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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


White-naped Crane (Grus vipio)

© Maxim Afanasiev
2026-04-22

The 6th record in Yakutia.


Ferruginous Duck (Aythya nyroca)

© Igor Fefelov
2026-04-20
Sukhovskaya, Angarsk District, Irkutsk Region

2nd record in the Irkutsk Region.


Black Lark (Melanocorypha yeltoniensis)

© Mishail Belousow
2026-03-29

The first photo-record in the Tomsk Region, the norhhernmost record in the Western Siberia.


Black-winged Pratincole (Glareola nordmanni)

© Katya Tsekhmister
2025-06-08

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

unidentified birds


2026-04-29

Максим Афанасьев: Годовалая самка полевого луня?

2026-04-29

Николай Алексеев: Максим,спасибо.

more unidentified birds...