Big Year in European Russia. Sikorsky Igor. Birds of European Russia

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430 photographed species of 516 (83%)

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classification

Gaviiformes

Podicipediformes

Procellariiformes

Pelecaniformes

Phalacrocoracidae

Ciconiiformes

Threskiornithidae

Phoenicopteriformes

Phoenicopteridae

Anseriformes

Falconiformes

Galliformes

Gruiformes

Charadriiformes

Recurvirostridae

Pterocletiformes

Columbiformes

Cuculiformes

Strigiformes

Caprimulgiformes

Apodiformes

Coraciiformes

Upupiformes

Piciformes

Passeriformes

Paradoxornithidae

Sikorsky Igor

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total species: 235 total photos: 533 total videos: 1 total blogposts: 0

1. Yellow-legged Gull (2022-01-02)

2. Long-eared Owl (2022-01-02)

3. Great Crested Grebe (2022-01-02)

4. Hooded Crow (2022-01-02)

5. Mute Swan (2022-01-02)

6. Black-headed Gull (2022-01-02)

7. Great White Egret (2022-01-02)

8. Sandwich Tern (2022-01-02)

9. Mallard (2022-01-02)

10. Corn Bunting (2022-01-02)

11. Tufted Duck (2022-01-02)

12. Common Shelduck (2022-01-02)

13. Mew Gull (2022-01-02)

14. Black-Necked Grebe (2022-01-02)

15. Great Grey Shrike (2022-01-02)

16. House Sparrow (2022-01-02)

17. Tree Sparrow (2022-01-02)

18. Blue Tit (2022-01-02)

19. Rock Pigeon (2022-01-02)

20. Common Buzzard (2022-01-02)

21. Caspian Gull (2022-01-03)

22. Common Pochard (2022-01-03)

23. Common Coot (2022-01-03)

24. Whooper Swan (2022-01-03)

25. Pallas's Gull (2022-01-03)

26. Common Teal (2022-01-03)

27. Red-crested Pochard (2022-01-03)

28. Northern Shoveler (2022-01-03)

29. Grey Heron (2022-01-03)

30. Smew (2022-01-03)

31. Eurasian Linnet (2022-01-03)

32. Great Cormorant (2022-01-03)

33. Western Marsh-Harrier (2022-01-03)

34. Eurasian Goldfinch (2022-01-04)

35. Eurasian Blackbird (2022-01-04)

36. Eurasian Siskin (2022-01-04)

37. Mistle Thrush (2022-01-04)

38. Hawfinch (2022-01-04)

39. Great Tit (2022-01-04)

40. Coal Tit (2022-01-04)

41. Eurasian Jay (2022-01-04)

42. Common Treecreeper (2022-01-04)

43. Great Spotted Woodpecker (2022-01-04)

44. Common Pheasant (2022-01-04)

45. Long-legged Buzzard (2022-01-05)

46. Eastern Imperial Eagle (2022-01-05)

47. Grey Partridge (2022-01-05)

48. Common Sparrowhawk (2022-01-06)

49. White-winged Tern (2022-01-06)

50. Black-Billed Magpie (2022-01-06)

51. Eurasian Jackdaw (2022-01-06)

52. Fieldfare (2022-01-06)

53. Meadow Pipit (2022-01-06)

54. Bewick's Swan (2022-01-06)

55. Pygmy Cormorant (2022-01-07)

56. Stock Pigeon (2022-01-07)

57. European Greenfinch (2022-01-07)

58. European Shag (2022-01-08)

59. Pallid Harrier (2022-01-08)

60. Crested Lark (2022-01-08)

61. Rook (2022-01-08)

62. Common Starling (2022-01-08)

63. Sky Lark (2022-01-08)

64. Common Raven (2022-01-08)

65. Rough-legged Buzzard (2022-01-08)

66. Saker Falcon (2022-01-08)

67. Hen Harrier (2022-01-08)

68. Common Kestrel (2022-01-08)

69. Great Bustard (2022-01-08)

70. Little Owl (2022-01-08)

71. Northern Pintail (2022-01-09)

72. Arctic Loon (2022-01-09)

73. Little Grebe (2022-01-09)

74. Mediterranean Gull (2022-01-09)

75. Common Moorhen (2022-01-09)

76. Wood Pigeon (2022-01-09)

77. White-headed Duck (2022-01-09)

78. Slavonian Grebe (2022-01-09)

79. Common Chiffchaff (2022-01-09)

80. White-tailed Sea-Eagle (2022-01-13)

81. Water Rail (2022-01-13)

82. Chukar Partridge (2022-01-14)

83. Red-breasted Merganser (2022-01-14)

84. Common Kingfisher (2022-01-15)

85. Mandarin Duck (2022-01-15)

86. Green Sandpiper (2022-01-15)

87. Redwing (2022-01-15)

88. Syrian Woodpecker (2022-01-15)

89. Grey Wagtail (2022-01-15)

90. Greylag Goose (2022-01-16)

91. Gadwall (2022-01-16)

92. Eurasian Curlew (2022-01-16)

93. Merlin (2022-01-16)

94. Eurasian Wigeon (2022-01-16)

95. Bean Goose (2022-01-17)

96. Eurasian Golden Plover (2022-01-17)

97. Northern Lapwing (2022-01-17)

98. Black Redstart (2022-01-18)

99. Northern Wren (2022-01-18)

100. Calandra Lark (2022-01-20)

101. Northern Reed Bunting (2022-01-20)

102. Long-tailed Tit (2022-01-22)

103. European Robin (2022-01-22)

104. Eurasian Collared Dove (2022-01-22)

105. Yellowhammer (2022-01-25)

106. Common Snipe (2022-01-25)

107. Ruddy Shelduck (2022-01-25)

108. Horned Lark (2022-01-26)

109. Wood Lark (2022-01-26)

110. Brambling (2022-01-26)

111. Eurasian Bittern (2022-01-29)

112. Grey Plover (2022-01-29)

113. Greater Scaup (2022-01-29)

114. Little Gull (2022-01-31)

115. Slender-billed Gull (2022-01-31)

116. Goldcrest (2022-02-01)

117. Black-winged Stilt (2022-02-01)

118. White Wagtail (2022-02-07)

119. Middle Spotted Woodpecker (2022-02-07)

120. Dunlin (2022-02-12)

121. Red Knot (2022-02-12)

122. Common Goldeneye (2022-02-12)

123. Snow Bunting (2022-02-13)

124. Yelkouan Shearwater (2022-02-27)

125. Black Kite (2022-02-27)

126. Black-tailed Godwit (2022-03-06)

127. Greater White-fronted Goose (2022-03-06)

128. Common Crane (2022-03-06)

129. Ruff (2022-03-06)

130. Peregrine Falcon (2022-03-08)

131. Common Stonechat (2022-03-13)

132. Garganey (2022-03-13)

133. Western Barn Owl (2022-03-13)

134. Song Thrush (2022-03-20)

135. Common Oystercatcher (2022-03-21)

136. Eurasian Whimbrel (2022-03-21)

137. Lesser Black-backed Gull (2022-03-24)

138. Common Greenshank (2022-03-24)

139. Demoiselle Crane (2022-03-26)

140. White Stork (2022-03-29)

141. Hoopoe (2022-03-31)

142. Short-toed Snake-Eagle (2022-04-01)

143. Alpine Swift (2022-04-01)

144. Citrine Wagtail (2022-04-02)

145. Kentish Plover (2022-04-02)

146. Northern Wheatear (2022-04-02)

147. Isabelline Wheatear (2022-04-02)

148. Barn Swallow (2022-04-02)

149. Gull-billed Tern (2022-04-02)

150. Black-eared Wheatear (2022-04-03)

151. Black-crowned Night Heron (2022-04-03)

152. Black-headed Wagtail (2022-04-03)

153. Little Ringed Plover (2022-04-03)

154. Common Swift (2022-04-03)

155. Yellow Wagtail (2022-04-03)

156. Little Egret (2022-04-03)

157. Pied Avocet (2022-04-03)

158. Bearded Tit (2022-04-05)

159. Purple Heron (2022-04-05)

160. Northern House Martin (2022-04-05)

161. Marsh Sandpiper (2022-04-08)

162. Glossy Ibis (2022-04-08)

163. Wood Sandpiper (2022-04-08)

164. Whinchat (2022-04-09)

165. Collared Flycatcher (2022-04-09)

166. Eurasian Redstart (2022-04-10)

167. Spanish Sparrow (2022-04-10)

168. Common Nightingale (2022-04-11)

169. Savi's Warbler (2022-04-11)

170. Greater Short-toed Lark (2022-04-12)

171. Eurasian Hobby (2022-04-12)

172. European Turtle Dove (2022-04-12)

173. Common Sandpiper (2022-04-15)

174. Sand Martin (2022-04-16)

175. Black Tern (2022-04-16)

176. Tree Pipit (2022-04-16)

177. Willow Warbler (2022-04-16)

178. Lesser Whitethroat (2022-04-16)

179. Pied Flycatcher (2022-04-16)

180. Tawny Pipit (2022-04-16)

181. Common Cuckoo (2022-04-17)

182. Eurasian Penduline Tit (2022-04-17)

183. Caspian Tern (2022-04-18)

184. Blackcap (2022-04-18)

185. Curlew Sandpiper (2022-04-18)

186. Red-footed Falcon (2022-04-19)

187. Eurasian Wryneck (2022-04-19)

188. Whiskered Tern (2022-04-20)

189. Collared Pratincole (2022-04-20)

190. Eurasian Stone Curlew (2022-04-20)

191. Red-throated Pipit (2022-04-20)

192. Wood Warbler (2022-04-22)

193. Common Tern (2022-04-22)

194. Little Stint (2022-04-22)

195. Pied Wheatear (2022-04-24)

196. Ortolan Bunting (2022-04-24)

197. Spotted Flycatcher (2022-05-01)

198. Montagu's Harrier (2022-05-01)

199. Spotted Redshank (2022-05-01)

200. Red-breasted Flycatcher (2022-05-01)

201. Woodchat Shrike (2022-05-01)

202. Squacco Heron (2022-05-01)

203. Lesser Grey Shrike (2022-05-02)

204. Red-backed Shrike (2022-05-08)

205. European Golden Oriole (2022-05-08)

206. Great Reed Warbler (2022-05-08)

207. Common Whitethroat (2022-05-09)

208. Thrush Nightingale (2022-05-10)

209. Barred Warbler (2022-05-10)

210. Garden Warbler (2022-05-10)

211. Black-headed Bunting (2022-05-10)

212. Short-eared Owl (2022-05-10)

213. Temminck's Stint (2022-05-11)

214. Greater Flamingo (2022-05-11)

215. Greater Ringed Plover (2022-05-11)

216. Dalmatian Pelican (2022-05-11)

217. European Bee-eater (2022-05-11)

218. Sedge Warbler (2022-05-11)

219. Little Tern (2022-05-11)

220. Broad-billed Sandpiper (2022-05-11)

221. Eurasian Roller (2022-05-12)

222. Ruddy Turnstone (2022-05-14)

223. Cattle Egret (2022-05-16)

224. Griffon Vulture (2022-05-17)

225. Cinereous Vulture (2022-05-17)

226. Little Bustard (2022-05-17)

227. Tawny Owl (2022-05-18)

228. Rosy Starling (2022-05-19)

229. Eurasian Honey-Buzzard (2022-05-19)

230. Eurasian Spoonbill (2022-05-20)

231. Osprey (2022-05-23)

232. Common Redshank (2022-06-01)

233. Common Eider (2022-06-18)

234. Great White Pelican (2022-06-21)

235. Red-Necked Grebe (2022-06-21)

recent uploads

2022-06-27. Greater Short-toed Lark.

2022-06-24. Collared Pratincole.

2022-06-22. Great White Pelican, Red-Necked Grebe, Common Eider.

2022-06-21. Little Owl.

2022-06-03. European Shag.

2022-06-02. Common Redshank, Rosy Starling.

2022-05-30. Squacco Heron.

2022-05-28. Great Bustard.

2022-05-23. Osprey.

2022-05-20. Common Tern, Eurasian Spoonbill.

2022-05-19. Tawny Owl, Rosy Starling, Eurasian Honey-Buzzard.

2022-05-18. Griffon Vulture, Cinereous Vulture, Little Bustard.

2022-05-16. Cattle Egret.

2022-05-14. Greater Flamingo, Ruddy Turnstone, Curlew Sandpiper.

2022-05-12. Temminck's Stint, Greater Flamingo, Thrush Nightingale, Barred Warbler, Greater Ringed Plover, Garden Warbler, Black-headed Bunting, Short-eared Owl, Dalmatian Pelican, Eurasian Roller, Broad-billed Sandpiper, European Bee-eater, Sedge Warbler, Black-headed Bunting, Little Tern, Broad-billed Sandpiper.

Big Year 2022

1. Andrey Semenov (294)
2. Alexey Sizov (264)
3. Igor Sikorsky (235)
4. Andrei Petrov (224)
5. Svetlana Medvedeva (200)
6. Nataliya Pokhodzey (193)
7. Vitaliy Butko (165)
8. Anna Golubeva (151)
9. Khasan Zhurtov (138)
10. Alexandr Balaev (136)

rare birds records

Red-crested Pochard (Netta rufina)

© Khasan Zhurtov
2022-06-25
Maiskiy,KBR

Barnacle Goose (Branta leucopsis)

© Mikhail Kalagin
2022-05-13

Common Pochard (Aythya ferina)

© Dmitriy Shevtsov
2022-06-10
North Osetia, Kardzhin

New breeding species of the Republic of North Ossetia-Alania.

Great Spotted Cuckoo (Clamator glandarius)

© Svetlana Medvedeva
2022-04-23
Krasnodar Krai. Village of Vasyurinskaya

First record in the Krasnodar Territory.

more rarities...

recent video

2022-05-30. Black Kite (Galina Katanova).

2022-05-20. Common Chiffchaff (Sergei Saveika), Goldcrest (Sergei Saveika).

2022-05-14. Grey Wagtail (M Kurilin).

2022-05-09. Whinchat (Sergei Saveika).

2022-05-06. Tree Pipit (Sergei Saveika).

2022-05-04. White Wagtail (Sergei Saveika).

2022-05-02. Semi-collared Flycatcher (M Kurilin).

2022-05-01. Common Coot (Sergei Saveika).

2022-04-19. Great Crested Grebe (Sergei Saveika).

2022-04-13. Common Starling (Sergey Duhanin).

2022-04-03. Water Rail (Sergey Duhanin), Black Woodpecker (Sergey Duhanin), Eurasian Blackbird (Sergey Duhanin), Common Treecreeper (Sergey Duhanin).

unidentified birds

2022-06-27

Игорь Сикорский: лесной

2022-06-27

Игорь Сикорский: большой улит

2022-06-27

Игорь Сикорский: большой улит

2022-06-27

Игорь Сикорский: Наташа я же говорил что гнездо курганника

2022-06-26

Дмитрий Шевцов: Не видел ни в одном определителе такой признак, но и так думаю, что это не основной признак. Т.к. даже у одного вида длина когтей да и клювов [....]

more unidentified birds...