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

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Sikorsky Igor

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total species: 47 total photos: 55 total videos: 0 total blogposts: 0

1. Great Bustard (2025-01-01)

2. Long-legged Buzzard (2025-01-01)

3. Eurasian Curlew (2025-01-01)

4. Greater White-fronted Goose (2025-01-01)

5. Great Crested Grebe | Grèbe huppé | Haubentaucher (2025-01-03)

6. Eurasian Golden Plover (2025-01-03)

7. Common Starling (2025-01-03)

8. Common Raven (2025-01-03)

9. Mew Gull (2025-01-04)

10. Red-Necked Grebe | Grèbe jougris | Rothalstaucher (2025-01-04)

11. Pallid Harrier (2025-01-06)

12. Water Rail (2025-02-27)

13. Rough-legged Buzzard (2025-02-27)

14. Pallas's Gull (2025-02-28)

15. Common Oystercatcher (2025-02-28)

16. Little Owl (2025-03-02)

17. Ruff (2025-03-02)

18. Common Moorhen (2025-03-02)

19. Common Kestrel (2025-03-02)

20. Mute Swan (2025-03-02)

21. Yellowhammer (2025-03-02)

22. Stock Pigeon (2025-03-02)

23. Northern Shoveler (2025-03-02)

24. Yellow-legged Gull (2025-03-05)

25. Arctic Redpoll (2025-03-06)

26. Northern Lapwing (2025-03-06)

27. Western Barn Owl (2025-03-13)

28. Calandra Lark (2025-06-03)

29. Pied Wheatear (2025-06-03)

30. White Wagtail (2025-06-03)

31. Hoopoe (2025-06-03)

32. Lesser Grey Shrike (2025-06-30)

33. Spanish Sparrow (2025-07-02)

34. Barn Swallow (2025-07-02)

35. European Shag (2025-07-02)

36. Grey Heron (2025-07-14)

37. Kentish Plover (2025-08-04)

38. Eurasian Whimbrel (2025-08-10)

39. Ruddy Turnstone (2025-08-10)

40. Sanderling (2025-08-10)

41. Common Pheasant (2025-08-10)

42. Broad-billed Sandpiper (2025-08-13)

43. Lesser Spotted Eagle (2025-09-09)

44. Wood Sandpiper (2025-09-09)

45. Red-footed Falcon (2025-09-09)

46. Goldcrest (2025-10-30)

47. White Stork (2025-10-30)

recent uploads

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, Mew Gull, Great Crested Grebe, Red-Necked Grebe, Eurasian Golden Plover, Common Starling, Common Raven.

2025-01-03. Great Bustard.

2025-01-02. Long-legged Buzzard.

Big Year 2026

1. Anna Golubeva (240)
2. Khasan Zhurtov (122)
3. Igor Shcherbakov (114)
4. Aleksandr Gontcharov (111)
5. Dmitriy Shevtsov (99)
6. Andrei Kiselev (67)
7. Vyacheslav Yusupov (60)
8. Khasan Zhurtov (41)
9. Anton Vinogradov (39)
10. Nikolai Zmievskiy (22)

rare birds records

Ring-billed Gull (Larus delawarensis)

© Alexandr Balaev
2025-10-24
Москва, Царицынские пруды

According to available data, this is the third observation of the species in Russia and the first photo on the website. The gull was discovered by E. Shmeleva on 23 October 2025, in Moscow at the Tsaritsyno Ponds. For the first time, the Ring-billed Gull, which inhabits North America and regularly visits Europe, was tracked by a tracker to Nizhny Novgorod in 2022, where its nesting with a Common Gull was recorded. The following year, it was also found there.

Red-footed Falcon (Falco vespertinus)

© Yury Podverbny
2025-09-18

Очень редкий гнездящийся и транзитно-мигрирующий в Беларуси вид. Кроме транзитной миграции, возможны залёты на территорию страны вне сезона гнездования.

Glossy Ibis (Plegadis falcinellus)

© Valery Dombrovski
2025-09-07
Gomel region, Zhitkovichi district, Turov

Редкий залётный вид в Беларуси

Water Rail (Rallus aquaticus)

© Dmitriy Shevtsov
2025-08-22
North Osetia, Brut

more rarities...

recent video

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).

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).

unidentified birds

2026-01-09

Андрій Сімон: Крила, наче, широкі. Голова не геть світла, хоча на першому фото така собі, світлувата... Широкі крила - на користь великого

2026-01-08

Николай Змиевский: Неужто Скопа?

2026-01-07

Владимир Семашко: да, наверное, 3-я или 4-я зима.

2025-12-25

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2025-12-24

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more unidentified birds...