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

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Gaviiformes

Podicipediformes

Procellariiformes

Pelecaniformes

Phalacrocoracidae

Ciconiiformes

Threskiornithidae

Phoenicopteriformes

Phoenicopteridae

Anseriformes

Falconiformes

Galliformes

Gruiformes

Charadriiformes

Recurvirostridae

Pterocletiformes

Columbiformes

Cuculiformes

Strigiformes

Caprimulgiformes

Apodiformes

Coraciiformes

Upupiformes

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Paradoxornithidae

Simon Andrew

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total species: 130 total photos: 350 total videos: 0 total blogposts: 0

1. Common Chaffinch (2024-01-03)

2. Great Tit (2024-01-03)

3. Common Redpoll (2024-01-05)

4. Great Spotted Woodpecker (2024-01-05)

5. Goldcrest (2024-01-05)

6. Grey Partridge (2024-01-05)

7. Common Treecreeper (2024-01-05)

8. Long-tailed Tit (2024-01-05)

9. Eurasian Goldfinch (2024-01-05)

10. Eurasian Siskin (2024-01-09)

11. Bohemian Waxwing (2024-01-10)

12. Northern Bullfinch (2024-01-10)

13. Eurasian Blackbird (2024-01-10)

14. European Greenfinch (2024-01-13)

15. Horned Lark (2024-01-17)

16. Common Buzzard (2024-01-17)

17. Rook (2024-02-03)

18. Eurasian Jackdaw (2024-02-03)

19. Eurasian Linnet (2024-02-22)

20. Northern Reed Bunting (2024-02-23)

21. Eurasian Pygmy-Owl (2024-03-03)

22. Blue Tit (2024-03-10)

23. Caspian Gull (2024-03-10)

24. Willow Tit (2024-03-14)

25. Common Goldeneye (2024-03-14)

26. Lesser Spotted Woodpecker (2024-03-14)

27. Black Woodpecker (2024-03-14)

28. Crested Tit (2024-03-14)

29. Common Crane (2024-03-17)

30. Garganey (2024-03-27)

31. Great Grey Shrike (2024-03-27)

32. Whooper Swan (2024-03-28)

33. Northern Black Grouse (2024-04-14)

34. European Robin (2024-04-14)

35. Black Redstart (2024-04-14)

36. Mistle Thrush (2024-04-14)

37. Sky Lark (2024-04-14)

38. Tree Pipit (2024-04-14)

39. Wood Lark (2024-04-14)

40. Eurasian Wryneck (2024-04-14)

41. Whinchat (2024-04-14)

42. Hoopoe (2024-04-14)

43. Lesser Spotted Eagle (2024-04-14)

44. White-tailed Sea-Eagle (2024-04-14)

45. Coal Tit (2024-04-14)

46. Stock Pigeon (2024-05-01)

47. Barn Swallow (2024-05-01)

48. Black Stork (2024-05-01)

49. Western Marsh-Harrier (2024-05-01)

50. Red-backed Shrike (2024-05-01)

51. Common Pheasant (2024-05-01)

52. Tree Sparrow (2024-05-02)

53. Short-toed Snake-Eagle (2024-05-02)

54. Common Cuckoo (2024-05-02)

55. White Stork (2024-05-02)

56. Booted Eagle (2024-05-02)

57. Common Swift (2024-05-02)

58. Common Sparrowhawk (2024-05-02)

59. Hawfinch (2024-05-12)

60. Collared Flycatcher (2024-05-12)

61. White Wagtail (2024-05-12)

62. Wood Pigeon (2024-05-12)

63. Common Starling (2024-05-12)

64. Common Tern (2024-05-26)

65. Eurasian Honey-Buzzard (2024-06-03)

66. Black Kite (2024-06-03)

67. Song Thrush (2024-06-13)

68. Wood Warbler (2024-06-13)

69. Barred Warbler (2024-06-20)

70. Common Raven (2024-06-20)

71. Eurasian Hobby (2024-06-20)

72. Northern Hazelhen (2024-06-30)

73. European Turtle Dove (2024-06-30)

74. Sand Martin (2024-06-30)

75. Montagu's Harrier (2024-06-30)

76. Little Owl (2024-06-30)

77. Crested Lark (2024-06-30)

78. Blackcap (2024-07-04)

79. Common Kestrel (2024-07-09)

80. European Bee-eater (2024-07-25)

81. European Golden Oriole (2024-07-25)

82. Yellowhammer (2024-07-25)

83. Pied Flycatcher (2024-07-25)

84. Eurasian Jay (2024-07-25)

85. Garden Warbler (2024-07-25)

86. Hooded Crow (2024-07-28)

87. European Nightjar (2024-07-30)

88. Common Teal (2024-07-30)

89. Mallard (2024-07-30)

90. Great Crested Grebe | Grèbe huppé | Haubentaucher (2024-08-14)

91. Common Coot (2024-08-14)

92. Eurasian Redstart (2024-08-31)

93. Sabine's Gull (2024-09-08)

94. Lesser Black-backed Gull (2024-09-08)

95. Purple Heron (2024-09-08)

96. Mute Swan (2024-09-08)

97. Grey Heron (2024-09-08)

98. Black-headed Gull (2024-09-08)

99. Greater Ringed Plover (2024-09-11)

100. Ruff (2024-09-11)

101. Sanderling (2024-09-11)

102. Northern Lapwing (2024-09-11)

103. Spotted Redshank (2024-09-11)

104. Common Sandpiper (2024-09-11)

105. Dunlin (2024-09-11)

106. Eurasian Collared Dove (2024-09-11)

107. Little Grebe | Grèbe castagneux | Zwergtaucher (2024-09-19)

108. Common Moorhen (2024-09-19)

109. Eurasian Magpie (2024-09-19)

110. Common Chiffchaff (2024-09-19)

111. Grey-Headed Woodpecker (2024-09-22)

112. Red-breasted Flycatcher (2024-09-22)

113. Great Cormorant (2024-10-13)

114. Arctic Loon | Plongeon arctique | Prachttaucher (2024-10-13)

115. Black-legged Kittiwake (2024-10-20)

116. Hen Harrier (2024-10-21)

117. Brambling (2024-10-21)

118. Arctic Redpoll (2024-10-21)

119. House Sparrow (2024-10-21)

120. Rough-legged Buzzard (2024-10-21)

121. Common Snipe (2024-10-27)

122. White-Backed Woodpecker (2024-10-27)

123. Great White Egret (2024-10-27)

124. Marsh Tit (2024-11-08)

125. Common Kingfisher (2024-11-08)

126. Fieldfare (2024-11-24)

127. Redwing (2024-11-24)

128. Northern Wren (2024-11-30)

129. Water Rail (2024-11-30)

130. Eurasian Nuthatch (2024-11-30)

recent uploads

2026-02-14. Tree Sparrow, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Eurasian Wigeon, Syrian Woodpecker, Mew Gull, Black-headed Gull, Herring Gull, Northern Goshawk, Pygmy Cormorant, Goosander, Brambling, Crested Tit, Willow Tit, White-tailed Sea-Eagle, Stock Pigeon.

2026-02-13. Northern Reed Bunting, Blue Tit, Little Grebe, Common Coot, Grey-Headed Woodpecker, Common Chaffinch, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Great Grey Shrike, Common Kestrel, Mistle Thrush, Grey Partridge, Eurasian Collared Dove, Long-tailed Tit, Eurasian Nuthatch, Common Treecreeper.

2026-02-11. Common Coot, Tufted Duck, Fieldfare, Common Raven, Caspian Gull, Mallard, Tree Sparrow, Great Crested Grebe, Common Moorhen, Common Pochard, Red-crested Pochard, Gadwall, White-tailed Sea-Eagle, European Greenfinch, Northern Bullfinch, Whooper Swan.

2026-02-05. Rook, Tree Sparrow, Ruddy Shelduck, Gadwall, Blue Tit, Mute Swan, Rock Pigeon, Great Cormorant, Great Black-backed Gull, Common Buzzard, Mallard, Common Coot, Smew, Tufted Duck, Goosander, Mute Swan, Common Goldeneye.

2026-02-04. Greater Scaup.

2026-02-01. Common Buzzard, Common Sparrowhawk, Great Cormorant, Blue Tit, Hooded Crow, Brambling, Common Chaffinch, Eurasian Linnet, Common Starling, Blue Tit, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Willow Tit, Northern Reed Bunting, Yellowhammer, Northern Reed Bunting, Yellowhammer, Common Pheasant, White-tailed Sea-Eagle.

2026-01-27. Crested Lark, Common Chaffinch, Eurasian Siskin, Brambling, Eurasian Linnet, European Greenfinch, Eurasian Goldfinch, Eurasian Linnet, Brambling, Great Tit.

2026-01-26. Great Cormorant, Common Goldeneye, Goosander, Black-headed Gull, Mew Gull, Herring Gull, Great Black-backed Gull.

2026-01-25. Hawfinch, Northern Wren, Eurasian Blackbird, Eurasian Jay, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Eurasian Nuthatch, Eurasian Nuthatch.

2026-01-24. Eurasian Jay, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Goldcrest, Wood Pigeon, Common Moorhen, Blue Tit, Black Woodpecker, Great Spotted Woodpecker.

2026-01-23. Common Moorhen, Gadwall, Common Teal, Great White Egret, Grey Heron, Common Pochard, Common Pochard, Mute Swan, Caspian Gull, Mallard, Tufted Duck, Tufted Duck, Gadwall, Goosander, Tufted Duck, Common Pochard, Caspian Gull, Northern Reed Bunting, White-tailed Sea-Eagle, Fieldfare, Common Buzzard.

2026-01-20. Common Sparrowhawk, Merlin, Merlin.

2026-01-19. Mute Swan, Caspian Gull, Common Pochard, Tufted Duck, Common Moorhen, Common Coot, Grey Heron, Common Buzzard, Great Cormorant, Mallard.

2026-01-18. Bohemian Waxwing.

Big Year 2026

1. Anna Golubeva (240)
2. Khasan Zhurtov (122)
3. Igor Shcherbakov (114)
4. Aleksandr Gontcharov (111)
5. Dmitriy Shevtsov (99)
6. Andrew Simon (82)
7. Andrei Kiselev (67)
8. Andrey Mis\'kov (63)
9. Vitaliy Butko (63)
10. ALENA FOMINA (62)

rare birds records

Dunnock / Hedge Sparrow (Prunella modularis)

© Yury Podverbny
2026-02-19

Jack Snipe (Lymnocryptes minimus)

© Yury Podverbny
2026-01-23

Mediterranean Gull (Larus melanocephalus)

© Valtri Yurko
2026-01-12
Minsk

Black-winged Stilt (Himantopus himantopus)

© Khasan Zhurtov
2026-01-09
Maiskiy,KBR

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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

2026-02-25

Петро Гринюк: Сьогодні виставив лінк на це фото на сайт https://www.birdforum.net/ (це великий інтернет-форум і спільнота для спостерігачів птахів з усього світу). І [....]

2026-02-24

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2026-02-23

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2026-01-21

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2026-01-13

Сергей Л. Волков: Серебристая чайка, к лету 3 года, скорее всего, будет, в крыльях еще детские перья есть.

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