Big Year in Northern Eurasia. Semenov Andrey. Birds of Northern Eurasia

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Pelecaniformes

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Falconiformes

Galliformes

Gruiformes

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Semenov Andrey

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total species: 279 total photos: 525 total videos: 0 total blogposts: 0

1. Coal Tit (2021-01-05)

2. Great Tit (2021-01-05)

3. Eurasian Blackbird (2021-01-05)

4. Blue Tit (2021-01-05)

5. Great Spotted Woodpecker (2021-01-05)

6. White-Backed Woodpecker (2021-01-06)

7. European Greenfinch (2021-01-06)

8. Northern Bullfinch (2021-01-06)

9. Eurasian Nuthatch (2021-01-06)

10. Fieldfare (2021-01-06)

11. Tree Sparrow (2021-01-06)

12. Snow Bunting (2021-01-08)

13. Great Grey Shrike (2021-01-08)

14. Hen Harrier (2021-01-08)

15. Eurasian Pygmy-Owl (2021-01-08)

16. Goldcrest (2021-01-08)

17. Barnacle Goose (2021-02-06)

18. Smew (2021-02-06)

19. Glaucous Gull (2021-02-06)

20. Common Goldeneye (2021-02-06)

21. Tufted Duck (2021-02-06)

22. Goosander (2021-02-06)

23. Eurasian Wigeon (2021-02-06)

24. Eurasian Jackdaw (2021-02-06)

25. Mallard (2021-02-06)

26. Common Treecreeper (2021-02-13)

27. Eurasian Jay (2021-02-14)

28. House Sparrow (2021-02-14)

29. Common Redpoll (2021-02-14)

30. Mandarin Duck (2021-02-18)

31. Northern Pintail (2021-02-18)

32. Hooded Crow (2021-02-18)

33. Rock Pigeon (2021-02-18)

34. Common Teal (2021-02-19)

35. Pallas's Gull (2021-02-19)

36. Eurasian Green Woodpecker (2021-02-19)

37. Common Kingfisher (2021-02-19)

38. Common Coot (2021-02-19)

39. Common Chaffinch (2021-02-19)

40. White Wagtail (2021-02-19)

41. Rook (2021-02-19)

42. Common Moorhen (2021-02-19)

43. Great Cormorant (2021-02-20)

44. Crested Lark (2021-02-20)

45. Red-crested Pochard (2021-02-20)

46. Whooper Swan (2021-02-20)

47. Little Grebe | Grèbe castagneux | Zwergtaucher (2021-02-20)

48. Common Pochard (2021-02-20)

49. Black-Necked Grebe | Grèbe à cou noir | Schwarzhalstaucher (2021-02-20)

50. Great Crested Grebe | Grèbe huppé | Haubentaucher (2021-02-20)

51. Grey Heron (2021-02-20)

52. Yellow-legged Gull (2021-02-20)

53. Sandwich Tern (2021-02-20)

54. Short-toed Tree-Creeper (2021-02-21)

55. Firecrest (2021-02-21)

56. White-tailed Sea-Eagle (2021-02-21)

57. Middle Spotted Woodpecker (2021-02-21)

58. European Robin (2021-02-21)

59. Common Buzzard (2021-02-21)

60. Ruff (2021-02-21)

61. Water Rail (2021-02-21)

62. Little Gull (2021-02-21)

63. Meadow Pipit (2021-02-21)

64. Mute Swan (2021-02-21)

65. Common Sparrowhawk (2021-02-21)

66. Black Redstart (2021-02-21)

67. Krueper's Nuthatch (2021-02-22)

68. Eurasian Dipper (2021-02-22)

69. Long-tailed Tit (2021-02-22)

70. Brambling (2021-02-22)

71. Black-crowned Night Heron (2021-02-23)

72. Lesser Spotted Woodpecker (2021-02-23)

73. Crested Tit (2021-02-27)

74. Red Crossbill (2021-02-27)

75. Common Raven (2021-02-27)

76. Eurasian Magpie (2021-02-27)

77. Yellowhammer (2021-02-27)

78. Ruddy Shelduck (2021-03-06)

79. Black-headed Gull (2021-03-06)

80. Mew Gull (2021-03-06)

81. Caspian Gull (2021-03-06)

82. Arctic Redpoll (2021-03-06)

83. Common Kestrel (2021-03-08)

84. Eurasian Goldfinch (2021-03-12)

85. Eurasian Siskin (2021-03-12)

86. Ural Owl (2021-03-13)

87. Grey-Headed Woodpecker (2021-03-13)

88. Eurasian Linnet (2021-03-20)

89. Grey Partridge (2021-03-20)

90. Sky Lark (2021-03-20)

91. Northern Goshawk (2021-03-21)

92. Northern Lapwing (2021-03-27)

93. Common Starling (2021-03-27)

94. Northern Black Grouse (2021-03-27)

95. Tawny Owl (2021-04-01)

96. Bean Goose (2021-04-02)

97. Greater White-fronted Goose (2021-04-02)

98. Willow Tit (2021-04-02)

99. Northern Wren (2021-04-06)

100. Common Redshank (2021-04-09)

101. Northern Reed Bunting (2021-04-09)

102. Western Marsh-Harrier (2021-04-09)

103. Eurasian Curlew (2021-04-09)

104. Song Thrush (2021-04-10)

105. Rough-legged Buzzard (2021-04-11)

106. Black Kite (2021-04-11)

107. Common Snipe (2021-04-12)

108. Wood Pigeon (2021-04-12)

109. Common Crane (2021-04-12)

110. Garganey (2021-04-12)

111. Citrine Wagtail (2021-04-15)

112. Northern Shoveler (2021-04-15)

113. Bluethroat (2021-04-15)

114. Eurasian Penduline Tit (2021-04-15)

115. Common Greenshank (2021-04-16)

116. Black-tailed Godwit (2021-04-16)

117. Marsh Sandpiper (2021-04-16)

118. Gadwall (2021-04-16)

119. Eurasian Woodcock (2021-04-16)

120. Eurasian Golden Plover (2021-04-16)

121. Green Sandpiper (2021-04-17)

122. Redwing (2021-04-17)

123. Little Ringed Plover (2021-04-17)

124. Hawfinch (2021-04-18)

125. Canada Goose (2021-04-23)

126. Red-breasted Merganser (2021-04-23)

127. Bewick's Swan (2021-04-23)

128. Common Tern (2021-04-23)

129. Common Oystercatcher (2021-04-23)

130. Lesser Black-backed Gull (2021-04-23)

131. Herring Gull (2021-04-23)

132. Common Chiffchaff (2021-04-23)

133. Osprey (2021-04-24)

134. Northern Wheatear (2021-04-24)

135. Eurasian Wryneck (2021-05-01)

136. Terek Sandpiper (2021-05-01)

137. Azure Tit (2021-05-01)

138. Greater Spotted Eagle (2021-05-01)

139. Barn Swallow (2021-05-01)

140. White Stork (2021-05-01)

141. Pied Flycatcher (2021-05-05)

142. Wood Warbler (2021-05-05)

143. Tree Pipit (2021-05-05)

144. Willow Warbler (2021-05-06)

145. Sedge Warbler (2021-05-06)

146. Thrush Nightingale (2021-05-06)

147. Wood Sandpiper (2021-05-07)

148. Grey Plover (2021-05-10)

149. Eurasian Spoonbill (2021-05-10)

150. Little Bustard (2021-05-10)

151. Dalmatian Pelican (2021-05-10)

152. Great White Pelican (2021-05-10)

153. Glossy Ibis (2021-05-10)

154. Pied Avocet (2021-05-10)

155. Rosy Starling (2021-05-10)

156. Black-winged Stilt (2021-05-10)

157. Dunlin (2021-05-10)

158. Eurasian Whimbrel (2021-05-10)

159. Purple Heron (2021-05-10)

160. Red-backed Shrike (2021-05-10)

161. Little Owl (2021-05-10)

162. Corn Bunting (2021-05-10)

163. Black-headed Wagtail (2021-05-10)

164. Greater Ringed Plover (2021-05-10)

165. Eurasian Collared Dove (2021-05-10)

166. Slender-billed Gull (2021-05-10)

167. Red-throated Pipit (2021-05-10)

168. White-winged Tern (2021-05-10)

169. Lesser Grey Shrike (2021-05-10)

170. Red-Necked Grebe | Grèbe jougris | Rothalstaucher (2021-05-10)

171. Black-headed Bunting (2021-05-10)

172. Pallas's Cormorant (2021-05-10)

173. Syrian Woodpecker (2021-05-10)

174. Isabelline Wheatear (2021-05-10)

175. Calandra Lark (2021-05-10)

176. Red-necked Phalarope (2021-05-10)

177. Whiskered Tern (2021-05-10)

178. Yellow Wagtail (2021-05-10)

179. Bearded Tit (2021-05-10)

180. European Nightjar (2021-05-11)

181. Red-footed Falcon (2021-05-11)

182. Little Egret (2021-05-11)

183. European Golden Oriole (2021-05-11)

184. Eurasian Bittern (2021-05-11)

185. Montagu's Harrier (2021-05-11)

186. Ortolan Bunting (2021-05-11)

187. Mediterranean Gull (2021-05-11)

188. Gull-billed Tern (2021-05-11)

189. Hoopoe (2021-05-11)

190. Common Sandpiper (2021-05-11)

191. Eurasian Honey-Buzzard (2021-05-11)

192. Sand Martin (2021-05-11)

193. Eurasian Hobby (2021-05-11)

194. Collared Pratincole (2021-05-11)

195. Black-winged Pratincole (2021-05-11)

196. Little Stint (2021-05-11)

197. Temminck's Stint (2021-05-11)

198. Common Shelduck (2021-05-12)

199. Booted Eagle (2021-05-12)

200. Eurasian Roller (2021-05-12)

201. Pied Wheatear (2021-05-12)

202. Common Cuckoo (2021-05-12)

203. European Bee-eater (2021-05-12)

204. Common Nightingale (2021-05-12)

205. Caspian Tern (2021-05-12)

206. Common Whitethroat (2021-05-12)

207. Spotted Flycatcher (2021-05-12)

208. Levant Sparrowhawk (2021-05-12)

209. Savi's Warbler (2021-05-12)

210. Greenish Warbler (2021-05-15)

211. Whinchat (2021-05-15)

212. Blyth's Reed Warbler (2021-05-16)

213. Blackcap (2021-05-16)

214. Common Rosefinch (2021-05-16)

215. Marsh Warbler (2021-05-17)

216. Common Swift (2021-05-17)

217. Red-breasted Flycatcher (2021-05-18)

218. Western Grasshopper Warbler (2021-05-21)

219. Black Tern (2021-05-21)

220. Lesser Whitethroat (2021-05-21)

221. Booted Warbler (2021-05-23)

222. Corncrake (2021-05-24)

223. Icterine Warbler (2021-05-24)

224. Garden Warbler (2021-05-25)

225. Short-eared Owl (2021-05-28)

226. Great Reed Warbler (2021-05-28)

227. River Warbler (2021-05-28)

228. Eurasian Three-Toed Woodpecker (2021-05-28)

229. Arctic Tern (2021-06-05)

230. Arctic Loon | Plongeon arctique | Prachttaucher (2021-06-06)

231. Common Eider (2021-06-06)

232. Northern House Martin (2021-06-06)

233. Spotted Redshank (2021-06-06)

234. Siberian Jay (2021-06-08)

235. Little Bunting (2021-06-08)

236. Merlin (2021-06-08)

237. Velvet Scoter (2021-06-09)

238. Black Scoter (2021-06-09)

239. Eurasian Redstart (2021-06-12)

240. Bohemian Waxwing (2021-06-12)

241. Pine Grosbeak (2021-06-14)

242. European Shag (2021-06-14)

243. Black Guillemot (2021-06-14)

244. Common Guillemot (2021-06-14)

245. Black-legged Kittiwake (2021-06-14)

246. Great Black-backed Gull (2021-06-15)

247. Red-throated Loon | Plongeon catmarin | Sterntaucher (2021-06-15)

248. Bar-tailed Godwit (2021-06-15)

249. Barred Warbler (2021-07-02)

250. Lesser Spotted Eagle (2021-07-02)

251. Wood Lark (2021-07-02)

252. Ferruginous Duck (2021-07-08)

253. Little Bittern (2021-07-08)

254. Short-toed Snake-Eagle (2021-07-08)

255. Rufous-tailed Rock Thrush (2021-07-09)

256. Lammergeier (2021-07-09)

257. Eastern Imperial Eagle (2021-07-09)

258. Green Leaf-Warbler (2021-07-09)

259. Caucasian Chiffchaff (2021-07-09)

260. Red-fronted Serin (2021-07-09)

261. Grey Wagtail (2021-07-09)

262. Alpine Swift (2021-07-09)

263. Alpine Chough (2021-07-09)

264. Rock Bunting (2021-07-10)

265. Eurasian Crag Martin (2021-07-10)

266. Griffon Vulture (2021-07-11)

267. Egyptian Vulture (2021-07-11)

268. Cinereous Vulture (2021-07-11)

269. Pallid Harrier (2021-07-17)

270. Spotted Nutcracker (2021-07-17)

271. Paddyfield Warbler (2021-07-23)

272. Common Quail (2021-07-23)

273. European Turtle Dove (2021-08-07)

274. Slavonian Grebe | Grèbe esclavon | Ohrentaucher (2021-08-14)

275. Red Knot (2021-08-14)

276. Northern Hazelhen (2021-08-21)

277. Mistle Thrush (2021-08-28)

278. Dunnock (2021-09-10)

279. Western Capercaillie (2021-09-18)

recent uploads

2026-06-20. Common Moorhen, Northern Goshawk, Greenish Warbler, Grey Heron.

2026-06-13. Common Kingfisher, Little Tern, European Golden Oriole, Sky Lark, Booted Eagle, Eurasian Wryneck, River Warbler, Common Raven, Greater Spotted Eagle, Tree Pipit, Corncrake, Black Stork, Eurasian Linnet, Sand Martin, Marsh Warbler, Common Quail, Ortolan Bunting, European Bee-eater.

2026-06-06. Slavonian Grebe, Black-Necked Grebe.

2026-05-23. Booted Warbler.

2026-05-22. Blyth's Reed Warbler, Icterine Warbler.

2026-05-17. Blackcap.

2026-05-16. Northern House Martin, Red-backed Shrike, Sedge Warbler, Blyth's Reed Warbler, Stock Pigeon, Barn Swallow, Whinchat, Willow Warbler, Hen Harrier, Common Whitethroat, Thrush Nightingale, Common Swift, Eurasian Three-Toed Woodpecker, Citrine Wagtail, Common Rosefinch.

2026-05-09. Yellow Wagtail, Montagu's Harrier.

2026-05-07. Lesser Whitethroat, Pied Flycatcher, Black Tern.

2026-05-06. Water Rail, Eurasian Bittern, Eurasian Redstart, Common Cuckoo, Lesser Spotted Woodpecker, Little Crake, Terek Sandpiper, Collared Flycatcher, White-tailed Sea-Eagle, Common Sandpiper, Common Tern, Purple Heron, Savi's Warbler.

2026-04-25. Wood Warbler, Northern Wren.

2026-04-22. Black Redstart, Wood Pigeon, Common Snipe, White Wagtail, White Stork, Black-tailed Godwit, Bluethroat, Common Goldeneye, Northern Wheatear, Northern Reed Bunting, Goldcrest, Lesser Spotted Eagle, Common Chiffchaff, Gadwall, Common Teal, Northern Pintail, Northern Shoveler.

2026-04-12. Eurasian Blackbird, Redwing, Great Spotted Woodpecker.

2026-04-11. Greater White-fronted Goose.

Big Year 2026

1. Anna Golubeva (240)
2. Oleg Sheremet (180)
3. Andrey Semenov (179)
4. Andrey Mis\'kov (178)
5. Andrew Simon (173)
6. Egor Loboda (173)
7. Alexandr Balaev (162)
8. Oksana Makhovska (160)
9. Sergei Saveika (147)
10. Inna Kyselova (145)

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rare birds records

Squacco Heron (Ardeola ralloides)

Редкий залётный вид

Mediterranean Gull (Larus melanocephalus)

Dunnock / Hedge Sparrow (Prunella modularis)

Jack Snipe (Lymnocryptes minimus)

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recent video

2026-05-08. Eurasian Linnet (Stanislavs Gr).

2026-05-03. Eurasian Collared Dove (Stanislavs Gr).

2026-02-07. Great Grey Shrike (Volodymyr Nevmerzhytskyi).

2026-02-06. Black Stork (Andrew Simon), Northern Black Grouse (Andrew Simon), Red Phalarope (Andrew Simon), European Turtle Dove (Andrew Simon), Tree Pipit (Andrew Simon), Snow Bunting (Andrew Simon).

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).

unidentified birds

2026-06-11

Сергій Травелян: жовті "пахви"

2026-06-09

no any comments:

2026-06-06

no any comments:

2026-06-03

Дмитрий Шевцов: Сапсан

2026-06-01

Дмитрий Шевцов: Может и бормотушка. Правда также 100 % признаков не видно. Хотя внешность на 1 фото пеночковая, что тоже в пользу бормотушки.

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