Big Year in Northern Eurasia. Shvydun Elena. Birds of Northern Eurasia

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Shvydun Elena

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total species: 129 total photos: 252 total videos: 0 total blogposts: 0

1. Common Sparrowhawk (2022-01-03)

2. Eurasian Jay (2022-01-03)

3. Northern Bullfinch (2022-01-07)

4. Common Chaffinch (2022-01-07)

5. Brambling (2022-01-07)

6. European Greenfinch (2022-01-07)

7. Hawfinch (2022-01-07)

8. European Robin (2022-01-08)

9. Black Woodpecker (2022-01-11)

10. Common Redpoll (2022-01-11)

11. Fieldfare (2022-01-12)

12. Long-tailed Tit (2022-01-12)

13. Spotted Nutcracker (2022-01-19)

14. Northern Wren (2022-01-25)

15. Crested Tit (2022-02-03)

16. Great Grey Shrike (2022-02-07)

17. Eurasian Blackbird (2022-02-11)

18. Northern Black Grouse (2022-02-15)

19. Snow Bunting (2022-02-15)

20. Grey Partridge (2022-02-15)

21. Northern Hawk Owl (2022-02-15)

22. Eurasian Three-Toed Woodpecker (2022-02-16)

23. Goldcrest (2022-03-02)

24. Middle Spotted Woodpecker (2022-03-14)

25. Hooded Crow (2022-03-14)

26. Eurasian Siskin (2022-03-15)

27. Eurasian Green Woodpecker (2022-03-16)

28. Common Treecreeper (2022-03-19)

29. Common Starling (2022-03-21)

30. Northern Lapwing (2022-03-23)

31. Eurasian Magpie (2022-03-23)

32. Yellowhammer (2022-03-24)

33. Common Snipe (2022-04-08)

34. Black Kite (2022-04-08)

35. Ruddy Shelduck (2022-04-08)

36. Wood Pigeon (2022-04-08)

37. White Wagtail (2022-04-08)

38. Redwing (2022-04-08)

39. Black-headed Gull (2022-04-08)

40. Bean Goose (2022-04-10)

41. Eurasian Goldfinch (2022-04-10)

42. Black Redstart (2022-04-12)

43. Bluethroat (2022-04-13)

44. Common Chiffchaff (2022-04-13)

45. Northern Reed Bunting (2022-04-13)

46. Dunnock (2022-04-14)

47. Common Buzzard (2022-04-14)

48. Common Kestrel (2022-04-15)

49. Willow Tit (2022-04-17)

50. Eurasian Curlew (2022-04-18)

51. Citrine Wagtail (2022-04-18)

52. Osprey (2022-04-18)

53. Greater White-fronted Goose (2022-04-18)

54. Lesser Spotted Eagle (2022-04-18)

55. Stock Pigeon (2022-04-18)

56. Common Crane (2022-04-18)

57. Blue Tit (2022-04-21)

58. Little Ringed Plover (2022-04-22)

59. Tufted Duck (2022-04-23)

60. Tree Pipit (2022-04-25)

61. Common Cuckoo (2022-04-26)

62. Willow Warbler (2022-04-26)

63. Common Tern (2022-04-28)

64. Pied Flycatcher (2022-04-29)

65. Common Sandpiper (2022-04-30)

66. Eurasian Wryneck (2022-04-30)

67. Red-breasted Flycatcher (2022-05-01)

68. Blackcap (2022-05-02)

69. Lesser Whitethroat (2022-05-02)

70. Whinchat (2022-05-04)

71. Wood Warbler (2022-05-04)

72. Common Whitethroat (2022-05-05)

73. Thrush Nightingale (2022-05-05)

74. Icterine Warbler (2022-05-08)

75. Common Swift (2022-05-08)

76. Northern Wheatear (2022-05-08)

77. Eurasian Linnet (2022-05-08)

78. Red Crossbill (2022-05-09)

79. Spotted Flycatcher (2022-05-10)

80. Grey Heron (2022-05-12)

81. Common Rosefinch (2022-05-13)

82. Common Redshank (2022-05-16)

83. Blyth's Reed Warbler (2022-05-19)

84. Savi's Warbler (2022-05-21)

85. Gadwall (2022-05-21)

86. Black-Necked Grebe | Grèbe à cou noir | Schwarzhalstaucher (2022-05-21)

87. White-tailed Sea-Eagle (2022-05-22)

88. Greenish Warbler (2022-05-23)

89. Red-backed Shrike (2022-05-24)

90. Corncrake (2022-05-25)

91. River Warbler (2022-05-26)

92. Marsh Warbler (2022-05-26)

93. Dunlin (2022-05-30)

94. Broad-billed Sandpiper (2022-05-30)

95. Western Grasshopper Warbler (2022-05-30)

96. Eurasian Honey-Buzzard (2022-05-30)

97. Whooper Swan (2022-05-30)

98. Ruff (2022-05-30)

99. Marsh Sandpiper (2022-05-30)

100. Black-tailed Godwit (2022-05-30)

101. Sand Martin (2022-06-01)

102. Great Reed Warbler (2022-06-02)

103. Paddyfield Warbler (2022-06-02)

104. Eurasian Redstart (2022-06-02)

105. Eurasian Reed Warbler (2022-06-02)

106. European Golden Oriole (2022-06-02)

107. White Stork (2022-06-03)

108. Booted Warbler (2022-06-06)

109. Barred Warbler (2022-06-14)

110. Little Bittern (2022-06-15)

111. Yellow Wagtail (2022-06-23)

112. Great Cormorant (2022-07-05)

113. Black Stork (2022-08-17)

114. Red-footed Falcon (2022-08-17)

115. Common Greenshank (2022-08-17)

116. Spotted Redshank (2022-08-17)

117. Little Stint (2022-08-31)

118. Greater Ringed Plover (2022-08-31)

119. Wood Sandpiper (2022-08-31)

120. Red-throated Pipit (2022-09-09)

121. Meadow Pipit (2022-09-09)

122. Eurasian Penduline Tit (2022-09-09)

123. Northern Hazelhen (2022-09-23)

124. Hen Harrier (2022-10-12)

125. Lesser Spotted Woodpecker (2022-10-26)

126. Barn Swallow (2022-11-01)

127. Common Teal (2022-11-03)

128. Arctic Redpoll (2022-11-13)

129. Eurasian Pygmy-Owl (2022-11-14)

recent uploads

2024-04-19. Common Cuckoo.

2024-04-18. Wood Warbler.

2024-04-17. Common Redpoll.

2024-04-15. Meadow Pipit, Brambling.

2024-04-13. Eurasian Wryneck, Bluethroat.

2024-04-11. Merlin.

2024-04-09. Tree Pipit.

2024-04-05. Common Chiffchaff.

2024-04-03. Lesser Spotted Eagle.

2024-04-02. Dunnock, Black Redstart.

2023-11-21. Eurasian Redstart.

2023-11-20. European Robin.

2023-11-19. Common Kingfisher.

2023-10-31. Middle Spotted Woodpecker.

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)

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.

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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 [....]

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