Siberian jay, Putorana Plateau, Siberia, Russia

Siberian jay, Putorana Plateau, Siberia, Russia

It may be cold outside, but this Siberian jay looks quite cosy. Our little friend was photographed in Siberia, on the Putorana Plateau, a remote arctic ecosystem that’s also home to the world’s largest herd of reindeer. Putorana translates as ‘the country of lakes with steep banks’ in the language of the Evenks – one of the indigenous peoples of the Russian Far North – and this region has more than 25,000 lakes to its name. This time of the year, they’re more like ice rinks.