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The #Chornobyl Exclusion Zone maintains the highest wolf population density in Europe, with last census estimating ca. ten territorial packs and around 100-120 individuals.
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Red deer (Cervus elaphus) seem very abundant inside #Chornobyl Biosphere Reserver this harsh winter.
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Przewalski horse looking for the end of the winter.. #Chornobyl Radiological and Biosphere Reserve, Ukraine.
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Wildlife in the hard Ukrainian winter inside #Chornobyl Nature reserve.
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📸 Sergei Domashevsky, Alexandra Artemenka
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A couple of recent photos from #Chornobyl Radiation and Ecological Biosphere Reserve.
- A wolf in the forest (from Reserve camera traps)
- A herd of Przewalski horses, including three foals (photo by Olga Belskoí̈)
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Interactions between wild Przewalski horse inside #Chornobyl Exclusion Zone.
Some of the 150-200 horses that live now in the Zone.
📸 Sergiy Zhily and Alexander Muzichenko
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Technicians from #Chornobyl Nature Reserve recently detected a new Black stork (Ciconia nigra) nest in the Zone with three chicks.
📸 Sergey Domashevsky
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Technicians from #Chornobyl Radiation and Ecological Biosphere Reserve estimate that aprox. 20 pairs of White-tailed eagles (Haliaeetus albicilla) nest within the Ukrainian part of the Exclusion Zone. Here one of the newly discovered nest.
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Nothing better today than a message from our colleague Sergey Gaschack on FB about the recovery of several of his camera traps that were left in #Chornobyl for years, inaccessible due to war.
Incredible #ChornobylWildlife footage amid the sound of war.
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A pair of Przewalski horses inside #Chornobyl Exclusion Zone, from 20th January 2025. Long winter fur, without snow on the ground.
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A juvenile white-tailed eagle perched on a tree in Chornobyl, Ukraine
Patch of forest with a nest of white-tailed eagles recently located on top of a tree inside Chornobyl Exclusion Zone.
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New nest of White-tailed eagle (Haliaaetus albicilla) detected inside #Chornobyl Exclusion Zone by the personal of the #Chornobyl Biosphere Reserve. This is the 15th found in the area (estimated 20 pairs breeding in the Zone).
📸 Sergei Domashevsky
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Two otters fishing inside Chornobyl Exclusion Zone, Ukraine
An otter eating a small fish in a frozen river inside Chornobyl Exclusion Zone, Ukraine
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Two otters recently spotted catching fish in a semi-frozen river inside #Chornobyl Exclusion Zone, Ukraine.
📸 Sergei Domashevsky (Chornobyl Radiation and Ecological Biosphere Reserve)
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A Moose (Alces alces) inside Chornobyl Exclusion Zone (Ukraine)
Two Grey wolves (Canis lupus) inside Chornobyl Exclusion Zone (Ukraine)
A red fox (Vulpes vulpes) inside Chornobyl Exclusion Zone (Ukraine)
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Autumn photos from camera traps at #Chornobyl Exclusion Zone (Ukraine) by the Chornobyl Radiation and Environmental Biosphere Reserve. First snow falling now in the area.
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Great news from Chornobyl, with new photos confirming the presence of brown bears in the Zone, despite all the troubles of wartime.
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Male Black grouse (Tetrao tetrix), resident species within #Chornobyl Exclusion Zone. Actually, a very interesting species to study there...
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Male Roe deer (Capreolus capreolus), other of the species commonly found in #Chornobyl forest and meadows.
Photo from the project "Polesia - Wilderness Without Borders", in the territory of Chornobyl Nature Reserve.
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Przewalski horses, considered as a steppe animal, use frequently the pine forests inside #Chornobyl Exclusion Zone.
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Rut season for Red deer (Cervus elaphus) also in #Chornobyl Exclusion Zone (Ukraine).
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