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Abstract. The aim of this paper is to demonstrate the obtained data for the dependency of wetland carrying capacity upon the global climate change process. The article presents material confirming the impact of global climate change on different breeding bird species and populations, changes of their
ranges and population state. A list of bird species, which are shifting their ranges north-eastward or eastward in the Baltic region under the influence of global warming, is presented. The impact of global warming on birds of water complexes was found to be more evident than the impact on terrestrial birds.
We also attempted to explain changes in key bird staging and wintering areas due to climate change. Attention is focused on the aspects of the effect of climate change upon birds in environmental protection, aviation flight safety and other branches of economy.