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Best photos of the month, March 2026.

Snowy Owl | Elena Bobachenko | 20

Great White Egret | Vladimir Maer | 17

Black Lark | Mishail Belousow | 15

Great Grey Owl | Natalia Vorobyova | 15

White-tailed Sea-Eagle | Sergey Chumakov | 14

Eurasian Pygmy-Owl | Sergey Chumakov | 14

Northern Hawk Owl | Aleksey Bolshakov | 14

Goosander | Aleksey Bolshakov | 13

Black Woodpecker | Andrei Panov | 12

Northern Hawk Owl | Aleksey Bolshakov | 12

Ural Owl | Aleksey Bolshakov | 12

Great Grey Owl | Vasily Stashiba | 12

Eurasian Dipper | Sergey Chumakov | 11

Great Grey Owl | Vladimir Pankratov | 11

Grey Partridge | Nadezhda Bogomyakova | 11

White-tailed Sea-Eagle | Sergey Chumakov | 11

Common Sparrowhawk | Vladimir Maer | 10

Eurasian Goldfinch | Sergey Chumakov | 10

Northern Bullfinch | Sergey Chumakov | 10

Common Redpoll | Mihail Ivanov | 10

Eurasian Dipper | Aleksey Bolshakov | 10

Ural Owl | Pavel Karplyuk | 10

Snow Bunting | Maxim Afanasiev | 10

Long-tailed Duck | Andrey Borodkin | 10

Eurasian Dipper | Aleksey Bolshakov | 10

Black-headed Gull | Aleksey Bolshakov | 10

Lesser Spotted Woodpecker | Sergey Chumakov | 9

Ural Owl | Sergey Chumakov | 9

Black-throated Thrush | Nina Shteinbrenner | 9

Ural Owl | Aleksey Bolshakov | 9

Northern Grey Shrike | Aleksey Bolshakov | 9

Black-headed Gull | Aleksey Bolshakov | 9

Goosander | Aleksey Bolshakov | 9

Ural Owl | Aleksey Bolshakov | 9

Godlewski's Bunting | Nina Shteinbrenner | 8

Eurasian Three-Toed Woodpecker | Vladimir Pankratov | 7

Pallas's Gull | Nina Shteinbrenner | 7

Godlewski's Bunting | Natalia Vorobyova | 7

Godlewski's Bunting | Natalia Vorobyova | 7

Pallas's Rosefinch | Natalia Vorobyova | 7

Coal Tit | Andrei Panov | 7

European Greenfinch | Aleksey Bolshakov | 7

Common Redpoll | Andrey Borodkin | 7

Eurasian Goldfinch | Sergey Chumakov | 7

Eurasian Dipper | Sergey Chumakov | 7

Black-headed Gull | Aleksey Bolshakov | 7

Eurasian Dipper | Sergey Chumakov | 7

Black Lark | Mishail Belousow | 7

Great Grey Owl | Vladimir Pankratov | 6

Long-tailed Tit | Andrei Panov | 6

White-Backed Woodpecker | Andrei Panov | 6

Long-tailed Rosefinch | Andrei Panov | 6

Common Treecreeper | Aleksey Bolshakov | 6

Ural Owl | Aleksey Bolshakov | 6

Common Kestrel | Aleksey Bolshakov | 6

Mallard | Nikolay Alekseev | 6

Great Grey Owl | Maxim Afanasiev | 6

Northern Hawk Owl | Elena Bobachenko | 6

Rough-legged Buzzard | Beta Wildlife | 6

Black Lark | Mishail Belousow | 6

European Greenfinch | Aleksey Bolshakov | 6

White-tailed Sea-Eagle | Sergey Chumakov | 6

rare birds records


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).


Pied Wheatear (Oenanthe pleschanka)

© Katya Tsekhmister
2025-05-22

The 1st record in the Tyumen' Region.

unidentified birds


2026-04-17

Игорь Фефелов: То ли полярная, то ли камышовая о.

2026-04-11

Игорь Фефелов: Не клоктун. В сравнении с крякашом крупновата птичка для клоктуна, и у клоктунов обоего пола есть чирочий темный передний край крыла снизу. [....]

more unidentified birds...