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Big Year 2023

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

You can see previous years competitions results here: 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022

participants


* number inside brackets means the number of species photographed in 2023
1. Sizov Alexey (270)
2. Sikorsky Igor (255)
6. Butko Vitaliy (175)
7. Golubeva Anna (170)
9. Kurilin M (129)
10. Zhurtov Khasan (128)
13. Saveika Sergei (113)
14. Kuzmina Maria (107)
16. Sinukhin Vadim (104)
20. Petrov Andrei (90)
24. Kuzmin Alexey (82)
26. Dvurekov Igor (80)
34. Shvydun Elena (54)
42. Homenko Elena (39)
47. Rus Sovlan (26)
50. Valova Elena (21)
54. Mamaev Sergey (16)
58. Lanin Maxim (11)
71. Gorban Anna (5)
77. Borodin Oleg (4)
81. Shukov Pavel (4)

all species photographed in 2023


* in order of appearance (number inside brackets means the date of first record "month-day" )
1. Eurasian Siskin (2023-01-01)
2. Coal Tit (2023-01-01)
3. European Greenfinch (2023-01-01)
4. Great Spotted Woodpecker (2023-01-01)
5. Tree Sparrow (2023-01-01)
6. Blue Tit (2023-01-01)
7. Great Tit (2023-01-01)
9. Eurasian Jay (2023-01-01)
10. Common Treecreeper (2023-01-01)
11. Rock Pigeon (2023-01-01)
12. Eurasian Blackbird (2023-01-01)
13. Common Buzzard (2023-01-01)
14. Tawny Owl (2023-01-01)
15. House Sparrow (2023-01-01)
16. Velvet Scoter (2023-01-01)
17. Mute Swan (2023-01-01)
18. Rook (2023-01-01)
19. Common Chaffinch (2023-01-01)
20. Northern Reed Bunting (2023-01-01)
21. Common Moorhen (2023-01-01)
22. Great Cormorant (2023-01-01)
23. Common Pochard (2023-01-01)
24. Little Grebe (2023-01-01)
25. Whooper Swan (2023-01-01)
26. Red-crested Pochard (2023-01-01)
27. Tufted Duck (2023-01-01)
28. Common Teal (2023-01-01)
29. Common Coot (2023-01-01)
30. Great Grey Shrike (2023-01-01)
31. Great White Egret (2023-01-01)
32. Eurasian Dipper (2023-01-01)
33. Crested Lark (2023-01-01)
34. Eurasian Collared Dove (2023-01-01)
35. White-tailed Sea-Eagle (2023-01-01)
36. Long-eared Owl (2023-01-01)
37. Black Kite (2023-01-01)
38. Crested Tit (2023-01-01)
39. Northern Goshawk (2023-01-01)
40. Ural Owl (2023-01-01)
41. Temminck's Stint (2023-01-01)
42. Eurasian Curlew (2023-01-01)
43. Long-legged Buzzard (2023-01-01)
44. Fieldfare (2023-01-01)
45. Common Quail (2023-01-01)
46. White Wagtail (2023-01-01)
47. Common Goldeneye (2023-01-01)
48. Mallard (2023-01-01)
49. Common Raven (2023-01-01)
50. Rough-legged Buzzard (2023-01-01)
51. Eurasian Jackdaw (2023-01-01)
52. Yellowhammer (2023-01-01)
53. Goosander (2023-01-01)
54. Hawfinch (2023-01-01)
55. Black-Billed Magpie (2023-01-01)
56. Eurasian Linnet (2023-01-01)
57. Eurasian Pygmy-Owl (2023-01-01)
58. Ferruginous Duck (2023-01-01)
59. Northern Bullfinch (2023-01-02)
60. Eurasian Goldfinch (2023-01-02)
61. Goldcrest (2023-01-02)
62. Middle Spotted Woodpecker (2023-01-02)
63. Syrian Woodpecker (2023-01-02)
64. Lesser Spotted Woodpecker (2023-01-02)
65. Smew (2023-01-02)
66. Hooded Crow (2023-01-02)
67. Long-tailed Tit (2023-01-02)
68. Eurasian Nuthatch (2023-01-02)
69. Grey-Headed Woodpecker (2023-01-02)
70. Willow Tit (2023-01-02)
71. Common Sparrowhawk (2023-01-02)
72. Black Woodpecker (2023-01-02)
73. Northern Wren (2023-01-02)
75. Peregrine Falcon (2023-01-02)
76. European Robin (2023-01-02)
77. Ruddy Shelduck (2023-01-02)
78. Common Shelduck (2023-01-02)
79. White-Backed Woodpecker (2023-01-02)
80. Common Kestrel (2023-01-02)
81. Grey Partridge (2023-01-02)
82. Mistle Thrush (2023-01-03)
83. Black-crowned Night Heron (2023-01-03)
84. Redwing (2023-01-03)
85. Firecrest (2023-01-03)
86. Black-headed Gull (2023-01-03)
87. Red-billed Chough (2023-01-03)
88. Common Starling (2023-01-03)
89. Great Crested Grebe (2023-01-03)
90. Northern Pintail (2023-01-03)
91. Common Pheasant (2023-01-04)
92. Hen Harrier (2023-01-04)
93. Bohemian Waxwing (2023-01-04)
94. White-winged Crossbill (2023-01-04)
95. Red Crossbill (2023-01-04)
96. Grey Heron (2023-01-04)
97. Greater Scaup (2023-01-04)
98. Western Marsh-Harrier (2023-01-04)
99. Dunnock (2023-01-04)
100. Yellow-legged Gull (2023-01-04)
101. Red-breasted Merganser (2023-01-04)
102. Caspian Gull (2023-01-04)
103. Mew Gull (2023-01-04)
104. Bearded Tit (2023-01-04)
105. Eurasian Wigeon (2023-01-04)
106. Herring Gull (2023-01-05)
107. Wood Pigeon (2023-01-05)
108. Cattle Egret (2023-01-05)
109. Guldenstadt's Redstart (2023-01-05)
110. Rock Bunting (2023-01-05)
111. Red-fronted Serin (2023-01-05)
112. Lammergeier (2023-01-05)
113. Twite (2023-01-05)
114. Brambling (2023-01-05)
116. Azure Tit (2023-01-05)
117. Krueper's Nuthatch (2023-01-05)
118. Arctic Loon (2023-01-05)
119. Common Kingfisher (2023-01-05)
120. White-winged Tern (2023-01-06)
121. Black-winged Stilt (2023-01-06)
122. Spotted Nutcracker (2023-01-06)
123. Horned Lark (2023-01-06)
124. Snow Bunting (2023-01-06)
125. Common Redpoll (2023-01-06)
126. Bewick's Swan (2023-01-06)
127. White-headed Duck (2023-01-06)
128. Barnacle Goose (2023-01-07)
129. Little Owl (2023-01-07)
130. Grey Wagtail (2023-01-07)
131. Long-tailed Duck (2023-01-07)
132. Common Eider (2023-01-08)
133. Short-toed Tree-Creeper (2023-01-08)
134. Song Thrush (2023-01-09)
135. Common Snipe (2023-01-09)
136. Northern Black Grouse (2023-01-09)
137. Pallas's Warbler (2023-01-09)
138. Hume's Warbler (2023-01-09)
139. Hoary Redpoll (2023-01-09)
140. Green Sandpiper (2023-01-09)
141. Greylag Goose (2023-01-10)
142. Cinereous Vulture (2023-01-10)
143. Dalmatian Pelican (2023-01-11)
144. Water Rail (2023-01-11)
145. Black Redstart (2023-01-12)
146. Meadow Pipit (2023-01-12)
147. Ring Ouzel (2023-01-14)
148. Griffon Vulture (2023-01-14)
149. Gadwall (2023-01-14)
150. Black-Necked Grebe (2023-01-14)
151. Pallas's Gull (2023-01-14)
152. Dunlin (2023-01-14)
153. Pygmy Cormorant (2023-01-14)
154. Jack Snipe (2023-01-14)
155. Corn Bunting (2023-01-14)
156. Glaucous Gull (2023-01-14)
157. Mandarin Duck (2023-01-15)
158. Northern Shoveler (2023-01-16)
159. Northern Hawk Owl (2023-01-16)
160. European Shag (2023-01-16)
161. Sky Lark (2023-01-18)
162. Eurasian Bittern (2023-01-18)
163. Sandwich Tern (2023-01-19)
164. Great White Pelican (2023-01-20)
165. Stock Pigeon (2023-01-21)
166. Ruddy Turnstone (2023-01-21)
167. Marsh Tit (2023-01-23)
168. Merlin (2023-01-24)
169. Mediterranean Gull (2023-01-26)
170. Spanish Sparrow (2023-01-27)
171. Great Black-backed Gull (2023-01-27)
172. Golden Eagle (2023-01-28)
173. Harlequin Duck (2023-01-30)
174. Eurasian Woodcock (2023-01-31)
175. Great Rosefinch (2023-01-31)
176. Alpine Chough (2023-02-01)
177. Eastern Imperial Eagle (2023-02-01)
178. Cetti's Warbler (2023-02-05)
179. Great Grey Owl (2023-02-07)
180. Boreal Owl (2023-02-09)
181. Greater Ringed Plover (2023-02-10)
182. Wood Lark (2023-02-10)
183. Northern Hazelhen (2023-02-11)
184. Grey Plover (2023-02-16)
185. Sanderling (2023-02-16)
186. Greater Flamingo (2023-02-18)
187. Short-eared Owl (2023-02-18)
188. Yelkouan Shearwater (2023-02-22)
189. Osprey (2023-02-24)
190. Common Crane (2023-02-27)
191. Common Chiffchaff (2023-02-28)
192. Ruff (2023-03-02)
193. Garganey (2023-03-02)
194. Northern Grey Shrike (2023-03-04)
195. Calandra Lark (2023-03-04)
196. Northern Lapwing (2023-03-04)
197. Eurasian Golden Plover (2023-03-05)
198. Common Stonechat (2023-03-06)
199. Chukar Partridge (2023-03-08)
200. Western Capercaillie (2023-03-09)
201. Slender-billed Gull (2023-03-11)
202. Hoopoe (2023-03-11)
203. Black Scoter (2023-03-11)
204. Parrot Crossbill (2023-03-12)
205. Eurasian Eagle-Owl (2023-03-12)
206. Demoiselle Crane (2023-03-12)
207. White Stork (2023-03-15)
208. Black-tailed Godwit (2023-03-15)
209. Little Ringed Plover (2023-03-15)
210. Purple Heron (2023-03-15)
211. Little Gull (2023-03-15)
212. Isabelline Wheatear (2023-03-15)
213. Northern House Martin (2023-03-17)
214. Common Sandpiper (2023-03-19)
215. Common Redshank (2023-03-19)
216. Pied Avocet (2023-03-19)
217. Common Oystercatcher (2023-03-19)
218. Caspian Tern (2023-03-19)
219. Lesser Short-toed Lark (2023-03-19)
220. Eurasian Penduline Tit (2023-03-20)
221. Red-Necked Grebe (2023-03-20)
222. Marsh Sandpiper (2023-03-20)
223. Northern Wheatear (2023-03-20)
224. Pallid Harrier (2023-03-21)
225. Bluethroat (2023-03-23)
226. Eurasian Whimbrel (2023-03-23)
227. Siberian Black-backed Gull (2023-03-25)
228. Barn Swallow (2023-03-25)
229. Little Egret (2023-03-25)
230. Eurasian Wryneck (2023-03-25)
231. Black-headed Wagtail (2023-03-26)
232. Kentish Plover (2023-03-26)
233. Glossy Ibis (2023-03-27)
234. Tree Pipit (2023-03-27)
235. Saker Falcon (2023-03-27)
236. Lesser Black-backed Gull (2023-03-27)
237. Common Greenshank (2023-03-27)
238. Greater Sand Plover (2023-03-28)
239. Common Swift (2023-03-28)
240. Short-toed Snake-Eagle (2023-03-28)
241. Semi-collared Flycatcher (2023-03-28)
242. Citrine Wagtail (2023-03-29)
243. Little Crake (2023-03-30)
244. Sedge Warbler (2023-03-30)
245. Savi's Warbler (2023-03-30)
246. Red-rumped Swallow (2023-03-30)
247. Great Reed Warbler (2023-03-30)
248. Tawny Pipit (2023-03-30)
249. Water Pipit (2023-03-31)
250. Bean Goose (2023-04-02)
251. Spotted Redshank (2023-04-02)
252. Gull-billed Tern (2023-04-02)
253. Eurasian Redstart (2023-04-02)
254. Blackcap (2023-04-03)
255. Common Nightingale (2023-04-05)
256. Willow Warbler (2023-04-05)
257. Pied Wheatear (2023-04-05)
258. Pied Flycatcher (2023-04-06)
259. Montagu's Harrier (2023-04-06)
260. Greater Short-toed Lark (2023-04-06)
261. Whinchat (2023-04-06)
262. Wood Sandpiper (2023-04-06)
263. Sand Martin (2023-04-06)
264. Squacco Heron (2023-04-06)
265. Yellow Wagtail (2023-04-06)
266. Collared Pratincole (2023-04-07)
267. Steppe Eagle (2023-04-09)
268. White-tailed Lapwing (2023-04-09)
269. Canada Goose (2023-04-10)
270. Lesser Spotted Eagle (2023-04-10)
271. Alpine Swift (2023-04-12)
272. Eurasian Hobby (2023-04-12)
273. Collared Flycatcher (2023-04-13)
274. Great Snipe (2023-04-13)
275. Great Bustard (2023-04-13)
276. Black-eared Wheatear (2023-04-13)
277. Woodchat Shrike (2023-04-13)
278. European Turtle Dove (2023-04-14)
279. Red-footed Falcon (2023-04-14)
280. Red-necked Phalarope (2023-04-15)
281. Common Cuckoo (2023-04-15)
282. Red-throated Pipit (2023-04-15)
283. Ortolan Bunting (2023-04-15)
284. Eurasian Stone Curlew (2023-04-17)
285. Curlew Sandpiper (2023-04-17)
286. Western Barn Owl (2023-04-17)
287. Bar-tailed Godwit (2023-04-17)
288. Lapland Longspur (2023-04-18)
289. Little Stint (2023-04-19)
290. Whiskered Tern (2023-04-19)
291. Black Tern (2023-04-20)
292. Eurasian Roller (2023-04-20)
293. Spotted Flycatcher (2023-04-21)
294. Common Whitethroat (2023-04-21)
295. European Bee-eater (2023-04-21)
296. Terek Sandpiper (2023-04-22)
297. Booted Eagle (2023-04-22)
298. Slavonian Grebe (2023-04-22)
299. Little Bustard (2023-04-22)
300. Black-legged Kittiwake (2023-04-22)
301. Lesser Whitethroat (2023-04-23)
302. Red-backed Shrike (2023-04-23)
303. Wood Warbler (2023-04-23)
304. Common Tern (2023-04-24)
305. Greater Spotted Eagle (2023-04-24)
306. Steller's Eider (2023-04-24)
307. Western Grasshopper Warbler (2023-04-24)
308. Rosy Starling (2023-04-25)
309. River Warbler (2023-04-25)
310. Eurasian Reed Warbler (2023-04-25)
311. Pink-footed Goose (2023-04-25)
312. Lesser Grey Shrike (2023-04-27)
313. Red-breasted Flycatcher (2023-04-27)
314. Eurasian Scops-Owl (2023-04-27)
315. Thrush Nightingale (2023-04-28)
316. Paddyfield Warbler (2023-04-29)
317. European Golden Oriole (2023-04-29)
318. Yellow-backed Wagtail (2023-04-29)
319. Little Bittern (2023-04-29)
320. Blue Rock Thrush (2023-04-30)
321. Rock Sparrow (2023-04-30)
322. European Nightjar (2023-05-01)
323. Black Stork (2023-05-01)
324. Black-headed Bunting (2023-05-03)
325. Eurasian Spoonbill (2023-05-03)
326. Eurasian Honey-Buzzard (2023-05-03)
327. Laughing Dove (2023-05-04)
328. Blue-cheeked Bee-eater (2023-05-05)
329. Lesser Kestrel (2023-05-06)
330. Little Tern (2023-05-06)
331. Barred Warbler (2023-05-07)
332. Broad-billed Sandpiper (2023-05-07)
333. Grey-headed Swamphen (2023-05-07)
334. Common Rosefinch (2023-05-08)
335. Rustic Bunting (2023-05-08)
336. Menetries Warbler (2023-05-09)
337. Lesser White-fronted Goose (2023-05-10)
338. Blyth's Reed Warbler (2023-05-11)
339. Icterine Warbler (2023-05-11)
340. Garden Warbler (2023-05-11)
341. Arctic Tern (2023-05-12)
342. Levant Sparrowhawk (2023-05-12)
343. Black-winged Pratincole (2023-05-12)
344. Moustached Warbler (2023-05-12)
345. Pine Grosbeak (2023-05-12)
346. Corncrake (2023-05-13)
347. Egyptian Vulture (2023-05-17)
348. Eurasian Crag Martin (2023-05-17)
349. Marsh Warbler (2023-05-19)
350. Booted Warbler (2023-05-20)
351. Yellow-breasted Bunting (2023-05-21)
352. Greenish Warbler (2023-05-23)
353. Green Leaf-Warbler (2023-05-27)
354. Caucasian Chiffchaff (2023-05-27)
355. Alpine Accentor (2023-05-27)
356. Caucasian Grouse (2023-05-28)

Big Year 2023

1. Alexey Sizov (270)
2. Igor Sikorsky (255)
3. Andrey Semenov (237)
4. Svetlana Medvedeva (220)
5. Nataliya Pokhodzey (177)
6. Vitaliy Butko (175)
7. Anna Golubeva (170)
8. Alexandr Balaev (140)
9. M Kurilin (129)
10. Khasan Zhurtov (128)
more...

rare birds records


Common Shelduck (Tadorna tadorna)

© Mikhail Kalagin
2023-05-08


Woodchat Shrike (Lanius senator)

© Dmitriy Shevtsov
2023-05-10
North Osetia, Vladikavkaz


Collared Pratincole (Glareola pratincola)

© Anna Golubeva
2023-04-30


Hume's Warbler (Phylloscopus humei)

© Gennady Kolotin
2023-01-09

more rarities...

recent video

2023-05-30. Great Reed Warbler (Alexandr Balaev).

2023-05-19. Common Snipe (Galina Katanova), Great Snipe (Galina Katanova).

2023-05-18. Dunnock (Alexandr Balaev).

2023-05-15. Common Cuckoo (Alexandr Balaev).

2023-05-13. Tree Pipit (Alexandr Balaev), European Robin (Alexandr Balaev).

2023-05-08. European Shag (Vadim Sinukhin).

2023-05-05. Eurasian Blackbird (Vadim Sinukhin).

2023-04-13. Wood Pigeon (Alexandr Balaev).

2023-04-12. Chukar Partridge (Vadim Sinukhin), Common Chaffinch (Vadim Sinukhin).

2023-03-24. Eurasian Collared Dove (Alexandr Balaev), Little Grebe (Sergei Saveika).

2023-02-27. Bewick's Swan (Oleg Borodin).

more video...

unidentified birds

2023-06-02

no any comments:
2023-06-01

Глеб Кириллов: еловик?
2023-06-01

Михаил Невский: Похоже на тростниковую
2023-06-01

Галина Катанова: бормотушка
2023-06-01

no any comments:
more unidentified birds...