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Big Year 2025

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

participants

* number inside brackets means the number of species photographed in 2025

1. Pokhodzey Nataliya (129)

2. Semenov Andrey (114)

3. Loboda Egor (113)

4. Butko Vitaliy (94)

5. Martsun Oleg (92)

6. Simon Andrew (85)

7. Balaev Alexandr (84)

8. Davydov Denys (80)

9. Komarovskiy Alex (79)

10. Ortik Irina (79)

11. Zhurtov Khasan (78)

12. Ivushkin Vadim (76)

13. Sinukhin Vadim (75)

14. Sofronov Evgeniy (74)

15. Honcharyk Natalia (64)

16. Petrychenko Dmytro (64)

17. Studzinska Maya (62)

18. Merzlikin Volodymyr (61)

19. Makhovska Oksana (60)

20. Dombrovski Valery (56)

21. Saveika Sergei (56)

22. Mis\'kov Andrey (53)

23. Shevtsov Dmitriy (45)

24. Petrov Andrei (43)

25. Natykanets Viktor (42)

26. Kuzmina Maria (41)

27. Kiselev Andrei (38)

28. Torgashova Marina (38)

29. Stramnoy Vladimir (35)

30. Iopek Vladislav (30)

31. Dvurekov Igor (28)

32. Dyakin Gennadiy (28)

33. Gontcharov Aleksandr (28)

34. Zmievskiy Nikolai (28)

35. Rozhkova Alina (27)

36. Sikorsky Igor (27)

37. Katanova Galina (25)

38. Solomatin Dmitriy (23)

39. Semashko Vladimir (21)

40. krjukov mixail (20)

41. Travelian Sergo (19)

42. Drabina Natalia (17)

43. Koval Hlib (16)

44. Golyantov Aleksandr (15)

45. Shcherbakov Igor (15)

46. Samokhin Igor (14)

47. Ovsyannikova Liza (12)

48. Zlobin Ilya (12)

49. Belyaev Dmitry (11)

50. Erokhin Dmitry (11)

51. Nikitin Nikolay (11)

52. Danilova Valeriya (10)

53. Koval Elena (10)

54. Skiter Artem (10)

55. Farniev Konstantin (8)

56. Riznyk Olexandr (8)

57. Shursha Sergey (8)

58. Komarovskyi Dmytro (7)

59. Yakovlev Alexey (7)

60. Medvedeva Svetlana (5)

61. Sevidov Viktor (5)

62. Sheremet Oleg (5)

63. Lyubimov Alexandr (4)

64. Yusupov Vyacheslav (4)

65. Karanov Nikolaj (3)

66. Kyselov Roman (3)

67. Blashkin Pavel (2)

68. Liseenko Alexander (2)

69. Mosienko Vitaliy (2)

70. Plekhanov Aleksandr (2)

71. Skubriy Nataliya (2)

72. Borodin Oleg (1)

73. Bronskov Oleksandr (1)

74. Gr Stanislavs (1)

75. Kalagin Mikhail (1)

76. Kazannyk Vitalii (1)

77. Kutushev Radik (1)

78. Prokhorov Andrey (1)

79. Zhuravlev Andrey (1)

all species photographed in 2025

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

1. Black-headed Gull (2025-01-01)

2. Mallard (2025-01-01)

3. Eurasian Jackdaw (2025-01-01)

4. Coal Tit (2025-01-01)

5. Long-tailed Tit (2025-01-01)

6. Crested Tit (2025-01-01)

7. Fieldfare (2025-01-01)

8. Little Grebe | Grèbe castagneux | Zwergtaucher (2025-01-01)

9. Eurasian Magpie (2025-01-01)

10. Mew Gull (2025-01-01)

11. Eurasian Nuthatch (2025-01-01)

12. Hooded Crow (2025-01-01)

13. Blue Tit (2025-01-01)

14. Northern Bullfinch (2025-01-01)

15. Whooper Swan (2025-01-01)

16. Middle Spotted Woodpecker (2025-01-01)

17. Great Tit (2025-01-01)

18. Eurasian Jay (2025-01-01)

19. European Greenfinch (2025-01-01)

20. Eurasian Goldfinch (2025-01-01)

21. Bohemian Waxwing (2025-01-01)

22. Mute Swan (2025-01-01)

23. Yellowhammer (2025-01-01)

24. Great Grey Shrike (2025-01-01)

25. Tree Sparrow (2025-01-01)

26. Common Treecreeper (2025-01-01)

27. White-tailed Sea-Eagle (2025-01-01)

28. Grey-Headed Woodpecker (2025-01-01)

29. Common Raven (2025-01-01)

30. Grey Heron (2025-01-01)

31. Rock Pigeon (2025-01-01)

32. Common Buzzard (2025-01-01)

33. House Sparrow (2025-01-01)

34. Common Goldeneye (2025-01-01)

35. Common Coot (2025-01-01)

36. Tufted Duck (2025-01-01)

37. Smew (2025-01-01)

38. Rough-legged Buzzard (2025-01-01)

39. Eurasian Linnet (2025-01-01)

40. Great Cormorant (2025-01-01)

41. Crested Lark (2025-01-01)

42. Common Chaffinch (2025-01-01)

43. Syrian Woodpecker (2025-01-01)

44. Great Spotted Woodpecker (2025-01-01)

45. Rook (2025-01-01)

46. Greater White-fronted Goose (2025-01-01)

47. Eurasian Blackbird (2025-01-01)

48. Eurasian Collared Dove (2025-01-01)

49. Great White Egret (2025-01-01)

50. Ferruginous Duck (2025-01-01)

51. Red-crested Pochard (2025-01-01)

52. Common Moorhen (2025-01-01)

53. Goldcrest (2025-01-01)

54. Brambling (2025-01-01)

55. Long-legged Buzzard (2025-01-01)

56. Willow Tit (2025-01-01)

57. Great Bustard (2025-01-01)

58. Eurasian Curlew (2025-01-01)

59. Spotted Nutcracker (2025-01-01)

60. Snow Bunting (2025-01-01)

61. Horned Lark (2025-01-01)

62. Merlin (2025-01-01)

63. Grey Partridge (2025-01-01)

64. Common Redpoll (2025-01-01)

65. Bewick's Swan (2025-01-01)

66. Common Pochard (2025-01-01)

67. Slavonian Grebe | Grèbe esclavon | Ohrentaucher (2025-01-01)

68. Yellow-legged Gull (2025-01-01)

69. Caspian Gull (2025-01-01)

70. Black-Necked Grebe | Grèbe à cou noir | Schwarzhalstaucher (2025-01-01)

71. Great Crested Grebe | Grèbe huppé | Haubentaucher (2025-01-01)

72. Eurasian Green Woodpecker (2025-01-01)

73. Arctic Redpoll (2025-01-01)

74. Peregrine Falcon (2025-01-01)

75. Northern Reed Bunting (2025-01-01)

76. Hen Harrier (2025-01-01)

77. Marsh Tit (2025-01-02)

78. Northern Wren (2025-01-02)

79. Common Sparrowhawk (2025-01-02)

80. Eurasian Siskin (2025-01-02)

81. Common Teal (2025-01-02)

82. Common Kestrel (2025-01-02)

83. Mandarin Duck (2025-01-02)

84. Mistle Thrush (2025-01-02)

85. Arctic Loon | Plongeon arctique | Prachttaucher (2025-01-02)

86. Red-breasted Merganser (2025-01-02)

87. Greater Scaup (2025-01-02)

88. Meadow Pipit (2025-01-02)

89. Sandwich Tern (2025-01-02)

90. Slender-billed Gull (2025-01-02)

91. Red-Necked Grebe | Grèbe jougris | Rothalstaucher (2025-01-02)

92. Mediterranean Gull (2025-01-02)

93. White-Backed Woodpecker (2025-01-02)

94. Griffon Vulture (2025-01-02)

95. Hawfinch (2025-01-02)

96. Common Kingfisher (2025-01-02)

97. Little Owl (2025-01-02)

98. Eurasian Dipper (2025-01-03)

99. Tawny Owl (2025-01-03)

100. Common Starling (2025-01-03)

101. Wood Pigeon (2025-01-03)

102. Lammergeier (2025-01-03)

103. Rock Bunting (2025-01-03)

104. Guldenstadt's Redstart (2025-01-03)

105. Black Woodpecker (2025-01-03)

106. European Robin (2025-01-03)

107. Eurasian Golden Plover (2025-01-03)

108. White Wagtail (2025-01-03)

109. Alpine Chough (2025-01-03)

110. Redwing (2025-01-03)

111. Stock Pigeon (2025-01-03)

112. Barnacle Goose (2025-01-04)

113. Ruddy Shelduck (2025-01-04)

114. Herring Gull (2025-01-04)

115. Northern Shoveler (2025-01-04)

116. Eurasian Pygmy-Owl (2025-01-04)

117. Great White Pelican (2025-01-04)

118. Pygmy Cormorant (2025-01-04)

119. Little Egret (2025-01-04)

120. Dalmatian Pelican (2025-01-04)

121. Spanish Sparrow (2025-01-04)

122. Northern Goshawk (2025-01-04)

123. Velvet Scoter (2025-01-04)

124. Lesser Spotted Woodpecker (2025-01-05)

125. Pallas's Cormorant (2025-01-05)

126. Steppe Eagle (2025-01-05)

127. Black-throated Thrush (2025-01-05)

128. Black-crowned Night Heron (2025-01-05)

129. Common Shelduck (2025-01-05)

130. Cinereous Vulture (2025-01-05)

131. Eastern Imperial Eagle (2025-01-05)

132. Common Chiffchaff (2025-01-05)

133. Eurasian Penduline Tit (2025-01-05)

134. Water Rail (2025-01-06)

135. Eurasian Wigeon (2025-01-06)

136. Pallid Harrier (2025-01-06)

137. Grey-headed Swamphen (2025-01-06)

138. Bearded Tit (2025-01-06)

139. Golden Eagle (2025-01-07)

140. Red-billed Chough (2025-01-07)

141. Long-tailed Duck (2025-01-08)

142. Chukar Partridge (2025-01-08)

143. Hoopoe (2025-01-08)

144. Green Sandpiper (2025-01-08)

145. Red Crossbill (2025-01-09)

146. Gadwall (2025-01-10)

147. Black Redstart (2025-01-10)

148. Dunnock (2025-01-11)

149. Twite (2025-01-11)

150. Goosander (2025-01-12)

151. Western Marsh-Harrier (2025-01-12)

152. Eurasian Three-Toed Woodpecker (2025-01-13)

153. Northern Pintail (2025-01-14)

154. Northern Hawk Owl (2025-01-15)

155. White Stork (2025-01-18)

156. Firecrest (2025-01-22)

157. Glaucous Gull (2025-01-22)

158. Black Kite (2025-01-23)

159. Northern Black Grouse (2025-01-24)

160. Sky Lark (2025-01-24)

161. Greater Spotted Eagle (2025-01-24)

162. Common Pheasant (2025-01-24)

163. Northern Lapwing (2025-01-25)

164. Eurasian Bittern (2025-01-25)

165. Corn Bunting (2025-01-25)

166. Pallas's Gull (2025-01-25)

167. Common Snipe (2025-01-25)

168. Levantine shearwater (2025-01-26)

169. Arctic Skua (2025-01-26)

170. Red-fronted Serin (2025-01-26)

171. Grey Wagtail (2025-01-27)

172. Krueper's Nuthatch (2025-01-27)

173. Great Rosefinch (2025-01-28)

174. Parrot Crossbill (2025-01-30)

175. Oriental Turtle Dove (2025-01-31)

176. Common Crane (2025-02-04)

177. Ural Owl (2025-02-08)

178. Willow Ptarmigan (2025-02-12)

179. Pied Avocet (2025-02-13)

180. Dunlin (2025-02-13)

181. European Shag (2025-02-15)

182. Little Gull (2025-02-16)

183. Greater Flamingo (2025-02-16)

184. Grey Plover (2025-02-16)

185. Saker Falcon (2025-02-16)

186. Black-winged Stilt (2025-02-16)

187. Song Thrush (2025-02-18)

188. Long-tailed Rosefinch (2025-02-18)

189. Great Grey Owl (2025-02-19)

190. Short-eared Owl (2025-02-21)

191. Wood Lark (2025-02-25)

192. Western Capercaillie (2025-02-25)

193. Calandra Lark (2025-02-26)

194. Common Redshank (2025-02-26)

195. Great Black-backed Gull (2025-02-26)

196. Jack Snipe (2025-02-27)

197. Eurasian Woodcock (2025-02-27)

198. Short-toed Tree-Creeper (2025-02-27)

199. Common Oystercatcher (2025-02-28)

200. Black-legged Kittiwake (2025-03-01)

201. Iceland Gull (2025-03-01)

202. Siberian Tit (2025-03-01)

203. Pine Grosbeak (2025-03-01)

204. Ruff (2025-03-02)

205. King Eider (2025-03-02)

206. Purple Sandpiper (2025-03-02)

207. Common Eider (2025-03-02)

208. Steller's Eider (2025-03-02)

209. Black Scoter (2025-03-02)

210. Black Guillemot (2025-03-02)

211. Red-breasted Goose (2025-03-04)

212. Bean Goose (2025-03-05)

213. Azure Tit (2025-03-09)

214. Garganey (2025-03-10)

215. Western Barn Owl (2025-03-13)

216. Common Stonechat (2025-03-14)

217. Blackcap (2025-03-15)

218. Common Sandpiper (2025-03-15)

219. Northern House Martin (2025-03-16)

220. Sardinian Warbler (2025-03-16)

221. Barn Swallow (2025-03-17)

222. Little Ringed Plover (2025-03-17)

223. Red-rumped Swallow (2025-03-18)

224. Northern Wheatear (2025-03-18)

225. Black-headed Wagtail (2025-03-18)

226. Lesser Black-backed Gull (2025-03-20)

227. Short-toed Snake-Eagle (2025-03-22)

228. Osprey (2025-03-22)

229. Black Stork (2025-03-22)

230. Common Greenshank (2025-03-23)

231. Rock Sparrow (2025-03-26)

232. Semi-collared Flycatcher (2025-03-28)

233. Common Swift (2025-03-28)

234. Bluethroat (2025-03-29)

235. Baraba Steppe Gull (2025-03-29)

236. Siberian Black-backed Gull (2025-03-29)

237. Common Stonechat (2025-03-29)

238. Water Pipit (2025-03-30)

239. Tree Pipit (2025-03-30)

Big Year 2025

1. Anna Golubeva (240)
2. Nataliya Pokhodzey (129)
3. Khasan Zhurtov (122)
4. Andrey Semenov (114)
5. Igor Shcherbakov (114)
6. Egor Loboda (113)
7. Aleksandr Gontcharov (111)
8. Dmitriy Shevtsov (99)
9. Vitaliy Butko (94)
10. Oleg Martsun (92)

rare birds records

Black-legged Kittiwake (Rissa tridactyla)

© Khasan Zhurtov
2025-03-25
Nalchik,KBR

Oriental Turtle Dove (Streptopelia orientalis)

© Alexandr Balaev
2025-01-31
Moskov Region, Luhovickij rajon

Second record to the Moscow region.

Grey Wagtail (Motacilla cinerea)

© Valery Dombrovski
2025-02-08
Minsk, Svisloch river

Black-throated Thrush (Turdus atrogularis)

© Alexandr Balaev
2025-01-05
Moskov Region, Izmalkovo

Second record to the Moscow region.

more rarities...

recent video

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).

2024-05-26. European Bee-eater (Stanislavs Gr).

2024-05-25. Thrush Nightingale (Stanislavs Gr).

unidentified birds

2025-04-01

Николай Змиевский: Если большинство за малого - так и есть, наверное...

2025-03-30

Елена Коваль: спасибо!

2025-03-28

no any comments:

2025-03-02

Олег Марцун: жовтоногий?

2025-02-13

Анна Ясько: Для чистой хохотуньи у нее слишком пестрая голова. Для чистой серебристой, пусть даже желтоногой, рисунок черного на вершине крыла не подходящий. [....]

more unidentified birds...