Summary of group 3 of Altai snow leopard expedition July 2012 | www.biosphere-expeditions.org/altai

1. Slot 3
16th – 28th July 2012

3. Day 1 :
• found scrapes at Sailugem valley ridge and set up CT 5 & CT 6
• picked up CT 3

4. Day 1 :
set up CT 5 & CT 6 picked up CT 3

5. pictures from CT 3

6. Day 2 (Sat 21.07.2012)
checked CT 2 :
Pallas Cat
Altaian Snowcock

7. Day 3 / 4 (Sun- Mon 22.07- 23.07.2012)
lake survey

8. 22.07.2012
Prey :
1 Ibex single animal (female?) walking across the ridge
16 Ibex east of the lake ( at least 5 young, 3 males )

9. 23.07.2012 Happy birthday Samara!!!
• checked CT 4
• set up CT 7

10. Day 5 (Tuesday 24.07.2012)
Visit Kampi & Interviews
• female mid 40th
• livestock farmer
• indifferent feelings
towards snow leopards
• she equated SL with the
high mountains and she
lives too low for them to
affect her
• she hasn’t seen SL

11. Wednesday 25.07.2012
checking CT 1

12. Achievements
PREY:
CAMERA TRAPS
IBEX
set up: CT 5, CT 6 , CT 7
• 1 single male
• 1 single female
picked up: CT 3
• herd of 16
• 2 males ?
checked: CT 1, CT 2, CT 3, CT 4
• 1 Rock Argali 
SL SIGNS:
5- 8 scrapes at Sailugem Valley ridge
1- 2 scrapes at Talduir Massif ridge

13. BIRDS
• Black- eared Kite ( various) • Isabelline Wheatear
• Lammergeier • Willow Tit
• • Sand Martin
Imperial Eagle
• Hume’s Warbler
• Saker Falcon • Greenish Warbler
• Black billed Magpie • Horned Skylark
• Red billed Chough • White Wagtail
• Carrion Crow • Richard’s Pipit
• Alpine Accentor
• Rufous- tailed Rock Thrush
• Merlin ( 3 young on steppe )
• Guldenstadt’s Redstart • Brandt’s Mountain Finch
• Common Stonechat
• Nothern Wheatear
thanks to Friedy and Mark

15. THANK YOU !!!