Siberia 2013 2014
 

Hillary Wallace

 

Shapsha fieldstation

 



 

floodplain at shapsha at beginning of trip

 

floodplain at shapsha at beginning of trip

 

Haliaeetus albicilla White-tailed Eagle

 

Haliaeetus albicilla White-tailed Eagle

 



 



 



 



 



 

Emily and Hillary

 

Emily and Hillary

 

Lactuca siberica

 

Anemonidium dichotomum

 

where voles ate rhizomes of grasses

 

pink band where voles ate rhizomes of grasses

 

Emily and Hillary

 

Hillary Wallace

 



 

Nadezhda Pankova

 

Ranunculus lingua

 

Stellaria palustris in long flooded zone

 

Lythrum salicaria

 



 



 

typical floodplain meadow vegetation in foreground and vole disturbed area shown in pink in background

 

disturbed by voles in foreground distant ranunculus lingua in very wet area

 

Hillary Wallace

 

Emily and Hillary

 

typical floodplain vegetation along riverbank

 



 

Typical stand of Calamagrostis purpurea that has not been flooded so the leaf litter remains

 

depression in floodplain with Oenanthe and Calamagrostis neglecta in wetter areas

 

Distant Ranunculus lingua in very wet area

 



 

Calamagrostis neglecta

 

Emily and Hillary

 

Hillary Wallace

 

Emily and Hillary

 

Floating quadrat

 

Floodplain birch forest in highest parts of floodplain

 

Filipendula ulmaria Meadowsweet

 



 



 



 



 



 

Emily Dresner

 



 

Hillary Wallace

 



 



 

Hillary with Alopecurus pratensis

 



 



 



 

Zhenya and Emily

 



 

Hillary Zhenya and Emily

 



 

Hillary Zhenya and Emily

 

Prunella vulgaris

 



 



 

sharp line between never flooded forest and floodplain meadow

 



 

From plane towards Khanty-Mansiysk

 

From plane towards Khanty-Mansiysk

 

From plane towards Khanty-Mansiysk

 

Riparia riparia Sand Martin

 

Riparia riparia Sand Martin

 

Ptarmica cartilaginea

 

Irina David Emily

 

Angelica decurrens

 

Senecio tataricus

 

Alopecurus aestivalis

 

David Emily

 

David Emily

 

David rolling soil sample

 

Sympetrum flaveolum Yellow-Winged Darter

 

Stachys palustris

 

Irina David Emily

 

Rhinanthus aestivalis

 

Carex acuta

 

Sympetrum flaveolum Yellow-Winged Darter

 

Carex vesicaria Blister Sedge.

 

Sympetrum flaveolum Yellow-Winged Darter

 

Filipendula ulmaria Meadowsweet

 

Trifolium pratense

 



 



 



 



 



 



 

Emily Dresner

 

Emily Dresner

 



 



 



 



 



 



 

Hordeum jubatum Foxtail Barley

 

Vicia sepium Bush vetch

 

Setting off for research station but then returning after deciding the boat was too heavy and would not go fast enough Yaroslav Emily David Iliya Irina

 

Emily David Iliya setting out for field station by boat

 

Emily David Iliya setting out for field station by boat but then loosing Davids hat so having to go back and get it

 

Emily David Iliya setting out for field station by boat but then loosing Davids hat so having to go back and get it

 

Emily David Iliya setting out for field station by boat leaning over front to get outboard working as fast as possible

 

Abies sibirica Siberian Fir

 

Nymphalis polychloros Large Tortoiseshell

 



 



 



 



 



 

Cirsium setosum

 

Irina being eaten by mosquitos

 



 

David Emily soil coring to insall dipwell

 

Zhenya on mobile phone with gps pole

 

Oenanthe aquatica

 

Calamagrostis neglecta

 

Cumulonimbus cloud forming

 

Haliaeetus albicilla White-tailed Eagle

 

Bucephala clangula Goldeneye

 

Emilys line being drawn on bridge and water level of river measured

 

Emilys line being drawn on bridge and water level of river measured

 

Emilys line being drawn on bridge and water level of river measured

 

Emilys line being drawn on bridge and water level of river measured

 

Mike and gps

 



 

Acronicta alni Alder Moth

 



 



 



 



 



 

David Gowing at computer on dining table at Mukhrino fieldstation

 

Mukhrino field station food preparation area

 

Hut white tom cat

 

Irina

 



 

Mukhrino field station

 

Mukhrino field station food preparation area

 

Mukhrino field station food preparation area

 



 



 

possibly Fuligo septica a slime mould

 



 

Pinus sylvestris Scots Pine

 



 



 

Paris quadrifolia Herb paris

 

Gymnocarpium dryopteris Oak fern

 

Diphasiastrum complanatum in front Lycopodium annotinum in middle distance

 

Geum aleppicum Yellow Avens

 

Linnaea borealis Twinflower and Maianthemum bifolium May Lily

 

Bufo bufo Common Toad

 

Fomes fomentarius

 

Equisetum sylvaticum Wood horsetail

 

Peltigera canina

 

Stemonitis fusca (?)

 

Sambucus racemosus Red berried elder

 



 

Rubus chamaemorus Cloudberry

 



 

Scheuchzeria palustris Rannoch-rush

 

Drosera rotundifolia Round-leaved sundew

 

Drosera anglica

 

Betula nana

 

A white slime mould on the bog

 

Oxycoccus palustris Common Cranberry

 

Scheuchzeria palustris Rannoch-rush

 



 



 



 

Cladonia stellaris

 

Andromeda polifolia Bog rosemary

 

David up tree

 



 



 

Irina taking photo from tree ladder

 



 



 

Solar panel array providing electricity to run research station

 

Solar panel array providing electricity to run research station

 



 

Yaroslav Emily David Mike

 

Emily line on bridge

 



 



 



 

Traditional wooden houses Shapsha

 



 



 

Shapsha research station wooden building

 



 



 

Abies sibirica Picea abies Pinus sibirica

 

Argynnis paphia Silver-washed Fritillary

 

Daphne mezereum

 

Argynnis paphia Silver-washed Fritillary

 

Leptura quadrifasciata a Longhorn Beetle

 

Sium latifolium (?)

 

Alisma plantago-aquatica Common Water-plantain

 

Lactuca sibirica

 

Geum rivale

 

Lysimachia vulgaris

 

Impatiens noli-tangere Touch-me-not Balsam

 

Salix sp

 

Salix sp

 

Papilio machaon Swallowtail

 

Bedroom Shapsha fieldstation

 

kitchen Shapsha research station

 

Soil cores Shapsha research station

 



 



 

Davids bed at research station

 

Stratocumulus sheet Moscow

 

Picea abies dead in the forests around Moscow. Aerial view so can't be certain but likely P.abies killed by spruce bark beetle

 

Moscow outskirts from plane

 

Achillea ptarmica

 

Valery Turin, Irina, David Gowing, Emily Dresner, Owen Mountford on floodplain Surgut

 

Senecio tataricum

 

David Gowing Emily Dresner Valery Turin Irina Tatarenko and Owen Mountford with Senecio tataricum

 

Inula britannica

 

Valery Turin, Irina, David Gowing, Emily Dresner, Owen Mountford on floodplain Surgut

 



 

Mike Dodd in Carex

 

Veronica longifolia

 

Sanguisorba officinalis

 

Lathyrus palustris

 

Gentiana pneumonanthe

 

Owen Mountford in drier floodplain community with Gentians

 

Valery Turin, Irina, David Gowing, Emily Dresner, Owen Mountford on floodplain Surgut

 

Carex acuta

 

Rorippa amphibia

 

Ephemeral wet mud community with Callitriche, Coleanthus, Limosella

 

Carex acuta

 

Mike Dodd in Carex

 

Lysimachia vulgaris and Veronica longifolia

 



 

Senecio tataricum

 



 



 

Sium latifolium

 



 

Lunch in species rich floodplain plant community on the drier area with Sanguisorba officinalis and several other herbs

 

Anemonidium dichotomum

 

Sanguisorba officinalis

 

Senecio tataricum on the drier parts of a Carex filled channel in the floodplain

 



 



 

Hovercraft

 

Valery Turin, Irina, David Gowing, Emily Dresner, Owen Mountford at airfield

 

Construction work Surgut

 

Surgut

 

Small patches of the floodplain cut for hay

 

One of Valery's long-term monitoring plots

 



 

Valery Turin showing drier floodplain plots with Sanguisorba officinialis

 

Valery Turin showing drier floodplain plots with Sanguisorba officinialis

 



 

Sanguisorba officinalis growing in pure sand on river bank

 



 

Soil profile on bank of river Ob

 

Soil profile on bank of river Ob

 

Soil profile on bank of river Ob

 

One of Valery's long-term monitoring plots in the wetter area

 

Carex acuta

 

Carex aquatilis

 

Plantago major

 



 

General area of Valery's long-term botanical monitoring plots

 

Sonchus arvensis

 

Rumex thyrsiflorus

 

Sagittaria sagittifolia

 

Owen Mountford and Emily Dresner sampling water weeds in a lake using a grapnel

 

Owen Mountford and Emily Dresner sampling water weeds in a lake using a grapnel

 

Owen Mountford Valery Turin and Emily Dresner sampling water weeds in a lake using a grapnel

 

Utricularia vulgaris with turion

 

Traditional wooden houses using old advertising signs for roof

 



 

Bridge for water level measurement Baibalakovskaya Protoka (channel of the river), road bridge on Khanty-Mansiysk to Talinka main road

 

Ursus arctos arctos Eurasian brown bear footprint

 



 

Forest path towards Mukhrino Field Station with Picea obovata, Abies sibirica, Betula pubescens, Populus tremula, Sorbus aucuparia

 

Forest path towards Mukhrino Field Station with Picea obovata, Abies sibirica, Betula pubescens, Populus tremula, Sorbus aucuparia

 

Owen, David, Emily and Zhenya crossing bridge made from felled poplar tree

 

International field station of UNESCO chair Yugra state university Mukhrino Field Station with David Gowing and Emily Dresner

 

Mukhrino Field Station cooking area

 

Mukhrino Field Station log pile

 

Mukhrino Field Station facilities and running water (if you fill up the buckets with rainwater from the roof)

 



 

Remains of a traditional boat

 

Remains of hunters dwelling in forest

 



 



 



 



 

Field station boat to take us across the river and up to the meadow

 

Field station boat to take us across the river and up to the meadow

 

Field station boat to take us across the river and up to the meadow

 



 

Alopecurus aequalis

 

Yaroslav and Zhenya

 

David Gowing using Soviet era metal detector

 

Lunch in the meadow in between botanising and locating dipwells

 

Lunch in the meadow in between botanising and locating dipwells

 

David Gowing measuring string length after removing the automatic water level measuring device from the well

 

Mukhrino meadow fieldsite

 

Mukhrino meadow fieldsite

 



 

All terrain vehicle

 

Fomes fomentarius

 

Cortinarius sp

 

Russula sp

 

Clavariadelphus ligula

 

Pholiota squarrosa

 

Boletus edulis

 

Leccinum piceinum / L. versipelle or similar. Mixed forest with Picea, Populus, Betula, Pinus, Abies

 

Hericium coralloides

 

Hericium coralloides

 

Sphagnum filled stream in Betula and Picea forest near Mukhrino field station

 



 

Lycoperdon pyriforme (?) not quite same shape as this species growing in UK

 

Cortinarius sp

 

Lactarius sp

 



 

Cortinarius sp

 

Off road vehicle

 

Outdoor cooking area with axe and cooking pot on fire

 

Mukhrino white cat

 

International field station of UNESCO chair Yugra state university and white cat Mukhrino Field Station

 

Populus tremula leaves showing red autumn colour

 

Populus tremula leaves showing red autumn colour

 



 

Populus tremula leaves showing red autumn colour

 

Vaccinium myrtillus

 

Vaccinium uliginosum

 

Oxycoccus palustris

 



 



 



 



 



 



 



 



 

Equisetum sylvaticum Wood horsetail

 

Scutellinia sp eyelash fungus

 

Cudonia confusa (?)

 



 



 



 

Vaccinium vitis-idea

 



 

Panellus stipticus (?)

 



 

Populus tremula leaves showing red autumn colour

 



 



 



 



 

David, Emily and Zhenya crossing bridge made from felled poplar tree

 

Carex acuta (mainly) covering large areas of the floodplain

 



 



 



 

Sun dogs or parhelia caused by refraction of light from ice crystals in cirrus clouds

 



 



 



 



 



 



 



 



 



 

Hydnum rufescens

 

Gomphus clavatus (Extinct in Britain)

 

Ramaria sp

 



 



 

Clavariadelphus ligula

 



 

Emily Dresner sorting hay into species groups

 



 

Vaccinium vitis-idea berries

 

Vaccinium vitis-idea berries

 

Traditional wooden house

 

House made out of a pipe

 

Traditional wooden house

 



 



 



 



 



 



 



 



 



 



 



 



 



 



 



 



 

Wigwam in the forest near Shapsha village

 

Khanty-Mansiysk from the plane

 

Khanty-Mansiysk and Irtysh river from plane

 

Khanty-Mansiysk and Irtysh river from plane

 



 



 



 



 



 

Floodplain of river Protva south east of Moscow

 

Floodplain of river Protva south east of Moscow