Big Year in Northern Eurasia. Balaev Alexandr. Birds of Northern Eurasia

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Anseriformes

Falconiformes

Galliformes

Gruiformes

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1. Willow Tit (2022-01-01)

2. Eurasian Siskin (2022-01-01)

3. Long-tailed Tit (2022-01-01)

4. Coal Tit (2022-01-01)

5. European Greenfinch (2022-01-02)

6. Eurasian Collared Dove (2022-01-02)

7. Northern Bullfinch (2022-01-02)

8. Common Chaffinch (2022-01-02)

9. Brambling (2022-01-02)

10. Blue Tit (2022-01-02)

11. Great Tit (2022-01-02)

12. Tree Sparrow (2022-01-02)

13. Eurasian Nuthatch (2022-01-03)

14. Fieldfare (2022-01-03)

15. Eurasian Jay (2022-01-03)

16. Common Sparrowhawk (2022-01-06)

17. Common Treecreeper (2022-01-07)

18. Great Spotted Woodpecker (2022-01-09)

19. Common Redpoll (2022-01-14)

20. Eurasian Jackdaw (2022-01-16)

21. Hooded Crow (2022-01-16)

22. Rock Pigeon (2022-01-16)

23. Common Goldeneye (2022-01-16)

24. Tufted Duck (2022-01-16)

25. Mallard (2022-01-16)

26. Goosander (2022-01-16)

27. Smew (2022-01-16)

28. Velvet Scoter (2022-01-16)

29. Herring Gull (2022-01-16)

30. House Sparrow (2022-02-12)

31. Ruddy Shelduck (2022-02-12)

32. Crested Tit (2022-02-13)

33. Grey-Headed Woodpecker (2022-02-13)

34. Mew Gull (2022-02-23)

35. Greater White-fronted Goose (2022-02-23)

36. Snow Bunting (2022-02-26)

37. Northern Hawk Owl (2022-02-26)

38. Bohemian Waxwing (2022-03-01)

39. Eurasian Magpie (2022-03-04)

40. Lesser Spotted Woodpecker (2022-03-08)

41. Common Raven (2022-03-08)

42. Rook (2022-03-13)

43. Mandarin Duck (2022-03-13)

44. Eurasian Blackbird (2022-03-19)

45. Common Starling (2022-03-26)

46. Eurasian Linnet (2022-03-26)

47. Northern Lapwing (2022-03-27)

48. Wood Pigeon (2022-03-28)

49. Eurasian Goldfinch (2022-04-03)

50. Common Snipe (2022-04-08)

51. Common Redshank (2022-04-08)

52. Northern Reed Bunting (2022-04-08)

53. Green Sandpiper (2022-04-09)

54. Garganey (2022-04-09)

55. European Robin (2022-04-10)

56. Black-headed Gull (2022-04-10)

57. White Wagtail (2022-04-15)

58. Hawfinch (2022-04-16)

59. Great Crested Grebe | Grèbe huppé | Haubentaucher (2022-04-17)

60. Common Coot (2022-04-17)

61. Common Pochard (2022-04-17)

62. Song Thrush (2022-04-20)

63. Common Chiffchaff (2022-04-23)

64. Citrine Wagtail (2022-04-23)

65. Great Snipe (2022-04-25)

66. Dunnock (2022-04-29)

67. Marsh Sandpiper (2022-04-30)

68. Western Marsh-Harrier (2022-05-02)

69. Lesser Whitethroat (2022-05-02)

70. Bluethroat (2022-05-02)

71. Common Cuckoo (2022-05-02)

72. Common Sandpiper (2022-05-02)

73. Black Redstart (2022-05-02)

74. Yellow Wagtail (2022-05-02)

75. Whinchat (2022-05-02)

76. Pied Flycatcher (2022-05-02)

77. Blackcap (2022-05-02)

78. Yellowhammer (2022-05-02)

79. Eurasian Wryneck (2022-05-02)

80. Mute Swan (2022-05-03)

81. Whooper Swan (2022-05-03)

82. White Stork (2022-05-03)

83. Black Kite (2022-05-03)

84. Black-Necked Grebe | Grèbe à cou noir | Schwarzhalstaucher (2022-05-03)

85. Common Tern (2022-05-03)

86. Black Tern (2022-05-03)

87. Eurasian Penduline Tit (2022-05-03)

88. Azure Tit (2022-05-03)

89. Ruff (2022-05-03)

90. Common Rosefinch (2022-05-07)

91. Ortolan Bunting (2022-05-07)

92. White-tailed Sea-Eagle (2022-05-08)

93. Black-crowned Night Heron (2022-05-08)

94. Barn Swallow (2022-05-08)

95. White-winged Tern (2022-05-09)

96. Rosy Starling (2022-05-09)

97. Great Cormorant (2022-05-09)

98. Eurasian Hobby (2022-05-09)

99. Common Kestrel (2022-05-09)

100. Pallas's Cormorant (2022-05-09)

101. Little Egret (2022-05-09)

102. Hoopoe (2022-05-09)

103. Grey Heron (2022-05-09)

104. Common Stonechat (2022-05-09)

105. Little Ringed Plover (2022-05-13)

106. Tree Pipit (2022-05-14)

107. Great Grey Owl (2022-05-14)

108. Boreal Owl (2022-05-14)

109. Eurasian Scops-Owl (2022-05-14)

110. Common Crane (2022-05-15)

111. Corncrake (2022-05-15)

112. Ural Owl (2022-05-15)

113. Northern House Martin (2022-05-15)

114. Tawny Owl (2022-05-15)

115. Sedge Warbler (2022-05-18)

116. Common Whitethroat (2022-05-19)

117. Northern Wheatear (2022-05-19)

118. Spotted Flycatcher (2022-05-19)

119. Thrush Nightingale (2022-05-19)

120. Common Buzzard (2022-05-19)

121. European Bee-eater (2022-05-20)

122. Western Grasshopper Warbler (2022-05-20)

123. Lesser Grey Shrike (2022-05-20)

124. Barred Warbler (2022-05-20)

125. Willow Warbler (2022-05-21)

126. Montagu's Harrier (2022-05-21)

127. Sky Lark (2022-05-21)

128. Red-backed Shrike (2022-05-22)

129. Little Bittern (2022-05-29)

130. Blyth's Reed Warbler (2022-05-29)

131. Common Swift (2022-05-29)

132. Great Reed Warbler (2022-05-29)

133. Booted Warbler (2022-06-04)

134. Eurasian Honey-Buzzard (2022-06-12)

135. Wood Sandpiper (2022-06-19)

136. Marsh Warbler (2022-07-03)

137. Arctic Redpoll (2022-07-09)

138. Osprey (2022-07-31)

139. Temminck's Stint (2022-07-31)

140. Common Greenshank (2022-07-31)

141. Grey Plover (2022-07-31)

142. Black-tailed Godwit (2022-07-31)

143. Eurasian Redstart (2022-08-01)

144. Garden Warbler (2022-08-06)

145. Middle Spotted Woodpecker (2022-08-13)

146. Common Moorhen (2022-08-21)

147. Goldcrest (2022-09-09)

148. Spotted Nutcracker (2022-09-10)

149. Great White Egret (2022-09-15)

150. Glossy Ibis (2022-09-15)

151. Greater Ringed Plover (2022-09-15)

152. Pygmy Cormorant (2022-09-15)

153. Eurasian Spoonbill (2022-09-15)

154. Whiskered Tern (2022-09-15)

155. Laughing Dove (2022-09-16)

156. Black-winged Stilt (2022-09-16)

157. Purple Heron (2022-09-16)

158. Blue-cheeked Bee-eater (2022-09-16)

159. Greater Flamingo (2022-09-16)

160. Common Kingfisher (2022-09-16)

161. Squacco Heron (2022-09-16)

162. Red-crested Pochard (2022-09-16)

163. Little Grebe | Grèbe castagneux | Zwergtaucher (2022-09-16)

164. Lesser Spotted Eagle (2022-09-16)

165. Little Stint (2022-09-16)

166. Red-necked Phalarope (2022-09-16)

167. Dunlin (2022-09-16)

168. Eurasian Stone Curlew (2022-09-17)

169. Crested Lark (2022-09-17)

170. Bearded Tit (2022-09-17)

171. Grey-headed Swamphen (2022-09-17)

172. Eastern Imperial Eagle (2022-09-17)

173. Corn Bunting (2022-09-17)

174. Eurasian Roller (2022-09-17)

175. Greater Scaup (2022-09-17)

176. Golden Eagle (2022-09-17)

177. Pied Avocet (2022-09-17)

178. Black-eared Wheatear (2022-09-18)

179. Blue Rock Thrush (2022-09-18)

180. Pied Wheatear (2022-09-18)

181. Griffon Vulture (2022-09-18)

182. Lammergeier (2022-09-18)

183. Short-toed Snake-Eagle (2022-09-18)

184. Chukar Partridge (2022-09-18)

185. Egyptian Vulture (2022-09-18)

186. Cinereous Vulture (2022-09-18)

187. Lesser Kestrel (2022-09-18)

188. Greater Short-toed Lark (2022-09-18)

189. Common Shelduck (2022-09-18)

190. Caspian Gull (2022-09-18)

191. Eurasian Wigeon (2022-09-30)

192. Siberian Black-backed Gull (2022-09-30)

193. Ruddy Turnstone (2022-09-30)

194. Great Black-backed Gull (2022-09-30)

195. Eurasian Three-Toed Woodpecker (2022-10-16)

196. Northern Goshawk (2022-10-16)

197. Long-tailed Duck (2022-10-28)

198. Eurasian Green Woodpecker (2022-11-07)

199. White-Backed Woodpecker (2022-12-01)

200. Glaucous Gull (2022-12-20)

recent uploads

2026-04-07. Black Kite, Eurasian Curlew, Eurasian Siskin, European Robin.

2026-04-06. Northern Black Grouse, Northern Black Grouse.

2026-03-31. Eurasian Penduline Tit, Northern Reed Bunting, Mute Swan.

2026-03-30. Common Chaffinch, Common Treecreeper.

2026-03-29. Common Buzzard.

2026-03-28. Bean Goose, Whooper Swan, Northern Reed Bunting.

2026-03-25. Snow Bunting, Sky Lark.

2026-03-22. Grey-Headed Woodpecker, Stock Pigeon, Yellowhammer.

2026-03-19. Eurasian Woodcock, White Wagtail.

2026-03-18. Common Starling, Goldcrest, Northern Lapwing.

2026-03-16. Long-tailed Tit, Bohemian Waxwing, Common Redpoll.

2026-03-08. Eurasian Goldfinch, Greater Scaup, Brambling, Eurasian Siskin.

2026-02-25. Great Spotted Woodpecker, Willow Tit, Long-tailed Tit.

2026-02-24. Grey Partridge.

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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