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Best photos of the month, September 2015.

Osprey | Sergey Ryzhkov | 7

Common Eider | Viacheslav Kaistro | 5

Arctic Skua | Viacheslav Kaistro | 5

Red-backed Shrike | Oksana Raldugina | 4

Sanderling | Viacheslav Kaistro | 4

Red-footed Falcon | Yuriy Kodrul | 4

Common Kingfisher | Sergey Ryzhkov | 4

Slender-billed Gull | Yuriy Kodrul | 3

Eurasian Honey-Buzzard | Sergey Domashevsky | 3

Dalmatian Pelican | Sergey Ryzhkov | 3

Common Greenshank | Sergey Ryzhkov | 3

Black-crowned Night Heron | Sergey Ryzhkov | 3

Big Year 2025

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


unidentified birds


2025-11-05

Дмитрий Шевцов: черный дрозд

2025-10-20

Юрий Подвербный: Малый подорлик?

more unidentified birds...