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when key lakes such as Kulykol have little or no
fresh water, migrating Lesser White-fronts are
concentrated on small freshwater reservoirs (e.g.
Batpackol), with fringing reed marshes and
surrounding grain and vegetable cultivation. In
some autumns (e.g. 2003) significant numbers of
Lesser White-fronts stop on the saline lake Khack,
northern Kazakhstan, which has extensive, shallow
aquatic zones (S. Yerokhov, pers comm).
Autumn staging areas on the north-west Black
Sea coast of Ukraine include freshwater, salt and
brackish lakes and other wetlands and surrounding
grasslands and winter wheat fields. Shagani,
Alibay and Burnas lakes, in the Dniester delta,
form the most important known roosting area (e.g.
Rusev et al. 2002).
Wintering
The wintering grounds are only partially known,
but include shallow bays, lakes and wetland
complexes (freshwater, brackish water and
saltwater wetland types) and surrounding
cultivated land and semi-natural grassland in
Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Greece, Iran, Iraq Romania,
Syria, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan.
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