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Best photos of the month, May 2018.

Levant Sparrowhawk | Anna Golubeva | 11

Red-footed Falcon | Anna Golubeva | 9

Common Raven | Dmitry Pozharsky | 9

Sedge Warbler | Maxim Lanin | 9

Levant Sparrowhawk | Anna Golubeva | 8

Northern Reed Bunting | Alexander Yakovlev | 7

Booted Eagle | Khasan Zhurtov | 7

European Bee-eater | Viktor Sevidov | 7

Slavonian Grebe | Anna Golubeva | 6

Grey Wagtail | Khasan Zhurtov | 6

Spotted Crake | Evgeniy Sofronov | 6

Eurasian Collared Dove | Maxim Lanin | 6

Rosy Starling | Mikhail Kalagin | 6

Common Cuckoo | Viktor Sevidov | 6

Curlew Sandpiper | Igor Torgachkin | 6

Common Cuckoo | Viktor Sevidov | 6

Common Cuckoo | Anna Golubeva | 5

Common Shelduck | Anna Golubeva | 5

Black-headed Bunting | Anna Golubeva | 5

Isabelline Wheatear | Anna Golubeva | 5

Marsh Warbler | Anna Golubeva | 5

Rosy Starling | Anna Golubeva | 5

Eurasian Wryneck | Anna Golubeva | 5

Little Ringed Plover | Dmitriy Shevtsov | 5

Short-toed Snake-Eagle | Evgeniy Sofronov | 5

Pallid Harrier | Dmitry Pozharsky | 5

Hen Harrier | Dmitry Pozharsky | 5

Ortolan Bunting | Dmitry Pozharsky | 5

Corn Bunting | Maxim Lanin | 5

Eurasian Bittern | Mikhail Kalagin | 5

Black-headed Bunting | Oksana Raldugina | 5

Bluethroat | Vitalii Otroshko | 5

Little Bittern | Serhii Petrovych | 5

Black-headed Bunting | Anna Golubeva | 5

Ortolan Bunting | Dmitriy Shevtsov | 5

Eurasian Wryneck | Viktor Sevidov | 5

Eurasian Wryneck | Viktor Sevidov | 5

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


2025-11-09

Артем: Того же мнения, но всё равно не уверенБелая бровь, полосок на крыле видно тут и рыжий цвет налицо подхвостье явно белое.Предположу что уже [....]

2025-09-30

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