Gallery

The following gallery is a collection of images showing our time in the far east of Russia, birds and wildlife we have seen, troubles we have faced, the people we have worked with.

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Grey Whale, courtesy of Martin Mcgill

spoon-billed sandpiper, courtesy of Zheng Jianping

Long-billed dowitcher, courtesy of Martin McGill

Semi-palmated sandpiper, courtesy of Martin McGill

Martin in action

spoon-billed sandpiper, photo by Jochen Diershke

spoon-billed sandpiper with twisted beak, photo by Martin McGill

spoon-billed sandpiper, photo by Martin McGill

spoon-billed sandpiper, Photo by Martin McGill

Egor building furniture

Nigel Jarrett (Closest)

Martin, Jochen and Simon take stock after SBS sighting

Gerritt honing his camera skills

Martin, the lone diner

Martin and Nigel off in search of spoon-billed sandpipers in the hills

Nigel birding

More birding for Martin

Martin hiking, photo by Simon Buckell

Simon on a mission

the quad kept us at safe distances from the bears

Male spoon-billed sandpiper feeding, photo by Martin McGill

whale bones, photo by Martin McGill

pintail eggs in nest, photo by Martin McGill

red phalarope, Photo by Martin McGill

Russian darkness, Photo by Martin Mcgill

a villagers chopper trike, photo by Martin McGill

spectacled eider, photo by Laura Whitehouse

Sveta and her grandchildren

Nigel bringing the eggs back to base

Eggs in the incubator

Weighing the eggs

Measuring the eggs

Nigel placing the eggs into the incubator

The local shop

Liza Tamboutseva – birthday girl

Pectoral sandpiper, photo by Martin McGill

Sandhill cranes, photo by Martin McGill

spoon-billed shot glasses

rubythroat, photo by Sergey Yeliseev

Lapland bunting, photo by gobirding.eu

Nigel suffering the effects of jet-lag after arriving in Russia

Lapland bunting

Martin editing images for the blog

Nigel, Simon and Martin at customs at Anadyr airport

Parmigan, photo by Martin McGill

sandhill cranes, photo by Martin McGill

Our first male Spoon-billed sandpiper, photo by Martin McGill

Night time, as dark as it gets in Chukotsk

western sandpiper, photo by Martin McGill

Western sandpipers arrive, photo by Martin McGill

Arctic hare, photo by Jochen Dierschke

black scoter, photo by Jochen Dierschke

bluethroat, photo by Jochen Dierschke

brent geese, photo by Jochen Dierschke

brown bear, photo by Jochen Dierschke

grey whale, photo by Jochen Dierschke

grey whale, photo by Jochen Dierschke

great knot, photo by Jochen Dierschke

view from the helicopter

view from the helicopter

Lapland bunting, photo by Jochen Dierschke

little stint, photo by Jochen Dierschke

long tailed skua, photo by Jochen Dierschke

Martin with red necked phalarope, photo by Jochen Dierschke

Meynypil’gyno

Meynypil’gyno

Meynypil’gyno

pectoral sandpiper, photo by Jochen Dierschke

ptarmigan, photo by Jochen Diershke

Ross’s gull, photo by Jochen Dierschke

Ross’s gull, srrounded by little skua, photo by Jochen Dierschke

Ross’s gull, photo by Jochen Dierschke

Ross’s gull, photo by Jochen Dierschke

western sandpiper, photo by Jochen Dierschke

white billed diver, photo by Jochen Dierschke

white winged scoter, photo by Jochen Dierschke

Gerrit captivates the children with stunning SBS footage

Ice melt

Liza translating for Martin

Meinypylgyno from the hills, photo by Martin McGill

Nikolay demonstrates the decline of the spoon-billed sandpiper

Nikolay speaking about the project

Nikolay speaking about the project

Children at the local school, photo by Martin McGill

Meinipylgyno school children, photo by MJMcGill

Children watching a presentation, photo by Martin McGill