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Best photos of the month, July 2017.

Common Snipe | Dmitry Dubikovskiy | 7

Great White Egret | Vladimir Maer | 5

Corncrake | Mishail Belousow | 5

Common Raven | Mishail Belousow | 3

Corncrake | Mishail Belousow | 3

Booted Warbler | Konstantin Samodurow | 3

Lanceolated Warbler | Konstantin Samodurow | 3

Brown Shrike | Konstantin Samodurow | 3

Eurasian Bittern | Andrey Chernykh | 3

Montagu's Harrier | Andrey Chernykh | 3

White-crowned Penduline Tit | Valerii Bogdanovich | 3

Common Snipe | Dmitry Dubikovskiy | 3

Red-billed Chough | Elena Shnayder | 2

Common Snipe | Dmitry Dubikovskiy | 2

Black-Necked Grebe | Dmitry Dubikovskiy | 2

Red-necked Phalarope | Natalia Vorobyova | 2

Pacific Swift | Valerii Bogdanovich | 2

Common Redpoll | Ruslan Kirillin | 2

Common Swift | Nikolay Balatsky | 2

Red-necked Phalarope | Natalia Vorobyova | 2

Common Snipe | Dmitry Dubikovskiy | 2

Common Snipe | Dmitry Dubikovskiy | 2

Common Snipe | Dmitry Dubikovskiy | 2

Common Snipe | Dmitry Dubikovskiy | 2

Common Snipe | Dmitry Dubikovskiy | 2

Common Snipe | Dmitry Dubikovskiy | 2

Common Snipe | Dmitry Dubikovskiy | 2

rare birds records


Black-winged Pratincole (Glareola nordmanni)

© Katya Tsekhmister
2025-06-08

The northernmost breeding location of this species (confirmed with photos).


Pied Wheatear (Oenanthe pleschanka)

© Katya Tsekhmister
2025-05-22

The 1st record in the Tyumen' Region.


Peregrine Falcon (Falco peregrinus)

© Igor Fefelov
2026-02-08
Irkutsk

Extremely rare cases of wintering in the Irkutsk Region happen. The 1st photo-record in this region in winter months.


Meadow Pipit (Anthus pratensis)

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

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

unidentified birds


2026-03-12

Сергей Л. Волков: Ракурс неудачный. Но точно не обыкновенный бекас.

2026-02-26

Игорь Фефелов: На мой взгляд, клюв крупноват для серой. Но она и вообще, надо сказать, весьма тощая...

more unidentified birds...