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total species: 8
total photos: 15
total videos: 0
total blogposts: 0

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1. Little Gull (2009-06-22)
2. Common Gull (2010-07-16)
3. Mute Swan (2015-07-11)
4. Yellow-billed Loon (2015-07-24)
5. Sabine's Gull (2015-07-30)
6. Northern Shoveler (2015-08-19)
7. Siberian Accentor (2015-08-27)
8. Red Phalarope (2018-06-16)

recent uploads


2021-10-29. Common Gull.

2021-01-02. Yellow-billed Loon.

2020-12-22. Siberian Accentor.

2020-12-21. Sabine's Gull, Yellow-billed Loon, Red Phalarope, Mute Swan, Little Gull, Little Gull, Northern Shoveler.

recent comments


2021-10-31. to photo # 09100001103 (Common Gull)

Игорь Фефелов: And maybe you have a reason to register at Birds of Russian Far East and post these photos there as well. Перевожу: Александр пишет, что чайка, отмеченная стрелкой на третьем фото, имеет [....]


2021-10-31. to photo # 09100001103 (Common Gull)

Игорь Фефелов: It was known as a vagrant to Commanter Islands. Probably it should be more frequent visitor there; please look at photos on https://fareast.russia.birding.day/ and may you find more individuals of brachyrhynchos there. [....]


2021-10-30. to photo # 09100001103 (Common Gull)

Alexander Hellquist: Thank you, Igor! Sorry for being unclear. In the photos with flying birds, the brachyrhynchus is the one with extensive white on the primaries. In the photo of the flock on the ground, the brachyrhynchus is the one indicated with the arrow. The other [....]


2021-10-30. to photo # 09100001103 (Common Gull)

Игорь Фефелов: Alexander, welcome!
Do you mean the bird indicated with an arrow here, or do all depicted birds belong to brachyrhynchos?


2021-10-29. to photo # 09100001101 (Common Gull)

Alexander Hellquist: Subspecies (or species) brachyrhynchus


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


2026-06-17

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.

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...