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    • Big Year 2019

    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

    participants


    * number inside brackets means the number of species photographed in 2019
    1. Golubeva Anna (321)
    6. Shvydun Elena (197)
    8. Shurov Leonid (196)
    9. Petrov Andrei (193)
    10. Dvurekov Igor (184)
    15. Valova Elena (176)
    16. Bazdyrev Andrey (173)
    17. Torgachkin Igor (166)
    18. Kirillov Gleb (162)
    19. Zhurtov Khasan (155)
    21. Shursha Sergey (147)
    23. Nevski Michael (139)
    24. Katanova Galina (137)
    26. Zotova Evgenia (126)
    27. Kuzmina Maria (109)
    28. Zhbir Denis (108)
    29. Andreev Dmitrij (102)
    30. Iopek Vladislav (102)
    31. Tsupko Denis (94)
    36. Lanin Maxim (74)
    37. Redkin Yuriy (74)
    45. Georgi Boris (34)
    49. Voronov Denis (27)
    56. Sur Tatiana (17)
    59. Koval Elena (14)
    72. Travin Anton (5)
    77. Gorban Anna (2)

    all species photographed in 2019


    * in order of appearance (number inside brackets means the date of first record "month-day" )
    1. Eurasian Jay (2019-01-01)
    2. Eurasian Nuthatch (2019-01-01)
    3. Rock Pigeon (2019-01-01)
    4. Hooded Crow (2019-01-01)
    5. Eurasian Linnet (2019-01-01)
    6. Crested Lark (2019-01-01)
    7. White Wagtail (2019-01-01)
    8. Little Grebe (2019-01-01)
    9. Common Coot (2019-01-01)
    10. House Sparrow (2019-01-01)
    11. Mallard (2019-01-01)
    12. Black-headed Gull (2019-01-01)
    13. Common Pochard (2019-01-01)
    14. Caspian Gull (2019-01-01)
    15. Red-crested Pochard (2019-01-01)
    16. Ruddy Shelduck (2019-01-01)
    17. Black-Necked Grebe (2019-01-01)
    18. Tufted Duck (2019-01-01)
    19. Great Cormorant (2019-01-01)
    20. Whooper Swan (2019-01-01)
    21. Common Moorhen (2019-01-01)
    22. Water Rail (2019-01-01)
    24. Common Treecreeper (2019-01-01)
    25. Great Tit (2019-01-01)
    26. Willow Tit (2019-01-01)
    27. Blue Tit (2019-01-01)
    28. Northern Bullfinch (2019-01-01)
    29. Common Redpoll (2019-01-01)
    30. Fieldfare (2019-01-01)
    31. Mute Swan (2019-01-01)
    32. Great Crested Grebe (2019-01-01)
    33. Tree Sparrow (2019-01-01)
    34. Grey Partridge (2019-01-01)
    35. Long-legged Buzzard (2019-01-01)
    36. European Robin (2019-01-02)
    37. Goldcrest (2019-01-02)
    38. Great Spotted Woodpecker (2019-01-02)
    39. Rook (2019-01-02)
    40. Eurasian Blackbird (2019-01-02)
    41. Purple Sandpiper (2019-01-02)
    42. Ruddy Turnstone (2019-01-02)
    43. Yellow-legged Gull (2019-01-02)
    44. Mew Gull (2019-01-02)
    45. Common Starling (2019-01-02)
    46. Black Redstart (2019-01-02)
    47. Middle Spotted Woodpecker (2019-01-02)
    48. Northern Goshawk (2019-01-02)
    49. Eurasian Jackdaw (2019-01-02)
    50. Eurasian Wigeon (2019-01-02)
    51. Coal Tit (2019-01-02)
    52. Common Chaffinch (2019-01-03)
    53. Crested Tit (2019-01-03)
    54. European Greenfinch (2019-01-03)
    55. Dunlin (2019-01-03)
    56. Common Teal (2019-01-03)
    57. Garganey (2019-01-03)
    58. Common Goldeneye (2019-01-03)
    59. White-Backed Woodpecker (2019-01-03)
    60. Corn Bunting (2019-01-03)
    61. Lesser Spotted Woodpecker (2019-01-03)
    62. Long-tailed Tit (2019-01-03)
    63. Common Raven (2019-01-03)
    64. Smew (2019-01-03)
    65. Eurasian Goldfinch (2019-01-04)
    66. Black-Billed Magpie (2019-01-04)
    67. Herring Gull (2019-01-04)
    68. Goosander (2019-01-04)
    69. Black Woodpecker (2019-01-04)
    70. Yellowhammer (2019-01-04)
    71. White-tailed Sea-Eagle (2019-01-04)
    73. Northern Wren (2019-01-05)
    74. Eurasian Bittern (2019-01-05)
    75. Meadow Pipit (2019-01-05)
    76. Northern Reed Bunting (2019-01-05)
    77. Western Capercaillie (2019-01-05)
    78. Ural Owl (2019-01-05)
    79. Rough-legged Buzzard (2019-01-05)
    80. Common Buzzard (2019-01-05)
    81. Eurasian Pygmy-Owl (2019-01-05)
    82. Grey-Headed Woodpecker (2019-01-05)
    83. Great Grey Shrike (2019-01-05)
    84. Black Kite (2019-01-05)
    85. Rock Bunting (2019-01-05)
    86. Wood Pigeon (2019-01-06)
    87. Eurasian Collared Dove (2019-01-06)
    88. Bean Goose (2019-01-06)
    89. Barnacle Goose (2019-01-06)
    90. Northern Pintail (2019-01-06)
    91. Red Crossbill (2019-01-06)
    92. Eurasian Green Woodpecker (2019-01-06)
    93. Snow Bunting (2019-01-06)
    94. Bohemian Waxwing (2019-01-06)
    95. Eurasian Siskin (2019-01-06)
    96. Syrian Woodpecker (2019-01-06)
    97. Greater Scaup (2019-01-07)
    98. Grey Wagtail (2019-01-07)
    99. Common Pheasant (2019-01-07)
    100. Mistle Thrush (2019-01-07)
    101. Eurasian Dipper (2019-01-07)
    102. Hawfinch (2019-01-07)
    103. Pygmy Cormorant (2019-01-08)
    104. Red-Necked Grebe (2019-01-08)
    105. Great White Egret (2019-01-08)
    106. Grey Heron (2019-01-08)
    107. Common Sparrowhawk (2019-01-08)
    108. Marsh Tit (2019-01-09)
    109. Peregrine Falcon (2019-01-09)
    110. Common Kingfisher (2019-01-10)
    111. Tawny Owl (2019-01-11)
    112. Long-eared Owl (2019-01-11)
    113. Dunnock (2019-01-12)
    114. Brambling (2019-01-12)
    115. Horned Lark (2019-01-12)
    116. Hen Harrier (2019-01-14)
    117. Common Shelduck (2019-01-14)
    118. Slavonian Grebe (2019-01-14)
    119. Mediterranean Gull (2019-01-14)
    120. Sandwich Tern (2019-01-14)
    121. Slender-billed Gull (2019-01-15)
    122. Eastern Imperial Eagle (2019-01-15)
    123. Northern Black Grouse (2019-01-17)
    124. Long-tailed Duck (2019-01-18)
    125. Redwing (2019-01-19)
    126. Gadwall (2019-01-21)
    127. Hoary Redpoll (2019-01-21)
    128. Pallas's Gull (2019-01-22)
    129. Merlin (2019-01-22)
    130. Spotted Nutcracker (2019-01-22)
    131. European Shag (2019-01-24)
    132. Cinereous Vulture (2019-01-24)
    133. Siberian Black-backed Gull (2019-01-25)
    134. Yelkouan Shearwater (2019-01-27)
    135. Griffon Vulture (2019-01-27)
    136. Common Kestrel (2019-01-29)
    137. Alpine Chough (2019-02-02)
    138. Lammergeier (2019-02-03)
    139. Lapland Longspur (2019-02-10)
    140. Common Chiffchaff (2019-02-10)
    141. Black-crowned Night Heron (2019-02-17)
    142. Arctic Loon (2019-02-17)
    143. Little Gull (2019-02-17)
    144. Twite (2019-02-17)
    145. Guldenstadt's Redstart (2019-02-17)
    146. Red-breasted Merganser (2019-02-18)
    147. Great Rosefinch (2019-02-18)
    148. Song Thrush (2019-02-19)
    149. Northern Hazelhen (2019-02-26)
    150. Boreal Owl (2019-02-27)
    151. Northern Hawk Owl (2019-03-04)
    152. Short-eared Owl (2019-03-04)
    153. Sky Lark (2019-03-04)
    154. Great Black-backed Gull (2019-03-07)
    155. Red-fronted Serin (2019-03-10)
    156. Ring Ouzel (2019-03-10)
    157. Chukar Partridge (2019-03-10)
    158. Northern Shoveler (2019-03-14)
    159. Moustached Warbler (2019-03-16)
    160. Northern Lapwing (2019-03-17)
    161. Common Eider (2019-03-18)
    162. Lesser White-fronted Goose (2019-03-18)
    163. Pied Avocet (2019-03-18)
    164. Common Redshank (2019-03-19)
    165. Bearded Tit (2019-03-19)
    166. Little Bustard (2019-03-19)
    167. Cetti's Warbler (2019-03-19)
    168. Ferruginous Duck (2019-03-19)
    169. Common Crane (2019-03-19)
    170. Ruff (2019-03-20)
    171. Purple Heron (2019-03-20)
    172. Steller's Eider (2019-03-20)
    173. Black-legged Kittiwake (2019-03-20)
    174. Glaucous Gull (2019-03-20)
    175. Bewick's Swan (2019-03-20)
    176. Lesser Short-toed Lark (2019-03-20)
    177. Calandra Lark (2019-03-20)
    178. Red-breasted Goose (2019-03-20)
    179. Little Owl (2019-03-20)
    180. Stock Pigeon (2019-03-21)
    181. Western Marsh-Harrier (2019-03-21)
    182. Wood Lark (2019-03-21)
    183. White-headed Duck (2019-03-22)
    184. Hoopoe (2019-03-22)
    185. Harlequin Duck (2019-03-22)
    186. King Eider (2019-03-22)
    187. Little Crake (2019-03-23)
    188. Kentish Plover (2019-03-23)
    189. Barn Swallow (2019-03-24)
    190. Azure Tit (2019-03-25)
    191. Eurasian Penduline Tit (2019-03-26)
    192. Common Stonechat (2019-03-27)
    193. Green Sandpiper (2019-03-28)
    194. Common Oystercatcher (2019-03-28)
    195. Lesser Black-backed Gull (2019-03-29)
    196. Eurasian Golden Plover (2019-03-31)
    197. White Stork (2019-03-31)
    198. Little Ringed Plover (2019-04-04)
    199. Common Snipe (2019-04-04)
    200. Bluethroat (2019-04-05)
    201. Marsh Sandpiper (2019-04-05)
    202. Willow Ptarmigan (2019-04-06)
    203. Isabelline Wheatear (2019-04-07)
    204. Northern Wheatear (2019-04-07)
    205. Water Pipit (2019-04-07)
    206. Short-toed Snake-Eagle (2019-04-07)
    207. Greater Short-toed Lark (2019-04-07)
    208. Semi-collared Flycatcher (2019-04-08)
    209. Black-tailed Godwit (2019-04-08)
    210. Osprey (2019-04-08)
    211. Greater Ringed Plover (2019-04-09)
    212. Common Swift (2019-04-10)
    213. Eurasian Redstart (2019-04-10)
    214. Baraba Steppe Gull (2019-04-10)
    215. Citrine Wagtail (2019-04-11)
    216. Greater Sand Plover (2019-04-12)
    217. Glossy Ibis (2019-04-12)
    218. Arctic Skua (2019-04-12)
    219. Yellow Wagtail (2019-04-12)
    220. Black-headed Wagtail (2019-04-12)
    221. Tree Pipit (2019-04-12)
    222. Pallid Harrier (2019-04-12)
    223. Common Sandpiper (2019-04-13)
    224. Blackcap (2019-04-13)
    225. Willow Warbler (2019-04-13)
    226. Northern House Martin (2019-04-13)
    227. Eurasian Whimbrel (2019-04-13)
    228. Little Stint (2019-04-13)
    229. Terek Sandpiper (2019-04-13)
    230. Gull-billed Tern (2019-04-13)
    231. Ortolan Bunting (2019-04-13)
    232. Collared Pratincole (2019-04-13)
    233. Black-winged Stilt (2019-04-15)
    234. Red-throated Pipit (2019-04-15)
    235. Eurasian Curlew (2019-04-15)
    236. Greylag Goose (2019-04-15)
    237. Common Greenshank (2019-04-15)
    238. Dalmatian Pelican (2019-04-15)
    239. Cattle Egret (2019-04-16)
    240. Wood Sandpiper (2019-04-16)
    241. Lesser Whitethroat (2019-04-16)
    242. Great White Pelican (2019-04-16)
    243. Sand Martin (2019-04-16)
    244. Eurasian Spoonbill (2019-04-16)
    245. Caspian Tern (2019-04-16)
    246. Common Nightingale (2019-04-17)
    247. Demoiselle Crane (2019-04-17)
    248. Montagu's Harrier (2019-04-17)
    249. Spotted Crake (2019-04-18)
    250. Pied Wheatear (2019-04-19)
    251. Steppe Eagle (2019-04-19)
    252. Tawny Pipit (2019-04-19)
    253. Squacco Heron (2019-04-20)
    254. Eurasian Wryneck (2019-04-20)
    255. Savi's Warbler (2019-04-21)
    256. Long-tailed Rosefinch (2019-04-21)
    257. Common Tern (2019-04-21)
    258. Eurasian Scops-Owl (2019-04-22)
    259. Eurasian Eagle-Owl (2019-04-22)
    260. Collared Flycatcher (2019-04-22)
    261. Great Reed Warbler (2019-04-22)
    262. Pied Flycatcher (2019-04-22)
    263. Bar-tailed Godwit (2019-04-23)
    264. Great Grey Owl (2019-04-24)
    265. Red-footed Falcon (2019-04-24)
    266. Little Egret (2019-04-24)
    267. Little Tern (2019-04-24)
    268. Red-necked Phalarope (2019-04-24)
    269. Common Quail (2019-04-24)
    270. Black-winged Pratincole (2019-04-24)
    271. Greater Spotted Eagle (2019-04-25)
    272. Wood Warbler (2019-04-27)
    273. White-winged Tern (2019-04-27)
    274. Canada Goose (2019-04-27)
    275. Whinchat (2019-04-27)
    276. Eurasian Hobby (2019-04-27)
    277. Common Cuckoo (2019-04-28)
    278. Lesser Spotted Eagle (2019-04-28)
    279. Spotted Flycatcher (2019-04-28)
    280. Booted Eagle (2019-04-29)
    281. Arctic Tern (2019-04-30)
    282. Menetries Warbler (2019-04-30)
    283. Spotted Redshank (2019-04-30)
    284. Spanish Sparrow (2019-04-30)
    285. Temminck's Stint (2019-04-30)
    286. Black Tern (2019-04-30)
    287. Velvet Scoter (2019-05-01)
    288. Great Snipe (2019-05-01)
    289. Common Whitethroat (2019-05-01)
    290. Lesser Kestrel (2019-05-01)
    291. Grey-headed Swamphen (2019-05-01)
    292. Yellow-backed Wagtail (2019-05-01)
    293. Blue-cheeked Bee-eater (2019-05-01)
    294. Whiskered Tern (2019-05-01)
    295. European Golden Oriole (2019-05-01)
    296. Curlew Sandpiper (2019-05-02)
    297. Lesser Grey Shrike (2019-05-02)
    298. Rosy Starling (2019-05-02)
    299. Alpine Swift (2019-05-02)
    300. Rock Sparrow (2019-05-02)
    301. Red-billed Chough (2019-05-02)
    302. Blue Rock Thrush (2019-05-02)
    303. Egyptian Vulture (2019-05-02)
    304. Woodchat Shrike (2019-05-02)
    305. Red-backed Shrike (2019-05-03)
    306. Black-headed Bunting (2019-05-03)
    307. Levant Sparrowhawk (2019-05-03)
    308. Black-eared Wheatear (2019-05-03)
    309. European Bee-eater (2019-05-04)
    310. Eurasian Roller (2019-05-04)
    311. European Turtle Dove (2019-05-04)
    312. Little Bittern (2019-05-05)
    313. Western Grasshopper Warbler (2019-05-05)
    314. Sedge Warbler (2019-05-05)
    315. Red-breasted Flycatcher (2019-05-05)
    316. Thrush Nightingale (2019-05-06)
    317. Eurasian Honey-Buzzard (2019-05-07)
    318. Garden Warbler (2019-05-07)
    319. Common Rosefinch (2019-05-10)
    320. Blyth's Reed Warbler (2019-05-10)
    321. Corncrake (2019-05-10)
    322. Paddyfield Warbler (2019-05-10)
    323. Booted Warbler (2019-05-10)
    324. Barred Warbler (2019-05-10)
    325. Grey Plover (2019-05-10)
    326. Eurasian Reed Warbler (2019-05-10)
    327. Greenish Warbler (2019-05-13)
    328. Icterine Warbler (2019-05-15)
    329. Broad-billed Sandpiper (2019-05-15)
    330. River Warbler (2019-05-15)
    331. Marsh Warbler (2019-05-16)
    332. Black Stork (2019-05-16)
    333. European Nightjar (2019-05-18)
    334. Siberian Jay (2019-05-18)
    335. Caucasian Grouse (2019-05-19)
    336. Caucasian Chiffchaff (2019-05-19)
    337. Pine Grosbeak (2019-05-20)
    338. Siberian Tit (2019-05-20)
    339. Rufous-tailed Rock Thrush (2019-05-24)
    340. Golden Eagle (2019-05-24)
    341. Black Scoter (2019-05-25)
    342. Long-tailed Jaeger (2019-05-31)
    343. Alpine Accentor (2019-06-02)
    344. Red-throated Loon (2019-06-07)
    345. Yellow-breasted Bunting (2019-06-08)
    346. Eurasian Woodcock (2019-06-08)
    347. Little Bunting (2019-06-08)
    348. Arctic Warbler (2019-06-08)
    349. Rustic Bunting (2019-06-09)
    350. Parrot Crossbill (2019-06-10)
    351. European Serin (2019-06-16)
    352. Black-Bellied Sandgrouse (2019-06-17)
    353. Red-headed bunting (2019-06-18)
    354. Green Leaf-Warbler (2019-06-25)
    355. Eastern Olivaceous Warbler (2019-06-28)
    356. Black Guillemot (2019-07-05)
    357. Razorbill (2019-07-05)
    358. Atlantic Puffin (2019-07-05)
    359. Common Guillemot (2019-07-05)
    360. Caucasian Snowcock (2019-07-17)
    361. Sanderling (2019-07-21)
    362. Wallcreeper (2019-08-12)
    363. Eurasian Crag Martin (2019-08-13)
    364. Lanceolated Warbler (2019-08-16)
    365. Red Knot (2019-09-05)
    366. Red-flanked Bluetail (2019-09-21)
    367. Dark-bellied Brent Goose (2019-09-22)
    368. Black-throated Thrush (2019-09-25)
    369. White-winged Crossbill (2019-10-13)
    370. Krueper's Nuthatch (2019-10-26)
    371. Turkestan Shrike (2019-10-27)
    372. Firecrest (2019-10-27)
    373. Short-toed Tree-Creeper (2019-10-28)

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