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Best photos of the month, May 2016.

Common Kingfisher | Igor Shcherbakov | 8

Eurasian Roller | Galina Shepeleva | 7

Red-footed Falcon | Alexander Yakovlev | 6

Eastern Imperial Eagle | Anna Golubeva | 6

Eurasian Magpie | Zabaldin Mikhail | 6

Common Oystercatcher | Mishail Belousow | 6

Hoopoe | Sergey Chumakov | 6

Siberian Rubythroat | Vadim Ivushkin | 6

Hoopoe | Sergey Chumakov | 6

Squacco Heron | Anna Golubeva | 5

Northern Shoveler | Anna Golubeva | 5

European Bee-eater | Igor Shcherbakov | 5

Black-tailed Godwit | Andrey Semenov | 5

Great Snipe | Alexei Ebel | 5

Black-tailed Godwit | Andrey Chernykh | 5

Hoopoe | Sergey Chumakov | 5

Common Kingfisher | Igor Shcherbakov | 5

Hoopoe | Sergey Chumakov | 5

Great Crested Grebe | Boris Georgi | 4

Common Cuckoo | Andrei Kiselev | 4

Western Grasshopper Warbler | Alexei Ebel | 4

Short-eared Owl | Alexei Ebel | 4

Hoopoe | Sergey Chumakov | 4

Northern Hawk Owl | Mishail Belousow | 4

Yellow-browed Warbler | Igor Latysh | 4

Hoopoe | Alexander Yakovlev | 4

Common Shelduck | Yuriy Guzenko | 4

Common Kingfisher | Igor Shcherbakov | 4

rare birds records


Blue-fronted Redstart (Phoenicurus frontalis)

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

The first record of this species in Russia.


Common Tern (Sterna hirundo)

© Dmitriy Shevtsov
2025-06-07
North Osetia, Brut



Laughing Dove (Streptopelia senegalensis)

© Galina Katanova
2025-06-11
Vologda region



Little Egret (Egretta garzetta)

© Andrey Chernykh
2025-05-26

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

unidentified birds


2025-06-30

Вадим Ивушкин: Два разных: левый - белохвостый, а правый, возможно, длиннопалый.

2025-06-30

Игорь Фефелов: На мой взгляд, тут не видно хороших признаков глухой кукушки.Сливочный налёт на надхвостье отмечается и у некоторых обыкновенных кукушек. [....]

more unidentified birds...