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total species: 251
total photos: 449
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1. Blue Tit (2025-01-01)
2. Willow Tit (2025-01-01)
3. Eurasian Jay (2025-01-01)
4. Eurasian Collared Dove (2025-01-01)
5. Fieldfare (2025-01-02)
6. European Greenfinch (2025-01-02)
7. Tree Sparrow (2025-01-02)
8. Northern Bullfinch (2025-01-02)
9. Rough-legged Buzzard (2025-01-03)
10. Common Kestrel (2025-01-03)
11. Grey Heron (2025-01-04)
12. Red-crested Pochard (2025-01-05)
13. Black-throated Thrush (2025-01-05)
15. Pallas's Cormorant (2025-01-05)
16. Common Pochard (2025-01-05)
17. Tufted Duck (2025-01-05)
18. Mute Swan (2025-01-05)
19. Common Shelduck (2025-01-05)
20. Ruddy Shelduck (2025-01-06)
21. House Sparrow (2025-01-06)
22. Common Goldeneye (2025-01-06)
23. Rock Pigeon (2025-01-06)
24. Black-headed Gull (2025-01-06)
25. Mew Gull (2025-01-06)
27. Arctic Redpoll (2025-01-06)
28. Herring Gull (2025-01-06)
29. Coal Tit (2025-01-10)
30. Great Tit (2025-01-10)
31. Long-tailed Tit (2025-01-12)
33. Spotted Nutcracker (2025-01-13)
34. Grey-Headed Woodpecker (2025-01-13)
35. Eurasian Siskin (2025-01-14)
36. Northern Hawk Owl (2025-01-16)
37. Goosander (2025-01-17)
38. Smew (2025-01-17)
39. Hooded Crow (2025-01-17)
40. Yellowhammer (2025-01-19)
41. Snow Bunting (2025-01-19)
42. Eurasian Goldfinch (2025-01-19)
43. Common Buzzard (2025-01-21)
44. Eurasian Jackdaw (2025-01-21)
45. Eurasian Magpie (2025-01-21)
46. Sky Lark (2025-01-24)
47. Lesser Spotted Woodpecker (2025-01-25)
48. Caspian Gull (2025-01-25)
49. Goldcrest (2025-01-26)
50. Eurasian Blackbird (2025-01-28)
51. Mistle Thrush (2025-01-31)
52. White-tailed Sea-Eagle (2025-01-31)
53. Oriental Turtle Dove (2025-01-31)
54. Wood Pigeon (2025-02-02)
55. Tawny Owl (2025-02-02)
56. Common Raven (2025-02-04)
57. Black Woodpecker (2025-02-04)
58. Northern Pintail (2025-02-05)
59. Barnacle Goose (2025-02-05)
60. Common Treecreeper (2025-02-06)
61. Eurasian Green Woodpecker (2025-02-06)
62. Eurasian Nuthatch (2025-02-06)
63. White-Backed Woodpecker (2025-02-17)
64. Crested Tit (2025-02-25)
65. Middle Spotted Woodpecker (2025-02-26)
66. Great Spotted Woodpecker (2025-02-27)
67. Great Grey Shrike (2025-03-01)
68. Common Starling (2025-03-07)
69. Stock Pigeon (2025-03-07)
70. Hen Harrier (2025-03-07)
71. Northern Lapwing (2025-03-09)
72. Bohemian Waxwing (2025-03-12)
73. Azure Tit (2025-03-15)
74. Eurasian Wigeon (2025-03-15)
75. Whooper Swan (2025-03-15)
76. Common Chaffinch (2025-03-17)
77. Northern Reed Bunting (2025-03-20)
78. Bean Goose (2025-03-21)
79. Great White Egret (2025-03-22)
80. Common Teal (2025-03-22)
81. Common Coot (2025-03-28)
82. White Stork (2025-03-30)
83. Bewick's Swan (2025-03-30)
84. Western Marsh-Harrier (2025-03-31)
85. Black Kite (2025-03-31)
86. Garganey (2025-04-02)
87. White Wagtail (2025-04-03)
88. Northern Wren (2025-04-04)
89. Brambling (2025-04-04)
90. European Robin (2025-04-04)
91. Song Thrush (2025-04-05)
92. Redwing (2025-04-06)
93. Dunnock (2025-04-07)
94. Lapland Longspur (2025-04-08)
95. Common Snipe (2025-04-08)
96. Common Crane (2025-04-09)
97. Eurasian Linnet (2025-04-09)
98. Horned Lark (2025-04-09)
99. Osprey (2025-04-09)
100. Common Redshank (2025-04-09)
101. Common Oystercatcher (2025-04-09)
102. Eurasian Curlew (2025-04-09)
103. Great Cormorant (2025-04-11)
104. Black Redstart (2025-04-11)
105. Little Ringed Plover (2025-04-12)
106. Common Chiffchaff (2025-04-14)
107. Eurasian Penduline Tit (2025-04-14)
108. Hawfinch (2025-04-15)
109. Bluethroat (2025-04-18)
110. Willow Warbler (2025-04-18)
111. Northern Shoveler (2025-04-18)
112. Citrine Wagtail (2025-04-19)
113. Jack Snipe (2025-04-19)
114. Black-tailed Godwit (2025-04-19)
115. Wood Sandpiper (2025-04-19)
116. Marsh Sandpiper (2025-04-19)
117. Eurasian Wryneck (2025-04-20)
118. Barn Swallow (2025-04-24)
119. Common Tern (2025-04-25)
120. Gadwall (2025-04-27)
122. Wood Warbler (2025-04-27)
123. European Golden Oriole (2025-04-30)
124. Little Bittern (2025-04-30)
125. Greater Ringed Plover (2025-04-30)
126. Red-throated Pipit (2025-05-01)
127. Black-headed Wagtail (2025-05-01)
128. Little Stint (2025-05-01)
129. Broad-billed Sandpiper (2025-05-01)
130. Cattle Egret (2025-05-01)
131. Blue-cheeked Bee-eater (2025-05-01)
132. Squacco Heron (2025-05-01)
133. White-tailed Lapwing (2025-05-01)
134. European Nightjar (2025-05-01)
135. Crested Lark (2025-05-01)
136. Dalmatian Pelican (2025-05-01)
137. Glossy Ibis (2025-05-01)
138. Common Nightingale (2025-05-01)
139. Rosy Starling (2025-05-01)
140. European Bee-eater (2025-05-01)
141. Eurasian Roller (2025-05-01)
142. Collared Pratincole (2025-05-01)
143. Common Sandpiper (2025-05-01)
144. Little Owl (2025-05-01)
145. Eurasian Whimbrel (2025-05-01)
146. Sand Martin (2025-05-01)
147. Whiskered Tern (2025-05-01)
148. Kentish Plover (2025-05-01)
149. Eurasian Redstart (2025-05-01)
150. Montagu's Harrier (2025-05-01)
151. Common Greenshank (2025-05-01)
152. Eurasian Stone Curlew (2025-05-01)
153. Black-winged Stilt (2025-05-01)
154. Levant Sparrowhawk (2025-05-01)
155. Ruff (2025-05-01)
156. Pygmy Cormorant (2025-05-01)
157. Purple Heron (2025-05-02)
158. Common Cuckoo (2025-05-02)
159. Griffon Vulture (2025-05-02)
160. Curlew Sandpiper (2025-05-02)
161. Hoopoe (2025-05-02)
162. Little Egret (2025-05-02)
163. Greater Flamingo (2025-05-02)
164. Menetries Warbler (2025-05-02)
165. Eastern Imperial Eagle (2025-05-02)
166. Red-billed Chough (2025-05-02)
167. Cinereous Vulture (2025-05-02)
168. Rock Bunting (2025-05-02)
169. Lammergeier (2025-05-03)
170. Alpine Swift (2025-05-03)
171. Ortolan Bunting (2025-05-03)
172. Tawny Pipit (2025-05-03)
173. Blue Rock Thrush (2025-05-03)
174. Pied Wheatear (2025-05-03)
175. Black-headed Bunting (2025-05-03)
176. Black-eared Wheatear (2025-05-03)
177. Egyptian Vulture (2025-05-03)
178. Corn Bunting (2025-05-03)
179. Black Tern (2025-05-05)
180. White-winged Tern (2025-05-05)
181. Little Gull (2025-05-05)
182. Tree Pipit (2025-05-05)
183. Yellow Wagtail (2025-05-05)
184. Common Moorhen (2025-05-07)
185. Blackcap (2025-05-07)
186. Common Sparrowhawk (2025-05-07)
187. Whinchat (2025-05-09)
188. Red-backed Shrike (2025-05-10)
189. Common Whitethroat (2025-05-10)
190. Thrush Nightingale (2025-05-11)
191. Red-breasted Flycatcher (2025-05-11)
192. European Serin (2025-05-11)
193. Lesser Whitethroat (2025-05-13)
194. Sedge Warbler (2025-05-14)
195. Eurasian Hobby (2025-05-14)
196. Common Rosefinch (2025-05-15)
197. Pied Flycatcher (2025-05-16)
198. Icterine Warbler (2025-05-17)
199. Northern House Martin (2025-05-17)
200. Barred Warbler (2025-05-18)
201. Red-footed Falcon (2025-05-19)
202. Great Reed Warbler (2025-05-20)
203. Common Stonechat (2025-05-20)
204. Lesser Grey Shrike (2025-05-20)
205. Eurasian Honey-Buzzard (2025-05-20)
206. Northern Wheatear (2025-05-20)
207. Western Grasshopper Warbler (2025-05-20)
208. Spotted Flycatcher (2025-05-21)
209. River Warbler (2025-05-23)
210. Marsh Warbler (2025-05-23)
211. Common Swift (2025-05-25)
212. Blyth's Reed Warbler (2025-05-26)
213. Booted Warbler (2025-05-27)
214. Little Tern (2025-06-07)
215. Spotted Redshank (2025-06-11)
216. Greenish Warbler (2025-06-19)
218. Dunlin (2025-07-18)
219. Temminck's Stint (2025-07-24)
220. Syrian Woodpecker (2025-07-28)
221. Black Stork (2025-07-28)
222. Grey Partridge (2025-07-28)
223. Booted Eagle (2025-08-02)
224. Lesser Spotted Eagle (2025-08-13)
225. Canada Goose (2025-08-20)
226. Eurasian Golden Plover (2025-09-05)
228. Common Pheasant (2025-09-16)
229. European Turtle Dove (2025-09-16)
230. Water Rail (2025-09-17)
231. Spotted Crake (2025-09-17)
232. Bearded Tit (2025-09-17)
233. Eurasian Reed Warbler (2025-09-17)
234. Sandwich Tern (2025-09-17)
235. Ruddy Turnstone (2025-09-17)
236. Grey Plover (2025-09-17)
237. Slender-billed Gull (2025-09-18)
238. Red-necked Phalarope (2025-09-18)
239. Laughing Dove (2025-09-19)
240. Common Kingfisher (2025-09-19)
241. Grey-headed Swamphen (2025-09-19)
242. Pallid Harrier (2025-09-30)
243. Rook (2025-10-02)
244. Northern Black Grouse (2025-10-09)
246. Black-legged Kittiwake (2025-10-16)
247. Red-breasted Merganser (2025-10-16)
248. Greater Scaup (2025-10-16)
250. Ring-billed Gull (2025-10-24)
251. Marsh Tit (2025-11-12)

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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3. Alexandr Balaev (251)
4. Egor Loboda (242)
5. Anna Golubeva (240)
6. Sergei Saveika (189)
7. Vitaliy Butko (187)
8. Irina Ortik (171)
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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

more rarities...

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).

more video...

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

no any comments:
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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