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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


Peregrine Falcon (Falco peregrinus)

© Igor Fefelov
2026-02-08
Irkutsk

The 1st photo-record of the species in the Irkutsk Region in winter months.


Meadow Pipit (Anthus pratensis)

© Marina Borovskaya
2025-05-17
Irkutskaya obl. pos. Hugir

A very rare vagrant for Irkutsk Region, 2nd photo-record.


Hume's Warbler (Phylloscopus humei)

© Katya Tsekhmister
2025-10-01

The 1st record in the Tyumen' Reguin.


Himalayan Vulture (Gyps himalayensis)

© Marina Alekseenko
2025-07-05

The 2nd record of this vagrant species in the Irkutsk Region.

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


2026-02-22

Игорь Фефелов: Может, она и серая, а может, и не очень...

2026-02-14

Николай Балацкий: Sakhalin & Pale-legged Leaf Warbler, Singing Together ...

2026-02-02

Сергей Л. Волков: Белошапочная овсянка. Во всяком случае, точно овсянка.

2026-01-27

Игорь Фефелов: [....]

2025-12-25

Сергей Л. Волков: Мне кажется, за восточносибирскую чайку вполне сойдет. Но на 100% по таким фотографиям говорить не могу.

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