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02.02.2022. Groundhog Day

A set of photographs from the eighteenth Groundhog Day in Haidary.

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Start of the Common Toad Spawning Season 2021. The Iskiv Pond Population Is Alive!

Last year, Iskiv Pond, whose common toad population we study using the mark-and-recapture method, turned into a puddle. It seemed that both the common toad population and the green frog population system had perished... Today we confirmed, at least, that the toad population is still alive, and the spawning...

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Checking the Ponds in Haidary. April 10, 2020

The common toad population of Iskov Pond has practically died. Others — in Koryakiv Yar, in Lower Dobrytskyi Pond, and apparently in the floodplain — are alive, but are only now beginning to spawn.

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Common toad spawning 2020. A weak start

Toad spawning is barely beginning. Iskiv pond is in a terrible state. After the cold spell, spawning (if the population has survived more or less) should resume in full. How to conduct the twenty-first field season under quarantine conditions is still unclear

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Opening of the 2020 Field Season. A False Start for Now

This year there was almost no winter. Spring is early... To avoid missing the start of the common toad spawning, we went on a reconnaissance trip to Haidary. As always, it is beautiful there. It is only sad that Isky pond is now even smaller than it was. Let’s wait for the spawning... 

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