Animals and birds in the Nurgush Nature Reserve

 Mammals

At present there are 47 mammal species in the Reserve that occupy all possible habitats of the reserve.

A large proportion of the mammals of the Reserve are near-water animals. The most common are beavers, muskrats and racoons.

Muskrats are in the Red Book of the Russian Federation and 4 species of bats are listed in the Red Book of the Kirov region.
The largest predators are bears that spend most of the year in the floodplain. They leave the flooded territory only in winter.

Wolves come to the Reserve when ice covers the Vyatka River and hunt young wild boars, mooses and beavers.

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Beaver

Beaver

Muskrat

Birds

There are 197 species of birds in the reserve. Most of them are forest and near—water species.

The most common are: mallard, teal, black kite, common buzzard, finch and others.
13 species of birds are listed in the Red Book of the RF and 14 species are in the Red Book of the Kirov region.

One of them, the white–tailed eagle, nests only on the territory of the Nurgush Nature Reserve.

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Owl

The white–tailed eagle

Reptiles

Reptiles are represented by 6 species. The most numerous are the common snake, the viper and the viviparous lizard.

Viper

Tailless amphibia