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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. Semenov Andrey (156)

2. Simon Andrew (153)

3. Balaev Alexandr (146)

4. Loboda Egor (142)

5. Kyselova Inna (141)

6. Savranska Natalia (139)

7. Mis\'kov Andrey (137)

8. Makhovska Oksana (135)

9. Ortik Irina (130)

10. Saveika Sergei (130)

11. Sheremet Oleg (130)

12. Drabina Natalia (125)

13. Martsun Oleg (123)

14. Zhurtov Khasan (119)

15. Skiter Artem (110)

16. Solomatin Dmitriy (103)

17. Sofronov Evgeniy (95)

18. Koval Elena (89)

19. Melnyk Dmytro (86)

20. Merzlikin Volodymyr (86)

21. Vikirchak Oleksandr (86)

22. Petrov Andrei (83)

23. Shevtsov Dmitriy (82)

24. krjukov mixail (80)

25. Dvurekov Igor (79)

26. Petrychenko Dmytro (79)

27. Nizovtsev Dmitry (77)

28. Kokhanevych Olha-Mariia (76)

29. Studzinska Maya (74)

30. FOMINA ALENA (73)

31. Kiselev Andrei (72)

32. Travelian Sergo (70)

33. Katanova Galina (69)

34. Butko Vitaliy (68)

35. Omelyanec Pavlo (65)

36. Komarovskiy Alex (61)

37. Gontcharov Aleksandr (59)

38. Orekhov Andrei (56)

39. Vietokhin Ihor (55)

40. Natykanets Viktor (54)

41. Samokhin Igor (50)

42. Stramnoy Vladimir (47)

43. Dombrovski Valery (42)

44. Golyantov Aleksandr (39)

45. Fedorenko Liudmyla (38)

46. Honcharyk Natalia (38)

47. Lyubimov Alexandr (33)

48. Zmievskiy Nikolai (33)

49. Mosienko Vitaliy (32)

50. Ovsyannikova Liza (30)

51. Chervonenko Igor (29)

52. Filatova Аnna (27)

53. Shataev Nik (26)

54. Morozkina62 Svetlana (25)

55. Iopek Vladislav (23)

56. Zlobin Ilya (21)

57. Bodnar Vasil (20)

58. Yakovlev Alexey (19)

59. Kovalchuk Oleksandr (18)

60. Belyaev Dmitry (17)

61. Kyselov Roman (17)

62. Muravskiy Vladimir (12)

63. Martynova Nika (10)

64. Buzovska Daryna (9)

65. Dokashenko Natalia (9)

66. Shursha Sergey (9)

67. Andreev Dmitrij (7)

68. Zaitseva Svitlana (7)

69. Erokhin Dmitry (6)

70. Lanin Maxim (6)

71. Nevmerzhytskyi Volodymyr (6)

72. Podverbny Yury (6)

73. Yurko Valtri (6)

74. Danilova Valeriya (5)

75. Farniev Konstantin (5)

76. Gr Stanislavs (5)

77. Raklo Aleksandr (5)

78. Lisitsyna Alexandra (4)

79. Nikitin Nikolay (4)

80. Sakara Oleksandr (4)

81. Semashko Vladimir (4)

82. Hrudzynska Natalia (3)

83. Kuzmina Maria (3)

84. Raldugina Oksana (3)

85. Vinogradov Georgy (3)

86. Kudriavtsev Andrey (2)

87. Liseenko Alexander (2)

88. Medvedeva Svetlana (2)

89. Plekhanov Aleksandr (2)

90. Sikorsky Igor (2)

91. Zhuravel A (2)

92. Alabina Anna (1)

93. Grishchenko Vitaly (1)

94. Komrakova Marina (1)

95. Lavrinenko Kateryna (1)

96. Olenich Vsevolod (1)

97. Osypova Sanya (1)

98. Petrovych Serhii (1)

99. Prudko Oleksandr (1)

100. U Anastasiia (1)

101. Ukr Ruslan (1)

102. 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. Goldcrest (2026-01-01)

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

29. Crested Tit (2026-01-01)

30. Coal Tit (2026-01-01)

31. Eurasian Blackbird (2026-01-01)

32. Common Buzzard (2026-01-01)

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

34. Common Chaffinch (2026-01-01)

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

36. Bohemian Waxwing (2026-01-01)

37. Wood Pigeon (2026-01-01)

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

39. Gadwall (2026-01-01)

40. Eurasian Goldfinch (2026-01-01)

41. Common Teal (2026-01-01)

42. Common Raven (2026-01-01)

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

44. Eurasian Siskin (2026-01-01)

45. Hawfinch (2026-01-01)

46. Brambling (2026-01-01)

47. Eurasian Linnet (2026-01-01)

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

49. Lammergeier (2026-01-01)

50. Syrian Woodpecker (2026-01-01)

51. Mistle Thrush (2026-01-01)

52. Eurasian Jay (2026-01-01)

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

54. Pine Grosbeak (2026-01-01)

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

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

57. Common Sparrowhawk (2026-01-01)

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

59. Short-eared Owl (2026-01-01)

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

61. Great Cormorant (2026-01-01)

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

63. Northern Pintail (2026-01-02)

64. Tawny Owl (2026-01-02)

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

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

67. Dunnock (2026-01-02)

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

69. Smew (2026-01-02)

70. Wood Lark (2026-01-02)

71. Rook (2026-01-02)

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

73. Common Redpoll (2026-01-02)

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

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

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

77. Common Kestrel (2026-01-02)

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

79. Common Kingfisher (2026-01-02)

80. Bearded Tit (2026-01-02)

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

82. Tufted Duck (2026-01-03)

83. Common Coot (2026-01-03)

84. Common Goldeneye (2026-01-03)

85. Common Starling (2026-01-03)

86. Hen Harrier (2026-01-03)

87. Common Pochard (2026-01-03)

88. Whooper Swan (2026-01-03)

89. Common Moorhen (2026-01-03)

90. Arctic Redpoll (2026-01-03)

91. Merlin (2026-01-03)

92. Northern Goshawk (2026-01-04)

93. Marsh Tit (2026-01-04)

94. Crested Lark (2026-01-04)

95. Sky Lark (2026-01-04)

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

97. Herring Gull (2026-01-04)

98. Stock Pigeon (2026-01-04)

99. Velvet Scoter (2026-01-04)

100. Mediterranean Gull (2026-01-05)

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

102. Rock Bunting (2026-01-05)

103. Black Woodpecker (2026-01-05)

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

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

106. Common Pheasant (2026-01-05)

107. Common Redshank (2026-01-06)

108. Northern Shoveler (2026-01-06)

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

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

111. Meadow Pipit (2026-01-06)

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

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

114. Eurasian Bittern (2026-01-07)

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

116. Water Rail (2026-01-07)

117. Alpine Accentor (2026-01-07)

118. Common Shelduck (2026-01-07)

119. Spotted Nutcracker (2026-01-08)

120. Eurasian Dipper (2026-01-08)

121. Ural Owl (2026-01-08)

122. Black Redstart (2026-01-09)

123. White Wagtail (2026-01-09)

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

125. Redwing (2026-01-09)

126. Red Crossbill (2026-01-10)

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

128. Grey Partridge (2026-01-11)

129. Horned Lark (2026-01-11)

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

131. Song Thrush (2026-01-13)

132. Common Snipe (2026-01-13)

133. Greater Scaup (2026-01-14)

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

135. Azure Tit (2026-01-17)

136. Common Chiffchaff (2026-01-18)

137. Green Sandpiper (2026-01-18)

138. Peregrine Falcon (2026-01-18)

139. Snow Bunting (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. Glaucous Gull (2026-02-22)

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

172. Golden Eagle (2026-02-23)

173. Common Crane (2026-02-24)

174. Siberian Jay (2026-02-28)

175. Purple Sandpiper (2026-02-28)

176. Common Eider (2026-02-28)

177. Steller's Eider (2026-02-28)

178. King Eider (2026-02-28)

179. Black Guillemot (2026-03-01)

180. Siberian Tit (2026-03-01)

181. Willow Ptarmigan (2026-03-01)

182. Black-legged Kittiwake (2026-03-01)

183. Corn Bunting (2026-03-01)

184. Carrion Crow (2026-03-06)

185. Red Kite (2026-03-06)

186. Bean Goose (2026-03-07)

187. Northern Lapwing (2026-03-07)

188. Black Stork (2026-03-07)

189. Grey Wagtail (2026-03-08)

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

191. Ruff (2026-03-15)

192. White Stork (2026-03-15)

193. Garganey (2026-03-15)

194. Greater Flamingo (2026-03-15)

195. Eurasian Woodcock (2026-03-16)

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

197. Isabelline Wheatear (2026-03-20)

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

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

200. European Serin (2026-03-26)

201. Water Pipit (2026-03-26)

202. Bluethroat (2026-03-27)

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

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

205. Pallid Harrier (2026-03-27)

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

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

208. Calandra Lark (2026-03-28)

209. Kentish Plover (2026-03-28)

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

211. Pied Avocet (2026-03-28)

212. Osprey (2026-03-28)

213. Western Capercaillie (2026-03-28)

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

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

216. Hoopoe (2026-03-29)

217. Demoiselle Crane (2026-03-29)

218. Common Oystercatcher (2026-04-02)

219. Caucasian Chiffchaff (2026-04-02)

220. Northern Wheatear (2026-04-02)

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

222. Little Bustard (2026-04-03)

223. Ring Ouzel (2026-04-03)

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

225. Wood Sandpiper (2026-04-05)

226. Barn Swallow (2026-04-05)

227. Blackcap (2026-04-05)

228. Purple Heron (2026-04-05)

229. Common Greenshank (2026-04-05)

230. Caspian Tern (2026-04-05)

231. Spotted Redshank (2026-04-05)

232. Eurasian Spoonbill (2026-04-05)

233. Common Quail (2026-04-05)

234. Short-toed Snake-Eagle (2026-04-05)

235. Yellow Wagtail (2026-04-07)

236. Willow Warbler (2026-04-07)

237. Red-billed Chough (2026-04-07)

238. Rock Sparrow (2026-04-07)

239. Greater Ringed Plover (2026-04-08)

240. Common Sandpiper (2026-04-08)

241. Collared Flycatcher (2026-04-09)

242. Bewick's Swan (2026-04-11)

243. Northern Hazelhen (2026-04-11)

244. Citrine Wagtail (2026-04-11)

245. Savi's Warbler (2026-04-12)

246. Lesser Spotted Eagle (2026-04-13)

247. Tree Pipit (2026-04-14)

248. Lesser Whitethroat (2026-04-14)

249. Pied Flycatcher (2026-04-15)

250. Northern House Martin (2026-04-15)

251. Great Snipe (2026-04-16)

252. Marsh Sandpiper (2026-04-17)

253. Terek Sandpiper (2026-04-17)

254. Montagu's Harrier (2026-04-17)

255. Eurasian Wryneck (2026-04-18)

256. Alpine Swift (2026-04-18)

257. Whinchat (2026-04-18)

258. Cattle Egret (2026-04-18)

259. Eurasian Hobby (2026-04-18)

260. Eurasian Redstart (2026-04-19)

261. Common Cuckoo (2026-04-19)

262. Semi-collared Flycatcher (2026-04-20)

263. Red-breasted Flycatcher (2026-04-20)

264. Wood Warbler (2026-04-21)

265. Ortolan Bunting (2026-04-21)

266. Booted Eagle (2026-04-21)

267. Whiskered Tern (2026-04-22)

268. Little Tern (2026-04-22)

269. Common Tern (2026-04-22)

270. Red-throated Pipit (2026-04-22)

271. Thrush Nightingale (2026-04-25)

272. Black Scoter (2026-04-25)

273. Eurasian Whimbrel (2026-04-25)

274. Red-footed Falcon (2026-04-26)

275. Common Whitethroat (2026-04-27)

276. Sedge Warbler (2026-04-27)

277. Common Swift (2026-04-27)

278. Little Gull (2026-04-27)

279. Black Tern (2026-04-27)

280. Eurasian Reed Warbler (2026-04-27)

281. Great Reed Warbler (2026-04-28)

282. Yellow-backed Wagtail (2026-04-29)

283. Rufous-tailed Rock Thrush (2026-04-30)

284. Sand Martin (2026-04-30)

285. Levant Sparrowhawk (2026-05-01)

286. Lapland Longspur (2026-05-01)

287. Red-throated Loon | Plongeon catmarin | Sterntaucher (2026-05-01)

288. Spotted Flycatcher (2026-05-01)

289. Dark-bellied Brent Goose (2026-05-02)

290. Barred Warbler (2026-05-03)

291. European Bee-eater (2026-05-03)

292. Little Egret (2026-05-03)

293. Little Stint (2026-05-03)

294. Red-backed Shrike (2026-05-03)

295. Common Nightingale (2026-05-03)

296. European Golden Oriole (2026-05-04)

297. Eurasian Roller (2026-05-05)

298. Little Crake (2026-05-06)

299. Common Rosefinch (2026-05-07)

300. Temminck's Stint (2026-05-07)

301. Gull-billed Tern (2026-05-07)

302. Lesser Grey Shrike (2026-05-08)

303. Caucasian Grouse (2026-05-09)

304. Corncrake (2026-05-09)

305. Eurasian Honey-Buzzard (2026-05-09)

306. Eurasian Scops-Owl (2026-05-09)

307. Garden Warbler (2026-05-09)

308. Eurasian Stone Curlew (2026-05-09)

309. Glossy Ibis (2026-05-09)

310. Cetti's Warbler (2026-05-10)

311. White-winged Tern (2026-05-10)

312. Pied Wheatear (2026-05-10)

313. Tawny Pipit (2026-05-11)

314. Arctic Tern (2026-05-11)

315. Icterine Warbler (2026-05-11)

316. Woodchat Shrike (2026-05-11)

317. Paddyfield Warbler (2026-05-12)

318. River Warbler (2026-05-14)

319. Egyptian Vulture (2026-05-14)

320. Blyth's Reed Warbler (2026-05-15)

321. Little Bittern (2026-05-15)

322. Squacco Heron (2026-05-16)

323. Booted Warbler (2026-05-16)

324. Marsh Warbler (2026-05-16)

325. Common Stonechat (2026-05-16)

326. Black-headed Bunting (2026-05-17)

327. Western Grasshopper Warbler (2026-05-17)

328. Greenish Warbler (2026-05-18)

Big Year 2026

1. Anna Golubeva (240)
2. Andrey Semenov (156)
3. Andrew Simon (153)
4. Alexandr Balaev (146)
5. Egor Loboda (142)
6. Inna Kyselova (141)
7. Natalia Savranska (139)
8. Andrey Mis\'kov (137)
9. Oksana Makhovska (135)
10. Irina Ortik (130)

rare birds records

Squacco Heron (Ardeola ralloides)

© Yury Podverbny
2026-05-16

Редкий залётный вид

Mediterranean Gull (Larus melanocephalus)

© Dmitriy Shevtsov
2026-05-10
North Osetia, Brut

Dunnock / Hedge Sparrow (Prunella modularis)

© Yury Podverbny
2026-02-19

Jack Snipe (Lymnocryptes minimus)

© Yury Podverbny
2026-01-23

more rarities...

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).

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2026-05-18

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