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Best photos of the month, February 2022.

Eastern Imperial Eagle | Dmitriy Shevtsov | 36

Crested Tit | Elena Shvydun | 29

Eurasian Green Woodpecker | Anna Golubeva | 28

Northern Hawk Owl | Anna Golubeva | 28

Guldenstadt's Redstart | Dmitriy Shevtsov | 27

Middle Spotted Woodpecker | Anna Golubeva | 26

Horned Lark | Dmitriy Shevtsov | 26

Eurasian Siskin | Anna Golubeva | 24

Eurasian Pygmy-Owl | Anna Golubeva | 23

Eurasian Nuthatch | Dmitriy Shevtsov | 23

Great Rosefinch | Dmitriy Shevtsov | 23

Northern Bullfinch | Anna Golubeva | 22

Snow Bunting | Anna Golubeva | 22

Twite | Dmitriy Shevtsov | 22

Common Moorhen | Alexey Sizov | 22

Tree Sparrow | Anna Golubeva | 21

Ural Owl | Anna Golubeva | 21

Great Spotted Woodpecker | Anna Golubeva | 21

Eurasian Three-Toed Woodpecker | Anna Golubeva | 21

Coal Tit | Dmitriy Shevtsov | 21

Common Sparrowhawk | Dmitriy Shevtsov | 21

Long-eared Owl | Valerij Yasinsky | 21

Great Grey Shrike | Elena Shvydun | 21

Grey Partridge | Anna Golubeva | 20

Eurasian Goldfinch | Anna Golubeva | 20

Great Grey Shrike | Anna Golubeva | 20

Northern Black Grouse | Anna Golubeva | 19

Eurasian Green Woodpecker | Dmitriy Shevtsov | 19

Fieldfare | Andrei Kiselev | 19

Yellowhammer | Andrei Kiselev | 19

Long-eared Owl | Anna Golubeva | 18

Long-tailed Tit | Anna Golubeva | 18

Twite | Dmitriy Shevtsov | 18

Grey Wagtail | Dmitriy Shevtsov | 18

Red-fronted Serin | Dmitriy Shevtsov | 18

Long-tailed Tit | Andrei Kiselev | 18

Long-eared Owl | Svetlana Medvedeva | 18

Northern Hawk Owl | Elena Shvydun | 18

Snow Bunting | Aleksandr Chegodaev | 18

Cinereous Vulture | Oleg Sheremet | 18

Northern Pintail | Dmytro Petrychenko | 18

Ruddy Shelduck | Khasan Zhurtov | 17

Eurasian Three-Toed Woodpecker | Elena Shvydun | 17

Red-fronted Serin | Dmitriy Shevtsov | 16

Eurasian Jay | Galina Katanova | 16

Snow Bunting | Elena Shvydun | 16

Grey Partridge | Elena Shvydun | 16

Northern Bullfinch | Alexandr Balaev | 16

Common Sparrowhawk | Alexandr Balaev | 16

Eurasian Penduline Tit | Dmytro Petrychenko | 16

Common Kestrel | Dmitriy Shevtsov | 15

Great White Egret | Dmitriy Shevtsov | 15

Eurasian Blackbird | Dmitriy Shevtsov | 15

Brambling | Dmitriy Shevtsov | 15

Red-fronted Serin | Dmitriy Shevtsov | 15

White-winged Crossbill | Galina Katanova | 15

Mew Gull | Vitaliy Butko | 15

Crested Lark | Vitaliy Butko | 15

Common Sandpiper | Alexey Sizov | 15

Northern Hawk Owl | Alexandr Balaev | 15

Hawfinch | Dmytro Petrychenko | 15

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...