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Best photos of the month, May 2019.

Grey-headed Swamphen | Anna Golubeva | 28

Alpine Swift | Anna Golubeva | 24

Northern Hazelhen | Anton Mironenko-Marenkov | 24

Collared Pratincole | Svetlana Medvedeva | 23

Black-Necked Grebe | Anna Golubeva | 22

Woodchat Shrike | Anna Golubeva | 21

European Bee-eater | Anna Golubeva | 21

Common Teal | Anna Golubeva | 21

Bearded Tit | Anna Golubeva | 20

Barred Warbler | Anna Golubeva | 20

Terek Sandpiper | Vyacheslav Zametnya | 20

Barred Warbler | Vyacheslav Zametnya | 20

Little Bustard | Anna Golubeva | 19

Northern Wren | Dmitriy Shevtsov | 19

Barred Warbler | Victor Moiseikin | 19

Corncrake | Elena Shvydun | 19

Great Snipe | Vyacheslav Zametnya | 19

Blue-cheeked Bee-eater | Anna Golubeva | 18

Common Cuckoo | Anna Golubeva | 18

Sedge Warbler | Elena Shvydun | 18

Black-headed Bunting | Anna Golubeva | 17

Black-crowned Night Heron | Anna Golubeva | 17

Black-headed Wagtail | Anna Golubeva | 17

Red-backed Shrike | Anna Golubeva | 17

Lesser Whitethroat | Dmitriy Shevtsov | 17

Gadwall | Maxim Lanin | 17

Northern Shoveler | Maxim Lanin | 17

Great Reed Warbler | Maxim Lanin | 17

Woodchat Shrike | Victor Moiseikin | 17

European Bee-eater | Svetlana Medvedeva | 17

Black-tailed Godwit | Vyacheslav Zametnya | 17

Terek Sandpiper | Anna Golubeva | 16

Rosy Starling | Dmitriy Shevtsov | 16

Squacco Heron | Svetlana Medvedeva | 16

Fieldfare | Dmitrij Andreev | 16

Cinereous Vulture | Anna Golubeva | 15

Thrush Nightingale | Anna Golubeva | 15

Black-winged Pratincole | Anna Golubeva | 15

Booted Warbler | Anna Golubeva | 15

Rock Bunting | Khasan Zhurtov | 15

Caucasian Grouse | Khasan Zhurtov | 15

Osprey | Igor Dvurekov | 15

European Bee-eater | Svetlana Medvedeva | 15

Little Grebe | Svetlana Medvedeva | 15

Corncrake | Valerij Yasinsky | 15

Great Reed Warbler | Elena Shvydun | 15

European Nightjar | Aleksandr Reznikov | 15

Blyth's Reed Warbler | Anna Golubeva | 14

Red-breasted Flycatcher | Anna Golubeva | 14

Blyth's Reed Warbler | Anna Golubeva | 14

Marsh Sandpiper | Anna Golubeva | 14

Gadwall | Anna Golubeva | 14

Black Redstart | Yuriy Redkin | 14

Great Snipe | Vyacheslav Zametnya | 14

Icterine Warbler | Leonid Shurov | 14

Pallas's Gull | Grigory Khasanov | 14

Common Whitethroat | Elena Shvydun | 14

Common Rosefinch | Elena Shvydun | 14

Icterine Warbler | Aleksandr Reznikov | 14

Crested Lark | Anna Golubeva | 13

Pygmy Cormorant | Anna Golubeva | 13

Wood Warbler | Anna Golubeva | 13

Common Rosefinch | Anna Golubeva | 13

Hoopoe | Anna Golubeva | 13

Moustached Warbler | Anna Golubeva | 13

European Golden Oriole | Anna Golubeva | 13

Blue Rock Thrush | Gennady Kolotin | 13

Common Stonechat | Dmitriy Shevtsov | 13

Rock Bunting | Dmitriy Shevtsov | 13

Eurasian Penduline Tit | Andrei Kiselev | 13

Little Bittern | Svetlana Medvedeva | 13

Yellow Wagtail | Anna Golubeva | 12

Wood Lark | Anna Golubeva | 12

Dalmatian Pelican | Anna Golubeva | 12

Black Tern | Anna Golubeva | 12

White Stork | Anna Golubeva | 12

Eurasian Spoonbill | Anna Golubeva | 12

Black-winged Stilt | Anna Golubeva | 12

Black-eared Wheatear | Anna Golubeva | 12

Little Ringed Plover | Dmitriy Shevtsov | 12

Northern Wheatear | Dmitriy Shevtsov | 12

Tawny Owl | Vyacheslav Yusupov | 12

Northern Shoveler | Maxim Lanin | 12

Eurasian Spoonbill | Maxim Lanin | 12

Wood Warbler | Dmitry Khrushchev | 12

Little Stint | Svetlana Medvedeva | 12

Northern Lapwing | Vyacheslav Zametnya | 12

Pallid Harrier | Natalya Ostapova | 12

Common Pheasant | Sergo Travelian | 12

European Bee-eater | Sergo Travelian | 12

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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