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Best photos of the month, June 2025.

Blue-fronted Redstart | Denis Kochetkov | 31

Great Bustard | Victor Khamin | 22

Goosander | Olga Nemezhikova | 20

Black Stork | Denis Kochetkov | 16

Northern Black Grouse | Maxim Afanasiev | 14

Northern Black Grouse | Maxim Afanasiev | 14

Goosander | Andrey Borodkin | 13

Curlew Sandpiper | Aleksey Bolshakov | 12

Rufous-tailed Rock Thrush | Alexandr Kochetkov | 12

Thrush Nightingale | Alexandr Kochetkov | 11

Grey-necked Bunting | Alexandr Kochetkov | 11

Common Quail | Denis Zhbir | 11

Siberian Rubythroat | Vladimir Maer | 10

Blue-fronted Redstart | Denis Kochetkov | 10

Boreal Owl | Victor Khamin | 10

Black-winged Pratincole | Katya Tsekhmister | 10

Tree Pipit | Olga Nemezhikova | 10

Wood Pigeon | Vasily Stashiba | 10

Corncrake | Sergey Chumakov | 9

Swinhoe's Robin | Sergey Chumakov | 9

Arctic Tern | Vladimir Kuzmin | 9

Long-eared Owl | Aleksey Bolshakov | 9

Eastern Yellow Wagtail | Maxim Afanasiev | 9

Temminck's Stint | Olga Nemezhikova | 9

Blyth's Reed Warbler | Vasily Stashiba | 9

Guldenstadt's Redstart | Vladimir Maer | 8

Common Stonechat | Sergey Chumakov | 8

Great Cormorant | Sergey Chumakov | 8

Siberian Flycatcher | Denis Kochetkov | 8

Pale Sand Martin | Aleksey Bolshakov | 8

Common Redshank | Pavel Karplyuk | 8

Eurasian Bittern | Pavel Karplyuk | 8

Greylag Goose | Pavel Karplyuk | 8

Rock Ptarmigan | Alexandr Kochetkov | 8

Pallas's Grasshopper Warbler | Maxim Afanasiev | 8

Little Ringed Plover | Olga Nemezhikova | 8

Bluethroat | Olga Nemezhikova | 8

Common Stonechat | Olga Nemezhikova | 8

Greenish Warbler | Andrey Borodkin | 8

Blue-fronted Redstart | Denis Kochetkov | 8

Great Bustard | Victor Khamin | 8

Swinhoe's Robin | Sergey Chumakov | 8

rare birds records


Great White Egret (Casmerodius albus)

© Aleksey Bolshakov
2025-07-06

A rare vagrant in the Irkutsk Region.


Blue-fronted Redstart (Phoenicurus frontalis)

© Denis Kochetkov
2025-06-09
Zabaiykaliye, Daurskiy Reserve, Utochi.

The first record of this species in Russia.


Little Egret (Egretta garzetta)

© Andrey Chernykh
2025-05-26

The first record in the Novosibirsk Region and in the West Siberia.


White-winged Tern (Chlidonias leucopterus)

© Stepan Boldyrev
2023-06-10

The 1st record in the Yamalo-Nenetsky region.

unidentified birds


2025-07-18

Игорь Фефелов: Там с крылом вообще что-то не очень понятное.На надхвостье вроде бы не проплещины. А вот где проплешины точно есть, это на зашейке.

2025-07-12

Игорь Фефелов: Мне скорее какие-то мухоловки приходят в голову...

more unidentified birds...