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Great White Egret

Egretta alba

© Stepan Boldyrev | 2016-08-05 |

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2026-05-14. Igor Fefelov: Grey Heron, Mihail Ivanov: European Greenfinch, Gadwall, Common Sandpiper, Red-breasted Merganser, Eurasian Redstart, Little Ringed Plover, Brown Shrike, Nikolay Alekseev: Pied Flycatcher, Pied Flycatcher, Black Kite, Olga Nemezhikova: Common Coot, Tatiana Semenova: Isabelline Shrike, Black-faced Bunting, Gadwall, Little Ringed Plover, Common Whitethroat, Pacific Swift, Citrine Wagtail, Wood Sandpiper, Wood Sandpiper, Eastern House Martin, Sand Martin, Eastern Marsh-harrier, Vladimir Maer: Sulphur-bellied Warbler.

2026-05-13. Igor Fefelov: Demoiselle Crane, Great Cormorant, Eastern Imperial Eagle, Rook, Oriental Turtle Dove, Marina Borovskaya: Common Tern, Common Stonechat, Common Starling, Richard's Pipit, Northern Lapwing, Great Crested Grebe, Black-Necked Grebe, Northern Shoveler, Common Teal, Green Sandpiper, Gadwall, Rock Pigeon, Northern Wheatear, Black-headed Gull, Common Chiffchaff, Common Coot, Common Pochard, Northern Reed Bunting, Eastern Marsh-harrier, Eastern Marsh-harrier, Bluethroat, Gadwall, Sky Lark, Maxim Dolgov: Thrush Nightingale, Willow Warbler, Willow Warbler, Nadejda Popova: Greater Spotted Eagle, Pale Sand Martin, Eurasian Wryneck, Hybrid Bunting, Common Kestrel, Upland Buzzard, Great Crested Grebe, Ruff, Northern Lapwing, Greater Ringed Plover, Little Ringed Plover, Buff-bellied Pipit, Common Sandpiper, Black-Necked Grebe, Wood Sandpiper, Common Snipe, Bean Goose, Natalia Vorobyova: Lesser Whitethroat, Common Cuckoo, Common Gull, Nikolay Alekseev: Common Chaffinch, Eurasian Redstart, Olga Nemezhikova: Tufted Duck, Vladimir Maer: Bar-headed Goose, Bar-headed Goose, Bar-headed Goose, Steppe Eagle, Upland Buzzard, Lesser Kestrel, Yaroslav Burmatov: Common Cuckoo, Mew Gull, Eurasian Curlew.

2026-05-12. Andrey Borodkin: Eurasian Redstart, Igor Fefelov: Isabelline Wheatear, Common Raven, Northern Wheatear, Marina Alekseenko: Baikal Teal, Mihail Ivanov: Eurasian Hobby, Natalia Vorobyova: Eurasian Penduline Tit, Northern Wheatear, Greylag Goose, Crested Honey-buzzard, Common Crane, Olga Nemezhikova: Eurasian Wryneck, Valerii Bogdanovich: Mandarin Duck, Baikal Teal, Coal Tit, Arctic Warbler, Vladimir Maer: Pallas's Sandgrouse, Demoiselle Crane, Vladimir Pankratov: Tree Pipit, Black Stork, Pied Wheatear, Black Redstart, Spotted Nutcracker, Altai Snowcock, Bar-headed Goose, Sulphur-bellied Warbler, Rufous-tailed Rock Thrush, Black Redstart, Mistle Thrush, Lammergeier, Red-billed Chough.

2026-05-11. Andrei Panov: Common Sparrowhawk, Common Teal, Common Cuckoo, Common Chiffchaff, Lesser Whitethroat, Barn Swallow, Common Stonechat, Tree Pipit, Common Coot, Willow Warbler, Gadwall, Garganey, Sand Martin, Andrey Borodkin: Common Coot, Great Crested Grebe, Black Kite, Lesser Whitethroat, Katya Tsekhmister: Goosander, Smew, Black-winged Stilt, Pallid Harrier, Marsh Sandpiper, Black-headed Gull, Willow Warbler, Whooper Swan, Black-Necked Grebe, Common Pochard, Mute Swan, Bluethroat, Citrine Wagtail, Yellow Wagtail, Common Stonechat, Eurasian Penduline Tit, Slavonian Grebe, Ruff, Dalmatian Pelican, Arctic Loon, Greater Scaup, Sky Lark, Greater White-fronted Goose, Little Gull, Caspian Tern, Mute Swan, Greylag Goose, Common Shelduck, Great Cormorant, Eurasian Redstart, Redwing, Common Sandpiper, Barn Swallow, Lesser Whitethroat, Tree Pipit, Common Tern, Black Tern, Common Cuckoo, Bluethroat, Common Starling, Pied Flycatcher, Black Kite, Common Greenshank, Whinchat, Northern Black Grouse, Maxim Dolgov: Green Sandpiper, Common Cuckoo, Mihail Ivanov: Common Kestrel, Natalia Vorobyova: Black Kite, Common Shelduck, Olga Nemezhikova: Great Crested Grebe, Tatiana Semenova: Pine Bunting, Valerii Bogdanovich: Common Tern, Eyebrowed Thrush, Black-faced Bunting, White-crowned Penduline Tit, Vladimir Maer: Bar-headed Goose, Whooper Swan, Isabelline Shrike, Vladimir Pankratov: Eurasian Crag Martin, Mistle Thrush, Mistle Thrush, Eversmann's Redstart, Eurasian Wryneck, Red-throated Thrush, Grey Wagtail, Black-throated Accentor, Common Stonechat, Red-throated Thrush, Common Treecreeper, Red-flanked Bluetail, Willow Tit, Pine Bunting, Black Kite, Ortolan Bunting, Demoiselle Crane, Goosander, Yaroslav Burmatov: Peregrine Falcon, Common Oystercatcher.

2026-05-10. Andrey Borodkin: Common Chiffchaff, Dmitry Dubikovskiy: Little Bustard, Marina Borovskaya: Whooper Swan, Bewick's Swan, Greater Ringed Plover, Common Sandpiper, Green Sandpiper, Common Snipe, Little Ringed Plover, Northern Lapwing, Greater White-fronted Goose, Baikal Teal, Common Pochard, Ruddy Shelduck, Eurasian Wigeon, Gadwall, Common Gull, Tufted Duck, Garganey, Northern Pintail, Northern Shoveler, Vega (Mongolian) Gull, White-tailed Sea-Eagle, Little Bunting, Northern Wheatear, White Wagtail, Citrine Wagtail, Maxim Afanasiev: Mallard, Mihail Ivanov: Eyebrowed Thrush, Nina Shteinbrenner: Azure-winged Magpie, Baikal Teal, Red-throated Thrush, Naumann's Thrush, Demoiselle Crane, Daurian Jackdaw, Eastern Marsh-harrier, Common Snipe, Eurasian Curlew, Eastern Yellow Wagtail, Greater Ringed Plover, Marsh Sandpiper, Wood Sandpiper, Sergey Chumakov: Whooper Swan, Valerii Bogdanovich: Common Sandpiper, Black-faced Bunting, Yellow-browed Warbler, Common Raven, Yaroslav Burmatov: Common Stonechat, Common Coot, Mute Swan, Eastern Yellow Wagtail, Greater Spotted Eagle, Black-winged Stilt, Slavonian Grebe, Ruff, Marsh Sandpiper, Dalmatian Pelican, Arctic Loon, Black-Necked Grebe, Greater Scaup, Great Crested Grebe, Little Gull, Greater White-fronted Goose, Black Redstart, Common Pochard, Caspian Tern, Greylag Goose, Stock Pigeon, Common Sandpiper, Common Shelduck, Mistle Thrush, Great Cormorant, Eurasian Curlew, Red-crested Pochard, Common Greenshank, Whinchat, Northern Wheatear, Little Ringed Plover, Horned Lark, Pied Flycatcher, Willow Warbler, Eurasian Wryneck, White-Backed Woodpecker, Common Whitethroat.

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recent comments


2026-05-14. to photo # 06960242601 (Common Whitethroat)

Татьяна Семенова: Поставила серую славку, как-то на славку- мельничек не очень похожа....


2026-05-14. to photo # 06960242301 (Black-faced Bunting)

Татьяна Семенова: Понятно, спасибо!


2026-05-14. to photo # 06960242301 (Black-faced Bunting)

Игорь Фефелов: Самец.Даже у самок желтоватое или не очень желтоватое брюшко - варианты нормы. У самцов оно желтее, чем у самок.


2026-05-14. to photo # 06960242301 (Black-faced Bunting)

Татьяна Семенова: Странная какая-то, желтое брюшко?


2026-05-14. to photo # 07400258201 (Buff-bellied Pipit)

Игорь Фефелов: Гльцовый, видимо


2026-05-14. to photo # 05760254701 (Little Ringed Plover)

Михаил Иванов: С белой шапочкой на голове.


2026-05-14. to photo # 07400258501 (Wood Sandpiper)

Игорь Фефелов: Фифи


2026-05-14. to photo # 07400258201 (Buff-bellied Pipit)

Игорь Фефелов: Не пойму, горный или гольцовый конек


2026-05-14. to photo # 07400257403 (Hybrid Bunting)

Игорь Фефелов: Самоочевидный гибрид обыкновенной и белошапочной. Желтого много, но горло коричневое.


2026-05-13. to photo # 06570117601 (Caspian Tern)

Ярослав Бурматов: Да, редкие, в областной Красной книге как раз указаны встречи одиночных особей в Казанском и Бердюжском районах. Но нам три особи повстречалось


2026-05-13. to photo # 10810007201 (Willow Warbler)

Игорь Фефелов: Крыло длинноватое для теньковки. Еще бы фотографий, чтобы понять, так оно у нее и есть или просто одномоментная позиция такая получилась.


2026-05-13. to photo # 10810007201 (Willow Warbler)

Константин Самодуров: Ноги хоть и не чёрные, но больше на теньковку похожа.


2026-05-13. to photo # 10640037201 (Willow Warbler)

Максим Долгов: Спасибо, Константин.


2026-05-13. to photo # 10640037201 (Willow Warbler)

Константин Самодуров: Жёлтые тона в оперении, светлые ноги и клюв, отсутствуют полоски на крыльях.


2026-05-13. to photo # 10640037201 (Willow Warbler)

Константин Самодуров: Весничка.


2026-05-13. to photo # 10640037201 (Willow Warbler)

Максим Долгов: Друзья! Подтвердите вид.


2026-05-13. to photo # 05090336401 (Oriental Turtle Dove)

Игорь Фефелов: По (а иногда и прямо на) дороге между Тихоновкой и Кударейкой встречено 9 птиц. В остальных местах по маршруту Иркутск - Олонки - Бохан - Вершина [....]


2026-05-13. to photo # 10640037201 (Willow Warbler)

Максим Долгов: Не уверен – весничка?


2026-05-13. to photo # 10640037101 (Thrush Nightingale)

Максим Долгов: Температура +3 градуса, два раза сыпала снежная крупа, а соловей поет!


2026-05-13. to photo # 05090336301 (Grey Heron)

Игорь Фефелов: Проверили сообшение о новой колонии цапель. Так и есть, хотя и небольшая (видимо, до десятка пар). Речка-то маленькая. Зато рядом поселковая [....]


2026-05-13. to photo # 05090336201 (Rook)

Игорь Фефелов: По долине Иды между Боханом и Вершиной несколько колоний грачей (как минимум три).


2026-05-13. to photo # 05090335701 (Common Raven)

Игорь Фефелов: Тут что интересно - не зима. Нормальные человеческие вОроны сейчас заняты выкармливанием птенцов. А эти - или молодежь, или холостяки.


2026-05-13. to photo # 05090335701 (Common Raven)

Ольга и Александр Немежиковы: У нас такое количество воронов можно наблюдать в зоопарке Роев ручей - в зимний период они регулярно посещают (только) белых медведей в огромных [....]


2026-05-13. to photo # 06240363001 (Gadwall)

Игорь Фефелов: На первом фото справа.


2026-05-13. to photo # 06240361201 (Richard's Pipit)

Игорь Фефелов: Он


2026-05-13. to photo # 06240362702 (Eastern Marsh-harrier)

Игорь Фефелов: Ух какой пестрый


2026-05-13. to photo # 06240361201 (Richard's Pipit)

Марина Боровская: Не до конца уверена в точности определения вида птицы.


2026-05-13. to photo # 06240363001 (Gadwall)

Марина Боровская: Серая утка?


2026-05-12. to photo # 07400255401 (Vega (Mongolian) Gull)

Надежда Попова: Кто поймал - мы не видели, только как чайка её кушала...


2026-05-12. to photo # 06570117601 (Caspian Tern)

Александр Нефёдов: Тюменцы разве чеграва не редкость для этой широты в Тюменской области?


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rare birds records


Caspian Tern (Hydroprogne caspia)

© Katya Tsekhmister
2026-05-01

A rare vagrant in the Tyumen' Region, included in the regional Red book.


Little Bustard (Tetrax tetrax)

© Dmitry Dubikovskiy
2026-05-10

The 2nd (the 1st confirmed by photo) record in the Kemerovo Region.


Eurasian Spoonbill (Platalea leucorodia)

© Olga Nemezhikova
2026-05-05

A rare vagrant in the south of Krasnoyarsk Kray.


Ferruginous Duck (Aythya nyroca)

© Nikita Yablokov
2026-05-04
Krasnoyarsk krai

A rare vagrant for Krasnoyarsky Kray; probably the first record.

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recent video

2025-10-04. Common Moorhen (Denis Zhbir), Common Moorhen (Denis Zhbir).

2024-06-24. Goosander (Andrey Borodkin), Goosander (Andrey Borodkin).

2024-06-19. Corncrake (Nadia Goncharova), Corncrake (Nadia Goncharova).

2024-06-09. Goosander (Andrey Borodkin), Goosander (Andrey Borodkin).

2024-05-06. Goosander (Andrey Borodkin), Goosander (Andrey Borodkin).

2024-04-13. Carrion Crow (Andrey Borodkin), Carrion Crow (Andrey Borodkin).

2024-03-02. Northern Hawk Owl (Oleg Popov), Northern Hawk Owl (Oleg Popov), Red Crossbill (Oleg Popov).

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unidentified birds


2026-05-13

Андрей Панов: Спасибо!

2026-05-11

Игорь Фефелов: А вообще, похож на годовалого самца таежной. Но у тех обычно граница рыжего и светлого на груди не такая резкая.

2026-05-08

Игорь Фефелов: Судя по фото, это на нижнем снято, он от верха обрывается прямо к реке, а у верхнего (Калиновского) более сложная система устройства (если снимать [....]

2026-05-07

Валерий Богданович: Добавил фото.

2026-05-06

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