ORNITHOLOGICAL SITUATION AT THE ORENBURG AIRPORT IN SPRING SEASON

Abstract

The study of ornithological security at airports is of paramount importance for flight safety. Airfield complexes represent areas of increased attractiveness for birds due to their favorable nesting and feeding conditions, night shelters in the cold season, the absence of purposeful persecution and anxiety on the part of humans. The territories of many airports are located within the transcontinental migration routes of birds.

In connection with the current "Guidelines for Ornithological Support of Flights in Civil Aviation (ROOP GA - 89)", studies of the ornithological situation should be carried out regularly at all airports, and the results obtained should be used to develop measures to ensure flight safety.

For the first time in the history of the Orenburg airport, work on the study of the ornithological situation on its territory was carried out in 2019. The studies were carried out seasonally - from March to November. In this paper, the results of work in the spring season are considered. The mixed nature of the spring avifauna of the Orenburg airport, represented by 46 species from 8 detachments, has been established. 1246 individuals of 36 species were recorded on the accounting routes. The features of the dynamics of the species composition and abundance, the causes of mass concentrations of birds at the airport and in adjacent territories in the spring, the main migration routes and the composition of flying species are revealed.