page_title: Donets
section_title: Birds
hierarchical_section_title: Donets / Flora and fauna / Birds
caption_attribution_description: English: Mountain birch (Betula pubescens subsp. ssp. czerepanovii) trees reaching 4-5m tall. The ground is covered with bilberry plants, and there are some Juniperus communis. Picture taken near the path to Jøldalshytta (lodge) in Trollheimen mts, altitude approximately 750 m (2400 ft). Rennebu municipality, Sør-Trøndelag, Norway. Norsk bokmål: Typisk fjellbjørkeskog i Jøldalen på stien inn mot Jøldalshytta, Trollheimen. Blåbærlyng dominerer på bakken, noen einer er ogsås synlige. Einer er ofte et tegn på at området beites av husdyr, og mange av dalene i Trollheimen ble da også brukt som seterdaler. Rennebu kommune, Sør-Trøndelag, ca 750 m over havet. Suomi: Tunturikoivuja (Betula pubescens subsp. ssp. czerepanovii) ovat noin 4-5 metriä korkeita. Tunturikoivujen ympärillä on mustikkaa ja muutamia katajia (Juniperus communis). Kuva on otettu arviolta noin 750 metrin korkeudessa merenpinnasta. Rennebu, Sør-Trøndelag, Norway.
context_page_description: The Seversky Donets, Siverskyi Donets, usually simply called the Donets, is a river on the south of the East European Plain. It originates in the Central Russian Upland, north of Belgorod, flows south-east through Ukraine and then again through Russia to join the Don River, about 100 km from the Sea of Azov. The Donets is the fourth longest river in Ukraine and the biggest in the Eastern Ukraine. It is an important source of fresh water in the east of the country. It gives its name to the Donets Basin, known commonly as the Donbass, an important coal mining region in Ukraine.
context_section_description: The number of bird species of the river basin reduced sharply over the past 100–150 years. The disappeared species include steppe eagle, tirkusha, sociable lapwing, bustard, black and winged lark. Less common are geese, swans, golden eagle, white-tailed eagle, peregrine falcon, honey buzzard and osprey. The reduction is mainly caused by the destruction of forests, especially old groves along the river banks. The creation of artificial forest belts (windbreaks) in the basin in the 1960s brought insectivorous birds new to this area, such as Streptopelia, European magpie and shrikes. From the traditional bird types, still common are several species of ducks, crows, Charadriiformes, Podiceps, great reed warbler and much less common are herons and storks. Only 12 individuals of demoiselle cranes remain in the area, near Svyatogorsk city. During the migratory season, the region is visited by greylag and black geese.
caption: Downy birch
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