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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

1. Levkina Elena (42)

2. Kleymenova Elena (39)

3. Yablokov Nikita (38)

4. Tsekhmister Katya (37)

5. Popova Nadejda (35)

6. Karplyuk Pavel (34)

7. Borodkin Andrey (33)

8. Fattakhova Olga (28)

9. Pankratov Vladimir (27)

10. Bogomyakova Nadezhda (26)

11. Bolshakov Aleksey (25)

12. Burmatov Yaroslav (25)

13. Borovskaya Marina (24)

14. Vorobyova Natalia (24)

15. Dolgov Maxim (22)

16. Panov Andrei (22)

17. Semenova Tatiana (22)

18. Goncharova Nadia (19)

19. Kisloy Konstantin (18)

20. Shteinbrenner Nina (18)

21. Bogdanovich Valerii (17)

22. Chumakov Sergey (15)

23. Ivanov Mihail (15)

24. Fefelov Igor (13)

25. Natykanets Viktor (13)

26. Shagovsky Vadim (13)

27. Shichkova Ekaterina (13)

28. Alekseev Nikolay (11)

29. Markova Natalya (11)

30. Wildlife Beta (11)

31. Ivankova Anna (10)

32. Kochetkov Denis (10)

33. Afanasiev Maxim (7)

34. Kolesnikova Elizaveta (7)

35. Liutin Vjacheslav (6)

36. Bazdyrev Andrey (5)

37. Jukov Denis (5)

38. Kochetkov Alexandr (5)

39. Kulikov Vladimir (5)

40. Voronov Denis (5)

41. Belousow Mishail (4)

42. Kungurov Aleksei (4)

43. Lupinos Mariya (4)

44. Gontcharov Aleksandr (3)

45. Kuzmin Vladimir (3)

46. Latysh Igor (3)

47. Nemezhikova Olga (3)

48. Samodurow Konstantin (3)

49. Bobachenko Elena (2)

50. Denisov Alexey (2)

51. Maer Vladimir (2)

52. Stashiba Vasily (2)

53. Belyaev Alexandr (1)

54. Erykalov Andrey (1)

55. Smirnova (Czix) Lola (1)

all species photographed in 2026

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

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)

56. Eurasian Three-Toed Woodpecker (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. Snowy Owl (2026-03-07)

100. Ferruginous Duck (2026-03-07)

101. Ruddy Shelduck (2026-03-08)

102. Siberian Black-backed Gull (2026-03-09)

Big Year 2026

1. Elena Levkina (42)
2. Elena Kleymenova (39)
3. Nikita Yablokov (38)
4. Katya Tsekhmister (37)
5. Nadejda Popova (35)
6. Pavel Karplyuk (34)
7. Andrey Borodkin (33)
8. Olga Fattakhova (28)
9. Vladimir Pankratov (27)
10. Nadezhda Bogomyakova (26)

more...

rare birds records

Peregrine Falcon (Falco peregrinus)

Extremely rare cases of wintering in the Irkutsk Region happen. The 1st photo-record in this region in winter months.

Meadow Pipit (Anthus pratensis)

A very rare vagrant for Irkutsk Region, 2nd photo-record.

Hume's Warbler (Phylloscopus humei)

The 1st record in the Tyumen' Reguin.

Himalayan Vulture (Gyps himalayensis)

The 2nd record of this vagrant species in the Irkutsk Region.

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).

unidentified birds

2026-03-10

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