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Best photos of the month, December 2021.

Turkestan Short-toed Lark | Oleksandr Burkovsky | 18

Twite | Yuriy Kodrul | 17

Black-throated Accentor | Aleksandr Arhipov | 17

Lesser Black-backed Gull | ALENA FOMINA | 14

Black-throated Accentor | Aleksandr Arhipov | 13

Goosander | Vitaliy Mosienko | 12

Glaucous Gull | Yuriy Kodrul | 12

Tawny Owl | Roman Yaremchuk | 12

Herring Gull | ALENA FOMINA | 12

Slavonian Grebe | Yuriy Kodrul | 11

Eurasian Pygmy-Owl | Yuriy Kodrul | 11

Eurasian Pygmy-Owl | Kostiantyn Pylypiuk | 11

Mistle Thrush | A Zhuravel | 11

Common Coot | Vitaliy Mosienko | 10

Horned Lark | Yuriy Kodrul | 10

Eurasian Green Woodpecker | Yuriy Kodrul | 10

Iceland Gull | Yuriy Kodrul | 10

Mew Gull | Yevgen Chernolyev | 10

Iceland Gull | Yevgen Chernolyev | 10

Turkestan Short-toed Lark | Yevgen Chernolyev | 10

Herring Gull | Roman Yaremchuk | 10

Northern Reed Bunting | Family Kuzhel | 10

Twite | Yuriy Kodrul | 10

Black-throated Accentor | Aleksandr Arhipov | 10

Twite | Yuriy Kodrul | 10

Mew Gull | Yevgen Chernolyev | 9

Yellowhammer | Family Kuzhel | 9

Eurasian Green Woodpecker | Andrey Mis\'kov | 9

Great Tit | A Zhuravel | 9

Twite | Yuriy Kodrul | 9

Twite | Yuriy Kodrul | 9

Red-Necked Grebe | Yuriy Kodrul | 8

Yellowhammer | Yuriy Kodrul | 8

Grey-Headed Woodpecker | Yuriy Kodrul | 8

Eurasian Pygmy-Owl | Vlad Gedziuk | 8

Long-eared Owl | Vasil Bodnar | 8

Iceland Gull | Oleksandr Burkovsky | 8

Lesser Black-backed Gull | ALENA FOMINA | 8

Bewick's Swan | Irina Ortik | 8

Blue Tit | A Zhuravel | 8

Horned Lark | Yuriy Kodrul | 8

Tawny Owl | Roman Yaremchuk | 8

Slavonian Grebe | Yuriy Kodrul | 8

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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