Comparison of our results with the earlier IBA With 88 and Sile Islets with 53 breeding pairs. The colonies with the highest number of pairs were in theĬoastline from Eregli to Zonguldak with 152 pairs, followed by Strait of Istanbul (so called Bosporus) Mediterranean shag is almost continuous along Turkish Black Sea coasts with absence at the shoresĬovering sand or pebble beaches. Kiyiköy in Thrace extending to Hopa at the Georgian Border. Theīreeding range of Mediterranean shags are wide, covering a large coastal stretch beginning from 47 possible breedingĬlusters (colony sites) were identified and breeding was confirmed in 45 out of 47 colony sites. The number of occupied nests, the number of chicks and the juveniles were recorded.Įach colony site was surveyed at least twice during the breeding season. We have conducted colony counts along the coasts by boatsīetween December 2012 and May 2013 in order to determine the occurrence and assess the size of Strong preference for cliffs, sea-caves and rocky islets with adjacent deep, clear water. It occupies marine habitats but does not usually occur far from land. The European Shag (Phalacrocorax aristotelis) which is endemic to the Mediterranean Basin andīlack Sea. The Mediterranean Shag (Phalacrocorax aristotelis desmarestii) is the Mediterranean subspecies of
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