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Best photos of the month, February 2018.

Great Grey Owl | Zyambeda Ayanitova | 11

Gyrfalcon | Mishail Belousow | 8

Great Grey Owl | Zyambeda Ayanitova | 7

Willow Ptarmigan | Mishail Belousow | 6

Eurasian Siskin | Yulia Kashinskaya | 6

Whooper Swan | Vladimir Maer | 6

Grey-Headed Woodpecker | Yulia Kashinskaya | 5

Great Grey Owl | Zyambeda Ayanitova | 5

Eurasian Jay | Sergey Chumakov | 4

Gyrfalcon | Mishail Belousow | 4

Hawfinch | Konstantin Romanov | 3

Grey-Headed Woodpecker | Yulia Kashinskaya | 3

Fieldfare | Sergey Chumakov | 3

Willow Ptarmigan | Mishail Belousow | 3

Gyrfalcon | Mishail Belousow | 3

Snowy Owl | Nina Shteinbrenner | 3

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...