Best photos of the month. January 2023. Birds of Siberia.

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Best photos of the month, January 2023.

Common Sparrowhawk | Nina Shteinbrenner | 32

Lammergeier | Dmitry Dubikovskiy | 28

Little Owl | Dmitry Dubikovskiy | 22

White-winged Snowfinch | Dmitry Dubikovskiy | 19

Cinereous Vulture | Dmitry Dubikovskiy | 16

Northern Goshawk | Alexandr Kochetkov | 16

Common Sparrowhawk | Nina Shteinbrenner | 16

Pére David's Snowfinch | Dmitry Dubikovskiy | 15

White-winged Snowfinch | Dmitry Dubikovskiy | 14

Saker Falcon | Elena Kleymenova | 14

Cinereous Vulture | Dmitry Dubikovskiy | 14

White-winged Crossbill | Maxim Afanasiev | 13

Saker Falcon | Nina Shteinbrenner | 12

Red-mantled Rosefinch | Dmitry Dubikovskiy | 10

Peregrine Falcon | Valerii Bogdanovich | 10

Great Grey Owl | Katya Tsekhmister | 10

Lesser Spotted Woodpecker | Olga Nemezhikova | 10

Common Sparrowhawk | Nina Shteinbrenner | 10

Lammergeier | Nina Shteinbrenner | 9

Ural Owl | Ilya Sukhov | 9

Great Grey Owl | Katya Tsekhmister | 9

White-Backed Woodpecker | Olga Fattakhova | 9

White-winged Crossbill | Yurii Grigorev | 9

Common Sparrowhawk | Nina Shteinbrenner | 9

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Big Year 2026

1. Nadezhda Bogomyakova (63)
2. Elena Kleymenova (62)
3. Katya Tsekhmister (62)
4. Yaroslav Burmatov (62)
5. Nadejda Popova (61)
6. Pavel Karplyuk (56)
7. Tatiana Semenova (54)
8. Nikita Yablokov (50)
9. Vladimir Pankratov (49)
10. Andrey Borodkin (47)

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rare birds records

Black Lark (Melanocorypha yeltoniensis)

The first photo-record in the Tomsk Region, the norhhernmost record in the Western Siberia.

Black-winged Pratincole (Glareola nordmanni)

The northernmost breeding location of this species (confirmed with photos).

Pied Wheatear (Oenanthe pleschanka)

The 1st record in the Tyumen' Region.

Peregrine Falcon (Falco peregrinus)

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

more rarities...

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...