this year, experts Mospeada noticed on the capital’s natural areas 15 species of predators. For example, in the natural reserve “Valley Setun” seen the Fox, the weasel, the Goshawk, the Sparrowhawk and Kestrel, and in especially protected natural territory “the Silver pine forest” — Goshawk and Sparrowhawk. On the territory of Arkhangelskoye estate-Tyurikovo you can see foxes in natural-historical Park “Izmailovo” — grey owl, weasel, Fox, and the Goshawk.
the Staff of the Directorate of natural areas “Kuzminki-Lublin” this year noticed caresses, sikika of passerine birds, the Sparrowhawk, the Goshawk, Kestrels, foxes, specialists of the Directorate of the natural-historical Park “Moskvoretsky” found traces of raccoon dogs at the Shchukin Peninsula, as well as weasel, ermine, long-eared owls. Among the wild inhabitants of the Park “Kosinsky” — owl, weasel, marten, Fox, and nature-historical Park “Tsaritsyno” was seen foxes, Sparrowhawk, Goshawk, Kestrel, owl, weasel. Also different types of predators found in the forest Park “Kuskovo”, landscape reserve “Khimki”, landscape reserve “the Valley of the Skhodnya river in Kurkino”, Bitsa forest, Tushino Park and the natural and historical Park “Pokrovskoe-Streshnevo”.
Many of the predators listed in the Red book of Moscow. Weasel is included in the third category of rarity, ermine and marten related to the first and second categories of rarity, respectively.
According to the environmentalists Mospeada, presence in natural areas predators tells about the prosperous condition of the ecosystem. Predators — highest level of ecological pyramids. Their presence suggests that all previous links also exist and the ratio between them balanced.
