Transactions
of the Azov-Black Sea Ornithological Station
On the stay of the Kittiwake in the Azov-Black Sea basin
V. P. Belik
The article discusses the data collected by M. A. Dinkevich (2010) during sea expeditions in the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov. Records of Kittiwakes in this region, where up to 100–900 individuals can concentrate in winter, should be considered as accidental visits, but not typical wintering. And regular migrations of the Kittiwake over continental bodies of water were not revealed at all.
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