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

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1. Common Raven (2022-01-01)

2. Eurasian Nuthatch (2022-01-01)

3. Eurasian Goldfinch (2022-01-01)

4. Northern Reed Bunting (2022-01-01)

5. White-tailed Sea-Eagle (2022-01-01)

6. Hen Harrier (2022-01-01)

7. Tree Sparrow (2022-01-01)

8. Common Starling (2022-01-01)

9. Great Tit (2022-01-02)

10. Rook (2022-01-04)

11. Common Chaffinch (2022-01-04)

12. Eurasian Magpie (2022-01-04)

13. Hooded Crow (2022-01-04)

14. European Greenfinch (2022-01-09)

15. Blue Tit (2022-01-12)

16. Fieldfare (2022-01-21)

17. Common Buzzard (2022-01-23)

18. Rough-legged Buzzard (2022-01-23)

19. Tufted Duck (2022-01-23)

20. Eurasian Siskin (2022-01-23)

21. Great Spotted Woodpecker (2022-01-23)

22. Mistle Thrush (2022-01-23)

23. Common Goldeneye (2022-01-23)

24. Eurasian Collared Dove (2022-01-23)

25. Northern Goshawk (2022-01-23)

26. Brambling (2022-01-23)

27. Eurasian Linnet (2022-01-23)

28. Mallard (2022-01-23)

29. Caspian Gull (2022-01-23)

30. Mute Swan (2022-01-23)

31. Crested Lark (2022-01-23)

32. Snow Bunting (2022-01-23)

33. Eurasian Jay (2022-01-23)

34. Great Grey Shrike (2022-01-23)

35. Yellowhammer (2022-01-23)

36. Horned Lark (2022-01-23)

37. Common Sparrowhawk (2022-01-27)

38. Eurasian Blackbird (2022-01-27)

39. Crested Tit (2022-01-31)

40. Willow Tit (2022-02-01)

41. Northern Black Grouse (2022-02-01)

42. Stock Pigeon (2022-02-09)

43. Common Pheasant (2022-02-09)

44. House Sparrow (2022-02-09)

45. Black-headed Gull (2022-02-12)

46. Great White Egret (2022-02-12)

47. Mew Gull (2022-02-12)

48. Spotted Nutcracker (2022-02-16)

49. Wood Pigeon (2022-02-18)

50. Northern Wren (2022-02-20)

51. Syrian Woodpecker (2022-02-20)

52. Eurasian Jackdaw (2022-02-23)

53. Common Treecreeper (2022-02-23)

54. Eurasian Wigeon (2022-02-23)

55. Coal Tit (2022-04-03)

56. European Robin (2022-04-24)

57. Black Redstart (2022-04-24)

58. Pied Flycatcher (2022-04-24)

59. Whinchat (2022-04-24)

60. Grey Heron (2022-04-24)

61. Ruff (2022-04-25)

62. Short-toed Snake-Eagle (2022-04-25)

63. White Stork (2022-04-25)

64. Northern Lapwing (2022-04-25)

65. Eurasian Redstart (2022-04-30)

66. Barn Swallow (2022-04-30)

67. Common Whitethroat (2022-05-04)

68. Lesser Whitethroat (2022-05-04)

69. Eurasian Honey-Buzzard (2022-05-07)

70. White Wagtail (2022-05-07)

71. Northern House Martin (2022-05-07)

72. Common Swift (2022-05-08)

73. Western Marsh-Harrier (2022-05-08)

74. Common Cuckoo (2022-05-08)

75. Montagu's Harrier (2022-05-08)

76. Blackcap (2022-05-08)

77. Yellow Wagtail (2022-05-09)

78. Grey Partridge (2022-05-11)

79. Lesser Spotted Eagle (2022-05-20)

80. Tree Pipit (2022-05-25)

81. Little Owl (2022-05-25)

82. Northern Wheatear (2022-06-02)

83. Booted Eagle (2022-06-04)

84. Black Kite (2022-06-04)

85. Ortolan Bunting (2022-06-12)

86. Little Egret (2022-06-29)

87. Great Cormorant (2022-06-29)

88. Sand Martin (2022-06-29)

89. Common Tern (2022-06-29)

90. Eurasian Hobby (2022-06-29)

91. Common Greenshank (2022-06-29)

92. Common Sandpiper (2022-06-29)

93. Arctic Loon | Plongeon arctique | Prachttaucher (2022-07-14)

94. Common Kingfisher (2022-07-15)

95. Lesser Spotted Woodpecker (2022-07-18)

96. Common Snipe (2022-07-28)

97. European Turtle Dove (2022-08-09)

98. Willow Warbler (2022-08-25)

99. Spotted Flycatcher (2022-08-25)

100. Osprey (2022-09-03)

101. Black Woodpecker (2022-09-04)

102. Long-tailed Tit (2022-09-11)

103. Common Chiffchaff (2022-09-11)

104. Common Kestrel (2022-09-12)

105. Bohemian Waxwing (2022-12-19)

recent uploads

2026-01-06. Northern Hazelhen.

2026-01-04. Little Bittern, Water Rail, Great Cormorant, Common Snipe, Ruff, Ruff, Citrine Wagtail (Western), Black-tailed Godwit, Northern Reed Bunting, Northern Wheatear, Common Redshank, Green Sandpiper, Common Greenshank, Wood Sandpiper, Smew, Little Ringed Plover, Grey Partridge, Western Marsh-Harrier, Common Sandpiper, Yellow Wagtail, Eurasian Penduline Tit, Little Owl, Osprey, Booted Eagle, Northern Lapwing, White Stork, Black Stork, Black Stork, Eurasian Goldfinch, Yellow Wagtail, Little Tern, Common Tern, Eurasian Honey-Buzzard, Lesser Spotted Eagle, Red-footed Falcon, Osprey, Short-toed Snake Eagle, Yellowhammer, Red-footed Falcon, Wood Warbler, Common Oystercatcher, Montagu's Harrier, Thrush Nightingale, Purple Heron, Purple Heron, Whiskered Tern, Black Redstart, Lesser Whitethroat, Montagu's Harrier, Redwing, Black Redstart, Eurasian Hobby, European Serin, European Robin, Willow Tit, Common Cuckoo, European Turtle Dove, Icterine Warbler, European Turtle Dove, Tree Pipit, Lesser Spotted Eagle, Sky Lark, Eurasian Redstart.

2026-01-02. Long-tailed Tit, Coal Tit, Common Buzzard.

2026-01-01. Eurasian Magpie.

2025-12-22. Common Teal, Grey Heron, Mallard, Bohemian Waxwing, Northern Pintail, Little Grebe, Common Buzzard.

2025-12-21. Mute Swan, Great Crested Grebe, Black-Necked Grebe, Common Goldeneye, Great White Egret, Caspian Gull, Common Moorhen, Long-tailed Tit, Bohemian Waxwing, Northern Bullfinch.

2025-12-18. White-Backed Woodpecker, Long-tailed Tit, Northern Bullfinch.

2025-12-17. Common Buzzard, Wood Lark, Northern Black Grouse, Common Chiffchaff, Mistle Thrush, Hen Harrier, Common Sparrowhawk.

2025-12-16. Hooded Crow, Common Raven, Common Moorhen, Eurasian Jackdaw, Savi's Warbler, Mallard, Common Moorhen, Northern House Martin, Barn Swallow, Common Coot, Black-headed Gull, Black-headed Gull, Black-headed Gull, Little Grebe, Little Grebe, White Wagtail, Common Pochard, Tufted Duck.

2025-12-15. Spotted Flycatcher, Spotted Flycatcher, Spotted Flycatcher, Willow Warbler, European Robin, Black Woodpecker, Pied Flycatcher.

2025-12-10. Great Spotted Woodpecker, Eurasian Siskin, Northern Goshawk.

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.

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...