Big Year in Northern Eurasia. Balaev Alexandr. 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

Piciformes

Passeriformes

Paradoxornithidae

Balaev Alexandr

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total species: 200 total photos: 693 total videos: 0 total blogposts: 0

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

2024-11-21. White Wagtail, Black Scoter, Rough-legged Buzzard, Common Buzzard, Great Grey Shrike.

2024-11-10. European Greenfinch, Willow Tit, Northern Bullfinch.

2024-11-05. White-tailed Sea-Eagle, Mute Swan.

2024-11-02. Rough-legged Buzzard, Hen Harrier.

2024-11-01. Goldcrest, Common Buzzard.

2024-10-28. Hen Harrier, Long-tailed Tit.

2024-10-27. Tufted Duck, Sky Lark, Snow Bunting.

2024-10-24. Meadow Pipit, Eurasian Linnet, Hen Harrier.

2024-10-22. Black-headed Gull, Black-legged Kittiwake.

2024-10-20. Goldcrest, Common Treecreeper.

2024-10-19. Great Grey Shrike, Common Kestrel.

2024-10-17. European Greenfinch, Northern Reed Bunting, Arctic Tern.

2024-10-15. Eurasian Goldfinch, Common Kestrel, Lesser Black-backed Gull, Eurasian Collared Dove.

2024-10-13. Common Kestrel.

Big Year 2024

1. Andrey Semenov (279)
2. Nataliya Pokhodzey (279)
3. Alexandr Balaev (269)
4. Anna Golubeva (240)
5. Igor Samokhin (237)
6. Egor Loboda (221)
7. Alexey Sizov (211)
8. Vitaliy Butko (186)
9. Irina Ortik (182)
10. Vlad Gedziuk (179)

rare birds records

White-throated Dipper (Cinclus cinclus)

© Yury Podverbny
2024-11-15

Yellow-browed Warbler (Phylloscopus inornatus)

© Mikhail Kalagin
2024-11-10

Arctic Tern (Sterna paradisaea)

© Alexandr Balaev
2024-10-16
Moskov, rajon Voronovo

Booted Warbler (Hippolais caligata)

© Oleksandr Nastachenko
2023-05-23
Dnipro city

Flight type. This observation is the 5th reliable registration of the species in Ukraine. Birds were noted in 1943, 1992 (twice) and 2011.

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recent video

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).

2024-05-25. Thrush Nightingale (Stanislavs Gr).

2024-05-22. Thrush Nightingale (Alexandr Balaev), Snow Bunting (Andrew Simon).

unidentified birds

2024-11-20

Дмитрий Шевцов: Да и щека выглядит однотонной, тоже за хохлатую чернеть.

2024-11-20

Дмитрий Шевцов: Малый погоныш или крошка?

2024-11-20

Анна Ясько: перенесла на определение.

2024-11-15

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2024-11-13

Анна Ясько: Я ориентируюсь на окрас махового Р5. У хохотуньи на этом ПМ черная полоска широкая на обоих опахалах пера, у серебристой она полностью или [....]

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