Mammal survey Pol'ana - De Zoogdiervereniging

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SUMMARY by: Jan Buys and Jeroen Willemsen From July 27th until August 4th 2005, the Veldwerkgroep (VWG) of the Dutch Mammal Society (Zoogdiervereniging) paid a visit to the Pol’ana Biosphere reserve in Slovakia. A workshop in the summer is a traditional part of the VWG’s yearly program, aimed at surveying mammal species which are rare or absent in the Netherlands, and to extend and exchange knowledge of survey methods and species. Secondly, these workshops abroad aim to enlarge the knowledge of presence and abundance of mammals, and to a lesser extent of other fauna groups, in the area visited. The Pol’ana Biosphere reserve is situated in the central part of Slovakia and covers vast areas of forested hills, intermingled with agricultural settlements. Surveying bats was one of the core activities during the workshop, applying almost all available methods: bat detectors, nets and checking for roosts in any type of building. This produced a lot of new data on bat roosts (mainly colonies of bats in church lofts) and the species present in the area. Extraordinary was the catching of a greater noctule (Nyctalus lasiopterus) in a netting session in the northern part of the area. This was the third specimen of this species recorded in Slovakia ever. In the workshop small mammals were surveyed by setting out a variety of live traps in lines at 7 locations in the south-eastern part of the area, mainly near the village of Látky. Over all 12 species of mice and shrew were caught. All together 54 species of mammals were encoutered during the workshop such as wolf, wild boar, pine and beech marten, red squirrel, weasel and otter. Absolute highlight of the workshop was the sighting of a female lynx with two cubs by three of the participants. Apart from mammals, considerable attention was given to birds, butterflies and dragon flies. This yielded observations of 91 bird species, 75 butterfly species, 31 grasshopper and crickets species and 21 dragon fly species. Also a lot of observations of amphibians and reptiles were made as well (15 species). All the observations are recorded in a database that can be obtained from the Veldwerkgroep (veldwerkgroep@zoogdiervereniging.nl). Mammal survey Pol'ana (Slovakia) 2005 5
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Page 14 and 15: SPECIES SPECIES F M M/F M/F TOTAL T
Page 16 and 17: 3.2 ROOSTS IN CHURCH LOFTS AND OTHE
Page 18 and 19: 3.3 ECTOPARASITES by: Jan Boshamer
Page 20 and 21: Photo: Anke van der Wal Photo: Anke
Page 22 and 23: 4.2 MORPHOLOGY OF CASUALTIES by: Je
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Page 32 and 33: 5.3 BUTTERFLIES by: Kees Mostert Mo
Page 34 and 35: Photo: Joost Verbeek 5.4 DRAGON FLI
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