Saker Falcon on the Crimean Peninsula
Journal: Raptors Conservation
Year: 2015

In this article we made a revaluation of a number of the Saker ( Falco cherrug ) on the Crimean Peninsula based on data obtained in an expedition conducted in May 9–26 of 2015. During this expedition Sakers were observed on 58 sites (31 times they were seen on pylons of power lines, 14 – on cliffs in the foothills of Crimean Mountains, 8 – on the coastal cliffs and 4 on the coastal precipices, and one adult male was seen in the forest shelter belt near Syvash lagoon. We revealed 49 breeding terr