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Best photos of the month, February 2022.

Northern Pintail | Dmytro Petrychenko | 18

Cinereous Vulture | Oleg Sheremet | 17

Eurasian Penduline Tit | Dmytro Petrychenko | 16

Hawfinch | Dmytro Petrychenko | 15

Mandarin Duck | Dmytro Petrychenko | 13

Lesser Spotted Woodpecker | Family Kuzhel | 13

Tawny Owl | Natalia Honcharyk | 13

Marsh Tit | A Zhuravel | 13

Cinereous Vulture | Alex Sapuga | 12

Common Goldeneye | Dmytro Petrychenko | 12

Tufted Duck | Dmytro Petrychenko | 12

Middle Spotted Woodpecker | Dmytro Petrychenko | 12

Black Woodpecker | Dmytro Petrychenko | 12

Northern Pintail | Dmytro Petrychenko | 12

Common Sparrowhawk | Natalia Honcharyk | 11

Cinereous Vulture | Vadim Rudenko | 11

Eurasian Blackbird | Andrey Mis\'kov | 11

Peregrine Falcon | Irina Ortik | 11

Northern Pintail | Oksana Makhovska | 11

Fieldfare | Dmytro Petrychenko | 10

Grey-Headed Woodpecker | Dmytro Petrychenko | 10

Long-tailed Tit | Natalia Honcharyk | 10

Crested Tit | Andrey Mis\'kov | 10

Rough-legged Buzzard | Irina Ortik | 10

Common Goldeneye | A Zhuravel | 10

Long-eared Owl | David Golodetsky | 10

Northern Goshawk | Oksana Makhovska | 10

Eurasian Pygmy-Owl | Vlad Gedziuk | 9

Eurasian Green Woodpecker | Maksym Rydik | 9

Blue Tit | Dmytro Petrychenko | 9

House Sparrow | Family Kuzhel | 9

Common Treecreeper | Natalia Honcharyk | 9

Common Sparrowhawk | Andrey Mis\'kov | 9

Mistle Thrush | Andrey Mis\'kov | 9

Common Pochard | Irina Ortik | 9

Northern Pintail | Irina Ortik | 9

Mandarin Duck | Tetiana Tesolkina | 9

Common Buzzard | A Zhuravel | 9

Crested Tit | Roman Kyselov | 9

Common Sparrowhawk | Roman Yaremchuk | 8

Tawny Owl | Dmytro Petrychenko | 8

Bearded Tit | Dmytro Petrychenko | 8

Great Spotted Woodpecker | Family Kuzhel | 8

Twite | Andrey Mis\'kov | 8

Willow Tit | Andrey Mis\'kov | 8

Eurasian Linnet | A Zhuravel | 8

Great White Egret | Oksana Makhovska | 8

Eurasian Pygmy-Owl | Vlad Gedziuk | 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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