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Best photos of the month, July 2022.

Lesser Spotted Eagle | Oleg Sheremet | 11

Eurasian Hobby | Oksana Makhovska | 11

Crested Lark | Vitalii Otroshko | 10

Purple Heron | Dmytro Petrychenko | 10

Purple Heron | Dmytro Petrychenko | 10

Saker Falcon | Vasil Bodnar | 9

Lesser Spotted Eagle | Oleg Sheremet | 9

Western Marsh-Harrier | Dmytro Petrychenko | 9

Grey Wagtail | ALENA FOMINA | 9

Firecrest | ALENA FOMINA | 9

Short-toed Snake Eagle | ALENA FOMINA | 9

Black-crowned Night Heron | Irina Ortik | 9

Black Stork | Ivan Lavrenchuk | 8

Eastern Imperial Eagle | Vasil Bodnar | 8

Eurasian Bittern | Vasil Bodnar | 8

Sky Lark | Oleg Sheremet | 8

Purple Heron | Oleg Sheremet | 8

Common Swift | Oleg Sheremet | 8

Black Stork | Dmytro Petrychenko | 8

Short-toed Snake Eagle | Dmytro Petrychenko | 8

Common Tern | Dmytro Petrychenko | 8

Sedge Warbler | Dmytro Petrychenko | 8

Fieldfare | Vitalii Otroshko | 7

Common Moorhen | Vitalii Otroshko | 7

Yellow Wagtail | Dmytro Petrychenko | 7

Red-backed Shrike | Dmytro Petrychenko | 7

Eurasian Dipper | ALENA FOMINA | 7

Northern House Martin | ALENA FOMINA | 7

Eastern Imperial Eagle | Vasil Bodnar | 7

Eastern Imperial Eagle | Vasil Bodnar | 7

Common Pochard | Vitalii Kazannyk | 6

Black Tern | Oleg Martsun | 6

Eastern Imperial Eagle | Vasil Bodnar | 6

Song Thrush | Dmytro Petrychenko | 6

Eurasian Dipper | ALENA FOMINA | 6

Common Buzzard | ALENA FOMINA | 6

Spotted Flycatcher | ALENA FOMINA | 6

Ferruginous Duck | ALENA FOMINA | 6

Black-tailed Godwit | ALENA FOMINA | 6

Red-backed Shrike | Oksana Makhovska | 6

Purple Heron | Dmytro Petrychenko | 6

Eastern Imperial Eagle | Vasil Bodnar | 6

Common Kestrel | Ivan Lavrenchuk | 5

Tree Sparrow | Vitalii Otroshko | 5

Little Crake | Oleg Martsun | 5

Common Snipe | Oleg Sheremet | 5

Western Marsh-Harrier | Oleg Sheremet | 5

Common Starling | Dmytro Petrychenko | 5

Eurasian Redstart | ALENA FOMINA | 5

Tree Pipit | ALENA FOMINA | 5

Eurasian Honey-Buzzard | ALENA FOMINA | 5

Whinchat | Roman Kyselov | 5

Great Crested Grebe | Roman Kyselov | 5

Crested Tit | Oksana Makhovska | 5

Common Swift | Oleg Martsun | 5

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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