Big Year in Northern Eurasia. Simonov Sergey. Birds of Northern Eurasia

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Procellariiformes

Pelecaniformes

Phalacrocoracidae

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Threskiornithidae

Phoenicopteriformes

Phoenicopteridae

Anseriformes

Falconiformes

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Gruiformes

Charadriiformes

Recurvirostridae

Pterocletiformes

Columbiformes

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Apodiformes

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1. Red Crossbill (2021-02-08)

2. Common Buzzard (2021-02-08)

3. Tawny Owl (2021-02-15)

4. Bohemian Waxwing (2021-02-18)

5. Eurasian Three-Toed Woodpecker (2021-02-18)

6. Great Tit (2021-02-18)

7. Common Redpoll (2021-02-18)

8. Hooded Crow (2021-02-18)

9. Rough-legged Buzzard (2021-02-18)

10. White-Backed Woodpecker (2021-02-19)

11. Blue Tit (2021-02-19)

12. Great Spotted Woodpecker (2021-02-19)

13. Eurasian Nuthatch (2021-02-19)

14. Barnacle Goose (2021-02-23)

15. Tufted Duck (2021-02-23)

16. Long-tailed Tit (2021-03-11)

17. Northern Bullfinch (2021-03-21)

18. Common Treecreeper (2021-03-21)

19. Middle Spotted Woodpecker (2021-03-21)

20. Syrian Woodpecker (2021-03-21)

21. Northern Lapwing (2021-04-09)

22. Western Capercaillie (2021-04-09)

23. Grey Heron (2021-04-09)

24. Whooper Swan (2021-04-09)

25. Northern Pintail (2021-04-09)

26. Gadwall (2021-04-09)

27. Osprey (2021-04-10)

28. Marsh Tit (2021-04-10)

29. Lesser Spotted Woodpecker (2021-04-10)

30. Common Crane (2021-04-10)

31. Goldcrest (2021-04-12)

32. Redwing (2021-04-14)

33. Black Woodpecker (2021-04-17)

34. Ruddy Shelduck (2021-04-17)

35. Eurasian Jay (2021-04-17)

36. Song Thrush (2021-04-17)

37. Common Goldeneye (2021-04-17)

38. Green Sandpiper (2021-04-18)

39. Eurasian Wigeon (2021-04-18)

40. Common Starling (2021-04-18)

41. Common Coot (2021-04-18)

42. Great Crested Grebe | Grèbe huppé | Haubentaucher (2021-04-18)

43. Mallard (2021-04-18)

44. Mew Gull (2021-04-24)

45. European Greenfinch (2021-04-24)

46. White Stork (2021-04-24)

47. Short-eared Owl (2021-04-24)

48. Yellowhammer (2021-04-25)

49. Greater White-fronted Goose (2021-04-25)

50. Bean Goose (2021-04-25)

51. Eurasian Hobby (2021-05-01)

52. Eurasian Jackdaw (2021-05-01)

53. Common Cuckoo (2021-05-02)

54. Barn Swallow (2021-05-08)

55. White Wagtail (2021-05-08)

56. Northern Black Grouse (2021-05-09)

57. Marsh Sandpiper (2021-05-10)

58. Common Whitethroat (2021-05-10)

59. Tree Pipit (2021-05-10)

60. Red-backed Shrike (2021-05-16)

61. Tree Sparrow (2021-05-16)

62. Wood Warbler (2021-05-16)

63. Yellow Wagtail (2021-05-17)

64. Common Rosefinch (2021-05-22)

65. Whinchat (2021-05-22)

66. Common Kestrel (2021-05-22)

67. Icterine Warbler (2021-05-22)

68. Common Chaffinch (2021-05-22)

69. Spotted Flycatcher (2021-05-22)

70. Black-winged Stilt (2021-05-23)

71. European Bee-eater (2021-05-23)

72. Common Redshank (2021-05-23)

73. Whiskered Tern (2021-05-23)

74. Common Tern (2021-05-23)

75. Garden Warbler (2021-05-23)

76. Terek Sandpiper (2021-05-23)

77. Great White Egret (2021-05-23)

78. White-winged Tern (2021-05-23)

79. Garganey (2021-05-23)

80. Sedge Warbler (2021-05-23)

81. Eurasian Linnet (2021-05-26)

82. Citrine Wagtail (2021-05-26)

83. Bluethroat (2021-05-26)

84. Booted Warbler (2021-05-26)

85. Montagu's Harrier (2021-05-26)

86. Black Kite (2021-05-26)

87. Eurasian Magpie (2021-05-26)

88. Little Tern (2021-05-26)

89. Eurasian Penduline Tit (2021-05-26)

90. Herring Gull (2021-05-26)

91. Red-breasted Flycatcher (2021-06-01)

92. Hoopoe (2021-06-05)

93. Marsh Warbler (2021-06-05)

94. Rook (2021-06-05)

95. Barred Warbler (2021-06-05)

96. Black-headed Gull (2021-06-12)

97. Lesser Black-backed Gull (2021-06-12)

98. European Robin (2021-06-19)

99. Common Raven (2021-06-19)

100. Hawfinch (2021-06-19)

101. Blackcap (2021-06-22)

102. Eurasian Blackbird (2021-06-22)

103. Eurasian Goldfinch (2021-06-22)

104. Black Tern (2021-06-30)

105. Black Redstart (2021-06-30)

106. Sky Lark (2021-06-30)

107. Little Bittern (2021-06-30)

108. Eurasian Wryneck (2021-06-30)

109. Thrush Nightingale (2021-06-30)

110. Northern Reed Bunting (2021-06-30)

111. Sand Martin (2021-06-30)

112. Eurasian Honey-Buzzard (2021-07-22)

113. Little Egret (2021-08-05)

114. Cattle Egret (2021-08-05)

115. Purple Heron (2021-08-05)

116. Eastern Olivaceous Warbler (2021-08-07)

117. Wood Pigeon (2021-08-07)

118. Pallas's Cormorant (2021-08-08)

119. Mediterranean Gull (2021-08-08)

120. Gull-billed Tern (2021-08-08)

121. Glossy Ibis (2021-08-09)

122. Eurasian Spoonbill (2021-08-09)

123. Pied Avocet (2021-08-09)

124. Common Shelduck (2021-08-09)

125. Caspian Tern (2021-08-09)

126. Dalmatian Pelican (2021-08-09)

127. Eurasian Collared Dove (2021-08-10)

128. Great White Pelican (2021-08-12)

129. Crested Lark (2021-08-12)

130. Lesser Grey Shrike (2021-08-12)

131. Mute Swan (2021-08-16)

132. Red-footed Falcon (2021-08-17)

133. Great Reed Warbler (2021-08-18)

134. Wood Sandpiper (2021-08-18)

135. Pied Wheatear (2021-08-18)

136. Western Marsh-Harrier (2021-08-18)

137. Common Snipe (2021-08-18)

138. Little Gull (2021-08-18)

139. Caspian Gull (2021-08-18)

140. Tawny Pipit (2021-08-21)

141. Slender-billed Gull (2021-08-21)

142. Black-eared Wheatear (2021-08-21)

143. Short-toed Snake-Eagle (2021-09-06)

144. Red-throated Pipit (2021-09-06)

145. Northern Wheatear (2021-09-06)

146. Common Chiffchaff (2021-09-06)

147. Greater Spotted Eagle (2021-09-18)

148. Willow Tit (2021-09-18)

149. Coal Tit (2021-09-18)

150. Meadow Pipit (2021-10-02)

151. Mistle Thrush (2021-10-02)

152. Greater Scaup (2021-10-31)

153. Brambling (2021-10-31)

recent uploads

2024-11-21. Great Crested Grebe, Northern Pintail, Northern Bullfinch, Grey Heron, Great White Egret, Common Goldeneye, Green Sandpiper, Common Greenshank.

2024-11-20. European Serin, European Turtle Dove, Stock Pigeon, Corn Bunting, Lesser Spotted Eagle, Peregrine Falcon, Arctic Tern, Bewick's Swan, Great Black-backed Gull, Red-throated Loon, Arctic Loon, Red-Necked Grebe, Black Scoter, Mandarin Duck.

2024-05-26. Western Marsh-Harrier.

2024-01-21. Lesser Spotted Woodpecker.

2024-01-09. Eurasian Collared Dove, Hoary Redpoll.

2023-12-26. Goosander, Mew Gull, Middle Spotted Woodpecker, Great Grey Shrike.

2023-12-19. Willow Tit, Common Redpoll, Bohemian Waxwing, Grey Partridge, Red Crossbill.

2023-11-28. Velvet Scoter, Little Grebe, Eurasian Pygmy-Owl, Common Buzzard, Horned Lark, Snow Bunting, Red-flanked Bluetail.

2023-09-28. Water Rail.

2023-06-06. Common Stonechat.

2022-10-25. Azure Tit.

2022-09-20. Tree Pipit.

2022-09-19. Eurasian Redstart, Common Kestrel, Eurasian Hobby, Peregrine Falcon, Red-footed Falcon.

2022-09-13. Northern Goshawk.

2020-04-12. Blue Tit, Marsh Tit, Common Coot, Crested Tit, Common Redstart, Common Wood Pigeon, Northern Wheatear, Mute Swan, Linnet, Black Redstart, Great Egret, White-tailed Sea-Eagle, Great Egret, Dunlin, Bar-tailed Godwit, Sanderling, Common Ringed Plover, Red Knot, Ruddy Turnstone, Common Redshank.

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...