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Best photos of the month, January 2026.

Boreal Owl | Konstantin Samodurow | 22

Ural Owl | Aleksey Bolshakov | 17

Great Grey Owl | Alexandr Kochetkov | 16

Whooper Swan | Olga Nemezhikova | 16

Northern Hawk Owl | Mishail Belousow | 14

Hawfinch | Sergey Chumakov | 11

Bohemian Waxwing | Ekaterina Shichkova | 11

Eurasian Nuthatch | Sergey Chumakov | 10

Ural Owl | Aleksey Bolshakov | 10

Hawfinch | Ekaterina Shichkova | 9

Grey Partridge | Elena Kleymenova | 9

White-Backed Woodpecker | Olga Fattakhova | 9

Willow Tit | Maxim Afanasiev | 8

Great Spotted Woodpecker | Andrey Borodkin | 8

Boreal Owl | Andrei Panov | 7

Ural Owl | Alexandr Kochetkov | 7

Azure Tit | Elena Kleymenova | 7

Long-tailed Rosefinch | Andrey Borodkin | 7

Common Goldeneye | Ekaterina Shichkova | 6

Common Goldeneye | Ekaterina Shichkova | 6

Eurasian Nuthatch | Andrei Panov | 6

Ural Owl | Andrei Panov | 6

Marsh Tit | Olga Fattakhova | 6

Long-tailed Rosefinch | Andrey Borodkin | 6

rare birds records


Meadow Pipit (Anthus pratensis)

© Marina Borovskaya
2025-05-17
Irkutskaya obl. pos. Hugir

A very rare vagrant for Irkutsk Region, 2nd photo-record.


Hume's Warbler (Phylloscopus humei)

© Katya Tsekhmister
2025-10-01

The 1st record in the Tyumen' Reguin.


Himalayan Vulture (Gyps himalayensis)

© Marina Alekseenko
2025-07-05

The 2nd record of this vagrant species in the Irkutsk Region.


Lammergeier (Gypaetus barbatus)

© Lopson Bazarov
2025-08-06

The 1st photo-record in Buryatia.

unidentified birds


2026-01-02

Игорь Фефелов: Да, тут, боюсь, бесперспективно понять, обыкновенная это кукушка или глухая.

2025-12-29

Сергей Л. Волков: Похожа на седоголовую овсянку; думаю, она и есть. Но окраска верха головы смущает, хотя у некоторых молодых особей бывает довольно хорошо [....]

more unidentified birds...