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1. Great Spotted Woodpecker (2020-06-21)
3. Willow Tit (2021-01-23)
4. Common Sparrowhawk (2021-02-08)
5. Coal Tit (2021-02-12)
6. Eurasian Blackbird (2021-02-17)
7. Blue Tit (2021-03-07)
8. Common Redpoll (2021-03-08)
9. Bohemian Waxwing (2021-03-21)
10. Common Chiffchaff (2021-04-17)
11. Long-tailed Tit (2021-04-18)
12. Common Chaffinch (2021-04-25)
13. Eurasian Jay (2021-04-27)
14. Dunnock (2021-05-02)
15. Eurasian Linnet (2021-05-03)
16. White Wagtail (2021-05-07)
17. Willow Warbler (2021-05-09)
18. Barn Swallow (2021-05-10)
19. White Stork (2021-05-10)
20. Hawfinch (2021-05-12)
21. Fieldfare (2021-05-12)
22. Pied Flycatcher (2021-05-13)
23. Northern Bullfinch (2021-05-14)
24. European Greenfinch (2021-05-15)
25. Common Starling (2021-05-15)
26. Eurasian Collared Dove (2021-05-15)
27. European Robin (2021-05-15)
28. Ruddy Shelduck (2021-05-16)
29. Black-headed Gull (2021-05-16)
30. Herring Gull (2021-05-16)
31. Mallard (2021-05-16)
32. Eurasian Goldfinch (2021-05-18)
33. Eurasian Siskin (2021-05-18)
34. Great Tit (2021-05-18)
35. Thrush Nightingale (2021-05-22)
36. Wood Pigeon (2021-05-22)
37. Barred Warbler (2021-05-23)
38. Red-backed Shrike (2021-05-23)
39. Tree Sparrow (2021-05-23)
40. Garden Warbler (2021-05-29)
41. River Warbler (2021-05-29)
42. Greenish Warbler (2021-05-30)
43. Common Whitethroat (2021-06-05)
44. Tree Pipit (2021-06-05)
45. Northern Lapwing (2021-06-05)
46. Bluethroat (2021-06-07)
47. Spotted Flycatcher (2021-06-07)
48. Common Buzzard (2021-06-07)
49. Citrine Wagtail (2021-06-07)
50. Yellow Wagtail (2021-06-07)
51. Marsh Warbler (2021-06-07)
52. Whinchat (2021-06-09)
53. Black Redstart (2021-06-09)
54. Common Swift (2021-06-21)
55. Lesser Whitethroat (2021-06-21)
56. Eurasian Redstart (2021-06-21)
57. Eurasian Nuthatch (2021-06-25)
58. Hooded Crow (2021-06-26)
59. Common Coot (2021-06-26)
60. Tufted Duck (2021-06-26)
62. Blyth's Reed Warbler (2021-06-26)
63. Mute Swan (2021-06-26)
64. Arctic Redpoll (2021-06-27)
65. Eurasian Magpie (2021-07-08)
66. Common Tern (2021-07-10)
67. Great Reed Warbler (2021-07-10)
68. Wood Sandpiper (2021-07-10)
70. Song Thrush (2021-07-18)
71. Rock Pigeon (2021-07-18)
72. Western Marsh-Harrier (2021-07-24)
73. Great Cormorant (2021-07-24)
74. Sedge Warbler (2021-07-24)
75. Black Tern (2021-07-24)
76. Whooper Swan (2021-07-24)
77. Northern Reed Bunting (2021-07-24)
78. Great White Egret (2021-07-24)
79. Grey Heron (2021-07-24)
80. Icterine Warbler (2021-08-01)
81. Common Raven (2021-08-07)
82. Blackcap (2021-08-14)
83. Little Bittern (2021-08-22)
84. Common Goldeneye (2021-08-30)
85. Eurasian Hobby (2021-09-01)
86. Eurasian Jackdaw (2021-09-05)
87. Eurasian Green Woodpecker (2021-09-09)
88. Common Kestrel (2021-09-15)
89. Brambling (2021-09-20)
90. Rook (2021-10-02)
91. Bearded Tit (2021-10-10)
92. Greater Scaup (2021-10-30)
93. Great Black-backed Gull (2021-10-30)
94. Siberian Accentor (2021-10-30)
95. Spotted Nutcracker (2021-11-07)
96. White-Backed Woodpecker (2021-11-07)
97. Goldcrest (2021-11-07)
99. Common Treecreeper (2022-01-07)
100. Goosander (2022-01-16)
101. Smew (2022-01-16)
102. Velvet Scoter (2022-01-16)
103. House Sparrow (2022-02-12)
104. Crested Tit (2022-02-13)
105. Grey-Headed Woodpecker (2022-02-13)
106. Mew Gull (2022-02-23)
107. Greater White-fronted Goose (2022-02-23)
108. Snow Bunting (2022-02-26)
109. Northern Hawk Owl (2022-02-26)
110. Lesser Spotted Woodpecker (2022-03-08)
111. Mandarin Duck (2022-03-13)
112. Common Snipe (2022-04-08)
113. Common Redshank (2022-04-08)
114. Green Sandpiper (2022-04-09)
115. Garganey (2022-04-09)
116. Common Pochard (2022-04-17)
117. Great Snipe (2022-04-25)
118. Marsh Sandpiper (2022-04-30)
119. Common Cuckoo (2022-05-02)
120. Common Sandpiper (2022-05-02)
121. Yellowhammer (2022-05-02)
122. Eurasian Wryneck (2022-05-02)
123. Black Kite (2022-05-03)
125. Eurasian Penduline Tit (2022-05-03)
126. Azure Tit (2022-05-03)
127. Ruff (2022-05-03)
128. Common Rosefinch (2022-05-07)
129. Ortolan Bunting (2022-05-07)
130. White-tailed Sea-Eagle (2022-05-08)
131. Black-crowned Night Heron (2022-05-08)
132. White-winged Tern (2022-05-09)
133. Rosy Starling (2022-05-09)
134. Pallas's Cormorant (2022-05-09)
135. Little Egret (2022-05-09)
136. Hoopoe (2022-05-09)
137. Common Stonechat (2022-05-09)
138. Little Ringed Plover (2022-05-13)
139. Great Grey Owl (2022-05-14)
140. Boreal Owl (2022-05-14)
141. Eurasian Scops-Owl (2022-05-14)
142. Common Crane (2022-05-15)
143. Corncrake (2022-05-15)
144. Ural Owl (2022-05-15)
145. Northern House Martin (2022-05-15)
146. Tawny Owl (2022-05-15)
147. Northern Wheatear (2022-05-19)
148. European Bee-eater (2022-05-20)
149. Western Grasshopper Warbler (2022-05-20)
150. Lesser Grey Shrike (2022-05-20)
151. Montagu's Harrier (2022-05-21)
152. Sky Lark (2022-05-21)
153. Booted Warbler (2022-06-04)
154. Eurasian Honey-Buzzard (2022-06-12)
155. Osprey (2022-07-31)
156. Temminck's Stint (2022-07-31)
157. Common Greenshank (2022-07-31)
158. Grey Plover (2022-07-31)
159. Black-tailed Godwit (2022-07-31)
160. Common Moorhen (2022-08-21)
161. Glossy Ibis (2022-09-15)
162. Greater Ringed Plover (2022-09-15)
163. Pygmy Cormorant (2022-09-15)
164. Eurasian Spoonbill (2022-09-15)
165. Whiskered Tern (2022-09-15)
166. Laughing Dove (2022-09-16)
167. Black-winged Stilt (2022-09-16)
168. Purple Heron (2022-09-16)
169. Blue-cheeked Bee-eater (2022-09-16)
170. Greater Flamingo (2022-09-16)
171. Common Kingfisher (2022-09-16)
172. Squacco Heron (2022-09-16)
173. Red-crested Pochard (2022-09-16)
175. Lesser Spotted Eagle (2022-09-16)
176. Little Stint (2022-09-16)
177. Red-necked Phalarope (2022-09-16)
178. Dunlin (2022-09-16)
179. Eurasian Stone Curlew (2022-09-17)
180. Crested Lark (2022-09-17)
181. Grey-headed Swamphen (2022-09-17)
182. Eastern Imperial Eagle (2022-09-17)
183. Corn Bunting (2022-09-17)
184. Eurasian Roller (2022-09-17)
185. Golden Eagle (2022-09-17)
186. Pied Avocet (2022-09-17)
187. Black-eared Wheatear (2022-09-18)
188. Blue Rock Thrush (2022-09-18)
189. Pied Wheatear (2022-09-18)
190. Griffon Vulture (2022-09-18)
191. Lammergeier (2022-09-18)
192. Short-toed Snake-Eagle (2022-09-18)
193. Chukar Partridge (2022-09-18)
194. Egyptian Vulture (2022-09-18)
195. Cinereous Vulture (2022-09-18)
196. Lesser Kestrel (2022-09-18)
197. Greater Short-toed Lark (2022-09-18)
198. Common Shelduck (2022-09-18)
199. Caspian Gull (2022-09-18)
200. Eurasian Wigeon (2022-09-30)
201. Siberian Black-backed Gull (2022-09-30)
202. Ruddy Turnstone (2022-09-30)
203. Northern Goshawk (2022-10-16)
204. Long-tailed Duck (2022-10-28)
205. Glaucous Gull (2022-12-20)
206. Common Teal (2023-01-10)
207. Northern Shoveler (2023-01-18)
208. Northern Pintail (2023-02-15)
209. Bewick's Swan (2023-04-09)
210. Bean Goose (2023-04-09)
211. Rough-legged Buzzard (2023-04-09)
212. Hen Harrier (2023-04-20)
213. Northern Wren (2023-05-01)
214. Red-throated Pipit (2023-05-04)
215. Common Pheasant (2023-05-06)
216. Wood Warbler (2023-05-08)
217. Wood Lark (2023-05-20)
218. Short-eared Owl (2023-05-21)
219. Yellow-breasted Bunting (2023-06-07)
220. Sand Martin (2023-06-07)
221. Eurasian Curlew (2023-06-07)
222. Little Tern (2023-06-07)
223. Common Oystercatcher (2023-06-07)
224. Terek Sandpiper (2023-06-07)
225. Gadwall (2023-06-18)
226. Red-breasted Flycatcher (2023-06-18)
227. Water Rail (2023-09-03)
228. Red Crossbill (2023-09-06)
229. Levant Sparrowhawk (2023-09-13)
230. Little Owl (2023-09-13)
231. White-headed Duck (2023-09-13)
232. Eurasian Reed Warbler (2023-09-14)
233. Curlew Sandpiper (2023-09-14)
234. Moustached Warbler (2023-09-14)
235. Lesser Short-toed Lark (2023-09-14)
236. Little Gull (2023-09-15)
237. Spotted Redshank (2023-09-15)
238. Cattle Egret (2023-09-16)
239. Steppe Eagle (2023-09-17)
240. Great Grey Shrike (2023-10-21)
241. Red-breasted Merganser (2023-12-02)
242. Eurasian Pygmy-Owl (2024-01-30)
243. Barnacle Goose (2024-02-28)
244. Jack Snipe (2024-04-07)
245. Northern Black Grouse (2024-04-21)
246. Dalmatian Pelican (2024-05-06)
247. Black-headed Wagtail (2024-05-06)
248. Menetries Warbler (2024-05-06)
249. Common Nightingale (2024-05-07)
250. Merlin (2024-05-07)
251. Isabelline Wheatear (2024-05-08)
252. Woodchat Shrike (2024-05-08)
253. Kentish Plover (2024-05-08)
254. Ferruginous Duck (2024-05-08)
255. Red-footed Falcon (2024-05-08)
256. Rock Bunting (2024-05-08)
257. Mistle Thrush (2024-05-09)
258. Red-fronted Serin (2024-05-09)
259. Eurasian Crag Martin (2024-05-09)
260. Black-headed Bunting (2024-05-10)
261. Red-billed Chough (2024-05-10)
262. Rock Sparrow (2024-05-10)
263. Alpine Swift (2024-05-10)
264. Long-legged Buzzard (2024-05-10)
265. European Golden Oriole (2024-05-10)
266. Black Stork (2024-05-11)
267. Redwing (2024-05-16)
268. Booted Eagle (2024-05-24)
270. Pine Grosbeak (2024-06-22)
271. European Shag (2024-06-23)
272. Black Guillemot (2024-06-23)
273. Common Eider (2024-06-23)
274. Arctic Tern (2024-06-24)
275. Rock Ptarmigan (2024-06-24)
276. Lapland Longspur (2024-06-24)
277. Long-tailed Jaeger (2024-06-24)
278. Black Scoter (2024-06-24)
279. Meadow Pipit (2024-06-24)
280. Black-legged Kittiwake (2024-06-25)
281. Atlantic Puffin (2024-06-25)
282. Willow Ptarmigan (2024-06-25)
283. Razorbill (2024-06-25)
284. Arctic Skua (2024-06-25)
285. Common Guillemot (2024-06-25)
286. Bar-tailed Godwit (2024-06-26)
287. Siberian Tit (2024-06-26)
288. Eurasian Golden Plover (2024-06-26)
289. European Serin (2024-07-20)
290. Black Woodpecker (2024-07-28)
291. Stock Pigeon (2024-08-17)
292. Grey Partridge (2024-08-17)
294. Black-winged Pratincole (2024-09-13)
295. Pallid Harrier (2024-09-14)
296. White-tailed Lapwing (2024-09-15)
297. Sanderling (2024-09-15)
298. Slender-billed Gull (2024-09-15)
299. Tawny Pipit (2024-09-16)
300. Firecrest (2024-09-19)
301. Lesser Black-backed Gull (2024-10-13)
302. Common Mynah (2024-12-12)
303. Black-throated Thrush (2025-01-05)
304. Oriental Turtle Dove (2025-01-31)
305. Horned Lark (2025-04-09)
306. Broad-billed Sandpiper (2025-05-01)
307. European Nightjar (2025-05-01)
308. Collared Pratincole (2025-05-01)
309. Eurasian Whimbrel (2025-05-01)
310. Syrian Woodpecker (2025-07-28)
311. Canada Goose (2025-08-20)
312. European Turtle Dove (2025-09-16)
313. Spotted Crake (2025-09-17)
314. Sandwich Tern (2025-09-17)
316. Ring-billed Gull (2025-10-24)
317. Marsh Tit (2025-11-12)

recent uploads

2026-01-10. Common Shelduck, Red-crested Pochard.

2026-01-09. Common Pochard, Greater White-fronted Goose, Rock Pigeon.

2026-01-08. Hawfinch.

2026-01-07. Pine Grosbeak, Pine Grosbeak.

2026-01-06. Blue Tit, Willow Tit, Great Tit, Coal Tit, Lesser Spotted Woodpecker.

2026-01-03. Common Chaffinch, European Greenfinch, Brambling, Common Redpoll, Eurasian Collared Dove.

2025-12-30. Eurasian Siskin, European Greenfinch.

2025-12-22. Eurasian Three-Toed Woodpecker, Tufted Duck, Greater Scaup.

2025-12-10. Long-tailed Duck, Long-tailed Duck.

2025-12-08. Eurasian Blackbird, European Robin, Ural Owl.

2025-12-05. Long-eared Owl.

2025-12-03. Mute Swan, Whooper Swan, Golden Eagle, Common Teal, Bean Goose.

2025-11-28. Long-tailed Tit, Horned Lark, Snow Bunting, Velvet Scoter.

2025-11-13. Marsh Tit.

recent comments

2026-01-09. to photo # 03990225001 (Hawfinch)

Дмитрий Ерохин: ЗамечТательно !

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.

2025-11-13. to photo # 03990231701 (Marsh Tit)

Андрей Орехов: Понятно, спасибо.

2025-11-13. to photo # 03990231701 (Marsh Tit)

Александр Балаев: Добрый день, надежнее всего по голосу (тут так и получилось). Дополнительно - есть светлая отметина в основании клюва. Но её не всегда хорошо [....]

2025-11-13. to photo # 03990231701 (Marsh Tit)

Андрей Орехов: А точно черноголовая? Как ее надежно отличить от буроголовой?

2025-11-04. to photo # 03990119001 (Hawfinch)

Дмитрий Ерохин: Подросток

2025-10-28. to photo # 03990231201 (Ring-billed Gull)

Анна Ясько: Спасибо, Михаил, за информацию. Есть ли данные по первой чайке Кайзерке? вроде ее отмечали в 2022 и 2023 гг. А какова дальнейшая ее судьба?

2025-10-27. to photo # 03990231201 (Ring-billed Gull)

Михаил Невский: По предыстории: первое наблюдение 23.10, автор Екатерина Шмелёва.

2025-10-27. to photo # 03990231201 (Ring-billed Gull)

Анна Ясько: Это очень редкое наблюдение. Все-таки вид не тривиальный. Поэтому, я думаю, в Редкости надо с кратким указанием предыстории.

2025-10-27. to photo # 03990231201 (Ring-billed Gull)

Александр Балаев: Спасибо, но это всё же не первое наблюдение вида.

2025-10-27. to photo # 03990231201 (Ring-billed Gull)

Анна Ясько: Вид добавлен. Можно теперь вынести в Редкости.

2025-10-27. to photo # 03990231202 (Ring-billed Gull)

Анна Ясько: Супер! Поздравляю! страницу добавим.

2025-10-26. to photo # 03990231204 (Ring-billed Gull)

Дмитрий Шевцов: Я уже читал про это. Чудеса, да и только!

2025-10-26. to photo # 03990231204 (Ring-billed Gull)

Александр Балаев: Самое интересное,что это не первое наблюдение в европейской части России. Вроде как в Нижегородской области ее несколько лет подряд наблюдали. [....]

2025-10-26. to photo # 03990231204 (Ring-billed Gull)

Дмитрий Шевцов: Александр, вы тоже успели к ней съездить. В Царицыно сейчас смотрю прямо аншлаг. Я напишу администраторам в Казахстан, чтобы добавили страницу [....]

2025-10-26. to photo # 03990231201 (Ring-billed Gull)

Александр Балаев: Может стоит добавить вид в список птиц?

2025-10-25. to photo # 03990231201 (Ring-billed Gull)

Александр Балаев: Вероятно делавэрская чайка. В списке видов птиц она отсутствует.

2025-10-07. to photo # 03990228101 (Pallid Harrier)

Александр Балаев: Спасибо всем за помощь, поменял на степного

2025-10-06. to photo # 03990228101 (Pallid Harrier)

Анна Ясько: Это не полевой по форме крыла (даже с учетом линьки). Если предположить годовалую самку лугового, то крайние, еще не перелинявшие от юношеского [....]

2025-10-06. to photo # 03990228101 (Pallid Harrier)

Александр Балаев: На всякий случай пауза на пару дней, вдруг будут ещё мнения. Потом меняю.

2025-10-06. to photo # 03990228101 (Pallid Harrier)

Константин: Думаю да, если все за((...

2025-10-06. to photo # 03990228103 (Pallid Harrier)

Александр Балаев: Меняю название на степного или ещё подождать?

2025-10-05. to photo # 03990228103 (Pallid Harrier)

Константин: Последнее фото - супер! Получается, что это вообще взрослая самка
степного, линяющая((

2025-10-05. to photo # 03990228103 (Pallid Harrier)

Александр Балаев: Добавил ещё ракурсов. Хотелось всё же определиться с птицей.Я предложил полевого. Ответ Игоря Фефелова:Луговой, годовалая самка, видимо. Маховые [....]

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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