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North Ossetia, july 2022

2022-07-25 | Michael Nevski

A trip for 4 days to Ossetia. Steppe and mountains. Thursday, July 14. The time we arrived to Vladikavkaz the rain started and continued to the night. Though I was going to go to Chmi, I should walk in the town in order not to stay at hotel. Friday. Trip to Balta and Chmi. As buses don't go there in suitable time for me, I arrived there by taxi. At first, and after that to Chmi. In Balta, I walked to meadow, forest and Terek floodplain asking Dmitry about birds that can be met. I hadn't much time for Chmi, and there is a long way to rock martin, so more interesting place was just undiscovered... Saturday and sunday. Went to Cey walley, near Abaytikau. There is a nice pine forest, and higher alpine meadow. Possible to get to Aday-hoh by cable car, after that going on foot higher till the altitude of 2500 meters. On Sunday evening we went back to airport. Great thanks to Dmitry for answers about where, when and which birds can be met. [...... read more ]


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Trip to Leningrad region for geese.

2022-06-23 | Michael Nevski

I went to Leningrad region for June, 18 and 19. During the first day I watched birds on south coast of Finnish bay, and during the second day I was on the northern coast. In spring and autumn hundreds and thousands of geese, ducks, loons and other waterbirds migrate along coasts of Finnish bay. But I met only one dark-bellied Brent goose, which is not bad for June because a little part of population spend summer on islands in Viipuri bay. Now I want to visit these places in october or may. [...... read more ]


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Another trip to the North of Russia...

2022-06-02 | Michael Nevski

In the beginning of may, I went to Murmansk area for the second time in my life. Again for three days. Again the most significant birding hotspot was in Teriberka that is located in 120 km north-eastbound from Murmansk. The half way, so called Serebryanka path, is comfortable, one of the best in Murmansk area. Clearly because it takes to a touristic place. But the second part of the way is just terrible, you can move forward on it only using a combine... Though it had been repaired one-and-half year ago, I can see no success in this business. [...... read more ]


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ΠŸΡ€Π΅Π΄Π»ΠΎΠΆΠ΅Π½ΠΈΠ΅ Π½ΠΎΠ²ΠΎΠΉ Ρ„ΡƒΠ½ΠΊΡ†ΠΈΠΈ Π½Π° сайтах.

2022-05-16 | Michael Nevski

ΠŸΡ€Π΅Π΄Π»Π°Π³Π°ΡŽ Ρ€Π°ΡΡΠΌΠΎΡ‚Ρ€Π΅Ρ‚ΡŒ вопрос ΠΎ Π΄ΠΎΠ±Π°Π²Π»Π΅Π½ΠΈΠΈ Π½ΠΎΠ²ΠΎΠΉ Ρ„ΡƒΠ½ΠΊΡ†ΠΈΠΈ Π½Π° сайт: Π΄ΠΎΠ±Π°Π²Π»Π΅Π½ΠΈΠΈ ΠΊΠ°Ρ‚Π΅Π³ΠΎΡ€ΠΈΠΉ ΠΏΠΎΠ»Π° ΠΈ возраста ΠΏΡ‚ΠΈΡ†. Π­Ρ‚ΠΎ ΠΏΠΎΠ»Π΅Π·Π½ΠΎ для Ρ‚ΠΎΠ³ΠΎ, Ρ‡Ρ‚ΠΎΠ±Ρ‹ Π² галСрСях Π²ΠΈΠ΄Π° ΠΌΠΎΠΆΠ½ΠΎ Π±Ρ‹Π»ΠΎ Ρ„ΠΈΠ»ΡŒΡ‚Ρ€ΠΎΠ²Π°Ρ‚ΡŒ Ρ„ΠΎΡ‚ΠΎΠ³Ρ€Π°Ρ„ΠΈΠΈ ΠΏΠΎ этим критСриям. По ΡƒΠΌΠΎΠ»Ρ‡Π°Π½ΠΈΡŽ ΠΈΠ»ΠΈ для случая, Ссли ΠΏΠΎΠ» ΠΎΠΏΡ€Π΅Π΄Π΅Π»ΠΈΡ‚ΡŒ Π½Π΅Π²ΠΎΠ·ΠΌΠΎΠΆΠ½ΠΎ, ΠΌΠΎΠΆΠ½ΠΎ ΡƒΡΡ‚Π°Π½ΠΎΠ²ΠΈΡ‚ΡŒ ΠΎΠΏΡ†ΠΈΡŽ Π½Π΅ΠΎΠΏΡ€Π΅Π΄Π΅Π»Ρ‘Π½Π½ΠΎΠ³ΠΎ. P. S. Π― Π½Π΅ программист, Ρ‚Π°ΠΊ Ρ‡Ρ‚ΠΎ хочСтся ΠΏΠΎΠ»ΡƒΡ‡ΠΈΡ‚ΡŒ ΠΊΠΎΠΌΠΌΠ΅Π½Ρ‚Π°Ρ€ΠΈΠΈ Ρ€Π°Π·Ρ€Π°Π±ΠΎΡ‚Ρ‡ΠΈΠΊΠΎΠ² сайта, насколько Π²ΠΎΠ·ΠΌΠΎΠΆΠ½ΠΎ Π΄ΠΎΠ±Π°Π²ΠΈΡ‚ΡŒ Ρ‚Π°ΠΊΡƒΡŽ Ρ„ΡƒΠ½ΠΊΡ†ΠΈΡŽ. И ΠΊΠΎΠΌΠΌΠ΅Π½Ρ‚Π°Ρ€ΠΈΠΈ ΠΏΠΎΠ»ΡŒΠ·ΠΎΠ²Π°Ρ‚Π΅Π»Π΅ΠΉ, насколько это Π±Ρ‹Π»ΠΎ Π±Ρ‹ ΠΏΠΎΠ»Π΅Π·Π½ΠΎ. [...... read more ]


Kaliningrad area. Weekend

2021-09-01 | Michael Nevski

This trip in august combined as touristic purposes as birdwatching purposes. Anyway I found some lifers there. The timetable was easy:06.08 (Friday evening) arrive,07.08 the whole day for Curonic spit examination,08.08 Svetlogorsk examination and departure back to Moscow in the evening. The departures in both directions were delayed for some hours.Telling about Curonic spit, it is a place where you can observe both 'northern' and 'southern' bird species. Here are arctic and sandwich terns, brambling and tawny pipit, common shelduck and black scoter. [...... read more ]


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ΠŸΡ€ΠΈΠΌΠΎΡ€ΡΠΊΠΈΠΉ ΠΊΡ€Π°ΠΉ ΠΌΠ°ΠΉ 2021

2021-05-14 | Michael Nevski

ПоСздил ΠΏΠΎ ΠŸΡ€ΠΈΠΌΠΎΡ€ΡΠΊΠΎΠΌΡƒ ΠΊΡ€Π°ΡŽ Π½Π° майских ΠΏΡ€Π°Π·Π΄Π½ΠΈΠΊΠ°Ρ…. Как-Ρ‚ΠΎ Π»ΠΈΡ‡Π½ΠΎ Ρƒ мСня ΠŸΡ€ΠΈΠΌΠΎΡ€ΡŒΠ΅ Π½Π΅ Π°ΡΡΠΎΡ†ΠΈΠΈΡ€ΠΎΠ²Π°Π»ΠΎΡΡŒ с ΠΊΠ°ΠΊΠΈΠΌΠΈ-Ρ‚ΠΎ Π³ΠΎΡ€Π°ΠΌΠΈ, Π½ΠΎ ΠΏΠ΅Ρ€Π΅ΠΏΠ°Π΄Ρ‹ высот здСсь довольно Π·Π½Π°Ρ‡ΠΈΡ‚Π΅Π»ΡŒΠ½Ρ‹Π΅. ΠšΠΎΠ½Π΅Ρ‡Π½ΠΎ, Π½Π°Ρ‡Π°Π»ΠΎ мая Π½Π΅ Π»ΡƒΡ‡ΡˆΠ΅Π΅ врСмя для посСщСния этого Ρ€Π΅Π³ΠΈΠΎΠ½Π° с Ρ‚ΠΎΡ‡ΠΊΠΈ зрСния наблюдСний Π·Π° ΠΏΡ‚ΠΈΡ†Π°ΠΌΠΈ, Π½ΠΎ Π΄Ρ€ΡƒΠ³ΠΎΠΉ возмоТности Ρƒ мСня Π² этот вСсСнний ΠΏΠ΅Ρ€ΠΈΠΎΠ΄ Π½Π΅ оказалось. ΠšΠΎΠ½Π΅Ρ‡Π½ΠΎ, Ρ‡Ρ‚ΠΎΠ±Ρ‹ ΡƒΠ²ΠΈΠ΄Π΅Ρ‚ΡŒ большСС количСство ΠΏΡ‚ΠΈΡ†, Π½Π΅ΠΎΠ±Ρ…ΠΎΠ΄ΠΈΠΌΠΎ большС Π²Ρ€Π΅ΠΌΠ΅Π½ΠΈ, ΠΊΠ°ΠΊ ΠΌΠΈΠ½ΠΈΠΌΡƒΠΌ, Π΄Π²Π΅ Π½Π΅Π΄Π΅Π»ΠΈ.ΠžΠΏΠΈΡˆΡƒ наш ΠΌΠ°Ρ€ΡˆΡ€ΡƒΡ‚:1 мая. ΠŸΡ€ΠΈΠ»Π΅Ρ‚, ΠΏΠ΅Ρ€Π΅Π΅Π·Π΄ Π² Π ΠΈΡΠΎΠ²ΡƒΡŽ Падь.2 мая. ΠžΠΊΡ€Π΅ΡΡ‚Π½ΠΎΡΡ‚ΠΈ пос. Π₯асан.3 мая. Из Рисовой Пади Π΅Π΄Π΅ΠΌ Π² Бпасск-Π”Π°Π»ΡŒΠ½ΠΈΠΉ.4 [...... read more ]


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Murmask region, october 2020.

2020-10-13 | Michael Nevski

I had an old wish to go to the Russian North, to look beautiful northern nature, and some birds a little. So, there were a little birds, I don't even know why, maybe I've watched inattentively, or October isn't the best time for birdwatching in Murmansk. Nevertheless, I have not more lifers than ten, despite the fact I've been there for the first time. .I couldn't take photo of one of the lifers, it was a rock ptarmigan Lagopus mutus, I frightened it but was without camera..I say thank you to Anna Golubeva and Victor Moiseikin for the consultations..P.S. Very likely that I missed some bird in triplist. [...... read more ]


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a trip to Sochi and Caucasus, july 2020

2020-08-03 | Michael Nevski

In the second part of July, in the conditions of coronavirus pandemic, I was travelling to the south of Russia, to Krasnodar kray. Despite the fact that birdwatching wasn't planned, I took a binocular and camera with me. I found little lifers, there wasn't a lot, but they were rather interesting for me. The first part of the trip, I spent in Black sea coast. Once I went to Yew&Boxwood trees grove and some times visited Mzymta river mouth finding birds. Then, I spent two days in mountains near Krasnaya Polyana and Esto-sadok. As I haven't been to mountains after I had begun doing birdwatching, more interesting species of birds were there in the mountains. And more lifer birds.P. S. Not all photos are put in chronological sequence. P. P. S. I couldn't take photo of caucasian subspecies of mountain chiffchaff. Heard only the voice. [...... read more ]


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Ducklings

2020-06-13 | Michael Nevski

For few last days I could watch ducklings of three species of ducks. As usually, the guide was female, mom, and the ducklings followed her.Mallard and ruddy shelduck ducklings were watched on 2020-06-13 in Terletsky park (Moscow). These species are usual in Moscow, so, it's likely that the ducks had nests on those ponds and in their environments.In Lotoshino fish farm (Moscow area, Lotoshino distr.) I watched common goldeneye ducklings on 2020-06-06. The ducklings were sailing and even tried to dive. But experienced mom took them to the center of the pond. It's likely that the goldeneyes had nest infish farm environments. [...... read more ]


Wintering thrushes in Moscow

2020-01-20 | Michael Nevski

It's well-known, that when there are a lot of berries in winter, thrushes can be wintering in these places. The most of them is fieldfares (Turdus pilaris), but in smaller numbers another species can be wintering. Annually in one of parks in Moscow eurasian blackbirds (Turdus merula) are watched, and this year they're going to winter in number of 2 till 5 males. But the most unusual winterer is redwing (Turdus iliacus). I haven't found anything about redwing wintering in the Internet, but Anna Golubeva sais that she had taken photos of redwing in winter 2013. In 2020 one bird was watched twice in one plce, with an interval of 1 week (01.12 and 01.19). [...... read more ]


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Afanasiev Maxim
Andreev Timofey
Andreyenkov Oleg
Anisimova Irina
Antropov Stepan
Azanov Aleksey
Bayanov Eugeny
Bazdyrev Andrey
Belousow Mishail
Belyaev Dmitry
Berezkina Tania
Bobachenko Elena
Bochkareva Alexandra
Boksorn Alina
Bolshakov Aleksey
Borisov Eugeny
Borovskaya Marina
Bredihina Nina
Butko Vitaliy
Buyanova Julia
Chagdurov Lubsan
Cherepanov Andrey
Chumakov Sergey
Davydik Konstantin
Demina Maria
Dubikovskiy Dmitry
Dudarenko Tatiana
Dvurekov Igor
Dyachenko Egor
Dyakin Gennadiy
Ebel Alexei
Erokhin Dmitry
Evgeniya Basmanova
Fattakhova Olga
Fedotova Ekaterina
Fefelov Igor
Fomicheva Nadezhda
Garms Oleg
Gashkov Sergey
Goncharova Nadia
Gonh aleksandr
Gontcharov Aleksandr
Gorelov Ignat
Gorodischenko Konstantin
Govorova Elena
Hristolyubova Galina
Isabekov Askar
Isabekov Askar
Ivanov Mihail
Ivushkin Vadim
Kalagin Mikhail
Karplyuk Pavel
Katanova Galina
Katuncev Aleksandr
Khasanov Grigory
Khodakov Anatolii
Khokhryakova Svetlana
Kirillin Ruslan
Kiselev Andrei
Kleymenova Elena
Klueva Anastasia
Kochetkov Alexandr
Korobov Dmitry
Kovalev Konstantin
Kruglova Irina
Kudinov Aleksey
Kuzmin Anatoliy
Kuzmin Vladimir
Kuznetsova Larisa
Lastukhin Albert
Latysh Igor
Lazanov Aleksey
Leskovski Anatol
MUSIENKO EVGENIYA
Maer Vladimir
Malykina Irina
Mardonova Luiza
Masalev Alexandr
Matyushin Vladimir
Myslenkov Aleksandr
Natykanets Viktor
Nemezhikova Olga
Neslukhovsky Ivan
Nevski Michael
Noogen Summer Camp
Ogleznev Sergey
Panfilov Nikita
Pankratov Vladimir
Pieplow Nathan
Pisarevskiy Sergey
Pleshkova Yana
Plotnikova Olga
Pogodina Yana
Popov Oleg
Popova Irina
Pozhidaeva Liudmila
Priezzhih Vera
Rogal' Alexander
Romanov Konstantin
Rus Sovlan
Samodurow Konstantin
Semenova Tatiana
Shcherbakov Igor
Sherepanov Leonid
Shevtsov Dmitriy
Shichkova Ekaterina
Shnayder Elena
Shteinbrenner Nina
Shursha Sergey
Sizov Alexey
Sizova Maria
Skachko Aleksandr
Sofronov Evgeniy
Solomakhin Denis
Sukhov Ilya
Tkacheva Anna
Torgachkin Igor
Tur Ilya
Ukolov Ilya
Vasilchenko Anna
Vedernikov Mikhail
Vishnevskiy Vasiliy
Volkov Sergey
Volkov Sergey L.
Vorobyova Natalia
Voronov Denis
Vyalkov Andrey
Wilshere Jack
Yablokov Nikita
Yakovlev Alexander
Yakovlev Alexey
Yasko Anna
Yefanov Sergey
Yusupov Vyacheslav
Zhbir Denis
Zhukov Victor
Zhuravlev Andrey
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White-winged Lark (Melanocorypha leucoptera)

© Vyacheslav Yusupov
2024-03-09
Kstovo



Snow Goose (Anser caerulescens)

© Konstantin Tuchin
2024-03-20

A very rare migratory species of the Primorsky Krai.


Asian Rosy-Finch (Leucosticte arctoa)

© Vladimir Maer
2024-02-08

The first photographic recording of the species in the Altai Territory and the lowland part of Western Siberia. The first record of the East Siberian-Far Eastern subspecies L. ar. brunneonucha in the Altai region and the Russian part of Western Siberia.<br><br>The birds were met on 02/07/2024 by Denis Kochetkov, and in subsequent days by a number of other observers.


Great Crested Grebe (Podiceps cristatus)

© Mihail Ivanov
2024-02-02

The 1st regord of the wintering in the Irkutsk Region.

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