Аннотация:А nesting pair of Barnacle geese was encountered оn 2 July 2015 in the vicinity of the “Willem Barentz” Biological Station, 15 km south of Dikson, on the northwestern Taimyr Peninsula (73°24'07" N, 80°41'17'' E). A nest with six eggs was found on a cliff along the Lemberova River. On 11 July the female was still incubating and the male stayed close to the nest. The nearest known nesting sites of the Barnacle Goose are located 800 km southwest of the study area. This is the first documented case of nesting of this species not only on the Taimyr Peninsula, but also in all of Asia.