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    • Big Year 2016

    The winner will submit the pictures of the largest number of bird species taken on the territory of European Russia during this year.

    participants


    * number inside brackets means the number of species photographed in 2016
    1. Golubeva Anna (300)
    10. Kiselev Andrei (105)
    17. Georgi Boris (51)
    20. Koval Elena (36)
    25. Oskanov Yakov (24)
    27. Volkov Sergey (24)
    30. Elkina Anna (19)
    33. Ukolov Ilya (15)
    38. Gorelov Ignat (10)
    51. Lanin Maxim (3)
    64. Sur Tatiana (1)

    all species photographed in 2016


    * in order of appearance (number inside brackets means the date of first record "month-day" )
    1. Willow Tit (2016-01-01)
    2. Great Tit (2016-01-01)
    3. Black Woodpecker (2016-01-01)
    4. House Sparrow (2016-01-01)
    5. Common Starling (2016-01-01)
    6. Northern Bullfinch (2016-01-01)
    7. Common Sparrowhawk (2016-01-01)
    9. Eurasian Nuthatch (2016-01-02)
    10. Syrian Woodpecker (2016-01-02)
    11. Bohemian Waxwing (2016-01-03)
    12. Snow Bunting (2016-01-03)
    13. Eurasian Siskin (2016-01-04)
    14. Coal Tit (2016-01-05)
    15. Tree Sparrow (2016-01-05)
    16. Northern Hawk Owl (2016-01-06)
    17. Northern Black Grouse (2016-01-06)
    18. Eurasian Jay (2016-01-06)
    19. Northern Pintail (2016-01-06)
    20. Common Treecreeper (2016-01-07)
    21. Red Crossbill (2016-01-07)
    22. Rough-legged Buzzard (2016-01-08)
    23. Great Spotted Woodpecker (2016-01-09)
    24. Rock Pigeon (2016-01-09)
    25. Ural Owl (2016-01-09)
    27. Eurasian Blackbird (2016-01-10)
    28. Northern Reed Bunting (2016-01-10)
    29. Black-Billed Magpie (2016-01-10)
    30. Fieldfare (2016-01-11)
    31. Northern Goshawk (2016-01-13)
    32. Blue Tit (2016-01-14)
    33. Mallard (2016-01-14)
    34. Tufted Duck (2016-01-14)
    35. Common Raven (2016-01-14)
    36. Common Buzzard (2016-01-14)
    37. Eurasian Pygmy-Owl (2016-01-16)
    38. White-Backed Woodpecker (2016-01-16)
    39. Lesser Spotted Woodpecker (2016-01-16)
    40. Goldcrest (2016-01-16)
    41. Eurasian Jackdaw (2016-01-16)
    42. Grey-Headed Woodpecker (2016-01-16)
    43. Sky Lark (2016-01-17)
    44. Goosander (2016-01-19)
    45. Ruddy Shelduck (2016-01-21)
    46. Common Goldeneye (2016-01-21)
    47. Red-breasted Merganser (2016-01-21)
    48. Mew Gull (2016-01-21)
    49. Black-headed Gull (2016-01-23)
    50. Herring Gull (2016-01-23)
    51. Caspian Gull (2016-01-23)
    52. European Greenfinch (2016-01-23)
    53. White-tailed Sea-Eagle (2016-01-24)
    54. Crested Tit (2016-01-25)
    55. White Wagtail (2016-01-25)
    56. Common Chiffchaff (2016-01-25)
    57. Hawfinch (2016-01-26)
    58. Red-crested Pochard (2016-01-26)
    59. Red-fronted Serin (2016-01-31)
    60. Long-tailed Tit (2016-01-31)
    61. Great Grey Shrike (2016-01-31)
    62. Marsh Tit (2016-02-02)
    63. Long-tailed Duck (2016-02-06)
    64. Eurasian Goldfinch (2016-02-06)
    65. Water Rail (2016-02-06)
    66. Red-breasted Goose (2016-02-07)
    67. Yellowhammer (2016-02-07)
    68. Crested Lark (2016-02-07)
    69. Great Rosefinch (2016-02-08)
    70. Eurasian Green Woodpecker (2016-02-08)
    71. Rook (2016-02-08)
    72. Common Coot (2016-02-09)
    73. Horned Lark (2016-02-09)
    74. Common Pochard (2016-02-13)
    75. Grey Partridge (2016-02-13)
    76. Hooded Crow (2016-02-13)
    77. Lapland Longspur (2016-02-15)
    78. Merlin (2016-02-21)
    79. Wood Lark (2016-02-22)
    80. Great White Egret (2016-02-24)
    81. Spotted Nutcracker (2016-02-27)
    82. Willow Ptarmigan (2016-02-27)
    83. Long-eared Owl (2016-02-29)
    84. Tawny Owl (2016-03-01)
    85. Eurasian Collared Dove (2016-03-03)
    86. Bearded Tit (2016-03-06)
    87. Black Kite (2016-03-07)
    88. Eurasian Linnet (2016-03-11)
    89. Whooper Swan (2016-03-11)
    90. Azure Tit (2016-03-11)
    91. Steppe Eagle (2016-03-13)
    92. Mute Swan (2016-03-13)
    93. Isabelline Wheatear (2016-03-13)
    94. Common Redpoll (2016-03-14)
    95. Garganey (2016-03-14)
    97. Common Chaffinch (2016-03-23)
    98. Wood Pigeon (2016-03-24)
    100. Smew (2016-03-26)
    101. White Stork (2016-03-26)
    102. Bean Goose (2016-03-27)
    103. Black-Necked Grebe (2016-03-27)
    104. Hen Harrier (2016-03-28)
    105. Common Teal (2016-03-28)
    106. Grey Heron (2016-03-29)
    107. Eastern Imperial Eagle (2016-03-29)
    108. Eurasian Wigeon (2016-03-31)
    109. Little Ringed Plover (2016-03-31)
    110. Black-tailed Godwit (2016-03-31)
    111. Northern Lapwing (2016-04-02)
    112. Common Stonechat (2016-04-03)
    113. Common Crane (2016-04-03)
    114. Gadwall (2016-04-04)
    115. Water Pipit (2016-04-04)
    116. Peregrine Falcon (2016-04-04)
    117. Bluethroat (2016-04-04)
    118. Northern Shoveler (2016-04-05)
    119. European Robin (2016-04-06)
    120. Northern Wheatear (2016-04-07)
    121. Common Snipe (2016-04-08)
    122. Western Marsh-Harrier (2016-04-08)
    123. Common Redshank (2016-04-08)
    124. Rock Bunting (2016-04-09)
    125. Song Thrush (2016-04-09)
    126. Willow Warbler (2016-04-09)
    127. Dunnock (2016-04-10)
    128. Black Redstart (2016-04-10)
    129. Eurasian Curlew (2016-04-10)
    130. Great Crested Grebe (2016-04-10)
    131. Eurasian Penduline Tit (2016-04-10)
    132. Lesser Whitethroat (2016-04-10)
    133. Black-headed Wagtail (2016-04-11)
    134. Black-crowned Night Heron (2016-04-11)
    135. Little Egret (2016-04-11)
    136. Purple Heron (2016-04-11)
    137. Brambling (2016-04-11)
    138. Meadow Pipit (2016-04-12)
    139. Bewick's Swan (2016-04-12)
    140. Citrine Wagtail (2016-04-12)
    141. Pallid Harrier (2016-04-12)
    142. Common Sandpiper (2016-04-13)
    143. Green Sandpiper (2016-04-13)
    144. Short-eared Owl (2016-04-14)
    145. Common Oystercatcher (2016-04-14)
    146. Corn Bunting (2016-04-14)
    147. Menetries Warbler (2016-04-14)
    148. Calandra Lark (2016-04-14)
    149. Cetti's Warbler (2016-04-14)
    150. Lesser Short-toed Lark (2016-04-14)
    151. Eurasian Eagle-Owl (2016-04-14)
    152. Black-winged Pratincole (2016-04-14)
    153. Redwing (2016-04-15)
    154. Baraba Steppe Gull (2016-04-15)
    155. Pied Flycatcher (2016-04-15)
    156. Mistle Thrush (2016-04-16)
    157. Eurasian Wryneck (2016-04-16)
    158. Stock Pigeon (2016-04-16)
    159. Tree Pipit (2016-04-16)
    160. Eurasian Woodcock (2016-04-16)
    161. Whinchat (2016-04-16)
    162. Common Moorhen (2016-04-17)
    163. Northern Wren (2016-04-17)
    164. Common Nightingale (2016-04-17)
    165. Common Kingfisher (2016-04-17)
    166. Wood Warbler (2016-04-18)
    167. Yellow-backed Wagtail (2016-04-18)
    168. Hoopoe (2016-04-18)
    169. Booted Eagle (2016-04-18)
    170. Red-Necked Grebe (2016-04-18)
    171. Tawny Pipit (2016-04-18)
    172. Slavonian Grebe (2016-04-19)
    173. Demoiselle Crane (2016-04-19)
    174. Jack Snipe (2016-04-19)
    175. Red-footed Falcon (2016-04-19)
    176. Great Cormorant (2016-04-19)
    177. Great Bustard (2016-04-20)
    178. Collared Flycatcher (2016-04-20)
    179. Blackcap (2016-04-21)
    180. Common Kestrel (2016-04-22)
    181. Northern Hazelhen (2016-04-23)
    182. Common Greenshank (2016-04-23)
    183. Barn Swallow (2016-04-24)
    184. Yellow Wagtail (2016-04-24)
    185. Kentish Plover (2016-04-24)
    186. Black-winged Stilt (2016-04-24)
    187. Short-toed Snake-Eagle (2016-04-25)
    188. Greater Spotted Eagle (2016-04-25)
    189. Eurasian Hobby (2016-04-25)
    190. Common Tern (2016-04-25)
    191. Montagu's Harrier (2016-04-26)
    192. Little Stint (2016-04-26)
    193. Terek Sandpiper (2016-04-26)
    194. Dalmatian Pelican (2016-04-27)
    195. Great Snipe (2016-04-27)
    196. Black Stork (2016-04-28)
    197. Northern House Martin (2016-04-28)
    198. Ruff (2016-04-29)
    199. Western Capercaillie (2016-04-29)
    200. Common Cuckoo (2016-04-29)
    201. Thrush Nightingale (2016-04-30)
    202. Spotted Flycatcher (2016-04-30)
    203. Marsh Sandpiper (2016-04-30)
    204. Wood Sandpiper (2016-04-30)
    205. Common Swift (2016-04-30)
    206. Eurasian Redstart (2016-04-30)
    207. Eurasian Bittern (2016-04-30)
    208. Osprey (2016-04-30)
    209. Moustached Warbler (2016-05-01)
    210. Greater Short-toed Lark (2016-05-01)
    211. Long-legged Buzzard (2016-05-01)
    212. Little Bustard (2016-05-01)
    213. Pied Avocet (2016-05-01)
    214. Lesser Grey Shrike (2016-05-01)
    215. Semi-collared Flycatcher (2016-05-01)
    216. Black Tern (2016-05-02)
    217. Little Gull (2016-05-03)
    218. White-winged Tern (2016-05-03)
    219. Common Whitethroat (2016-05-04)
    220. Corncrake (2016-05-04)
    221. Savi's Warbler (2016-05-04)
    222. Levant Sparrowhawk (2016-05-04)
    223. Pied Wheatear (2016-05-04)
    224. Great Reed Warbler (2016-05-05)
    225. Garden Warbler (2016-05-06)
    226. Greenish Warbler (2016-05-06)
    227. European Turtle Dove (2016-05-07)
    228. Common Pheasant (2016-05-08)
    229. Canada Goose (2016-05-08)
    230. Sedge Warbler (2016-05-08)
    231. Red-throated Pipit (2016-05-08)
    232. Ortolan Bunting (2016-05-09)
    233. Common Rosefinch (2016-05-09)
    234. Eurasian Honey-Buzzard (2016-05-09)
    235. Whiskered Tern (2016-05-09)
    236. Sand Martin (2016-05-09)
    237. Ring Ouzel (2016-05-09)
    238. Red-backed Shrike (2016-05-09)
    239. European Golden Oriole (2016-05-11)
    240. Lesser Spotted Eagle (2016-05-11)
    241. Temminck's Stint (2016-05-11)
    242. Greylag Goose (2016-05-12)
    243. Black-headed Bunting (2016-05-12)
    244. Paddyfield Warbler (2016-05-13)
    245. Cattle Egret (2016-05-13)
    246. Dunlin (2016-05-13)
    247. Ruddy Turnstone (2016-05-13)
    248. Little Tern (2016-05-13)
    249. Gull-billed Tern (2016-05-13)
    250. Ferruginous Duck (2016-05-13)
    251. Common Shelduck (2016-05-13)
    252. Rosy Starling (2016-05-13)
    253. Pallas's Gull (2016-05-13)
    254. Mediterranean Gull (2016-05-13)
    255. Greater Ringed Plover (2016-05-14)
    256. Squacco Heron (2016-05-14)
    257. Curlew Sandpiper (2016-05-14)
    258. Glossy Ibis (2016-05-14)
    259. Spanish Sparrow (2016-05-14)
    260. Eurasian Spoonbill (2016-05-14)
    261. Great White Pelican (2016-05-14)
    262. Little Bittern (2016-05-14)
    263. Caspian Tern (2016-05-14)
    264. Spotted Redshank (2016-05-14)
    265. Icterine Warbler (2016-05-14)
    266. European Bee-eater (2016-05-14)
    267. River Warbler (2016-05-14)
    268. Grey Plover (2016-05-14)
    269. Red-breasted Flycatcher (2016-05-15)
    270. Little Crake (2016-05-15)
    271. Western Grasshopper Warbler (2016-05-15)
    272. Blyth's Reed Warbler (2016-05-16)
    273. Eurasian Roller (2016-05-16)
    274. Barred Warbler (2016-05-18)
    275. Great Grey Owl (2016-05-20)
    276. European Nightjar (2016-05-21)
    277. Red-necked Phalarope (2016-05-21)
    278. Marsh Warbler (2016-05-23)
    279. Booted Warbler (2016-05-23)
    280. Yellow-breasted Bunting (2016-05-28)
    281. Rufous-tailed Rock Thrush (2016-06-06)
    282. Alpine Chough (2016-06-06)
    283. Bar-tailed Godwit (2016-06-07)
    284. Barnacle Goose (2016-06-08)
    285. Lesser Black-backed Gull (2016-06-08)
    286. Red Knot (2016-06-08)
    287. Arctic Tern (2016-06-08)
    288. Great Black-backed Gull (2016-06-09)
    289. Little Bunting (2016-06-10)
    290. Common Quail (2016-06-12)
    291. European Serin (2016-06-18)
    292. Arctic Loon (2016-06-20)
    293. Velvet Scoter (2016-06-20)
    294. King Eider (2016-06-21)
    295. Green Leaf-Warbler (2016-06-22)
    296. Eurasian Whimbrel (2016-06-27)
    297. Eurasian Golden Plover (2016-06-27)
    298. Arctic Skua (2016-06-29)
    299. Caucasian Chiffchaff (2016-07-12)
    300. Alpine Accentor (2016-07-16)
    301. Twite (2016-07-16)
    302. Broad-billed Sandpiper (2016-07-17)
    303. Black Scoter (2016-07-20)
    304. Hoary Redpoll (2016-07-20)
    305. Red-throated Loon (2016-07-21)
    306. Common Eider (2016-07-21)
    307. Rock Ptarmigan (2016-07-21)
    308. Sanderling (2016-07-21)
    309. Black Guillemot (2016-07-21)
    310. European Shag (2016-07-21)
    311. Eurasian Reed Warbler (2016-07-22)
    312. Siberian Tit (2016-07-23)
    313. Grey Wagtail (2016-07-26)
    314. Eurasian Dotterel (2016-08-12)
    315. Yellow-legged Gull (2016-08-14)
    316. Great Skua (2016-08-16)
    317. Slender-billed Gull (2016-08-16)
    318. Pygmy Cormorant (2016-08-18)
    319. Sandwich Tern (2016-08-18)
    320. Egyptian Vulture (2016-08-20)
    321. Red-billed Chough (2016-08-21)
    322. Chukar Partridge (2016-08-21)
    323. Eurasian Crag Martin (2016-08-21)
    324. Lammergeier (2016-08-21)
    325. Griffon Vulture (2016-08-22)
    326. Oriental Turtle Dove (2016-08-23)
    327. Rustic Bunting (2016-08-27)
    328. Spotted Crake (2016-09-01)
    329. Wallcreeper (2016-09-03)
    330. Glaucous Gull (2016-09-13)
    331. Yellow-browed Warbler (2016-09-17)
    332. Saker Falcon (2016-09-18)
    333. Red Phalarope (2016-09-18)
    334. Siberian Accentor (2016-09-24)
    335. Siberian Jay (2016-09-27)
    336. Pine Grosbeak (2016-09-27)
    337. Greater Scaup (2016-10-12)
    338. Firecrest (2016-11-04)
    339. Short-toed Tree-Creeper (2016-11-05)
    340. Little Grebe (2016-11-09)

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    White-winged Lark (Melanocorypha leucoptera)

    © Vyacheslav Yusupov
    2024-03-09
    Kstovo


    Black-winged Stilt (Himantopus himantopus)

    © Igor Sikorsky
    2024-01-14
    Ogonki, Crimea


    Middle Spotted Woodpecker (Dendrocopos medius)

    © Radik Kutushev
    2023-12-11


    Pallas's Warbler (Phylloscopus proregulus)

    © Mikhail Kalagin
    2023-11-08

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