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Best photos of the month, July 2019.

Eurasian Golden Plover | Anna Golubeva | 29

Siberian Jay | Anna Golubeva | 24

Pine Grosbeak | Anna Golubeva | 21

Lapland Longspur | Anna Golubeva | 18

Bar-tailed Godwit | Anna Golubeva | 17

Lapland Longspur | Anna Golubeva | 17

Lesser Spotted Eagle | Maxim Lanin | 17

Willow Ptarmigan | Leonid Shurov | 17

Barn Swallow | Gennady Kolotin | 16

European Bee-eater | Dmitriy Shevtsov | 16

Spotted Crake | Dmitriy Shevtsov | 16

Northern Wren | Leonid Shurov | 16

Little Bittern | Elena Shvydun | 16

Montagu's Harrier | Maxim Lanin | 16

Short-eared Owl | Anna Golubeva | 15

Common Sandpiper | Anna Golubeva | 15

Common Oystercatcher | Anna Golubeva | 15

Pine Grosbeak | Anna Golubeva | 15

Pallid Harrier | Gennady Kolotin | 15

Northern Wren | Dmitriy Shevtsov | 15

Corncrake | Dmitriy Shevtsov | 15

Eurasian Bittern | Andrey Semenov | 15

Montagu's Harrier | Maxim Lanin | 15

Curlew Sandpiper | Leonid Shurov | 15

Common Swift | Elena Shvydun | 15

Hen Harrier | Anna Golubeva | 14

Eurasian Wryneck | Maxim Lanin | 14

Pallid Harrier | Elena Shvydun | 14

Dunlin | Anna Golubeva | 13

Long-tailed Jaeger | Anna Golubeva | 13

White Stork | Anna Golubeva | 13

Barn Swallow | Anna Golubeva | 13

White-tailed Sea-Eagle | Anna Golubeva | 13

Red-necked Phalarope | Anna Golubeva | 13

Blackcap | Anna Golubeva | 13

Greater Ringed Plover | Anna Golubeva | 13

Northern House Martin | Sergey Shursha | 13

Eurasian Honey-Buzzard | Sergey Shursha | 13

Rock Bunting | Khasan Zhurtov | 13

Glossy Ibis | Khasan Zhurtov | 13

Northern Hazelhen | Andrey Prokhorov | 13

Purple Heron | Anatoliy Kuzmin | 13

Eurasian Magpie | Elena Shvydun | 13

Short-eared Owl | Elena Shvydun | 13

Montagu's Harrier | Elena Shvydun | 13

Hen Harrier | Elena Shvydun | 13

Arctic Tern | Anna Golubeva | 12

Pallid Harrier | Anna Golubeva | 12

Pallid Harrier | Anna Golubeva | 12

Pallid Harrier | Anna Golubeva | 12

Eurasian Goldfinch | Anna Golubeva | 12

Common Stonechat | Khasan Zhurtov | 12

White Stork | Maxim Lanin | 12

Western Capercaillie | Leonid Shurov | 12

Arctic Skua | Leonid Shurov | 12

Siberian Jay | Leonid Shurov | 12

Arctic Tern | Leonid Shurov | 12

Short-toed Snake-Eagle | Elena Shvydun | 12

Common Kestrel | Vitalii Otroshko | 12

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...