Big Year in Northern Eurasia. Simon Andrew. Birds of Northern Eurasia

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Gaviiformes

Podicipediformes

Procellariiformes

Pelecaniformes

Phalacrocoracidae

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Threskiornithidae

Phoenicopteriformes

Phoenicopteridae

Anseriformes

Falconiformes

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Gruiformes

Charadriiformes

Recurvirostridae

Pterocletiformes

Columbiformes

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Caprimulgiformes

Apodiformes

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Paradoxornithidae

Simon Andrew

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total species: 139 total photos: 406 total videos: 0 total blogposts: 0

1. Arctic Redpoll (2019-01-01)

2. House Sparrow (2019-01-01)

3. Hen Harrier (2019-01-01)

4. Common Treecreeper (2019-01-01)

5. Great Spotted Woodpecker (2019-01-01)

6. Mallard (2019-01-01)

7. Goosander (2019-01-01)

8. Common Buzzard (2019-01-01)

9. Eurasian Nuthatch (2019-01-01)

10. Grey-Headed Woodpecker (2019-01-01)

11. Syrian Woodpecker (2019-01-01)

12. Great Grey Shrike (2019-01-01)

13. Common Redpoll (2019-01-01)

14. Eurasian Jay (2019-01-01)

15. Common Raven (2019-01-01)

16. Long-tailed Tit (2019-01-01)

17. Blue Tit (2019-01-01)

18. Common Sparrowhawk (2019-01-01)

19. Goldcrest (2019-01-01)

20. Rough-legged Buzzard (2019-01-01)

21. Yellowhammer (2019-01-01)

22. Eurasian Linnet (2019-01-01)

23. Common Goldeneye (2019-01-01)

24. Eurasian Collared Dove (2019-01-01)

25. Stock Pigeon (2019-01-01)

26. Mistle Thrush (2019-01-02)

27. Grey Heron (2019-01-02)

28. European Greenfinch (2019-01-02)

29. Northern Wren (2019-01-02)

30. Little Grebe | Grèbe castagneux | Zwergtaucher (2019-01-02)

31. Common Moorhen (2019-01-02)

32. Mute Swan (2019-01-02)

33. Middle Spotted Woodpecker (2019-01-02)

34. Rook (2019-01-02)

35. Hawfinch (2019-01-02)

36. Hooded Crow (2019-01-02)

37. Dunnock (2019-01-02)

38. Common Teal (2019-01-03)

39. Tufted Duck (2019-01-03)

40. Common Coot (2019-01-03)

41. Eurasian Jackdaw (2019-01-03)

42. Great Tit (2019-01-03)

43. Eurasian Magpie (2019-01-03)

44. Coal Tit (2019-01-03)

45. Great White Egret (2019-01-05)

46. Herring Gull (2019-01-05)

47. Caspian Gull (2019-01-05)

48. Whooper Swan (2019-01-05)

49. Wood Duck (2019-01-05)

50. Eurasian Goldfinch (2019-01-05)

51. Tree Sparrow (2019-01-05)

52. Rock Pigeon (2019-01-05)

53. Eurasian Blackbird (2019-01-05)

54. Red Crossbill (2019-01-05)

55. White-tailed Sea-Eagle (2019-01-27)

56. Common Kestrel (2019-01-27)

57. Red-crested Pochard (2019-02-10)

58. Eastern Imperial Eagle (2019-02-11)

59. Black Kite (2019-02-11)

60. Song Thrush (2019-03-15)

61. Northern Bullfinch (2019-03-15)

62. Black-tailed Godwit (2019-04-14)

63. Short-toed Snake-Eagle (2019-04-19)

64. Lesser Spotted Eagle (2019-04-19)

65. Western Marsh-Harrier (2019-04-20)

66. White Wagtail (2019-04-20)

67. Eurasian Siskin (2019-04-20)

68. Common Starling (2019-04-20)

69. Tree Pipit (2019-04-20)

70. Northern Wheatear (2019-04-20)

71. Greater Spotted Eagle (2019-04-21)

72. Spotted Nutcracker (2019-04-22)

73. Hoopoe (2019-04-22)

74. Black Woodpecker (2019-04-22)

75. Marsh Tit (2019-04-22)

76. European Robin (2019-04-22)

77. Northern Black Grouse (2019-04-22)

78. Willow Tit (2019-04-23)

79. Wood Warbler (2019-04-23)

80. Black Stork (2019-04-23)

81. Green Sandpiper (2019-04-23)

82. Brambling (2019-04-23)

83. Common Chaffinch (2019-04-23)

84. Savi's Warbler (2019-05-03)

85. Northern House Martin (2019-05-24)

86. White-winged Tern (2019-05-24)

87. Black-crowned Night Heron (2019-05-24)

88. Black-headed Gull (2019-05-24)

89. Black-Necked Grebe | Grèbe à cou noir | Schwarzhalstaucher (2019-05-24)

90. Great Cormorant (2019-05-24)

91. Dunlin (2019-05-24)

92. Northern Lapwing (2019-05-28)

93. Common Redshank (2019-05-28)

94. Yellow Wagtail (2019-05-28)

95. Black-winged Stilt (2019-05-28)

96. Garganey (2019-05-28)

97. Common Whitethroat (2019-05-28)

98. Citrine Wagtail (2019-05-28)

99. Marsh Warbler (2019-05-28)

100. Wood Sandpiper (2019-05-28)

101. Grey Plover (2019-05-28)

102. Black Tern (2019-05-28)

103. Temminck's Stint (2019-05-28)

104. Little Ringed Plover (2019-05-28)

105. Red-backed Shrike (2019-06-06)

106. Thrush Nightingale (2019-06-06)

107. Black-headed Wagtail (2019-06-08)

108. Sky Lark (2019-06-08)

109. Pied Wheatear (2019-06-16)

110. Eurasian Roller (2019-06-16)

111. Slender-billed Gull (2019-06-16)

112. Common Greenshank (2019-06-16)

113. Common Tern (2019-06-16)

114. Common Shelduck (2019-06-16)

115. Great White Pelican (2019-06-16)

116. Sandwich Tern (2019-06-16)

117. Common Pochard (2019-06-16)

118. Northern Reed Bunting (2019-06-16)

119. Common Pheasant (2019-06-16)

120. Paddyfield Warbler (2019-06-16)

121. Common Chiffchaff (2019-06-26)

122. Eurasian Hobby (2019-06-30)

123. European Nightjar (2019-06-30)

124. Northern Hazelhen (2019-07-11)

125. Common Kingfisher (2019-07-20)

126. Osprey (2019-07-23)

127. Montagu's Harrier (2019-07-29)

128. Great Grey Owl (2019-07-31)

129. Red-footed Falcon (2019-09-02)

130. Whinchat (2019-09-02)

131. Common Snipe (2019-09-23)

132. Little Crake (2019-09-23)

133. Arctic Loon | Plongeon arctique | Prachttaucher (2019-11-02)

134. Great Crested Grebe | Grèbe huppé | Haubentaucher (2019-11-02)

135. Mew Gull (2019-11-03)

136. Red-throated Loon | Plongeon catmarin | Sterntaucher (2019-11-10)

137. Whiskered Tern (2019-11-10)

138. Greater White-fronted Goose (2019-11-15)

139. White-Backed Woodpecker (2019-11-30)

recent uploads

2025-11-14. Eurasian Woodcock, Common Buzzard, Eurasian Goldfinch, European Greenfinch, Common Buzzard.

2025-09-21. Eurasian Blackbird, Eurasian Jay, Caspian Gull, Short-toed Snake Eagle.

2025-09-14. Common Kestrel, Great Cormorant.

2025-07-28. Common Chaffinch, Common Whitethroat, Mute Swan, White-tailed Sea-Eagle, White Wagtail, Red-backed Shrike, Common Teal, Corn Bunting, Whinchat.

2025-07-24. Red-backed Shrike, Greater Spotted Eagle, Greater Spotted Eagle.

2025-07-02. Long-eared Owl.

2025-06-17. Blackcap, Barn Swallow, Great Tit, Common Starling, European Bee-eater, European Golden Oriole, Eurasian Linnet, Common Raven, Sand Martin, Barn Swallow, Black-headed Gull, Hoopoe, Common Crane, Common Pochard, Great Cormorant, European Greenfinch, Bluethroat, Grey Heron, Mallard, Eurasian Goldfinch, Barred Warbler, Red-backed Shrike, Red-backed Shrike, Red-backed Shrike, Common Pheasant.

2025-06-16. European Bee-eater, Barn Swallow.

2025-06-13. Mistle Thrush, White Wagtail, Red-backed Shrike.

2025-05-28. Wood Pigeon, Eurasian Wryneck, Common Chaffinch, Yellowhammer, Spotted Flycatcher, Eurasian Goldfinch, European Greenfinch, Tree Sparrow, Barn Swallow, Black Kite, Barn Swallow, Red-backed Shrike, Common Swift, Song Thrush, Grey Heron, Northern House Martin.

2025-05-19. Spotted Flycatcher, Great Tit, House Sparrow, Great Cormorant, Black-headed Gull, Spotted Flycatcher, Spotted Flycatcher, White Wagtail, Great Reed Warbler, Common Pochard, Common Pochard, Sedge Warbler, Common Coot, Common Coot, Sedge Warbler, Common Moorhen, Hooded Crow, House Sparrow, Tree Sparrow, Pied Flycatcher, European Greenfinch.

2025-05-10. Common Whitethroat.

2025-05-03. European Greenfinch, European Greenfinch, Grey Heron, Barn Swallow, White Wagtail.

2025-04-27. Great Cormorant.

Big Year 2025

1. Nataliya Pokhodzey (289)
2. Andrey Semenov (281)
3. Alexandr Balaev (251)
4. Egor Loboda (242)
5. Anna Golubeva (240)
6. Sergei Saveika (189)
7. Vitaliy Butko (187)
8. Irina Ortik (171)
9. Igor Dvurekov (167)
10. Svetlana Barabanshchikova (167)

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

2025-07-18. 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).

2024-05-26. European Bee-eater (Stanislavs Gr).

unidentified birds

2025-11-09

Артем: Того же мнения, но всё равно не уверенБелая бровь, полосок на крыле видно тут и рыжий цвет налицо подхвостье явно белое.Предположу что уже [....]

2025-09-30

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2025-08-06

Роман Кисельов: Дякую, так, міг помилитися. Додав ще два фото (неякісні, але інший ракурс).

2025-08-04

Сергей Шурша: Эту птицу обсуждали в 2023 по дополнительным фото, пока кто-то из модераторов не удалил "лишние копии" вместе с обсуждением. И вот опять, коршун [....]

2025-07-14

Дмитрий Шевцов: Весничка

more unidentified birds...