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Best photos of the month, May 2024.

Blue-cheeked Bee-eater | Alexandr Balaev | 20

Red-billed Chough | Alexandr Balaev | 15

Levant Sparrowhawk | Alexandr Balaev | 14

Chukar Partridge | Alexandr Balaev | 14

Eurasian Wryneck | Andrey Semenov | 13

Woodchat Shrike | Alexandr Balaev | 13

European Golden Oriole | Alexandr Balaev | 13

Dunlin | Sergei Saveika | 13

Wood Lark | Dmitriy Shevtsov | 12

Red-throated Pipit | Dmitriy Shevtsov | 12

Barred Warbler | Andrei Kiselev | 12

Little Stint | Andrei Kiselev | 12

Eurasian Honey-Buzzard | Andrey Semenov | 12

Greenish Warbler | Andrey Semenov | 12

Black Stork | Alexandr Balaev | 12

Red-breasted Flycatcher | Dmitriy Shevtsov | 11

Corn Bunting | Andrei Kiselev | 11

Wood Sandpiper | Andrei Kiselev | 11

Little Tern | Andrei Kiselev | 11

Yellow Wagtail | Andrei Kiselev | 11

Great Reed Warbler | Andrei Kiselev | 11

Syrian Woodpecker | Andrei Kiselev | 11

Lapland Longspur | Galina Katanova | 11

Grey Plover | Andrey Semenov | 11

Thrush Nightingale | Maxim Lanin | 11

Common Cuckoo | Dmitrij Andreev | 11

Common Cuckoo | Vitaliy Butko | 11

Rock Sparrow | Alexandr Balaev | 11

Eastern Imperial Eagle | Alexandr Balaev | 11

Black-eared Wheatear | Alexandr Balaev | 11

Lesser Grey Shrike | Dmitriy Shevtsov | 10

Ortolan Bunting | Dmitriy Shevtsov | 10

Short-toed Snake-Eagle | Dmitriy Shevtsov | 10

Common Cuckoo | Dmitriy Shevtsov | 10

Northern House Martin | Dmitriy Shevtsov | 10

Barn Swallow | Dmitriy Shevtsov | 10

Icterine Warbler | Dmitriy Shevtsov | 10

Dunlin | Andrei Kiselev | 10

Corncrake | Andrei Kiselev | 10

Red-necked Phalarope | Andrei Kiselev | 10

Common Kingfisher | Andrei Kiselev | 10

Booted Warbler | Andrey Semenov | 10

Eurasian Reed Warbler | Andrey Semenov | 10

Western Grasshopper Warbler | Andrey Semenov | 10

Common Whitethroat | Maxim Lanin | 10

Red-footed Falcon | Evgenia Zotova | 10

Red-breasted Merganser | Andrei Petrov | 10

Black Woodpecker | Andrei Petrov | 10

Common Teal | Andrei Petrov | 10

Eastern Olivaceous Warbler | Vitaliy Butko | 10

Eurasian Eagle-Owl | Alexey Sizov | 10

Rock Bunting | Alexandr Balaev | 10

Egyptian Vulture | Alexandr Balaev | 10

Wood Warbler | Alexandr Balaev | 10

Black Tern | Alexandr Balaev | 10

| Alexandr Balaev | 10

Little Ringed Plover | Dmitriy Shevtsov | 9

Greater Short-toed Lark | Dmitriy Shevtsov | 9

Red-backed Shrike | Dmitriy Shevtsov | 9

Middle Spotted Woodpecker | Dmitriy Shevtsov | 9

Common Oystercatcher | Andrei Kiselev | 9

Greater Ringed Plover | Andrei Kiselev | 9

Red-throated Pipit | Andrei Kiselev | 9

Common Redshank | Andrei Kiselev | 9

Common Kestrel | Andrei Kiselev | 9

Little Bittern | Khasan Zhurtov | 9

Citrine Wagtail | Galina Katanova | 9

Corncrake | Andrei Petrov | 9

Western Grasshopper Warbler | Andrei Petrov | 9

Great White Pelican | Svetlana Medvedeva | 9

Common Oystercatcher | Dmitrij Andreev | 9

European Golden Oriole | Dmitrij Andreev | 9

Red-throated Pipit | Dmitry Erokhin | 9

European Nightjar | Vitaliy Butko | 9

Eurasian Penduline Tit | Vitaliy Butko | 9

Montagu's Harrier | Vitaliy Butko | 9

Barred Warbler | Vitaliy Butko | 9

European Bee-eater | Aleksandr Breykin | 9

Squacco Heron | Alexandr Balaev | 9

Alpine Swift | Alexandr Balaev | 9

Long-legged Buzzard | Alexandr Balaev | 9

Marsh Warbler | Alexandr Balaev | 9

Lesser Grey Shrike | Alexandr Balaev | 9

Barred Warbler | Alexandr Balaev | 9

Pied Flycatcher | Alexandr Balaev | 9

Greylag Goose | Sergei Saveika | 9

Bluethroat | Vadim Sinukhin | 9

Red-backed Shrike | Vadim Sinukhin | 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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