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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.

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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.

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Red-Necked Grebe (Podiceps grisegena)

© Khasan Zhurtov

2021-01-02
Maiskiy, KBR



The first winter record in KBR.

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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

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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.

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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.

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Goosander (Mergus merganser)

© Gleb Kirillov

2020-07-07



New breeding species of the Moscow region

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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

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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.

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Little Grebe (Tachybaptus ruficollis)

© Dmitriy Shevtsov

2020-07-24
North Osetia, Kardzhin



New breeding species RNO-A

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White-headed Duck (Oxyura leucocephala)

© Dmitriy Shevtsov

2018-11-25
KBR, Tambukan



New species in KBR

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Moustached Warbler (Acrocephalus melanopogon)

© Dmitriy Shevtsov

2020-07-19
North Osetia, Kardzhin



A new species of the Republic of North Ossetia-Alania. Probably breeds on Brutovsky fish ponds.

Blue-cheeked Bee-eater (Merops persicus)

© Marach Igor

2020-07-03



The fifth confirmed observation in Ukraine and the second in a row in the Kyiv region (the previous one took place on November 15, 2019 at the Kyiv reservoir).

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Eurasian Reed Warbler (Acrocephalus scirpaceus)

© Dmitriy Shevtsov

2020-06-24
North Osetia, Kardzhin



A new species of the Republic of North Ossetia-Alania. Probably a breeding species.

Egyptian Vulture (Neophron percnopterus)

© Andrey Mis\'kov

2020-06-13



Rare vagrant. Over the last 10 years, it has been observed in Odesa, Sumy, Dnipropetrovsk, Cherkasy regions and the Crimea.

Spur-winged Lapwing (Vanellus spinosus)

© Maxim Yakovlev

2020-05-28
Lake Katlabuh, Odessa region



Rare vagrant species. The Third observation in Ukraine and the third within the Odesa region. Previous observations took place in 1837 and 2019. The Bird was found by M. Yakovlev and O. Haidash.


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