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Best photos of the month, December 2022.

Great Grey Shrike | ALENA FOMINA | 11

Bohemian Waxwing | Andrew Simon | 9

Eurasian Pygmy-Owl | Artem Skiter | 9

Arctic Loon | Oksana Makhovska | 8

Brambling | ALENA FOMINA | 7

European Robin | Vitalii Kazannyk | 6

Bohemian Waxwing | ALENA FOMINA | 6

Eurasian Blackbird | ALENA FOMINA | 6

Coal Tit | Oksana Makhovska | 6

Eurasian Pygmy-Owl | Artem Skiter | 6

Arctic Loon | Oksana Makhovska | 6

Great Grey Shrike | Roman Kyselov | 5

Big Year 2023

1. ALENA FOMINA (184)
2. Egor Loboda (184)
3. Ihor Vietokhin (163)
4. Denys Davydov (149)
5. Inna Kyselova (148)
6. Irina Ortik (147)
7. Alex Komarovskiy (146)
8. Maya Studzinska (124)
9. Dmytro Petrychenko (116)
10. Artem Skiter (112)

rare birds records


Black-legged Kittiwake (Rissa tridactyla)

© Alex Komarovskiy
2023-03-01



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.


Glaucous Gull (Larus hyperboreus)

© Yuriy Kodrul
2021-12-12
Odessa Oblast

The rare wintering species. Young individuals are more common.

unidentified birds


2023-06-08

Альона+Фоміна: Лунь болотяний

2023-06-08

Альона+Фоміна: Побережник малий

more unidentified birds...