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Grey Heron

Ardea cinerea

© Sergey Simonov | 2017-08-26 | Palanga, Lithuania

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2025-12-28. Igor Dvurekov: Common Goldeneye, Khasan Zhurtov: Black-headed Gull.

2025-12-27. Dmitry Belyaev: Blue Tit, Northern Bullfinch, Bohemian Waxwing, Fieldfare, Igor Dvurekov: Middle Spotted Woodpecker, Sergo Travelian: Horned Lark, Volodymyr Merzlikin: Mew Gull, Slavonian Grebe, Red-crested Pochard, Northern Pintail, mixail krjukov: Black Woodpecker.

2025-12-26. Andrey Mis\'kov: Bohemian Waxwing, Brambling, Northern Bullfinch, Eurasian Jay, Hen Harrier, Andrey Semenov: Firecrest, Little Gull, Eurasian Dipper, Short-toed Tree-Creeper, Yellow-legged Gull, Dmitriy Shevtsov: Long-tailed Tit, Igor Dvurekov: Common Treecreeper, Maxim Lanin: Eastern Imperial Eagle, Sergo Travelian: Greater Ringed Plover, Dunlin, Little Stint.

2025-12-25. Igor Dvurekov: Mew Gull, Middle Spotted Woodpecker, Ilya Zlobin: Greylag Goose, Whooper Swan, Natalia Drabina: Eurasian Honey-Buzzard, Eurasian Honey-Buzzard, Eurasian Honey-Buzzard, Eurasian Honey-Buzzard, Greater White-fronted Goose, Long-tailed Tit, Corn Bunting, Brambling, Arctic Loon, Whooper Swan, Mute Swan, Common Buzzard, Hen Harrier, Common Sparrowhawk, Greylag Goose, Ruddy Shelduck, Whooper Swan, Smew, Wood Pigeon, Long-eared Owl, Whooper Swan, Northern Goshawk, Crested Lark, Corn Bunting, Smew, Stock Pigeon, Common Goldeneye, Great Grey Shrike, Common Kingfisher, Mistle Thrush, Great Cormorant, Northern Bullfinch, Sergo Travelian: Blue Tit, Vladimir Semashko: Common Pochard, Tawny Owl, Common Pheasant.

2025-12-24. Aleksandr Gontcharov: Great Grey Shrike, Dmytro Petrychenko: Velvet Scoter, Galina Katanova: Horned Lark, Western Capercaillie, Igor Dvurekov: Bean Goose, Eurasian Wigeon, Konstantin Farniev: Eurasian Dipper, Little Grebe, Natalia Drabina: Greater Spotted Eagle, Osprey, Common Pochard, Western Marsh-Harrier, Common Buzzard, Red-footed Falcon, Common Sparrowhawk, Eurasian Roller, Ruddy Shelduck, Black Kite, Northern Shoveler, Eurasian Wigeon, Garganey, Ruddy Shelduck, Great Grey Shrike, Peregrine Falcon, Great Grey Shrike, Red-footed Falcon, Black Kite, Black Kite, Purple Heron, Ruddy Shelduck, Common Sparrowhawk, White-tailed Sea-Eagle, Ruff, Common Sparrowhawk, Black Woodpecker, Redwing, Eurasian Scops-Owl, Osprey, Gadwall, Common Teal, Red-crested Pochard, Grey Wagtail, Common Pochard, Great Cormorant, Black-winged Stilt, Little Ringed Plover, Ruddy Shelduck, Corncrake, Northern Goshawk, White-tailed Sea-Eagle, White-tailed Sea-Eagle, Common Sparrowhawk, Common Kestrel, Montagu's Harrier, Common Buzzard, Black Kite, Little Owl, Red-footed Falcon, Common Buzzard, Tree Pipit, Lesser Spotted Woodpecker, Grey-Headed Woodpecker, Common Kestrel, Ruddy Shelduck, White-tailed Sea-Eagle, Ruddy Shelduck, Crested Tit, Tawny Owl, Common Sparrowhawk, Common Buzzard, White-tailed Sea-Eagle, Black Kite, Common Buzzard, Western Marsh-Harrier, Northern Goshawk, Common Sparrowhawk, Northern Lapwing, Black Kite, Purple Heron, White-tailed Sea-Eagle, Hoopoe, White-tailed Sea-Eagle, Corn Bunting, European Bee-eater, Yellowhammer, Red-backed Shrike, Eurasian Goldfinch, Eurasian Reed Warbler, Black Kite, Common Buzzard, Middle Spotted Woodpecker, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Lesser Spotted Woodpecker, Gadwall, White-tailed Sea-Eagle, Common Treecreeper, Mistle Thrush, Black Woodpecker, Eurasian Linnet, Great White Egret, Eurasian Honey-Buzzard, Black Kite, Great White Egret, Greylag Goose, Western Marsh-Harrier, Bearded Tit, Common Sparrowhawk, Water Rail, Great Crested Grebe, Little Grebe, Great Cormorant, White-tailed Sea-Eagle, Great White Egret, Black-Necked Grebe, Marsh Tit, Eurasian Hobby, Common Buzzard, Mute Swan, Black-crowned Night Heron, Eurasian Nuthatch, Black Woodpecker, European Robin, Black Kite, Wood Sandpiper, Western Marsh-Harrier, Whiskered Tern, White-tailed Sea-Eagle, Black Kite, Common Kestrel, Bluethroat, Common Stonechat, Eurasian Wryneck, Western Marsh-Harrier, Northern Wheatear, Ruddy Shelduck, Little Owl, Northern Shoveler, Citrine Wagtail (Western), Bluethroat, Savi's Warbler, Black Kite, White Wagtail, Crested Tit, Goldcrest, Common Buzzard, Common Crane, Stock Pigeon, Eurasian Pygmy-Owl, Eurasian Siskin, Firecrest, Northern Hazelhen, Coal Tit, Long-tailed Tit, Eurasian Dipper, Northern Wren, Dunnock, Blackcap, Vladimir Semashko: Wood Warbler, Lesser Grey Shrike, Savi's Warbler, Great Reed Warbler, Eurasian Reed Warbler, Sedge Warbler, Paddyfield Warbler, Bearded Tit, Spotted Flycatcher, Horned Lark, Eurasian Magpie.

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recent comments


2025-12-27. to photo # 01700285401 (Middle Spotted Woodpecker)

Игорь Двуреков: Средний пёстрый дятел встречается у нас всё чаще. В этот день я встретил их дважды в двух разных местах. Он и большой пёстрый встретились на [....]


2025-12-26. to photo # 03990231201 (Ring-billed Gull)

Марина Торгашова: Извините, пробую загрузить эту чайку на определение два раза-не выходит и карта не работает.


2025-12-26. to photo # 03990231204 (Ring-billed Gull)

Марина Торгашова: Интересно, поздравляю!Вчера сняла похожую чайку в Южном парке, Калининград.


2025-12-25. to photo # 05610011001 (Whooper Swan)

Дмитрий Шевцов: Малый лебедь


2025-12-25. to photo # 05610010901 (Greylag Goose)

Дмитрий Шевцов: Молодой белолобый


2025-12-25. to photo # 07300023201 (Common Buzzard)

Наталія Драбина: Дякую!


2025-12-24. to photo # 07300027801 (Common Buzzard)

Сергій Травелян: і тут вид не вибрали


2025-12-24. to photo # 00850021101 (Willow Warbler)

Владимир Семашко: Добрый вечер.Извините, ошибка! Весничка это.


2025-12-24. to photo # 07300023201 (Common Buzzard)

Сергій Травелян: Наталю, забули вибрати вид птаха


2025-12-24. to photo # 00860398201 (Western Capercaillie)

Дмитрий Ерохин: ЗамечТательно !


2025-12-24. to photo # 00850021101 (Willow Warbler)

Виталий Бутко: Добрый день .А по каким признакам ?


2025-12-23. to photo # 00850020901 (Common Greenshank)

Владимир Семашко: слева. с поручейниками, травником и фифи


2025-12-23. to photo # 00850020801 (Marsh Sandpiper)

Владимир Семашко: с фифи


2025-12-23. to photo # 00850020501 (Little Stint)

Владимир Семашко: с фифи


2025-12-23. to photo # 00850019801 (Ruff)

Владимир Семашко: с большим веретенником


2025-12-23. to photo # 00850019701 (Yellow-legged Gull)

Владимир Семашко: с чегравами


2025-12-23. to photo # 00850020201 (Spotted Redshank)

Владимир Семашко: с краснозобиком, поручейниками и фифи


2025-12-23. to photo # 03780342302 (Black-Necked Grebe)

Сергій Травелян: так, чорношия


2025-12-23. to photo # 03780342302 (Black-Necked Grebe)

Андрій Сімон: Чорношия ж наче?


2025-12-23. to photo # 03780342302 (Black-Necked Grebe)

Сергій Травелян: Андрію, забув вказати вид


2025-12-19. to photo # 00850016901 (Western Barn Owl)

Владимир Семашко: Оно, конечно, так, но я в темноте не умею снимать :(


2025-12-18. to photo # 00850016901 (Western Barn Owl)

Игорь Двуреков: Зачем же её вспышкой..


2025-12-12. to photo # 00860396701 (Meadow Pipit)

Галина Катанова: Спасибо. Краснозобые летели в конце августа и почти весь сентябрь, наслушалась их, этот вроде как по голосу отличался, вот и подумала на лугового, [....]


2025-12-12. to photo # 00860396701 (Meadow Pipit)

Анна Ясько: Думаю, скорее луговой по окрасу, чем краснозобый.


2025-12-12. to photo # 00860396701 (Meadow Pipit)

Галина Катанова: луговой или нет?


2025-12-09. to photo # 02360005302 (Lesser Black-backed Gull)

Дмитрий Шевцов: У меня тоже не грузится


2025-12-09. to photo # 02360005302 (Lesser Black-backed Gull)

Наталия Походзей: Подскажите, пожалуйста, только у меня не подгружается карта, или у всех?


2025-12-09. to photo # 02360005302 (Lesser Black-backed Gull)

Наталия Походзей: Получилось исправить на Мурманск


2025-12-09. to photo # 02360005302 (Lesser Black-backed Gull)

Наталия Походзей: Фото сделано в Мурманске, исправила координаты. Но у меня не подгружается карта. Не могу исправить Лондон на Мурманск


2025-12-09. to photo # 02360198501 (Common Starling)

Наталия Походзей: Анна, спасибо! Поправила


2025-12-08. to photo # 02360005302 (Lesser Black-backed Gull)

Анна Ясько: Если фото было сделано не на территории России, то оно будет удалено.


2025-12-08. to photo # 02360198501 (Common Starling)

Анна Ясько: Наталия, поправьте, пожалуйста, дату. Сейчас указан 1961 год.


2025-12-07. to photo # 04140008801 (Isabelline Wheatear)

Дмитрий Шевцов: Перенес


2025-12-07. to photo # 02360281701 (Willow Warbler)

Владимир Семашко: пеночка, но ноги не очень понятны. Весничка, наверное


2025-12-06. to photo # 02360326101 (Wood Lark)

Владимир Семашко: а почему точка в Китае?


2025-12-05. to photo # 00320309901 (Goldcrest)

Дмитрий Шевцов: Спасибо.


2025-12-04. to photo # 03160031601 (Great White Pelican)

Николай Никитин: Значит исправим. Теперь можно сказать , что к нам и кудрявые и розовые залетают.


2025-12-04. to photo # 03160031602 (Great White Pelican)

Дмитрий Шевцов: Это молодые розовые пеликаны, я поэтому вас и спросил. Анна уже подробно описала признаки розового пеликана, я полность с ней согласен.


2025-12-04. to photo # 03160031602 (Great White Pelican)

Николай Никитин: Не хотелось бы ошибиться...


2025-12-04. to photo # 00320309901 (Goldcrest)

Юрий Комаров: Действительно хороший кадр!


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rare birds records


Ring-billed Gull (Larus delawarensis)

© Alexandr Balaev
2025-10-24
Москва, Царицынские пруды

According to available data, this is the third observation of the species in Russia and the first photo on the website. The gull was discovered by E. Shmeleva on 23 October 2025, in Moscow at the Tsaritsyno Ponds. For the first time, the Ring-billed Gull, which inhabits North America and regularly visits Europe, was tracked by a tracker to Nizhny Novgorod in 2022, where its nesting with a Common Gull was recorded. The following year, it was also found there.


Red-footed Falcon (Falco vespertinus)

© Yury Podverbny
2025-09-18

Очень редкий гнездящийся и транзитно-мигрирующий в Беларуси вид. Кроме транзитной миграции, возможны залёты на территорию страны вне сезона гнездования.


Glossy Ibis (Plegadis falcinellus)

© Valery Dombrovski
2025-09-07
Gomel region, Zhitkovichi district, Turov

Редкий залётный вид в Беларуси


Water Rail (Rallus aquaticus)

© Dmitriy Shevtsov
2025-08-22
North Osetia, Brut


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2025-12-07. Tree Sparrow (Stanislavs Gr).

2025-07-18. Common Chiffchaff (Andrei Orekhov).

2025-02-26. Grey-Headed Woodpecker (Vitalii Kazannyk).

2024-11-28. Mandarin Duck (Galina Katanova).

2024-10-15. Northern Hawk Owl (Galina Katanova).

2024-10-11. Ruff (Hlib Koval).

2024-09-11. Dunlin (Vadim Sinukhin).

2024-09-10. Ural Owl (Galina Katanova).

2024-07-31. Lesser Grey Shrike (Alexandr Balaev).

2024-07-13. Northern Bullfinch (Alexandr Balaev).

2024-07-10. Great Cormorant (Stanislavs Gr).

2024-06-17. Icterine Warbler (Alexandr Balaev).

2024-06-05. Northern Wren (Alexandr Balaev).

2024-06-04. Red-billed Chough (Alexandr Balaev).

2024-05-31. Common Whitethroat (Stanislavs Gr).

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unidentified birds


2025-12-25

Наталія Драбина: Чернь морська чи чубата?

2025-12-24

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2025-12-24

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