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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. 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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