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Best photos of the month, August 2016.

Merlin | Sergey Volkov | 7

Terek Sandpiper | Viacheslav Kaistro | 6

Red-necked Phalarope | Roman Barabash | 6

Eurasian Spoonbill | Sergey Ryzhkov | 6

Ruff | Viacheslav Kaistro | 5

Common Kingfisher | Viacheslav Kaistro | 5

Eurasian Spoonbill | Sergey Ryzhkov | 5

Common Kingfisher | Viacheslav Kaistro | 5

European Turtle Dove | Viacheslav Kaistro | 5

Common Sandpiper | Igor Shcherbakov | 5

Common Sandpiper | Igor Shcherbakov | 5

Yellow Wagtail | Dmitry Pozharsky | 4

Levant Sparrowhawk | Viacheslav Kaistro | 4

Curlew Sandpiper | Viacheslav Kaistro | 4

Common Kingfisher | Sergey Ryzhkov | 4

Levant Sparrowhawk | Viacheslav Kaistro | 4

Common Kingfisher | Viacheslav Kaistro | 4

Common Sandpiper | Igor Shcherbakov | 4

Common Kingfisher | Viacheslav Kaistro | 4

Pygmy Cormorant | Viacheslav Kaistro | 4

Pygmy Cormorant | Viacheslav Kaistro | 4

Little Stint | Viacheslav Kaistro | 3

Little Gull | Sergey Ryzhkov | 3

Terek Sandpiper | Roman Barabash | 3

Spotted Crake | Roman Barabash | 3

Ruddy Turnstone | Roman Barabash | 3

Black-winged Pratincole | Alex Komarovskiy | 3

rare birds records


Black-winged Stilt (Himantopus himantopus)

© Khasan Zhurtov
2026-01-09
Maiskiy,KBR



European Turtle Dove (Streptopelia turtur)

© Natalia Savranska
2026-01-06
Pantaivka

First winter record of the European Turtle Dove (Streptopelia turtur)


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.

unidentified birds


2026-01-13

Сергей Л. Волков: Серебристая чайка, к лету 3 года, скорее всего, будет, в крыльях еще детские перья есть.

2025-12-25

Наталія Драбина: Чернь морська чи чубата?

more unidentified birds...