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Best photos of the month, January 2019.

Eurasian Green Woodpecker | Svetlana Medvedeva | 20

Eurasian Nuthatch | Anna Golubeva | 18

Eurasian Dipper | Igor Dvurekov | 18

Fieldfare | Anna Golubeva | 17

Rough-legged Buzzard | Dmitriy Shevtsov | 17

European Robin | Anna Golubeva | 15

Rough-legged Buzzard | Dmitriy Shevtsov | 15

Common Redpoll | Anna Golubeva | 14

Lesser Spotted Woodpecker | Anna Golubeva | 14

Hawfinch | Maxim Lanin | 14

Ruddy Turnstone | Igor Torgachkin | 14

Eurasian Three-Toed Woodpecker | Anna Golubeva | 12

Crested Tit | Anna Golubeva | 12

Long-tailed Duck | Igor Dvurekov | 12

Little Grebe | Svetlana Medvedeva | 12

Long-tailed Tit | Leonid Shurov | 12

Crested Tit | Elena Shvydun | 12

Rough-legged Buzzard | Dmytro Komarovskyi | 12

Blue Tit | Anna Golubeva | 11

Northern Bullfinch | Anna Golubeva | 11

Coal Tit | Anna Golubeva | 11

Tree Sparrow | Anna Golubeva | 11

Middle Spotted Woodpecker | Andrei Kiselev | 11

Common Pheasant | Igor Torgachkin | 11

Coal Tit | Victor Moiseikin | 11

Eurasian Green Woodpecker | Igor Dvurekov | 11

Wood Pigeon | Igor Dvurekov | 11

Goldcrest | Svetlana Medvedeva | 11

Little Grebe | Svetlana Medvedeva | 11

Snow Bunting | Elena Shvydun | 11

Northern Goshawk | Elena Shvydun | 11

Common Sparrowhawk | Elena Shvydun | 11

White-Backed Woodpecker | Elena Shvydun | 11

Common Goldeneye | Elena Shvydun | 11

White-tailed Sea-Eagle | Maksym Rydik | 11

Spotted Nutcracker | Yuriy Nechiporenko | 11

Long-tailed Tit | Anna Golubeva | 10

Horned Lark | Evgeniy Sofronov | 10

Common Redpoll | Dmitry Khrushchev | 10

Grey Heron | Igor Dvurekov | 10

Yellow-legged Gull | Svetlana Medvedeva | 10

Northern Bullfinch | Elena Shvydun | 10

Eurasian Goldfinch | Elena Shvydun | 10

Tree Sparrow | Elena Shvydun | 10

Rock Pigeon | Anna Golubeva | 9

Common Sparrowhawk | Anna Golubeva | 9

House Sparrow | Anna Golubeva | 9

Coal Tit | Andrei Kiselev | 9

Great Cormorant | Igor Dvurekov | 9

European Greenfinch | Elena Shvydun | 9

Blue Tit | Elena Shvydun | 9

Eurasian Jackdaw | Elena Shvydun | 9

Rock Pigeon | Elena Shvydun | 9

Common Pheasant | Yuriy Kodrul | 9

Common Redpoll | Sergo Travelian | 9

Rough-legged Buzzard | Dmitriy Shevtsov | 9

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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