From Napromieniowani.pl
A tawny owl photographed in the window of an abandoned building in the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone. This is the most numerous owl species in Europe. The difference is that in Chernobyl, as in a reserve, no one disturbs them.
Photo: Olena Gryszczenko
Source: Chernobyl Radiation and Ecological Biosphere Reserve
If you are curious, radiation levels are always available here, as long as I could pay for hosting
https://do.pripyachka.com/graph/?n=72
Are you able to put that rad level into context?
20uR/h is typical value for air in big city like Moscow when air quality is really bad. I usually get 10-ish in central Finland. You can choose another location in this network and compare. If you see obvious anomalies, it might very well be an equipment error - these things are really unmanned for decades, and some are quite unreachable. The one I have in my hands got a battery frozen, for example, so I took it home to thaw and it’s showing indoors temperature for the last month or so, which is silly 40-50C off, I don’t have time to take it apart properly and do the change, it’s just watching my lazy ass typing this stuff from a pile of broken electronics.
Thank you! I didn’t notice the drop down menu earlier.