Big Year in Northern Eurasia. E.Shchipkova, I.Dmitriev. 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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Passeriformes

Paradoxornithidae

E.Shchipkova, I.Dmitriev

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total species: 98 total photos: 199 total videos: 0 total blogposts: 0

1. White-Backed Woodpecker (2022-01-02)

2. Great Tit (2022-01-02)

3. Tree Sparrow (2022-01-02)

4. Eurasian Nuthatch (2022-01-13)

5. Boreal Owl (2022-01-13)

6. Blue Tit (2022-01-13)

7. Eurasian Jackdaw (2022-01-13)

8. Mallard (2022-01-13)

9. Common Goldeneye (2022-01-13)

10. Red-Necked Grebe | Grèbe jougris | Rothalstaucher (2022-01-15)

11. Tufted Duck (2022-01-15)

12. Smew (2022-01-15)

13. Black-headed Gull (2022-01-15)

14. Goosander (2022-01-15)

15. Herring Gull (2022-01-15)

16. European Greenfinch (2022-01-26)

17. House Sparrow (2022-01-26)

18. Ruddy Shelduck (2022-01-26)

19. Arctic Redpoll (2022-02-01)

20. Common Teal (2022-02-01)

21. Greater White-fronted Goose (2022-02-01)

22. Great Spotted Woodpecker (2022-02-01)

23. Northern Bullfinch (2022-02-01)

24. Eurasian Blackbird (2022-02-06)

25. Northern Pintail (2022-02-09)

26. Eurasian Goldfinch (2022-02-11)

27. Great Grey Shrike (2022-02-11)

28. Eurasian Magpie (2022-02-11)

29. Grey-Headed Woodpecker (2022-02-11)

30. European Robin (2022-02-11)

31. Middle Spotted Woodpecker (2022-02-13)

32. Eurasian Jay (2022-02-13)

33. Eurasian Siskin (2022-02-13)

34. Brambling (2022-02-13)

35. Red Crossbill (2022-02-17)

36. White-winged Crossbill (2022-02-21)

37. Northern Black Grouse (2022-02-23)

38. Mew Gull (2022-02-28)

39. Ural Owl (2022-03-01)

40. Common Sparrowhawk (2022-03-06)

41. Common Treecreeper (2022-03-06)

42. Mandarin Duck (2022-03-09)

43. Black Woodpecker (2022-03-10)

44. Long-tailed Tit (2022-03-10)

45. Hooded Crow (2022-03-15)

46. Tawny Owl (2022-03-21)

47. White Wagtail (2022-04-13)

48. Common Chaffinch (2022-04-13)

49. Song Thrush (2022-04-13)

50. Redwing (2022-04-13)

51. Common Chiffchaff (2022-04-13)

52. Goldcrest (2022-04-14)

53. Wood Pigeon (2022-04-14)

54. Common Coot (2022-04-14)

55. Northern Wren (2022-04-16)

56. Common Pochard (2022-04-18)

57. Green Sandpiper (2022-04-18)

58. Great Crested Grebe | Grèbe huppé | Haubentaucher (2022-04-18)

59. Northern Goshawk (2022-04-23)

60. Black Kite (2022-04-23)

61. Wood Warbler (2022-04-27)

62. Tree Pipit (2022-04-27)

63. Lesser Spotted Woodpecker (2022-04-27)

64. Bluethroat (2022-04-28)

65. Common Kestrel (2022-04-28)

66. Pied Flycatcher (2022-04-28)

67. Common Moorhen (2022-04-28)

68. Hawfinch (2022-05-01)

69. Common Kingfisher (2022-05-06)

70. Northern Shoveler (2022-05-06)

71. Common Sandpiper (2022-05-06)

72. Spotted Flycatcher (2022-05-06)

73. Garganey (2022-05-06)

74. Yellow Wagtail (2022-05-07)

75. Yellow-backed Wagtail (2022-05-07)

76. Eurasian Linnet (2022-05-07)

77. Grey Heron (2022-05-07)

78. Common Starling (2022-05-07)

79. Lesser Whitethroat (2022-05-07)

80. Northern Wheatear (2022-05-08)

81. Eastern Imperial Eagle (2022-05-08)

82. Collared Flycatcher (2022-05-10)

83. Eurasian Wryneck (2022-05-10)

84. Sky Lark (2022-05-11)

85. Whinchat (2022-05-14)

86. Thrush Nightingale (2022-05-16)

87. Western Marsh-Harrier (2022-05-18)

88. Common Whitethroat (2022-05-18)

89. Common Greenshank (2022-05-26)

90. Eurasian Wigeon (2022-05-28)

91. Ruff (2022-05-29)

92. Temminck's Stint (2022-05-29)

93. Bohemian Waxwing (2022-05-31)

94. Willow Ptarmigan (2022-05-31)

95. Red-throated Loon | Plongeon catmarin | Sterntaucher (2022-06-02)

96. Pallas's Cormorant (2022-06-02)

97. Greater Ringed Plover (2022-06-02)

98. Bar-tailed Godwit (2022-06-02)

recent uploads

2023-06-01. Caspian Gull, Greylag Goose, Western Marsh-Harrier, Purple Heron, Grey Heron, Hoopoe, Black-winged Stilt, Black-Necked Grebe, Common Pochard, Isabelline Wheatear, Ruff, Sky Lark, Gull-billed Tern, Wood Sandpiper, Common Shelduck, White-tailed Sea-Eagle, Lesser Grey Shrike, Woodchat Shrike, Red-backed Shrike, Corn Bunting, Yellow Wagtail, Common Stonechat, Black-headed Bunting, Eurasian Roller, Glossy Ibis, Black-crowned Night Heron, Barn Swallow, Eurasian Spoonbill, Whiskered Tern, White-winged Tern, Common Cuckoo, Eurasian Magpie, Great Reed Warbler, Little Ringed Plover, Crested Lark, Eurasian Redstart, Northern House Martin, Song Thrush, Long-eared Owl, Common Rosefinch, Blyth's Reed Warbler, Unkown Bird, Marsh Warbler.

2023-05-31. Greenish Warbler, Pied Flycatcher, Blyth's Reed Warbler, Spotted Flycatcher, Mute Swan, Blue-cheeked Bee-eater, Merlin, Great Cormorant, Common Nightingale, Lesser Spotted Eagle, Common Buzzard, Booted Eagle, Griffon Vulture, Cinereous Vulture, Squacco Heron, European Bee-eater, Northern Shoveler, Red-crested Pochard, Little Egret, Black Stork, Steppe Eagle.

2023-05-19. Northern Goshawk, Red-breasted Flycatcher.

2023-05-18. Lesser Whitethroat, European Robin.

2023-05-13. Wood Warbler, Redwing, Blackcap, Thrush Nightingale, Common Treecreeper.

2023-04-25. Dunnock.

2023-04-14. White-Backed Woodpecker.

2023-04-12. Northern Reed Bunting, Ruddy Shelduck, Common Kestrel, Common Coot, Great Crested Grebe, Bluethroat.

2023-04-08. European Greenfinch.

2023-04-04. Hawfinch, Lesser Spotted Woodpecker, Eurasian Nuthatch, Common Starling.

2023-04-03. Tawny Owl, Redwing, Eurasian Goldfinch, Middle Spotted Woodpecker, Common Treecreeper.

2023-03-28. White Wagtail, Goldcrest, Northern Wren, Eurasian Blackbird, Fieldfare, Great Spotted Woodpecker.

2023-03-24. Eurasian Pygmy-Owl.

2023-03-16. Crested Tit.

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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