses for observation and photography, trained guides. In Russia - mostly hard routes, without infrastructure for amateur ornithologists; wild nature, far from civilization and bustle. Together, both areas offer a full palette of ornithological routes to suit all tastes. "Birding across the border. Where to watch birds in Varanger and the Murmansk Region "- hundreds of species of birds which do not observe state borders!

The publication was published with the financial support of the Ministry of Climate and Environment of Norway. In the preparation of publications and the development of individual articles was attended by experts NIBIO Svanhovd Environmental Center - with the Norwegian side, as well as employees of the Directorate of Protected Areas the Murmansk Region and the collective "Yavr" publishing house - from the Russian side. The work on the Russian part of the study used the Kola Biodiversity Conservation Center. Contributors Bjorn Frantzen, Morten Günther, Eugene Potorochin, Dylyuk Sergey Sergey Ganusevich Elena Krasnov, Anders Faugstad Mæland, Øystein Hauge,

Knut-Sverre Horn, Rob Barrett, Eugene Vishnevsky, Ramziya Gaynanova and Julia Solntseva.