Soviet Union - June 1990

  • First morning, SW of Tselinograd (Astana)
  • Lake Basjan
  • Stefan & Nils
  • Driver and Natalia, our guide
  • Stefan & Hans-Åke
  • Asian Dowitcher (Limnodromus semipalmatus)
  • Asian Dowitcher (Limnodromus semipalmatus)
  • Black-winged Pratincole (Glareola nordmanni)
  • Western Yellow Wagtail (Motacilla flava beema)
  • Sunrise on the way to Korgalzhyn Reserve
  • Steppe Eagle (Aquila orientalis)
  • Steppe Eagle (Aquila nipalensis orientalis)
  • Me
  • Our hotel in Alma-Ata (Almaty)
  • Alma-Ata (Almaty)
  • Medeo
  • European Goldfinch (Carduelis carduelis paropanisi)
  • Plain Mountain Finch (Leucostictes nemoricola altaica)
  • Medeo
  • Medeo
  • Black-throated Accentor (Prunella atrogularis huttoni)
  • White Wagtail (Motacilla alba personata)
  • White Wagtail (Motacilla alba personata)
  • White Wagtail (Motacilla alba personata)
  • Medeo
  • Medeo ice scating rink
  • Medeo Dam
  • Medeo ice scating rink
  • Medeo ice scating rink
  • Ibisbill (Ibidorhyncha struthersii)
  • Me, watching out
  • Birdwatching can be exhausting! - Per (down) and Hans-Åke
  • Brown Dipper (Cinclus pallasii tenuirostris) - juvenile
  • Brown Dipper (Cinclus pallasii tenuirostris) - juvenile
  • Brown Dipper (Cinclus pallasii tenuirostris) - juvenile
  • Brown Dipper (Cinclus pallasii tenuirostris) - juvenile
  • Grey Wagtail (Motacilla cinerea melanope)
  • Grey Wagtail (Motacilla cinerea melanope)
  • Common Myna (Acridotheres tristis)
  • Kazakh Auly Yurt Restaurant, Medeo
  • Yurts
  • European Roller (Coracias garrulus semenowi)
  • Red-headed Bunting (Emberiza bruniceps)
  • Red-headed Bunting (Emberiza bruniceps)
  • Oriental Skylark (Alauda gulgula)
  • Stefan
  • Stefan and Hans-Åke
  • Flower :-)
  • Ala Archa
  • Ala Archa
  • Climbers' cemetery
  • Adygene forest
  • Adygene forest
  • Adygene forest
  • Ala Archa river valley
  • Common Cuckoo (Cuculus canorus)
  • Isabelline Shrike (Lanius isabellinus phoenicuroides)
  • Long-tailed Shrike (Lanius schach erythronotus)
  • Aktash
  • Another flower :-)
  • Berries on sale
  • Negotiation
  • Chimgan
  • Memorial plaques over climbers
  • Rock Bunting (Emberiza cia par)
  • Rock Bunting (Emberiza cia par)
  • Rock Bunting (Emberiza cia par)
  • Red-headed Bunting (Emberiza bruniceps)
  • Himalayan Vulture (Gyps himalayensis)
  • Chimgan
  • Sale in Chimgan
  • Selling horse milk and cheese
  • Waiting for the Paradise Flycatcher
  • Patience is the key to success
  • Architecture in Tashkent
  • Great Grey Owl (Strix nebulosa lapponica) - Picnic Area, Siberia
  • Spotted Nutcracker (Nucifraga caryocatactes macrorhynchus)
  • Picnic Area
  • Picnic Area
  • Irkutsk
  • View from the bus
  • Inside the bus
  • Korolok
  • Lake Baikal
  • The hotel terrace was a good vantage point
  • Daurian Redstart (Phoenicurus auroreus)
  • Settlement
  • Lake Baikal
  • White Wagtail (Motacilla alba baicalensis)
  • Thick-billed Warbler (Iduna aedon)
  • Yellow-breasted Bunting (Emberiza aureola)
  • Yellow-breasted Bunting (Emberiza aureola)
  • Hotel Baikal, Listvyanka
  • Wooden warrior
  • Lake Baikal
  • Forest view
  • Stefan
  • Me
  • Brown Shrike (Lanius cristatus)
  • Village outside Bratsk
  • Village outside Bratsk
  • Yellow-breasted Bunting (Emberiza aureola)
  • Yellow-breasted Bunting (Emberiza aureola)
  • Angara River
  • Yellow-breasted Bunting (Emberiza aureola)
  • Kusnetsovka
  • Richard's Pipit (Anthus richardi) and Pechora Pipit (Anthus gustavi) to the right
  • Yellow-breasted Bunting (Emberiza aureola)
  • Natalia
  • Rutchej Melnitchej
  • Rutchej Melnitchej
  • Rutchej Melnitchej
  • Rutchej Melnitchej
  • Rutchej Melnitchej
  • Flowers!
  • Flower
  • Rutchej Melnitchej
  • Rutchej Melnitchej
  • Rutchej Melnitchej
  • Rutchej Melnitchej
  • Rutchej Melnitchej
  • Rutchej Melnitchej
  • View from Bratsk Dam
  • Bratsk Dam
  • Bratsk Dam
  • Outside Bratsk
  • Bratsk by night
  • Kusnetsovka
  • Kusnetsovka
  • Pallas's Grasshopper Warbler (Locustella certhiola rubescens)
  • Bluethroat (Luscinia svecica)
  • Fieldfare (Turdus pilaris)
  • Citrine Wagtail (Motacilla citreola)
  • Tree Pipit (Anthus trivialis)
  • Kusnetsovka
  • Red Fox (Vulpes vulpes)
  • Siberian Stonechat (Saxicola maurus)
  • Siberian Stonechat (Saxicola maurus)
  • Siberian Stonechat (Saxicola maurus)
  • Siberian Stonechat (Saxicola maurus)
  • Moscow
  • Bolshoi Moskovskii Tsirk (Big Moscow Circus), Moscow
  • Moscow - Olympic Stadium
  • Moscow
  • Moscow State University
  • The Kremlin from distance
  • The Red Square
  • The Red Square
  • The Red Square
  • Lenin's Mausoleum
  • Lenin's Mausoleum
  • Lenin's Mausoleum
  • Me
  • Church
  • St. Basil's Cathedral
  • The Red Square
  • The Red Square
  • St. Basil's Cathedral
  • St. Basil's Cathedral
  • St. Basil's Cathedral
  • St. Basil's Cathedral
  • St. Basil's Cathedral
  • Churches
  • KGB headquarters
  • Home again