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map of photoshootings

total species: 19
total photos: 20
total videos: 0
total blogposts: 0

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1. Common Cuckoo (2026-05-24)
2. Black Kite (2026-05-25)
3. Black-throated Thrush (2026-05-25)
4. Pallas's Rosefinch (2026-05-25)
5. Siberian Tit (2026-05-25)
6. Common Stonechat (2026-05-25)
7. Common Rosefinch (2026-05-25)
8. Masked Wagtail (2026-05-25)
9. Cinereous Vulture (2026-05-25)
10. Olive-backed Pipit (2026-05-25)
11. Kentish Plover (2026-05-26)
12. Water Pipit (2026-05-26)
13. Grey Wagtail (2026-05-26)
14. Spotted Nutcracker (2026-05-26)
15. Pine Grosbeak (2026-05-27)
16. Black-throated Accentor (2026-05-27)
17. Hume's Warbler (2026-05-27)
18. Red-flanked Bluetail (2026-05-28)
19. Swinhoe's Snipe (2026-05-28)

recent uploads

2026-06-08. Hume's Warbler, Spotted Nutcracker, Black-throated Accentor, Swinhoe's Snipe, Black Kite.

2026-06-05. Olive-backed Pipit, Kentish Plover, Water Pipit, Grey Wagtail.

2026-06-04. Common Stonechat, Common Rosefinch, Masked Wagtail, Cinereous Vulture, Red-flanked Bluetail.

2026-05-30. Black-throated Thrush, Common Cuckoo, Pallas's Rosefinch, Siberian Tit.

2026-05-29. Pine Grosbeak, Pine Grosbeak.

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.
more rarities...

recent video

2025-10-04. Common Moorhen (Denis Zhbir), Common Moorhen (Denis Zhbir).

2024-06-24. Goosander (Andrey Borodkin), Goosander (Andrey Borodkin).

2024-06-19. Corncrake (Nadia Goncharova), Corncrake (Nadia Goncharova).

2024-06-09. Goosander (Andrey Borodkin), Goosander (Andrey Borodkin).

2024-05-06. Goosander (Andrey Borodkin), Goosander (Andrey Borodkin).

2024-04-13. Carrion Crow (Andrey Borodkin), Carrion Crow (Andrey Borodkin).

2024-03-02. Northern Hawk Owl (Oleg Popov), Northern Hawk Owl (Oleg Popov), Red Crossbill (Oleg Popov).

more video...

unidentified birds

2026-06-19

Максим Долгов: По голосу была вроде зеленая пеночка. Можно ли по фото такого посредственного качества подтвердить вид?
2026-06-17

Родион Вахрушев: Белопясничный
2026-06-17

Родион Вахрушев: Теньковка.
2026-06-17

Родион Вахрушев: Садовая камышовка.
2026-06-17

Родион Вахрушев: Трудно определить по такой фотографии. Вероятнее всего это кликун.
more unidentified birds...