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Best photos of the month, June 2026.

Bar-headed Goose | Vladimir Maer | 14

Eurasian Scops-Owl | Beta Wildlife | 14

Swinhoe's Robin | Sergey Chumakov | 11

Rosy Starling | Vladimir Maer | 9

Yellow-breasted Bunting | Igor Fefelov | 9

Siberian Flycatcher | Mihail Ivanov | 9

Eurasian Wryneck | Mihail Ivanov | 9

Sharp-tailed Sandpiper | Maxim Afanasiev | 9

Long-eared Owl | Mihail Ivanov | 8

Eurasian Scops-Owl | Beta Wildlife | 8

Asiatic Dowitcher | Maxim Afanasiev | 8

Siberian Rubythroat | Nadia Goncharova | 7

Common Cuckoo | Olga Nemezhikova | 7

Blyth's Reed Warbler | Vasily Stashiba | 7

White-crowned Penduline Tit | Vladimir Maer | 6

Bar-headed Goose | Vladimir Maer | 6

Bearded Tit | Igor Fefelov | 6

European Golden Oriole | Andrei Panov | 6

Eurasian Whimbrel | Aleksey Bolshakov | 6

Slavonian Grebe | Aleksey Bolshakov | 6

Asiatic Dowitcher | Maxim Afanasiev | 6

Terek Sandpiper | Maxim Afanasiev | 6

Booted Warbler | Maxim Dolgov | 6

Asiatic Dowitcher | Maxim Afanasiev | 6

Eurasian Goldfinch | Mihail Ivanov | 5

Common Rosefinch | Mihail Ivanov | 5

Black-faced Bunting | Maxim Dolgov | 5

Gadwall | Mihail Ivanov | 4

Curlew Sandpiper | Maxim Afanasiev | 4

Sharp-tailed Sandpiper | Maxim Afanasiev | 4

Pied Flycatcher | Olga Fattakhova | 4

Radde's Warbler | Olga Fattakhova | 4

Goosander | Andrey Borodkin | 4

White-winged Tern | Aleksey Bolshakov | 4

Siberian Rubythroat | Olga Fattakhova | 4

Common Cuckoo | Olga Nemezhikova | 4

rare birds records


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.


Caspian Tern (Hydroprogne caspia)

© Katya Tsekhmister
2026-05-01

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

unidentified birds


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 [....]

2026-06-10

Игорь Фефелов: К слову, у зеленогоголовых темная перемычка между щекой и зашейком бывает и узкая, например

more unidentified birds...