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Best photos of the month, June 2025.

Common Cuckoo | Dmitriy Shevtsov | 17

Ortolan Bunting | Dmitriy Shevtsov | 15

Collared Flycatcher | Andrei Kiselev | 15

Western Marsh-Harrier | Dmitriy Shevtsov | 14

Black-Necked Grebe | Irina Ortik | 14

Black Redstart | Dmitriy Shevtsov | 13

Hoopoe | Dmitriy Shevtsov | 13

Icterine Warbler | Andrei Kiselev | 13

Little Tern | Alexandr Balaev | 13

Common Sandpiper | Dmitriy Shevtsov | 12

Great Reed Warbler | Dmitriy Shevtsov | 12

Grey Wagtail | Dmitriy Shevtsov | 12

Northern Wren | Dmitriy Shevtsov | 12

Eurasian Hobby | Andrei Kiselev | 12

European Golden Oriole | Andrei Kiselev | 12

Common Tern | Andrei Petrov | 12

Red-throated Loon | Dmitrij Andreev | 12

Northern House Martin | Alexandr Balaev | 12

European Bee-eater | Alexandr Balaev | 12

Common Sandpiper | Dmitriy Shevtsov | 11

Spotted Flycatcher | Dmitriy Shevtsov | 11

Stock Pigeon | Dmitriy Shevtsov | 11

Savi's Warbler | Dmitriy Shevtsov | 11

Common Starling | Dmitriy Shevtsov | 11

Black-winged Stilt | Dmitriy Shevtsov | 11

Grey Heron | Dmitriy Shevtsov | 11

Black-crowned Night Heron | Dmitriy Shevtsov | 11

Northern Lapwing | Dmitriy Shevtsov | 11

Northern Lapwing | Dmitriy Shevtsov | 11

Red-billed Chough | Dmitriy Shevtsov | 11

Common Whitethroat | Dmitriy Shevtsov | 11

Ortolan Bunting | Andrey Semenov | 11

European Golden Oriole | Vladislav Iopek | 11

Little Bittern | Dmitrij Andreev | 11

Montagu's Harrier | Alexandr Balaev | 11

Spotted Redshank | Alexandr Balaev | 11

Common Greenshank | Alexandr Balaev | 11

Red-throated Loon | Alexandr Balaev | 11

Osprey | Alexandr Balaev | 11

Common Oystercatcher | Alexandr Balaev | 11

European Nightjar | Viktor Sevidov | 11

Cetti's Warbler | Dmitriy Shevtsov | 10

Common Tern | Dmitriy Shevtsov | 10

Great Crested Grebe | Dmitriy Shevtsov | 10

Red-billed Chough | Dmitriy Shevtsov | 10

Common Rosefinch | Dmitriy Shevtsov | 10

Barn Swallow | Dmitriy Shevtsov | 10

Stock Pigeon | Andrei Kiselev | 10

Sand Martin | Andrei Kiselev | 10

Eurasian Bittern | Vladislav Iopek | 10

Great White Egret | Dmitrij Andreev | 10

European Bee-eater | Alexandr Balaev | 10

Hawfinch | Alexandr Balaev | 10

Eurasian Penduline Tit | Alexandr Balaev | 10

Wood Sandpiper | Alexandr Balaev | 10

Common Kestrel | Alexandr Balaev | 10

European Serin | Alexandr Balaev | 10

Eurasian Woodcock | Andrey Mis\'kov | 10

Aquatic Warbler | Andrey Mis\'kov | 10

Eurasian Linnet | Dmitriy Shevtsov | 9

Western Marsh-Harrier | Andrei Kiselev | 9

Pied Flycatcher | Andrei Kiselev | 9

Northern Wren | Andrei Kiselev | 9

Red-breasted Flycatcher | Andrei Kiselev | 9

Red-backed Shrike | Andrei Kiselev | 9

Spotted Flycatcher | Andrei Kiselev | 9

Song Thrush | Andrei Kiselev | 9

Red-throated Loon | Andrey Semenov | 9

Common Quail | Andrey Semenov | 9

Common Kestrel | Vladislav Iopek | 9

Common Stonechat | Alexandr Lyubimov | 9

Barn Swallow | Alexandr Balaev | 9

Common Tern | Alexandr Balaev | 9

Common Oystercatcher | Alexandr Balaev | 9

Black Tern | Alexandr Balaev | 9

Eurasian Goldfinch | Alexandr Balaev | 9

Eurasian Collared Dove | Alexandr Balaev | 9

White-tailed Sea-Eagle | Alexandr Balaev | 9

Northern Bullfinch | Alexandr Balaev | 9

Red-backed Shrike | Alexandr Balaev | 9

Bluethroat | Alexandr Balaev | 9

Barred Warbler | Sergei Saveika | 9

Tree Pipit | Sergei Saveika | 9

Red Knot | Sergei Saveika | 9

European Nightjar | Andrey Mis\'kov | 9

Icterine Warbler | Irina Ortik | 9

Common Kingfisher | Irina Ortik | 9

Common Coot | Dmitriy Shevtsov | 8

Collared Flycatcher | Andrei Kiselev | 8

Grey Partridge | Andrei Kiselev | 8

Wood Warbler | Andrei Kiselev | 8

European Golden Oriole | Khasan Zhurtov | 8

European Bee-eater | Andrey Semenov | 8

Eurasian Wryneck | Andrey Semenov | 8

Whiskered Tern | Andrey Semenov | 8

European Golden Oriole | Andrey Semenov | 8

Common Rosefinch | Elena Koval | 8

Red-breasted Merganser | Elena Koval | 8

Common Kingfisher | Vladislav Iopek | 8

Common Whitethroat | Vladislav Iopek | 8

Eurasian Bittern | Vladislav Iopek | 8

Red-backed Shrike | Alexandr Lyubimov | 8

Hoopoe | Alexandr Lyubimov | 8

Stock Pigeon | Andrei Petrov | 8

Common Redshank | Andrei Petrov | 8

Whiskered Tern | Vitaliy Butko | 8

Sky Lark | Liza Ovsyannikova | 8

Booted Warbler | Alexandr Balaev | 8

Eurasian Siskin | Alexandr Balaev | 8

Northern Wren | Alexandr Balaev | 8

Goldcrest | Alexandr Balaev | 8

Common Whitethroat | Alexandr Balaev | 8

Greenish Warbler | Alexandr Balaev | 8

Pied Flycatcher | Alexandr Balaev | 8

Garden Warbler | Sergei Saveika | 8

Dunlin | Sergei Saveika | 8

Whinchat | mixail krjukov | 8

Corn Bunting | Irina Ortik | 8

Eurasian Spoonbill | Egor Loboda | 8

Common Rosefinch | Ihor Vietokhin | 8

Alpine Accentor | Khasan Zhurtov | 7

European Golden Oriole | Galina Katanova | 7

Greenish Warbler | Andrey Semenov | 7

Northern Shoveler | Andrey Semenov | 7

Red-breasted Merganser | Elena Koval | 7

Common Oystercatcher | Elena Koval | 7

Common Sandpiper | Vladislav Iopek | 7

Lesser Whitethroat | Vladislav Iopek | 7

Red-backed Shrike | Vladislav Iopek | 7

Common Stonechat | Alexandr Lyubimov | 7

Pied Flycatcher | Andrei Petrov | 7

Northern House Martin | Andrei Petrov | 7

White Stork | Andrei Petrov | 7

Blackcap | Andrei Petrov | 7

Red-throated Loon | Dmitrij Andreev | 7

Mute Swan | Dmitrij Andreev | 7

Eurasian Roller | Vladimir Stramnoy | 7

Common Sandpiper | Natalia Dokashenko | 7

Lesser Whitethroat | Alexandr Balaev | 7

Common Rosefinch | Sergei Saveika | 7

Booted Warbler | Sergei Saveika | 7

Whinchat | Sergei Saveika | 7

Red Knot | Sergei Saveika | 7

Red-breasted Flycatcher | Nikolai Zmievskiy | 7

European Shag | Svetlana Barabanshchikova | 7

Kentish Plover | Dmitriy Solomatin | 7

Tawny Owl | mixail krjukov | 7

Northern Wren | mixail krjukov | 7

Black Tern | Oksana Makhovska | 7

Aquatic Warbler | Ihor Vietokhin | 7

European Nightjar | Viktor Sevidov | 7

Black-Necked Grebe | Irina Ortik | 7

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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