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Big Year 2022

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

participants


* number inside brackets means the number of species photographed in 2022
2. Sizov Alexey (301)
3. Sikorsky Igor (265)
4. Shukov Pavel (264)
5. Petrov Andrei (237)
8. Golubeva Anna (214)
10. Butko Vitaliy (180)
12. Bazdyrev Andrey (168)
13. Simonov Sergey (167)
14. Zhurtov Khasan (165)
15. Georgi Boris (147)
17. Yefanov Sergey (146)
19. Kurilin M (143)
20. Saveika Sergei (138)
21. Dvurekov Igor (137)
22. Katanova Galina (135)
24. Shvydun Elena (129)
25. Valova Elena (129)
26. Kuzmina Maria (128)
32. Kiselev Andrei (110)
33. Sizova Maria (107)
36. Kuzmin Alexey (95)
52. Kirillov Gleb (47)
53. Rus Sovlan (46)
57. Lanin Maxim (37)
65. Sukhov Ilya (26)
66. Sivokon Olga (25)
67. Redkin Yuriy (21)
71. Gorban Anna (18)
77. Osipov Dmitry (13)
80. Balaev Maksim (11)
83. Mamaev Sergey (10)
88. Kurin Igor (7)
104. Tsupko Denis (2)
106. Voronov Denis (2)
115. Volkov Sergey (1)
116. Zhbir Denis (1)

all species photographed in 2022


* in order of appearance (number inside brackets means the date of first record "month-day" )
1. Great Tit (2022-01-01)
2. Tufted Duck (2022-01-01)
3. Willow Tit (2022-01-01)
4. Eurasian Siskin (2022-01-01)
5. Long-tailed Tit (2022-01-01)
6. Coal Tit (2022-01-01)
7. Blue Tit (2022-01-01)
8. European Greenfinch (2022-01-01)
9. House Sparrow (2022-01-01)
10. Tree Sparrow (2022-01-01)
11. Hawfinch (2022-01-01)
12. Northern Bullfinch (2022-01-01)
13. Bohemian Waxwing (2022-01-01)
14. Common Chaffinch (2022-01-01)
15. Hooded Crow (2022-01-01)
16. White-tailed Sea-Eagle (2022-01-01)
17. Common Raven (2022-01-01)
18. Long-eared Owl (2022-01-01)
19. Eurasian Blackbird (2022-01-01)
20. Common Buzzard (2022-01-01)
21. Fieldfare (2022-01-01)
22. Common Treecreeper (2022-01-01)
23. Twite (2022-01-01)
24. Ring Ouzel (2022-01-01)
25. Redwing (2022-01-01)
26. Mute Swan (2022-01-01)
27. Great Spotted Woodpecker (2022-01-01)
28. Lesser Spotted Woodpecker (2022-01-01)
29. Eurasian Green Woodpecker (2022-01-01)
30. Common Moorhen (2022-01-01)
31. Eurasian Wigeon (2022-01-01)
32. Great White Egret (2022-01-01)
33. Northern Reed Bunting (2022-01-01)
34. Marsh Tit (2022-01-01)
35. Rock Pigeon (2022-01-01)
36. Water Rail (2022-01-01)
37. European Robin (2022-01-01)
38. White-Backed Woodpecker (2022-01-01)
39. Middle Spotted Woodpecker (2022-01-01)
40. Yellowhammer (2022-01-01)
41. Great Cormorant (2022-01-01)
42. Eurasian Pygmy-Owl (2022-01-01)
43. Northern Hawk Owl (2022-01-01)
44. Northern Black Grouse (2022-01-01)
45. Black-Billed Magpie (2022-01-01)
46. Rook (2022-01-01)
47. Mallard (2022-01-01)
48. Common Starling (2022-01-01)
49. Syrian Woodpecker (2022-01-01)
50. Eurasian Collared Dove (2022-01-01)
51. Eurasian Jay (2022-01-01)
52. Great Crested Grebe (2022-01-01)
53. Little Grebe (2022-01-01)
54. Eurasian Jackdaw (2022-01-01)
55. Common Sparrowhawk (2022-01-01)
56. Red Crossbill (2022-01-01)
57. Long-tailed Duck (2022-01-01)
58. Smew (2022-01-01)
59. Common Redpoll (2022-01-01)
60. Herring Gull (2022-01-01)
61. Eastern Imperial Eagle (2022-01-02)
62. Northern Goshawk (2022-01-02)
63. Grey-Headed Woodpecker (2022-01-02)
64. Yellow-legged Gull (2022-01-02)
65. Black-headed Gull (2022-01-02)
66. Sandwich Tern (2022-01-02)
67. Corn Bunting (2022-01-02)
68. Common Shelduck (2022-01-02)
69. Mew Gull (2022-01-02)
70. Black-Necked Grebe (2022-01-02)
71. Great Grey Shrike (2022-01-02)
72. Eurasian Nuthatch (2022-01-02)
73. Brambling (2022-01-02)
75. Snow Bunting (2022-01-02)
76. Eurasian Goldfinch (2022-01-02)
77. Rough-legged Buzzard (2022-01-02)
78. Red-Necked Grebe (2022-01-03)
79. Common Kingfisher (2022-01-03)
80. Black-crowned Night Heron (2022-01-03)
81. Common Coot (2022-01-03)
82. Wood Pigeon (2022-01-03)
83. Goosander (2022-01-03)
84. Common Goldeneye (2022-01-03)
85. Northern Wren (2022-01-03)
86. Mandarin Duck (2022-01-03)
87. Black Woodpecker (2022-01-03)
88. Caspian Gull (2022-01-03)
89. Common Pochard (2022-01-03)
90. Whooper Swan (2022-01-03)
91. Pallas's Gull (2022-01-03)
92. Common Teal (2022-01-03)
93. Red-crested Pochard (2022-01-03)
94. Northern Shoveler (2022-01-03)
95. Grey Heron (2022-01-03)
96. Eurasian Linnet (2022-01-03)
97. Azure Tit (2022-01-03)
98. Western Marsh-Harrier (2022-01-03)
99. Grey Partridge (2022-01-03)
100. Spotted Nutcracker (2022-01-04)
101. Mistle Thrush (2022-01-04)
102. Common Pheasant (2022-01-04)
103. Red-throated Loon (2022-01-04)
104. Velvet Scoter (2022-01-04)
105. Tawny Owl (2022-01-04)
106. Great Black-backed Gull (2022-01-04)
107. Long-legged Buzzard (2022-01-05)
108. Ferruginous Duck (2022-01-05)
109. Gadwall (2022-01-05)
110. Red Kite (2022-01-05)
111. Crested Tit (2022-01-05)
112. Guldenstadt's Redstart (2022-01-06)
113. Rock Bunting (2022-01-06)
114. Horned Lark (2022-01-06)
115. Glaucous Gull (2022-01-06)
116. White-winged Tern (2022-01-06)
117. Meadow Pipit (2022-01-06)
118. Northern Grey Shrike (2022-01-06)
119. Red-billed Chough (2022-01-06)
120. Common Kestrel (2022-01-06)
121. Short-toed Tree-Creeper (2022-01-06)
122. Firecrest (2022-01-06)
123. Green Sandpiper (2022-01-06)
124. Bewick's Swan (2022-01-06)
125. Slavonian Grebe (2022-01-06)
126. Crested Lark (2022-01-07)
127. Pygmy Cormorant (2022-01-07)
128. Stock Pigeon (2022-01-07)
129. Northern Hazelhen (2022-01-07)
130. European Shag (2022-01-08)
131. Pallid Harrier (2022-01-08)
132. Eurasian Dipper (2022-01-08)
133. Grey Wagtail (2022-01-08)
134. Sky Lark (2022-01-08)
135. Saker Falcon (2022-01-08)
136. Hen Harrier (2022-01-08)
137. Great Bustard (2022-01-08)
138. Little Owl (2022-01-08)
139. Red-throated Pipit (2022-01-08)
140. Goldcrest (2022-01-09)
141. Northern Pintail (2022-01-09)
142. Arctic Loon (2022-01-09)
143. Mediterranean Gull (2022-01-09)
144. Ural Owl (2022-01-09)
145. Greater White-fronted Goose (2022-01-09)
146. Ruddy Shelduck (2022-01-09)
147. White-headed Duck (2022-01-09)
148. Common Chiffchaff (2022-01-09)
149. White Wagtail (2022-01-10)
150. Little Gull (2022-01-10)
151. Slender-billed Gull (2022-01-10)
152. Red-breasted Merganser (2022-01-10)
153. Hoary Redpoll (2022-01-11)
154. Dunnock (2022-01-12)
155. Black Kite (2022-01-12)
156. Bearded Tit (2022-01-12)
157. Boreal Owl (2022-01-13)
158. Song Thrush (2022-01-13)
159. Chukar Partridge (2022-01-14)
160. Greylag Goose (2022-01-16)
161. Long-tailed Rosefinch (2022-01-16)
162. Eurasian Curlew (2022-01-16)
163. Merlin (2022-01-16)
164. Bean Goose (2022-01-17)
165. Eurasian Golden Plover (2022-01-17)
166. Northern Lapwing (2022-01-17)
167. Black Redstart (2022-01-18)
168. Peregrine Falcon (2022-01-19)
169. Wood Lark (2022-01-19)
170. Calandra Lark (2022-01-20)
171. Common Snipe (2022-01-23)
172. Eurasian Bittern (2022-01-29)
173. Grey Plover (2022-01-29)
174. Greater Scaup (2022-01-29)
175. Dunlin (2022-01-30)
176. Lesser Black-backed Gull (2022-01-30)
177. Black-winged Stilt (2022-02-01)
178. Alpine Accentor (2022-02-01)
179. Yelkouan Shearwater (2022-02-01)
180. White-winged Crossbill (2022-02-05)
181. Garganey (2022-02-05)
182. Great Rosefinch (2022-02-06)
183. Red Knot (2022-02-12)
184. Red-fronted Serin (2022-02-15)
185. Short-eared Owl (2022-02-16)
186. Common Sandpiper (2022-02-19)
187. Eurasian Penduline Tit (2022-02-20)
188. Cinereous Vulture (2022-02-26)
189. Common Redshank (2022-03-02)
190. Black-tailed Godwit (2022-03-06)
191. Common Crane (2022-03-06)
192. Ruff (2022-03-06)
193. Common Stonechat (2022-03-13)
194. Western Barn Owl (2022-03-13)
195. Great Grey Owl (2022-03-13)
196. Black Lark (2022-03-17)
197. Harlequin Duck (2022-03-17)
198. Greater Short-toed Lark (2022-03-18)
199. Alpine Chough (2022-03-20)
200. Common Oystercatcher (2022-03-21)
201. Eurasian Whimbrel (2022-03-21)
202. Common Greenshank (2022-03-23)
203. Western Capercaillie (2022-03-24)
204. Lesser Spotted Eagle (2022-03-25)
205. Purple Heron (2022-03-26)
206. Demoiselle Crane (2022-03-26)
207. White Stork (2022-03-29)
208. Siberian Black-backed Gull (2022-03-30)
209. Hoopoe (2022-03-31)
210. Northern House Martin (2022-04-01)
211. Short-toed Snake-Eagle (2022-04-01)
212. Alpine Swift (2022-04-01)
213. Bluethroat (2022-04-02)
214. Black Stork (2022-04-02)
215. Citrine Wagtail (2022-04-02)
216. Kentish Plover (2022-04-02)
217. Northern Wheatear (2022-04-02)
218. Isabelline Wheatear (2022-04-02)
219. Barn Swallow (2022-04-02)
220. Gull-billed Tern (2022-04-02)
221. Little Ringed Plover (2022-04-02)
222. Black-headed Wagtail (2022-04-02)
223. Pied Avocet (2022-04-02)
224. Little Crake (2022-04-03)
225. Cattle Egret (2022-04-03)
226. Black-eared Wheatear (2022-04-03)
227. Tree Pipit (2022-04-03)
228. Common Swift (2022-04-03)
229. Yellow Wagtail (2022-04-03)
230. Little Egret (2022-04-03)
231. Eurasian Wryneck (2022-04-04)
232. Spotted Redshank (2022-04-05)
233. Squacco Heron (2022-04-05)
234. Common Tern (2022-04-05)
235. Glossy Ibis (2022-04-05)
236. Black Tern (2022-04-05)
237. Semi-collared Flycatcher (2022-04-06)
238. Blackcap (2022-04-06)
239. Eurasian Dotterel (2022-04-06)
240. Lammergeier (2022-04-06)
241. Willow Warbler (2022-04-06)
242. Eurasian Redstart (2022-04-07)
243. Greater Spotted Eagle (2022-04-08)
244. Marsh Sandpiper (2022-04-08)
245. Wood Sandpiper (2022-04-08)
246. Lapland Longspur (2022-04-08)
247. Whinchat (2022-04-09)
248. Collared Flycatcher (2022-04-09)
249. Osprey (2022-04-09)
250. Sedge Warbler (2022-04-09)
251. Sand Martin (2022-04-09)
252. Eurasian Woodcock (2022-04-09)
253. Common Nightingale (2022-04-10)
254. Spanish Sparrow (2022-04-10)
255. Water Pipit (2022-04-10)
256. Savi's Warbler (2022-04-11)
257. Eurasian Hobby (2022-04-12)
258. European Turtle Dove (2022-04-12)
259. Barnacle Goose (2022-04-12)
260. Yellow-backed Wagtail (2022-04-12)
261. Red-rumped Swallow (2022-04-13)
262. Canada Goose (2022-04-13)
263. Tawny Pipit (2022-04-15)
264. Lesser Whitethroat (2022-04-16)
265. Pied Flycatcher (2022-04-16)
266. White-tailed Lapwing (2022-04-16)
267. Eurasian Stone Curlew (2022-04-16)
268. Curlew Sandpiper (2022-04-16)
269. Common Cuckoo (2022-04-17)
270. Woodchat Shrike (2022-04-17)
271. Great Reed Warbler (2022-04-17)
272. Little Bittern (2022-04-17)
273. Caspian Tern (2022-04-18)
274. Red-footed Falcon (2022-04-19)
275. Greater Ringed Plover (2022-04-19)
276. Eurasian Spoonbill (2022-04-19)
277. Whiskered Tern (2022-04-20)
278. Collared Pratincole (2022-04-20)
279. Ruddy Turnstone (2022-04-20)
280. Ortolan Bunting (2022-04-20)
281. Pied Wheatear (2022-04-20)
282. Western Grasshopper Warbler (2022-04-20)
283. Menetries Warbler (2022-04-20)
284. Black-winged Pratincole (2022-04-20)
285. Lesser Short-toed Lark (2022-04-20)
286. Montagu's Harrier (2022-04-20)
287. Little Stint (2022-04-20)
288. Blue-cheeked Bee-eater (2022-04-20)
289. Dalmatian Pelican (2022-04-20)
290. European Nightjar (2022-04-20)
291. Spotted Flycatcher (2022-04-21)
292. Great Snipe (2022-04-21)
293. Laughing Dove (2022-04-21)
294. Steppe Eagle (2022-04-21)
295. Red-breasted Flycatcher (2022-04-21)
296. Wood Warbler (2022-04-22)
297. Griffon Vulture (2022-04-22)
298. Rock Sparrow (2022-04-22)
299. Blue Rock Thrush (2022-04-22)
300. Golden Eagle (2022-04-22)
301. Little Bustard (2022-04-22)
302. European Bee-eater (2022-04-22)
303. Egyptian Vulture (2022-04-22)
304. Great Spotted Cuckoo (2022-04-23)
305. Common Whitethroat (2022-04-23)
306. Jack Snipe (2022-04-23)
307. Great White Pelican (2022-04-23)
308. Cetti's Warbler (2022-04-23)
309. Greater Sand Plover (2022-04-24)
310. Greater Flamingo (2022-04-24)
311. Eurasian Crag Martin (2022-04-24)
312. Moustached Warbler (2022-04-24)
313. European Golden Oriole (2022-04-28)
314. Lesser Grey Shrike (2022-04-28)
315. European Serin (2022-04-28)
316. Terek Sandpiper (2022-04-29)
317. Eurasian Eagle-Owl (2022-04-29)
318. Common Rosefinch (2022-04-29)
319. Levant Sparrowhawk (2022-04-30)
320. Red-necked Phalarope (2022-04-30)
321. Little Tern (2022-05-01)
322. Lesser White-fronted Goose (2022-05-01)
323. Sykes's Warbler (2022-05-01)
324. Lesser Kestrel (2022-05-01)
325. Eurasian Scops-Owl (2022-05-01)
326. Bar-tailed Godwit (2022-05-02)
327. Booted Eagle (2022-05-02)
328. Black-headed Bunting (2022-05-02)
329. Rosy Starling (2022-05-02)
330. Wallcreeper (2022-05-03)
331. Barred Warbler (2022-05-04)
332. Red-backed Shrike (2022-05-04)
333. Thrush Nightingale (2022-05-05)
334. Eurasian Roller (2022-05-05)
335. Rufous-tailed Rock Thrush (2022-05-05)
336. Dark-bellied Brent Goose (2022-05-06)
337. Eurasian Honey-Buzzard (2022-05-07)
338. Arctic Tern (2022-05-07)
339. Purple Sandpiper (2022-05-07)
340. Pomarine Skua (2022-05-07)
341. King Eider (2022-05-07)
342. Common Guillemot (2022-05-07)
343. Icterine Warbler (2022-05-08)
344. Garden Warbler (2022-05-08)
345. Black-legged Kittiwake (2022-05-08)
346. Black Guillemot (2022-05-08)
347. Common Eider (2022-05-08)
348. Steller's Eider (2022-05-08)
349. Arctic Skua (2022-05-08)
350. Temminck's Stint (2022-05-08)
351. Eurasian Reed Warbler (2022-05-09)
352. Broad-billed Sandpiper (2022-05-10)
353. Sanderling (2022-05-10)
354. Pine Grosbeak (2022-05-10)
355. Green Leaf-Warbler (2022-05-10)
356. Caucasian Chiffchaff (2022-05-10)
357. Caucasian Grouse (2022-05-11)
358. Blyth's Reed Warbler (2022-05-14)
359. Red-headed bunting (2022-05-14)
360. Corncrake (2022-05-15)
361. Eastern Yellow Wagtail (2022-05-15)
362. Spotted Crake (2022-05-15)
363. Marsh Warbler (2022-05-16)
364. Rustic Bunting (2022-05-21)
365. Eastern Olivaceous Warbler (2022-05-22)
366. Greenish Warbler (2022-05-23)
367. River Warbler (2022-05-26)
368. Booted Warbler (2022-05-26)
369. Yellow-breasted Bunting (2022-05-28)
370. Willow Ptarmigan (2022-05-31)
371. Paddyfield Warbler (2022-06-02)
372. Little Bunting (2022-06-07)
373. Black Scoter (2022-06-07)
374. Arctic Warbler (2022-06-12)
375. Baraba Steppe Gull (2022-06-13)
376. Siberian Jay (2022-06-15)
377. Gyrfalcon (2022-06-16)
378. Common Mynah (2022-06-17)
379. Long-tailed Jaeger (2022-06-17)
380. Parrot Crossbill (2022-06-18)
381. Northern Gannet (2022-06-18)
382. Brunnich's Guillemot (2022-06-20)
383. Great Skua (2022-06-20)
384. Atlantic Puffin (2022-06-20)
385. Razorbill (2022-06-21)
386. Northern Fulmar (2022-06-21)
387. Siberian Tit (2022-06-22)
388. Great Northern Loon (2022-06-22)
389. Rock Ptarmigan (2022-06-22)
390. Yellow-billed Loon (2022-06-24)
391. Eurasian Rock Pipit (2022-07-10)
392. Caucasian Snowcock (2022-07-27)
393. Common Quail (2022-09-05)
394. Red-flanked Bluetail (2022-09-06)
395. Richard's Pipit (2022-09-11)
396. Grey-headed Swamphen (2022-09-17)
397. Krueper's Nuthatch (2022-10-13)

rare birds records


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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2024-03-26. Common Starling (Vadim Sinukhin).

2024-03-25. Common Moorhen (Vadim Sinukhin).

2024-03-22. Eurasian Goldfinch (Vadim Sinukhin).

2024-02-27. Great Grey Owl (Alexandr Balaev).

2024-01-16. Mandarin Duck (Alexandr Balaev).

2024-01-05. European Bee-eater (Aleksandr Plekhanov).

2023-12-31. Long-tailed Tit (Alexandr Balaev).

2023-12-26. Common Redpoll (Alexandr Balaev).

2023-12-05. Red Crossbill (Sergei Saveika).

2023-12-04. Red Crossbill (Vadim Sinukhin), Northern Bullfinch (Vadim Sinukhin).

2023-11-27. Arctic Loon (Alexandr Balaev).

2023-11-24. Ural Owl (Galina Katanova).

2023-11-10. European Robin (Alexandr Balaev).

2023-10-31. Great Spotted Woodpecker (Marina Torgashova).

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2024-03-13

Сергей Л. Волков: Ясно, спасибо, Дмитрий.

2024-03-03

Сергей Л. Волков: Игорь, благодарю. Сценарии линьки придуманы не мной, а специалистами по чайкам, к коим я и обращаюсь, ведя здесь рассуждения, поскольку сам [....]

2024-01-22

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2024-01-20

Анна Ясько: То, что гуси - понятно. Но по этим фото определить вид навряд ли получится, ведь ничего не видно из признаков.

2024-01-19

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