Big Year in Siberia. Tsekhmister Katya. Birds of Siberia

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Pelecaniformes

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Phoenicopteriformes

Anseriformes

Falconiformes

Galliformes

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Tsekhmister Katya

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total species: 178 total photos: 474 total videos: 0 total blogposts: 0

1. Great Tit (2024-01-01)

2. Eurasian Jay (2024-01-01)

3. Eurasian Three-Toed Woodpecker (2024-01-01)

4. White-Backed Woodpecker (2024-01-01)

5. Willow Tit (2024-01-02)

6. Eurasian Nuthatch (2024-01-02)

7. Northern Bullfinch (2024-01-03)

8. Mallard (2024-01-04)

9. House Sparrow (2024-01-05)

10. Great Spotted Woodpecker (2024-01-05)

11. Long-tailed Tit (2024-01-05)

12. Fieldfare (2024-01-06)

13. Common Redpoll (2024-01-06)

14. Great Grey Owl (2024-01-06)

15. Coal Tit (2024-01-07)

16. Hooded Crow (2024-01-07)

17. Eurasian Magpie (2024-01-07)

18. Tree Sparrow (2024-01-07)

19. Baikal Bullfinch (2024-01-08)

20. Brambling (2024-01-08)

21. Bohemian Waxwing (2024-01-25)

22. Long-tailed Rosefinch (2024-01-25)

23. Pine Grosbeak (2024-01-25)

24. Eurasian Goldfinch (2024-01-25)

25. Red Crossbill (2024-01-27)

26. Grey-Headed Woodpecker (2024-02-03)

27. Great Grey Shrike (2024-02-03)

28. Northern Hawk Owl (2024-02-03)

29. Eurasian Jackdaw (2024-02-12)

30. Hawfinch (2024-02-15)

31. Ural Owl (2024-02-23)

32. Lesser Spotted Woodpecker (2024-02-23)

33. Black Woodpecker (2024-02-27)

34. Northern Goshawk (2024-03-08)

35. Rook (2024-03-24)

36. European Greenfinch (2024-03-28)

37. Alpine Accentor (2024-03-30)

38. Black Kite (2024-03-30)

39. Grey Heron (2024-04-03)

40. Northern Lapwing (2024-04-03)

41. Common Crane (2024-04-03)

42. Whooper Swan (2024-04-05)

43. Common Starling (2024-04-05)

44. White Wagtail (2024-04-05)

45. Black-headed Gull (2024-04-06)

46. Northern Reed Bunting (2024-04-06)

47. Great White Egret (2024-04-06)

48. Mute Swan (2024-04-06)

49. Common Chaffinch (2024-04-06)

50. Goosander (2024-04-07)

51. Greylag Goose (2024-04-07)

52. Stock Pigeon (2024-04-07)

53. Common Sparrowhawk (2024-04-07)

54. Wood Pigeon (2024-04-07)

55. Western Marsh-harrier (2024-04-11)

56. White-tailed Sea-Eagle (2024-04-11)

57. Redwing (2024-04-13)

58. Common Redshank (2024-04-13)

59. Northern Wheatear (2024-04-13)

60. Eurasian Linnet (2024-04-13)

61. Common Coot (2024-04-19)

62. Great Crested Grebe (2024-04-20)

63. Barn Swallow (2024-04-20)

64. Marsh Sandpiper (2024-04-20)

65. Black-winged Stilt (2024-04-20)

66. Bluethroat (2024-04-20)

67. Black-tailed Godwit (2024-04-21)

68. Red-Necked Grebe (2024-04-21)

69. Common Chiffchaff (2024-04-21)

70. Common Pochard (2024-04-21)

71. Gadwall (2024-04-21)

72. Song Thrush (2024-04-21)

73. Tufted Duck (2024-04-22)

74. Common Goldeneye (2024-04-22)

75. Azure Tit (2024-04-24)

76. Eurasian Wigeon (2024-04-24)

77. Citrine Wagtail (2024-04-24)

78. Eurasian Penduline Tit (2024-04-27)

79. Common Snipe (2024-04-27)

80. Eastern Yellow Wagtail (2024-04-27)

81. Green Sandpiper (2024-04-27)

82. Yellow Wagtail (2024-04-27)

83. Tree Pipit (2024-04-27)

84. Pallid Harrier (2024-04-27)

85. Common Buzzard (2024-04-28)

86. Common Sandpiper (2024-04-28)

87. Little Ringed Plover (2024-04-28)

88. Yellowhammer (2024-04-28)

89. Eurasian Siskin (2024-04-28)

90. European Robin (2024-04-29)

91. Montagu's Harrier (2024-04-30)

92. Pied Flycatcher (2024-04-30)

93. Black-Necked Grebe (2024-05-01)

94. Garganey (2024-05-02)

95. Common Teal (2024-05-02)

96. Slavonian Grebe (2024-05-02)

97. Great Snipe (2024-05-02)

98. Common Tern (2024-05-04)

99. Common Stonechat (2024-05-04)

100. Common Kestrel (2024-05-05)

101. Willow Warbler (2024-05-05)

102. Greater White-fronted Goose (2024-05-06)

103. Pine Bunting (2024-05-06)

104. Lapland Longspur (2024-05-06)

105. Sky Lark (2024-05-06)

106. Whinchat (2024-05-06)

107. Eurasian Redstart (2024-05-07)

108. Sand Martin (2024-05-10)

109. Ruff (2024-05-10)

110. Horned Lark (2024-05-10)

111. Merlin (2024-05-10)

112. Black Tern (2024-05-11)

113. Little Gull (2024-05-11)

114. Common Cuckoo (2024-05-11)

115. Short-eared Owl (2024-05-11)

116. Paddyfield Warbler (2024-05-14)

117. Red-backed Shrike (2024-05-14)

118. Siberian Black-backed Gull (2024-05-14)

119. White-winged Tern (2024-05-14)

120. Western Grasshopper Warbler (2024-05-15)

121. Temminck's Stint (2024-05-17)

122. Wood Sandpiper (2024-05-17)

123. Common Rosefinch (2024-05-18)

124. Terek Sandpiper (2024-05-18)

125. Sedge Warbler (2024-05-18)

126. Thrush Nightingale (2024-05-18)

127. Spotted Flycatcher (2024-05-18)

128. Blyth's Reed Warbler (2024-05-18)

129. Oriental Turtle Dove (2024-05-18)

130. Corncrake (2024-05-21)

131. Great Reed Warbler (2024-05-22)

132. Common Swift (2024-05-24)

133. Garden Warbler (2024-05-25)

134. Lesser Whitethroat (2024-05-25)

135. Curlew Sandpiper (2024-05-25)

136. Dunlin (2024-05-25)

137. Greater Ringed Plover (2024-05-25)

138. Common Whitethroat (2024-05-26)

139. European Golden Oriole (2024-06-08)

140. Eurasian Wryneck (2024-06-08)

141. Pallas's Gull (2024-06-09)

142. Common Quail (2024-06-12)

143. Northern House Martin (2024-06-21)

144. Great Cormorant (2024-06-24)

145. Masked Wagtail (2024-06-24)

146. Booted Eagle (2024-06-25)

147. Carrion Crow (2024-06-26)

148. Pied Wheatear (2024-06-28)

149. Eastern Imperial Eagle (2024-06-28)

150. Grey Wagtail (2024-06-29)

151. Eurasian Dipper (2024-06-29)

152. Long-eared Owl (2024-07-04)

153. Common Gull (2024-07-06)

154. Little Stint (2024-07-14)

155. Red-necked Phalarope (2024-07-14)

156. Booted Warbler (2024-07-14)

157. Eurasian Hobby (2024-07-14)

158. Grey Partridge (2024-07-14)

159. Red-footed Falcon (2024-07-27)

160. Spotted Redshank (2024-07-28)

161. Eurasian Honey-Buzzard (2024-08-04)

162. Common Kingfisher (2024-08-08)

163. Common Treecreeper (2024-08-10)

164. Hen Harrier (2024-08-11)

165. Common Greenshank (2024-08-11)

166. Greater Spotted Eagle (2024-08-29)

167. Dalmatian Pelican (2024-09-01)

168. Common Raven (2024-09-08)

169. Red-throated Pipit (2024-09-15)

170. Olive-backed Pipit (2024-09-15)

171. Mistle Thrush (2024-09-15)

172. Rock Pigeon (2024-09-17)

173. Meadow Pipit (2024-09-18)

174. Western Capercaillie (2024-09-28)

175. Siberian Jay (2024-09-28)

176. Northern Hazelhen (2024-09-28)

177. Blue Tit (2024-10-13)

178. Goldcrest (2024-10-27)

179. Northern Black Grouse (2024-12-29)

recent uploads

2025-10-10. Eurasian Jay, Eurasian Wigeon, Black-headed Gull, Whooper Swan, Baraba Steppe Gull, Mew Gull, Common Goldeneye, Blue Tit, Eurasian Magpie, Fieldfare, Song Thrush, Redwing, Mistle Thrush, Hume's Warbler, Eurasian Blackbird, Willow Warbler, Song Thrush, Grey-Headed Woodpecker, Great Grey Owl.

2025-09-22. Rustic Bunting, Bohemian Waxwing, Grey-Headed Woodpecker, Siberian Jay, Black Redstart.

2025-09-09. Pine Bunting, Black Woodpecker, Montagu's Harrier, Northern Black Grouse, Pine Bunting, Red-throated Pipit, Grey Partridge.

2025-09-03. Grey Wagtail, Grey-Headed Woodpecker, Rook, Bearded Tit, Northern Reed Bunting, Common Sparrowhawk.

2025-08-27. Common Crane, Common Buzzard, Montagu's Harrier, Sand Martin, Eurasian Hobby, Black Kite, Common Buzzard, Mistle Thrush.

2025-08-14. Common Starling, Unkown Bird.

2025-08-07. Pallid Harrier, Common Buzzard, Western Marsh-harrier, Pallas's Gull, Mew Gull, Sand Martin, Greater Spotted Eagle, Western Marsh-harrier, Black-headed Gull, Common Tern, Common Shelduck, Grey Wagtail, European Golden Oriole, Red-backed Shrike.

2025-07-25. Black-winged Pratincole, Bluethroat, Great Crested Grebe, Common Cuckoo, Willow Warbler, Short-eared Owl, Pallid Harrier, Red-footed Falcon, Common Crane, Common Kestrel, Eurasian Curlew, Black Kite, Common Starling, Rook, Stock Pigeon, Oriental Turtle Dove, Wood Pigeon, Great Grey Shrike, Short-eared Owl, Song Thrush, Greenish Warbler, Northern Bullfinch, Greater Spotted Eagle, Slavonian Grebe, Little Ringed Plover, Whooper Swan, Eurasian Redstart, Hybrid Bunting, Common Kestrel, Barn Swallow, Pallid Harrier, Black-Necked Grebe, Tufted Duck, White-winged Tern, Corncrake.

2025-06-12. Booted Warbler, Northern Reed Bunting, Yellow Wagtail, Great Crested Grebe, Citrine Wagtail, Sedge Warbler, Black-tailed Godwit, Greater Ringed Plover, Common Quail, Common Snipe, Black Kite.

2025-06-11. Tufted Duck, Common Tern, Sand Martin, Northern Lapwing, Booted Warbler, Long-eared Owl, Fieldfare, Western Grasshopper Warbler, Common Cuckoo, Greater Scaup, Blyth's Reed Warbler, Pied Flycatcher, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Great Tit, Spotted Flycatcher, Eurasian Redstart, Garden Warbler, Common Whitethroat, Northern House Martin, Oriental Turtle Dove, Common Buzzard, Pine Bunting, Eurasian Blackbird, Spotted Flycatcher, Whinchat, Tree Pipit, White Wagtail, Yellowhammer, Eurasian Golden Plover, Booted Warbler.

2025-05-31. Greater Ringed Plover, White-winged Tern, Terek Sandpiper, Little Stint, Temminck's Stint, Northern Lapwing, Black-winged Stilt, Common Cuckoo, Paddyfield Warbler, Paddyfield Warbler, Paddyfield Warbler, Citrine Wagtail, Unkown Bird, Great Reed Warbler.

2025-05-26. Common Rosefinch, Eurasian Linnet, Wood Pigeon, Spotted Flycatcher, Tree Pipit, Long-eared Owl, Eurasian Scops-Owl, Common Tern, Common Cuckoo, Sedge Warbler, Citrine Wagtail, Black Tern, Blyth's Reed Warbler, Bluethroat, Common Whitethroat, Willow Warbler, Common Rosefinch, Common Teal, White-winged Tern, Hen Harrier.

2025-05-23. Little Ringed Plover, Temminck's Stint, Greater White-fronted Goose, Pied Wheatear, Long-eared Owl.

2025-05-21. Greenish Warbler.

2024-07-05. Common Buzzard, Great Cormorant, Masked Wagtail, Booted Eagle, Carrion Crow, Common Rosefinch, Pied Wheatear, Northern House Martin, Pied Wheatear, Eastern Imperial Eagle, Unkown Bird, Grey Wagtail, Common Kestrel, Eurasian Dipper.

Big Year 2025

1. Nina Shteinbrenner (286)
2. Olga Fattakhova (253)
3. Vladimir Pankratov (224)
4. Andrey Bazdyrev (223)
5. Elena Kleymenova (216)
6. Pavel Karplyuk (201)
7. Katya Tsekhmister (198)
8. Vadim Ivushkin (180)
9. Vladimir Kulikov (176)
10. Victor Khamin (168)

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rare birds records

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.

Lammergeier (Gypaetus barbatus)

The 1st photo-record in Buryatia.

Corn Bunting (Emberiza calandra)

The 1st photo-record in Siberia, and the 1st record in Altai Republic.

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

2025-11-02

no any comments:

2025-11-01

Максим Афанасьев: Ага. Уже ответил.

2025-10-18

Виктор: А не красноспинная?

2025-10-15

Игорь Фефелов: "Рыже-бурый"... Точнее по одному этому фото, боюсь, не скажешь, к кому из двух ближе и не помесь ли это.

2025-10-09

Игорь Фефелов: Желтая какая-то... в широком смысле... Куда относят птиц такого фенотипа, к желтой иди к берингийской, сказать пока не могу

more unidentified birds...