361 650
pictures
636
blog posts
455 photographed species of 923 (49%)

search

rare birds records


page: 1 | page: 2 | page: 3 | page: 4 | page: 5 | page: 6 | page: 7 | page: 8 | page: 9 | page: 10 |

Alpine Swift (Apus melba)

© Igor Kozytsky

2021-04-17
Ukraine, Kharkiv



Potentially the first observation in a Kharkiv Region.

()

©




First records of Pink-footed Goose in Moscow oblast. Was found by Tatiana Danilina at March 27th, 2021.

Pink-footed Goose (Anser brachyrhynchus)

© Anna Golubeva

2021-03-29



First records of Pink-footed Goose in Moscow oblast. Was found by Tatiana Danilina at March 27th, 2021.

Ferruginous Duck (Aythya nyroca)

© Viktor Natykanets

2021-03-27
Pripyat river floodplain, Turov town surrounding, biological reserve "Turov meadow", Zhitkovichi district, Gomel region




()

©





Lesser Short-toed Lark (Calandrella rufescens)

© Dmitriy Shevtsov

2021-02-18
North Osetia, Vladikavkaz




Kentish Plover (Charadrius alexandrinus)

© Kostiantyn Pylypiuk

2021-01-21
Kuyalnytsky estuary, Odesa region



Few irregular wintering species in the Azov-Black Sea region. The third observation at the Kuialnytskyi lyman.

()

©




First record of winter nesting of Eurasian Dipper.

Eurasian Dipper (Cinclus cinclus)

© Dmitriy Shevtsov

2021-01-22
North Osetia, Vladikavkaz



First record of winter nesting of Eurasian Dipper.

()

©





Red-Necked Grebe (Podiceps grisegena)

© Khasan Zhurtov

2021-01-02
Maiskiy, KBR



The first winter record in KBR.

()

©





()

©





Common Chiffchaff (Phylloscopus collybita)

© Dmitriy Shevtsov

2021-01-06
North Osetia, Vladikavkaz



The first winter record in North Ossetia.

Meadow Pipit (Anthus pratensis)

© Khasan Zhurtov

2021-01-02
Maiskiy, KBR



The first winter record in KBR

()

©





Iceland Gull (Larus glaucoides)

© Vyacheslav Zametnya

2021-01-13
Leningrad region, the city of Gatchina.



The first record in the Leningrad region, rare in general for the European part of Russia.

Black-crowned Night Heron (Nycticorax nycticorax)

© Oleksander Oliinyk

2021-01-14
Полтава



Probably the first winter observation outside the Azov-Black Sea region, where the species regularly winters mainly in the deltas of large rivers. 2 birds have been observed in Poltava since December 23.

Red-flanked Bluetail (Tarsiger cyanurus)

© Sergii Kaminskyi

2021-01-11
Новомосковск Днепропетровская область Украина



The first confirmed observation in Ukraine.

()

©





Pine Bunting (Emberiza leucocephala)

© Khasan Zhurtov

2020-12-26
Nalchik, KBR



A new species for the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic

Pied Flycatcher (Ficedula hypoleuca)

© Mykola Moroz

2020-12-06



The first observation in Ukraine in the winter.

()

©





Goosander (Mergus merganser)

© Gleb Kirillov

2020-07-07



New breeding species of the Moscow region

()

©





King Eider (Somateria spectabilis)

© Andrey Semenov

2020-11-08



A new vagrant species of Moscow and the Moscow Region. First seen on 11/07/2020 by Alexandra Meshcheryakova.

Pallas's Warbler (Phylloscopus proregulus)

© Yuriy Kodrul

2020-10-17
Odessa Oblast, city of Chornomorsk



A rare vagrant species. Observations are known on Zmiiny Island in the 1980s and 2008, and in Odesa in 2016.<br>The bird was found by K. Pylypiuk.

Red Phalarope (Phalaropus fulicarius)

© Yevgen Chernolyev

2020-10-17
Odesa



A rare vagrant species. This autumn it was observed twice in Odesa region: on October 17 on Luzanivsky beach in Odesa by Yevhen Chernolev, on November 1 in the lower part of the Tнligul estuary, the bird was found by Olena Fomina. 22nd and 23rd observations of the species in Ukraine.

Great Skua (Stercorarius skua)

© Sergo Travelian

2020-10-19
Kyiv Reservoir



The first photo of the species in Ukraine, the second observation for the Kyiv region and the sixth in the country as a whole.

Lesser Kestrel (Falco naumanni)

© Yuriy Kodrul

2020-10-03
Kherson Oblast



A rare migratory species in Ukraine, in the Crimea it nests irregularly. The second registration in Ukraine during the year (the first meeting on 15.08.2020, one bird was observed by M. Sakh near the village of Kyrylivka, Zaporizhia region).

 Yellow-browed Warbler (Phylloscopus inornatus)

© Kostiantyn Pylypiuk

2020-10-03



Regular vagrant species. At least 20 registrations are known, mostly from Odesa region. This year 10 observations: in Odesa region - on September 26 near the village of Chabanka (P. Panchenko), on September 27 in Bilyaivsky forestry near the village of Troitske and on October 3 in the town of Chornomorsk (K. Pylypyuk), on October 7 in the village of Nadlymanske (K. Pylypyuk and Y. Kodrul) October 18 in Odessa (O. Burkovsky); October 4 in the Dnipropetrovsk region in the Samara forest (O. Nastachenko); in the Mykolayiv region on October 10-11 and October 18 in the village of Chornomorka (probably the same bird) and on October 19 near the town of Ochakiv - K. Redinov

()

©





Arctic Skua (Stercorarius parasiticus)

© Mikhail Kalagin

2020-09-28



The first photographic record of the species in the Ulyanovsk region

Black-winged Pratincole (Glareola nordmanni)

© Yevgen Chernolyev

2020-08-22
Kherson oblast



Rare vagrant. During August 2020, several observers were noted in the Kherson region. The first observation on August 9, 2020 by Oleksandr Burkovsky, Yevhen Chernolyev, Tetiana Chernolyeva and Nicola Zmievskiy.

Amur Falcon (Falco amurensis)

© Maria-Adel Bradbeer

2020-08-04
Dnipro



The first observation for Ukraine and yhe 17-th for Western Palearctic. The Bird was photographed by Maria-Adel Bradbeer over the city of Dnipro.

()

©





Little Grebe (Tachybaptus ruficollis)

© Dmitriy Shevtsov

2020-07-24
North Osetia, Kardzhin



New breeding species RNO-A

()

©





White-headed Duck (Oxyura leucocephala)

© Dmitriy Shevtsov

2018-11-25
KBR, Tambukan



New species in KBR

()

©






page: 1 | page: 2 | page: 3 | page: 4 | page: 5 | page: 6 | page: 7 | page: 8 | page: 9 | page: 10 |

Big Year 2025

1. Nataliya Pokhodzey (280)
2. Andrey Semenov (276)
3. Egor Loboda (241)
4. Anna Golubeva (240)
5. Alexandr Balaev (227)
6. Vitaliy Butko (177)
7. Sergei Saveika (164)
8. Svetlana Barabanshchikova (161)
9. Irina Ortik (156)
10. Oksana Makhovska (156)
more...

unidentified birds


2025-09-07

no any comments:

2025-08-30

Анна Ясько: Похожа на молодую черноголовую. У них темные ушные кроющие хорошо выделяются на светлом фоне окраса головы, чем-то напоминая окрас желтоголовой [....]

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

2025-06-29

Олег Бородин: По цвету мантии - хохотунья или барабинская. Никак ни халей - тот очень тёмный. И гибридов никто не отменял.

more unidentified birds...