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Best photos of the month, September 2021.

Greater Flamingo | Dmytro Komarovskyi | 24

Eurasian Pygmy-Owl | Oleg Sheremet | 24

Levant Sparrowhawk | Yevgen Chernolyev | 22

Saker Falcon | Oleg Sheremet | 22

Osprey | Alexander Cherinko | 21

Eurasian Dotterel | Oleg Sheremet | 20

Eurasian Dotterel | Yuriy Kodrul | 19

Saker Falcon | Yuriy Kodrul | 19

Bar-tailed Godwit | Sergo Travelian | 19

Red-throated Loon | Yuriy Kodrul | 18

Levant Sparrowhawk | Vladislav Chernolyev | 18

Saker Falcon | Oleg Sheremet | 18

Sanderling | Inna Kyselova | 17

Saker Falcon | Oleg Sheremet | 17

Greater Flamingo | Yuriy Kodrul | 16

Dunlin | Sergo Travelian | 16

Red-footed Falcon | Oleg Sheremet | 16

Eurasian Dotterel | African & Tagila | 16

Saker Falcon | Oleg Sheremet | 16

Ruddy Turnstone | Inna Kyselova | 15

Lesser Kestrel | Yevgen Chernolyev | 15

Yellow-legged Gull | Yevgen Chernolyev | 15

Sanderling | Sergo Travelian | 15

Little Stint | Sergo Travelian | 15

Greater Ringed Plover | Sergo Travelian | 15

Little Gull | Oleg Sheremet | 15

Red-footed Falcon | Oleg Sheremet | 15

Eurasian Stone Curlew | Dmytro Petrychenko | 15

Saker Falcon | Yuriy Kodrul | 15

Saker Falcon | Oleg Sheremet | 15

Greater Flamingo | Dmytro Komarovskyi | 15

Eurasian Dotterel | Sergey Ryzhkov | 14

Arctic Loon | Yevgen Chernolyev | 14

Ruddy Turnstone | Sergo Travelian | 14

Common Greenshank | Sergo Travelian | 14

Red-throated Pipit | Roman Yaremchuk | 14

Northern Pintail | Oleg Sheremet | 14

European Turtle Dove | Dmytro Petrychenko | 14

Red-breasted Flycatcher | Dmytro Petrychenko | 14

Arctic Skua | Dmytro Petrychenko | 14

Greater Flamingo | Dmytro Komarovskyi | 14

Eurasian Dotterel | Yuriy Kodrul | 14

Lesser Kestrel | Yuriy Kodrul | 13

Red-breasted Flycatcher | Nikola Zmievskiy | 13

Little Stint | Oleg Sheremet | 13

Lesser Kestrel | Dmytro Petrychenko | 13

Osprey | Dmytro Petrychenko | 13

Dalmatian Pelican | Dmytro Petrychenko | 13

Bar-tailed Godwit | Dmytro Petrychenko | 13

Lesser Kestrel | Natalia Honcharyk | 13

Eurasian Pygmy-Owl | Irina Ortik | 13

Sanderling | Nikola Zmievskiy | 13

Eurasian Dotterel | Oleg Sheremet | 13

Osprey | Alexander Cherinko | 13

Eurasian Dotterel | African & Tagila | 13

Saker Falcon | Yuriy Kodrul | 13

Saker Falcon | Yuriy Kodrul | 13

Great Cormorant | Vitaliy Mosienko | 12

Little Crake | Yuriy Kodrul | 12

Red-breasted Flycatcher | Yuriy Kodrul | 12

Osprey | Yuriy Kodrul | 12

Spotted Crake | Yuriy Kodrul | 12

Red-Necked Grebe | Oleg Sheremet | 12

Ruddy Turnstone | Oleg Sheremet | 12

Garganey | Dmytro Petrychenko | 12

Long-legged Buzzard | Dmytro Petrychenko | 12

Barnacle Goose | Natalia Honcharyk | 12

Hoopoe | Natalia Honcharyk | 12

Bar-tailed Godwit | Irina Ortik | 12

Sanderling | Inna Kyselova | 12

Eurasian Dotterel | Yuriy Kodrul | 12

Lesser Kestrel | Yevgen Chernolyev | 12

Sanderling | Sergo Travelian | 12

Eurasian Dotterel | Yuriy Kodrul | 12

Saker Falcon | Yuriy Kodrul | 12

Eurasian Dotterel | Yuriy Kodrul | 12

Purple Heron | Yuriy Kodrul | 11

Little Bittern | Yuriy Kodrul | 11

Lesser Spotted Eagle | Yuriy Kodrul | 11

Red-footed Falcon | Yuriy Kodrul | 11

Eurasian Hobby | Yuriy Kodrul | 11

Spotted Crake | Yuriy Kodrul | 11

European Shag | Yuriy Kodrul | 11

Grey-Headed Woodpecker | Yuriy Kodrul | 11

Dunlin | Inna Kyselova | 11

Red-throated Loon | Yevgen Chernolyev | 11

Bar-tailed Godwit | Oleg Sheremet | 11

Bar-tailed Godwit | Oleg Sheremet | 11

Sanderling | Oleg Sheremet | 11

Northern Shoveler | Oleg Sheremet | 11

Long-legged Buzzard | Oleg Sheremet | 11

Sanderling | Dmytro Petrychenko | 11

Barnacle Goose | Dmytro Petrychenko | 11

Caspian Tern | Dmytro Petrychenko | 11

Eurasian Stone Curlew | Natalia Honcharyk | 11

Little Owl | Natalia Honcharyk | 11

Dalmatian Pelican | Natalia Honcharyk | 11

Bar-tailed Godwit | Natalia Honcharyk | 11

Northern Black Grouse | Irina Ortik | 11

Greater Flamingo | Yuriy Kodrul | 11

Bar-tailed Godwit | Sergo Travelian | 11

Sanderling | Sergo Travelian | 11

Lesser Kestrel | Natalia Honcharyk | 11

Sanderling | Nikola Zmievskiy | 11

Red-throated Loon | Yuriy Kodrul | 11

Red-breasted Flycatcher | Andrew Simon | 10

Northern Pintail | Vitaliy Mosienko | 10

Hooded Crow | Vitaliy Mosienko | 10

Bar-tailed Godwit | Vitaliy Mosienko | 10

Little Egret | Yuriy Kodrul | 10

Osprey | Yuriy Kodrul | 10

Black Woodpecker | Yuriy Kodrul | 10

Bar-tailed Godwit | Alex Komarovskiy | 10

Great Cormorant | Inna Kyselova | 10

Red-breasted Flycatcher | Yevgen Chernolyev | 10

Pallid Harrier | Yevgen Chernolyev | 10

Eurasian Dotterel | Kostiantyn Pylypiuk | 10

Eurasian Dotterel | Nikola Zmievskiy | 10

Common Shelduck | Oleg Sheremet | 10

Broad-billed Sandpiper | Dmytro Petrychenko | 10

Eurasian Roller | Dmytro Petrychenko | 10

Broad-billed Sandpiper | Natalia Honcharyk | 10

Song Thrush | Oleksandr Zabolotnyy | 10

Common Kestrel | Irina Ortik | 10

Bar-tailed Godwit | Vsevolod Olenich | 10

Short-toed Snake Eagle | Prychepa Mykola | 10

Red-throated Loon | Yuriy Kodrul | 10

Dunlin | Inna Kyselova | 10

Levant Sparrowhawk | Vladislav Chernolyev | 10

Common Kestrel | Irina Ortik | 10

Short-toed Snake Eagle | Prychepa Mykola | 10

Greater Flamingo | Yuriy Kodrul | 10

Dunlin | Inna Kyselova | 10

Levant Sparrowhawk | Vladislav Chernolyev | 10

Eurasian Dotterel | Oleg Sheremet | 10

Lesser Kestrel | Yevgen Chernolyev | 10

Eurasian Dotterel | Yuriy Kodrul | 10

Big Year 2023

1. Ihor Vietokhin (244)
2. Egor Loboda (243)
3. ALENA FOMINA (242)
4. Sergo Travelian (179)
5. Irina Ortik (177)
6. Denys Davydov (162)
7. Alex Komarovskiy (153)
8. Inna Kyselova (153)
9. Dmytro Petrychenko (148)
10. Maya Studzinska (145)

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.

unidentified birds


2023-11-11

Vasilij: Acanthis flammea

2023-11-10

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