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Best photos of the month, May 2018.

Pacific Swift | Andrey Chernykh | 18

Pied Avocet | Vladimir Maer | 10

Little Crake | Andrey Chernykh | 8

Pied Avocet | Vladimir Maer | 8

White-naped Crane | Maxim Afanasiev | 7

White-naped Crane | Maxim Afanasiev | 6

Common Snipe | Andrey Chernykh | 6

Garganey | Vladislav Zhizhkov | 6

Ruff | Maxim Afanasiev | 5

Siberian Crane | Ivan Aianitov | 5

Short-eared Owl | Nina Shteinbrenner | 5

Pied Avocet | Vladimir Maer | 5

rare birds records


Slender-billed Gull (Larus genei)

© Pavel Karplyuk
2026-05-15
Kosh-Agach



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.

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...