Big Year in Northern Eurasia. Ortik Irina. Birds of Northern Eurasia

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Ortik Irina

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total species: 168 total photos: 223 total videos: 0 total blogposts: 0

1. Mew Gull (2022-01-03)

2. Mallard (2022-01-03)

3. House Sparrow (2022-01-03)

4. Mistle Thrush (2022-01-06)

5. Tawny Owl (2022-01-07)

6. Great Grey Shrike (2022-01-08)

7. Common Treecreeper (2022-01-10)

8. European Robin (2022-01-12)

9. Eurasian Magpie (2022-01-12)

10. Great Spotted Woodpecker (2022-01-12)

11. Goosander (2022-01-13)

12. Smew (2022-01-13)

13. Mute Swan (2022-01-13)

14. Common Goldeneye (2022-01-14)

15. White-tailed Sea-Eagle (2022-01-14)

16. Great Tit (2022-01-15)

17. Long-tailed Tit (2022-01-16)

18. Tree Sparrow (2022-01-20)

19. Fieldfare (2022-01-20)

20. Coal Tit (2022-01-22)

21. Blue Tit (2022-01-22)

22. Northern Wren (2022-01-23)

23. Great White Egret (2022-01-23)

24. Great Cormorant (2022-01-27)

25. Common Buzzard (2022-01-27)

26. Grey Heron (2022-01-27)

27. Black Woodpecker (2022-02-01)

28. Northern Bullfinch (2022-02-01)

29. Eurasian Wigeon (2022-02-04)

30. Tufted Duck (2022-02-05)

31. Greater Scaup (2022-02-05)

32. Rough-legged Buzzard (2022-02-06)

33. Peregrine Falcon (2022-02-06)

34. Common Pochard (2022-02-19)

35. Northern Pintail (2022-02-19)

36. Hooded Crow (2022-02-21)

37. Lesser Spotted Woodpecker (2022-02-21)

38. Hawfinch (2022-02-21)

39. Eurasian Siskin (2022-02-21)

40. Rook (2022-02-22)

41. Northern Shoveler (2022-03-26)

42. Black-headed Gull (2022-03-30)

43. Rock Pigeon (2022-03-30)

44. Wood Pigeon (2022-04-04)

45. Eurasian Nuthatch (2022-04-05)

46. Eurasian Linnet (2022-04-05)

47. White Wagtail (2022-04-06)

48. Eurasian Blackbird (2022-04-06)

49. Eurasian Collared Dove (2022-04-06)

50. European Greenfinch (2022-04-07)

51. Lesser Spotted Eagle (2022-04-07)

52. Middle Spotted Woodpecker (2022-04-08)

53. Song Thrush (2022-04-11)

54. Grey-Headed Woodpecker (2022-04-11)

55. Redwing (2022-04-11)

56. Black Stork (2022-04-12)

57. Lesser Black-backed Gull (2022-04-12)

58. Garganey (2022-04-12)

59. Black Kite (2022-04-12)

60. Green Sandpiper (2022-04-12)

61. Black-Necked Grebe | Grèbe à cou noir | Schwarzhalstaucher (2022-04-15)

62. Great Crested Grebe | Grèbe huppé | Haubentaucher (2022-04-15)

63. Bluethroat (2022-04-15)

64. Black-tailed Godwit (2022-04-15)

65. Savi's Warbler (2022-04-15)

66. Eurasian Wryneck (2022-04-16)

67. Eurasian Goldfinch (2022-04-16)

68. Common Chiffchaff (2022-04-16)

69. Eurasian Jay (2022-04-16)

70. Common Moorhen (2022-04-19)

71. Syrian Woodpecker (2022-04-19)

72. Common Chaffinch (2022-04-20)

73. Common Coot (2022-04-20)

74. Common Starling (2022-04-20)

75. Ruff (2022-04-25)

76. Wood Sandpiper (2022-04-25)

77. Common Greenshank (2022-04-25)

78. White Stork (2022-04-25)

79. Wood Warbler (2022-04-25)

80. Common Tern (2022-04-27)

81. Black Redstart (2022-04-27)

82. Eurasian Penduline Tit (2022-04-27)

83. Slavonian Grebe | Grèbe esclavon | Ohrentaucher (2022-04-29)

84. Common Sandpiper (2022-04-29)

85. Little Ringed Plover (2022-04-29)

86. Barn Swallow (2022-04-29)

87. Sedge Warbler (2022-04-29)

88. Bearded Tit (2022-04-29)

89. Northern Reed Bunting (2022-04-29)

90. Caspian Gull (2022-04-29)

91. Eurasian Redstart (2022-04-30)

92. Willow Warbler (2022-05-01)

93. Eurasian Hobby (2022-05-01)

94. European Golden Oriole (2022-05-02)

95. Yellow Wagtail (2022-05-02)

96. Northern Lapwing (2022-05-02)

97. Blackcap (2022-05-03)

98. Spotted Flycatcher (2022-05-03)

99. Lesser Whitethroat (2022-05-03)

100. Common Stonechat (2022-05-04)

101. Little Grebe | Grèbe castagneux | Zwergtaucher (2022-05-04)

102. Common Cuckoo (2022-05-05)

103. Common Kestrel (2022-05-05)

104. Great Reed Warbler (2022-05-05)

105. Thrush Nightingale (2022-05-06)

106. Western Marsh-Harrier (2022-05-06)

107. Common Sparrowhawk (2022-05-06)

108. Caspian Tern (2022-05-06)

109. Common Crane (2022-05-07)

110. Northern Wheatear (2022-05-08)

111. Collared Flycatcher (2022-05-08)

112. Stock Pigeon (2022-05-13)

113. White-winged Tern (2022-05-13)

114. Tree Pipit (2022-05-14)

115. Whinchat (2022-05-14)

116. European Bee-eater (2022-05-14)

117. Red-backed Shrike (2022-05-15)

118. Common Swift (2022-05-15)

119. Whiskered Tern (2022-05-16)

120. Gadwall (2022-05-20)

121. Red-breasted Flycatcher (2022-05-21)

122. European Serin (2022-05-21)

123. Icterine Warbler (2022-05-23)

124. Marsh Warbler (2022-05-24)

125. Common Whitethroat (2022-05-28)

126. Barred Warbler (2022-05-28)

127. Yellowhammer (2022-05-28)

128. Citrine Wagtail (2022-06-01)

129. Common Raven (2022-06-16)

130. Lesser Grey Shrike (2022-06-16)

131. Sand Martin (2022-06-16)

132. Little Bittern (2022-06-18)

133. Common Oystercatcher (2022-06-25)

134. Hoopoe (2022-06-25)

135. Short-toed Snake-Eagle (2022-06-25)

136. Sky Lark (2022-06-25)

137. Wood Lark (2022-06-30)

138. Tawny Pipit (2022-06-30)

139. Black Tern (2022-07-03)

140. European Turtle Dove (2022-07-16)

141. Black-winged Stilt (2022-07-16)

142. Montagu's Harrier (2022-07-20)

143. Black-crowned Night Heron (2022-07-29)

144. Purple Heron (2022-07-30)

145. Common Snipe (2022-08-05)

146. Common Teal (2022-08-05)

147. Dunlin (2022-08-06)

148. Spotted Redshank (2022-08-19)

149. Grey Partridge (2022-08-21)

150. Osprey (2022-09-16)

151. Common Kingfisher (2022-09-16)

152. Little Stint (2022-09-20)

153. Temminck's Stint (2022-09-20)

154. Greater Ringed Plover (2022-09-20)

155. Eurasian Spoonbill (2022-09-30)

156. Herring Gull (2022-10-18)

157. Marsh Tit (2022-10-21)

158. Brambling (2022-10-28)

159. Bewick's Swan (2022-10-29)

160. Velvet Scoter (2022-10-29)

161. Arctic Loon | Plongeon arctique | Prachttaucher (2022-10-29)

162. Eurasian Jackdaw (2022-11-06)

163. Whooper Swan (2022-11-12)

164. Red-breasted Merganser (2022-11-13)

165. Red-crested Pochard (2022-11-13)

166. Greater White-fronted Goose (2022-11-13)

167. Bean Goose (2022-11-13)

168. Water Rail (2022-12-23)

recent uploads

2026-01-14. Bohemian Waxwing, Eurasian Jay.

2026-01-13. Coal Tit, Marsh Tit, Eurasian Siskin.

2026-01-12. Eurasian Nuthatch, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Eurasian Magpie.

2026-01-11. Northern Bullfinch, Mistle Thrush, Fieldfare, Eurasian Blackbird.

2026-01-05. Common Teal, Gadwall, Common Raven.

2026-01-04. Black-headed Gull, Syrian Woodpecker.

2026-01-03. Mew Gull, Long-tailed Tit, Common Goldeneye, Arctic Loon.

2026-01-02. Common Treecreeper.

2025-12-19. Long-tailed Duck.

2025-12-11. Velvet Scoter.

2025-11-20. Bearded Tit.

2025-11-07. Snow Bunting, Bewick's Swan.

2025-11-01. Red-throated Loon.

2025-10-26. Arctic Loon.

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

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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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