Bird counts in the Northwestern Azov Sea Subregion in December 2019 — March 2020

Data collection took place along the valleys of the Molochna and Malyi Utliuk rivers, as well as on the shores of the Molochna and Utliuk estuaries.

Surveys were conducted over 65 days: December 9–22 (14 days), January 12–27 (16 days), February 6–25 (20 days), and March 8–22 (15 days). The dataset includes 7,170 records resulting from quantitative bird counts, encompassing 128 species and 18 taxa identified at the genus level. Field studies were conducted under individual civil law contracts for the development of scientific and technical products titled "Monitoring of the ornithofauna in the area of the proposed Azov Wind Power Plant aimed at assessing potential threats to birds from its operation", commissioned by "ENBITI UKRAINE LTD" (Kyiv) (ТОВ «ЕНБІТІ Україна» (Київ)).