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total species: 214
total photos: 483
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1. Eurasian Siskin (2023-01-01)
2. Coal Tit (2023-01-01)
3. European Greenfinch (2023-01-01)
4. Eurasian Collared Dove (2023-01-01)
5. Northern Bullfinch (2023-01-02)
6. Great Spotted Woodpecker (2023-01-02)
7. Great Tit (2023-01-02)
8. Blue Tit (2023-01-03)
9. Common Goldeneye (2023-01-04)
10. Greater Scaup (2023-01-04)
12. House Sparrow (2023-01-04)
13. Tree Sparrow (2023-01-04)
14. Hooded Crow (2023-01-04)
15. Eurasian Jackdaw (2023-01-04)
16. Mallard (2023-01-04)
17. Rock Pigeon (2023-01-04)
18. Goosander (2023-01-04)
19. Eurasian Linnet (2023-01-05)
20. Long-tailed Tit (2023-01-06)
21. Eurasian Jay (2023-01-06)
22. Willow Tit (2023-01-07)
23. Common Teal (2023-01-10)
24. Tufted Duck (2023-01-13)
25. Smew (2023-01-13)
26. Grey Heron (2023-01-13)
27. Ruddy Shelduck (2023-01-15)
28. Eurasian Wigeon (2023-01-15)
30. Northern Shoveler (2023-01-18)
31. Bohemian Waxwing (2023-01-21)
32. Tawny Owl (2023-01-21)
33. Herring Gull (2023-01-21)
34. Grey-Headed Woodpecker (2023-01-24)
35. Mandarin Duck (2023-01-26)
36. Eurasian Nuthatch (2023-02-01)
37. Common Redpoll (2023-02-10)
38. Fieldfare (2023-02-12)
39. Northern Pintail (2023-02-15)
40. Caspian Gull (2023-02-15)
41. Common Sparrowhawk (2023-02-16)
42. Velvet Scoter (2023-03-07)
43. Mew Gull (2023-03-07)
44. Eurasian Magpie (2023-03-11)
45. Middle Spotted Woodpecker (2023-03-15)
46. White-Backed Woodpecker (2023-03-18)
47. Common Treecreeper (2023-03-18)
48. Common Buzzard (2023-03-18)
49. Common Starling (2023-03-19)
50. Northern Lapwing (2023-03-21)
51. Common Chaffinch (2023-03-31)
52. Wood Pigeon (2023-03-31)
53. Black Kite (2023-04-04)
54. Black-headed Gull (2023-04-04)
55. Sky Lark (2023-04-05)
56. Eurasian Goldfinch (2023-04-05)
57. Common Snipe (2023-04-08)
58. Bluethroat (2023-04-09)
59. White Wagtail (2023-04-09)
60. Northern Reed Bunting (2023-04-09)
61. White Stork (2023-04-09)
62. Bewick's Swan (2023-04-09)
63. Bean Goose (2023-04-09)
64. Common Chiffchaff (2023-04-09)
65. Azure Tit (2023-04-09)
66. Lesser Spotted Woodpecker (2023-04-09)
67. Rough-legged Buzzard (2023-04-09)
68. Rook (2023-04-09)
69. Western Marsh-Harrier (2023-04-09)
70. White-tailed Sea-Eagle (2023-04-09)
71. Whooper Swan (2023-04-09)
72. Common Crane (2023-04-09)
73. Song Thrush (2023-04-10)
74. Goldcrest (2023-04-15)
75. Common Redshank (2023-04-15)
76. Common Coot (2023-04-16)
77. European Robin (2023-04-16)
78. Common Kestrel (2023-04-18)
79. Green Sandpiper (2023-04-18)
80. Hen Harrier (2023-04-20)
81. Hawfinch (2023-04-22)
82. Brambling (2023-04-22)
83. Dunnock (2023-04-22)
84. Eurasian Blackbird (2023-04-25)
85. Lesser Whitethroat (2023-04-29)
86. Yellow Wagtail (2023-04-29)
87. Willow Warbler (2023-05-01)
88. Northern Wren (2023-05-01)
89. Common Kingfisher (2023-05-04)
90. Red-throated Pipit (2023-05-04)
91. Glossy Ibis (2023-05-04)
92. Great White Egret (2023-05-05)
93. Little Egret (2023-05-05)
94. Squacco Heron (2023-05-05)
95. Purple Heron (2023-05-05)
96. Black-crowned Night Heron (2023-05-05)
97. Ruff (2023-05-05)
98. Great Cormorant (2023-05-05)
99. Mute Swan (2023-05-05)
100. Common Sandpiper (2023-05-05)
101. Common Tern (2023-05-05)
102. Eurasian Roller (2023-05-05)
103. Hoopoe (2023-05-05)
104. Whiskered Tern (2023-05-05)
105. Barn Swallow (2023-05-06)
106. Northern Wheatear (2023-05-06)
107. Common Pheasant (2023-05-06)
108. Common Stonechat (2023-05-06)
109. Lesser Grey Shrike (2023-05-06)
110. Whinchat (2023-05-06)
111. Eurasian Penduline Tit (2023-05-06)
112. Eurasian Hobby (2023-05-06)
113. Wood Warbler (2023-05-08)
114. Pied Flycatcher (2023-05-08)
115. Thrush Nightingale (2023-05-09)
116. Blackcap (2023-05-11)
117. Tree Pipit (2023-05-13)
118. Common Cuckoo (2023-05-13)
119. Common Swift (2023-05-16)
120. Wood Lark (2023-05-20)
121. Common Greenshank (2023-05-20)
122. Boreal Owl (2023-05-20)
123. Eurasian Scops-Owl (2023-05-20)
124. Montagu's Harrier (2023-05-21)
125. Short-eared Owl (2023-05-21)
126. Great Grey Owl (2023-05-21)
127. Ural Owl (2023-05-21)
128. Black Redstart (2023-05-25)
129. Spotted Flycatcher (2023-05-25)
130. Great Reed Warbler (2023-05-25)
131. European Bee-eater (2023-05-26)
132. Northern House Martin (2023-05-26)
133. Black Tern (2023-05-26)
134. Red-backed Shrike (2023-05-27)
135. Yellowhammer (2023-05-28)
136. Ortolan Bunting (2023-05-28)
137. Common Whitethroat (2023-06-01)
138. Booted Warbler (2023-06-02)
139. Sedge Warbler (2023-06-02)
140. Marsh Warbler (2023-06-02)
141. Icterine Warbler (2023-06-04)
142. Blyth's Reed Warbler (2023-06-04)
143. River Warbler (2023-06-04)
144. Common Rosefinch (2023-06-04)
145. Yellow-breasted Bunting (2023-06-07)
146. Sand Martin (2023-06-07)
147. Black-tailed Godwit (2023-06-07)
148. Eurasian Curlew (2023-06-07)
149. Little Tern (2023-06-07)
150. Common Oystercatcher (2023-06-07)
151. Terek Sandpiper (2023-06-07)
152. Arctic Redpoll (2023-06-08)
153. Citrine Wagtail (2023-06-10)
154. Common Pochard (2023-06-18)
155. Gadwall (2023-06-18)
157. Red-breasted Flycatcher (2023-06-18)
158. Lesser Spotted Eagle (2023-06-25)
159. Garganey (2023-07-09)
160. Wood Sandpiper (2023-07-16)
161. Little Ringed Plover (2023-07-16)
162. Little Bittern (2023-07-16)
163. Common Raven (2023-07-20)
164. Eurasian Honey-Buzzard (2023-07-30)
165. Common Moorhen (2023-08-04)
166. Garden Warbler (2023-08-27)
167. Water Rail (2023-09-03)
168. Red Crossbill (2023-09-06)
169. Blue-cheeked Bee-eater (2023-09-13)
170. Levant Sparrowhawk (2023-09-13)
171. White-winged Tern (2023-09-13)
172. Eurasian Redstart (2023-09-13)
173. Little Owl (2023-09-13)
174. White-headed Duck (2023-09-13)
175. Red-crested Pochard (2023-09-14)
176. Bearded Tit (2023-09-14)
177. Eurasian Reed Warbler (2023-09-14)
178. Curlew Sandpiper (2023-09-14)
179. Corn Bunting (2023-09-14)
180. Moustached Warbler (2023-09-14)
181. Common Shelduck (2023-09-14)
182. Eurasian Spoonbill (2023-09-14)
184. Little Stint (2023-09-14)
185. Red-necked Phalarope (2023-09-14)
186. Ruddy Turnstone (2023-09-14)
187. Greater Ringed Plover (2023-09-14)
188. Lesser Short-toed Lark (2023-09-14)
189. Laughing Dove (2023-09-15)
190. Little Gull (2023-09-15)
191. Dunlin (2023-09-15)
192. Black-winged Stilt (2023-09-15)
193. Marsh Sandpiper (2023-09-15)
194. Pied Avocet (2023-09-15)
195. Spotted Redshank (2023-09-15)
196. Crested Lark (2023-09-16)
197. Cattle Egret (2023-09-16)
198. Rosy Starling (2023-09-16)
199. Golden Eagle (2023-09-16)
200. Greater Flamingo (2023-09-16)
201. Grey-headed Swamphen (2023-09-16)
202. Lesser Kestrel (2023-09-17)
203. Steppe Eagle (2023-09-17)
204. Blue Rock Thrush (2023-09-17)
205. Pied Wheatear (2023-09-17)
206. Cinereous Vulture (2023-09-17)
207. Griffon Vulture (2023-09-17)
208. Lammergeier (2023-09-17)
209. Spotted Nutcracker (2023-09-23)
210. Crested Tit (2023-09-30)
211. Great Grey Shrike (2023-10-21)
213. Red-breasted Merganser (2023-12-02)
214. Northern Goshawk (2023-12-15)

recent uploads


2025-07-02. Eurasian Goldfinch, Great Spotted Woodpecker.

2025-06-30. Red-backed Shrike, Bluethroat.

2025-06-29. Northern Bullfinch, Common Oystercatcher, European Bee-eater.

2025-06-26. Osprey, White-tailed Sea-Eagle.

2025-06-24. Pied Flycatcher, Eurasian Goldfinch, Eurasian Collared Dove, Red-throated Loon, European Serin.

2025-06-22. Wood Sandpiper, Common Greenshank, Common Kestrel.

2025-06-21. Eurasian Penduline Tit, Spotted Redshank, Common Whitethroat, Greenish Warbler.

2025-06-16. Eurasian Siskin, Hawfinch, Northern Wren, Goldcrest.

2025-06-13. Northern Lapwing, Lesser Whitethroat, Booted Warbler.

2025-06-10. Common Oystercatcher, Montagu's Harrier, Black Tern.

2025-06-08. European Bee-eater, Little Tern.

2025-06-06. Northern House Martin, Barn Swallow, Common Tern.

2025-06-02. Red-crested Pochard, Common Shelduck.

2025-06-01. Booted Warbler.

Big Year 2025

1. Anna Golubeva (240)
2. Nataliya Pokhodzey (240)
3. Egor Loboda (222)
4. Alexandr Balaev (217)
5. Andrey Semenov (214)
6. Vitaliy Butko (174)
7. Irina Ortik (154)
8. Svetlana Barabanshchikova (152)
9. Sergei Saveika (145)
10. Andrei Kiselev (138)
more...

rare birds records


Common Tern (Sterna hirundo)

© Dmitriy Shevtsov
2025-06-07
North Osetia, Brut



Laughing Dove (Streptopelia senegalensis)

© Galina Katanova
2025-06-11
Vologda region



Black-tailed Godwit (Limosa limosa)

© Valery Dombrovski
2025-04-28
Gomel region, Zhitkovichi district, Turov

The oldest (of those ringed) black-tailed godwit in Belarus. Details: https://belarus.birding.day/v2blogentry.php?l=ru&a=20250331000301&si=bel


Black-legged Kittiwake (Rissa tridactyla)

© Khasan Zhurtov
2025-03-25
Nalchik,KBR


more rarities...

recent video

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).

2024-05-25. Thrush Nightingale (Stanislavs Gr).

more video...

unidentified birds


2025-06-30

Игорь Фефелов: На мой взгляд, тут не видно хороших признаков глухой кукушки.Сливочный налёт на надхвостье отмечается и у некоторых обыкновенных кукушек. [....]

2025-06-26

Анна Ясько: Увы, тут точно не определить. Даже клюва не видно.

2025-06-17

no any comments:

2025-06-07

Анна Ясько: Кто-то из подорликов. 7 ПМ выглядит довольно коротким, кроющие низа крыла светлее маховых. Предположу малого.

2025-05-21

Анна Ясько: Перенесла на определение, так как это однозначно не клуша. Ноги ярко-желтые, белые зеркальца на крайних двух ПМ небольшие, у хохотуний обычно [....]

more unidentified birds...