Big Year in Northern Eurasia. Simon Andrew. Birds of Northern Eurasia

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Gaviiformes

Podicipediformes

Procellariiformes

Pelecaniformes

Phalacrocoracidae

Ciconiiformes

Threskiornithidae

Phoenicopteriformes

Phoenicopteridae

Anseriformes

Falconiformes

Galliformes

Gruiformes

Charadriiformes

Recurvirostridae

Pterocletiformes

Columbiformes

Cuculiformes

Strigiformes

Caprimulgiformes

Apodiformes

Coraciiformes

Upupiformes

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Paradoxornithidae

Simon Andrew

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1. Common Buzzard (2018-01-01)

2. Bohemian Waxwing (2018-01-01)

3. Common Raven (2018-01-01)

4. European Greenfinch (2018-01-01)

5. Common Redpoll (2018-01-01)

6. Eurasian Goldfinch (2018-01-01)

7. Yellowhammer (2018-01-01)

8. Hawfinch (2018-01-01)

9. Common Chaffinch (2018-01-01)

10. Blue Tit (2018-01-01)

11. Eurasian Linnet (2018-01-01)

12. Eurasian Jay (2018-01-01)

13. Northern Bullfinch (2018-01-01)

14. Eurasian Jackdaw (2018-01-01)

15. Eurasian Nuthatch (2018-01-01)

16. Eurasian Siskin (2018-01-01)

17. Great Spotted Woodpecker (2018-01-01)

18. Lesser Spotted Woodpecker (2018-01-01)

19. Tree Sparrow (2018-01-01)

20. Great Grey Shrike (2018-01-02)

21. Tufted Duck (2018-01-03)

22. Black-headed Gull (2018-01-03)

23. Common Kestrel (2018-01-03)

24. Red-breasted Merganser (2018-01-03)

25. Long-legged Buzzard (2018-01-03)

26. Little Gull (2018-01-03)

27. Mute Swan (2018-01-03)

28. Merlin (2018-01-04)

29. Syrian Woodpecker (2018-01-04)

30. Crested Lark (2018-01-04)

31. Black-Necked Grebe | Grèbe à cou noir | Schwarzhalstaucher (2018-01-04)

32. Mew Gull (2018-01-04)

33. Coal Tit (2018-01-04)

34. Great Tit (2018-01-04)

35. Hen Harrier (2018-01-04)

36. Eurasian Collared Dove (2018-01-06)

37. Common Teal (2018-01-06)

38. Common Moorhen (2018-01-06)

39. Mallard (2018-01-06)

40. White-tailed Sea-Eagle (2018-01-06)

41. Common Goldeneye (2018-01-06)

42. Goosander (2018-01-06)

43. Smew (2018-01-06)

44. House Sparrow (2018-01-08)

45. Little Grebe | Grèbe castagneux | Zwergtaucher (2018-01-08)

46. Common Shelduck (2018-01-09)

47. Fieldfare (2018-01-20)

48. Grey-Headed Woodpecker (2018-01-20)

49. Common Treecreeper (2018-01-26)

50. Crested Tit (2018-01-26)

51. Long-tailed Tit (2018-01-26)

52. Common Kingfisher (2018-01-27)

53. Caspian Gull (2018-01-27)

54. Herring Gull (2018-01-27)

55. Eurasian Blackbird (2018-01-27)

56. Mistle Thrush (2018-01-27)

57. Whooper Swan (2018-01-27)

58. Black Woodpecker (2018-01-30)

59. Eurasian Wigeon (2018-01-30)

60. Common Sparrowhawk (2018-02-18)

61. Northern Wren (2018-02-25)

62. Common Coot (2018-02-25)

63. Hooded Crow (2018-03-10)

64. Middle Spotted Woodpecker (2018-03-10)

65. Rock Pigeon (2018-03-10)

66. Grey Partridge (2018-03-10)

67. Velvet Scoter (2018-03-11)

68. Great Crested Grebe | Grèbe huppé | Haubentaucher (2018-03-11)

69. Grey Heron (2018-03-11)

70. Great White Egret (2018-03-11)

71. Red-crested Pochard (2018-03-11)

72. Green Sandpiper (2018-03-11)

73. Ferruginous Duck (2018-03-26)

74. Garganey (2018-03-26)

75. Eurasian Magpie (2018-03-27)

76. Western Marsh-Harrier (2018-04-01)

77. Wood Pigeon (2018-04-01)

78. Hoopoe (2018-04-08)

79. White Stork (2018-04-08)

80. Northern Lapwing (2018-04-08)

81. Black Redstart (2018-04-08)

82. Northern Wheatear (2018-04-08)

83. White Wagtail (2018-04-08)

84. Sky Lark (2018-04-08)

85. Common Chiffchaff (2018-04-09)

86. Lesser Whitethroat (2018-04-09)

87. European Robin (2018-04-13)

88. Northern Black Grouse (2018-04-13)

89. Eurasian Redstart (2018-04-21)

90. Collared Flycatcher (2018-04-28)

91. Blackcap (2018-04-28)

92. Black Stork (2018-04-29)

93. Yellow Wagtail (2018-04-30)

94. Red-backed Shrike (2018-04-30)

95. Whinchat (2018-05-06)

96. Short-toed Snake-Eagle (2018-05-06)

97. Bluethroat (2018-05-06)

98. Eurasian Honey-Buzzard (2018-05-06)

99. Ruff (2018-05-11)

100. Wood Sandpiper (2018-05-11)

101. Common Redshank (2018-05-11)

102. Whiskered Tern (2018-05-11)

103. Black Tern (2018-05-11)

104. Sand Martin (2018-05-11)

105. Barn Swallow (2018-05-11)

106. Common Pochard (2018-05-11)

107. Black Kite (2018-05-11)

108. Northern Shoveler (2018-05-11)

109. Common Starling (2018-05-12)

110. Common Cuckoo (2018-05-12)

111. Little Bittern (2018-05-18)

112. Great Reed Warbler (2018-05-18)

113. Citrine Wagtail (2018-05-27)

114. Thrush Nightingale (2018-05-28)

115. Barred Warbler (2018-05-29)

116. Icterine Warbler (2018-05-30)

117. Spotted Flycatcher (2018-05-30)

118. Lesser Spotted Eagle (2018-05-30)

119. Tree Pipit (2018-05-30)

120. European Golden Oriole (2018-05-30)

121. Tawny Owl (2018-06-02)

122. Wood Warbler (2018-06-02)

123. Montagu's Harrier (2018-06-08)

124. Eurasian Hobby (2018-06-08)

125. European Turtle Dove (2018-06-12)

126. European Nightjar (2018-06-15)

127. Black-crowned Night Heron (2018-06-17)

128. Tawny Pipit (2018-06-24)

129. Great Cormorant (2018-06-26)

130. Common Whitethroat (2018-06-26)

131. Booted Eagle (2018-06-26)

132. Aquatic Warbler (2018-06-29)

133. Lesser Grey Shrike (2018-07-02)

134. Purple Heron (2018-07-02)

135. Northern House Martin (2018-07-02)

136. Little Tern (2018-07-02)

137. Red-necked Phalarope (2018-07-05)

138. Black-tailed Godwit (2018-07-05)

139. Little Stint (2018-07-11)

140. Marsh Sandpiper (2018-07-11)

141. Temminck's Stint (2018-07-11)

142. Common Snipe (2018-07-11)

143. Little Ringed Plover (2018-07-12)

144. Common Sandpiper (2018-07-21)

145. Common Greenshank (2018-07-21)

146. Dunlin (2018-07-26)

147. European Bee-eater (2018-07-26)

148. Northern Goshawk (2018-08-21)

149. Garden Warbler (2018-09-07)

150. Greater White-fronted Goose (2018-09-30)

151. Northern Pintail (2018-10-21)

152. White-Backed Woodpecker (2018-10-30)

153. Spotted Nutcracker (2018-10-30)

154. Rough-legged Buzzard (2018-11-04)

155. Arctic Loon | Plongeon arctique | Prachttaucher (2018-11-10)

156. Eurasian Golden Plover (2018-11-12)

157. Greater Scaup (2018-12-08)

recent uploads

2026-01-15. Mute Swan, Common Buzzard, Common Buzzard, Bohemian Waxwing, Mistle Thrush, Brambling, Northern Bullfinch, Mistle Thrush, Eurasian Goldfinch, Tree Sparrow, European Greenfinch, Eurasian Linnet, Brambling, Yellowhammer, Hooded Crow, European Greenfinch, Tree Sparrow, Common Buzzard, European Greenfinch, Rough-legged Buzzard, Common Kestrel, Great Grey Shrike, Grey Partridge, Long-tailed Tit, Eurasian Siskin, Common Raven, Eurasian Magpie, White-tailed Sea-Eagle, Northern Bullfinch.

2026-01-13. Common Buzzard.

2026-01-12. European Robin, European Robin, Blue Tit, Bohemian Waxwing.

2026-01-11. Great Spotted Woodpecker, European Greenfinch, Fieldfare, Eurasian Jackdaw, Eurasian Blackbird, Great Tit, Eurasian Magpie, Eurasian Siskin, European Turtle Dove, Eurasian Collared Dove, Tree Sparrow, House Sparrow, Grey-Headed Woodpecker, Hen Harrier, Great Tit.

2026-01-10. Common Quail, Black-winged Stilt.

2026-01-06. Northern Hazelhen.

2026-01-04. Little Bittern, Water Rail, Great Cormorant, Common Snipe, Ruff, Ruff, Citrine Wagtail (Western), Black-tailed Godwit, Northern Reed Bunting, Northern Wheatear, Common Redshank, Green Sandpiper, Common Greenshank, Wood Sandpiper, Smew, Little Ringed Plover, Grey Partridge, Western Marsh-Harrier, Common Sandpiper, Yellow Wagtail, Eurasian Penduline Tit, Little Owl, Osprey, Booted Eagle, Northern Lapwing, White Stork, Black Stork, Black Stork, Eurasian Goldfinch, Yellow Wagtail, Little Tern, Common Tern, Eurasian Honey-Buzzard, Lesser Spotted Eagle, Red-footed Falcon, Osprey, Short-toed Snake Eagle, Yellowhammer, Red-footed Falcon, Wood Warbler, Common Oystercatcher, Montagu's Harrier, Thrush Nightingale, Purple Heron, Purple Heron, Whiskered Tern, Black Redstart, Lesser Whitethroat, Montagu's Harrier, Redwing, Black Redstart, Eurasian Hobby, European Serin, European Robin, Willow Tit, Common Cuckoo, European Turtle Dove, Icterine Warbler, European Turtle Dove, Tree Pipit, Lesser Spotted Eagle, Sky Lark, Eurasian Redstart.

2026-01-02. Long-tailed Tit, Coal Tit, Common Buzzard.

2026-01-01. Eurasian Magpie.

2025-12-22. Common Teal, Grey Heron, Mallard, Bohemian Waxwing, Northern Pintail, Little Grebe, Common Buzzard.

2025-12-21. Mute Swan, Great Crested Grebe, Black-Necked Grebe, Common Goldeneye, Great White Egret, Caspian Gull, Common Moorhen, Long-tailed Tit, Bohemian Waxwing, Northern Bullfinch.

2025-12-18. White-Backed Woodpecker, Long-tailed Tit, Northern Bullfinch.

2025-12-17. Common Buzzard, Wood Lark, Northern Black Grouse, Common Chiffchaff, Mistle Thrush, Hen Harrier, Common Sparrowhawk.

2025-12-16. Hooded Crow.

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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