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Best photos of the month, February 2016.

Black Woodpecker | Andrey Chernykh | 5

Siberian Jay | Mishail Belousow | 4

Red-throated Thrush | Vadim Ivushkin | 4

Whooper Swan | Nina Shteinbrenner | 4

Eurasian Dipper | Vadim Ivushkin | 4

Long-tailed Duck | Mihail Ivanov | 4

Eurasian Dipper | Vadim Ivushkin | 4

Naumann's Thrush | Vadim Ivushkin | 4

Snowy Owl | Igor Latysh | 3

Snow Bunting | Igor Latysh | 3

Common Goldeneye | Nina Shteinbrenner | 3

Yellowhammer | Alina Boksorn | 3

Black-throated x Red-throated Hybrid Thrush | Vadim Ivushkin | 3

Black-throated x Red-throated Hybrid Thrush | Vadim Ivushkin | 2

Long-tailed Duck | Mihail Ivanov | 2

Yellowhammer | Igor Latysh | 2

Common Goldeneye | Vadim Ivushkin | 2

Common Goldeneye | Vadim Ivushkin | 2

Black Woodpecker | Vadim Ivushkin | 2

Black Woodpecker | Vadim Ivushkin | 2

Naumann's Thrush | Vadim Ivushkin | 2

rare birds records


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.


Peregrine Falcon (Falco peregrinus)

© Igor Fefelov
2026-02-08
Irkutsk

Extremely rare cases of wintering in the Irkutsk Region happen. The 1st photo-record in this region in winter months.

unidentified birds


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. [....]

2026-04-07

Игорь Фефелов: Краснозобый скорее всего

more unidentified birds...