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Big Year 2026

The winner will submit the pictures of the largest number of bird species taken on the territory of Northern Eurasia during this year.

You can see previous years competitions results here: 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025

participants

* number inside brackets means the number of species photographed in 2026

1. Simon Andrew (102)

2. Semenov Andrey (97)

3. Kyselova Inna (92)

4. Martsun Oleg (92)

5. Mis\'kov Andrey (91)

6. Ortik Irina (86)

7. Zhurtov Khasan (86)

8. Makhovska Oksana (80)

9. Balaev Alexandr (78)

10. Loboda Egor (74)

11. FOMINA ALENA (73)

12. Solomatin Dmitriy (69)

13. Butko Vitaliy (68)

14. Skiter Artem (66)

15. Merzlikin Volodymyr (65)

16. Omelyanec Pavlo (62)

17. Saveika Sergei (62)

18. Sheremet Oleg (60)

19. Drabina Natalia (59)

20. Petrychenko Dmytro (58)

21. Vikirchak Oleksandr (57)

22. Sofronov Evgeniy (56)

23. Dvurekov Igor (49)

24. Shevtsov Dmitriy (48)

25. Melnyk Dmytro (46)

26. Studzinska Maya (41)

27. Dombrovski Valery (39)

28. Honcharyk Natalia (38)

29. Travelian Sergo (38)

30. Petrov Andrei (36)

31. Stramnoy Vladimir (36)

32. Gontcharov Aleksandr (33)

33. Orekhov Andrei (33)

34. Zmievskiy Nikolai (33)

35. krjukov mixail (30)

36. Mosienko Vitaliy (29)

37. Vietokhin Ihor (27)

38. Kokhanevych Olha-Mariia (25)

39. Fedorenko Liudmyla (24)

40. Kiselev Andrei (24)

41. Iopek Vladislav (23)

42. Filatova Аnna (22)

43. Samokhin Igor (21)

44. Zlobin Ilya (21)

45. Koval Elena (20)

46. Golyantov Aleksandr (19)

47. Belyaev Dmitry (17)

48. Kyselov Roman (17)

49. Chervonenko Igor (16)

50. Ovsyannikova Liza (14)

51. Bodnar Vasil (12)

52. Muravskiy Vladimir (12)

53. Martynova Nika (10)

54. Buzovska Daryna (9)

55. Dokashenko Natalia (9)

56. Komarovskiy Alex (9)

57. Natykanets Viktor (9)

58. Nizovtsev Dmitry (8)

59. Zaitseva Svitlana (7)

60. Katanova Galina (6)

61. Nevmerzhytskyi Volodymyr (6)

62. Yakovlev Alexey (6)

63. Yurko Valtri (6)

64. Danilova Valeriya (5)

65. Andreev Dmitrij (4)

66. Lyubimov Alexandr (4)

67. Nikitin Nikolay (4)

68. Podverbny Yury (4)

69. Sakara Oleksandr (4)

70. Savranska Natalia (4)

71. Semashko Vladimir (4)

72. Kovalchuk Oleksandr (3)

73. Kuzmina Maria (3)

74. Raldugina Oksana (3)

75. Vinogradov Georgy (3)

76. Hrudzynska Natalia (2)

77. Plekhanov Aleksandr (2)

78. Raklo Aleksandr (2)

79. Sikorsky Igor (2)

80. Zhuravel A (2)

81. Alabina Anna (1)

82. Grishchenko Vitaly (1)

83. Komrakova Marina (1)

84. Lavrinenko Kateryna (1)

85. Liseenko Alexander (1)

86. Medvedeva Svetlana (1)

87. Olenich Vsevolod (1)

88. Petrovych Serhii (1)

89. Prudko Oleksandr (1)

90. U Anastasiia (1)

91. Ukr Ruslan (1)

92. Yusupov Vyacheslav (1)

all species photographed in 2026

* in order of appearance (number inside brackets means the date of first record "month-day" )

1. European Robin (2026-01-01)

2. Northern Wren (2026-01-01)

3. Willow Tit (2026-01-01)

4. Blue Tit (2026-01-01)

5. Northern Bullfinch (2026-01-01)

6. Eurasian Nuthatch (2026-01-01)

7. Common Treecreeper (2026-01-01)

8. Eurasian Magpie (2026-01-01)

9. Great Tit (2026-01-01)

10. Little Grebe | Grèbe castagneux | Zwergtaucher (2026-01-01)

11. Grey Heron (2026-01-01)

12. Hooded Crow (2026-01-01)

13. Eurasian Jackdaw (2026-01-01)

14. Black-headed Gull (2026-01-01)

15. Mew Gull (2026-01-01)

16. Caspian Gull (2026-01-01)

17. Goosander (2026-01-01)

18. European Greenfinch (2026-01-01)

19. Fieldfare (2026-01-01)

20. House Sparrow (2026-01-01)

21. Yellowhammer (2026-01-01)

22. Tree Sparrow (2026-01-01)

23. Mallard (2026-01-01)

24. Rock Pigeon (2026-01-01)

25. Mute Swan (2026-01-01)

26. Eurasian Wigeon (2026-01-01)

27. Great Spotted Woodpecker (2026-01-01)

28. Crested Tit (2026-01-01)

29. Coal Tit (2026-01-01)

30. Eurasian Blackbird (2026-01-01)

31. Common Buzzard (2026-01-01)

32. Long-tailed Tit (2026-01-01)

33. Common Chaffinch (2026-01-01)

34. Eurasian Three-Toed Woodpecker (2026-01-01)

35. Pallas's Cormorant (2026-01-01)

36. Gadwall (2026-01-01)

37. Common Teal (2026-01-01)

38. Common Raven (2026-01-01)

39. Eurasian Siskin (2026-01-01)

40. Hawfinch (2026-01-01)

41. Guldenstadt's Redstart (2026-01-01)

42. Lammergeier (2026-01-01)

43. Brambling (2026-01-01)

44. Syrian Woodpecker (2026-01-01)

45. Mistle Thrush (2026-01-01)

46. Eurasian Jay (2026-01-01)

47. Great Crested Grebe | Grèbe huppé | Haubentaucher (2026-01-01)

48. Pine Grosbeak (2026-01-01)

49. Middle Spotted Woodpecker (2026-01-01)

50. Bohemian Waxwing (2026-01-01)

51. Grey-Headed Woodpecker (2026-01-01)

52. Common Sparrowhawk (2026-01-01)

53. Lesser Spotted Woodpecker (2026-01-01)

54. Great White Egret (2026-01-01)

55. Eurasian Linnet (2026-01-01)

56. Great Cormorant (2026-01-01)

57. Black-Necked Grebe | Grèbe à cou noir | Schwarzhalstaucher (2026-01-01)

58. Eurasian Goldfinch (2026-01-01)

59. Great Grey Shrike (2026-01-01)

60. Wood Pigeon (2026-01-01)

61. Northern Pintail (2026-01-02)

62. Tawny Owl (2026-01-02)

63. White-tailed Sea-Eagle (2026-01-02)

64. White-Backed Woodpecker (2026-01-02)

65. Goldcrest (2026-01-02)

66. Dunnock (2026-01-02)

67. Rough-legged Buzzard (2026-01-02)

68. Rook (2026-01-02)

69. Arctic Loon | Plongeon arctique | Prachttaucher (2026-01-02)

70. Common Redpoll (2026-01-02)

71. Eurasian Collared Dove (2026-01-02)

72. Northern Hawk Owl (2026-01-02)

73. Smew (2026-01-02)

74. Red-crested Pochard (2026-01-02)

75. Common Kestrel (2026-01-02)

76. Western Marsh-Harrier (2026-01-02)

77. Wood Lark (2026-01-02)

78. Common Kingfisher (2026-01-02)

79. Bearded Tit (2026-01-02)

80. Red-breasted Merganser (2026-01-02)

81. Tufted Duck (2026-01-03)

82. Common Coot (2026-01-03)

83. Common Goldeneye (2026-01-03)

84. Common Starling (2026-01-03)

85. Common Moorhen (2026-01-03)

86. Whooper Swan (2026-01-03)

87. Common Pochard (2026-01-03)

88. Hen Harrier (2026-01-03)

89. Arctic Redpoll (2026-01-03)

90. Merlin (2026-01-03)

91. Northern Goshawk (2026-01-04)

92. Marsh Tit (2026-01-04)

93. Crested Lark (2026-01-04)

94. Long-legged Buzzard (2026-01-04)

95. Herring Gull (2026-01-04)

96. Sky Lark (2026-01-04)

97. Stock Pigeon (2026-01-04)

98. Velvet Scoter (2026-01-04)

99. Mediterranean Gull (2026-01-05)

100. Rock Bunting (2026-01-05)

101. Black Woodpecker (2026-01-05)

102. Eurasian Green Woodpecker (2026-01-05)

103. Long-tailed Rosefinch (2026-01-05)

104. Common Pheasant (2026-01-05)

105. Northern Reed Bunting (2026-01-05)

106. Eurasian Pygmy-Owl (2026-01-06)

107. Yellow-legged Gull (2026-01-06)

108. Common Redshank (2026-01-06)

109. Northern Shoveler (2026-01-06)

110. Meadow Pipit (2026-01-06)

111. White-headed Duck (2026-01-06)

112. European Turtle Dove (2026-01-06)

113. Eurasian Bittern (2026-01-07)

114. Water Rail (2026-01-07)

115. Alpine Accentor (2026-01-07)

116. Greater White-fronted Goose (2026-01-07)

117. Common Shelduck (2026-01-07)

118. Spotted Nutcracker (2026-01-08)

119. Eurasian Dipper (2026-01-08)

120. Ural Owl (2026-01-08)

121. Black-winged Stilt (2026-01-09)

122. Redwing (2026-01-09)

123. Black Redstart (2026-01-09)

124. White Wagtail (2026-01-09)

125. Red Crossbill (2026-01-10)

126. White-winged Crossbill (2026-01-10)

127. Grey Partridge (2026-01-11)

128. Horned Lark (2026-01-11)

129. Long-tailed Duck (2026-01-12)

130. Song Thrush (2026-01-13)

131. Common Snipe (2026-01-13)

132. Greater Scaup (2026-01-14)

133. Short-eared Owl (2026-01-16)

134. Northern Black Grouse (2026-01-17)

135. Common Chiffchaff (2026-01-18)

136. Green Sandpiper (2026-01-18)

137. Peregrine Falcon (2026-01-18)

138. Snow Bunting (2026-01-18)

139. Azure Tit (2026-01-18)

140. Mandarin Duck (2026-01-19)

141. Dalmatian Pelican (2026-01-19)

142. Great White Pelican (2026-01-19)

143. Twite (2026-01-21)

144. Great Rosefinch (2026-01-21)

145. Little Owl (2026-01-22)

146. Lesser Black-backed Gull (2026-01-23)

147. Jack Snipe (2026-01-23)

148. Black Kite (2026-01-23)

149. Firecrest (2026-01-25)

150. European Shag (2026-01-25)

151. Red-Necked Grebe | Grèbe jougris | Rothalstaucher (2026-01-25)

152. Great Black-backed Gull (2026-01-25)

153. Griffon Vulture (2026-01-31)

154. Chukar Partridge (2026-02-01)

155. Cinereous Vulture (2026-02-01)

156. Pygmy Cormorant (2026-02-01)

157. Great Bustard (2026-02-05)

158. Ruddy Shelduck (2026-02-05)

159. Grey Plover (2026-02-06)

160. Dunlin (2026-02-06)

161. Sandwich Tern (2026-02-06)

162. Slavonian Grebe | Grèbe esclavon | Ohrentaucher (2026-02-06)

163. Eurasian Curlew (2026-02-08)

164. Common Stonechat (2026-02-08)

165. Black-crowned Night Heron (2026-02-08)

166. Canada Goose (2026-02-11)

167. Ferruginous Duck (2026-02-15)

168. Barnacle Goose (2026-02-17)

169. Red-fronted Serin (2026-02-21)

170. Slender-billed Gull (2026-02-23)

171. Golden Eagle (2026-02-23)

172. Common Crane (2026-02-24)

173. Corn Bunting (2026-03-01)

174. Red Kite (2026-03-06)

175. Bean Goose (2026-03-07)

176. Northern Lapwing (2026-03-07)

177. Black Stork (2026-03-07)

178. Grey Wagtail (2026-03-08)

179. Pallas's Gull (2026-03-14)

180. Greater Flamingo (2026-03-15)

181. Garganey (2026-03-15)

182. Ruff (2026-03-15)

183. White Stork (2026-03-15)

184. Eurasian Woodcock (2026-03-16)

185. Black-headed Wagtail (2026-03-20)

186. Isabelline Wheatear (2026-03-20)

187. Eurasian Penduline Tit (2026-03-21)

188. Eastern Imperial Eagle (2026-03-21)

189. Water Pipit (2026-03-26)

190. European Serin (2026-03-26)

191. Greater Short-toed Lark (2026-03-27)

192. Red-breasted Goose (2026-03-27)

193. Pallid Harrier (2026-03-27)

194. Lesser White-fronted Goose (2026-03-27)

195. Bluethroat (2026-03-27)

196. Greater Spotted Eagle (2026-03-27)

197. Calandra Lark (2026-03-28)

198. Kentish Plover (2026-03-28)

199. Eurasian Eagle-Owl (2026-03-28)

200. Pied Avocet (2026-03-28)

201. Osprey (2026-03-28)

202. Western Barn Owl (2026-03-28)

203. Western Capercaillie (2026-03-28)

204. Hoopoe (2026-03-29)

205. Demoiselle Crane (2026-03-29)

206. Little Ringed Plover (2026-03-29)

207. Caucasian Chiffchaff (2026-04-02)

208. Northern Wheatear (2026-04-02)

209. Eurasian Golden Plover (2026-04-02)

210. Common Oystercatcher (2026-04-02)

211. Little Bustard (2026-04-03)

212. Ring Ouzel (2026-04-03)

213. Common Greenshank (2026-04-05)

214. Spotted Redshank (2026-04-05)

215. Eurasian Spoonbill (2026-04-05)

216. Blackcap (2026-04-05)

217. Common Quail (2026-04-05)

218. Black-tailed Godwit (2026-04-05)

219. Barn Swallow (2026-04-07)

220. Willow Warbler (2026-04-07)

Big Year 2026

1. Anna Golubeva (240)
2. Khasan Zhurtov (122)
3. Igor Shcherbakov (114)
4. Aleksandr Gontcharov (111)
5. Andrew Simon (102)
6. Dmitriy Shevtsov (99)
7. Andrey Semenov (97)
8. Inna Kyselova (92)
9. Oleg Martsun (92)
10. Andrey Mis\'kov (91)

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rare birds records

Dunnock / Hedge Sparrow (Prunella modularis)

Jack Snipe (Lymnocryptes minimus)

Mediterranean Gull (Larus melanocephalus)

Black-winged Stilt (Himantopus himantopus)

more rarities...

recent video

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).

2024-09-11. Dunlin (Vadim Sinukhin).

2024-09-10. Ural Owl (Galina Katanova).

unidentified birds

2026-04-07

Хасан Журтов: Сирийский дятел.

2026-04-07

no any comments:

2026-04-03

Андрій Сімон: А тут точно є сріблястий?

2026-03-29

Дмитрий Шевцов: сирийский дятел

2026-03-27

no any comments:

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