Avifauna of Çardak (Çanakkale/Turkey) lagoon

With this study which was conducted from October 2008 to March 2011; is aimed to ascertain the avifauna of Çardak Lagoon and its environment and also to determine the population density of the bird species which was wintering in there from December 2010 to March 2011. As a result of this study, 102 species which are belonged to 15 orders and 35 families, were ascertained. In respect of their status, their sequence is; 31 were resident, 45 were winter migrant, 12 were summer migrant, 13 were passage and 1 was winter migrant and passage species. In the winter season of 2010-2011 wintering maps were prepared by using the methods of ?Linear Transect? and ?Point Count? in 10 areas; on the condition of space using and population of 69 species and 9730 individuals which were counted and identified that they were wintering in lagoon.The statement of research area in Dardanelles which was designated as a Key Biodiversity Area (KBA), was tried to evaluate by the distributions and habitat preferences of the bird species which are wintering in Çardak Lagoon and has probabilities of breed there; or migrant and visitor species which are using the lagoon for feeding and sheltering; and paraphrasing results by its relation with daily and monthly meteorological variables.