Vladimir Medvedev / Whiskered auklets (Aethia pygmaea), Iony Island / Jonas' Island, Sea of Okhotsk, Far East Russia, July

Vladimir Medvedev / Whiskered auklet (Aethia pygmaea), Iony Island / Jonas' Island, Sea of Okhotsk, Far East Russia, July

Vladimir Medvedev / Whiskered auklet (Aethia pygmaea) portrait, Iony Island / Jonas' Island, Sea of Okhotsk, Far East Russia, July

Vladimir Medvedev / Whiskered Auklet (Aethia pygmaea) female portrait, Jonah's island, Sea of Okhotsk, Far East Russia, July

Vladimir Medvedev / Nesting colony of Thick-billed Murre / Brunnich's Guillemot (Uria lomvia) on St. Jonah's island, Sea of Okhotsk, Far East Russia, July

Vladimir Medvedev / Tufted Puffin (Fratercula cirrhata) calling, St. Jonah's island, Sea of Okhotsk, Far East Russia, July

Vladimir Medvedev / Whiskered Auklet (Aethia pygmaea) male and female courtship, Jonah's island, Sea of Okhotsk, Far East Russia, July .

Sue Flood / Common guillemot (Uria aalge) murre eggs on Tyuleniy Island (Ostrov Tyuleniy) is a small island in the Sea of Okhotsk, Russian Far East, June

Sue Flood / Northern fur seals (Callorhinus ursinus) looking down on breeding colony with male, female and new born pups all resting on Tyuleniy Island, Russian Far East, June.

Sue Flood / Northern fur seals (Callorhinus ursinus) breeding colony with male, female and new born pups all resting on Tyuleniy Island, Russian Far East, June.

Sue Flood / Northern fur seal (Callorhinus ursinus) female nursing new born pup with others behind, Tyuleniy Island, Russian Far East, June

Sue Flood / View of active volcano at Chirpoy Island, Kurils, Russian Far East. Chirpoy (meaning small bird) is the collective name usually given to the twin volcanic islands of Chirpoy and Brat Chirpoev (Russian...

Sue Flood / Red fox (Vulpes vulpes) on Matua Island, an uninhabited island near the centre of the Kuril Island chain in the Sea of Okhotsk, Russia

Vladimir Medvedev / Whiskered auklet (Aethia pygmaea) egg in rock crevice, Iony Island / Jonas' Island, Sea of Okhotsk, Far East Russia, July

Vladimir Medvedev / Whiskered auklet (Aethia pygmaea), Iony Island / Jonas' Island, Sea of Okhotsk, Far East Russia, July

Vladimir Medvedev / Mixed flock of Whiskered auklets (Aethia pygmaea) and Crested auklets (Aethia cristatella), Iony Island / Jonas' Island, Sea of Okhotsk, Far East Russia, July

Vladimir Medvedev / Whiskered auklet (Aethia pygmaea) rear view, Iony Island / Jonas' Island, Sea of Okhotsk, Far East Russia, July

Vladimir Medvedev / Whiskered auklet (Aethia pygmaea) pair, Iony Island / Jonas' Island, Sea of Okhotsk, Far East Russia, July

Vladimir Medvedev / Whiskered auklets (Aethia pygmaea) on cliff, Iony Island / Jonas' Island, Sea of Okhotsk, Far East Russia, July

Vladimir Medvedev / Whiskered auklets (Aethia pygmaea), Iony Island / Jonas' Island, Sea of Okhotsk, Far East Russia, July

Vladimir Medvedev / Whiskered auklets (Aethia pygmaea), Iony Island / Jonas' Island, Sea of Okhotsk, Far East Russia, July

Vladimir Medvedev / Whiskered auklet (Aethia pygmaea), Iony Island / Jonas' Island, Sea of Okhotsk, Far East Russia, July

Vladimir Medvedev / Whiskered auklets (Aethia pygmaea), Iony Island / Jonas' Island, Sea of Okhotsk, Far East Russia, July

Vladimir Medvedev / Whiskered auklets (Aethia pygmaea), Iony Island / Jonas' Island, Sea of Okhotsk, Far East Russia, July

Vladimir Medvedev / Whiskered auklet (Aethia pygmaea), Iony Island / Jonas' Island, Sea of Okhotsk, Far East Russia, July

Vladimir Medvedev / Whiskered auklet (Aethia pygmaea), Iony Island / Jonas' Island, Sea of Okhotsk, Far East Russia, July

Vladimir Medvedev / Whiskered auklet (Aethia pygmaea) perched on rock ledge, Iony Island / Jonas' Island, Sea of Okhotsk, Far East Russia, July

Vladimir Medvedev / Whiskered auklet (Aethia pygmaea), Iony Island / Jonas' Island, Sea of Okhotsk, Far East Russia, July

Vladimir Medvedev / Whiskered auklet (Aethia pygmaea), Iony Island / Jonas' Island, Sea of Okhotsk, Far East Russia, July

Vladimir Medvedev / Whiskered auklet (Aethia pygmaea), Iony Island / Jonas' Island, Sea of Okhotsk, Far East Russia, July

Vladimir Medvedev / Whiskered auklets (Aethia pygmaea), Iony Island / Jonas' Island, Sea of Okhotsk, Far East Russia, July

Vladimir Medvedev / Whiskered auklets (Aethia pygmaea), Iony Island / Jonas' Island, Sea of Okhotsk, Far East Russia, July

Vladimir Medvedev / Whiskered auklet (Aethia pygmaea), Iony Island / Jonas' Island, Sea of Okhotsk, Far East Russia, July

Vladimir Medvedev / Whiskered auklets (Aethia pygmaea) perched on rock ledge, Iony Island / Jonas' Island, Sea of Okhotsk, Far East Russia, July

Vladimir Medvedev / Whiskered auklets (Aethia pygmaea) perched on rock ledge, Iony Island / Jonas' Island, Sea of Okhotsk, Far East Russia, July

Vladimir Medvedev / Whiskered auklet (Aethia pygmaea), Iony Island / Jonas' Island, Sea of Okhotsk, Far East Russia, July

Vladimir Medvedev / Whiskered auklets (Aethia pygmaea), Iony Island / Jonas' Island, Sea of Okhotsk, Far East Russia, July

Vladimir Medvedev / Whiskered auklet (Aethia pygmaea) chick, Iony Island / Jonas' Island, Sea of Okhotsk, Far East Russia, July

Vladimir Medvedev / Iony Island / Jonas' Island, Sea of Okhotsk, Far East Russia, July

Vladimir Medvedev / Steller's sealion (Eumetopias jubatus) at water's surface, St. Jonah's island, Sea of Okhotsk, Far East Russia, July, Endangered species

Vladimir Medvedev / Whiskered Auklet (Aethia pygmaea) male (below) and female courtship, Jonah's island, Sea of Okhotsk, Far East Russia, July

David Tipling / Photographers photographing Steller's sea eagles {Haliaeetus pelagicus} and White tailed sea eagles {Haliaeetus albicilla} on pack ice in Nemuro Channel, off Rausu, Hokkaido, Japan, February 2008

Staffan Widstrand / Crested auklets {Aethia cristatella} Talan Island, Sea of Okhotsk, Siberia, Russia

Staffan Widstrand / Kittiwake pair nesting on narrow cliff ledge {Rissa tridactyla} Talan Island, Sea of Okhotsk, Siberia, Russia

Staffan Widstrand / Evening light on lichen covered rock, Talan Island, Okhotsk Sea, Siberia, Russia

Igor Shpilenok / Fishery station monitoring spawning Sockeye salmon on their way from the Okhotsk Sea into Kuril Lake, with rocky island called the 'Heart of Alaid' in background. Southern Kamchatka Sanctuary, Russia.

Igor Shpilenok / Okhotsk onion {Allium ochotense} leaves on bank of stream, Kronotsky Zapovednik Reserve, Kamchatka, Russia. Note - a popular food all over Siberia and Kamchatka, offering the first fresh vitamins at t...

Ben Osborne / Kittiwake perched on cliff ledge {Rissa tridactyla} Talan Is, Okhotsk Sea, E Russia

Ben Osborne / Common guillemots on cliff ledge {Uria aalge} Talan Is, Sea of Okhotsk, East Russia

Ben Osborne / Kittiwakes calling showing red mouth / tongue {Rissa tridactyla} Talan Is, Okhotsk

Ben Osborne / Kittiwakes mating at nest site {Rissa tridactyla} Talan Is, Okhotsk Sea, E Russia

Ben Osborne / Power station, Magadan, Siberia, East Russia

Ben Osborne / Kittiwake flying with nesting material {Rissa tridactyla} Talan Is, Okhotsk Sea, E Russia

Ben Osborne / Steller's sea eagle (Haliaeetus pelagicus) hunting seabirds off cliffs of Talan Island, Okhotsk Sea, Russia

Ben Osborne / Alpine flowwer species on Talan island, Sea of Okhotsk, East Russia

Ben Osborne / Common guillemot in flight {Uria aalge} Talan Is, Sea of Okhotsk, East Russia

Ben Osborne / Kittiwake flying to nest with material {Rissa tridactyla} Talan Is, Okhotsk Sea, E Russia

Ben Osborne / Common guillemot nesting colony on cliff {Uria aalge} Talan Is, Sea of Okhotsk, East Russia

Ben Osborne / Talan island surrounded by sea ice in early spring, Sea of Okhotsk, East Russia

Ben Osborne / Kittiwakes fly to collect mud for nest {Rissa tridactyla} Talan Is, Okhotsk Sea, E Russia

Ben Osborne / Frozen tundra vegetation on summit plateau, Talan island, Sea of Okhotsk, East Russia

Ben Osborne / Kittiwake {Rissa tridactyla} and Common guillemot {Uria aalge} cliff nest colony, Talan Is, Russia

Ben Osborne / Frozen dwarf conifer on summit plateau, Talan island, Sea of Okhotsk, East Russia

Ben Osborne / Alpine flowers on Talan island, Sea of Okhotsk, East Russia

Ben Osborne / Kittiwake flying to nest colony on cliff {Rissa tridactyla} Talan Is, Okhotsk Sea, Russia

Ben Osborne / Common guillemot nesting colony on cliff {Uria aalge} Talan Is, Sea of Okhotsk, East Russia

Ben Osborne / Sea ice in early spring, Sea of Okhotsk, East Russia

Ben Osborne / Common guillemots on sea {Uria aalge} Talan Is, Sea of Okhotsk, East Russia

Ben Osborne / Sunset over Russian mainland from Talan island, Sea of Okhotsk,

Ben Osborne / Kittiwakes mating at nest site {Rissa tridactyla} Talan Is Okhotsk Sea E Russia

Ben Osborne / Kittiwake in flight over sea {Rissa tridactyla} Talan Is Okhotsk Sea E Russia

Ben Osborne / Kittiwake colony on cliffs {Rissa tridactyla} Talan Is Okhotsk Sea E Russia

Ben Osborne / Kittiwake {Rissa tridactyla} Common guillemot {Uria aalge} cliff colony Talan Is Russia

Ben Osborne / Steller's sea eagle (Haliaeetus pelagicus) hunting Kittiwakes along cliff, Talan Island, Okhotsk Sea, Eastern Russia.

Ben Osborne / Kittiwake flying from cliff {Rissa tridactyla} Talan Is Okhotsk Sea E Russia

Ben Osborne / Kittiwake with nesting material {Rissa tridactyla} Talan Is Okhotsk Sea E Russia

Ben Osborne / Common guillemots on sea {Uria aalge} Talan Is Sea of Okhotsk East Russia

Ben Osborne / Kittiwakes on offshore rocks {Rissa tridactyla} Talan Is Okhotsk Sea E Russia

Ben Osborne / Kittiwake colony on cliffs {Rissa tridactyla} Talan Is Okhotsk Sea E Russia

Ben Osborne / Kittiwake flying from cliff {Rissa tridactyla} Talan Is Okhotsk Sea E Russia

Ben Osborne / Huge flock of Kittiwakes in flight {Rissa tridactyla} Talan Is Okhotsk Sea E Russia birds

Ben Osborne / Sea ice in early spring Talan island Sea of Okhotsk East Russia