search

Best photos of the month, October 2017.

Slavonian Grebe | Uri Muhin | 7

Harlequin Duck | Dmitry Khrushchev | 5

Lammergeier | Khasan Zhurtov | 4

Common Buzzard | Vladimir Popenko | 4

Slavonian Grebe | Uri Muhin | 4

Guldenstadt's Redstart | Anna Golubeva | 3

Merlin | Dmitry Pozharsky | 3

Harlequin Duck | Igor Dvurekov | 3

Northern Wren | Viktor Sevidov | 3

rare birds records


Black-winged Stilt (Himantopus himantopus)

© Khasan Zhurtov
2026-01-09
Maiskiy,KBR



European Turtle Dove (Streptopelia turtur)

© Natalia Savranska
2026-01-06
Pantaivka

First winter record of the European Turtle Dove (Streptopelia turtur)


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.

unidentified birds


2026-01-12

Дмитрий Шевцов: чиж

2026-01-09

Андрій Сімон: Крила, наче, широкі. Голова не геть світла, хоча на першому фото така собі, світлувата... Широкі крила - на користь великого

more unidentified birds...