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Best photos of the month, January 2023.

Common Sparrowhawk | Nina Shteinbrenner | 32

Lammergeier | Dmitry Dubikovskiy | 28

Little Owl | Dmitry Dubikovskiy | 22

White-winged Snowfinch | Dmitry Dubikovskiy | 19

Cinereous Vulture | Dmitry Dubikovskiy | 16

Northern Goshawk | Alexandr Kochetkov | 16

Common Sparrowhawk | Nina Shteinbrenner | 16

Common Sparrowhawk | Nina Shteinbrenner | 16

Pére David's Snowfinch | Dmitry Dubikovskiy | 15

White-winged Snowfinch | Dmitry Dubikovskiy | 14

Saker Falcon | Elena Kleymenova | 14

Cinereous Vulture | Dmitry Dubikovskiy | 14

White-winged Crossbill | Maxim Afanasiev | 13

Saker Falcon | Nina Shteinbrenner | 12

Red-mantled Rosefinch | Dmitry Dubikovskiy | 10

Peregrine Falcon | Valerii Bogdanovich | 10

Great Grey Owl | Katya Tsekhmister | 10

Lesser Spotted Woodpecker | Olga Nemezhikova | 10

Common Sparrowhawk | Nina Shteinbrenner | 10

Lammergeier | Nina Shteinbrenner | 9

Ural Owl | Ilya Sukhov | 9

Great Grey Owl | Katya Tsekhmister | 9

White-Backed Woodpecker | Olga Fattakhova | 9

White-winged Crossbill | Yurii Grigorev | 9

Common Sparrowhawk | Nina Shteinbrenner | 9

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


2026-06-13

Игорь Фефелов: Освещение такое, вполне и черные могут быть. Воробей либо красношейка.

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 [....]

more unidentified birds...