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Best photos of the month, June 2026.

Eurasian Scops-Owl | Beta Wildlife | 17

Bar-headed Goose | Vladimir Maer | 14

Rosy Starling | Vladimir Maer | 11

Swinhoe's Robin | Sergey Chumakov | 11

Sharp-tailed Sandpiper | Maxim Afanasiev | 10

Yellow-breasted Bunting | Igor Fefelov | 9

Siberian Flycatcher | Mihail Ivanov | 9

Eurasian Wryneck | Mihail Ivanov | 9

Eurasian Whimbrel | Aleksey Bolshakov | 9

Amur Falcon | Beta Wildlife | 9

Eurasian Scops-Owl | Beta Wildlife | 9

Long-eared Owl | Mihail Ivanov | 8

White-naped Crane | Beta Wildlife | 8

Asiatic Dowitcher | Maxim Afanasiev | 8

Siberian Rubythroat | Nadia Goncharova | 7

European Golden Oriole | Andrei Panov | 7

Slavonian Grebe | Aleksey Bolshakov | 7

Asiatic Dowitcher | Maxim Afanasiev | 7

Terek Sandpiper | Maxim Afanasiev | 7

Radde's Warbler | Olga Fattakhova | 7

Common Cuckoo | Olga Nemezhikova | 7

Common Crane | Beta Wildlife | 7

Eurasian Spoonbill | Beta Wildlife | 7

Blyth's Reed Warbler | Vasily Stashiba | 7

Booted Warbler | Maxim Dolgov | 7

Asiatic Dowitcher | Maxim Afanasiev | 7

White-crowned Penduline Tit | Vladimir Maer | 6

Bar-headed Goose | Vladimir Maer | 6

Bearded Tit | Igor Fefelov | 6

White-winged Tern | Aleksey Bolshakov | 6

Green-headed Wagtail | Maxim Afanasiev | 6

European Bee-eater | Nina Shteinbrenner | 5

Short-toed Snake-Eagle | Nina Shteinbrenner | 5

Eurasian Goldfinch | Mihail Ivanov | 5

Common Rosefinch | Mihail Ivanov | 5

Curlew Sandpiper | Maxim Afanasiev | 5

Sharp-tailed Sandpiper | Maxim Afanasiev | 5

Common Rosefinch | Vasily Stashiba | 5

Black-faced Bunting | Maxim Dolgov | 5

Radde's Warbler | Olga Fattakhova | 5

Green-headed Wagtail | Maxim Afanasiev | 5

rare birds records


Slender-billed Gull (Larus genei)

© Pavel Karplyuk
2026-05-15
Kosh-Agach



European Bee-eater (Merops apiaster)

© Alexander Popov
2026-06-06

A photo from the 1st breeding location in the Tomsk Region (firstly discoveed in 2025.


Red-footed Falcon (Falco vespertinus)

© Nadejda Popova
2026-05-30
Irkutsk Region

A recently rare species with uncertain status in the Irkutsk Region (in mid-XX century it was breeding).


Lesser Sand Plover (Charadrius mongolus)

© Maxim Afanasiev
2026-05-29

The 1st record of a bird belonging to a Tibetan group atrifrons in Yakutia.

unidentified birds


2026-06-11

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2026-06-10

Надя Гончарова: Черт! Ну, я же видала, что он рядом, слетел и за кочкой спрятался. Я потихоньку к нему подползаю, он опчть внезапно срывается, и фотоаппарат [....]

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