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 nipalensis orientalis
Steppe Eagle - Aquila nipalensis orientalis
Me
Our hotel in Alma-Ata - Almaty
Alma-Ata - Almaty
Medeo
Eastern Goldfinch - Carduelis caniceps 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 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
Ala Archa
Ala Archa
Ala Archa
Climbers' cemetery
Adygene forest
Adygene forest
Adygene forest
Ala Archa river valley
Common Cuckoo - Cuculus canorus
Red-tailed Shrike - Lanius phoenicuroides
Long-tailed Shrike - Lanius schach erythronotus
Aktash
Aktash
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 Indian 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 - Arundinax 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
Rutchej Melnitchej
Rutchej Melnitchej
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
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