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Big Year 2021
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
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* number inside brackets means the number of species photographed in 2021
all species photographed in 2021
* in order of appearance (number inside brackets means the date of first record "month-day" )
1. Fieldfare (2021-01-01) 2. Common Coot (2021-01-01) 3. Syrian Woodpecker (2021-01-01) 4. Blue Tit (2021-01-01) 5. Eurasian Nuthatch (2021-01-01) 6. Eurasian Collared Dove (2021-01-01) 7. Mute Swan (2021-01-01) 8. Coal Tit (2021-01-01) 9. Lesser Spotted Woodpecker (2021-01-01) 10. Eurasian Goldfinch (2021-01-01) 11. Eurasian Jackdaw (2021-01-01) 12. Common Kingfisher (2021-01-01) 13. Eurasian Blackbird (2021-01-01) 14. Eurasian Jay (2021-01-01) 15. European Greenfinch (2021-01-01) 16. European Robin (2021-01-01) 17. Long-tailed Tit (2021-01-01) 18. Goldcrest (2021-01-01) 19. Northern Bullfinch (2021-01-01) 20. Great Spotted Woodpecker (2021-01-01) 21. Common Treecreeper (2021-01-01) 22. Common Starling (2021-01-01) 23. Common Pochard (2021-01-01) 24. Black-headed Gull (2021-01-01) 25. Crested Lark (2021-01-01) 26. Great Tit (2021-01-01) 27. Mallard (2021-01-01) 28. Rock Pigeon (2021-01-01) 29. Middle Spotted Woodpecker (2021-01-01) 30. Willow Tit (2021-01-01) 31. Hooded Crow (2021-01-01) 32. Wood Lark (2021-01-01) 33. Great Cormorant (2021-01-01) 34. Common Sparrowhawk (2021-01-01) 35. Rook (2021-01-01) 36. Great Crested Grebe | Grèbe huppé | Haubentaucher (2021-01-01) 37. Common Pheasant (2021-01-01) 38. Common Goldeneye (2021-01-01) 39. Common Raven (2021-01-01) 40. Common Chaffinch (2021-01-01) 41. Northern Wren (2021-01-01) 42. Tufted Duck (2021-01-01) 43. Black Redstart (2021-01-01) 44. Redwing (2021-01-01) 45. Bohemian Waxwing (2021-01-01) 46. Whooper Swan (2021-01-01) 47. White-tailed Sea-Eagle (2021-01-01) 48. Eurasian Penduline Tit (2021-01-01) 49. Black-Necked Grebe | Grèbe à cou noir | Schwarzhalstaucher (2021-01-01) 50. Little Gull (2021-01-01) 51. Corn Bunting (2021-01-01) 52. Eurasian Magpie (2021-01-01) 53. Common Moorhen (2021-01-01) 54. House Sparrow (2021-01-01) 55. Great White Egret (2021-01-01) 56. Common Teal (2021-01-01) 57. Common Kestrel (2021-01-01) 58. Tree Sparrow (2021-01-01) 59. Common Buzzard (2021-01-01) 60. Goosander (2021-01-01) 61. Little Grebe | Grèbe castagneux | Zwergtaucher (2021-01-01) 62. Grey-Headed Woodpecker (2021-01-01) 63. Eurasian Green Woodpecker (2021-01-01) 64. Arctic Redpoll (2021-01-01) 65. Great Grey Shrike (2021-01-01) 66. Northern Grey Shrike (2021-01-01) 67. Horned Lark (2021-01-01) 68. Rough-legged Buzzard (2021-01-01) 69. Red-crested Pochard (2021-01-01) 70. White-Backed Woodpecker (2021-01-01) 71. Caspian Gull (2021-01-01) 72. Water Rail (2021-01-01) 73. Smew (2021-01-01) 74. Common Shelduck (2021-01-01) 75. Hen Harrier (2021-01-01) 76. Arctic Loon | Plongeon arctique | Prachttaucher (2021-01-01) 77. Red-breasted Merganser (2021-01-01) 78. Eurasian Curlew (2021-01-01) 79. Eurasian Linnet (2021-01-01) 80. Dunlin (2021-01-01) 81. Pallas's Gull (2021-01-01) 82. Eurasian Golden Plover (2021-01-01) 83. Bearded Tit (2021-01-01) 84. Hawfinch (2021-01-02) 85. Eurasian Dipper (2021-01-02) 86. Marsh Tit (2021-01-02) 87. Common Redpoll (2021-01-02) 88. Northern Black Grouse (2021-01-02) 89. White Wagtail (2021-01-02) 90. Northern Pintail (2021-01-02) 91. Eurasian Wigeon (2021-01-02) 92. Yellowhammer (2021-01-02) 93. Ferruginous Duck (2021-01-02) 94. Northern Reed Bunting (2021-01-02) 95. Brambling (2021-01-02) 96. Sky Lark (2021-01-02) 97. Common Oystercatcher (2021-01-02) 98. Gadwall (2021-01-02) 99. Red-Necked Grebe | Grèbe jougris | Rothalstaucher (2021-01-02) 100. Pallas's Cormorant (2021-01-02) 101. Western Marsh-Harrier (2021-01-02) 102. European Serin (2021-01-02) 103. Grey Heron (2021-01-02) 104. Mew Gull (2021-01-02) 105. Common Snipe (2021-01-02) 106. Northern Shoveler (2021-01-02) 107. Meadow Pipit (2021-01-02) 108. White-winged Tern (2021-01-02) 109. Black Woodpecker (2021-01-02) 110. Spotted Nutcracker (2021-01-02) 111. Northern Hawk Owl (2021-01-02) 112. Eastern Imperial Eagle (2021-01-02) 113. Peregrine Falcon (2021-01-02) 114. Red Crossbill (2021-01-02) 115. Merlin (2021-01-02) 116. Ruddy Shelduck (2021-01-02) 117. Yellow-legged Gull (2021-01-02) 118. Calandra Lark (2021-01-02) 119. Great Bustard (2021-01-02) 120. Little Owl (2021-01-02) 121. White-headed Duck (2021-01-02) 122. Long-legged Buzzard (2021-01-02) 123. Stock Pigeon (2021-01-02) 124. European Shag (2021-01-02) 125. Ural Owl (2021-01-02) 126. Short-toed Tree-Creeper (2021-01-02) 127. Long-tailed Duck (2021-01-02) 128. Mistle Thrush (2021-01-02) 129. Western Barn Owl (2021-01-02) 130. Grey Plover (2021-01-02) 131. Crested Tit (2021-01-03) 132. Herring Gull (2021-01-03) 133. Common Chiffchaff (2021-01-03) 134. Bewick's Swan (2021-01-03) 135. Whiskered Tern (2021-01-03) 136. Azure Tit (2021-01-03) 137. Eurasian Pygmy-Owl (2021-01-03) 138. Velvet Scoter (2021-01-03) 139. Tawny Owl (2021-01-03) 140. Sandwich Tern (2021-01-03) 141. Black Kite (2021-01-03) 142. Dunnock (2021-01-04) 143. Eurasian Siskin (2021-01-04) 144. Greater White-fronted Goose (2021-01-04) 145. Northern Goshawk (2021-01-04) 146. Mandarin Duck (2021-01-04) 147. Rock Bunting (2021-01-04) 148. Lammergeier (2021-01-04) 149. Red-billed Chough (2021-01-04) 150. Barnacle Goose (2021-01-04) 151. Mediterranean Gull (2021-01-04) 152. Wood Pigeon (2021-01-05) 153. Glaucous Gull (2021-01-05) 154. Pygmy Cormorant (2021-01-05) 155. Grey Wagtail (2021-01-06) 156. Green Sandpiper (2021-01-07) 157. Black-crowned Night Heron (2021-01-07) 158. Western Capercaillie (2021-01-07) 159. Slavonian Grebe | Grèbe esclavon | Ohrentaucher (2021-01-08) 160. Red-throated Loon | Plongeon catmarin | Sterntaucher (2021-01-08) 161. Common Stonechat (2021-01-08) 162. Snow Bunting (2021-01-08) 163. Greater Scaup (2021-01-08) 164. Long-tailed Rosefinch (2021-01-09) 165. Twite (2021-01-09) 166. Grey Partridge (2021-01-10) 167. Saker Falcon (2021-01-10) 168. Slender-billed Gull (2021-01-10) 169. White-winged Crossbill (2021-01-10) 170. Garganey (2021-01-11) 171. Red-flanked Bluetail (2021-01-11) 172. Short-eared Owl (2021-01-12) 173. Iceland Gull (2021-01-13) 174. Great Black-backed Gull (2021-01-13) 175. Spanish Sparrow (2021-01-14) 176. Hoopoe (2021-01-15) 177. Common Crane (2021-01-16) 178. Little Egret (2021-01-16) 179. Eurasian Bittern (2021-01-16) 180. Red Knot (2021-01-17) 181. Little Bustard (2021-01-18) 182. Buff-Bellied Pipit (2021-01-19) 183. Jack Snipe (2021-01-20) 184. Black Scoter (2021-01-20) 185. Dalmatian Pelican (2021-01-21) 186. Kentish Plover (2021-01-21) 187. Cetti's Warbler (2021-01-22) 188. Red-breasted Goose (2021-01-22) 189. Lapland Longspur (2021-01-23) 190. Firecrest (2021-01-23) 191. White Stork (2021-01-24) 192. Eurasian Eagle-Owl (2021-01-24) 193. Lesser Black-backed Gull (2021-01-24) 194. Siberian Tit (2021-01-26) 195. Common Redshank (2021-01-31) 196. Griffon Vulture (2021-02-01) 197. Cinereous Vulture (2021-02-01) 198. Wood Duck (2021-02-02) 199. Pine Bunting (2021-02-02) 200. Krueper's Nuthatch (2021-02-04) 201. Alpine Chough (2021-02-14) 202. Great Rosefinch (2021-02-14) 203. Red-fronted Serin (2021-02-14) | 204. Northern Lapwing (2021-02-15) 205. Guldenstadt's Redstart (2021-02-15) 206. Eurasian Three-Toed Woodpecker (2021-02-17) 207. Ruff (2021-02-18) 208. Lesser Short-toed Lark (2021-02-18) 209. Eurasian Woodcock (2021-02-18) 210. Golden Eagle (2021-02-23) 211. Song Thrush (2021-02-24) 212. Water Pipit (2021-02-26) 213. Eurasian Bullfinch (2021-03-03) 214. Snowy Owl (2021-03-03) 215. Great White Pelican (2021-03-05) 216. Pied Avocet (2021-03-06) 217. Black-tailed Godwit (2021-03-07) 218. Chukar Partridge (2021-03-08) 219. Siberian Black-backed Gull (2021-03-11) 220. Demoiselle Crane (2021-03-13) 221. Ring Ouzel (2021-03-13) 222. Bean Goose (2021-03-13) 223. Northern House Martin (2021-03-15) 224. Black Stork (2021-03-16) 225. Little Ringed Plover (2021-03-20) 226. Little Crake (2021-03-20) 227. Canada Goose (2021-03-21) 228. Osprey (2021-03-22) 229. Citrine Wagtail (2021-03-23) 230. Northern Wheatear (2021-03-23) 231. Ruddy Turnstone (2021-03-23) 232. Arctic Skua (2021-03-23) 233. Purple Heron (2021-03-23) 234. Pallid Harrier (2021-03-23) 235. Bluethroat (2021-03-24) 236. Sand Martin (2021-03-24) 237. Common Greenshank (2021-03-24) 238. Eurasian Dotterel (2021-03-24) 239. Marsh Sandpiper (2021-03-24) 240. Black-winged Stilt (2021-03-24) 241. Eurasian Whimbrel (2021-03-26) 242. Great Grey Owl (2021-03-27) 243. Caspian Tern (2021-03-27) 244. Yellow Wagtail (2021-03-28) 245. Eurasian Spoonbill (2021-03-28) 246. Short-toed Snake-Eagle (2021-03-28) 247. Black-headed Wagtail (2021-03-28) 248. Wood Sandpiper (2021-03-29) 249. Pink-footed Goose (2021-03-29) 250. Barn Swallow (2021-03-30) 251. Greater Spotted Eagle (2021-03-30) 252. Savi's Warbler (2021-03-30) 253. Lesser Spotted Eagle (2021-03-31) 254. Isabelline Wheatear (2021-03-31) 255. Greater Ringed Plover (2021-03-31) 256. Blackcap (2021-04-01) 257. Tree Pipit (2021-04-01) 258. Common Sandpiper (2021-04-02) 259. Common Swift (2021-04-02) 260. Black-legged Kittiwake (2021-04-02) 261. Lesser Whitethroat (2021-04-03) 262. Semi-collared Flycatcher (2021-04-03) 263. Lesser White-fronted Goose (2021-04-03) 264. Northern Hazelhen (2021-04-04) 265. Boreal Owl (2021-04-05) 266. Eurasian Wryneck (2021-04-06) 267. Spotted Crake (2021-04-06) 268. Eurasian Redstart (2021-04-06) 269. Spotted Redshank (2021-04-06) 270. Greater Short-toed Lark (2021-04-06) 271. Common Nightingale (2021-04-06) 272. Common Stonechat (2021-04-06) 273. Pied Flycatcher (2021-04-07) 274. Bar-tailed Godwit (2021-04-07) 275. Gull-billed Tern (2021-04-07) 276. Glossy Ibis (2021-04-07) 277. Little Bunting (2021-04-07) 278. Collared Flycatcher (2021-04-08) 279. Tawny Pipit (2021-04-08) 280. Whinchat (2021-04-09) 281. Willow Warbler (2021-04-10) 282. Sedge Warbler (2021-04-10) 283. Red-throated Pipit (2021-04-10) 284. Wood Warbler (2021-04-11) 285. Booted Eagle (2021-04-11) 286. Cattle Egret (2021-04-11) 287. Eurasian Hobby (2021-04-11) 288. Common Tern (2021-04-12) 289. Common Whitethroat (2021-04-12) 290. Red-rumped Swallow (2021-04-12) 291. Yellow-backed Wagtail (2021-04-12) 292. Terek Sandpiper (2021-04-13) 293. Greater Sand Plover (2021-04-14) 294. Collared Pratincole (2021-04-14) 295. Alpine Swift (2021-04-15) 296. Western Grasshopper Warbler (2021-04-15) 297. European Nightjar (2021-04-15) 298. Common Cuckoo (2021-04-17) 299. Eurasian Reed Warbler (2021-04-17) 300. Montagu's Harrier (2021-04-17) 301. Ortolan Bunting (2021-04-17) 302. Great Snipe (2021-04-17) 303. Eurasian Honey-Buzzard (2021-04-18) 304. Pied Wheatear (2021-04-18) 305. Red-footed Falcon (2021-04-18) 306. Woodchat Shrike (2021-04-18) 307. European Turtle Dove (2021-04-18) 308. Curlew Sandpiper (2021-04-18) 309. Spotted Flycatcher (2021-04-19) 310. Red-backed Shrike (2021-04-21) 311. Eurasian Scops-Owl (2021-04-22) 312. Moustached Warbler (2021-04-22) 313. Common Quail (2021-04-22) 314. Black-eared Wheatear (2021-04-22) 315. Eurasian Roller (2021-04-22) 316. Little Stint (2021-04-22) 317. Little Tern (2021-04-23) 318. Paddyfield Warbler (2021-04-23) 319. Red-breasted Flycatcher (2021-04-24) 320. European Bee-eater (2021-04-24) 321. Thrush Nightingale (2021-04-25) 322. Great Reed Warbler (2021-04-25) 323. Squacco Heron (2021-04-25) 324. Corncrake (2021-04-25) 325. Eurasian Stone Curlew (2021-04-25) 326. European Golden Oriole (2021-04-26) 327. Little Bittern (2021-04-26) 328. Rufous-tailed Rock Thrush (2021-04-26) 329. Lesser Grey Shrike (2021-04-27) 330. Black Tern (2021-04-28) 331. Black-winged Pratincole (2021-04-29) 332. Booted Warbler (2021-04-29) 333. Levant Sparrowhawk (2021-04-30) 334. Menetries Warbler (2021-04-30) 335. Marsh Warbler (2021-05-01) 336. Common Rosefinch (2021-05-01) 337. Steppe Eagle (2021-05-01) 338. White-winged Lark (2021-05-01) 339. Rosy Starling (2021-05-02) 340. Garden Warbler (2021-05-02) 341. Barred Warbler (2021-05-03) 342. Temminck's Stint (2021-05-03) 343. Icterine Warbler (2021-05-04) 344. Levantine shearwater (2021-05-04) 345. Black-headed Bunting (2021-05-05) 346. Egyptian Vulture (2021-05-05) 347. Red-necked Phalarope (2021-05-05) 348. White-tailed Lapwing (2021-05-05) 349. Common Eider (2021-05-05) 350. Broad-billed Sandpiper (2021-05-06) 351. Blue Rock Thrush (2021-05-06) 352. Lesser Kestrel (2021-05-06) 353. Rock Sparrow (2021-05-07) 354. Caucasian Chiffchaff (2021-05-07) 355. Eurasian Crag Martin (2021-05-07) 356. Baraba Steppe Gull (2021-05-07) 357. Long-billed Dowitcher (2021-05-07) 358. Rustic Bunting (2021-05-08) 359. Wallcreeper (2021-05-08) 360. Green Leaf-Warbler (2021-05-08) 361. Sanderling (2021-05-08) 362. Caucasian Snowcock (2021-05-09) 363. Alpine Accentor (2021-05-09) 364. Blue-cheeked Bee-eater (2021-05-09) 365. Laughing Dove (2021-05-09) 366. Blyth's Reed Warbler (2021-05-10) 367. Baillon's Crake (2021-05-12) 368. Parrot Crossbill (2021-05-12) 369. River Warbler (2021-05-13) 370. Greater Flamingo (2021-05-14) 371. Trumpeter Finch (2021-05-14) 372. Greenish Warbler (2021-05-15) 373. Caucasian Grouse (2021-05-16) 374. Great Spotted Cuckoo (2021-05-17) 375. Arctic Tern (2021-05-17) 376. Rufous Bush Robin (2021-05-18) 377. Eastern Olivaceous Warbler (2021-05-22) 378. Red-headed bunting (2021-05-23) 379. Aquatic Warbler (2021-05-28) 380. Yellow-breasted Bunting (2021-05-29) 381. Siberian Jay (2021-06-08) 382. Harlequin Duck (2021-06-09) 383. Red Kite (2021-06-13) 384. Pine Grosbeak (2021-06-14) 385. Black Guillemot (2021-06-14) 386. Common Guillemot (2021-06-14) 387. Long-tailed Jaeger (2021-06-15) 388. Steller's Eider (2021-06-15) 389. King Eider (2021-06-15) 390. Atlantic Puffin (2021-06-16) 391. Pomarine Skua (2021-06-17) 392. Great Skua (2021-06-17) 393. Northern Gannet (2021-06-17) 394. Northern Fulmar (2021-06-17) 395. Razorbill (2021-06-17) 396. Brunnich's Guillemot (2021-06-17) 397. Dark-bellied Brent Goose (2021-06-18) 398. Black-Bellied Sandgrouse (2021-07-26) 399. Pallas's Fish-eagle (2021-08-24) 400. Red Phalarope (2021-08-27) 401. Radde's Warbler (2021-09-27) 402. Siberian Accentor (2021-10-09) 403. Purple Sandpiper (2021-10-17) 404. Black-throated Accentor (2021-12-03) 405. Black Swan (2021-12-18) |
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. [....]