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Red-breasted Goose Site Register

The register lists, by country, the key sites for Red-breasted Goose. By site, it provides information on protection status, minimum and maximum goose numbers, and coordinates (latitude and longitude). Shortlly, links to the World Bird Database (IBA), Ramsar Sites Information Service (RSIS) and World Database on Protected Areas (WDPA), for each site, will be given in the table.

Table1. Red-breasted Goose Site Register

International Site Name	Protection Status	RbG Numbers Min*	RbG Numbers Max*	Lat	Long
Azerbaijan
Gizilagach State Reserve	Partial	120	340	39,08	49,05
Bulgaria
Atanasovsko Lake	Partial	70	1444	42,59	27,45
Burgasko Lake	Partial	4	6450	42,49	27,38
Durankulak Lake	Partial	300	39233	43,66	28,54
Kaliakra	None	5	157	43,40	28,44
Kalimok Complex	Partial	120	200	44,02	26,42
Mandra-Poda Complex	Partial	4	16970	42,41	27,38
Mechka Fish-Ponds	Partial	3	20	43,41	25,40
Malko Sharkovo Reservoir	Partial	0	308	42,70	26,52
Pozharevo Island	Partial			44,06	26,69
Pysachnik Reservoir	None	0	12	42,25	24,33
Shabla Lake Complex	Partial	2237	55854	43,57	28,56
Srebarna	Complete	12	1000	44,11	27,07
Straldzha Complex	None	46	210	42,62	26,79
Student Kladenets	Partial	0	5	41,38	25,32
Svishtov-Belene Lowland	None	0	122	43,61	25,22
Greece
Evros Delta	Partial			40,86	26,00
Hungary
Kuchurganski liman	Partial	2	11	46,30	20,28
Iran
Kobi Lake	None	0	16	36,95	45,50
Miankalesh Peninsula and Gorgan Bay	Partial	19	19	36,83	53,75
Iraq
Haur Al Suwayqiyah	None			32,70	45,91
Kazakhstan
Sorbalyk-Maybalyk Lake System	Unknown	732	1662	54,16	66,43
Aksuat Lake	Partial	425	1020	53,40	66,27
Akzhan Lake	Unknown	0	102	54,10	65,42
Balykty Lake	Partial	1000	1500	54,16	68,51
Bolshoy Kak Lake	None	1540	5020	53,34	66,12
Irgiz-Turgay Lakes	Complete			48,40	62,80
Kamyshovoe-Zhamankol Lakes	None	32	6200	53,57	65,55
Korgalzhyn State Nature Reserve	Complete	200	800	50,25	69,14
Koybagar-Tyuntyugur Lake System	None	142	65000	52,39	65,38
Kulykol-Taldykol Lake System	Partial	4870	41600	51,24	61,54
Kushmurun Lake	Partial	120	2704	52,40	64,46
Maliy Kak Lake	Partial	840	2740	53,46	66,49
Naurzum State Nature Reserve	Complete	300	5000	51,31	64,17
Sankebay Lakes	None	120	500	51,24	63,32
Sarykopa Lake System	Complete	0	11000	50,13	64,80
Shaglyteniz Lakes and Marshes	None	1000	4000	54,60	69,52
Shoshkaly Lake System	None	5	318	53,40	64,56
Sulukol Lake	None	0	78	52,10	63,38
Terenkol Lake	Complete	2000	5000	54,24	69,12
Zhaltyr Lake	None	640	1750	53,59	67,16
Moldova
Delta Dnistra	None
Moldova-Transnistria
Kuchurgan Lake	None
Romania
Balta Alba-Amara-Jirlau	Partial	250	460	45,23	27,27
Balta Mica a Brailei	Partial	0	200	44,98	27,92
Bestepe-Mahmudia	None	0	700	45,12	28,69
Bistret	None	2	20	43,51	23,31
Brates Lake	Unknown	0	500	45,52	28,11
Bratul Borcea	Unknown	600	800	44,34	27,82
Cheile Dobrogei	Unknown	0	2000	44,48	28,47
Ciocanesti-Dunare	None	0	130	44,17	27,07
Danube Delta	Complete	7000	24000	45,18	29,35
Dunare-Ostroave	Unknown	0	120	44,20	27,59
Ianca-Plopul-Sarat	Unknown	0	600	45,16	27,63
Iezerul Calarasi	Partial	1000	5200	44,21	27,27
Beibugeac (Plopul) Lake	None	0	2500	45,03	29,12
Bugeac Lake	Unknown	0	230	44,08	27,45
Dunareni Lake	Unknown	0	300	44,19	27,77
Fundata Lake	None	0	300	44,61	27,13
Oltina Lake	Unknown	0	1200	44,16	27,64
Strachina Lake	None	600	700	44,68	27,58
Tasaul Lake	None	0	260	44,36	28,59
Techirghiol Lake	Complete	1	7000	44,20	28,37
Limanu-Herghelia	Unknown	0	400	43,81	28,52
Black Sea	Complete	0	300	44,25	28,47
Maxineni	Unknown	0	450	45,45	27,55
Tataru	Unknown	0	240	44,80	27,36
Russia
Dadynskiye Lakes	None	500	4000	45,15	45,60
Delta of the River Don	Partial	0	500	47,10	39,25
Islands in the western part of Manych Lake	Partial	1000	4000	46,30	42,33
Kazachka	Unknown	150	200	47,45	49,50
Kissyk Area	Unknown	20	80	43,44	46,40
Kozinka Lake and Baranikovski of Manych Lake	Unknown	2000	10000	46,34	42,00
Kulaksay lowland	Unknown	0	2430	50,44	55,50
Kurnikov liman	Unknown	7	400	46,25	43,12
Lysyi Liman Lake and valley of Vostochniy Manych river	None	0	5000	45,48	44,50
Manychstroi Area	Unknown	0	500	45,57	43,57
Moksha flood-plain in vicinity of Krasnoslobodsk	Partial	500	1000	54,23	43,50
Moksha valley in vicinity of Temnikov	None	500	1000	54,40	43,32
Kulaksay lowland	None
Novotroitskoye Reservoir	Partial	0	1000	45,18	41,32
Ptich'ye Lake	Partial	0	200	45,35	41,45
Sarpinskaya Lake-System	Partial	0	1000	47,30	45,15
Shalkaro-Zhetykol'ski Lake System	None	10000	15000	50,55	60,50
Southern part of Chograiski Reservoir	Unknown	0	400	45,28	44,26
Turalinskaya Lagoon	None
Veselovskoye Reservoir	None	400	600	47,00	41,30
Vorono-Khoperski Area	None	800	1000	51,40	42,35
Watershed of Bityug and Tsna rivers	None
Gusikha river basin and lower Balakhnya river	Unknown			74,37	107,46
Terpyay-Tumus	Unknown			73,30	118,25
Trekhozerki lakes	Unknown			53,18	91,31
Ulukhkol'lake	Unknown			53,48	90,40
Makushinsky Zakaznik	Complete			55,23	67,38
Lake Complex Pekimskij Tuman	Partial			59,93	63,30
Siverga Lake	Complete			55,41	68,76
Mouth of the river Uj	None			54,25	63,93
Turkey
Saros Bay	None	0	180	40,38	26,50
Terkos Basin	None	0	90	41,25	28,21
Buyukcekmece Lake	Complete			41,05	28,56
Gediz Delta	Partial			38,5	26,91
Ukraine
Agriculture lands near Bilorets'ke (Chornozemne village)	Unknown	150	300	46,11	34,31
Askania-Nova Biosphere Reserve	Complete	0	60	46,27	33,52
Chauda	None	2400	2400	45,12	35,55
Kakhovs'ke Reservoir (Energodar)	None	60	60	47,30	34,38
Karkhovs'ke Reservoir (Kozats'ki island)	None	8	60	46,50	33,30
Karkinits'ka and Dzharylgats'ka bays	Partial	0	520	45,58	33,12
Khadzhybejs'kyi lyman	None	10	200	46,40	30,32
Kugurluj and Kartal lakes	Partial	0	1000	45,17	28,39
Kytaj Lake	None	1000	1000	45,35	29,12
Shagany-Alibej-Burnas lake-system	Complete	0	2500	45,47	30,00
Snake island	None	20	200	45,15	30,12
Yagorlyts'ka and Tendrivs'ka bays	Complete	500	2500	46,20	31,50
Dniester Delta	None
Sasik Lake	None
Budaky Lake	None
Danube Delta and Stentsovsko-Zebrianovsky Complex	Partial

*The geese numbers are added from the IBA books or the World Bird Database.

MONITORING

Simultaneous winter counts for Red-breasted Goose

The main wintering sites for Red-breasted Goose are along the Black Sea cost in Ukraine, Romania and Bulgaria. In order to collect more information about the dynamic and size of the population of Branta ruficollis simultaneous winter counts are conducted at wintering sites.

Starting with November till the end of March, each year, teams of ornithologists from Ukraine, Romania and Bulgaria are counting Red-breasted Goose twice a month.

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