On Saturday, 24 January 2026, Vitalii Kazannyk reported: “Today, near Natalka Park, there was a Great Black-backed Gull among a flock of gulls.”Since this is far from the first record of the Great Black-backed Gull in Kyiv, the website has accumulated some information about the places where it has been observed. To review all these locations, we go to territory analytics, place a marker approximately in the center of Kyiv, and choose a circle radius that covers the entire city. Then we set the date range from 1 December to 29 February and look at the result. In the table of species, we find the Great Black-backed Gull and tick the box next to it. At the bottom of the page, we click Submit — and get the result: a map of observations of the selected species within the specified circle and dates. From these data, it becomes obvious that the chances of encountering the bird in the same place the next day are not very high, although they are not zero.So first I decided to check the locations [...... read more ]

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Прийшов час підвести підсумки сезону 2025-го року, четвертого року за умов повномасштабної війни і втрат. Всупереч обставинам та завдяки Збройним Силам України, за цей рік учасникам сайту вдалося зафіксувати і оприлюднити на сайті фотознімки 299 видів птахів. Цей результат став можливим завдяки роботі 52 учасників сайту (та інших, хто коментував, ставив вподобайки або ж просто передивлявся зображення).Переможцями конкурсу Великий рік 2025 стали:I місце – ЛОБОДА Єгор і 254 сфотографованих видів птахів за рікII місце – ТРАВЕЛЯН Сергій і 175 сфотографованих [...... read more ]

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Another year has passed… And once again, the results of the Big Year haven't been finalized even for the previous one...So, allow me first to summarize the results of the 2024 season, the third year under conditions of full-scale war and losses. (And don't let me postpone the 2025 results indefinitely again). Despite the circumstances and thanks to the Armed Forces of Ukraine, this year the site's participants managed to record and publish photos of 312 bird species, which is 10 more than the previous year. This result was made possible thanks to the work of 58 site participants (as well as those who commented, liked, or simply viewed the images, motivating photographers to share their photos).The winners of the Big Year 2024 contest are:I place – SHEREMET Oleh and 266 photographed bird species for the year II place – SAMOKHIN Ihor and 259 photographed species for the year III place – LOBODA Yehor and 225 photographed species for the year.Sincerest congratulations to the winners [...... read more ]

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