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Big Year 2015

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

participants


* number inside brackets means the number of species photographed in 2015
6. Latysh Igor (70)
8. Ebel Alexei (68)
11. Guzenko Yuriy (46)
14. Boksorn Alina (36)
17. Fefelov Igor (28)
19. Zelenin Serg (26)
23. Popova Irina (23)
25. Volkov Sergey (19)

all species photographed in 2015


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

sort by:

1. Baikal Bullfinch (2015-01-01)
2. Pine Grosbeak (2015-01-01)
3. Northern Bullfinch (2015-01-02)
4. Great Spotted Woodpecker (2015-01-06)
5. Spotted Nutcracker (2015-01-07)
6. Common Redpoll (2015-01-08)
7. Carrion Crow (2015-01-09)
8. Eurasian Goldfinch (2015-01-09)
9. European Greenfinch (2015-01-09)
10. Tree Sparrow (2015-01-09)
11. House Sparrow (2015-01-09)
12. Azure Tit (2015-01-09)
13. Northern Goshawk (2015-01-09)
14. Black Woodpecker (2015-01-10)
15. Willow Tit (2015-01-10)
16. Ural Owl (2015-01-11)
17. Lesser Spotted Woodpecker (2015-01-11)
18. Long-tailed Rosefinch (2015-01-11)
19. Marsh Tit (2015-01-16)
20. Eurasian Nuthatch (2015-01-18)
21. Bohemian Waxwing (2015-01-24)
22. Eurasian Magpie (2015-01-25)
23. Hawfinch (2015-01-25)
24. Great Tit (2015-01-25)
25. Hooded Crow (2015-01-31)
26. Eurasian Pygmy-Owl (2015-01-31)
27. Horned Lark (2015-01-31)
28. Snowy Owl (2015-02-01)
29. Coal Tit (2015-02-02)
30. Common Raven (2015-02-03)
31. Fieldfare (2015-02-04)
32. Common Goldeneye (2015-02-04)
33. Eurasian Dipper (2015-02-05)
34. Long-tailed Tit (2015-02-10)
35. Rock Pigeon (2015-02-13)
36. Snow Bunting (2015-02-15)
37. White-Backed Woodpecker (2015-02-18)
38. Mallard (2015-02-23)
39. Grey Partridge (2015-02-23)
40. Goosander (2015-03-06)
41. Azure-winged Magpie (2015-03-06)
42. Long-tailed Duck (2015-03-09)
43. Eurasian Jay (2015-03-14)
44. Northern Black Grouse (2015-03-17)
45. Eurasian Jackdaw (2015-03-20)
46. Grey-Headed Woodpecker (2015-03-20)
47. Meadow Bunting (2015-03-28)
48. Black Kite (2015-03-29)
49. Great Grey Owl (2015-03-31)
50. Yellowhammer (2015-04-05)
51. Common Crane (2015-04-09)
52. Masked Wagtail (2015-04-10)
53. Common Chaffinch (2015-04-11)
54. Rook (2015-04-11)
55. Rustic Bunting (2015-04-11)
56. Pallas's Rosefinch (2015-04-11)
57. Pallas's Reed Bunting (2015-04-12)
58. Sky Lark (2015-04-12)
59. Great Cormorant (2015-04-12)
60. Common Kestrel (2015-04-15)
61. White Wagtail (2015-04-15)
62. Grey-headed Goldfinch (2015-04-16)
63. Tree Pipit (2015-04-17)
64. Common Starling (2015-04-18)
66. Common Chiffchaff (2015-04-18)
67. Black-throated Thrush (2015-04-18)
68. Eurasian Linnet (2015-04-19)
69. Common Sparrowhawk (2015-04-20)
70. Song Thrush (2015-04-21)
71. Redwing (2015-04-22)
72. Willow Warbler (2015-04-22)
73. Eurasian Woodcock (2015-04-24)
74. Pine Bunting (2015-04-24)
75. Green Sandpiper (2015-04-24)
76. Common Teal (2015-04-24)
77. Eurasian Curlew (2015-04-24)
78. Pallid Harrier (2015-04-25)
79. Northern Reed Bunting (2015-04-25)
80. Garganey (2015-04-25)
81. Common Gull (2015-04-25)
82. Black-headed Gull (2015-04-25)
83. Citrine Wagtail (2015-04-25)
84. Yellow Wagtail (2015-04-25)
85. Northern Hazelhen (2015-04-25)
86. Western Capercaillie (2015-04-25)
87. Northern Shoveler (2015-04-25)
88. Common Buzzard (2015-04-25)
89. Marsh Sandpiper (2015-04-26)
90. Grey Heron (2015-04-26)
91. Great Crested Grebe (2015-04-26)
92. Peregrine Falcon (2015-04-26)
93. Gadwall (2015-04-26)
94. Northern Pintail (2015-04-26)
95. Smew (2015-04-26)
96. Eurasian Wigeon (2015-04-26)
97. Northern Lapwing (2015-04-26)
98. Bluethroat (2015-04-26)
99. Wood Pigeon (2015-04-26)
100. Stock Pigeon (2015-04-26)
101. Eurasian Wryneck (2015-04-26)
102. Brambling (2015-04-26)
103. Red-throated Thrush (2015-04-30)
104. Common Coot (2015-05-01)
105. Hen Harrier (2015-05-01)
106. Siberian Tit (2015-05-01)
107. Grey Wagtail (2015-05-01)
108. Asian Rosy-Finch (2015-05-01)
109. Great Rosefinch (2015-05-01)
110. Eurasian Penduline Tit (2015-05-01)
111. Tufted Duck (2015-05-01)
112. Bar-headed Goose (2015-05-02)
113. Red-billed Chough (2015-05-02)
114. Isabelline Wheatear (2015-05-02)
115. Greylag Goose (2015-05-02)
116. Mistle Thrush (2015-05-02)
117. Pallas's Sandgrouse (2015-05-03)
118. Ruddy Shelduck (2015-05-03)
119. Whooper Swan (2015-05-03)
120. Common Redshank (2015-05-03)
121. Common Pochard (2015-05-03)
122. Naumann's Thrush (2015-05-03)
123. Little Ringed Plover (2015-05-03)
124. Black Redstart (2015-05-03)
125. Guldenstadt's Redstart (2015-05-03)
126. Eurasian Siskin (2015-05-03)
127. Merlin (2015-05-04)
128. Tawny Pipit (2015-05-04)
129. White-tailed Sea-Eagle (2015-05-04)
130. Eurasian Redstart (2015-05-04)
131. Pied Flycatcher (2015-05-04)
132. Upland Buzzard (2015-05-05)
133. Desert Wheatear (2015-05-05)
134. Common Sandpiper (2015-05-05)
135. Common Snipe (2015-05-05)
136. Pied Wheatear (2015-05-06)
137. Wallcreeper (2015-05-07)
138. Lammergeier (2015-05-07)
139. Eurasian Crag Martin (2015-05-07)
140. Short-eared Owl (2015-05-08)
141. Hill Pigeon (2015-05-08)
142. Booted Eagle (2015-05-08)
143. Himalayan Vulture (2015-05-08)
144. Common Stonechat (2015-05-09)
145. Northern Wheatear (2015-05-09)
146. Lesser Whitethroat (2015-05-09)
147. Common Treecreeper (2015-05-10)
148. Black Stork (2015-05-10)
149. Olive-backed Pipit (2015-05-11)
150. Ruff (2015-05-13)
151. Wood Sandpiper (2015-05-13)
152. Mediterranean Gull (2015-05-15)
153. Common Kingfisher (2015-05-15)
154. Demoiselle Crane (2015-05-15)
155. Common Shelduck (2015-05-15)
156. Black-billed Capercaillie (2015-05-16)
157. Greater Spotted Eagle (2015-05-16)
158. Lapland Longspur (2015-05-17)
159. Common Rosefinch (2015-05-17)
160. Common Whitethroat (2015-05-17)
161. Crested Honey-buzzard (2015-05-17)
162. Oriental Turtle Dove (2015-05-17)
163. Barn Swallow (2015-05-17)
164. Common Oystercatcher (2015-05-17)
165. Jack Snipe (2015-05-18)
166. Common Greenshank (2015-05-19)
167. Osprey (2015-05-19)
168. Eurasian Golden Plover (2015-05-20)
169. Temminck's Stint (2015-05-20)
170. Black-tailed Godwit (2015-05-20)
171. Great Snipe (2015-05-21)
172. Common Cuckoo (2015-05-21)
173. Greater White-fronted Goose (2015-05-22)
174. Rosy Starling (2015-05-22)
175. Little Bunting (2015-05-23)
176. Spotted Flycatcher (2015-05-23)
177. Red-footed Falcon (2015-05-23)
178. Eurasian Whimbrel (2015-05-24)
179. Blyth's Reed Warbler (2015-05-24)
180. Oriental Cuckoo (2015-05-24)
181. European Golden Oriole (2015-05-25)
182. Black-Necked Grebe (2015-05-25)
183. Sand Martin (2015-05-25)
184. White-winged Tern (2015-05-25)
185. Whinchat (2015-05-27)
186. Green-headed Wagtail (2015-05-28)
187. Far Eastern Curlew (2015-05-29)
188. Red-backed Shrike (2015-06-02)
189. Glaucous Gull (2015-06-02)
190. Caspian Tern (2015-06-02)
191. Siberian Rubythroat (2015-06-02)
192. Grey-tailed Tattler (2015-06-02)
193. Long-eared Owl (2015-06-03)
194. Icterine Warbler (2015-06-03)
195. Black Tern (2015-06-04)
196. Little Gull (2015-06-04)
197. Yellow-browed Warbler (2015-06-04)
198. Falcated Duck (2015-06-04)
199. Asian Short-toed Lark (2015-06-04)
200. Oriental Greenfinch (2015-06-04)
201. Swinhoe's Snipe (2015-06-04)
202. Daurian Partridge (2015-06-06)
203. Booted Warbler (2015-06-06)
204. Ortolan Bunting (2015-06-06)
205. Isabelline Shrike (2015-06-06)
206. Pied Avocet (2015-06-06)
207. Little Stint (2015-06-06)
208. Eastern Imperial Eagle (2015-06-07)
209. Saker Falcon (2015-06-07)
210. Sociable Lapwing (2015-06-07)
211. Steppe Eagle (2015-06-08)
212. Brown Shrike (2015-06-08)
213. Blyth's Pipit (2015-06-08)
214. Eastern Buzzard (2015-06-08)
215. Daurian Jackdaw (2015-06-08)
216. Radde's Warbler (2015-06-08)
217. Pacific Swift (2015-06-10)
218. Siberian Accentor (2015-06-10)
219. Black-faced Bunting (2015-06-10)
221. Common Tern (2015-06-11)
222. Corncrake (2015-06-12)
223. Cinereous Vulture (2015-06-12)
224. Red-flanked Bluetail (2015-06-12)
225. Dusky Thrush (2015-06-12)
226. Asian Brown Flycatcher (2015-06-12)
227. Great White Egret (2015-06-13)
228. Baillon's Crake (2015-06-13)
229. Hoopoe (2015-06-13)
230. Pale Sand Martin (2015-06-13)
231. Greenish Warbler (2015-06-13)
232. Northern House Martin (2015-06-13)
233. Eurasian Hobby (2015-06-13)
234. Siberian Blue Robin (2015-06-17)
235. Dunlin (2015-06-17)
236. Grey Plover (2015-06-17)
237. Dusky Warbler (2015-06-17)
238. Willow Ptarmigan (2015-06-18)
239. Red Phalarope (2015-06-21)
240. Red-necked Phalarope (2015-06-21)
241. Greater Scaup (2015-06-21)
242. Himalayan Accentor (2015-06-23)
243. Water Pipit (2015-06-23)
244. Pomarine Skua (2015-06-23)
245. Swinhoe's Robin (2015-06-26)
246. Pallas's Warbler (2015-06-27)
247. Pectoral Sandpiper (2015-06-28)
248. King Eider (2015-06-28)
249. Lanceolated Warbler (2015-07-01)
250. Arctic Tern (2015-07-02)
251. Ruddy Turnstone (2015-07-02)
252. Lesser Grey Shrike (2015-07-02)
253. Common Quail (2015-07-03)
254. Siberian Jay (2015-07-04)
255. Mongolian Lark (2015-07-04)
256. Spotted Redshank (2015-07-04)
257. Yellow-breasted Bunting (2015-07-04)
258. Great Bustard (2015-07-05)
259. Amur Falcon (2015-07-05)
260. Red-breasted Merganser (2015-07-06)
261. Red-throated Loon (2015-07-08)
262. Arctic Skua (2015-07-08)
263. Richard's Pipit (2015-07-11)
264. Red-breasted Goose (2015-07-14)
265. Siberian Flycatcher (2015-07-14)
266. Golden Eagle (2015-07-15)
267. Greater Ringed Plover (2015-07-16)
268. Garden Warbler (2015-07-16)
269. Pin-tailed Snipe (2015-07-22)
270. Great Grey Shrike (2015-07-22)
271. Pied Harrier (2015-07-24)
272. European Bee-eater (2015-07-25)
273. Long-toed Stint (2015-07-25)
274. Brandt's Rosefinch (2015-07-25)
275. Black-winged Pratincole (2015-07-26)
276. Common Swift (2015-07-27)
277. Paddyfield Warbler (2015-08-01)
278. Terek Sandpiper (2015-08-01)
279. Eurasian Honey-Buzzard (2015-08-04)
280. White-throated Needletail (2015-08-05)
281. Thick-billed Warbler (2015-08-06)
282. Common Moorhen (2015-08-07)
283. Goldcrest (2015-08-08)
284. Pacific Golden Plover (2015-08-11)
285. Sharp-tailed Sandpiper (2015-08-11)
286. Taiga Flycatcher (2015-08-11)
287. Daurian Redstart (2015-08-11)
288. Vega Gull (2015-08-11)
289. Yellow-billed Loon (2015-08-12)
290. Altai Snowcock (2015-08-13)
291. Hodgson's Rosefinch (2015-08-13)
292. Eastern Marsh-harrier (2015-08-13)
293. Solitary Snipe (2015-08-15)
294. Rufous-necked Stint (2015-08-15)
295. Yellow-browed Bunting (2015-08-15)
296. Hume's Warbler (2015-08-17)
297. Eurasian Spoonbill (2015-08-17)
298. Mugimaki Flycatcher (2015-08-17)
299. Western Marsh-harrier (2015-08-30)
300. European Nightjar (2015-09-03)
301. Siberian Crane (2015-09-04)
302. White-naped Crane (2015-09-04)
303. Slavonian Grebe (2015-09-05)
304. White's Thrush (2015-09-17)
305. European Robin (2015-09-19)
306. Rough-legged Buzzard (2015-09-27)
307. Northern Grey Shrike (2015-10-04)
308. Godlewski's Bunting (2015-10-17)
309. Red Crossbill (2015-10-18)
311. Laughing Dove (2015-10-23)
312. Northern Hawk Owl (2015-11-28)
313. Harlequin Duck (2015-12-11)

rare birds records


Slaty-backed Gull (Larus schistisagus)

© Nadezhda Brodnikova
2020-03-03
Sakha Ust Maya

A distant and very early case of vagrancy to Yakutia.

Amur Falcon (Falco amurensis)

© Igor Fefelov
2024-09-01
Ekhirit-Bulagatsky District, Irkutsk Region

The 3rd record in the Irkutsk Region, the first record of two individuals together.

Common Moorhen (Gallinula chloropus)

© Aleksey Bolshakov
2024-08-25

The photoconfirmation of the Moorhen's breeding in the Irkutsk Region.

Eastern Imperial Eagle (Aquila heliaca)

© Dmitry Nizovtsev
2024-06-02
inter-settlement territories of the Uvatsky municipal district, Tyumen region

The northernmost photo-recotd of this species in the Western Siberia at the website.
more rarities...

recent video

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), Red Crossbill (Oleg Popov), Red Crossbill (Oleg Popov).

more video...

unidentified birds

2024-11-20

Игорь Фефелов: У этой верх , впрочем, тоже местами оливково-бурый...
2024-11-19

Сергей Л. Волков: Думаю, это восточносибирская чайка. На Витиме я похожих встречал. Возможно, и фото найдется, поищу.
2024-11-17

Анна Ясько: Теперь понятно.
2024-11-09

Игорь Фефелов: То ли мохнокур, то ли (восточный?) канюк... Боюсь, по одном этому фото никак.
2024-11-09

Родион Вахрушев: Азиатский бекас скорее всего
more unidentified birds...