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Big Year 2020
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
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* number inside brackets means the number of species photographed in 2020
all species photographed in 2020
* in order of appearance (number inside brackets means the date of first record "month-day" )
1. Marsh Tit (2020-01-01) 2. Willow Tit (2020-01-01) 3. Crested Tit (2020-01-01) 4. Coal Tit (2020-01-01) 5. Blue Tit (2020-01-01) 6. Black-headed Gull (2020-01-01) 7. Eurasian Jay (2020-01-01) 8. Eurasian Siskin (2020-01-01) 9. European Greenfinch (2020-01-01) 10. Northern Bullfinch (2020-01-01) 11. Eurasian Goldfinch (2020-01-01) 12. Rook (2020-01-01) 13. Eurasian Jackdaw (2020-01-01) 14. Mallard (2020-01-01) 15. Great Tit (2020-01-01) 16. Tree Sparrow (2020-01-01) 17. Fieldfare (2020-01-01) 18. Red-crested Pochard (2020-01-01) 19. Hooded Crow (2020-01-01) 20. Great Spotted Woodpecker (2020-01-01) 21. Common Raven (2020-01-01) 22. Mute Swan (2020-01-01) 23. Common Treecreeper (2020-01-01) 24. Eurasian Nuthatch (2020-01-01) 25. Eurasian Linnet (2020-01-01) 26. Rough-legged Buzzard (2020-01-01) 27. Eurasian Blackbird (2020-01-01) 28. Wood Pigeon (2020-01-01) 29. Great Grey Shrike (2020-01-01) 30. Common Chaffinch (2020-01-01) 31. European Robin (2020-01-01) 32. White-tailed Sea-Eagle (2020-01-01) 33. Goldcrest (2020-01-01) 34. Crested Lark (2020-01-01) 35. Yellowhammer (2020-01-01) 36. Eurasian Magpie (2020-01-01) 37. Common Chiffchaff (2020-01-01) 38. Lesser Spotted Woodpecker (2020-01-01) 39. Hawfinch (2020-01-01) 40. Eurasian Redstart (2020-01-01) 41. Eurasian Wigeon (2020-01-01) 42. Bewick's Swan (2020-01-01) 43. Tufted Duck (2020-01-01) 44. Common Goldeneye (2020-01-01) 45. Goosander (2020-01-01) 46. Black-Necked Grebe | Grèbe à cou noir | Schwarzhalstaucher (2020-01-01) 47. Great Cormorant (2020-01-01) 48. Little Grebe | Grèbe castagneux | Zwergtaucher (2020-01-01) 49. Common Coot (2020-01-01) 50. Common Pochard (2020-01-01) 51. Caspian Gull (2020-01-01) 52. Common Moorhen (2020-01-01) 53. Rock Pigeon (2020-01-01) 54. Common Buzzard (2020-01-01) 55. Red Crossbill (2020-01-01) 56. Mistle Thrush (2020-01-01) 57. Bohemian Waxwing (2020-01-01) 58. Northern Goshawk (2020-01-01) 59. Eurasian Green Woodpecker (2020-01-01) 60. Brambling (2020-01-01) 61. Common Sparrowhawk (2020-01-01) 62. Spanish Sparrow (2020-01-01) 63. Grey Heron (2020-01-01) 64. Black Woodpecker (2020-01-01) 65. Common Redpoll (2020-01-01) 66. Dunnock (2020-01-01) 67. Common Pheasant (2020-01-01) 68. Pallas's Gull (2020-01-01) 69. Greater Scaup (2020-01-01) 70. Grey-Headed Woodpecker (2020-01-01) 71. Eurasian Collared Dove (2020-01-01) 72. House Sparrow (2020-01-01) 73. Yellow-legged Gull (2020-01-01) 74. Common Kestrel (2020-01-01) 75. Long-tailed Tit (2020-01-02) 76. Middle Spotted Woodpecker (2020-01-02) 77. Northern Reed Bunting (2020-01-02) 78. White Stork (2020-01-02) 79. White-Backed Woodpecker (2020-01-02) 80. Common Starling (2020-01-02) 81. Northern Wren (2020-01-02) 82. Great White Egret (2020-01-02) 83. Pallas's Cormorant (2020-01-02) 84. White-winged Crossbill (2020-01-02) 85. Arctic Redpoll (2020-01-02) 86. Northern Black Grouse (2020-01-02) 87. Merlin (2020-01-02) 88. Long-legged Buzzard (2020-01-02) 89. Peregrine Falcon (2020-01-02) 90. Corn Bunting (2020-01-02) 91. Stock Pigeon (2020-01-02) 92. Hen Harrier (2020-01-02) 93. Eurasian Golden Plover (2020-01-02) 94. Ruddy Shelduck (2020-01-02) 95. Common Teal (2020-01-02) 96. Sky Lark (2020-01-02) 97. Jack Snipe (2020-01-02) 98. Azure Tit (2020-01-03) 99. Bearded Tit (2020-01-03) 100. Mew Gull (2020-01-03) 101. White Wagtail (2020-01-03) 102. Black Redstart (2020-01-03) 103. Great Crested Grebe | Grèbe huppé | Haubentaucher (2020-01-03) 104. Northern Pintail (2020-01-03) 105. Firecrest (2020-01-03) 106. Short-toed Tree-Creeper (2020-01-03) 107. Meadow Pipit (2020-01-03) 108. Water Rail (2020-01-03) 109. Little Gull (2020-01-03) 110. Greater White-fronted Goose (2020-01-03) 111. Grey Wagtail (2020-01-03) 112. Syrian Woodpecker (2020-01-03) 113. Gadwall (2020-01-04) 114. Red-breasted Merganser (2020-01-04) 115. Arctic Loon | Plongeon arctique | Prachttaucher (2020-01-04) 116. Herring Gull (2020-01-04) 117. Common Kingfisher (2020-01-04) 118. Griffon Vulture (2020-01-04) 119. Rock Bunting (2020-01-04) 120. Eurasian Penduline Tit (2020-01-04) 121. Tawny Owl (2020-01-04) 122. Northern Hawk Owl (2020-01-04) 123. Velvet Scoter (2020-01-04) 124. Smew (2020-01-06) 125. Common Whitethroat (2020-01-06) 126. Ural Owl (2020-01-07) 127. Whooper Swan (2020-01-07) 128. Song Thrush (2020-01-07) 129. Eurasian Pygmy-Owl (2020-01-07) 130. Black Kite (2020-01-07) 131. Buff-Bellied Pipit (2020-01-07) 132. Golden Eagle (2020-01-07) 133. Horned Lark (2020-01-08) 134. Snow Bunting (2020-01-09) 135. Grey Partridge (2020-01-10) 136. Black-crowned Night Heron (2020-01-10) 137. Little Owl (2020-01-10) 138. Western Barn Owl (2020-01-10) 139. Eurasian Bittern (2020-01-11) 140. Northern Hazelhen (2020-01-11) 141. Bean Goose (2020-01-11) 142. Eurasian Curlew (2020-01-11) 143. Cinereous Vulture (2020-01-11) 144. White-headed Duck (2020-01-11) 145. Common Shelduck (2020-01-11) 146. Squacco Heron (2020-01-11) 147. Common Snipe (2020-01-12) 148. Whiskered Tern (2020-01-12) 149. Redwing (2020-01-12) 150. Pygmy Cormorant (2020-01-12) 151. Red-breasted Goose (2020-01-12) 152. Green Sandpiper (2020-01-13) 153. Eurasian Dipper (2020-01-14) 154. Dalmatian Pelican (2020-01-14) 155. Eurasian Spoonbill (2020-01-14) 156. Saker Falcon (2020-01-15) 157. Harlequin Duck (2020-01-17) 158. European Shag (2020-01-17) 159. Short-eared Owl (2020-01-17) 160. Lapland Longspur (2020-01-17) 161. Barnacle Goose (2020-01-17) 162. Slavonian Grebe | Grèbe esclavon | Ohrentaucher (2020-01-17) 163. Wood Duck (2020-01-17) 164. Western Marsh-Harrier (2020-01-18) 165. Dunlin (2020-01-18) 166. Great Bustard (2020-01-18) 167. Sandwich Tern (2020-01-18) 168. Calandra Lark (2020-01-18) 169. Red-Necked Grebe | Grèbe jougris | Rothalstaucher (2020-01-19) 170. Little Bustard (2020-01-19) 171. Great Black-backed Gull (2020-01-19) 172. Little Stint (2020-01-19) 173. Snowy Owl (2020-01-22) 174. Northern Lapwing (2020-01-25) 175. Lammergeier (2020-01-25) 176. Northern Shoveler (2020-01-25) 177. Long-tailed Duck (2020-01-25) 178. Eurasian Three-Toed Woodpecker (2020-01-25) 179. Levantine shearwater (2020-01-26) 180. Mediterranean Gull (2020-01-26) 181. Eastern Imperial Eagle (2020-01-27) 182. Wallcreeper (2020-02-01) 183. Hume's Warbler (2020-02-05) 184. Wood Lark (2020-02-07) 185. Common Oystercatcher (2020-02-08) 186. Sanderling (2020-02-08) 187. Spotted Nutcracker (2020-02-09) 188. Slender-billed Gull (2020-02-12) 189. Common Stonechat (2020-02-15) 190. Kentish Plover (2020-02-16) 191. Rustic Bunting (2020-02-16) 192. Red-fronted Serin (2020-02-17) 193. Hoopoe (2020-02-21) 194. Twite (2020-02-22) 195. Guldenstadt's Redstart (2020-02-22) 196. Alpine Chough (2020-02-22) 197. Red-billed Chough (2020-02-22) 198. Arctic Skua (2020-02-23) 199. Greater Flamingo (2020-02-23) 200. Isabelline Wheatear (2020-02-27) 201. Great Rosefinch (2020-02-28) 202. Common Crane (2020-02-29) | 203. Ruff (2020-03-01) 204. Great Grey Owl (2020-03-02) 205. Lesser White-fronted Goose (2020-03-05) 206. White-winged Tern (2020-03-07) 207. Pied Avocet (2020-03-07) 208. Lesser Black-backed Gull (2020-03-07) 209. Garganey (2020-03-08) 210. Krueper's Nuthatch (2020-03-08) 211. Barn Swallow (2020-03-14) 212. Little Ringed Plover (2020-03-14) 213. Ferruginous Duck (2020-03-14) 214. Little Egret (2020-03-14) 215. Common Greenshank (2020-03-14) 216. Eurasian Whimbrel (2020-03-14) 217. Black-tailed Godwit (2020-03-15) 218. Savi's Warbler (2020-03-15) 219. Great White Pelican (2020-03-15) 220. Lesser Short-toed Lark (2020-03-15) 221. Cetti's Warbler (2020-03-15) 222. Eurasian Eagle-Owl (2020-03-16) 223. Common Redshank (2020-03-16) 224. Steppe Eagle (2020-03-16) 225. Marsh Sandpiper (2020-03-17) 226. Demoiselle Crane (2020-03-17) 227. Water Pipit (2020-03-20) 228. Parrot Crossbill (2020-03-21) 229. Siberian Black-backed Gull (2020-03-21) 230. Northern Wheatear (2020-03-22) 231. Chukar Partridge (2020-03-22) 232. Northern House Martin (2020-03-23) 233. Bluethroat (2020-03-23) 234. Tree Pipit (2020-03-24) 235. Black Stork (2020-03-26) 236. Black-headed Wagtail (2020-03-26) 237. Purple Heron (2020-03-27) 238. Cattle Egret (2020-03-27) 239. Pallid Harrier (2020-03-27) 240. Boreal Owl (2020-03-27) 241. Black-winged Stilt (2020-03-28) 242. Moustached Warbler (2020-03-28) 243. Semi-collared Flycatcher (2020-03-28) 244. Common Stonechat (2020-03-28) 245. Citrine Wagtail (2020-03-29) 246. Ring Ouzel (2020-03-29) 247. Greater Ringed Plover (2020-03-29) 248. Greater Short-toed Lark (2020-03-29) 249. Common Sandpiper (2020-03-30) 250. Short-toed Snake-Eagle (2020-03-30) 251. Common Swift (2020-03-30) 252. Lesser Spotted Eagle (2020-03-30) 253. Blackcap (2020-03-31) 254. Osprey (2020-03-31) 255. Western Capercaillie (2020-04-01) 256. Glossy Ibis (2020-04-02) 257. Eurasian Dotterel (2020-04-02) 258. Greater Spotted Eagle (2020-04-02) 259. White-tailed Lapwing (2020-04-04) 260. European Serin (2020-04-05) 261. Alpine Swift (2020-04-06) 262. Yellow Wagtail (2020-04-07) 263. Collared Flycatcher (2020-04-08) 264. Booted Eagle (2020-04-08) 265. Willow Warbler (2020-04-09) 266. Wood Sandpiper (2020-04-09) 267. Red-rumped Swallow (2020-04-10) 268. Eurasian Hobby (2020-04-10) 269. Common Cuckoo (2020-04-11) 270. Whinchat (2020-04-12) 271. Great Snipe (2020-04-12) 272. Collared Pratincole (2020-04-13) 273. Gull-billed Tern (2020-04-13) 274. Pied Wheatear (2020-04-14) 275. Tawny Pipit (2020-04-14) 276. Common Tern (2020-04-15) 277. Pied Flycatcher (2020-04-15) 278. Sand Martin (2020-04-15) 279. Eurasian Wryneck (2020-04-15) 280. Montagu's Harrier (2020-04-15) 281. Common Nightingale (2020-04-16) 282. Red-throated Pipit (2020-04-17) 283. Ortolan Bunting (2020-04-17) 284. Glaucous Gull (2020-04-17) 285. Red-footed Falcon (2020-04-17) 286. Moltoni's Warbler (2020-04-17) 287. Eurasian Woodcock (2020-04-18) 288. Lesser Whitethroat (2020-04-18) 289. Sedge Warbler (2020-04-18) 290. Caspian Tern (2020-04-18) 291. European Turtle Dove (2020-04-18) 292. Eurasian Stone Curlew (2020-04-18) 293. Black-winged Pratincole (2020-04-18) 294. Eastern Bonelli’s Warbler (2020-04-18) 295. Wood Warbler (2020-04-19) 296. Thrush Nightingale (2020-04-19) 297. Red-breasted Flycatcher (2020-04-19) 298. Yellow-backed Wagtail (2020-04-19) 299. Spotted Redshank (2020-04-19) 300. Terek Sandpiper (2020-04-19) 301. Red-backed Shrike (2020-04-20) 302. Little Crake (2020-04-20) 303. Canada Goose (2020-04-21) 304. Spotted Flycatcher (2020-04-22) 305. Woodchat Shrike (2020-04-22) 306. Great Reed Warbler (2020-04-24) 307. Little Bittern (2020-04-24) 308. Eurasian Roller (2020-04-24) 309. Eurasian Reed Warbler (2020-04-25) 310. Black Tern (2020-04-25) 311. Baraba Steppe Gull (2020-04-25) 312. Temminck's Stint (2020-04-26) 313. European Bee-eater (2020-04-26) 314. Rufous-tailed Rock Thrush (2020-04-26) 315. Icterine Warbler (2020-04-26) 316. Eurasian Honey-Buzzard (2020-04-27) 317. Common Quail (2020-04-27) 318. Lesser Grey Shrike (2020-04-28) 319. European Golden Oriole (2020-04-28) 320. Garden Warbler (2020-04-29) 321. Marsh Warbler (2020-04-30) 322. Barred Warbler (2020-05-01) 323. Eurasian Scops-Owl (2020-05-01) 324. Black-headed Bunting (2020-05-01) 325. European Nightjar (2020-05-01) 326. Grey Plover (2020-05-01) 327. Western Grasshopper Warbler (2020-05-02) 328. Levant Sparrowhawk (2020-05-02) 329. Green Leaf-Warbler (2020-05-05) 330. Paddyfield Warbler (2020-05-05) 331. Curlew Sandpiper (2020-05-05) 332. Broad-billed Sandpiper (2020-05-05) 333. Red-necked Phalarope (2020-05-05) 334. River Warbler (2020-05-06) 335. Corncrake (2020-05-07) 336. Little Tern (2020-05-07) 337. Spotted Crake (2020-05-08) 338. Common Rosefinch (2020-05-08) 339. Blyth's Reed Warbler (2020-05-08) 340. Ruddy Turnstone (2020-05-10) 341. Bimaculated Lark (2020-05-10) 342. Booted Warbler (2020-05-10) 343. Black Scoter (2020-05-10) 344. Greenish Warbler (2020-05-11) 345. Rosy Starling (2020-05-15) 346. Arctic Tern (2020-05-17) 347. Bar-tailed Godwit (2020-05-22) 348. Arctic Warbler (2020-05-28) 349. Spur-winged Plover (2020-05-28) 350. Eastern Olivaceous Warbler (2020-05-31) 351. Yellow-breasted Bunting (2020-06-02) 352. Caucasian Chiffchaff (2020-06-07) 353. Caucasian Grouse (2020-06-07) 354. Dark-bellied Brent Goose (2020-06-12) 355. Common Eider (2020-06-13) 356. Menetries Warbler (2020-06-13) 357. Blue-cheeked Bee-eater (2020-06-13) 358. Egyptian Vulture (2020-06-13) 359. Willow Ptarmigan (2020-06-14) 360. Red-headed bunting (2020-06-14) 361. Long-tailed Jaeger (2020-06-15) 362. Red-throated Loon | Plongeon catmarin | Sterntaucher (2020-06-15) 363. Black-legged Kittiwake (2020-06-15) 364. Black Guillemot (2020-06-15) 365. White-winged Lark (2020-06-15) 366. Common Guillemot (2020-06-15) 367. Siberian Tit (2020-06-18) 368. Atlantic Puffin (2020-06-20) 369. Yellow-billed Loon | Plongeon à bec blanc | Gelbschnabeltaucher (2020-06-20) 370. Brunnich's Guillemot (2020-06-20) 371. Pomarine Skua (2020-06-20) 372. Aquatic Warbler (2020-06-20) 373. Northern Gannet (2020-06-21) 374. Razorbill (2020-06-21) 375. Great Skua (2020-06-22) 376. Pine Grosbeak (2020-06-23) 377. Siberian Jay (2020-06-23) 378. Alpine Accentor (2020-06-28) 379. Snow Goose (2020-07-04) 380. King Eider (2020-07-04) 381. Caucasian Snowcock (2020-07-07) 382. Eastern Yellow Wagtail (2020-07-08) 383. Oriental Turtle Dove (2020-07-12) 384. Eurasian Crag Martin (2020-07-17) 385. Rock Sparrow (2020-07-21) 386. Amur Falcon (2020-08-04) 387. Lesser Kestrel (2020-08-11) 388. Black-eared Wheatear (2020-08-16) 389. Little Bunting (2020-08-20) 390. Red Knot (2020-08-21) 391. Long-tailed Rosefinch (2020-08-24) 392. Olive-backed Pipit (2020-09-04) 393. Sociable Lapwing (2020-09-09) 394. Baillon's Crake (2020-09-19) 395. Yellow-browed Warbler (2020-10-03) 396. Steller's Eider (2020-10-05) 397. Red Kite (2020-10-07) 398. Mandarin Duck (2020-10-11) 399. Red Phalarope (2020-10-17) 400. Pallas's Warbler (2020-10-17) 401. Carrion Crow (2020-12-06) 402. Northern Grey Shrike (2020-12-26) 403. Pine Bunting (2020-12-26) |
Big Year 2025
1. Anna Golubeva (240)
2. Nataliya Pokhodzey (134)
3. Khasan Zhurtov (122)
4. Andrey Semenov (114)
5. Egor Loboda (114)
6. Igor Shcherbakov (114)
7. Aleksandr Gontcharov (111)
8. Dmitriy Shevtsov (99)
9. Oleg Martsun (94)
10. Vitaliy Butko (94)
2. Nataliya Pokhodzey (134)
3. Khasan Zhurtov (122)
4. Andrey Semenov (114)
5. Egor Loboda (114)
6. Igor Shcherbakov (114)
7. Aleksandr Gontcharov (111)
8. Dmitriy Shevtsov (99)
9. Oleg Martsun (94)
10. Vitaliy Butko (94)
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.
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
2025-04-04
Дмитрий Шевцов: Верно
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. [....]