Big Year in Northern Eurasia. Gontcharov Aleksandr. 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

Gontcharov Aleksandr

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total species: 65 total photos: 393 total videos: 0 total blogposts: 0

1. Great Tit (2020-02-18)

2. White-Backed Woodpecker (2020-02-18)

3. Common Sparrowhawk (2020-03-26)

4. Great Grey Shrike (2020-03-26)

5. Black-headed Gull (2020-04-09)

6. Tufted Duck (2020-04-09)

7. Mew Gull (2020-04-09)

8. Herring Gull (2020-04-27)

9. Common Greenshank (2020-04-27)

10. Common Teal (2020-04-27)

11. Eurasian Wigeon (2020-04-27)

12. Western Marsh-Harrier (2020-04-27)

13. Common Goldeneye (2020-04-27)

14. Green Sandpiper (2020-04-27)

15. Common Coot (2020-04-29)

16. Great Crested Grebe | Grèbe huppé | Haubentaucher (2020-04-29)

17. Song Thrush (2020-04-29)

18. Bluethroat (2020-04-29)

19. Common Sandpiper (2020-05-05)

20. Tree Sparrow (2020-05-05)

21. Black-Necked Grebe | Grèbe à cou noir | Schwarzhalstaucher (2020-05-05)

22. White Wagtail (2020-05-05)

23. Eurasian Magpie (2020-05-05)

24. Gadwall (2020-05-05)

25. Common Tern (2020-05-05)

26. Common Pochard (2020-05-05)

27. Northern Wren (2020-05-06)

28. European Robin (2020-05-06)

29. Common Swift (2020-05-06)

30. Mallard (2020-05-07)

31. Common Starling (2020-05-11)

32. Northern Lapwing (2020-05-11)

33. Yellow Wagtail (2020-05-11)

34. Northern Reed Bunting (2020-05-11)

35. Common Moorhen (2020-05-11)

36. Garganey (2020-05-12)

37. Grey Heron (2020-05-12)

38. Thrush Nightingale (2020-05-12)

39. Willow Warbler (2020-05-13)

40. Northern Shoveler (2020-05-14)

41. Common Rosefinch (2020-05-14)

42. Citrine Wagtail (2020-05-14)

43. Black Kite (2020-05-19)

44. Fieldfare (2020-05-23)

45. Eurasian Hobby (2020-05-26)

46. Osprey (2020-05-28)

47. Common Buzzard (2020-05-28)

48. Whiskered Tern (2020-06-07)

49. Black Tern (2020-06-07)

50. White-winged Tern (2020-06-07)

51. Wood Pigeon (2020-06-07)

52. Eurasian Honey-Buzzard (2020-07-13)

53. Snow Bunting (2020-11-01)

54. Northern Black Grouse (2020-11-02)

55. Eurasian Nuthatch (2020-11-02)

56. Common Redpoll (2020-11-22)

57. Long-tailed Tit (2020-12-05)

58. European Greenfinch (2020-12-09)

59. Northern Bullfinch (2020-12-09)

60. Common Raven (2020-12-10)

61. Hooded Crow (2020-12-10)

62. Grey Partridge (2020-12-10)

63. Blue Tit (2020-12-14)

64. Rock Pigeon (2020-12-19)

65. Arctic Redpoll (2020-12-20)

recent uploads

2025-10-18. Greater Ringed Plover, Yellow-legged Gull, Yellow-legged Gull, Great Cormorant, Greater Scaup, Yellow-legged Gull, Sandwich Tern, Slavonian Grebe, Eurasian Collared Dove, Eurasian Jay, Great Cormorant, Tufted Duck, Little Egret, Yellow-legged Gull.

2025-10-14. Grey Plover, Greater Ringed Plover, Whiskered Tern, Little Gull, Dunlin.

2025-10-13. Ruddy Turnstone.

2025-09-30. Common Cuckoo, Great Grey Shrike, Wood Pigeon, Eurasian Linnet, Ruff, Great White Egret, Great Crested Grebe, Common Coot, Eurasian Hobby.

2025-06-12. Eurasian Wryneck, Whiskered Tern, Black Tern, Marsh Sandpiper.

2025-06-03. Common Coot, Red-throated Pipit.

2025-05-19. Barn Swallow, Common Cuckoo, Wood Pigeon, Common Buzzard, Black Kite, Common Buzzard, Eurasian Honey-Buzzard, Eurasian Honey-Buzzard, Common Swift, Common Whitethroat.

2025-05-12. Canada Goose.

2025-05-11. Gadwall, Common Coot, Black-Necked Grebe, Mallard, Tufted Duck, Northern Shoveler, Black-headed Gull, Eurasian Wigeon, Garganey, Common Teal, Common Pochard, Black Kite, Gadwall, Green Sandpiper, Willow Warbler, Common Chiffchaff, Blackcap, Great Crested Grebe, Black-headed Gull, Black-headed Gull.

2025-05-10. Thrush Nightingale, Bluethroat, Yellow Wagtail, Gadwall, Dunnock.

2025-04-20. Great White Egret.

2025-04-14. Siberian Black-backed Gull, Common Coot, White Wagtail.

2025-04-12. White Wagtail, Mew Gull, Grey Heron.

2025-04-11. Wood Pigeon.

Big Year 2025

1. Nataliya Pokhodzey (289)
2. Andrey Semenov (281)
3. Alexandr Balaev (251)
4. Egor Loboda (242)
5. Anna Golubeva (240)
6. Sergei Saveika (189)
7. Vitaliy Butko (187)
8. Irina Ortik (171)
9. Igor Dvurekov (167)
10. Svetlana Barabanshchikova (167)

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

2025-07-18. 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).

2024-05-26. European Bee-eater (Stanislavs Gr).

unidentified birds

2025-11-09

Артем: Того же мнения, но всё равно не уверенБелая бровь, полосок на крыле видно тут и рыжий цвет налицо подхвостье явно белое.Предположу что уже [....]

2025-09-30

no any comments:

2025-08-06

Роман Кисельов: Дякую, так, міг помилитися. Додав ще два фото (неякісні, але інший ракурс).

2025-08-04

Сергей Шурша: Эту птицу обсуждали в 2023 по дополнительным фото, пока кто-то из модераторов не удалил "лишние копии" вместе с обсуждением. И вот опять, коршун [....]

2025-07-14

Дмитрий Шевцов: Весничка

more unidentified birds...