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

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Paradoxornithidae

Gontcharov Aleksandr

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total species: 88 total photos: 275 total videos: 0 total blogposts: 0

1. Common Kestrel (2025-01-03)

2. Common Sparrowhawk (2025-01-04)

3. Common Coot (2025-01-04)

4. Common Moorhen (2025-01-04)

5. Northern Shoveler (2025-01-04)

6. Eurasian Jackdaw (2025-01-04)

7. Mallard (2025-01-04)

8. Mandarin Duck (2025-01-04)

9. Black Woodpecker (2025-01-08)

10. Eurasian Jay (2025-01-08)

11. Common Raven (2025-01-08)

12. Eurasian Siskin (2025-01-08)

13. Northern Bullfinch (2025-01-18)

14. Eurasian Goldfinch (2025-01-18)

15. Northern Wren (2025-01-18)

16. Common Pochard (2025-01-18)

17. Herring Gull (2025-01-18)

18. Willow Tit (2025-01-30)

19. White-Backed Woodpecker (2025-01-30)

20. Middle Spotted Woodpecker (2025-01-31)

21. Common Buzzard (2025-03-01)

22. Ruddy Shelduck (2025-03-01)

23. Caspian Gull (2025-03-01)

24. Rook (2025-03-06)

25. Common Starling (2025-03-07)

26. Eurasian Blackbird (2025-03-10)

27. Coal Tit (2025-03-10)

28. Eurasian Nuthatch (2025-03-10)

29. Northern Reed Bunting (2025-04-01)

30. Eurasian Linnet (2025-04-03)

31. Common Crane (2025-04-05)

32. Rough-legged Buzzard (2025-04-05)

33. Wood Pigeon (2025-04-05)

34. Bean Goose (2025-04-05)

35. Eurasian Wigeon (2025-04-05)

36. Western Marsh-Harrier (2025-04-05)

37. Black Kite (2025-04-05)

38. Sky Lark (2025-04-05)

39. Barn Swallow (2025-04-05)

40. Tree Sparrow (2025-04-05)

41. Bohemian Waxwing (2025-04-05)

42. Greater White-fronted Goose (2025-04-05)

43. Common Greenshank (2025-04-05)

44. White Wagtail (2025-04-05)

45. Mew Gull (2025-04-05)

46. Grey Heron (2025-04-05)

47. Siberian Black-backed Gull (2025-04-12)

48. Canada Goose (2025-04-18)

49. Great White Egret (2025-04-19)

50. Thrush Nightingale (2025-05-04)

51. Bluethroat (2025-05-04)

52. Yellow Wagtail (2025-05-04)

53. Gadwall (2025-05-04)

54. Dunnock (2025-05-09)

55. Black-Necked Grebe | Grèbe à cou noir | Schwarzhalstaucher (2025-05-09)

56. Tufted Duck (2025-05-09)

57. Black-headed Gull (2025-05-09)

58. Garganey (2025-05-09)

59. Common Teal (2025-05-09)

60. Green Sandpiper (2025-05-09)

61. Willow Warbler (2025-05-09)

62. Common Chiffchaff (2025-05-09)

63. Blackcap (2025-05-09)

64. Great Crested Grebe | Grèbe huppé | Haubentaucher (2025-05-09)

65. Common Swift (2025-05-12)

66. Common Whitethroat (2025-05-15)

67. Red-throated Pipit (2025-05-16)

68. Common Cuckoo (2025-05-17)

69. Eurasian Honey-Buzzard (2025-05-17)

70. Eurasian Wryneck (2025-06-10)

71. Whiskered Tern (2025-06-10)

72. Black Tern (2025-06-10)

73. Marsh Sandpiper (2025-06-10)

74. Great Grey Shrike (2025-09-20)

75. Ruff (2025-09-20)

76. Eurasian Hobby (2025-09-20)

77. Greater Scaup (2025-10-04)

78. Eurasian Collared Dove (2025-10-04)

79. Great Cormorant (2025-10-04)

80. Little Egret (2025-10-04)

81. Yellow-legged Gull (2025-10-04)

82. Sandwich Tern (2025-10-09)

83. Slavonian Grebe | Grèbe esclavon | Ohrentaucher (2025-10-09)

84. Greater Ringed Plover (2025-10-10)

85. Ruddy Turnstone (2025-10-11)

86. Grey Plover (2025-10-11)

87. Little Gull (2025-10-11)

88. Dunlin (2025-10-11)

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

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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

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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

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