10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 6, 2011

The Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita is an abundant species with an impressive global range that stretches from the West of Europe across Siberia to Russia’s far East, just falling short of reaching the Bering Straits by a laughable 800 kilometres, a fact one individual apparently found too awkward to bear.

Kazakhstan 158

Kazakhstan Europe Russia Asia 158

10,000 Birds

JUNE 25, 2017

Since all birds are brighter on the other side of the fence, the Azure Tit became something of a mythical creature, its plumage mirroring the image of Russia as a wintery place where Azure T**s would swirl around Father Frost like snowflakes in a storm. This made me truly sad. Then, times changed. They were friends now.

Europe 100

Europe Birds Kazakhstan Russia 100

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 26, 2024

All the so-called grey geese – Greylag, Bean, White-front, Lesser White-front, Swan – look very much alike, and it takes experience to identify them by their calls and their shape and size. A first-winter Red-breasted Goose at Cley, North Norfolk As a general rule, geese are birds of subtle, even dull, plumage.

Bulgaria 130

Bulgaria Geese Romania Estonia 130