Big Year in Northern Eurasia. Gontcharov Aleksandr. 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

Gontcharov Aleksandr

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total species: 109 total photos: 487 total videos: 0 total blogposts: 0

1. Common Moorhen (2023-02-06)

2. Common Coot (2023-02-06)

3. Common Starling (2023-03-21)

4. Fieldfare (2023-03-21)

5. Grey Partridge (2023-03-21)

6. Eurasian Magpie (2023-03-21)

7. Caspian Gull (2023-03-21)

8. Common Raven (2023-03-21)

9. Eurasian Blackbird (2023-03-21)

10. Northern Lapwing (2023-03-21)

11. Black-headed Gull (2023-03-29)

12. Eurasian Nuthatch (2023-03-29)

13. Blue Tit (2023-03-29)

14. Goldcrest (2023-03-29)

15. Common Chaffinch (2023-03-29)

16. Long-tailed Tit (2023-03-29)

17. House Sparrow (2023-03-30)

18. Northern Reed Bunting (2023-03-30)

19. Great Grey Shrike (2023-03-30)

20. Northern Bullfinch (2023-03-30)

21. Hooded Crow (2023-03-30)

22. Jack Snipe (2023-03-30)

23. Grey Heron (2023-04-01)

24. Ruddy Shelduck (2023-04-01)

25. Common Kestrel (2023-04-01)

26. Mute Swan (2023-04-06)

27. Green Sandpiper (2023-04-06)

28. Common Buzzard (2023-04-06)

29. Great Spotted Woodpecker (2023-04-06)

30. Common Pochard (2023-04-06)

31. Tufted Duck (2023-04-06)

32. Gadwall (2023-04-06)

33. Common Snipe (2023-04-09)

34. Whinchat (2023-04-23)

35. European Robin (2023-04-25)

36. Black Kite (2023-04-25)

37. Bluethroat (2023-04-27)

38. Common Sandpiper (2023-04-27)

39. Common Tern (2023-04-27)

40. Garganey (2023-04-27)

41. Citrine Wagtail (2023-04-30)

42. Little Ringed Plover (2023-05-04)

43. Common Whitethroat (2023-05-09)

44. Meadow Pipit (2023-05-10)

45. Eurasian Jackdaw (2023-05-10)

46. Mallard (2023-05-15)

47. Yellow Wagtail (2023-05-15)

48. Common Swift (2023-05-15)

49. Red-backed Shrike (2023-05-17)

50. Tree Sparrow (2023-05-19)

51. Common Rosefinch (2023-05-19)

52. Herring Gull (2023-05-20)

53. Booted Warbler (2023-05-20)

54. Black Stork (2023-06-05)

55. Marsh Warbler (2023-06-05)

56. Sand Martin (2023-06-05)

57. Wood Pigeon (2023-06-05)

58. Common Goldeneye (2023-06-05)

59. Common Oystercatcher (2023-06-05)

60. Little Tern (2023-06-06)

61. Marsh Sandpiper (2023-06-06)

62. Common Greenshank (2023-06-06)

63. Black-tailed Godwit (2023-06-06)

64. Tree Pipit (2023-06-06)

65. White Wagtail (2023-06-06)

66. Black Tern (2023-06-06)

67. Eurasian Linnet (2023-06-06)

68. Great Tit (2023-06-06)

69. Terek Sandpiper (2023-06-06)

70. Mew Gull (2023-06-06)

71. Great Snipe (2023-06-07)

72. Corncrake (2023-06-08)

73. Montagu's Harrier (2023-06-08)

74. Eurasian Wigeon (2023-06-08)

75. Northern Pintail (2023-06-09)

76. Common Cuckoo (2023-06-09)

77. Eurasian Hobby (2023-06-09)

78. Willow Warbler (2023-07-02)

79. Siberian Black-backed Gull (2023-07-19)

80. Red-throated Loon | Plongeon catmarin | Sterntaucher (2023-07-19)

81. Eurasian Siskin (2023-07-19)

82. Red-breasted Merganser (2023-07-19)

83. Little Bunting (2023-07-19)

84. Common Redpoll (2023-07-19)

85. Hen Harrier (2023-07-19)

86. Pine Grosbeak (2023-07-19)

87. Wood Sandpiper (2023-07-19)

88. Arctic Tern (2023-07-19)

89. Common Teal (2023-07-19)

90. Bohemian Waxwing (2023-07-19)

91. Long-tailed Jaeger (2023-07-19)

92. Brambling (2023-07-19)

93. Redwing (2023-07-19)

94. Pallas's Reed Bunting (2023-07-19)

95. Merlin (2023-07-19)

96. Willow Ptarmigan (2023-07-19)

97. Eurasian Golden Plover (2023-07-19)

98. Arctic Warbler (2023-07-20)

99. Goosander (2023-07-20)

100. Arctic Loon | Plongeon arctique | Prachttaucher (2023-07-21)

101. Rough-legged Buzzard (2023-07-21)

102. Eurasian Whimbrel (2023-07-21)

103. Red-throated Pipit (2023-07-22)

104. Lapland Longspur (2023-07-22)

105. Golden Eagle (2023-07-22)

106. Pallid Harrier (2023-07-22)

107. Arctic Redpoll (2023-07-22)

108. Northern Wheatear (2023-07-22)

109. Black Scoter (2023-07-23)

recent uploads

2025-12-24. Great Grey Shrike.

2025-12-21. Common Kingfisher, Snow Bunting, Smew.

2025-12-09. Sanderling.

2025-12-07. Montagu's Harrier.

2025-11-27. Common Quail.

2025-10-18. Greater Ringed Plover, Yellow-legged Gull, Yellow-legged Gull, Great Cormorant, Greater Scaup, Yellow-legged Gull, Sandwich Tern, Slavonian Grebe, Eurasian Collared Dove, Eurasian Jay, Great Cormorant, Tufted Duck, Little Egret, Yellow-legged Gull.

2025-10-14. Grey Plover, Greater Ringed Plover, Whiskered Tern, Little Gull, Dunlin.

2025-10-13. Ruddy Turnstone.

2025-09-30. Common Cuckoo, Great Grey Shrike, Wood Pigeon, Eurasian Linnet, Ruff, Great White Egret, Great Crested Grebe, Common Coot, Eurasian Hobby.

2025-06-12. Eurasian Wryneck, Whiskered Tern, Black Tern, Marsh Sandpiper.

2025-06-03. Common Coot, Red-throated Pipit.

2025-05-19. Barn Swallow, Common Cuckoo, Wood Pigeon, Common Buzzard, Black Kite, Common Buzzard, Eurasian Honey-Buzzard, Eurasian Honey-Buzzard, Common Swift, Common Whitethroat.

2025-05-12. Canada Goose.

2025-05-11. Gadwall.

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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