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1. Willow Tit (2022-01-01)
2. Eurasian Siskin (2022-01-01)
3. Long-tailed Tit (2022-01-01)
4. Coal Tit (2022-01-01)
5. European Greenfinch (2022-01-02)
6. Eurasian Collared Dove (2022-01-02)
7. Northern Bullfinch (2022-01-02)
8. Common Chaffinch (2022-01-02)
9. Brambling (2022-01-02)
10. Blue Tit (2022-01-02)
11. Great Tit (2022-01-02)
12. Tree Sparrow (2022-01-02)
13. Eurasian Nuthatch (2022-01-03)
14. Fieldfare (2022-01-03)
15. Eurasian Jay (2022-01-03)
16. Common Sparrowhawk (2022-01-06)
17. Common Treecreeper (2022-01-07)
18. Great Spotted Woodpecker (2022-01-09)
19. Common Redpoll (2022-01-14)
20. Eurasian Jackdaw (2022-01-16)
21. Hooded Crow (2022-01-16)
22. Rock Pigeon (2022-01-16)
23. Common Goldeneye (2022-01-16)
24. Tufted Duck (2022-01-16)
25. Mallard (2022-01-16)
26. Goosander (2022-01-16)
27. Smew (2022-01-16)
28. Velvet Scoter (2022-01-16)
29. Herring Gull (2022-01-16)
30. House Sparrow (2022-02-12)
31. Ruddy Shelduck (2022-02-12)
32. Crested Tit (2022-02-13)
33. Grey-Headed Woodpecker (2022-02-13)
34. Mew Gull (2022-02-23)
36. Snow Bunting (2022-02-26)
37. Northern Hawk Owl (2022-02-26)
38. Bohemian Waxwing (2022-03-01)
39. Eurasian Magpie (2022-03-04)
40. Lesser Spotted Woodpecker (2022-03-08)
41. Common Raven (2022-03-08)
42. Rook (2022-03-13)
43. Mandarin Duck (2022-03-13)
44. Eurasian Blackbird (2022-03-19)
45. Common Starling (2022-03-26)
46. Eurasian Linnet (2022-03-26)
47. Northern Lapwing (2022-03-27)
48. Wood Pigeon (2022-03-28)
49. Eurasian Goldfinch (2022-04-03)
50. Common Snipe (2022-04-08)
51. Common Redshank (2022-04-08)
52. Northern Reed Bunting (2022-04-08)
53. Green Sandpiper (2022-04-09)
54. Garganey (2022-04-09)
55. European Robin (2022-04-10)
56. Black-headed Gull (2022-04-10)
57. White Wagtail (2022-04-15)
58. Hawfinch (2022-04-16)
60. Common Coot (2022-04-17)
61. Common Pochard (2022-04-17)
62. Song Thrush (2022-04-20)
63. Common Chiffchaff (2022-04-23)
64. Citrine Wagtail (2022-04-23)
65. Great Snipe (2022-04-25)
66. Dunnock (2022-04-29)
67. Marsh Sandpiper (2022-04-30)
68. Western Marsh-Harrier (2022-05-02)
69. Lesser Whitethroat (2022-05-02)
70. Bluethroat (2022-05-02)
71. Common Cuckoo (2022-05-02)
72. Common Sandpiper (2022-05-02)
73. Black Redstart (2022-05-02)
74. Yellow Wagtail (2022-05-02)
75. Whinchat (2022-05-02)
76. Pied Flycatcher (2022-05-02)
77. Blackcap (2022-05-02)
78. Yellowhammer (2022-05-02)
79. Eurasian Wryneck (2022-05-02)
80. Mute Swan (2022-05-03)
81. Whooper Swan (2022-05-03)
82. White Stork (2022-05-03)
83. Black Kite (2022-05-03)
85. Common Tern (2022-05-03)
86. Black Tern (2022-05-03)
87. Eurasian Penduline Tit (2022-05-03)
88. Azure Tit (2022-05-03)
89. Ruff (2022-05-03)
90. Common Rosefinch (2022-05-07)
91. Ortolan Bunting (2022-05-07)
92. White-tailed Sea-Eagle (2022-05-08)
93. Black-crowned Night Heron (2022-05-08)
94. Barn Swallow (2022-05-08)
95. White-winged Tern (2022-05-09)
96. Rosy Starling (2022-05-09)
97. Great Cormorant (2022-05-09)
98. Eurasian Hobby (2022-05-09)
99. Common Kestrel (2022-05-09)
100. Pallas's Cormorant (2022-05-09)
101. Little Egret (2022-05-09)
102. Hoopoe (2022-05-09)
103. Grey Heron (2022-05-09)
104. Common Stonechat (2022-05-09)
105. Little Ringed Plover (2022-05-13)
106. Tree Pipit (2022-05-14)
107. Great Grey Owl (2022-05-14)
108. Boreal Owl (2022-05-14)
109. Eurasian Scops-Owl (2022-05-14)
110. Common Crane (2022-05-15)
111. Corncrake (2022-05-15)
112. Ural Owl (2022-05-15)
113. Northern House Martin (2022-05-15)
114. Tawny Owl (2022-05-15)
115. Sedge Warbler (2022-05-18)
116. Common Whitethroat (2022-05-19)
117. Northern Wheatear (2022-05-19)
118. Spotted Flycatcher (2022-05-19)
119. Thrush Nightingale (2022-05-19)
120. Common Buzzard (2022-05-19)
121. European Bee-eater (2022-05-20)
122. Western Grasshopper Warbler (2022-05-20)
123. Lesser Grey Shrike (2022-05-20)
124. Barred Warbler (2022-05-20)
125. Willow Warbler (2022-05-21)
126. Montagu's Harrier (2022-05-21)
127. Sky Lark (2022-05-21)
128. Red-backed Shrike (2022-05-22)
129. Little Bittern (2022-05-29)
130. Blyth's Reed Warbler (2022-05-29)
131. Common Swift (2022-05-29)
132. Great Reed Warbler (2022-05-29)
133. Booted Warbler (2022-06-04)
134. Eurasian Honey-Buzzard (2022-06-12)
135. Wood Sandpiper (2022-06-19)
136. Marsh Warbler (2022-07-03)
137. Arctic Redpoll (2022-07-09)
138. Osprey (2022-07-31)
139. Temminck's Stint (2022-07-31)
140. Common Greenshank (2022-07-31)
141. Grey Plover (2022-07-31)
142. Black-tailed Godwit (2022-07-31)
143. Eurasian Redstart (2022-08-01)
144. Garden Warbler (2022-08-06)
145. Middle Spotted Woodpecker (2022-08-13)
146. Common Moorhen (2022-08-21)
147. Goldcrest (2022-09-09)
148. Spotted Nutcracker (2022-09-10)
149. Great White Egret (2022-09-15)
150. Glossy Ibis (2022-09-15)
151. Greater Ringed Plover (2022-09-15)
152. Pygmy Cormorant (2022-09-15)
153. Eurasian Spoonbill (2022-09-15)
154. Whiskered Tern (2022-09-15)
155. Laughing Dove (2022-09-16)
156. Black-winged Stilt (2022-09-16)
157. Purple Heron (2022-09-16)
158. Blue-cheeked Bee-eater (2022-09-16)
159. Greater Flamingo (2022-09-16)
160. Common Kingfisher (2022-09-16)
161. Squacco Heron (2022-09-16)
162. Red-crested Pochard (2022-09-16)
164. Lesser Spotted Eagle (2022-09-16)
165. Little Stint (2022-09-16)
166. Red-necked Phalarope (2022-09-16)
167. Dunlin (2022-09-16)
168. Eurasian Stone Curlew (2022-09-17)
169. Crested Lark (2022-09-17)
170. Bearded Tit (2022-09-17)
171. Grey-headed Swamphen (2022-09-17)
172. Eastern Imperial Eagle (2022-09-17)
173. Corn Bunting (2022-09-17)
174. Eurasian Roller (2022-09-17)
175. Greater Scaup (2022-09-17)
176. Golden Eagle (2022-09-17)
177. Pied Avocet (2022-09-17)
178. Black-eared Wheatear (2022-09-18)
179. Blue Rock Thrush (2022-09-18)
180. Pied Wheatear (2022-09-18)
181. Griffon Vulture (2022-09-18)
182. Lammergeier (2022-09-18)
183. Short-toed Snake-Eagle (2022-09-18)
184. Chukar Partridge (2022-09-18)
185. Egyptian Vulture (2022-09-18)
186. Cinereous Vulture (2022-09-18)
187. Lesser Kestrel (2022-09-18)
188. Greater Short-toed Lark (2022-09-18)
189. Common Shelduck (2022-09-18)
190. Caspian Gull (2022-09-18)
191. Eurasian Wigeon (2022-09-30)
192. Siberian Black-backed Gull (2022-09-30)
193. Ruddy Turnstone (2022-09-30)
194. Great Black-backed Gull (2022-09-30)
196. Northern Goshawk (2022-10-16)
197. Long-tailed Duck (2022-10-28)
198. Eurasian Green Woodpecker (2022-11-07)
199. White-Backed Woodpecker (2022-12-01)
200. Glaucous Gull (2022-12-20)

recent uploads

2025-11-13. Marsh Tit.

2025-11-04. Hen Harrier.

2025-11-03. Rough-legged Buzzard.

2025-10-31. Lesser Spotted Woodpecker, Middle Spotted Woodpecker.

2025-10-25. Red-Necked Grebe, Ring-billed Gull.

2025-10-23. Red-breasted Merganser, Caspian Gull.

2025-10-21. Arctic Loon, Common Sparrowhawk, Eurasian Collared Dove.

2025-10-18. Greater Scaup, Northern Reed Bunting.

2025-10-17. Black-legged Kittiwake, Smew, Red-breasted Merganser.

2025-10-13. Great Crested Grebe, Slavonian Grebe.

2025-10-11. Northern Black Grouse, Grey Partridge.

2025-10-10. Whooper Swan, Mute Swan, Bewick's Swan.

2025-10-09. Tufted Duck, Ruddy Shelduck, House Sparrow.

2025-10-07. Coal Tit.

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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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recent video

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).

2024-05-26. European Bee-eater (Stanislavs Gr).

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unidentified birds

2025-11-09

Артем: Того же мнения, но всё равно не уверенБелая бровь, полосок на крыле видно тут и рыжий цвет налицо подхвостье явно белое.Предположу что уже [....]
2025-09-30

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2025-08-06

Роман Кисельов: Дякую, так, міг помилитися. Додав ще два фото (неякісні, але інший ракурс).
2025-08-04

Сергей Шурша: Эту птицу обсуждали в 2023 по дополнительным фото, пока кто-то из модераторов не удалил "лишние копии" вместе с обсуждением. И вот опять, коршун [....]
2025-07-14

Дмитрий Шевцов: Весничка
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