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Big Year 2023
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
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* number inside brackets means the number of species photographed in 2023
all species photographed in 2023
* in order of appearance (number inside brackets means the date of first record "month-day" )
1. Bohemian Waxwing (2023-01-01) 2. Coal Tit (2023-01-01) 3. European Greenfinch (2023-01-01) 4. Rough-legged Buzzard (2023-01-01) 5. Long-tailed Tit (2023-01-01) 6. Crested Tit (2023-01-01) 7. Mallard (2023-01-01) 8. Common Coot (2023-01-01) 9. Mute Swan (2023-01-01) 10. Goosander (2023-01-01) 11. Rock Pigeon (2023-01-01) 12. Common Treecreeper (2023-01-01) 13. Eurasian Pygmy-Owl (2023-01-01) 14. Eurasian Jackdaw (2023-01-01) 15. Eurasian Blackbird (2023-01-01) 16. Lesser Spotted Woodpecker (2023-01-01) 17. Great Grey Shrike (2023-01-01) 18. Common Goldeneye (2023-01-01) 19. Yellowhammer (2023-01-01) 20. Great Cormorant (2023-01-01) 21. White Wagtail (2023-01-01) 22. Eurasian Linnet (2023-01-01) 23. Fieldfare (2023-01-01) 24. House Sparrow (2023-01-01) 25. Tree Sparrow (2023-01-01) 26. Rook (2023-01-01) 27. Common Chaffinch (2023-01-01) 28. Black Kite (2023-01-01) 29. White-tailed Sea-Eagle (2023-01-01) 30. Eurasian Magpie (2023-01-01) 31. Northern Reed Bunting (2023-01-01) 32. Common Crane (2023-01-01) 33. Common Pochard (2023-01-01) 34. Hawfinch (2023-01-01) 35. Great White Egret (2023-01-01) 36. Great Spotted Woodpecker (2023-01-01) 37. Temminck's Stint (2023-01-01) 38. Common Buzzard (2023-01-01) 39. Eurasian Jay (2023-01-01) 40. Blue Tit (2023-01-01) 41. Eurasian Nuthatch (2023-01-01) 42. Peregrine Falcon (2023-01-01) 43. Common Sparrowhawk (2023-01-01) 44. Eurasian Siskin (2023-01-01) 45. Great Tit (2023-01-01) 46. Eurasian Green Woodpecker (2023-01-01) 47. Tawny Owl (2023-01-01) 48. Velvet Scoter (2023-01-01) 49. Common Moorhen (2023-01-01) 50. Little Grebe | Grèbe castagneux | Zwergtaucher (2023-01-01) 51. Whooper Swan (2023-01-01) 52. Red-crested Pochard (2023-01-01) 53. Tufted Duck (2023-01-01) 54. Common Teal (2023-01-01) 55. Eurasian Dipper (2023-01-01) 56. Crested Lark (2023-01-01) 57. Eurasian Collared Dove (2023-01-01) 58. Arctic Redpoll (2023-01-01) 59. Northern Goshawk (2023-01-01) 60. Ural Owl (2023-01-01) 61. Eurasian Curlew (2023-01-01) 62. Long-legged Buzzard (2023-01-01) 63. Common Quail (2023-01-01) 64. Common Raven (2023-01-01) 65. Ferruginous Duck (2023-01-01) 66. Common Pheasant (2023-01-01) 67. Brambling (2023-01-01) 68. Northern Wren (2023-01-02) 69. Hooded Crow (2023-01-02) 70. Mistle Thrush (2023-01-02) 71. Eurasian Goldfinch (2023-01-02) 72. Northern Bullfinch (2023-01-02) 73. Greater White-fronted Goose (2023-01-02) 74. Smew (2023-01-02) 75. Grey-Headed Woodpecker (2023-01-02) 76. Goldcrest (2023-01-02) 77. Marsh Tit (2023-01-02) 78. European Robin (2023-01-02) 79. Middle Spotted Woodpecker (2023-01-02) 80. Syrian Woodpecker (2023-01-02) 81. Willow Tit (2023-01-02) 82. Black Woodpecker (2023-01-02) 83. Ruddy Shelduck (2023-01-02) 84. Common Shelduck (2023-01-02) 85. White-Backed Woodpecker (2023-01-02) 86. Common Kestrel (2023-01-02) 87. Grey Partridge (2023-01-02) 88. Caspian Gull (2023-01-02) 89. Mew Gull (2023-01-02) 90. Northern Pintail (2023-01-03) 91. Common Starling (2023-01-03) 92. Black-headed Gull (2023-01-03) 93. Redwing (2023-01-03) 94. Firecrest (2023-01-03) 95. Black-crowned Night Heron (2023-01-03) 96. Red-billed Chough (2023-01-03) 97. Great Crested Grebe | Grèbe huppé | Haubentaucher (2023-01-03) 98. Guldenstadt's Redstart (2023-01-03) 99. Alpine Chough (2023-01-03) 100. Dunnock (2023-01-04) 101. Hen Harrier (2023-01-04) 102. Western Marsh-Harrier (2023-01-04) 103. Grey Heron (2023-01-04) 104. Yellow-legged Gull (2023-01-04) 105. Red-breasted Merganser (2023-01-04) 106. White-winged Crossbill (2023-01-04) 107. Red Crossbill (2023-01-04) 108. Greater Scaup (2023-01-04) 109. Bearded Tit (2023-01-04) 110. Eurasian Wigeon (2023-01-04) 111. Spotted Nutcracker (2023-01-04) 112. Wood Pigeon (2023-01-05) 113. Common Kingfisher (2023-01-05) 114. Azure Tit (2023-01-05) 115. Arctic Loon | Plongeon arctique | Prachttaucher (2023-01-05) 116. Herring Gull (2023-01-05) 117. Cattle Egret (2023-01-05) 118. Rock Bunting (2023-01-05) 119. Red-fronted Serin (2023-01-05) 120. Lammergeier (2023-01-05) 121. Twite (2023-01-05) 122. Eurasian Three-Toed Woodpecker (2023-01-05) 123. Krueper's Nuthatch (2023-01-05) 124. Common Redpoll (2023-01-06) 125. White-winged Tern (2023-01-06) 126. Black-winged Stilt (2023-01-06) 127. Horned Lark (2023-01-06) 128. Snow Bunting (2023-01-06) 129. Bewick's Swan (2023-01-06) 130. White-headed Duck (2023-01-06) 131. Little Owl (2023-01-07) 132. Grey Wagtail (2023-01-07) 133. Long-tailed Duck (2023-01-07) 134. Common Eider (2023-01-08) 135. Short-toed Tree-Creeper (2023-01-08) 136. Song Thrush (2023-01-09) 137. Northern Black Grouse (2023-01-09) 138. Common Snipe (2023-01-09) 139. Hume's Warbler (2023-01-09) 140. Pallas's Warbler (2023-01-09) 141. Green Sandpiper (2023-01-09) 142. Pallas's Cormorant (2023-01-10) 143. Cinereous Vulture (2023-01-10) 144. Dalmatian Pelican (2023-01-11) 145. Water Rail (2023-01-11) 146. Black Redstart (2023-01-12) 147. Meadow Pipit (2023-01-12) 148. Dunlin (2023-01-14) 149. Gadwall (2023-01-14) 150. Black-Necked Grebe | Grèbe à cou noir | Schwarzhalstaucher (2023-01-14) 151. Corn Bunting (2023-01-14) 152. Ring Ouzel (2023-01-14) 153. Griffon Vulture (2023-01-14) 154. Pallas's Gull (2023-01-14) 155. Pygmy Cormorant (2023-01-14) 156. Jack Snipe (2023-01-14) 157. Glaucous Gull (2023-01-14) 158. Merlin (2023-01-14) 159. Mandarin Duck (2023-01-15) 160. Northern Shoveler (2023-01-16) 161. Northern Hawk Owl (2023-01-16) 162. European Shag (2023-01-16) 163. Bean Goose (2023-01-16) 164. Sky Lark (2023-01-18) 165. Eurasian Bittern (2023-01-18) 166. Sandwich Tern (2023-01-19) 167. Eurasian Penduline Tit (2023-01-20) 168. Great White Pelican (2023-01-20) 169. Stock Pigeon (2023-01-21) 170. Ruddy Turnstone (2023-01-21) 171. Mediterranean Gull (2023-01-26) 172. Spanish Sparrow (2023-01-27) 173. Great Black-backed Gull (2023-01-27) 174. Golden Eagle (2023-01-28) 175. Harlequin Duck (2023-01-30) 176. Eurasian Woodcock (2023-01-31) 177. Great Rosefinch (2023-01-31) 178. Eastern Imperial Eagle (2023-02-01) 179. Cetti's Warbler (2023-02-05) 180. Great Grey Owl (2023-02-07) 181. Boreal Owl (2023-02-09) 182. Wood Lark (2023-02-10) 183. Greater Ringed Plover (2023-02-10) 184. Northern Hazelhen (2023-02-11) 185. Barnacle Goose (2023-02-13) 186. Sanderling (2023-02-16) 187. Grey Plover (2023-02-16) 188. Greater Flamingo (2023-02-18) 189. Short-eared Owl (2023-02-18) 190. Levantine shearwater (2023-02-22) 191. Osprey (2023-02-24) 192. Common Chiffchaff (2023-02-28) 193. Black-legged Kittiwake (2023-03-01) 194. Ruff (2023-03-02) 195. Garganey (2023-03-02) 196. Northern Lapwing (2023-03-04) 197. Northern Grey Shrike (2023-03-04) 198. Calandra Lark (2023-03-04) | 199. Eurasian Golden Plover (2023-03-05) 200. Common Stonechat (2023-03-06) 201. Chukar Partridge (2023-03-08) 202. Western Capercaillie (2023-03-09) 203. Lesser Black-backed Gull (2023-03-10) 204. Siberian Black-backed Gull (2023-03-10) 205. Black Scoter (2023-03-11) 206. Slender-billed Gull (2023-03-11) 207. Hoopoe (2023-03-11) 208. Parrot Crossbill (2023-03-12) 209. Eurasian Eagle-Owl (2023-03-12) 210. Demoiselle Crane (2023-03-12) 211. Black-tailed Godwit (2023-03-15) 212. Little Ringed Plover (2023-03-15) 213. White Stork (2023-03-15) 214. Purple Heron (2023-03-15) 215. Little Gull (2023-03-15) 216. Isabelline Wheatear (2023-03-15) 217. Northern House Martin (2023-03-17) 218. Common Redshank (2023-03-19) 219. Common Oystercatcher (2023-03-19) 220. Common Sandpiper (2023-03-19) 221. Pied Avocet (2023-03-19) 222. Caspian Tern (2023-03-19) 223. Lesser Short-toed Lark (2023-03-19) 224. Northern Wheatear (2023-03-20) 225. Marsh Sandpiper (2023-03-20) 226. Red-Necked Grebe | Grèbe jougris | Rothalstaucher (2023-03-20) 227. Pallid Harrier (2023-03-21) 228. Bluethroat (2023-03-23) 229. Eurasian Whimbrel (2023-03-23) 230. Black Stork (2023-03-24) 231. Eurasian Wryneck (2023-03-25) 232. Barn Swallow (2023-03-25) 233. Little Egret (2023-03-25) 234. Black-headed Wagtail (2023-03-26) 235. Kentish Plover (2023-03-26) 236. Water Pipit (2023-03-26) 237. Tree Pipit (2023-03-27) 238. Blackcap (2023-03-27) 239. Glossy Ibis (2023-03-27) 240. Saker Falcon (2023-03-27) 241. Common Greenshank (2023-03-27) 242. Greater Spotted Eagle (2023-03-27) 243. European Serin (2023-03-28) 244. Common Swift (2023-03-28) 245. Greater Sand Plover (2023-03-28) 246. Short-toed Snake-Eagle (2023-03-28) 247. Semi-collared Flycatcher (2023-03-28) 248. Citrine Wagtail (2023-03-29) 249. Great Reed Warbler (2023-03-30) 250. Sedge Warbler (2023-03-30) 251. Little Crake (2023-03-30) 252. Savi's Warbler (2023-03-30) 253. Red-rumped Swallow (2023-03-30) 254. Tawny Pipit (2023-03-30) 255. Yellow Wagtail (2023-04-01) 256. Lesser Spotted Eagle (2023-04-01) 257. Eurasian Redstart (2023-04-02) 258. Spotted Redshank (2023-04-02) 259. Gull-billed Tern (2023-04-02) 260. Common Nightingale (2023-04-05) 261. Willow Warbler (2023-04-05) 262. Pied Wheatear (2023-04-05) 263. Pied Flycatcher (2023-04-06) 264. Whinchat (2023-04-06) 265. Montagu's Harrier (2023-04-06) 266. Sand Martin (2023-04-06) 267. Greater Short-toed Lark (2023-04-06) 268. Wood Sandpiper (2023-04-06) 269. Squacco Heron (2023-04-06) 270. Collared Pratincole (2023-04-07) 271. Black-eared Wheatear (2023-04-07) 272. Steppe Eagle (2023-04-09) 273. White-tailed Lapwing (2023-04-09) 274. Canada Goose (2023-04-10) 275. Alpine Accentor (2023-04-10) 276. Alpine Swift (2023-04-11) 277. Eurasian Hobby (2023-04-12) 278. Collared Flycatcher (2023-04-13) 279. Great Snipe (2023-04-13) 280. Great Bustard (2023-04-13) 281. Woodchat Shrike (2023-04-13) 282. European Turtle Dove (2023-04-14) 283. Red-footed Falcon (2023-04-14) 284. Common Cuckoo (2023-04-15) 285. Red-necked Phalarope (2023-04-15) 286. Red-throated Pipit (2023-04-15) 287. Ortolan Bunting (2023-04-15) 288. Eurasian Reed Warbler (2023-04-15) 289. Curlew Sandpiper (2023-04-17) 290. Eurasian Stone Curlew (2023-04-17) 291. Western Barn Owl (2023-04-17) 292. Bar-tailed Godwit (2023-04-17) 293. Booted Eagle (2023-04-17) 294. Lapland Longspur (2023-04-18) 295. Whiskered Tern (2023-04-19) 296. Little Stint (2023-04-19) 297. Black Tern (2023-04-20) 298. Eurasian Roller (2023-04-20) 299. Wood Warbler (2023-04-21) 300. Common Whitethroat (2023-04-21) 301. Spotted Flycatcher (2023-04-21) 302. European Bee-eater (2023-04-21) 303. Terek Sandpiper (2023-04-22) 304. Slavonian Grebe | Grèbe esclavon | Ohrentaucher (2023-04-22) 305. Little Bustard (2023-04-22) 306. Lesser Whitethroat (2023-04-23) 307. Red-backed Shrike (2023-04-23) 308. Western Grasshopper Warbler (2023-04-24) 309. Common Tern (2023-04-24) 310. Steller's Eider (2023-04-24) 311. Thrush Nightingale (2023-04-25) 312. Rosy Starling (2023-04-25) 313. River Warbler (2023-04-25) 314. Pink-footed Goose (2023-04-25) 315. Lesser Grey Shrike (2023-04-27) 316. Red-breasted Flycatcher (2023-04-27) 317. Eurasian Scops-Owl (2023-04-27) 318. European Golden Oriole (2023-04-29) 319. Paddyfield Warbler (2023-04-29) 320. Yellow-backed Wagtail (2023-04-29) 321. Little Bittern (2023-04-29) 322. Blue Rock Thrush (2023-04-30) 323. Rock Sparrow (2023-04-30) 324. European Nightjar (2023-05-01) 325. Eurasian Spoonbill (2023-05-03) 326. Eurasian Honey-Buzzard (2023-05-03) 327. Black-headed Bunting (2023-05-03) 328. Laughing Dove (2023-05-04) 329. Blue-cheeked Bee-eater (2023-05-05) 330. Little Tern (2023-05-06) 331. Spotted Crake (2023-05-06) 332. Lesser Kestrel (2023-05-06) 333. Barred Warbler (2023-05-07) 334. Garden Warbler (2023-05-07) 335. Broad-billed Sandpiper (2023-05-07) 336. Grey-headed Swamphen (2023-05-07) 337. Common Rosefinch (2023-05-08) 338. Rustic Bunting (2023-05-08) 339. Menetries Warbler (2023-05-09) 340. Lesser White-fronted Goose (2023-05-10) 341. Icterine Warbler (2023-05-11) 342. Blyth's Reed Warbler (2023-05-11) 343. Corncrake (2023-05-12) 344. Arctic Tern (2023-05-12) 345. Green Leaf-Warbler (2023-05-12) 346. Levant Sparrowhawk (2023-05-12) 347. Black-winged Pratincole (2023-05-12) 348. Moustached Warbler (2023-05-12) 349. Pine Grosbeak (2023-05-12) 350. Black Swan (2023-05-12) 351. Marsh Warbler (2023-05-17) 352. Egyptian Vulture (2023-05-17) 353. Eurasian Crag Martin (2023-05-17) 354. Booted Warbler (2023-05-20) 355. Great Knot (2023-05-20) 356. Yellow-breasted Bunting (2023-05-21) 357. Greenish Warbler (2023-05-23) 358. Caucasian Chiffchaff (2023-05-27) 359. Caucasian Grouse (2023-05-28) 360. Rufous-tailed Rock Thrush (2023-05-28) 361. Red-throated Loon | Plongeon catmarin | Sterntaucher (2023-05-28) 362. Eastern Olivaceous Warbler (2023-05-28) 363. Common Stonechat (2023-05-28) 364. Caucasian Snowcock (2023-05-29) 365. Wallcreeper (2023-05-29) 366. Willow Ptarmigan (2023-06-03) 367. Siberian Jay (2023-06-03) 368. Oriental Turtle Dove (2023-06-04) 369. Red Knot (2023-06-05) 370. Arctic Warbler (2023-06-10) 371. Long-tailed Rosefinch (2023-06-10) 372. Little Bunting (2023-06-15) 373. Siberian Tit (2023-06-15) 374. Long-tailed Jaeger (2023-06-16) 375. Arctic Skua (2023-06-16) 376. Rock Ptarmigan (2023-06-18) 377. Black Guillemot (2023-06-18) 378. Siberian Accentor (2023-06-28) 379. Common Guillemot (2023-07-05) 380. Atlantic Puffin (2023-07-05) 381. Razorbill (2023-07-05) 382. Pallas's Reed Bunting (2023-07-19) 383. Purple Sandpiper (2023-08-21) 384. King Eider (2023-08-22) 385. Little Auk (2023-08-23) 386. Pomarine Skua (2023-09-07) 387. Eurasian Dotterel (2023-09-09) 388. Richard's Pipit (2023-09-13) 389. Dark-bellied Brent Goose (2023-09-18) 390. Eurasian Rock Pipit (2023-10-25) 391. Red-flanked Bluetail (2023-10-29) 392. Iceland Gull (2023-11-06) 393. Red-breasted Goose (2023-11-11) 394. Pine Bunting (2023-11-27) 395. Snowy Owl (2023-12-03) 396. Lesser Yellowlegs (2023-12-03) |
Big Year 2024
1. Andrey Semenov (279)
2. Nataliya Pokhodzey (279)
3. Alexandr Balaev (269)
4. Anna Golubeva (240)
5. Igor Samokhin (237)
6. Egor Loboda (221)
7. Alexey Sizov (211)
8. Vitaliy Butko (186)
9. Irina Ortik (182)
10. Vlad Gedziuk (179)
2. Nataliya Pokhodzey (279)
3. Alexandr Balaev (269)
4. Anna Golubeva (240)
5. Igor Samokhin (237)
6. Egor Loboda (221)
7. Alexey Sizov (211)
8. Vitaliy Butko (186)
9. Irina Ortik (182)
10. Vlad Gedziuk (179)
rare birds records
White-throated Dipper (Cinclus cinclus)
© Yury Podverbny
2024-11-15
Yellow-browed Warbler (Phylloscopus inornatus)
© Mikhail Kalagin
2024-11-10
Arctic Tern (Sterna paradisaea)
© Alexandr Balaev
2024-10-16
Moskov, rajon Voronovo
Booted Warbler (Hippolais caligata)
© Oleksandr Nastachenko
2023-05-23
Dnipro city
Flight type. This observation is the 5th reliable registration of the species in Ukraine. Birds were noted in 1943, 1992 (twice) and 2011.
recent video
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).
2024-05-22. Thrush Nightingale (Alexandr Balaev), Snow Bunting (Andrew Simon).
unidentified birds
2024-11-20
Дмитрий Шевцов: Да и щека выглядит однотонной, тоже за хохлатую чернеть.
2024-11-20
Дмитрий Шевцов: Малый погоныш или крошка?
2024-11-20
Анна Ясько: перенесла на определение.
2024-11-15
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2024-11-13
Анна Ясько: Я ориентируюсь на окрас махового Р5. У хохотуньи на этом ПМ черная полоска широкая на обоих опахалах пера, у серебристой она полностью или [....]