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Saturday 5 January 2013
VIOLET OIL BEETLE (Meloe violaceus) Pripyat River, Turov, Homiel Province, Belarus
Friday 4 January 2013
FOUR SPOTTED CHASER DRAGONFLY Libellula quadrimaculata Belarus
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AQUATIC WARBLER (Acrocephalus paludicola) Pinsk District, Belarus
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The Aquatic Warbler (Acrocephalus paludicola) is of the family Acrocephalidae which is in the genus Acrocephalus. This is a rare summer resident with a very restricted and localised breeding range in Eastern Europe including Belarus. The autumn migration south to its wintering areas in sub Saharan western Africa begins in early July extending into September. This species has been in serious decline since the 70's and there are now less than 10,000 breeding pairs. In Britain small numbers occur each autumn but in Ireland it has only been recorded on 13 occasions mainly from Cape Clear Island, Co. Cork and the most recent record is also from there on 26th September 1989. Patrick J. O'Keeffe / Raw Birds Aquatic Warbler (Acrocephalus paludicola) distribution map  Breeding Passage Non-breeding - winter Possibly passage Probably extinct SanoAK: Alexander Kürthy, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons |
CRESTED TIT (Lophophanes cristatus) Bialowieza Forest (Bielaviežskaja Pušča), Hajnówka 17-200, Belarus
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The European Crested Tit (Lophophanes cristatus) or simply Crested Tit is a small perching bird of the family Paridae which is in the genus Lophophanes. The genus name Lophophanes is from the Ancient Greek lophos meaning "crest" and phaino "to show". Its specific name cristatus
is Latin for "crested". It has a widespread distribution in coniferous
forests throughout central and northern Europe and in deciduous woodland
in France and the Iberian Peninsula. In Britain, it is only found in
Scotland and even then is confined to the Caledonian forests of
Inverness and Strathspey. It is absent from Iceland and Ireland.
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_crested_tit
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CRESTED TIT (Lophophanes cristatus) Bialowieza Forest (Bielaviežskaja Pušča), Hajnówka 17-200, Belarus
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The European Crested Tit (Lophophanes cristatus) or simply Crested Tit is a small perching bird of the family Paridae which is in the genus Lophophanes. The genus name Lophophanes is from the Ancient Greek lophos meaning "crest" and phaino "to show". Its specific name cristatus is Latin for "crested". It has a widespread distribution in coniferous forests throughout central and northern Europe and in deciduous woodland in France and the Iberian Peninsula. In Britain, it is only found in Scotland and even then is confined to the Caledonian forests of Inverness and Strathspey. It is absent from Iceland and Ireland.
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_crested_tit
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Wednesday 2 January 2013
Tuesday 1 January 2013
FIELDFARE Turdus pilarus Bialowieza Forest,(Bielaviežskaja Pušča), Belarus
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FIELDFARE Turdus pilarus Bialowieza Forest (Bielaviežskaja Pušča) Belarus
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Monday 31 December 2012
PAPER WASP (European) Polistes dominula Brest District, Belarus
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MONTAGU'S HARRIER Circus pygargus Pinsk District, Belarus
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MONTAGU'S HARRIER Circus pygargus Pinsk District, Belarus
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MONTAGU'S HARRIER Circus pygargus Pinsk District, Belarus
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WHITE WAGTAIL (Motacilla alba) Lieninski rajon, Brest, Belarus
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Sunday 30 December 2012
EUROPEAN TURTLE DOVE (Streptopelia turtur) three adults at Belovezhskaya Pushcha National Park, Pruzhany District, Belarus
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The European Turtle Dove (Streptopelia turtur) is a migratory member of the family Columbidae, which includes doves as well as pigeons and is in the genus Streptopelia. It is a summer breeding resident in Europe (including the Canary Islands), parts of the Middle East, as well as western Asia and north Africa. It is absent as a breeding species from Iceland, Ireland (formally bred) and most of Scandinavia but does occur in spring and autumn as
an uncommon/rare overshooting migrant. Over much of its northern range,
there has been a very sharp decline in its population. In the autumn,
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EUROPEAN GREEN TOAD (Bifo viridis) Pinsk District, Belarus
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The European Green Toad (Bufotes viridis) is of the family Bufonidae which is in the genus Bufotes.
LESSER SPOTTED WOODPECKER Dendrocopos minor Brest, Belarus
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Saturday 29 December 2012
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