Martin McGill

Martin is usually found looking after the acclaimed wildfowl reserve at WWT Slimbridge but for the Chukotka expedition he dusted off his feathery fingers for a return to the world of aviculture, to deliver some hands-on bird care. One of Martin’s passions is wading birds and his skills as a birdwatcher were invaluable in searching out the handful of breeding pairs of spoon-billed sandpipers in the hundreds of miles of coastline along this stretch of the Russian Far East.