White Sea - the Map and what we want

Oystercatchers - the birds that I love - inhabit all the White Sea coasts, it is know as the most North-Eastern population. Thus the first story should not be on the birds, but primarily on their breeding area, the White Sea itself. Besides I will also tell you what we planned for those 90 days when they spend time breeding (hopefully successfully) or just going around at their native grounds.
I have planned three major activities. One is the basis for success - resightings and additional individual ringing of individually colour-marked birds. Bird № 21 BLUE born at the White Sea island and since 2003 "going around with the Dutch" - believe me you will love the full story! Also we plan to distribute a questionnaire to the coastal communities - so that public can reply with simple information on bird numbers in their areas. The best areas will then be checked by experts.
Looking at the map you see three colours - red, stupid-pink and green. In circles are red - activities will be the most steady, and besides public involvement experts will look for the CR-Oystercatchers and birds in general; here the bird counts are made professionally by a number of professional ornithologists in nature reserves and biological stations. Also here in the most NW red circle - all so far individulally ringed "local and others welcome" Oystercatchers were observed in Kandalaksha State Nature Reserve and nearby. Green are the areas for which we hope to get good replies from local people (to our questionnaires) and also from tourists visiting the area (from another type of questionnaires). Pinks is in between. At the moment I can be honest - I have no idea at all if it is worthwhile or not to explore it (the "pink area") specifically for Oystercatchers. We will find out within the first two weeks of June and act accordingly.

These are the plans. The former (1960s) population estimate for Oystercatchers at the White Sea was 1200 breeding pairs. What I am most curious - is what we get from the next-week questionnaires.