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Best photos of the month, February 2023.

Great Grey Owl | Igor Dvurekov | 29

Eurasian Pygmy-Owl | Anna Golubeva | 25

Eurasian Three-Toed Woodpecker | Anna Golubeva | 25

Ural Owl | Anna Golubeva | 24

Northern Goshawk | Anna Golubeva | 24

Black Woodpecker | Anastasiia Koroteeva | 23

Black Woodpecker | Anna Golubeva | 22

Boreal Owl | Anna Golubeva | 22

Northern Bullfinch | Anna Golubeva | 22

Common Sparrowhawk | Dmitriy Shevtsov | 22

Fieldfare | Elena Shvydun | 22

Peregrine Falcon | Anna Golubeva | 21

Great Grey Shrike | Anna Golubeva | 21

Rough-legged Buzzard | Anna Golubeva | 21

Horned Lark | Anna Golubeva | 20

Eurasian Goldfinch | Anna Golubeva | 20

Griffon Vulture | Khasan Zhurtov | 20

Harlequin Duck | Igor Dvurekov | 20

Eurasian Blackbird | Dmitriy Shevtsov | 19

Eurasian Goldfinch | Dmitriy Shevtsov | 19

Boreal Owl | Elena Shvydun | 19

Ural Owl | Vadim Sinukhin | 19

Coal Tit | Anna Golubeva | 18

Crested Lark | Dmitriy Shevtsov | 18

Gadwall | Dmitriy Shevtsov | 18

Northern Hazelhen | Andrey Semenov | 18

Greater Flamingo | Evgenia Zotova | 18

Bohemian Waxwing | Elena Shvydun | 18

Boreal Owl | Elena Shvydun | 18

Long-tailed Tit | Anna Golubeva | 17

Goldcrest | Anna Golubeva | 17

Great Grey Owl | Anna Golubeva | 17

Long-tailed Tit | Dmitriy Shevtsov | 17

Brambling | Dmitriy Shevtsov | 17

Northern Bullfinch | Andrei Kiselev | 17

Water Rail | Aleksandr Perevozov | 17

Long-tailed Tit | Igor Dvurekov | 17

Alpine Chough | Nataliya Pokhodzey | 17

Northern Pintail | Alexandr Balaev | 17

Northern Wren | Anna Golubeva | 16

Spanish Sparrow | Dmitriy Shevtsov | 16

Northern Bullfinch | Andrei Kiselev | 16

Rock Bunting | Khasan Zhurtov | 16

Griffon Vulture | Khasan Zhurtov | 16

Short-eared Owl | Evgenia Zotova | 16

Eurasian Blackbird | Igor Dvurekov | 16

Little Grebe | Igor Dvurekov | 16

Bohemian Waxwing | Svetlana Medvedeva | 16

Alpine Chough | Nataliya Pokhodzey | 16

Lesser Spotted Woodpecker | Elena Shvydun | 16

Northern Hawk Owl | Elena Votinceva | 16

Cetti's Warbler | Vitaliy Butko | 16

White-tailed Sea-Eagle | Anna Golubeva | 15

Common Goldeneye | Dmitriy Shevtsov | 15

House Sparrow | Dmitriy Shevtsov | 15

House Sparrow | Dmitriy Shevtsov | 15

Yellowhammer | Andrei Kiselev | 15

Great Spotted Woodpecker | Andrei Kiselev | 15

Northern Hawk Owl | Galina Katanova | 15

Whooper Swan | Vitaliy Butko | 15

Common Sparrowhawk | Alexandr Balaev | 15

Great Grey Owl | E.Shchipkova, I.Dmitriev | 15

Long-eared Owl | Alexey Kuzmin | 15

White-Backed Woodpecker | Anastasiia Koroteeva | 15

Black Woodpecker | Anastasiia Koroteeva | 15

Eurasian Three-Toed Woodpecker | Anna Golubeva | 14

Common Sparrowhawk | Anna Golubeva | 14

Eurasian Goldfinch | Dmitriy Shevtsov | 14

Northern Reed Bunting | Dmitriy Shevtsov | 14

Little Grebe | Khasan Zhurtov | 14

Fieldfare | Igor Dvurekov | 14

Long-eared Owl | Igor Dvurekov | 14

Yellowhammer | Elena Shvydun | 14

Grey Heron | Elena Shvydun | 14

Peregrine Falcon | Alexey Sizov | 14

Dalmatian Pelican | Alexey Sizov | 14

Lesser Spotted Woodpecker | Aleksandr Breykin | 14

Northern Bullfinch | Alexandr Balaev | 14

Eurasian Siskin | Alexandr Balaev | 14

Eurasian Collared Dove | Alexandr Balaev | 14

Goldcrest | Anastasiia Koroteeva | 14

Grey Partridge | Anastasiia Koroteeva | 14

Bearded Tit | Dmytro Petrychenko | 14

Fieldfare | Elena Shvydun | 14

Middle Spotted Woodpecker | Alexander Yakovlev | 13

Tufted Duck | Dmitriy Shevtsov | 13

Eurasian Jay | Andrei Kiselev | 13

Grey-Headed Woodpecker | Andrei Kiselev | 13

Black-Necked Grebe | Andrey Semenov | 13

Northern Pintail | Vladislav Iopek | 13

Eurasian Nuthatch | Igor Dvurekov | 13

Common Treecreeper | Igor Dvurekov | 13

Greater Flamingo | Svetlana Medvedeva | 13

Rock Bunting | Vitaliy Butko | 13

Gadwall | Vitaliy Butko | 13

Meadow Pipit | Alexey Sizov | 13

Syrian Woodpecker | Alexey Sizov | 13

Common Goldeneye | Aleksandr Breykin | 13

Long-eared Owl | Aleksandr Plekhanov | 13

Ruddy Shelduck | Aleksandr Plekhanov | 13

Mandarin Duck | Aleksandr Plekhanov | 13

Great Cormorant | Aleksandr Plekhanov | 13

Willow Tit | Alexandr Balaev | 13

Long-tailed Tit | Alexandr Balaev | 13

Tawny Owl | Vadim Sinukhin | 13

Goosander | Vadim Sinukhin | 13

Greater White-fronted Goose | Vadim Sinukhin | 13

Common Goldeneye | Vadim Sinukhin | 13

Bewick's Swan | Oleg Borodin | 13

Hooded Crow | Dmitriy Shevtsov | 12

Blue Tit | Andrei Kiselev | 12

Northern Bullfinch | Andrei Kiselev | 12

Yellowhammer | Andrei Kiselev | 12

Common Teal | Khasan Zhurtov | 12

Common Teal | Khasan Zhurtov | 12

Ferruginous Duck | Khasan Zhurtov | 12

Eurasian Three-Toed Woodpecker | Andrey Semenov | 12

Grey Partridge | Andrey Semenov | 12

Great Grey Shrike | Svetlana Medvedeva | 12

Great Spotted Woodpecker | Dmitry Erokhin | 12

Common Starling | Nataliya Pokhodzey | 12

Black-Necked Grebe | Vitaliy Butko | 12

Meadow Pipit | Vitaliy Butko | 12

Grey Heron | Vitaliy Butko | 12

Greater Ringed Plover | Alexey Sizov | 12

Eurasian Green Woodpecker | Alexey Sizov | 12

Mute Swan | Aleksandr Plekhanov | 12

Black Woodpecker | Aleksandr Plekhanov | 12

Eurasian Nuthatch | Alexandr Balaev | 12

Long-tailed Tit | Alexandr Balaev | 12

Common Redpoll | Alexandr Balaev | 12

Willow Tit | Alexandr Balaev | 12

Ural Owl | E.Shchipkova, I.Dmitriev | 12

Northern Pintail | Vadim Sinukhin | 12

Goosander | Vadim Sinukhin | 12

Eurasian Penduline Tit | Dmytro Petrychenko | 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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