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Pelecanidae
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Phalacrocoracidae
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Threskiornithidae
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total species: 255
total photos: 469
total videos: 0
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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)
252. Velvet Scoter (2025-11-20)
253. Golden Eagle (2025-12-01)
254. Long-tailed Duck (2025-12-06)
255. Ural Owl (2025-12-07)

recent uploads

2026-05-23. Terek Sandpiper, Northern Lapwing, Common Swift, Blackcap.

2026-05-22. Marsh Warbler, Northern Wheatear, Yellow Wagtail, Common Whitethroat.

2026-05-20. Greenish Warbler, Black Kite, Common Stonechat.

2026-05-18. Red-breasted Flycatcher, Booted Warbler, Spotted Flycatcher.

2026-05-17. Pied Flycatcher, Blyth's Reed Warbler.

2026-05-16. Willow Warbler, Eurasian Hobby, Wood Lark.

2026-05-15. Common Cuckoo, Hawfinch, Common Oystercatcher.

2026-05-13. Wood Warbler, Lesser Whitethroat, Great White Egret, Common Greenshank.

2026-05-12. Bean Goose, Sand Martin, Northern House Martin, Common Crane.

2026-05-11. Osprey, Black Tern, Black Tern, Little Gull, Little Gull.

2026-05-10. Wood Sandpiper, White Stork, Black Stork, White-tailed Sea-Eagle, Yellow Wagtail.

2026-05-09. European Serin, Little Ringed Plover, Barn Swallow, Whinchat, Citrine Wagtail.

2026-05-04. Eurasian Golden Plover, Short-eared Owl, Gadwall.

2026-05-03. Long-tailed Tit.

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2. Andrey Semenov (156)
3. Andrew Simon (153)
4. Alexandr Balaev (146)
5. Egor Loboda (142)
6. Inna Kyselova (141)
7. Natalia Savranska (138)
8. Oksana Makhovska (135)
9. Andrey Mis\'kov (131)
10. Oleg Sheremet (130)
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rare birds records


Squacco Heron (Ardeola ralloides)

© Yury Podverbny
2026-05-16

Редкий залётный вид

Mediterranean Gull (Larus melanocephalus)

© Dmitriy Shevtsov
2026-05-10
North Osetia, Brut


Dunnock / Hedge Sparrow (Prunella modularis)

© Yury Podverbny
2026-02-19


Jack Snipe (Lymnocryptes minimus)

© Yury Podverbny
2026-01-23

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recent video

2026-05-08. Eurasian Linnet (Stanislavs Gr).

2026-05-03. Eurasian Collared Dove (Stanislavs Gr).

2026-02-07. Great Grey Shrike (Volodymyr Nevmerzhytskyi).

2026-02-06. Black Stork (Andrew Simon), Northern Black Grouse (Andrew Simon), Red Phalarope (Andrew Simon), European Turtle Dove (Andrew Simon), Tree Pipit (Andrew Simon), Snow Bunting (Andrew Simon).

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).

more video...

unidentified birds

2026-05-21

no any comments:
2026-05-21

no any comments:
2026-05-19

no any comments:
2026-05-18

Дмитрий Шевцов: Камышевка, тут бы крыло глянуть, а его не видно.
2026-05-07

Галина Катанова: они в списке рядом, не туда щелкнули
more unidentified birds...