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and 2000, respectively. V.M. Khaitov studied the diet o f the C omm on Goldenye and Smew (Annals o f Nature... 2000). The group o f E.I. Khlebosolov from Ryazan State University has been working in Pasvik since 1998. They study behaviour, ecology and organization o f communities ofb irds. E.I. Khlebosolov has published several articles and books on the avifauna o f Pasvik (Khlebosolov et al. 2000, 2005, 2006a). M.S. Yablokov from Polistovsky nature reserve participated in waterfowl counts on the Pasvik river and in surveying the wetlands in 2006. Ornithological research o f the late 20th and early 21th centuries summarised the old-style faunistic studies and started the stage o f more advanced investigation o f avi­ fauna o f this area. The present-day Pasvik is a model plot where various population and synecological studies are conducted, new approaches and m ethods o f studying birds are tested. 1.2. Current status of avifauna of Pasv ik Northern Fennoscandia has been long and frequently visited by ornithologists, therefore the local avifauna is well studied. Below the list o fb ird s o f Pasvik is given, based on historical and modern data (Pleske 1887; Hebei 1902; Schaanning 1907; Blair 1936; Wikan 1987; Frantzen et al., 1991; Bianchi et al. 1993; G jershaug et al. 1994; Wikan et al. 1994; Thingstad 1995; Bakkal 1996; Annals o f N ature o f Pasvik nature reserve 1997, 1998a, 19986, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2003a, 2003b, 2005a, 2005b; Thingstad et al. 1997, 2000; Bianchi 1999; G u n th e r 2000, 2006; G u n th e r & Thingstad, 2002; Makarova et al. 2003; Khlebosolov et al. 2005, 2006a). Due to a