Best photos of the month. October 2018. Birds of Siberia.

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Gaviidae

Podicipediformes

Podicipedidae

Procellariiformes

Pelecaniformes

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Best photos of the month, October 2018.

Eurasian Pygmy-Owl | Mishail Belousow | 4

Merlin | Alina Boksorn | 4

Rustic Bunting | Mihail Ivanov | 4

Northern Shoveler | Dmitry Dubikovskiy | 3

Ural Owl | Anastasia Klueva | 3

Siberian Accentor | Aleksey Bolshakov | 3

Eurasian Pygmy-Owl | Andrey Bazdyrev | 3

Eurasian Pygmy-Owl | Dmitry Dubikovskiy | 2

Daurian Redstart | Valerii Bogdanovich | 2

Long-tailed Tit | Valerii Bogdanovich | 2

Fieldfare | Marina Borovskaya | 2

Siberian Accentor | Aleksey Bolshakov | 2

Eurasian Pygmy-Owl | Andrey Bazdyrev | 2

Great Spotted Woodpecker | Alexandr Kochetkov | 2

Godlewski's Bunting | Oleg Andreyenkov | 2

Pallas's Reed Bunting | Mihail Ivanov | 2

Great Spotted Woodpecker | Alexandr Kochetkov | 2

Eastern Buzzard | Marina Borovskaya | 2

Great Spotted Woodpecker | Alexandr Kochetkov | 2

Goldcrest | Ilya Sukhov | 2

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Big Year 2026

1. Pavel Karplyuk (49)
2. Elena Levkina (46)
3. Katya Tsekhmister (45)
4. Nikita Yablokov (45)
5. Elena Kleymenova (44)
6. Yaroslav Burmatov (44)
7. Andrey Borodkin (41)
8. Nadezhda Bogomyakova (40)
9. Vladimir Pankratov (36)
10. Aleksey Bolshakov (35)

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rare birds records

Black Lark (Melanocorypha yeltoniensis)

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

Black-winged Pratincole (Glareola nordmanni)

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

Pied Wheatear (Oenanthe pleschanka)

The 1st record in the Tyumen' Region.

Peregrine Falcon (Falco peregrinus)

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

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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...