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total species: 214
total photos: 483
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1. Eurasian Siskin (2023-01-01)
2. Coal Tit (2023-01-01)
3. European Greenfinch (2023-01-01)
4. Eurasian Collared Dove (2023-01-01)
5. Northern Bullfinch (2023-01-02)
6. Great Spotted Woodpecker (2023-01-02)
7. Great Tit (2023-01-02)
8. Blue Tit (2023-01-03)
9. Common Goldeneye (2023-01-04)
10. Greater Scaup (2023-01-04)
12. House Sparrow (2023-01-04)
13. Tree Sparrow (2023-01-04)
14. Hooded Crow (2023-01-04)
15. Eurasian Jackdaw (2023-01-04)
16. Mallard (2023-01-04)
17. Rock Pigeon (2023-01-04)
18. Goosander (2023-01-04)
19. Eurasian Linnet (2023-01-05)
20. Long-tailed Tit (2023-01-06)
21. Eurasian Jay (2023-01-06)
22. Willow Tit (2023-01-07)
23. Common Teal (2023-01-10)
24. Tufted Duck (2023-01-13)
25. Smew (2023-01-13)
26. Grey Heron (2023-01-13)
27. Ruddy Shelduck (2023-01-15)
28. Eurasian Wigeon (2023-01-15)
30. Northern Shoveler (2023-01-18)
31. Bohemian Waxwing (2023-01-21)
32. Tawny Owl (2023-01-21)
33. Herring Gull (2023-01-21)
34. Grey-Headed Woodpecker (2023-01-24)
35. Mandarin Duck (2023-01-26)
36. Eurasian Nuthatch (2023-02-01)
37. Common Redpoll (2023-02-10)
38. Fieldfare (2023-02-12)
39. Northern Pintail (2023-02-15)
40. Caspian Gull (2023-02-15)
41. Common Sparrowhawk (2023-02-16)
42. Velvet Scoter (2023-03-07)
43. Mew Gull (2023-03-07)
44. Eurasian Magpie (2023-03-11)
45. Middle Spotted Woodpecker (2023-03-15)
46. White-Backed Woodpecker (2023-03-18)
47. Common Treecreeper (2023-03-18)
48. Common Buzzard (2023-03-18)
49. Common Starling (2023-03-19)
50. Northern Lapwing (2023-03-21)
51. Common Chaffinch (2023-03-31)
52. Wood Pigeon (2023-03-31)
53. Black Kite (2023-04-04)
54. Black-headed Gull (2023-04-04)
55. Sky Lark (2023-04-05)
56. Eurasian Goldfinch (2023-04-05)
57. Common Snipe (2023-04-08)
58. Bluethroat (2023-04-09)
59. White Wagtail (2023-04-09)
60. Northern Reed Bunting (2023-04-09)
61. White Stork (2023-04-09)
62. Bewick's Swan (2023-04-09)
63. Bean Goose (2023-04-09)
64. Common Chiffchaff (2023-04-09)
65. Azure Tit (2023-04-09)
66. Lesser Spotted Woodpecker (2023-04-09)
67. Rough-legged Buzzard (2023-04-09)
68. Rook (2023-04-09)
69. Western Marsh-Harrier (2023-04-09)
70. White-tailed Sea-Eagle (2023-04-09)
71. Whooper Swan (2023-04-09)
72. Common Crane (2023-04-09)
73. Song Thrush (2023-04-10)
74. Goldcrest (2023-04-15)
75. Common Redshank (2023-04-15)
76. Common Coot (2023-04-16)
77. European Robin (2023-04-16)
78. Common Kestrel (2023-04-18)
79. Green Sandpiper (2023-04-18)
80. Hen Harrier (2023-04-20)
81. Hawfinch (2023-04-22)
82. Brambling (2023-04-22)
83. Dunnock (2023-04-22)
84. Eurasian Blackbird (2023-04-25)
85. Lesser Whitethroat (2023-04-29)
86. Yellow Wagtail (2023-04-29)
87. Willow Warbler (2023-05-01)
88. Northern Wren (2023-05-01)
89. Common Kingfisher (2023-05-04)
90. Red-throated Pipit (2023-05-04)
91. Glossy Ibis (2023-05-04)
92. Great White Egret (2023-05-05)
93. Little Egret (2023-05-05)
94. Squacco Heron (2023-05-05)
95. Purple Heron (2023-05-05)
96. Black-crowned Night Heron (2023-05-05)
97. Ruff (2023-05-05)
98. Great Cormorant (2023-05-05)
99. Mute Swan (2023-05-05)
100. Common Sandpiper (2023-05-05)
101. Common Tern (2023-05-05)
102. Eurasian Roller (2023-05-05)
103. Hoopoe (2023-05-05)
104. Whiskered Tern (2023-05-05)
105. Barn Swallow (2023-05-06)
106. Northern Wheatear (2023-05-06)
107. Common Pheasant (2023-05-06)
108. Common Stonechat (2023-05-06)
109. Lesser Grey Shrike (2023-05-06)
110. Whinchat (2023-05-06)
111. Eurasian Penduline Tit (2023-05-06)
112. Eurasian Hobby (2023-05-06)
113. Wood Warbler (2023-05-08)
114. Pied Flycatcher (2023-05-08)
115. Thrush Nightingale (2023-05-09)
116. Blackcap (2023-05-11)
117. Tree Pipit (2023-05-13)
118. Common Cuckoo (2023-05-13)
119. Common Swift (2023-05-16)
120. Wood Lark (2023-05-20)
121. Common Greenshank (2023-05-20)
122. Boreal Owl (2023-05-20)
123. Eurasian Scops-Owl (2023-05-20)
124. Montagu's Harrier (2023-05-21)
125. Short-eared Owl (2023-05-21)
126. Great Grey Owl (2023-05-21)
127. Ural Owl (2023-05-21)
128. Black Redstart (2023-05-25)
129. Spotted Flycatcher (2023-05-25)
130. Great Reed Warbler (2023-05-25)
131. European Bee-eater (2023-05-26)
132. Northern House Martin (2023-05-26)
133. Black Tern (2023-05-26)
134. Red-backed Shrike (2023-05-27)
135. Yellowhammer (2023-05-28)
136. Ortolan Bunting (2023-05-28)
137. Common Whitethroat (2023-06-01)
138. Booted Warbler (2023-06-02)
139. Sedge Warbler (2023-06-02)
140. Marsh Warbler (2023-06-02)
141. Icterine Warbler (2023-06-04)
142. Blyth's Reed Warbler (2023-06-04)
143. River Warbler (2023-06-04)
144. Common Rosefinch (2023-06-04)
145. Yellow-breasted Bunting (2023-06-07)
146. Sand Martin (2023-06-07)
147. Black-tailed Godwit (2023-06-07)
148. Eurasian Curlew (2023-06-07)
149. Little Tern (2023-06-07)
150. Common Oystercatcher (2023-06-07)
151. Terek Sandpiper (2023-06-07)
152. Arctic Redpoll (2023-06-08)
153. Citrine Wagtail (2023-06-10)
154. Common Pochard (2023-06-18)
155. Gadwall (2023-06-18)
157. Red-breasted Flycatcher (2023-06-18)
158. Lesser Spotted Eagle (2023-06-25)
159. Garganey (2023-07-09)
160. Wood Sandpiper (2023-07-16)
161. Little Ringed Plover (2023-07-16)
162. Little Bittern (2023-07-16)
163. Common Raven (2023-07-20)
164. Eurasian Honey-Buzzard (2023-07-30)
165. Common Moorhen (2023-08-04)
166. Garden Warbler (2023-08-27)
167. Water Rail (2023-09-03)
168. Red Crossbill (2023-09-06)
169. Blue-cheeked Bee-eater (2023-09-13)
170. Levant Sparrowhawk (2023-09-13)
171. White-winged Tern (2023-09-13)
172. Eurasian Redstart (2023-09-13)
173. Little Owl (2023-09-13)
174. White-headed Duck (2023-09-13)
175. Red-crested Pochard (2023-09-14)
176. Bearded Tit (2023-09-14)
177. Eurasian Reed Warbler (2023-09-14)
178. Curlew Sandpiper (2023-09-14)
179. Corn Bunting (2023-09-14)
180. Moustached Warbler (2023-09-14)
181. Common Shelduck (2023-09-14)
182. Eurasian Spoonbill (2023-09-14)
184. Little Stint (2023-09-14)
185. Red-necked Phalarope (2023-09-14)
186. Ruddy Turnstone (2023-09-14)
187. Greater Ringed Plover (2023-09-14)
188. Lesser Short-toed Lark (2023-09-14)
189. Laughing Dove (2023-09-15)
190. Little Gull (2023-09-15)
191. Dunlin (2023-09-15)
192. Black-winged Stilt (2023-09-15)
193. Marsh Sandpiper (2023-09-15)
194. Pied Avocet (2023-09-15)
195. Spotted Redshank (2023-09-15)
196. Crested Lark (2023-09-16)
197. Cattle Egret (2023-09-16)
198. Rosy Starling (2023-09-16)
199. Golden Eagle (2023-09-16)
200. Greater Flamingo (2023-09-16)
201. Grey-headed Swamphen (2023-09-16)
202. Lesser Kestrel (2023-09-17)
203. Steppe Eagle (2023-09-17)
204. Blue Rock Thrush (2023-09-17)
205. Pied Wheatear (2023-09-17)
206. Cinereous Vulture (2023-09-17)
207. Griffon Vulture (2023-09-17)
208. Lammergeier (2023-09-17)
209. Spotted Nutcracker (2023-09-23)
210. Crested Tit (2023-09-30)
211. Great Grey Shrike (2023-10-21)
213. Red-breasted Merganser (2023-12-02)
214. Northern Goshawk (2023-12-15)

recent uploads

2026-06-19. Lesser Spotted Woodpecker, Hawfinch.

2026-06-16. Barred Warbler.

2026-06-15. Common Oystercatcher, Western Grasshopper Warbler, Little Tern.

2026-06-13. Great Reed Warbler, Eurasian Goldfinch, European Greenfinch.

2026-06-12. Hawfinch, Hen Harrier.

2026-06-11. Great Cormorant, Western Marsh-Harrier, Thrush Nightingale.

2026-06-10. Lesser Grey Shrike, Lesser Grey Shrike, Booted Eagle, Booted Eagle.

2026-06-09. Red-backed Shrike, Red-backed Shrike.

2026-06-08. Icterine Warbler, Yellow Wagtail, Slavonian Grebe.

2026-06-07. Wood Warbler, Red-breasted Flycatcher, Tree Pipit, Citrine Wagtail, Sedge Warbler.

2026-06-05. European Bee-eater, Common Rosefinch, Whinchat.

2026-06-04. Common Stonechat, Black Kite, Ortolan Bunting, Montagu's Harrier, Booted Warbler.

2026-05-23. Terek Sandpiper, Northern Lapwing, Common Swift, Blackcap.

2026-05-22. Marsh Warbler.

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rare birds records


Squacco Heron (Ardeola ralloides)

© Yury Podverbny
2026-05-16

Редкий залётный вид

Mediterranean Gull (Larus melanocephalus)

© Dmitriy Shevtsov
2026-05-10
North Osetia, Brut


Dunnock / Hedge Sparrow (Prunella modularis)

© Yury Podverbny
2026-02-19


Jack Snipe (Lymnocryptes minimus)

© Yury Podverbny
2026-01-23

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recent video

2026-05-08. Eurasian Linnet (Stanislavs Gr).

2026-05-03. Eurasian Collared Dove (Stanislavs Gr).

2026-02-07. Great Grey Shrike (Volodymyr Nevmerzhytskyi).

2026-02-06. Black Stork (Andrew Simon), Northern Black Grouse (Andrew Simon), Red Phalarope (Andrew Simon), European Turtle Dove (Andrew Simon), Tree Pipit (Andrew Simon), Snow Bunting (Andrew Simon).

2025-12-07. Tree Sparrow (Stanislavs Gr).

2025-07-18. Common Chiffchaff (Andrei Orekhov).

2025-02-26. Grey-Headed Woodpecker (Vitalii Kazannyk).

2024-11-28. Mandarin Duck (Galina Katanova).

2024-10-15. Northern Hawk Owl (Galina Katanova).

2024-10-11. Ruff (Hlib Koval).

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unidentified birds

2026-06-11

Сергій Травелян: жовті "пахви"
2026-06-09

no any comments:
2026-06-06

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2026-06-03

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2026-06-01

Дмитрий Шевцов: Может и бормотушка. Правда также 100 % признаков не видно. Хотя внешность на 1 фото пеночковая, что тоже в пользу бормотушки.
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