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Big Year 2026
The winner will submit the pictures of the largest number of bird species taken on the territory of Northern Eurasia during this year.
You can see previous years competitions results here: 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
participants
* number inside brackets means the number of species photographed in 2026
all species photographed in 2026
* in order of appearance (number inside brackets means the date of first record "month-day" )
1. Little Grebe | Grèbe castagneux | Zwergtaucher (2026-01-01) 2. Common Treecreeper (2026-01-01) 3. Hooded Crow (2026-01-01) 4. Mew Gull (2026-01-01) 5. Caspian Gull (2026-01-01) 6. Blue Tit (2026-01-01) 7. Guldenstadt's Redstart (2026-01-01) 8. Lammergeier (2026-01-01) 9. Great Tit (2026-01-01) 10. Brambling (2026-01-01) 11. Syrian Woodpecker (2026-01-01) 12. Eurasian Blackbird (2026-01-01) 13. Hawfinch (2026-01-01) 14. Mistle Thrush (2026-01-01) 15. Long-tailed Tit (2026-01-01) 16. Great Spotted Woodpecker (2026-01-01) 17. Tree Sparrow (2026-01-01) 18. Common Chaffinch (2026-01-01) 19. Coal Tit (2026-01-01) 20. Eurasian Jay (2026-01-01) 21. Great Crested Grebe | Grèbe huppé | Haubentaucher (2026-01-01) 22. Mallard (2026-01-01) 23. Eurasian Siskin (2026-01-01) 24. Pine Grosbeak (2026-01-01) 25. Northern Bullfinch (2026-01-01) 26. Middle Spotted Woodpecker (2026-01-01) 27. Eurasian Nuthatch (2026-01-01) 28. Willow Tit (2026-01-01) 29. Eurasian Three-Toed Woodpecker (2026-01-01) 30. Common Raven (2026-01-01) 31. Common Buzzard (2026-01-01) 32. Crested Tit (2026-01-01) 33. Bohemian Waxwing (2026-01-01) 34. European Greenfinch (2026-01-01) 35. Grey-Headed Woodpecker (2026-01-01) 36. Common Sparrowhawk (2026-01-01) 37. Lesser Spotted Woodpecker (2026-01-01) 38. Fieldfare (2026-01-01) 39. Great White Egret (2026-01-01) 40. Mute Swan (2026-01-01) 41. Yellowhammer (2026-01-01) 42. Eurasian Magpie (2026-01-01) 43. Great Cormorant (2026-01-01) 44. Black-Necked Grebe | Grèbe à cou noir | Schwarzhalstaucher (2026-01-01) 45. Eurasian Goldfinch (2026-01-01) 46. Great Grey Shrike (2026-01-01) 47. Gadwall (2026-01-01) 48. Eurasian Linnet (2026-01-01) 49. Goosander (2026-01-01) 50. Common Teal (2026-01-01) 51. Northern Pintail (2026-01-02) 52. Black-headed Gull (2026-01-02) 53. Tawny Owl (2026-01-02) 54. Goldcrest (2026-01-02) 55. Rook (2026-01-02) 56. European Robin (2026-01-02) 57. Arctic Loon | Plongeon arctique | Prachttaucher (2026-01-02) 58. House Sparrow (2026-01-02) 59. White-Backed Woodpecker (2026-01-02) 60. Common Redpoll (2026-01-02) 61. Eurasian Collared Dove (2026-01-02) 62. Northern Hawk Owl (2026-01-02) 63. Pallas's Cormorant (2026-01-02) | 64. Smew (2026-01-02) 65. Red-crested Pochard (2026-01-02) 66. White-tailed Sea-Eagle (2026-01-02) 67. Eurasian Wigeon (2026-01-02) 68. Grey Heron (2026-01-02) 69. Common Kestrel (2026-01-02) 70. Western Marsh-Harrier (2026-01-02) 71. Common Kingfisher (2026-01-02) 72. Bearded Tit (2026-01-02) 73. Red-breasted Merganser (2026-01-02) 74. Dunnock (2026-01-02) 75. Common Coot (2026-01-03) 76. Common Starling (2026-01-03) 77. Hen Harrier (2026-01-03) 78. Common Goldeneye (2026-01-03) 79. Northern Wren (2026-01-03) 80. Tufted Duck (2026-01-03) 81. Common Pochard (2026-01-03) 82. Arctic Redpoll (2026-01-03) 83. Eurasian Jackdaw (2026-01-04) 84. Long-legged Buzzard (2026-01-04) 85. Crested Lark (2026-01-04) 86. Rough-legged Buzzard (2026-01-04) 87. Marsh Tit (2026-01-04) 88. Herring Gull (2026-01-04) 89. Rock Pigeon (2026-01-04) 90. Wood Pigeon (2026-01-04) 91. Northern Goshawk (2026-01-04) 92. Sky Lark (2026-01-04) 93. Merlin (2026-01-04) 94. Stock Pigeon (2026-01-04) 95. Velvet Scoter (2026-01-04) 96. Rock Bunting (2026-01-05) 97. Black Woodpecker (2026-01-05) 98. Eurasian Green Woodpecker (2026-01-05) 99. Common Pheasant (2026-01-05) 100. Eurasian Pygmy-Owl (2026-01-06) 101. Common Moorhen (2026-01-06) 102. Yellow-legged Gull (2026-01-06) 103. Common Redshank (2026-01-06) 104. Northern Shoveler (2026-01-06) 105. Meadow Pipit (2026-01-06) 106. White-headed Duck (2026-01-06) 107. Whooper Swan (2026-01-06) 108. European Turtle Dove (2026-01-06) 109. Eurasian Bittern (2026-01-07) 110. Water Rail (2026-01-07) 111. Alpine Accentor (2026-01-07) 112. Greater White-fronted Goose (2026-01-07) 113. Common Shelduck (2026-01-07) 114. Spotted Nutcracker (2026-01-08) 115. Eurasian Dipper (2026-01-08) 116. Ural Owl (2026-01-08) 117. Black-winged Stilt (2026-01-09) 118. Redwing (2026-01-09) 119. Black Redstart (2026-01-09) 120. White Wagtail (2026-01-09) 121. Red Crossbill (2026-01-10) 122. White-winged Crossbill (2026-01-10) 123. Northern Reed Bunting (2026-01-10) 124. Grey Partridge (2026-01-11) 125. Long-tailed Rosefinch (2026-01-13) 126. Common Snipe (2026-01-14) |
Big Year 2026
1. Anna Golubeva (240)
2. Khasan Zhurtov (122)
3. Igor Shcherbakov (114)
4. Aleksandr Gontcharov (111)
5. Dmitriy Shevtsov (99)
6. Andrei Kiselev (67)
7. Vyacheslav Yusupov (60)
8. Oleg Martsun (45)
9. Khasan Zhurtov (41)
10. Anton Vinogradov (39)
2. Khasan Zhurtov (122)
3. Igor Shcherbakov (114)
4. Aleksandr Gontcharov (111)
5. Dmitriy Shevtsov (99)
6. Andrei Kiselev (67)
7. Vyacheslav Yusupov (60)
8. Oleg Martsun (45)
9. Khasan Zhurtov (41)
10. Anton Vinogradov (39)
rare birds records
Black-winged Stilt (Himantopus himantopus)
© Khasan Zhurtov
2026-01-09
Maiskiy,KBR
European Turtle Dove (Streptopelia turtur)
© Natalia Savranska
2026-01-06
Pantaivka
First winter record of the European Turtle Dove (Streptopelia turtur)
Ring-billed Gull (Larus delawarensis)
© Alexandr Balaev
2025-10-24
Москва, Царицынские пруды
According to available data, this is the third observation of the species in Russia and the first photo on the website. The gull was discovered by E. Shmeleva on 23 October 2025, in Moscow at the Tsaritsyno Ponds. For the first time, the Ring-billed Gull, which inhabits North America and regularly visits Europe, was tracked by a tracker to Nizhny Novgorod in 2022, where its nesting with a Common Gull was recorded. The following year, it was also found there.
Red-footed Falcon (Falco vespertinus)
© Yury Podverbny
2025-09-18
Очень редкий гнездящийся и транзитно-мигрирующий в Беларуси вид. Кроме транзитной миграции, возможны залёты на территорию страны вне сезона гнездования.
recent video
2025-12-07. Tree Sparrow (Stanislavs Gr).
2025-07-18. Common Chiffchaff (Andrei Orekhov).
2025-02-26. Grey-Headed Woodpecker (Vitalii Kazannyk).
2024-11-28. Mandarin Duck (Galina Katanova).
2024-10-15. Northern Hawk Owl (Galina Katanova).
2024-10-11. Ruff (Hlib Koval).
2024-09-11. Dunlin (Vadim Sinukhin).
2024-09-10. Ural Owl (Galina Katanova).
2024-07-31. Lesser Grey Shrike (Alexandr Balaev).
2024-07-13. Northern Bullfinch (Alexandr Balaev).
2024-07-10. Great Cormorant (Stanislavs Gr).
2024-06-17. Icterine Warbler (Alexandr Balaev).
2024-06-05. Northern Wren (Alexandr Balaev).
2024-06-04. Red-billed Chough (Alexandr Balaev).
2024-05-31. Common Whitethroat (Stanislavs Gr).
unidentified birds
2026-01-13
Сергей Л. Волков: Серебристая чайка, к лету 3 года, скорее всего, будет, в крыльях еще детские перья есть.
2025-12-25
Наталія Драбина: Чернь морська чи чубата?
2025-12-24
no any comments:
2025-12-07
Владимир Семашко: хотя, конечно, вернее средиземноморская
2025-11-09
Артем: Того же мнения, но всё равно не уверенБелая бровь, полосок на крыле видно тут и рыжий цвет налицо подхвостье явно белое.Предположу что уже [....]