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Best photos of the month, May 2024.

Osprey | Mishail Belousow | 14

Slavonian Grebe | Kotlyarov Stanislav | 6

Pine Grosbeak | Sergey Chumakov | 5

Red-flanked Bluetail | Nina Shteinbrenner | 5

Spotted Flycatcher | Yaroslav Burmatov | 5

Cinereous Vulture | Aleksey Bolshakov | 5

Pallas's Sandgrouse | Sergey Pisarevskiy | 4

Red-backed Shrike | Vladimir Pankratov | 4

Little Stint | Elena Kleymenova | 4

Lesser Whitethroat | Vasily Stashiba | 4

Pallas's Sandgrouse | Sergey Pisarevskiy | 4

Pallas's Sandgrouse | Sergey Pisarevskiy | 4

Pallas's Sandgrouse | Sergey Pisarevskiy | 4

Pallas's Sandgrouse | Sergey Pisarevskiy | 4

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...