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Big Year 2024

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

You can see previous years competitions results here: 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023

participants

* number inside brackets means the number of species photographed in 2024

1. Sizov Alexey (208)

2. Gedziuk Vlad (162)

3. Pokhodzey Nataliya (162)

4. Butko Vitaliy (157)

5. Semenov Andrey (145)

6. Zhurtov Khasan (127)

7. Ortik Irina (123)

8. Davydov Denys (120)

9. Sinukhin Vadim (118)

10. Balaev Alexandr (105)

11. Martsun Oleg (97)

12. Makhovska Oksana (96)

13. Mis\'kov Andrey (96)

14. Saveika Sergei (93)

15. Bazdyrev Andrey (90)

16. Dombrovski Valery (85)

17. Studzinska Maya (80)

18. Sikorsky Igor (79)

19. Shevtsov Dmitriy (76)

20. Komarovskiy Alex (69)

21. Iopek Vladislav (66)

22. Katanova Galina (65)

23. Breykin Aleksandr (62)

24. Kyselova Inna (61)

25. Natykanets Viktor (59)

26. Shandar Denys (59)

27. Sofronov Evgeniy (58)

28. Kiselev Andrei (53)

29. Danilova Valeriya (51)

30. Petrov Andrei (50)

31. Samokhin Igor (49)

32. Inna Kyselova (39)

33. Stramnoy Vladimir (38)

34. Filatova Аnna (37)

35. Dvurekov Igor (31)

36. Skubriy Nataliya (31)

37. Lyubimov Alexandr (28)

38. Ovsyannikova Liza (28)

39. Kovalchuk Oleksandr (26)

40. Torgashova Marina (26)

41. Bodnar Vasil (25)

42. Erokhin Dmitry (25)

43. Golyantov Aleksandr (25)

44. Barabanshchikova Svetlana (23)

45. Kuzmina Maria (23)

46. Honcharyk Natalia (22)

47. Andreev Dmitrij (19)

48. Gontcharov Aleksandr (19)

49. Skiter Artem (19)

50. Vietokhin Ihor (18)

51. Kosmyna Vlada (15)

52. Podverbny Yury (15)

53. Shvydun Elena (13)

54. Belyaev Dmitry (11)

55. Gr Stanislavs (11)

56. Nikitin Nikolay (11)

57. Sheremet Oleg (11)

58. Kyselov Roman (10)

59. Medvedeva Svetlana (10)

60. Simon Andrew (10)

61. Komrakova Marina (9)

62. Liseenko Alexander (8)

63. Zotova Evgenia (8)

64. Blashkin Pavel (6)

65. Vakhrushev Oleg (6)

66. Yakovlev Alexey (6)

67. Farniev Konstantin (5)

68. Koroteeva Anastasiia (5)

69. Lisitsyna Alexandra (5)

70. Mamaev Sergey (4)

71. Olenich Vsevolod (4)

72. Vinogradov Georgy (4)

73. Bryushinin Sergey (3)

74. Burkovsky Oleksandr (3)

75. Komarovskyi Dmytro (3)

76. Osipov Dmitry (3)

77. Raklo Aleksandr (3)

78. Simonov Sergey (3)

79. Georgi Boris (2)

80. Kalagin Mikhail (2)

81. Kazannyk Vitalii (2)

82. Kutushev Radik (2)

83. Nizovtsev Dmitry (2)

84. Otroshko Vitalii (2)

85. Sapuga Alex (2)

86. Zadumkin Sergei (2)

87. Kirillov Gleb (1)

88. Kolotin Gennady (1)

89. Koval Hlib (1)

90. Lanin Maxim (1)

91. Lavrenchuk Ivan (1)

92. Mikhno Volodymyr (1)

93. Pylypiuk Kostiantyn (1)

94. Raldugina Oksana (1)

95. Rudenko Vadim (1)

96. Rydik Maksym (1)

97. Shavykina Svetlana (1)

98. Shcherbakov Igor (1)

99. Yusupov Vyacheslav (1)

all species photographed in 2024

* in order of appearance (number inside brackets means the date of first record "month-day" )

1. Fieldfare (2024-01-01)

2. Hooded Crow (2024-01-01)

3. Northern Bullfinch (2024-01-01)

4. Rough-legged Buzzard (2024-01-01)

5. Horned Lark (2024-01-01)

6. Marsh Tit (2024-01-01)

7. European Greenfinch (2024-01-01)

8. Mallard (2024-01-01)

9. Rock Pigeon (2024-01-01)

10. Great Tit (2024-01-01)

11. Black-headed Gull (2024-01-01)

12. Common Coot (2024-01-01)

13. White-tailed Sea-Eagle (2024-01-01)

14. Grey Partridge (2024-01-01)

15. Snow Bunting (2024-01-01)

16. European Robin (2024-01-01)

17. Great Grey Shrike (2024-01-01)

18. Long-tailed Tit (2024-01-01)

19. Middle Spotted Woodpecker (2024-01-01)

20. Common Treecreeper (2024-01-01)

21. Common Raven (2024-01-01)

22. Blue Tit (2024-01-01)

23. Bohemian Waxwing (2024-01-01)

24. Eurasian Collared Dove (2024-01-01)

25. Mute Swan (2024-01-01)

26. Goldcrest (2024-01-01)

27. Tree Sparrow (2024-01-01)

28. Yellowhammer (2024-01-01)

29. Great Cormorant (2024-01-01)

30. Northern Wren (2024-01-01)

31. House Sparrow (2024-01-01)

32. Coal Tit (2024-01-01)

33. Willow Tit (2024-01-01)

34. Rook (2024-01-01)

35. Eurasian Jackdaw (2024-01-01)

36. Whooper Swan (2024-01-01)

37. Great White Egret (2024-01-01)

38. Eurasian Jay (2024-01-01)

39. Great Spotted Woodpecker (2024-01-01)

40. Smew (2024-01-01)

41. Redwing (2024-01-01)

42. Common Chaffinch (2024-01-01)

43. Syrian Woodpecker (2024-01-01)

44. Black-Necked Grebe | Grèbe à cou noir | Schwarzhalstaucher (2024-01-01)

45. Eurasian Blackbird (2024-01-01)

46. Common Teal (2024-01-01)

47. Hawfinch (2024-01-01)

48. Eurasian Goldfinch (2024-01-01)

49. Common Goldeneye (2024-01-01)

50. Firecrest (2024-01-01)

51. Mistle Thrush (2024-01-01)

52. Black Kite (2024-01-01)

53. Arctic Redpoll (2024-01-01)

54. Common Redpoll (2024-01-01)

55. Black Woodpecker (2024-01-01)

56. Long-legged Buzzard (2024-01-01)

57. Eurasian Green Woodpecker (2024-01-01)

58. Common Moorhen (2024-01-01)

59. Little Grebe | Grèbe castagneux | Zwergtaucher (2024-01-01)

60. Tufted Duck (2024-01-01)

61. Western Marsh-Harrier (2024-01-01)

62. Goosander (2024-01-01)

63. Herring Gull (2024-01-01)

64. Eurasian Nuthatch (2024-01-01)

65. Grey-Headed Woodpecker (2024-01-01)

66. Black-Billed Magpie (2024-01-01)

67. Red Crossbill (2024-01-01)

68. Black-crowned Night Heron (2024-01-01)

69. Great Crested Grebe | Grèbe huppé | Haubentaucher (2024-01-01)

70. Eurasian Dipper (2024-01-01)

71. Northern Goshawk (2024-01-01)

72. Bearded Tit (2024-01-01)

73. Common Kingfisher (2024-01-01)

74. Spotted Nutcracker (2024-01-02)

75. Crested Lark (2024-01-02)

76. Crested Tit (2024-01-02)

77. Greater White-fronted Goose (2024-01-02)

78. Lesser Spotted Woodpecker (2024-01-02)

79. Ruddy Shelduck (2024-01-02)

80. Tawny Owl (2024-01-02)

81. Pine Grosbeak (2024-01-02)

82. Mew Gull (2024-01-02)

83. Common Buzzard (2024-01-03)

84. White-Backed Woodpecker (2024-01-03)

85. Brambling (2024-01-03)

86. Common Pochard (2024-01-03)

87. Eurasian Three-Toed Woodpecker (2024-01-03)

88. Eurasian Siskin (2024-01-03)

89. Greater Scaup (2024-01-03)

90. Griffon Vulture (2024-01-04)

91. Guldenstadt's Redstart (2024-01-04)

92. Rock Bunting (2024-01-04)

93. Golden Eagle (2024-01-04)

94. Steppe Eagle (2024-01-04)

95. Red-crested Pochard (2024-01-04)

96. European Shag (2024-01-04)

97. Little Owl (2024-01-05)

98. Northern Reed Bunting (2024-01-05)

99. Common Sparrowhawk (2024-01-05)

100. Common Crane (2024-01-05)

101. White-winged Tern (2024-01-05)

102. Dalmatian Pelican (2024-01-05)

103. Northern Black Grouse (2024-01-05)

104. Hen Harrier (2024-01-05)

105. Slender-billed Gull (2024-01-05)

106. Grey Heron (2024-01-06)

107. Peregrine Falcon (2024-01-06)

108. Common Starling (2024-01-06)

109. Common Shelduck (2024-01-06)

110. Common Chiffchaff (2024-01-06)

111. Red-billed Chough (2024-01-06)

112. Chukar Partridge (2024-01-06)

113. Pygmy Cormorant (2024-01-06)

114. Common Kestrel (2024-01-06)

115. Great Bustard (2024-01-06)

116. Caspian Gull (2024-01-06)

117. Water Rail (2024-01-06)

118. Black Redstart (2024-01-07)

119. Alpine Chough (2024-01-07)

120. Dunnock (2024-01-07)

121. Lammergeier (2024-01-07)

122. Corn Bunting (2024-01-07)

123. Meadow Pipit (2024-01-07)

124. Rock Sparrow (2024-01-07)

125. Wood Pigeon (2024-01-08)

126. Gadwall (2024-01-08)

127. Eurasian Linnet (2024-01-08)

128. Northern Shoveler (2024-01-08)

129. Song Thrush (2024-01-08)

130. Eurasian Pygmy-Owl (2024-01-08)

131. Cinereous Vulture (2024-01-08)

132. Eastern Imperial Eagle (2024-01-08)

133. Yellow-legged Gull (2024-01-09)

134. Mediterranean Gull (2024-01-09)

135. Grey Wagtail (2024-01-09)

136. Ural Owl (2024-01-09)

137. Great Black-backed Gull (2024-01-10)

138. Merlin (2024-01-10)

139. Long-tailed Duck (2024-01-10)

140. Barnacle Goose (2024-01-11)

141. Sandwich Tern (2024-01-12)

142. Short-toed Tree-Creeper (2024-01-12)

143. Eurasian Wigeon (2024-01-13)

144. Sky Lark (2024-01-13)

145. White Wagtail (2024-01-13)

146. Wood Lark (2024-01-13)

147. Green Sandpiper (2024-01-13)

148. Northern Pintail (2024-01-13)

149. Common Snipe (2024-01-14)

150. Ferruginous Duck (2024-01-14)

151. Black-winged Stilt (2024-01-14)

152. Stock Pigeon (2024-01-14)

153. Common Eider (2024-01-14)

154. Ruddy Turnstone (2024-01-14)

155. Red-breasted Merganser (2024-01-14)

156. Northern Lapwing (2024-01-15)

157. Eurasian Woodcock (2024-01-15)

158. Mandarin Duck (2024-01-16)

159. White Stork (2024-01-17)

160. Lesser Short-toed Lark (2024-01-17)

161. Wallcreeper (2024-01-19)

162. Calandra Lark (2024-01-20)

163. Pallas's Gull (2024-01-20)

164. Little Egret (2024-01-21)

165. Pied Avocet (2024-01-21)

166. Long-tailed Rosefinch (2024-01-23)

167. Laughing Dove (2024-01-23)

168. Slavonian Grebe | Grèbe esclavon | Ohrentaucher (2024-01-23)

169. Common Stonechat (2024-01-24)

170. Grey-headed Swamphen (2024-01-24)

171. Water Pipit (2024-01-24)

172. Cetti's Warbler (2024-01-24)

173. Bean Goose (2024-01-27)

174. Little Gull (2024-01-27)

175. Red-Necked Grebe | Grèbe jougris | Rothalstaucher (2024-01-27)

176. Northern Hawk Owl (2024-01-27)

177. Arctic Loon | Plongeon arctique | Prachttaucher (2024-01-30)

178. Levantine shearwater (2024-01-30)

179. Boreal Owl (2024-02-02)

180. Pallas's Cormorant (2024-02-04)

181. Twite (2024-02-04)

182. Common Pheasant (2024-02-12)

183. Western Capercaillie (2024-02-12)

184. Eurasian Eagle-Owl (2024-02-16)

185. Sanderling (2024-02-17)

186. Grey Plover (2024-02-17)

187. Great Grey Owl (2024-02-18)

188. Common Oystercatcher (2024-02-20)

189. Dunlin (2024-02-27)

190. Eurasian Curlew (2024-02-27)

191. Eurasian Bittern (2024-02-27)

192. Garganey (2024-02-29)

193. Egyptian Goose (2024-03-01)

194. Willow Warbler (2024-03-01)

195. Black Lark (2024-03-03)

196. Eurasian Golden Plover (2024-03-08)

197. White-winged Lark (2024-03-09)

198. Ruff (2024-03-10)

199. Black-tailed Godwit (2024-03-10)

200. Lesser White-fronted Goose (2024-03-10)

201. Red-breasted Goose (2024-03-10)

202. Black Stork (2024-03-11)

203. Northern Wheatear (2024-03-15)

204. Northern House Martin (2024-03-15)

205. Isabelline Wheatear (2024-03-15)

206. Siberian Black-backed Gull (2024-03-17)

207. Azure Tit (2024-03-18)

208. Hoopoe (2024-03-21)

209. Eurasian Bullfinch (2024-03-22)

210. Barn Swallow (2024-03-23)

211. Purple Heron (2024-03-23)

212. Kentish Plover (2024-03-23)

213. Jack Snipe (2024-03-23)

214. Eurasian Spoonbill (2024-03-23)

215. Lesser Black-backed Gull (2024-03-25)

216. Eurasian Penduline Tit (2024-03-26)

217. Common Redshank (2024-03-27)

218. Arctic Skua (2024-03-27)

219. Short-eared Owl (2024-03-27)

220. Black-headed Wagtail (2024-03-27)

221. Canada Goose (2024-03-28)

222. Common Greenshank (2024-03-28)

223. Bluethroat (2024-03-29)

224. Yellow Wagtail (2024-03-30)

225. Little Ringed Plover (2024-03-30)

226. Lesser Spotted Eagle (2024-03-30)

227. Glossy Ibis (2024-03-30)

228. Rustic Bunting (2024-03-30)

229. Citrine Wagtail (2024-03-30)

230. Eurasian Redstart (2024-03-30)

231. Short-toed Snake-Eagle (2024-03-30)

232. Great Snipe (2024-03-30)

233. Osprey (2024-03-31)

234. Ring Ouzel (2024-03-31)

235. Caspian Tern (2024-04-01)

236. European Serin (2024-04-01)

237. Common Sandpiper (2024-04-02)

238. Greater Short-toed Lark (2024-04-02)

239. Montagu's Harrier (2024-04-02)

240. Blackcap (2024-04-04)

241. Little Crake (2024-04-04)

242. Marsh Sandpiper (2024-04-04)

243. Pied Flycatcher (2024-04-05)

244. Semi-collared Flycatcher (2024-04-05)

245. Common Nightingale (2024-04-05)

246. Pied Wheatear (2024-04-05)

247. Common Swift (2024-04-05)

248. Ortolan Bunting (2024-04-05)

249. Pallid Harrier (2024-04-05)

250. Tree Pipit (2024-04-06)

251. Cattle Egret (2024-04-06)

252. Savi's Warbler (2024-04-06)

253. Wood Sandpiper (2024-04-06)

254. Spotted Crake (2024-04-06)

255. Collared Flycatcher (2024-04-07)

256. Lesser Whitethroat (2024-04-08)

257. Sand Martin (2024-04-08)

258. Blue Rock Thrush (2024-04-08)

259. Terek Sandpiper (2024-04-08)

260. Common Tern (2024-04-09)

261. Black Tern (2024-04-09)

262. Yellow-backed Wagtail (2024-04-09)

263. Caucasian Grouse (2024-04-10)

264. Eurasian Wryneck (2024-04-12)

265. Eurasian Dotterel (2024-04-12)

266. Sedge Warbler (2024-04-13)

267. Spotted Redshank (2024-04-13)

268. Red-throated Pipit (2024-04-13)

269. Northern Hazelhen (2024-04-13)

270. Bewick's Swan (2024-04-13)

271. Greater Flamingo (2024-04-13)

272. Spanish Sparrow (2024-04-13)

273. Tawny Pipit (2024-04-13)

274. Eurasian Reed Warbler (2024-04-13)

275. Whinchat (2024-04-14)

276. Demoiselle Crane (2024-04-14)

277. Gull-billed Tern (2024-04-14)

278. European Bee-eater (2024-04-16)

279. Eurasian Whimbrel (2024-04-16)

280. Wood Warbler (2024-04-18)

281. Eurasian Roller (2024-04-18)

282. Common Whitethroat (2024-04-19)

283. Common Cuckoo (2024-04-19)

284. Collared Pratincole (2024-04-20)

285. Eurasian Hobby (2024-04-20)

286. European Turtle Dove (2024-04-21)

287. Lapland Longspur (2024-04-24)

288. Eurasian Scops-Owl (2024-04-25)

289. Thrush Nightingale (2024-04-26)

290. Black Scoter (2024-04-26)

291. Whiskered Tern (2024-04-27)

292. Red-backed Shrike (2024-04-27)

293. European Nightjar (2024-04-27)

294. Great White Pelican (2024-04-27)

295. Paddyfield Warbler (2024-04-28)

296. Great Reed Warbler (2024-04-28)

297. Garden Warbler (2024-04-28)

298. Red-breasted Flycatcher (2024-04-28)

299. Temminck's Stint (2024-04-28)

300. Caucasian Chiffchaff (2024-04-29)

301. Little Bittern (2024-04-30)

302. Lesser Grey Shrike (2024-05-01)

303. Red-fronted Serin (2024-05-01)

304. Eurasian Honey-Buzzard (2024-05-01)

305. Rufous-tailed Rock Thrush (2024-05-01)

306. Black-headed Bunting (2024-05-04)

307. Spotted Flycatcher (2024-05-04)

308. Little Stint (2024-05-04)

309. Red-footed Falcon (2024-05-04)

310. Greater Sand Plover (2024-05-04)

311. Little Tern (2024-05-05)

312. Greater Ringed Plover (2024-05-05)

313. Squacco Heron (2024-05-05)

314. Curlew Sandpiper (2024-05-05)

315. European Golden Oriole (2024-05-05)

316. Eurasian Stone Curlew (2024-05-05)

317. Marsh Warbler (2024-05-06)

318. Common Quail (2024-05-07)

319. Barred Warbler (2024-05-08)

320. Greater Spotted Eagle (2024-05-09)

321. Icterine Warbler (2024-05-09)

322. Corncrake (2024-05-10)

323. River Warbler (2024-05-12)

Big Year 2024

1. Anna Golubeva (240)
2. Alexey Sizov (209)
3. Nataliya Pokhodzey (162)
4. Vlad Gedziuk (162)
5. Vitaliy Butko (157)
6. Andrey Semenov (145)
7. Khasan Zhurtov (127)
8. Irina Ortik (123)
9. Khasan Zhurtov (122)
10. Denys Davydov (121)

more...

rare birds records

Glossy Ibis (Plegadis falcinellus)

White-winged Lark (Melanocorypha leucoptera)

Peregrine Falcon (Falco peregrinus)

Merlin (Falco columbarius)

more rarities...

recent video

2024-04-28. European Robin (Vadim Sinukhin), European Robin (Vadim Sinukhin).

2024-04-22. Common Sparrowhawk (Sergei Saveika).

2024-04-13. Savi's Warbler (Stanislavs Gr).

2024-04-04. Bohemian Waxwing (Alexandr Balaev).

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).

2024-02-19. Eurasian Penduline Tit (Stanislavs Gr), Eurasian Penduline Tit (Stanislavs Gr).

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

2024-01-06. Coal Tit (Stanislavs Gr).

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

2024-01-03. Blue Tit (Stanislavs Gr).

unidentified birds

2024-05-08

Серго: ковалик

2024-05-07

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2024-04-29

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2024-04-22

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2024-04-22

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