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Best photos of the month, May 2018.

Pacific Swift | Andrey Chernykh | 18

Pied Avocet | Vladimir Maer | 10

Little Crake | Andrey Chernykh | 8

Pied Avocet | Vladimir Maer | 8

White-naped Crane | Maxim Afanasiev | 7

White-naped Crane | Maxim Afanasiev | 6

Common Snipe | Andrey Chernykh | 6

Garganey | Vladislav Zhizhkov | 6

Ruff | Maxim Afanasiev | 5

Siberian Crane | Ivan Aianitov | 5

Short-eared Owl | Nina Shteinbrenner | 5

Pied Avocet | Vladimir Maer | 5

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.

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 ...

more unidentified birds...