Big Year in Northern Eurasia. Valova Elena. Birds of Northern Eurasia

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Procellariiformes

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Phoenicopteriformes

Phoenicopteridae

Anseriformes

Falconiformes

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Gruiformes

Charadriiformes

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Pterocletiformes

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Caprimulgiformes

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Valova Elena

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total species: 47 total photos: 71 total videos: 0 total blogposts: 0

1. Mistle Thrush (2020-01-01)

2. Red Crossbill (2020-01-01)

3. Willow Tit (2020-01-03)

4. Snow Bunting (2020-01-09)

5. Common Moorhen (2020-01-12)

6. Common Coot (2020-01-12)

7. Northern Bullfinch (2020-01-16)

8. Tree Sparrow (2020-01-16)

9. Arctic Redpoll (2020-01-17)

10. Hooded Crow (2020-01-17)

11. Lapland Longspur (2020-01-17)

12. Hen Harrier (2020-01-23)

13. Rock Pigeon (2020-01-25)

14. Rook (2020-01-25)

15. Sky Lark (2020-01-26)

16. Crested Tit (2020-02-08)

17. Common Raven (2020-02-18)

18. Yellowhammer (2020-02-28)

19. Little Owl (2020-02-29)

20. Northern Reed Bunting (2020-03-07)

21. Eurasian Wigeon (2020-03-07)

22. Mallard (2020-03-07)

23. Stock Pigeon (2020-03-08)

24. Ural Owl (2020-03-11)

25. White-Backed Woodpecker (2020-03-11)

26. Mute Swan (2020-03-11)

27. Syrian Woodpecker (2020-03-13)

28. Eurasian Siskin (2020-03-19)

29. Boreal Owl (2020-03-27)

30. Lesser Spotted Eagle (2020-04-08)

31. Northern Black Grouse (2020-05-26)

32. Great Grey Owl (2020-06-15)

33. Bean Goose (2020-06-20)

34. Parrot Crossbill (2020-07-03)

35. Rustic Bunting (2020-07-06)

36. Rough-legged Buzzard (2020-07-07)

37. Common Goldeneye (2020-07-14)

38. Redwing (2020-07-27)

39. White Wagtail (2020-07-28)

40. Osprey (2020-07-29)

41. Willow Warbler (2020-08-01)

42. Common Greenshank (2020-08-03)

43. Yellow Wagtail (2020-08-03)

44. Common Crane (2020-08-05)

45. European Nightjar (2020-09-15)

46. Red-Necked Grebe | Grèbe jougris | Rothalstaucher (2020-09-25)

47. Dunlin (2020-10-03)

recent uploads

2024-05-07. Black Kite.

2023-04-27. Lesser Spotted Eagle.

2023-03-19. Great Grey Owl, Ural Owl, Great Grey Owl, Ural Owl, Great Grey Owl, Great Grey Owl, Ural Owl, Great Grey Owl, Eurasian Pygmy-Owl.

2023-03-14. Caspian Gull, Caspian Gull.

2023-02-10. Eurasian Linnet, Fieldfare, Hawfinch, Middle Spotted Woodpecker, Northern Bullfinch, Long-eared Owl, Eurasian Nuthatch, Tawny Owl, Common Sparrowhawk, Common Goldeneye, Northern Wren, Yellowhammer, Tree Sparrow, Black Woodpecker.

2023-01-15. Mew Gull.

2023-01-03. Crested Tit, Northern Goshawk.

2022-11-15. Lesser Spotted Eagle, Great Tit, Common Sparrowhawk, Red-breasted Flycatcher, Wood Pigeon, Pied Flycatcher, Common Chaffinch, Song Thrush, Collared Flycatcher, Whinchat, Stock Pigeon, Wood Pigeon, Short-eared Owl, Eurasian Siskin, Water Rail, Garganey, Northern Lapwing, White-Backed Woodpecker, Great Snipe, Wood Lark, Greater White-fronted Goose, Common Stonechat, Northern Wren, Long-eared Owl, White Stork, Spotted Flycatcher.

2022-11-14. European Bee-eater, Spotted Redshank, White Wagtail, Black-tailed Godwit, Yellow Wagtail, Red-backed Shrike, Grey Plover, Siberian Black-backed Gull, Long-tailed Tit, Black Redstart, Eurasian Redstart, Syrian Woodpecker, Bluethroat, Sedge Warbler, Common Chiffchaff, Common Chaffinch, European Robin, Booted Warbler, European Golden Oriole, Garden Warbler, Common Snipe, Dunlin, Little Ringed Plover, Booted Eagle, Western Marsh-Harrier, Montagu's Harrier, Common Buzzard, Eurasian Hobby, Sky Lark.

2022-11-11. Common Eider, White-tailed Sea-Eagle, Mew Gull, Red-throated Pipit, Black Guillemot, Eurasian Rock Pipit, Meadow Pipit, Northern Reed Bunting, Willow Ptarmigan, Curlew Sandpiper, Northern Wheatear, Great Black-backed Gull, Atlantic Puffin, European Shag, Northern Pintail, Red-throated Loon, Greylag Goose, Great Cormorant, Great Skua, Common Teal.

2022-11-09. Goosander, Great Black-backed Gull, Arctic Warbler, Tufted Duck, Northern Pintail, Bean Goose, Common Crane, Arctic Loon, Willow Ptarmigan, Northern Hazelhen, Northern Shoveler, Grey Wagtail, Smew, Whooper Swan, Whinchat, Gyrfalcon, Redwing, Hoary Redpoll, Gyrfalcon, Rock Ptarmigan, Greater Ringed Plover, Meadow Pipit.

2022-10-19. Ruff, Red-necked Phalarope, Gadwall, Eurasian Wigeon, Osprey, Eurasian Golden Plover, Eurasian Dipper, Little Bunting, Common Redpoll, Temminck's Stint, Greater Ringed Plover, Sand Martin, Bohemian Waxwing, Sanderling, Little Stint.

2022-02-28. Herring Gull.

2022-02-25. House Sparrow.

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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