Big Year in Northern Eurasia. Semenov Andrey. Birds of Northern Eurasia

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Semenov Andrey

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1. Fieldfare (2024-01-01)

2. Hooded Crow (2024-01-01)

3. Smew (2024-01-01)

4. Common Goldeneye (2024-01-01)

5. Eurasian Jackdaw (2024-01-01)

6. Rock Pigeon (2024-01-01)

7. Tree Sparrow (2024-01-01)

8. House Sparrow (2024-01-01)

9. Crested Lark (2024-01-04)

10. Steppe Eagle (2024-01-04)

11. White-winged Tern (2024-01-05)

12. Little Owl (2024-01-05)

13. Eurasian Green Woodpecker (2024-01-05)

14. Northern Reed Bunting (2024-01-05)

15. Dalmatian Pelican (2024-01-05)

16. Rock Bunting (2024-01-06)

17. Eurasian Collared Dove (2024-01-06)

18. Red-billed Chough (2024-01-06)

19. Chukar Partridge (2024-01-06)

20. Long-legged Buzzard (2024-01-06)

21. Black Redstart (2024-01-07)

22. Grey Heron (2024-01-07)

23. Corn Bunting (2024-01-07)

24. Meadow Pipit (2024-01-07)

25. Rock Sparrow (2024-01-07)

26. Caspian Gull (2024-01-07)

27. Griffon Vulture (2024-01-08)

28. Lammergeier (2024-01-08)

29. Peregrine Falcon (2024-01-08)

30. White-tailed Sea-Eagle (2024-01-08)

31. Cinereous Vulture (2024-01-08)

32. Eastern Imperial Eagle (2024-01-08)

33. Great Spotted Woodpecker (2024-01-20)

34. Eurasian Jay (2024-01-20)

35. Common Raven (2024-01-27)

36. Red Crossbill (2024-01-27)

37. Goldcrest (2024-01-27)

38. Willow Tit (2024-01-27)

39. Bohemian Waxwing (2024-01-27)

40. Northern Bullfinch (2024-02-02)

41. Great Tit (2024-02-02)

42. Common Treecreeper (2024-02-02)

43. Blue Tit (2024-02-02)

44. Eurasian Blackbird (2024-02-02)

45. White-Backed Woodpecker (2024-02-03)

46. Middle Spotted Woodpecker (2024-02-03)

47. Common Redpoll (2024-02-03)

48. Black Woodpecker (2024-02-09)

49. Eurasian Nuthatch (2024-02-09)

50. European Greenfinch (2024-02-10)

51. Eurasian Goldfinch (2024-02-10)

52. Goosander (2024-02-10)

53. Ruddy Shelduck (2024-02-10)

54. Long-tailed Tit (2024-02-16)

55. Great Grey Owl (2024-02-23)

56. Tawny Owl (2024-03-08)

57. Spotted Nutcracker (2024-03-09)

58. Crested Tit (2024-03-09)

59. Eurasian Wigeon (2024-03-16)

60. Mallard (2024-03-16)

61. Northern Goshawk (2024-03-16)

62. Common Starling (2024-03-21)

63. European Robin (2024-03-21)

64. Mute Swan (2024-03-23)

65. Black-headed Gull (2024-03-23)

66. Garganey (2024-03-23)

67. Common Moorhen (2024-03-23)

68. Little Grebe | Grèbe castagneux | Zwergtaucher (2024-03-23)

69. Tufted Duck (2024-03-23)

70. Common Pochard (2024-03-23)

71. Barn Swallow (2024-03-23)

72. Yellow-legged Gull (2024-03-23)

73. Greater Scaup (2024-03-23)

74. Common Coot (2024-03-23)

75. Black-Necked Grebe | Grèbe à cou noir | Schwarzhalstaucher (2024-03-23)

76. Great Crested Grebe | Grèbe huppé | Haubentaucher (2024-03-23)

77. Dunlin (2024-03-23)

78. Kentish Plover (2024-03-23)

79. Lesser Spotted Woodpecker (2024-03-23)

80. Eurasian Magpie (2024-03-23)

81. Mediterranean Gull (2024-03-24)

82. Great Cormorant (2024-03-24)

83. Slender-billed Gull (2024-03-24)

84. White Wagtail (2024-03-24)

85. Northern Shoveler (2024-03-24)

86. Eurasian Linnet (2024-03-24)

87. Common Chaffinch (2024-03-25)

88. Firecrest (2024-03-25)

89. Song Thrush (2024-03-25)

90. Short-toed Tree-Creeper (2024-03-25)

91. Northern Wren (2024-03-25)

92. Common Chiffchaff (2024-03-25)

93. Grey-Headed Woodpecker (2024-03-28)

94. Greater White-fronted Goose (2024-03-30)

95. Wood Pigeon (2024-03-30)

96. Bean Goose (2024-03-30)

97. Sky Lark (2024-03-30)

98. Common Buzzard (2024-03-30)

99. Hen Harrier (2024-03-30)

100. Yellowhammer (2024-03-30)

101. Arctic Redpoll (2024-03-30)

102. Common Sparrowhawk (2024-03-30)

103. Mew Gull (2024-03-30)

104. Northern Lapwing (2024-03-30)

105. Herring Gull (2024-03-31)

106. Redwing (2024-03-31)

107. Eurasian Siskin (2024-04-05)

108. Hawfinch (2024-04-05)

109. Eurasian Penduline Tit (2024-04-07)

110. Common Teal (2024-04-07)

111. Common Kestrel (2024-04-07)

112. Western Marsh-Harrier (2024-04-13)

113. Brambling (2024-04-13)

114. Northern Hazelhen (2024-04-13)

115. Northern Black Grouse (2024-04-13)

116. Common Redshank (2024-04-13)

117. Black Kite (2024-04-13)

118. Green Sandpiper (2024-04-13)

119. Northern Pintail (2024-04-13)

120. Slavonian Grebe | Grèbe esclavon | Ohrentaucher (2024-04-27)

121. Gadwall (2024-04-28)

122. Stock Pigeon (2024-04-28)

123. Marsh Tit (2024-04-28)

124. Barnacle Goose (2024-04-30)

125. Bewick's Swan (2024-04-30)

126. Common Crane (2024-04-30)

127. Northern Wheatear (2024-04-30)

128. Common Greenshank (2024-05-01)

129. Common Sandpiper (2024-05-01)

130. Eurasian Hobby (2024-05-01)

131. Canada Goose (2024-05-02)

132. Whooper Swan (2024-05-02)

133. Common Oystercatcher (2024-05-02)

134. Pallas's Cormorant (2024-05-02)

135. Mistle Thrush (2024-05-03)

136. Red-breasted Merganser (2024-05-03)

137. Dunnock (2024-05-03)

138. Little Gull (2024-05-03)

139. Little Ringed Plover (2024-05-03)

140. Common Tern (2024-05-03)

141. Lesser Whitethroat (2024-05-03)

142. Lesser Black-backed Gull (2024-05-03)

143. Eurasian Three-Toed Woodpecker (2024-05-04)

144. Tree Pipit (2024-05-07)

145. Willow Warbler (2024-05-07)

146. Osprey (2024-05-07)

147. Pied Flycatcher (2024-05-08)

148. Wood Warbler (2024-05-08)

149. Red-breasted Flycatcher (2024-05-10)

150. Sedge Warbler (2024-05-11)

151. White Stork (2024-05-11)

152. Northern House Martin (2024-05-11)

153. Rook (2024-05-11)

154. Great Reed Warbler (2024-05-11)

155. Citrine Wagtail (2024-05-11)

156. Common Cuckoo (2024-05-11)

157. Terek Sandpiper (2024-05-11)

158. Thrush Nightingale (2024-05-11)

159. Savi's Warbler (2024-05-11)

160. Wood Sandpiper (2024-05-11)

161. Blackcap (2024-05-11)

162. Ruff (2024-05-11)

163. Spotted Redshank (2024-05-11)

164. Lesser Spotted Eagle (2024-05-11)

165. Icterine Warbler (2024-05-15)

166. Common Whitethroat (2024-05-16)

167. Common Rosefinch (2024-05-17)

168. Bluethroat (2024-05-17)

169. Corncrake (2024-05-17)

170. Garden Warbler (2024-05-17)

171. Marsh Warbler (2024-05-18)

172. Short-eared Owl (2024-05-18)

173. Black-tailed Godwit (2024-05-18)

174. Yellow Wagtail (2024-05-18)

175. Whinchat (2024-05-18)

176. Marsh Sandpiper (2024-05-18)

177. River Warbler (2024-05-18)

178. Black Tern (2024-05-18)

179. Temminck's Stint (2024-05-18)

180. Red-backed Shrike (2024-05-22)

181. Booted Warbler (2024-05-23)

182. Common Swift (2024-05-23)

183. Eurasian Wryneck (2024-05-24)

184. Eurasian Honey-Buzzard (2024-05-24)

185. Greater Ringed Plover (2024-05-24)

186. Little Stint (2024-05-24)

187. Eurasian Reed Warbler (2024-05-24)

188. Grey Plover (2024-05-24)

189. Blyth's Reed Warbler (2024-05-24)

190. Greenish Warbler (2024-05-29)

191. Western Grasshopper Warbler (2024-05-31)

192. Little Tern (2024-05-31)

193. Common Snipe (2024-06-01)

194. Sand Martin (2024-06-01)

195. Common Kingfisher (2024-06-01)

196. European Bee-eater (2024-06-01)

197. Montagu's Harrier (2024-06-01)

198. Eurasian Redstart (2024-06-01)

199. Booted Eagle (2024-06-01)

200. Common Quail (2024-06-01)

201. Black Stork (2024-06-01)

202. Barred Warbler (2024-06-01)

203. European Golden Oriole (2024-06-06)

204. Eurasian Bittern (2024-06-06)

205. Yellow-breasted Bunting (2024-06-08)

206. Spotted Flycatcher (2024-06-15)

207. Great White Egret (2024-06-15)

208. Azure Tit (2024-06-15)

209. Eurasian Curlew (2024-06-21)

210. Little Bittern (2024-07-13)

211. Bar-tailed Godwit (2024-07-18)

212. Siberian Tit (2024-07-18)

213. Pine Grosbeak (2024-07-18)

214. Common Guillemot (2024-07-19)

215. Red-throated Pipit (2024-07-19)

216. Red-throated Loon | Plongeon catmarin | Sterntaucher (2024-07-19)

217. Black-legged Kittiwake (2024-07-19)

218. Great Black-backed Gull (2024-07-19)

219. Little Bunting (2024-07-19)

220. Lapland Longspur (2024-07-19)

221. Arctic Tern (2024-07-19)

222. Arctic Loon | Plongeon arctique | Prachttaucher (2024-07-20)

223. Willow Ptarmigan (2024-07-20)

224. Common Eider (2024-07-20)

225. Razorbill (2024-07-20)

226. Merlin (2024-07-20)

227. Long-tailed Duck (2024-07-20)

228. Arctic Skua (2024-07-20)

229. Black Guillemot (2024-07-20)

230. Atlantic Puffin (2024-07-20)

231. European Serin (2024-07-23)

232. Pallid Harrier (2024-07-25)

233. Hoopoe (2024-08-08)

234. Eurasian Scops-Owl (2024-08-08)

235. Black-winged Stilt (2024-08-08)

236. Lesser Grey Shrike (2024-08-08)

237. Red-footed Falcon (2024-08-08)

238. Red-crested Pochard (2024-08-08)

239. Cattle Egret (2024-08-09)

240. Pied Wheatear (2024-08-09)

241. Isabelline Wheatear (2024-08-09)

242. Glossy Ibis (2024-08-09)

243. Black-crowned Night Heron (2024-08-09)

244. Eurasian Spoonbill (2024-08-09)

245. Little Egret (2024-08-09)

246. Pygmy Cormorant (2024-08-09)

247. Great White Pelican (2024-08-09)

248. Rosy Starling (2024-08-09)

249. Grey Partridge (2024-08-09)

250. Eurasian Roller (2024-08-09)

251. Syrian Woodpecker (2024-08-09)

252. Calandra Lark (2024-08-09)

253. Paddyfield Warbler (2024-08-09)

254. Gull-billed Tern (2024-08-09)

255. Caspian Tern (2024-08-09)

256. Black-headed Wagtail (2024-08-09)

257. Common Stonechat (2024-08-09)

258. Common Pheasant (2024-08-10)

259. Ferruginous Duck (2024-08-10)

260. Blue-cheeked Bee-eater (2024-08-10)

261. Greater Short-toed Lark (2024-08-10)

262. Common Shelduck (2024-08-10)

263. Purple Heron (2024-08-10)

264. Lesser Short-toed Lark (2024-08-10)

265. Black-winged Pratincole (2024-08-10)

266. Bearded Tit (2024-08-10)

267. Pied Avocet (2024-08-10)

268. White-headed Duck (2024-08-11)

269. Levant Sparrowhawk (2024-08-11)

270. European Turtle Dove (2024-08-24)

271. Broad-billed Sandpiper (2024-08-30)

272. Coal Tit (2024-09-07)

273. Eurasian Golden Plover (2024-09-07)

274. Eurasian Pygmy-Owl (2024-10-12)

275. Western Capercaillie (2024-10-12)

276. Great Grey Shrike (2024-10-12)

277. Rough-legged Buzzard (2024-10-12)

278. Red-Necked Grebe | Grèbe jougris | Rothalstaucher (2024-11-09)

279. Velvet Scoter (2024-11-28)

recent uploads

2026-04-04. Common Chaffinch, Song Thrush.

2026-04-03. Eurasian Penduline Tit, Common Coot, Tufted Duck.

2026-03-31. Greater White-fronted Goose, Greylag Goose, Greater Short-toed Lark, Kentish Plover, Red-breasted Goose, Isabelline Wheatear, Mute Swan, Western Marsh-Harrier, Pallid Harrier, Slender-billed Gull, Common Pochard, Red-crested Pochard, Common Shelduck, Dalmatian Pelican, Great White Pelican, Lesser White-fronted Goose, White-headed Duck, Short-eared Owl, Long-eared Owl, Little Owl, Common Redshank, Eurasian Eagle-Owl, Grey Heron, Mediterranean Gull, Common Stonechat, Dunlin, Garganey, Pied Avocet, Northern Shoveler.

2026-03-30. Great Cormorant, Eurasian Collared Dove, Calandra Lark, Crested Lark, Smew, Eastern Imperial Eagle, Little Grebe, Corn Bunting, Ruff, Common Pheasant, Black-winged Stilt.

2026-03-15. Eurasian Jay, Common Buzzard, Northern Lapwing, Common Starling, Snow Bunting, Eurasian Pygmy-Owl, Crested Tit.

2026-03-09. Rook, Hawfinch, Barnacle Goose, Caspian Gull, Great Crested Grebe.

2026-02-23. Goosander, Common Goldeneye, House Sparrow, Long-tailed Duck, Ruddy Shelduck, Bohemian Waxwing, Eurasian Wigeon, Black-headed Gull, Herring Gull, Mew Gull, Northern Pintail.

2026-02-22. Northern Bullfinch, Long-tailed Tit, Yellowhammer.

2026-02-14. Brambling, Willow Tit, Eurasian Siskin.

2026-02-09. Red Crossbill, Yellowhammer, Grey-Headed Woodpecker, Great Grey Shrike, Northern Black Grouse, Common Redpoll.

2026-02-08. Eurasian Jackdaw.

2026-01-24. Mandarin Duck, Blue Tit.

2026-01-08. Tree Sparrow, Common Treecreeper, European Robin, Eurasian Blackbird, Common Kestrel, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Black Woodpecker, Fieldfare, Spotted Nutcracker.

2026-01-07. European Greenfinch.

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)

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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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