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Best photos of the month, August 2018.

Common Kingfisher | Igor Shcherbakov | 8

Osprey | Dmitry Pozharsky | 8

Arctic Skua | Dmytro Komarovskyi | 8

Montagu's Harrier | Dmitry Pozharsky | 8

Siberian Jay | Anna Golubeva | 7

Western Marsh-Harrier | Dmitry Pozharsky | 7

Siberian Jay | Anna Golubeva | 7

Osprey | Dmitry Pozharsky | 7

Merlin | Anna Golubeva | 6

Red Knot | Anna Golubeva | 6

Willow Ptarmigan | Igor Dvurekov | 6

Pied Avocet | Svetlana Medvedeva | 6

Northern Lapwing | Anatoliy Kuzmin | 6

Northern Lapwing | Anatoliy Kuzmin | 6

Little Bunting | Anna Golubeva | 5

Black Kite | Anna Golubeva | 5

Hoopoe | Dmitriy Shevtsov | 5

European Bee-eater | Dmitriy Shevtsov | 5

Eurasian Roller | Dmitriy Shevtsov | 5

Red-backed Shrike | Dmitry Pozharsky | 5

Whiskered Tern | Svetlana Medvedeva | 5

Pied Avocet | Vladimir Popenko | 5

Red Knot | Anna Golubeva | 5

Montagu's Harrier | Anna Golubeva | 4

Blackcap | Anna Golubeva | 4

Caucasian Snowcock | Khasan Zhurtov | 4

Red-backed Shrike | Khasan Zhurtov | 4

European Bee-eater | Dmitry Pozharsky | 4

Marsh Warbler | Dmitry Pozharsky | 4

Red-footed Falcon | Dmitry Pozharsky | 4

Common Snipe | Andrey Semenov | 4

Ruff | Anatoliy Kuzmin | 4

Lesser Grey Shrike | Yuriy Redkin | 4

Sandwich Tern | Svetlana Medvedeva | 4

Common Sandpiper | Viktor Sevidov | 4

Common Greenshank | Vladimir Popenko | 4

Spotted Crake | Vladimir Popenko | 4

European Turtle Dove | Serhii Petrovych | 4

Great Cormorant | Duncan Cookson | 4

Red-footed Falcon | Dmitry Pozharsky | 4

Pied Avocet | Svetlana Medvedeva | 4

Red-footed Falcon | Dmitry Pozharsky | 4

Red-footed Falcon | Dmitry Pozharsky | 4

Red-footed Falcon | Dmitry Pozharsky | 4

Red-footed Falcon | Dmitry Pozharsky | 4

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...