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Best photos of the month, December 2024.

Brambling | Dmitriy Shevtsov | 17

Common Buzzard | Vitaliy Butko | 16

Water Rail | Vitaliy Butko | 16

Rough-legged Buzzard | Alexandr Balaev | 16

Little Grebe | Alexandr Balaev | 15

Tufted Duck | Alexandr Balaev | 15

Common Kingfisher | Dmitriy Shevtsov | 14

Eurasian Collared Dove | Alexandr Balaev | 14

Common Snipe | Dmitriy Shevtsov | 13

Eurasian Nuthatch | Andrei Kiselev | 13

Crested Tit | Dmitrij Andreev | 13

Syrian Woodpecker | Andrei Kiselev | 12

Middle Spotted Woodpecker | Andrei Kiselev | 12

Coal Tit | Dmitrij Andreev | 12

Mandarin Duck | Alexandr Balaev | 12

Barnacle Goose | Alexandr Balaev | 12

Common Moorhen | Alexandr Balaev | 12

Long-eared Owl | Marina Torgashova | 12

Velvet Scoter | Vadim Sinukhin | 12

Rough-legged Buzzard | Andrei Kiselev | 11

Hawfinch | Andrei Kiselev | 11

Long-legged Buzzard | Khasan Zhurtov | 11

Peregrine Falcon | Igor Dvurekov | 11

Willow Tit | Dmitrij Andreev | 11

Common Moorhen | Dmitrij Andreev | 11

Northern Shoveler | Dmitrij Andreev | 11

Rough-legged Buzzard | Alexandr Balaev | 11

Northern Bullfinch | Andrei Kiselev | 10

Black Scoter | Sergey Shursha | 10

Common Teal | Dmitrij Andreev | 10

Northern Goshawk | Dmitrij Andreev | 10

Common Kingfisher | Dmitrij Andreev | 10

Common Kingfisher | Dmitrij Andreev | 10

Barnacle Goose | Dmitry Erokhin | 10

Long-eared Owl | Nataliya Pokhodzey | 10

Sandwich Tern | Vitaliy Butko | 10

Yellowhammer | Alexandr Balaev | 10

Common Teal | Alexandr Balaev | 10

Fieldfare | Andrei Kiselev | 9

Common Sparrowhawk | Igor Dvurekov | 9

Yellow-legged Gull | Igor Dvurekov | 9

Whooper Swan | Vitaliy Butko | 9

Hen Harrier | Alexandr Balaev | 9

Great Crested Grebe | Alexandr Balaev | 9

Spotted Nutcracker | Alexandr Balaev | 9

Barnacle Goose | Alexandr Balaev | 9

Ruddy Shelduck | Alexandr Balaev | 9

Greater Scaup | Vadim Sinukhin | 9

Ruddy Shelduck | Vadim Sinukhin | 9

Common Goldeneye | Vadim Sinukhin | 9

Long-tailed Duck | Igor Samokhin | 9

Peregrine Falcon | Hlib Koval | 9

Gadwall | Igor Shcherbakov | 8

Mandarin Duck | Dmitrij Andreev | 8

Red-crested Pochard | Vitaliy Butko | 8

Northern Shoveler | Alexandr Balaev | 8

Common Mynah | Alexandr Balaev | 8

Common Buzzard | Alexandr Balaev | 8

House Sparrow | Alexandr Balaev | 8

Common Goldeneye | Alexandr Balaev | 8

Rook | Alexandr Balaev | 8

Goldcrest | Alexandr Balaev | 8

Greater Scaup | Sergei Saveika | 8

Grey-Headed Woodpecker | Andrei Petrov | 7

Black-crowned Night Heron | Nataliya Pokhodzey | 7

Mediterranean Gull | Vitaliy Butko | 7

Marsh Tit | Marina Torgashova | 7

Whooper Swan | Marina Torgashova | 7

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


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Владимир Семашко: да, наверное, 3-я или 4-я зима.

more unidentified birds...