Mark Cocker

The world’s largest, rarest owl is used for target practice in Siberia

The magnificent Blakiston’s fish owl faces near extinction in the forests of far-eastern Russia, according to Jonathan Slaght

Blakiston’s fish owl hunting in a cold-water creek. Alamy 
issue 01 August 2020

The montane forests of far-eastern Russia have given rise to one of the finest nature books of recent years, The Great Soul of Siberia. In it the Korean cameraman Sooyong Park describes his quest to document the life of the region’s Amur tigers, evoking both his totem beast and its remarkable landscape in loving detail.

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