Best photos of the month. August 2017. Birds of Northern Eurasia.

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Gaviiformes

Gaviidae

Podicipediformes

Podicipedidae

Procellariiformes

Pelecaniformes

Ciconiiformes

Phoenicopteriformes

Anseriformes

Falconiformes

Galliformes

Gruiformes

Charadriiformes

Pterocletiformes

Columbiformes

Cuculiformes

Strigiformes

Caprimulgiformes

Apodiformes

Coraciiformes

Upupiformes

Piciformes

Passeriformes

Best photos of the month, August 2017.

Greater Spotted Eagle | Petro Hryniuk | 6

Pallid Harrier | Dmitry Pozharsky | 6

Eurasian Wryneck | Igor Shcherbakov | 5

Eurasian Spoonbill | Oksana Raldugina | 5

Kentish Plover | Sergey Ryzhkov | 5

Little Ringed Plover | Sergey Ryzhkov | 5

Hawfinch | Viktor Sevidov | 5

European Shag | Ivan Lavrenchuk | 5

White Stork | Andrey Semenov | 4

Red-necked Phalarope | Mikhail Kalagin | 4

Marsh Sandpiper | Viktor Sevidov | 4

European Nightjar | Viktor Sevidov | 4

Pallid Harrier | Ivan Lavrenchuk | 4

Glossy Ibis | Viktor Sevidov | 4

Glossy Ibis | Oksana Raldugina | 4

Common Snipe | Viktor Sevidov | 4

Northern Lapwing | Oksana Raldugina | 3

Glossy Ibis | Oksana Raldugina | 3

Levantine shearwater | Yuriy Kodrul | 3

Common Oystercatcher | Sergey Ryzhkov | 3

Glossy Ibis | Viktor Sevidov | 3

European Shag | Ivan Lavrenchuk | 3

European Nightjar | Viktor Sevidov | 3

European Shag | Ivan Lavrenchuk | 3

Red-necked Phalarope | Viktor Sevidov | 3

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Big Year 2026

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2. Khasan Zhurtov (122)
3. Igor Shcherbakov (114)
4. Aleksandr Gontcharov (111)
5. Dmitriy Shevtsov (99)
6. Andrei Kiselev (67)
7. Vyacheslav Yusupov (60)
8. Oleg Martsun (45)
9. Khasan Zhurtov (41)
10. Anton Vinogradov (39)

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rare birds records

Black-winged Stilt (Himantopus himantopus)

European Turtle Dove (Streptopelia turtur)

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

Ring-billed Gull (Larus delawarensis)

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)

Очень редкий гнездящийся и транзитно-мигрирующий в Беларуси вид. Кроме транзитной миграции, возможны залёты на территорию страны вне сезона гнездования.

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unidentified birds

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