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

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Gaviidae

Podicipediformes

Podicipedidae

Procellariiformes

Pelecaniformes

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Phoenicopteriformes

Anseriformes

Falconiformes

Galliformes

Gruiformes

Charadriiformes

Pterocletiformes

Columbiformes

Cuculiformes

Strigiformes

Caprimulgiformes

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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

2026-08-17. Montagu's Harrier, Western Marsh-Harrier, Northern Shoveler, Eurasian Honey-Buzzard.

2026-08-11. Eurasian Honey-Buzzard, Black Kite.

2026-08-09. Tawny Owl, Slavonian Grebe.

2026-08-06. Lesser Whitethroat, Pied Flycatcher, Hen Harrier.

2026-07-31. Hawfinch, Eurasian Collared Dove, Eurasian Goldfinch.

2026-07-28. Coal Tit, Black Kite, Northern Wren.

2026-07-24. Willow Warbler, Common Snipe, Little Bittern.

2026-07-17. Great White Egret, Black-tailed Godwit.

2026-07-12. European Nightjar, Blue Tit.

2026-07-11. European Bee-eater, Great Grey Shrike, Great Reed Warbler.

2026-07-08. Baraba Steppe Gull, Montagu's Harrier.

2026-07-07. Common Goldeneye, Eurasian Scops-Owl, Sand Martin.

2026-06-29. Thrush Nightingale, European Robin, Wood Pigeon, Northern Wren, Common Moorhen.

2026-06-27. Griffon Vulture.

Big Year 2026

1. Anna Golubeva (240)
2. Oleg Sheremet (217)
3. Andrey Mis\'kov (215)
4. Egor Loboda (209)
5. Andrey Semenov (198)
6. Natalia Drabina (197)
7. Andrew Simon (176)
8. Alexandr Balaev (173)
9. Oksana Makhovska (173)
10. Sergei Saveika (167)

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rare birds records

Blue Rock Thrush (Monticola solitarius)

Griffon Vulture (Gyps fulvus)

Squacco Heron (Ardeola ralloides)

Редкий залётный вид

Mediterranean Gull (Larus melanocephalus)

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recent video

2026-05-08. Eurasian Linnet (Stanislavs Gr).

2026-05-03. Eurasian Collared Dove (Stanislavs Gr).

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).

unidentified birds

2026-08-22

Хасан Журтов: Подскажите, пожалуйста, черношейная или красношейная?

2026-08-01

Дмитрий Беляев: А тростниковая не может быть?

2026-07-29

Сергей Л. Волков: Какой-то подорлик, я точнее не скажу.

2026-07-26

no any comments:

2026-07-24

Єгор Лобода: [....]

more unidentified birds...