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Big Year 2026

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

You can see previous years competitions results here: 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025

participants


* number inside brackets means the number of species photographed in 2026
17. Panov Andrei (60)
18. Ivanov Mihail (55)
21. Dolgov Maxim (47)
22. Levkina Elena (46)
23. Fefelov Igor (44)
29. Maer Vladimir (28)
31. Ivankova Anna (25)
35. Wildlife Beta (23)
41. Bukin Alexey (7)
45. Jukov Denis (5)
53. Latysh Igor (3)

all species photographed in 2026


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

sort by:

1. Tree Sparrow (2026-01-01)
2. Eurasian Dipper (2026-01-01)
3. Eurasian Nuthatch (2026-01-01)
4. Great Spotted Woodpecker (2026-01-01)
5. Mallard (2026-01-01)
6. Common Goldeneye (2026-01-01)
7. Eurasian Jackdaw (2026-01-01)
8. Smew (2026-01-01)
9. Upland Buzzard (2026-01-01)
10. White-Backed Woodpecker (2026-01-01)
11. Ural Owl (2026-01-01)
12. Northern Hazelhen (2026-01-01)
13. Grey-Headed Woodpecker (2026-01-01)
14. Eurasian Magpie (2026-01-01)
15. Eurasian Goldfinch (2026-01-01)
16. Goosander (2026-01-02)
17. Whooper Swan (2026-01-02)
18. Long-tailed Duck (2026-01-02)
19. Northern Bullfinch (2026-01-02)
20. Great Tit (2026-01-02)
21. Coal Tit (2026-01-02)
22. Willow Tit (2026-01-02)
23. Baikal Bullfinch (2026-01-02)
24. Bohemian Waxwing (2026-01-02)
25. Northern Grey Shrike (2026-01-02)
26. Azure Tit (2026-01-02)
27. Marsh Tit (2026-01-02)
28. Eurasian Jay (2026-01-02)
29. Long-tailed Rosefinch (2026-01-02)
30. House Sparrow (2026-01-02)
31. Grey Partridge (2026-01-02)
32. Northern Black Grouse (2026-01-02)
33. Rough-legged Buzzard (2026-01-02)
34. Hawfinch (2026-01-03)
35. Hooded Crow (2026-01-03)
36. Fieldfare (2026-01-03)
37. Pine Grosbeak (2026-01-03)
38. Mute Swan (2026-01-03)
39. Long-tailed Tit (2026-01-03)
40. Common Redpoll (2026-01-04)
41. Boreal Owl (2026-01-04)
42. Yellowhammer (2026-01-04)
43. Northern Hawk Owl (2026-01-04)
44. Great Grey Owl (2026-01-04)
45. Willow Ptarmigan (2026-01-04)
46. Lesser Spotted Woodpecker (2026-01-04)
47. Black Woodpecker (2026-01-04)
48. Meadow Bunting (2026-01-05)
49. Harlequin Duck (2026-01-05)
50. Little Owl (2026-01-05)
51. Rock Pigeon (2026-01-06)
52. Great Grey Shrike (2026-01-06)
53. Black-throated Thrush (2026-01-06)
54. Brambling (2026-01-06)
55. Carrion Crow (2026-01-06)
57. Common Treecreeper (2026-01-06)
58. Blue Tit (2026-01-06)
59. Pallas's Rosefinch (2026-01-07)
60. Red-throated Thrush (2026-01-07)
61. Azure-winged Magpie (2026-01-08)
62. Northern Goshawk (2026-01-08)
63. Godlewski's Bunting (2026-01-08)
64. Pine Bunting (2026-01-08)
65. Snow Bunting (2026-01-08)
66. Horned Lark (2026-01-09)
67. Eurasian Blackbird (2026-01-10)
68. White-tailed Sea-Eagle (2026-01-10)
69. Common Sparrowhawk (2026-01-10)
70. Common Kestrel (2026-01-10)
71. Spotted Nutcracker (2026-01-11)
72. Common Raven (2026-01-11)
73. Western Capercaillie (2026-01-11)
74. Wood Pigeon (2026-01-11)
75. Eurasian Siskin (2026-01-15)
76. Red Crossbill (2026-01-15)
77. Black-billed Capercaillie (2026-01-17)
78. Tufted Duck (2026-01-17)
79. Great Crested Grebe (2026-01-17)
80. Long-eared Owl (2026-01-19)
81. Common Chaffinch (2026-01-20)
82. Short-eared Owl (2026-01-23)
83. Eurasian Wigeon (2026-01-24)
84. Northern Pintail (2026-01-24)
85. Asian Rosy-Finch (2026-01-25)
86. Bean Goose (2026-01-25)
87. European Greenfinch (2026-01-26)
88. Saker Falcon (2026-01-31)
89. Golden Eagle (2026-01-31)
90. Great Rosefinch (2026-02-01)
91. Goldcrest (2026-02-06)
92. Gyrfalcon (2026-02-07)
93. Peregrine Falcon (2026-02-08)
94. Red-breasted Merganser (2026-02-08)
95. Daurian Partridge (2026-02-10)
96. Northern House Martin (2026-02-12)
97. Red-billed Chough (2026-02-14)
98. Hill Pigeon (2026-02-15)
99. White-winged Crossbill (2026-03-03)
100. Snowy Owl (2026-03-07)
101. Ferruginous Duck (2026-03-07)
102. Ruddy Shelduck (2026-03-08)
103. Siberian Black-backed Gull (2026-03-09)
104. Daurian Jackdaw (2026-03-12)
105. Vega Gull (2026-03-13)
106. Eurasian Pygmy-Owl (2026-03-13)
107. Rook (2026-03-16)
108. Stock Pigeon (2026-03-18)
109. Merlin (2026-03-21)
110. Eurasian Linnet (2026-03-21)
111. Grey Heron (2026-03-22)
112. Mistle Thrush (2026-03-23)
113. Northern Lapwing (2026-03-23)
114. Black Kite (2026-03-24)
115. Alpine Accentor (2026-03-24)
116. Great White Egret (2026-03-25)
117. Great Cormorant (2026-03-25)
118. Black-headed Gull (2026-03-25)
119. Common Gull (2026-03-25)
120. Guldenstadt's Redstart (2026-03-25)
121. White Wagtail (2026-03-26)
122. Common Starling (2026-03-26)
123. Pallas's Gull (2026-03-27)
124. Eastern Imperial Eagle (2026-03-27)
125. Common Crane (2026-03-27)
126. Eastern Buzzard (2026-03-27)
127. Greylag Goose (2026-03-27)
128. Black Lark (2026-03-29)
129. Masked Wagtail (2026-03-30)
130. Hen Harrier (2026-03-30)
131. Siberian Accentor (2026-04-02)
132. Isabelline Wheatear (2026-04-02)
133. Eversmann's Redstart (2026-04-02)
134. Northern Reed Bunting (2026-04-02)
135. Common Redshank (2026-04-03)
136. Lesser Black-backed Gull (2026-04-04)
137. Sky Lark (2026-04-04)
138. Northern Shoveler (2026-04-04)
139. Siberian Jay (2026-04-04)
140. Western Marsh-harrier (2026-04-04)
141. Northern Wheatear (2026-04-05)
142. Steppe Eagle (2026-04-05)
143. Red-flanked Bluetail (2026-04-05)
144. Rustic Bunting (2026-04-06)
145. Common Coot (2026-04-06)
146. Citrine Wagtail (2026-04-07)
147. Pied Wheatear (2026-04-07)
148. Gadwall (2026-04-08)
149. Pallas's Reed Bunting (2026-04-08)
150. Common Chiffchaff (2026-04-08)
151. Common Teal (2026-04-09)
152. Water Pipit (2026-04-09)
153. Pallid Harrier (2026-04-09)
154. Common Pochard (2026-04-09)
155. Common Oystercatcher (2026-04-10)
156. Common Buzzard (2026-04-10)
157. Garganey (2026-04-11)
158. Tree Pipit (2026-04-11)
159. Common Shelduck (2026-04-12)
160. Falcated Duck (2026-04-12)
161. Swan Goose (2026-04-12)
162. Song Thrush (2026-04-12)
163. Lapland Longspur (2026-04-12)
164. Green Sandpiper (2026-04-12)
165. Booted Eagle (2026-04-14)
166. Black Stork (2026-04-14)
167. Osprey (2026-04-16)
168. Bluethroat (2026-04-16)
169. Redwing (2026-04-16)
170. Eastern Marsh-harrier (2026-04-17)
171. Common Moorhen (2026-04-17)
172. Greater Spotted Eagle (2026-04-17)
173. Black-tailed Godwit (2026-04-17)
174. Black-winged Stilt (2026-04-18)
175. Olive-backed Pipit (2026-04-18)
176. Oriental Turtle Dove (2026-04-18)
177. Daurian Redstart (2026-04-18)
178. Eurasian Woodcock (2026-04-18)
179. White-cheeked Starling (2026-04-19)
180. European Robin (2026-04-19)
181. Eurasian Wryneck (2026-04-19)
182. Common Snipe (2026-04-19)
183. Eurasian Curlew (2026-04-19)
184. Marsh Sandpiper (2026-04-19)
185. Eurasian Bittern (2026-04-20)
186. Hoopoe (2026-04-20)
187. Bewick's Swan (2026-04-21)
188. Grey Wagtail (2026-04-22)
189. White-naped Crane (2026-04-22)
190. Common Sandpiper (2026-04-22)
191. Common Greenshank (2026-04-22)
192. Naumann's Thrush (2026-04-23)
193. Yellow Wagtail (2026-04-23)
194. Willow Warbler (2026-04-23)
195. Caspian Tern (2026-04-24)
196. Eurasian Honey-Buzzard (2026-04-25)
197. Pied Flycatcher (2026-04-25)
198. Common Stonechat (2026-04-25)
199. Eurasian Redstart (2026-04-25)
200. Pied Avocet (2026-04-25)
201. Little Ringed Plover (2026-04-25)
202. Demoiselle Crane (2026-04-25)
203. Black-Necked Grebe (2026-04-25)
204. Barn Swallow (2026-04-25)
205. Red-crested Pochard (2026-04-26)
206. Lesser Whitethroat (2026-04-28)
207. Brown Accentor (2026-04-29)
208. Grey-headed Goldfinch (2026-04-29)
209. Eurasian Penduline Tit (2026-04-29)
210. Mandarin Duck (2026-04-30)
211. Dusky Thrush (2026-04-30)
212. Ortolan Bunting (2026-04-30)
213. Rufous-tailed Rock Thrush (2026-04-30)
214. Sand Martin (2026-05-01)
215. Baikal Teal (2026-05-01)
216. Greater White-fronted Goose (2026-05-01)
217. Eastern Yellow Wagtail (2026-05-01)
218. Black Redstart (2026-05-01)
219. Ruff (2026-05-01)
220. Slavonian Grebe (2026-05-01)
221. Dalmatian Pelican (2026-05-01)
222. Arctic Loon (2026-05-01)
223. Greater Scaup (2026-05-01)
224. Little Gull (2026-05-01)
225. Spotted Flycatcher (2026-05-03)
226. Common Kingfisher (2026-05-03)
227. Eurasian Crag Martin (2026-05-04)
228. Eurasian Spoonbill (2026-05-05)
229. Taiga Flycatcher (2026-05-05)
230. Black-throated Accentor (2026-05-05)
231. Brown Shrike (2026-05-06)
232. Mongolian Lark (2026-05-06)
233. Cinereous Vulture (2026-05-06)
234. Yellow-browed Warbler (2026-05-06)
235. Common Whitethroat (2026-05-06)
236. Wood Sandpiper (2026-05-06)
237. Eurasian Scops-Owl (2026-05-07)
238. Whinchat (2026-05-07)
239. Greater Ringed Plover (2026-05-07)
240. Little Bunting (2026-05-07)
241. Altai Snowcock (2026-05-07)
242. Bar-headed Goose (2026-05-07)
243. Sulphur-bellied Warbler (2026-05-07)
244. Common Cuckoo (2026-05-07)
245. Common Tern (2026-05-07)
246. Black Tern (2026-05-07)
247. Common Swift (2026-05-08)
248. Isabelline Shrike (2026-05-08)
249. Pallas's Sandgrouse (2026-05-08)
250. Lammergeier (2026-05-08)
251. Blyth's Pipit (2026-05-09)
252. Lesser Kestrel (2026-05-09)
253. Eyebrowed Thrush (2026-05-10)
254. Little Bustard (2026-05-10)
255. Black-faced Bunting (2026-05-10)
256. Crested Honey-buzzard (2026-05-10)
257. Richard's Pipit (2026-05-10)
258. Buff-bellied Pipit (2026-05-10)
259. White-crowned Penduline Tit (2026-05-11)
260. Pale Sand Martin (2026-05-11)
261. Eurasian Hobby (2026-05-12)
262. Arctic Warbler (2026-05-12)
263. Thrush Nightingale (2026-05-13)
264. Pacific Swift (2026-05-14)
265. Long-toed Stint (2026-05-14)
266. Common Rosefinch (2026-05-14)
267. European Golden Oriole (2026-05-14)
268. Pallas's Warbler (2026-05-15)
269. Jack Snipe (2026-05-15)
270. Greenish Warbler (2026-05-16)

rare birds records


Caspian Tern (Hydroprogne caspia)

© Katya Tsekhmister
2026-05-01

A rare vagrant in the Tyumen' Region, included in the regional Red book.

Little Bustard (Tetrax tetrax)

© Dmitry Dubikovskiy
2026-05-10

The 2nd (the 1st confirmed by photo) record in the Kemerovo Region.

Eurasian Spoonbill (Platalea leucorodia)

© Olga Nemezhikova
2026-05-05

A rare vagrant in the south of Krasnoyarsk Kray.

Ferruginous Duck (Aythya nyroca)

© Nikita Yablokov
2026-05-04
Krasnoyarsk krai

A rare vagrant for Krasnoyarsky Kray; probably the first record.
more rarities...

recent video

2025-10-04. Common Moorhen (Denis Zhbir), Common Moorhen (Denis Zhbir).

2024-06-24. Goosander (Andrey Borodkin), Goosander (Andrey Borodkin).

2024-06-19. Corncrake (Nadia Goncharova), Corncrake (Nadia Goncharova).

2024-06-09. Goosander (Andrey Borodkin), Goosander (Andrey Borodkin).

2024-05-06. Goosander (Andrey Borodkin), Goosander (Andrey Borodkin).

2024-04-13. Carrion Crow (Andrey Borodkin), Carrion Crow (Andrey Borodkin).

2024-03-02. Northern Hawk Owl (Oleg Popov), Northern Hawk Owl (Oleg Popov), Red Crossbill (Oleg Popov).

more video...

unidentified birds

2026-05-15

Игорь Фефелов: Могут и вместе.Причем поясниц тут не видно "от слова совсем" (т. е. не факт ,что тут вообще можно понять вид).
2026-05-11

Игорь Фефелов: А вообще, похож на годовалого самца таежной. Но у тех обычно граница рыжего и светлого на груди не такая резкая.
2026-05-08

Игорь Фефелов: Судя по фото, это на нижнем снято, он от верха обрывается прямо к реке, а у верхнего (Калиновского) более сложная система устройства (если снимать [....]
2026-05-07

Валерий Богданович: Добавил фото.
2026-05-06

no any comments:
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