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Polesia

A selection of photos from Polesia in Belarus and Ukraine and FZS's work in and around the wilderness area. These photos may be used by media only in context of the Frankfurt Zoological Society’s work in the area. Please give the copyright information given in the captions.
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An aerial photo of the River Pripyat and its surrounding floodplain meadows, wetlands and oxbow lakes. This is an extremely important site for migrating birds (mainly waders) who stop here to feed on the abundance of food before continuing their migration. Turov area, Polesie, Belarus. © Daniel Rosengren / FZS
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An aerial photo of the River Pripyat and its surrounding floodplain meadows, wetlands and oxbow lakes. This is an extremely important site for migrating birds (mainly waders) who stop here to feed on the abundance of food before continuing their migration. Turov area, Polesie, Belarus. © Daniel Rosengren / FZS

  • An aerial photo of the River Pripyat and its surrounding floodplain meadows, wetlands and oxbow lakes. This is an extremely important site for migrating birds (mainly waders) who stop here to feed on the abundance of food before continuing their migration. Turov area, Polesie, Belarus. © Daniel Rosengren / FZS
  • An aerial photo of the River Pripyat and its surrounding floodplain meadows, wetlands and oxbow lakes. This is an extremely important site for migrating birds who stop here to feed on the abundance of food before continuing their migration. Turov area, Polesie, Belarus. © Daniel Rosengren / FZS
  • The river Pripyat in the Pripiat-Stokhid National Park in the Polesie area, Ukraine. © Daniel Rosengren / FZS
  • Polesia is the most important breeding area for the Aquatic Warbler. Photographed in the Pripiat-Stokhid National Park near the town of Sudche in the Polesie area, Ukraine. © Daniel Rosengren / FZS
  • White-winged Tern with a water beetle larva (Dytiscidae) on the River Pripyat Floodplains. Turov area, Polesie, Belarus. © Daniel Rosengren / FZS
  • Great snipes breed on the River Pripyat Floodplains. Turov area, Polesie, Belarus. © Daniel Rosengren / FZS
  • Three volunteers at the Turov Bird Ringing Station paddling in a to collect data in the River Pripyat water system, Turov area, Polesie, Belarus. © Daniel Rosengren / FZS
  • Two women and a horse on the countryside in the Polesie area, their future is threatened by the proposed E40 waterway, Ukraine. © Daniel Rosengren / FZS
  • A man fishing in the Pripiat-Stokhid National Park in the Polesie area, Ukraine. © Daniel Rosengren / FZS
  • A ranger confiscating several illegal fishing nets set out by fish poachers in the Polesie area, Ukraine. Here a northern pike was found and released. © Daniel Rosengren / FZS
  • Project leader Viktar Fenchuk. Bialowiezsa Forest, Belarus. © Daniel Rosengren / FZS
  • An aerial photo of the River Pripyat and its surrounding floodplain meadows, wetlands and oxbow lakes. This is an extremely important site for migrating birds (mainly waders) who stop here to feed on the abundance of food before continuing their migration. Turov area, Polesie, Belarus. © Daniel Rosengren
  • An aerial photo of the River Pripyat and its surrounding floodplain meadows, wetlands and oxbow lakes. This is an extremely important site for migrating birds (mainly waders) who stop here to feed on the abundance of food before continuing their migration. Turov area, Polesie, Belarus. © Daniel Rosengren
  • Sunset at the River Pripyat Floodplains. Turov area, Polesie, Belarus. © Daniel Rosengren
  • An aerial photo of the River Pripyat and its surrounding floodplain meadows, wetlands and oxbow lakes. This is an extremely important site for migrating birds (mainly waders) who stop here to feed on the abundance of food before continuing their migration. Turov area, Polesie, Belarus. © Daniel Rosengren
  • Nikolaiy Cherkass enjoying the biodiversity in the Polesie area, Belarus. © Daniel Rosengren
  • An aerial photo of the River Pripyat and its surrounding floodplain meadows, wetlands and oxbow lakes. This is an extremely important site for migrating birds (mainly waders) who stop here to feed on the abundance of food before continuing their migration. Turov area, Polesie, Belarus. © Daniel Rosengren
  • Pavel Pinchuk collecting Wood Sandpipers from a wader traps. The birds will be provided with rings for research and then released again. In the River Pripyat water system, Turov area, Polesie, Belarus. © Daniel Rosengren
  • Pavel Pinchuk ringing a Wood Sandpiper and taking a various measurements, checking the accumulated fat (fuel for the continued migration) and weighing it before it is released into the wild again. At the Turov Ornithological Station by the River Pripyat, Turov area, Polesie, Belarus. © Daniel Rosengren
  • Northern Lapwings breed at the River Pripyat Floodplains. Turov area, Polesie, Belarus. © Daniel Rosengren
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