Experts in Buryatia found out why deer for the second year in a row winter in “Davsha”

In the Barguzinsky reserve for the second year in a row, rare winter guests are met: in the vicinity of the Davsha field base, Siberian roe deer are again seen, reports the “Reserve Podlemorye”.

The story began in December last year, when the district state inspector Yuri Gorokhovsky found traces of deer on a phenological glade. In summer, photo traps from time to time recorded these animals on the territory of the reserve, and in winter they were not met: deep snow prevents ungulates from moving and getting food, and predators, on the contrary, it becomes easier to hunt. To help forest guests survive the cold season, the inspector organized a feeding area near the meeting place and installed a camera trap.

And there was a new meeting. So why did they choose “Davsha”? As the chief researcher of the FGBI "Reserve Podlemorye" Alexander Ananin commented, earlier roe deer winterings on the territory of the Barguzin Reserve were registered only in the area of the cordon "South" in the Bay of Sosnovka, and in the vicinity of the field base "Davsha" they are noted only for the second year in a row - until 2025 in the archival data of the reserve they were not. Hypothetically, the causes may be associated with long-term climate change or with a decrease in anthropogenic load in the vicinity of the field base in winter.