Conservation value of the Kruglaya Bay and the rationale to establish a new protected object in Sevastopol (Crimea, Black Sea)
Journal: Scientific notes of the “Cape Martyan” Nature Reserve
Year: 2021

The bays of the northern coast of the Heraclean Peninsula including the Kruglaya Bay are characterized by the abundance and diversity of the winter hydrophilic ornithocomplex, which is one of the largest in Crimea. To date, the bird list of the Kruglaya Bay includes 75 species. Its coast and water areas are suitable for the wintering of hydrophilic birds, of which 8 species winter annually and 20 - periodically. The total number of birds was 0.99-1.38 thousand individuals during the main winteri