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Best photos of the month, January 2023.

Red-crested Pochard | Oleg Sheremet | 21

Black Woodpecker | Dmytro Petrychenko | 16

Northern Wren | Dmytro Petrychenko | 15

Lesser Spotted Woodpecker | Dmytro Petrychenko | 14

Common Kingfisher | Dmytro Petrychenko | 14

Bean Goose | Dmytro Petrychenko | 13

Bean Goose | Oleg Sheremet | 12

Long-tailed Tit | Dmytro Petrychenko | 12

Gadwall | Dmytro Petrychenko | 12

Mistle Thrush | Dmytro Petrychenko | 12

White-tailed Sea-Eagle | Natalia Honcharyk | 12

White-tailed Sea-Eagle | Oleg Sheremet | 11

Blue Tit | Dmytro Petrychenko | 11

White-tailed Sea-Eagle | Dmytro Petrychenko | 11

Tufted Duck | Dmytro Petrychenko | 11

Eurasian Nuthatch | Dmytro Petrychenko | 11

Common Treecreeper | Dmytro Petrychenko | 11

Bohemian Waxwing | Irina Ortik | 11

Eurasian Jay | Egor Loboda | 11

Hawfinch | Dmytro Petrychenko | 10

Northern Bullfinch | Dmytro Petrychenko | 10

Eurasian Nuthatch | Andrey Mis\'kov | 10

Eurasian Goldfinch | Irina Ortik | 10

Grey-Headed Woodpecker | Irina Ortik | 10

Common Crane | Vasil Bodnar | 9

Goldcrest | Dmytro Petrychenko | 9

Common Raven | Dmytro Petrychenko | 9

Grey-Headed Woodpecker | Dmytro Petrychenko | 9

Coal Tit | Dmytro Petrychenko | 9

Grey-Headed Woodpecker | Andrey Mis\'kov | 9

Eurasian Nuthatch | Oksana Makhovska | 9

Common Shelduck | Egor Loboda | 9

Big Year 2023

1. ALENA FOMINA (222)
2. Egor Loboda (217)
3. Ihor Vietokhin (209)
4. Sergo Travelian (177)
5. Irina Ortik (166)
6. Denys Davydov (157)
7. Inna Kyselova (152)
8. Alex Komarovskiy (150)
9. Dmytro Petrychenko (142)
10. Maya Studzinska (138)

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


2023-09-18

Сергій Травелян: неможливо сказати напевно. треба щоб видно було проекцію крила щонайменше. а краще б мати відео з записом голосу

2023-08-24

Сергій Травелян: свійські гуси

more unidentified birds...