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total species: 222
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1. Rough-legged Buzzard (2023-01-01)
2. Great Grey Shrike (2023-01-01)
3. Brambling (2023-01-01)
4. Common Buzzard (2023-01-01)
5. Long-legged Buzzard (2023-01-01)
6. Rook (2023-01-10)
7. Black-Billed Magpie (2023-01-10)
8. Hooded Crow (2023-01-10)
9. Eurasian Jackdaw (2023-01-10)
10. Great Tit (2023-01-10)
11. Mute Swan (2023-01-11)
12. Common Kingfisher (2023-01-11)
13. Herring Gull (2023-01-11)
14. Caspian Gull (2023-01-11)
15. Common Teal (2023-01-11)
16. Great Cormorant (2023-01-11)
17. Mallard (2023-01-11)
18. Grey Heron (2023-01-11)
19. Great White Egret (2023-01-11)
20. Blue Tit (2023-01-12)
21. Grey-Headed Woodpecker (2023-01-12)
22. Common Raven (2023-01-12)
23. Bohemian Waxwing (2023-01-12)
24. Eurasian Siskin (2023-01-14)
25. Northern Bullfinch (2023-01-14)
26. Goldcrest (2023-01-15)
27. Syrian Woodpecker (2023-01-20)
28. Great Spotted Woodpecker (2023-01-20)
29. Rock Pigeon (2023-01-20)
30. Lesser Spotted Woodpecker (2023-01-20)
31. Hawfinch (2023-01-20)
32. Eurasian Blackbird (2023-01-20)
33. Eurasian Nuthatch (2023-01-20)
34. Bean Goose (2023-01-20)
35. Gadwall (2023-01-20)
36. Common Chaffinch (2023-01-21)
37. Mistle Thrush (2023-01-21)
38. Northern Reed Bunting (2023-01-22)
39. Northern Goshawk (2023-01-22)
40. Tree Sparrow (2023-01-22)
41. Eurasian Goldfinch (2023-01-25)
42. Common Kestrel (2023-01-25)
43. Black Woodpecker (2023-01-27)
44. Tawny Owl (2023-01-27)
45. Mew Gull (2023-01-27)
46. Common Coot (2023-01-27)
47. House Sparrow (2023-01-29)
48. Tufted Duck (2023-01-29)
49. Common Goldeneye (2023-01-29)
50. Common Sparrowhawk (2023-02-03)
51. Black-headed Gull (2023-02-03)
52. Coal Tit (2023-02-04)
53. European Greenfinch (2023-02-05)
54. Fieldfare (2023-02-06)
55. Yellow-legged Gull (2023-02-10)
56. Goosander (2023-02-10)
57. Smew (2023-02-11)
58. Great Black-backed Gull (2023-02-11)
59. Great Crested Grebe (2023-02-12)
60. Yellowhammer (2023-02-19)
61. Eurasian Linnet (2023-02-19)
62. Eurasian Wigeon (2023-02-24)
63. Common Starling (2023-02-26)
64. Little Grebe (2023-03-03)
65. Long-tailed Tit (2023-03-03)
66. Whooper Swan (2023-03-04)
67. Wood Pigeon (2023-03-07)
69. Lesser Black-backed Gull (2023-03-10)
70. Northern Pintail (2023-03-11)
71. Common Pochard (2023-03-12)
72. Northern Lapwing (2023-03-13)
73. Green Sandpiper (2023-03-17)
74. Common Crane (2023-03-17)
75. White-tailed Sea-Eagle (2023-03-17)
76. White Wagtail (2023-03-17)
77. White Stork (2023-03-17)
78. Northern Shoveler (2023-03-17)
79. Stock Pigeon (2023-03-17)
80. Northern Wren (2023-03-18)
81. Crested Tit (2023-03-18)
82. Common Stonechat (2023-03-18)
83. Little Ringed Plover (2023-03-19)
85. Eurasian Collared Dove (2023-03-19)
86. Garganey (2023-03-19)
87. Dunlin (2023-03-23)
88. Common Snipe (2023-03-23)
89. Ruff (2023-03-23)
90. Common Redshank (2023-03-23)
91. Black Stork (2023-03-24)
92. Black-tailed Godwit (2023-03-24)
93. European Robin (2023-03-25)
94. Song Thrush (2023-03-25)
95. Common Chiffchaff (2023-03-25)
96. Black Redstart (2023-03-26)
97. Black-Necked Grebe (2023-03-30)
98. Western Marsh-Harrier (2023-03-30)
99. Common Greenshank (2023-03-30)
100. Black Kite (2023-03-31)
101. Marsh Tit (2023-04-01)
102. Middle Spotted Woodpecker (2023-04-08)
103. Eurasian Penduline Tit (2023-04-08)
104. Caspian Tern (2023-04-09)
105. Savi's Warbler (2023-04-09)
106. Tree Pipit (2023-04-11)
107. Eurasian Jay (2023-04-13)
108. Osprey (2023-04-14)
109. Black-winged Stilt (2023-04-14)
110. Barn Swallow (2023-04-14)
111. Yellow Wagtail (2023-04-14)
112. Marsh Sandpiper (2023-04-15)
113. Common Sandpiper (2023-04-15)
114. Hoopoe (2023-04-15)
115. Greater Scaup (2023-04-15)
116. Purple Heron (2023-04-15)
117. Citrine Wagtail (Western) (2023-04-17)
118. Wood Sandpiper (2023-04-17)
119. Eurasian Whimbrel (2023-04-19)
120. European Serin (2023-04-21)
121. Bluethroat (2023-04-21)
122. Sedge Warbler (2023-04-23)
123. Lesser Whitethroat (2023-04-23)
124. Bearded Tit (2023-04-23)
125. Collared Flycatcher (2023-04-24)
126. Blackcap (2023-04-25)
127. Grey Partridge (2023-04-25)
128. Whinchat (2023-04-25)
129. Eurasian Hobby (2023-04-28)
130. Red-footed Falcon (2023-04-28)
131. Sky Lark (2023-04-29)
132. Common Oystercatcher (2023-04-29)
133. Montagu's Harrier (2023-04-29)
134. Temminck's Stint (2023-05-03)
135. Common Moorhen (2023-05-04)
136. Great Reed Warbler (2023-05-04)
137. Common Tern (2023-05-04)
138. Common Whitethroat (2023-05-04)
139. Eurasian Reed Warbler (2023-05-05)
140. Thrush Nightingale (2023-05-05)
141. Common Cuckoo (2023-05-05)
142. Northern Wheatear (2023-05-06)
143. Lesser Spotted Eagle (2023-05-06)
144. Lesser Grey Shrike (2023-05-06)
145. Whiskered Tern (2023-05-07)
146. Red-backed Shrike (2023-05-07)
147. Little Gull (2023-05-07)
148. White-winged Tern (2023-05-07)
149. European Golden Oriole (2023-05-08)
150. Garden Warbler (2023-05-12)
151. European Bee-eater (2023-05-12)
152. Red-breasted Flycatcher (2023-05-12)
153. Corn Bunting (2023-05-13)
154. Barred Warbler (2023-05-13)
155. Little Tern (2023-05-13)
156. Black Tern (2023-05-14)
157. Sand Martin (2023-05-14)
158. Wood Warbler (2023-05-19)
159. Marsh Warbler (2023-05-19)
160. Common Swift (2023-05-19)
161. Spotted Flycatcher (2023-05-19)
162. Northern House Martin (2023-05-20)
163. Corncrake (2023-05-21)
164. River Warbler (2023-05-21)
165. Common Rosefinch (2023-05-21)
166. Wood Lark (2023-05-21)
167. Eurasian Redstart (2023-05-26)
168. Black-crowned Night Heron (2023-05-26)
169. Pallas's Gull (2023-05-26)
170. Great White Pelican (2023-05-26)
171. Ferruginous Duck (2023-05-26)
172. Pygmy Cormorant (2023-05-27)
173. Greylag Goose (2023-05-27)
174. Glossy Ibis (2023-05-27)
175. Spanish Sparrow (2023-05-27)
176. Eurasian Roller (2023-05-27)
177. Little Egret (2023-05-27)
178. Common Shelduck (2023-05-28)
179. European Turtle Dove (2023-05-28)
180. Crested Lark (2023-05-28)
181. Pied Avocet (2023-05-28)
182. Little Stint (2023-05-28)
183. Eastern Olivaceous Warbler (2023-05-28)
184. Paddyfield Warbler (2023-05-28)
185. Meadow Pipit (2023-06-11)
186. Ortolan Bunting (2023-06-11)
187. Eurasian Wryneck (2023-06-11)
188. Little Owl (2023-06-11)
189. Eurasian Honey-Buzzard (2023-06-15)
190. Common Pheasant (2023-06-15)
191. Little Bittern (2023-06-16)
192. Common Treecreeper (2023-06-16)
193. Blyth's Reed Warbler (2023-07-02)
194. Icterine Warbler (2023-07-02)
195. Short-toed Snake Eagle (2023-07-09)
196. Water Rail (2023-07-28)
197. Pied Flycatcher (2023-07-30)
198. Grey Wagtail (2023-08-02)
199. Spotted Nutcracker (2023-08-03)
200. Eurasian Dipper (2023-08-03)
201. Eurasian Green Woodpecker (2023-08-06)
202. Willow Tit (2023-08-06)
203. Firecrest (2023-08-06)
204. Red Crossbill (2023-08-07)
205. Slavonian Grebe (2023-08-13)
206. Willow Warbler (2023-08-13)
207. Spotted Redshank (2023-08-23)
208. Sandwich Tern (2023-08-23)
209. Eurasian Curlew (2023-08-23)
210. Mediterranean Gull (2023-08-24)
211. Red-necked Phalarope (2023-08-24)
212. Curlew Sandpiper (2023-08-24)
213. Grey Plover (2023-08-25)
214. Ruddy Turnstone (2023-08-25)
215. Eurasian Stone Curlew (2023-08-25)
216. Greater Ringed Plover (2023-08-25)
217. Tawny Pipit (2023-08-25)
218. Kentish Plover (2023-08-26)
219. Broad-billed Sandpiper (2023-08-26)
220. Greater Short-toed Lark (2023-08-27)
221. Slender-billed Gull (2023-08-27)
222. Greater Spotted Eagle (2023-09-10)

recent uploads


2023-09-18. Greater Spotted Eagle, Water Rail, Osprey.

2023-09-03. Greater Short-toed Lark, Marsh Sandpiper, Spotted Redshank, Common Shelduck, Hoopoe, Ruff, European Bee-eater, Little Owl, Little Gull, Pied Avocet, Great Cormorant, Black-winged Stilt, Eurasian Roller, Grey Plover, Ruddy Turnstone, Sandwich Tern, Eurasian Curlew, Eurasian Stone Curlew, Eurasian Stone Curlew, Mediterranean Gull, Slender-billed Gull, Greater Ringed Plover, Greater Ringed Plover, Kentish Plover, Kentish Plover, Red-necked Phalarope, Red-necked Phalarope, Broad-billed Sandpiper, Little Stint, Curlew Sandpiper, Dunlin, Tawny Pipit.

2023-08-18. Ferruginous Duck, Montagu's Harrier, Little Bittern, Common Cuckoo, Common Stonechat, Common Goldeneye, Slavonian Grebe, Willow Warbler, Eurasian Wryneck, Eurasian Nuthatch, Purple Heron, Lesser Black-backed Gull, White-tailed Sea-Eagle.

2023-08-12. Grey Wagtail, Spotted Nutcracker, Grey Wagtail, Eurasian Dipper, Eurasian Green Woodpecker, Willow Tit, Coal Tit, Lesser Spotted Woodpecker, Eurasian Honey-Buzzard, Red Crossbill, Northern Bullfinch, Spotted Nutcracker, Firecrest, Common Raven.

2023-08-01. Water Rail, Pied Flycatcher, Eurasian Wryneck, Common Greenshank, Sand Martin, Mew Gull, Black Kite, Common Stonechat, Whinchat.

2023-07-19. Grey Heron, Mute Swan, Great Crested Grebe, Purple Heron, Short-toed Snake Eagle.

2023-07-13. Short-toed Snake Eagle, Common Oystercatcher, Common Tern, Bluethroat, Yellow Wagtail.

2023-07-05. Common Cuckoo, Little Tern, Common Teal, White-winged Tern, Sand Martin, Common Oystercatcher, Crested Lark, Northern Wheatear, Sand Martin, Red-backed Shrike, Spotted Flycatcher, Blyth's Reed Warbler, European Golden Oriole, Common Rosefinch, Icterine Warbler, Syrian Woodpecker, Icterine Warbler, Collared Flycatcher, Common Treecreeper, Mute Swan, Little Ringed Plover, Common Goldeneye.

2023-06-16. Sand Martin, Eurasian Redstart, Whinchat, Yellowhammer, Eurasian Honey-Buzzard, Little Bittern, Common Moorhen, European Serin, Common Pheasant, Common Treecreeper.

2023-06-12. Meadow Pipit, Fieldfare, Ortolan Bunting, Eurasian Wryneck, European Turtle Dove, Little Owl.

2023-06-01. Pygmy Cormorant, Greylag Goose, Eurasian Redstart, Glossy Ibis, Common Kestrel, Common Shelduck, Black-crowned Night Heron, Spanish Sparrow, Spanish Sparrow, European Turtle Dove, Eurasian Collared Dove, Grey-Headed Woodpecker, Pallas's Gull, Great White Pelican, Eurasian Roller, Crested Lark, Little Egret, Pied Avocet, Ferruginous Duck, Lesser Whitethroat, Black-winged Stilt, Little Stint, Purple Heron, White-tailed Sea-Eagle, Eastern Olivaceous Warbler, Paddyfield Warbler, White Stork.

2023-05-31. Corncrake, River Warbler, Common Rosefinch, Wood Lark, Black-Necked Grebe.

2023-05-30. Dunlin, Red-footed Falcon, Wood Warbler, Marsh Warbler, Common Swift, Grey Partridge, Spotted Flycatcher, Fieldfare, Northern House Martin, Common Kestrel.

2023-05-17. European Golden Oriole, Corn Bunting, Lesser Grey Shrike, Barred Warbler, Little Tern, Black Tern, Common Tern, White-winged Tern, Sand Martin.

2023-05-12. Garden Warbler, European Bee-eater, Red-breasted Flycatcher, Thrush Nightingale, Blackcap.

Big Year 2023

1. ALENA FOMINA (222)
2. Egor Loboda (217)
3. Ihor Vietokhin (209)
4. Sergo Travelian (177)
5. Irina Ortik (166)
6. Denys Davydov (157)
7. Inna Kyselova (152)
8. Alex Komarovskiy (150)
9. Dmytro Petrychenko (142)
10. Maya Studzinska (138)
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rare birds records


Great Knot (Calidris tenuirostris)

© Oleksandr Bronskov
2023-05-20
Liman Shahany. Odeska oblast

The first registration of the Great Knot (Calidris tenuirostris) in Ukraine, and thus - a new species in the fauna of Ukraine.


Black-legged Kittiwake (Rissa tridactyla)

© Alex Komarovskiy
2023-03-01

Rare vagrant


Steppe Eagle (Aquila nipalensis)

© Oleksandr Burkovsky
2022-09-04

A rare vagrant, formerly nesting species of southern Ukraine. The first observation in Odesa region in decades and the first photo from its territory.


Turkestan Short-toed Lark (Alaudala heinei)

© Oleksandr Burkovsky
2021-12-29

Rare vagrant and wintering species. There is no reliable information on nesting in the last 10 years. At the same time the species is also observed in Bulgaria and Cyprus. The first confirmed record in Odesa region.

more rarities...

recent video

2023-09-22. Song Thrush (Stanislavs Gr).

2023-09-18. Willow Warbler (Stanislavs Gr).

2023-07-16. Grey-Headed Woodpecker (Stanislavs Gr).

2023-05-19. Eurasian Jay (Stanislavs Gr).

2023-05-17. Eurasian Penduline Tit (Stanislavs Gr).

2023-05-11. Collared Flycatcher (Stanislavs Gr).

2023-05-09. European Golden Oriole (Stanislavs Gr).

2023-05-05. Collared Flycatcher (Stanislavs Gr).

2023-05-01. Great White Egret (Oksana Makhovska), Common Kingfisher (Oksana Makhovska), Eurasian Dipper (Oksana Makhovska).

2023-04-22. Common Chiffchaff (Stanislavs Gr).

2023-02-25. Lesser Spotted Woodpecker (Stanislavs Gr).

2023-01-04. Sky Lark (Andrew Simon).

2022-04-04. White Wagtail (Stanislavs Gr).

more video...

unidentified birds


2023-09-18

Сергій Травелян: неможливо сказати напевно. треба щоб видно було проекцію крила щонайменше. а краще б мати відео з записом голосу

2023-08-24

Сергій Травелян: свійські гуси

2023-08-20

Mihai Ghilan: Hieraeetus pennatus?

2023-08-20

Mihai Ghilan: C. clanga i think

2023-08-09

Альона Фоміна: Мені схожа на пташеня Вільшанки

more unidentified birds...