Raptors in the State Nature Reserve “Kerzhensky” After Forest Fires of 2010: Materials of Five-Year Monitoring of a Summer Bird Population

On the basis of five-year monitoring data on summer bird population in the Nature Reserve “Kerzhensky” after the catastrophic fires of 2010, a spatial distribution of raptors was analyzed (mainly birds of prey – Falconiformes). Main types of habitats were surveyed using line transect counts. In total 17 species of raptors were observed. Abundance of each species is presented here. Northern Goshawk ( Accipiter gentilis ), Eurasian Sparrowhawk ( Accipiter nisus ), Common Buzzard ( Buteo buteo ) and Eurasian Hobby ( Falco subbuteo ) were the most common species of raptors in the Nature Reserve.