abstract |
In 2009–2020,
there was an increase in the number of the western
barbastelle in Podillia. The number of wintering
specimens in key wintering sites in the region has
increased from 5 to 2500. The total increase over
12 years was 2,200 individuals, an average of +168
individuals per year. The only summer find of the
species is the registration of a cluster of 20 speci-mens
in a hollow of an old willow in the valley of the
Studenytsia river near Nyzhni Patryntsi, Kamianets-Podilskyi
Raion, Khmelnytskyi Oblast. According to census
results, a positive population dynamics is observed
in key wintering sites of the region: IVK, GMN,
and YAC-mines. The species was also found in other
anthropogenic sites of Pryvorottia-2, in the basement
of Ozhekhovsky Palace in Kytaygorod, Kamianets-Podilskyi
Raion, Khmelnytskyi Oblast, and in the basement
of an abandoned house near Glybochok, Nova Ushytsia
Raion, Khmelnytskyi Oblast. IVK mines are a unique
wintering site of bats, which has been known as
one of the largest winter aggregation of the species
in Ukraine for the last 10 years. |
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