Big Year in Northern Eurasia. Sikorsky Igor. Birds of Northern Eurasia

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Falconiformes

Galliformes

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Sikorsky Igor

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total species: 265 total photos: 639 total videos: 0 total blogposts: 0

1. Yellow-legged Gull (2022-01-02)

2. Arctic Redpoll (2022-01-02)

3. Great Crested Grebe | Grèbe huppé | Haubentaucher (2022-01-02)

4. Hooded Crow (2022-01-02)

5. Mute Swan (2022-01-02)

6. Black-headed Gull (2022-01-02)

7. Great White Egret (2022-01-02)

8. Sandwich Tern (2022-01-02)

9. Mallard (2022-01-02)

10. Corn Bunting (2022-01-02)

11. Tufted Duck (2022-01-02)

12. Common Shelduck (2022-01-02)

13. Mew Gull (2022-01-02)

14. Black-Necked Grebe | Grèbe à cou noir | Schwarzhalstaucher (2022-01-02)

15. Great Grey Shrike (2022-01-02)

16. House Sparrow (2022-01-02)

17. Tree Sparrow (2022-01-02)

18. Blue Tit (2022-01-02)

19. Rock Pigeon (2022-01-02)

20. Common Buzzard (2022-01-02)

21. Caspian Gull (2022-01-03)

22. Common Pochard (2022-01-03)

23. Common Coot (2022-01-03)

24. Whooper Swan (2022-01-03)

25. Pallas's Gull (2022-01-03)

26. Common Teal (2022-01-03)

27. Red-crested Pochard (2022-01-03)

28. Northern Shoveler (2022-01-03)

29. Grey Heron (2022-01-03)

30. Smew (2022-01-03)

31. Eurasian Linnet (2022-01-03)

32. Great Cormorant (2022-01-03)

33. Western Marsh-Harrier (2022-01-03)

34. Eurasian Goldfinch (2022-01-04)

35. Eurasian Blackbird (2022-01-04)

36. Eurasian Siskin (2022-01-04)

37. Mistle Thrush (2022-01-04)

38. Hawfinch (2022-01-04)

39. Great Tit (2022-01-04)

40. Coal Tit (2022-01-04)

41. Eurasian Jay (2022-01-04)

42. Common Treecreeper (2022-01-04)

43. Great Spotted Woodpecker (2022-01-04)

44. Common Pheasant (2022-01-04)

45. Long-legged Buzzard (2022-01-05)

46. Eastern Imperial Eagle (2022-01-05)

47. Grey Partridge (2022-01-05)

48. Common Sparrowhawk (2022-01-06)

49. White-winged Tern (2022-01-06)

50. Eurasian Magpie (2022-01-06)

51. Eurasian Jackdaw (2022-01-06)

52. Fieldfare (2022-01-06)

53. Meadow Pipit (2022-01-06)

54. Bewick's Swan (2022-01-06)

55. Pygmy Cormorant (2022-01-07)

56. Stock Pigeon (2022-01-07)

57. European Greenfinch (2022-01-07)

58. European Shag (2022-01-08)

59. Pallid Harrier (2022-01-08)

60. Crested Lark (2022-01-08)

61. Rook (2022-01-08)

62. Common Starling (2022-01-08)

63. Sky Lark (2022-01-08)

64. Common Raven (2022-01-08)

65. Rough-legged Buzzard (2022-01-08)

66. Saker Falcon (2022-01-08)

67. Hen Harrier (2022-01-08)

68. Common Kestrel (2022-01-08)

69. Great Bustard (2022-01-08)

70. Little Owl (2022-01-08)

71. Northern Pintail (2022-01-09)

72. Arctic Loon | Plongeon arctique | Prachttaucher (2022-01-09)

73. Little Grebe | Grèbe castagneux | Zwergtaucher (2022-01-09)

74. Mediterranean Gull (2022-01-09)

75. Common Moorhen (2022-01-09)

76. Wood Pigeon (2022-01-09)

77. White-headed Duck (2022-01-09)

78. Slavonian Grebe | Grèbe esclavon | Ohrentaucher (2022-01-09)

79. Common Chiffchaff (2022-01-09)

80. White-tailed Sea-Eagle (2022-01-13)

81. Water Rail (2022-01-13)

82. Chukar Partridge (2022-01-14)

83. Red-breasted Merganser (2022-01-14)

84. Common Kingfisher (2022-01-15)

85. Mandarin Duck (2022-01-15)

86. Green Sandpiper (2022-01-15)

87. Redwing (2022-01-15)

88. Syrian Woodpecker (2022-01-15)

89. Grey Wagtail (2022-01-15)

90. Pallas's Cormorant (2022-01-16)

91. Gadwall (2022-01-16)

92. Eurasian Curlew (2022-01-16)

93. Merlin (2022-01-16)

94. Eurasian Wigeon (2022-01-16)

95. Bean Goose (2022-01-17)

96. Eurasian Golden Plover (2022-01-17)

97. Northern Lapwing (2022-01-17)

98. Black Redstart (2022-01-18)

99. Northern Wren (2022-01-18)

100. Calandra Lark (2022-01-20)

101. Northern Reed Bunting (2022-01-20)

102. Long-tailed Tit (2022-01-22)

103. European Robin (2022-01-22)

104. Eurasian Collared Dove (2022-01-22)

105. Yellowhammer (2022-01-25)

106. Common Snipe (2022-01-25)

107. Ruddy Shelduck (2022-01-25)

108. Horned Lark (2022-01-26)

109. Wood Lark (2022-01-26)

110. Brambling (2022-01-26)

111. Eurasian Bittern (2022-01-29)

112. Grey Plover (2022-01-29)

113. Greater Scaup (2022-01-29)

114. Little Gull (2022-01-31)

115. Slender-billed Gull (2022-01-31)

116. Goldcrest (2022-02-01)

117. Black-winged Stilt (2022-02-01)

118. White Wagtail (2022-02-07)

119. Middle Spotted Woodpecker (2022-02-07)

120. Dunlin (2022-02-12)

121. Red Knot (2022-02-12)

122. Common Goldeneye (2022-02-12)

123. Snow Bunting (2022-02-13)

124. Levantine shearwater (2022-02-27)

125. Black Kite (2022-02-27)

126. Black-tailed Godwit (2022-03-06)

127. Greater White-fronted Goose (2022-03-06)

128. Common Crane (2022-03-06)

129. Ruff (2022-03-06)

130. Peregrine Falcon (2022-03-08)

131. Common Stonechat (2022-03-13)

132. Garganey (2022-03-13)

133. Western Barn Owl (2022-03-13)

134. Song Thrush (2022-03-20)

135. Common Oystercatcher (2022-03-21)

136. Eurasian Whimbrel (2022-03-21)

137. Red-Necked Grebe | Grèbe jougris | Rothalstaucher (2022-03-21)

138. Lesser Black-backed Gull (2022-03-24)

139. Common Greenshank (2022-03-24)

140. Demoiselle Crane (2022-03-26)

141. White Stork (2022-03-29)

142. Hoopoe (2022-03-31)

143. Short-toed Snake-Eagle (2022-04-01)

144. Alpine Swift (2022-04-01)

145. Citrine Wagtail (2022-04-02)

146. Kentish Plover (2022-04-02)

147. Northern Wheatear (2022-04-02)

148. Isabelline Wheatear (2022-04-02)

149. Barn Swallow (2022-04-02)

150. Gull-billed Tern (2022-04-02)

151. Black-eared Wheatear (2022-04-03)

152. Black-crowned Night Heron (2022-04-03)

153. Black-headed Wagtail (2022-04-03)

154. Little Ringed Plover (2022-04-03)

155. Common Swift (2022-04-03)

156. Yellow Wagtail (2022-04-03)

157. Little Egret (2022-04-03)

158. Pied Avocet (2022-04-03)

159. Bearded Tit (2022-04-05)

160. Purple Heron (2022-04-05)

161. Northern House Martin (2022-04-05)

162. Marsh Sandpiper (2022-04-08)

163. Glossy Ibis (2022-04-08)

164. Wood Sandpiper (2022-04-08)

165. Whinchat (2022-04-09)

166. Collared Flycatcher (2022-04-09)

167. Eurasian Redstart (2022-04-10)

168. Spanish Sparrow (2022-04-10)

169. Common Nightingale (2022-04-11)

170. Savi's Warbler (2022-04-11)

171. Greater Short-toed Lark (2022-04-12)

172. Eurasian Hobby (2022-04-12)

173. European Turtle Dove (2022-04-12)

174. Common Sandpiper (2022-04-15)

175. Sand Martin (2022-04-16)

176. Black Tern (2022-04-16)

177. Tree Pipit (2022-04-16)

178. Willow Warbler (2022-04-16)

179. Lesser Whitethroat (2022-04-16)

180. Pied Flycatcher (2022-04-16)

181. Tawny Pipit (2022-04-16)

182. Common Cuckoo (2022-04-17)

183. Eurasian Penduline Tit (2022-04-17)

184. Caspian Tern (2022-04-18)

185. Blackcap (2022-04-18)

186. Curlew Sandpiper (2022-04-18)

187. Red-footed Falcon (2022-04-19)

188. Eurasian Wryneck (2022-04-19)

189. Whiskered Tern (2022-04-20)

190. Collared Pratincole (2022-04-20)

191. Eurasian Stone Curlew (2022-04-20)

192. Red-throated Pipit (2022-04-20)

193. Wood Warbler (2022-04-22)

194. Common Tern (2022-04-22)

195. Little Stint (2022-04-22)

196. Pied Wheatear (2022-04-24)

197. Ortolan Bunting (2022-04-24)

198. Spotted Flycatcher (2022-05-01)

199. Montagu's Harrier (2022-05-01)

200. Spotted Redshank (2022-05-01)

201. Red-breasted Flycatcher (2022-05-01)

202. Woodchat Shrike (2022-05-01)

203. Squacco Heron (2022-05-01)

204. Lesser Grey Shrike (2022-05-02)

205. Red-backed Shrike (2022-05-08)

206. European Golden Oriole (2022-05-08)

207. Great Reed Warbler (2022-05-08)

208. Common Whitethroat (2022-05-09)

209. Thrush Nightingale (2022-05-10)

210. Barred Warbler (2022-05-10)

211. Garden Warbler (2022-05-10)

212. Black-headed Bunting (2022-05-10)

213. Short-eared Owl (2022-05-10)

214. Temminck's Stint (2022-05-11)

215. Greater Flamingo (2022-05-11)

216. Greater Ringed Plover (2022-05-11)

217. Dalmatian Pelican (2022-05-11)

218. European Bee-eater (2022-05-11)

219. Sedge Warbler (2022-05-11)

220. Little Tern (2022-05-11)

221. Broad-billed Sandpiper (2022-05-11)

222. Eurasian Roller (2022-05-12)

223. European Nightjar (2022-05-13)

224. Ruddy Turnstone (2022-05-14)

225. Cattle Egret (2022-05-16)

226. Griffon Vulture (2022-05-17)

227. Cinereous Vulture (2022-05-17)

228. Little Bustard (2022-05-17)

229. Tawny Owl (2022-05-18)

230. Rosy Starling (2022-05-19)

231. Eurasian Honey-Buzzard (2022-05-19)

232. Eurasian Spoonbill (2022-05-20)

233. Osprey (2022-05-23)

234. Common Redshank (2022-06-01)

235. Common Eider (2022-06-18)

236. Great White Pelican (2022-06-21)

237. Marsh Warbler (2022-07-15)

238. Eurasian Scops-Owl (2022-07-30)

239. Sanderling (2022-08-02)

240. Terek Sandpiper (2022-08-02)

241. Black Stork (2022-08-23)

242. Eurasian Reed Warbler (2022-08-23)

243. Red-necked Phalarope (2022-08-23)

244. Little Bittern (2022-08-23)

245. River Warbler (2022-08-25)

246. Great Snipe (2022-08-26)

247. Bar-tailed Godwit (2022-09-09)

248. Bluethroat (2022-09-20)

249. Lesser Spotted Eagle (2022-10-01)

250. Levant Sparrowhawk (2022-10-08)

251. Water Pipit (2022-10-08)

252. Eurasian Nuthatch (2022-10-08)

253. Alpine Chough (2022-10-08)

254. Lesser Spotted Woodpecker (2022-11-13)

255. Black Woodpecker (2022-11-13)

256. Eurasian Green Woodpecker (2022-11-13)

257. Rock Bunting (2022-11-15)

258. Northern Goshawk (2022-11-26)

259. Eurasian Woodcock (2022-12-08)

260. Black-legged Kittiwake (2022-12-08)

261. Long-tailed Duck (2022-12-09)

262. Common Quail (2022-12-13)

263. Dunnock (2022-12-13)

264. Ferruginous Duck (2022-12-13)

265. Eurasian Eagle-Owl (2022-12-21)

recent uploads

2026-03-05. Great Bustard.

2026-02-23. Great Spotted Woodpecker.

2025-10-30. Goldcrest, White Stork.

2025-09-10. Lesser Spotted Eagle, Wood Sandpiper, Pallid Harrier, Red-footed Falcon.

2025-08-15. Broad-billed Sandpiper.

2025-08-11. Eurasian Whimbrel, Ruddy Turnstone, Sanderling, Common Pheasant, Kentish Plover.

2025-07-18. Grey Heron, Western Barn Owl.

2025-07-04. Long-legged Buzzard, Spanish Sparrow, Lesser Grey Shrike, Barn Swallow, European Shag, Yellow-legged Gull, Calandra Lark, Pied Wheatear, White Wagtail, Hoopoe, Lesser Grey Shrike.

2025-03-13. Western Barn Owl.

2025-03-07. Northern Lapwing, Long-eared Owl.

2025-03-05. Northern Shoveler, Yellow-legged Gull, Pallas's Gull, Common Oystercatcher.

2025-03-03. Rough-legged Buzzard, Water Rail, Ruff, Common Moorhen, Common Kestrel, Mute Swan, Yellowhammer, Stock Pigeon.

2025-03-02. Little Owl.

2025-01-07. Pallid Harrier.

Big Year 2026

1. Anna Golubeva (240)
2. Khasan Zhurtov (122)
3. Igor Shcherbakov (114)
4. Aleksandr Gontcharov (111)
5. Andrew Simon (102)
6. Dmitriy Shevtsov (99)
7. Andrey Semenov (97)
8. Inna Kyselova (92)
9. Oleg Martsun (92)
10. Andrey Mis\'kov (91)

more...

rare birds records

Dunnock / Hedge Sparrow (Prunella modularis)

Jack Snipe (Lymnocryptes minimus)

Mediterranean Gull (Larus melanocephalus)

Black-winged Stilt (Himantopus himantopus)

more rarities...

recent video

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).

2024-09-11. Dunlin (Vadim Sinukhin).

2024-09-10. Ural Owl (Galina Katanova).

unidentified birds

2026-04-07

Хасан Журтов: Сирийский дятел.

2026-04-03

Андрій Сімон: А тут точно є сріблястий?

2026-03-29

Дмитрий Шевцов: сирийский дятел

2026-03-27

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