Headstarting is a collaborative effort between WWT, BirdsRussia and the RSPB, and occurs as part of the International Arctic Expedition mounted each year by BirdsRussia under the leadership of Dr. Evgeny Syroechkovskiy.

Another text update from Nige

28 Jun 2012
by Nigel Jarrett
1 Comment

09:18, Thursday 28 June @ Yakutsk airport

Liza T. and I are now with the eggs in Yakutsk airport after flying for 3 hours. The plane is refuelling (takes 1.5 hours). We’ve another 6.5 hrs fly time to Moscow. There have been one or two bumps along the way … we can only hope the baby SBS are OK inside their eggs …

  1. Lesley 29 June 2012 at 14:20 Reply

    Great news, hope the next leg of your journey isn’t quite so bumpy.

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