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Big Year 2025

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

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

participants


* number inside brackets means the number of species photographed in 2025
20. Ioffe Olga (47)
23. Vasik Olga (45)
31. Petrov Andrei (33)
39. Borisova Olga (29)
40. Janke Jura (29)
43. Sikorsky Igor (27)
46. Panov Andrei (25)
47. Dvurekov Igor (23)
52. Dolgov Maxim (19)
57. Fefelov Igor (17)
58. Golik Ludmila (17)
71. Zlobin Ilya (12)
78. Ivanov Mihail (10)
106. McRushin Mike (4)
112. Jukov Denis (3)
115. Krinkin Yuri (3)
117. Popov Oleg (3)
122. Golubeva Anna (2)
124. Voronov Denis (2)
126. Borodin Oleg (1)
128. Han Ira (1)
129. Holin Aleksey (1)
131. Katugin Oleg (1)

all species photographed in 2025


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

sort by:

1. Solitary Snipe (2025-01-01)
2. Dusky Thrush (2025-01-01)
3. White-tailed Sea-Eagle (2025-01-01)
4. Pallas's Rosefinch (2025-01-01)
5. Cinereous Vulture (2025-01-01)
6. Hen Harrier (2025-01-01)
7. Eurasian Jay (2025-01-01)
8. Common Pheasant (2025-01-01)
9. Hill Pigeon (2025-01-01)
11. Rustic Bunting (2025-01-01)
12. Eurasian Magpie (2025-01-01)
13. Marsh Tit (2025-01-01)
14. Meadow Bunting (2025-01-01)
15. Glaucous-winged Gull (2025-01-01)
16. Siberian Accentor (2025-01-01)
17. Red-breasted Merganser (2025-01-01)
18. Pelagic Cormorant (2025-01-01)
19. Slaty-backed Gull (2025-01-01)
20. Long-tailed Rosefinch (2025-01-01)
21. Long-tailed Duck (2025-01-01)
22. Japanese Tit (2025-01-01)
23. Naumann's Thrush (2025-01-01)
24. Pygmy Woodpecker (2025-01-01)
25. Grey Heron (2025-01-01)
26. Harlequin Duck (2025-01-01)
27. Eurasian Nuthatch (2025-01-01)
28. Carrion Crow (2025-01-01)
29. White-Backed Woodpecker (2025-01-01)
30. Oriental Greenfinch (2025-01-01)
31. Northern Goshawk (2025-01-01)
32. Rough-legged Buzzard (2025-01-01)
33. Common Raven (2025-01-01)
34. Grey-Headed Woodpecker (2025-01-01)
35. Goldcrest (2025-01-01)
36. Mallard (2025-01-01)
37. Azure Tit (2025-01-01)
38. Tree Sparrow (2025-01-01)
39. Great White Egret (2025-01-01)
40. Fieldfare (2025-01-01)
41. Common Goldeneye (2025-01-01)
42. Snow Bunting (2025-01-01)
43. Azure-winged Magpie (2025-01-01)
44. Common Redpoll (2025-01-01)
45. Coal Tit (2025-01-01)
46. Common Treecreeper (2025-01-01)
47. Long-tailed Tit (2025-01-01)
48. Great Spotted Woodpecker (2025-01-01)
49. Eurasian Goldfinch (2025-01-01)
50. Northern Bullfinch (2025-01-01)
51. Great Tit (2025-01-01)
52. Willow Tit (2025-01-01)
53. Bohemian Waxwing (2025-01-01)
54. Rock Pigeon (2025-01-01)
55. Goosander (2025-01-01)
56. Ural Owl (2025-01-01)
57. Merlin (2025-01-01)
58. Black Woodpecker (2025-01-01)
59. Eurasian Collared Dove (2025-01-01)
60. Brambling (2025-01-01)
61. Little Grebe (2025-01-01)
62. Common Coot (2025-01-01)
63. Tufted Duck (2025-01-01)
65. Rook (2025-01-01)
66. Mute Swan (2025-01-01)
67. Whooper Swan (2025-01-01)
68. Ferruginous Duck (2025-01-01)
69. Great Cormorant (2025-01-01)
70. Great Crested Grebe (2025-01-01)
71. Common Chaffinch (2025-01-01)
72. Syrian Woodpecker (2025-01-01)
73. European Greenfinch (2025-01-01)
74. Eurasian Blackbird (2025-01-01)
75. Eurasian Jackdaw (2025-01-01)
76. Crested Lark (2025-01-01)
77. Red-crested Pochard (2025-01-01)
78. Common Moorhen (2025-01-01)
79. Blue Tit (2025-01-01)
80. House Sparrow (2025-01-01)
81. Middle Spotted Woodpecker (2025-01-01)
82. Long-legged Buzzard (2025-01-01)
83. Great Bustard (2025-01-01)
84. Eurasian Curlew (2025-01-01)
85. Great Grey Shrike (2025-01-01)
86. Spotted Nutcracker (2025-01-01)
87. Yellowhammer (2025-01-01)
88. Horned Lark (2025-01-01)
89. Hooded Crow (2025-01-01)
90. Eurasian Linnet (2025-01-01)
91. Crested Tit (2025-01-01)
92. Grey Partridge (2025-01-01)
93. Bewick's Swan (2025-01-01)
94. Common Pochard (2025-01-01)
95. Slavonian Grebe (2025-01-01)
96. Yellow-legged Gull (2025-01-01)
97. Caspian Gull (2025-01-01)
98. Black-Necked Grebe (2025-01-01)
99. Eurasian Green Woodpecker (2025-01-01)
100. Eurasian Dipper (2025-01-01)
101. Eurasian Pygmy-Owl (2025-01-01)
102. Black-throated Thrush (2025-01-01)
103. Northern Hawk Owl (2025-01-02)
104. Yellow-throated Bunting (2025-01-02)
105. Eastern Buzzard (2025-01-02)
106. Common Kestrel (2025-01-02)
107. Common Sparrowhawk (2025-01-02)
108. Golden Eagle (2025-01-02)
109. Northern Grey Shrike (2025-01-02)
110. Lesser Spotted Woodpecker (2025-01-02)
111. Black-headed Gull (2025-01-02)
112. Red-Necked Grebe (2025-01-02)
113. Eurasian Siskin (2025-01-02)
114. Hawfinch (2025-01-02)
115. Upland Buzzard (2025-01-02)
116. Common Teal (2025-01-02)
117. Greater Scaup (2025-01-02)
118. Mandarin Duck (2025-01-02)
119. Mistle Thrush (2025-01-02)
120. Arctic Loon (2025-01-02)
121. Meadow Pipit (2025-01-02)
122. Sandwich Tern (2025-01-02)
123. Slender-billed Gull (2025-01-02)
124. Mediterranean Gull (2025-01-02)
125. Griffon Vulture (2025-01-02)
126. Red Crossbill (2025-01-02)
127. Red-throated Thrush (2025-01-02)
128. Brown Dipper (2025-01-03)
129. Chinese Grey Shrike (2025-01-03)
130. Smew (2025-01-03)
131. Pallas's Reed Bunting (2025-01-03)
132. Baikal Bullfinch (2025-01-03)
133. White Wagtail (2025-01-03)
134. Lammergeier (2025-01-03)
135. Rock Bunting (2025-01-03)
136. Guldenstadt's Redstart (2025-01-03)
137. Tawny Owl (2025-01-03)
138. Wood Pigeon (2025-01-03)
139. European Robin (2025-01-03)
140. Common Starling (2025-01-03)
141. Long-eared Owl (2025-01-03)
142. Eurasian Golden Plover (2025-01-03)
143. Yellow-billed Chough (2025-01-03)
144. Siberian Tit (2025-01-03)
145. Godlewski's Bunting (2025-01-03)
146. Vega Gull (2025-01-04)
147. Mew Gull (2025-01-04)
148. Northern Shoveler (2025-01-04)
149. Barnacle Goose (2025-01-04)
150. Ruddy Shelduck (2025-01-04)
151. Herring Gull (2025-01-04)
152. Great White Pelican (2025-01-04)
153. Pygmy Cormorant (2025-01-04)
154. Little Egret (2025-01-04)
155. Dalmatian Pelican (2025-01-04)
156. Spanish Sparrow (2025-01-04)
157. Northern Black Grouse (2025-01-04)
158. Grey-headed Goldfinch (2025-01-04)
159. Daurian Partridge (2025-01-04)
160. Northern Pintail (2025-01-05)
161. Rosy-cheeked Bullfinch (2025-01-05)
162. Little Bunting (2025-01-05)
163. Asian Rosy-Finch (2025-01-05)
164. Peregrine Falcon (2025-01-05)
165. Northern Wren (2025-01-05)
166. Steppe Eagle (2025-01-05)
167. Black-crowned Night-Heron (2025-01-05)
168. Greylag Goose (2025-01-05)
169. Common Shelduck (2025-01-05)
170. Eastern Imperial Eagle (2025-01-05)
171. Great Rosefinch (2025-01-05)
172. Pére David's Snowfinch (2025-01-05)
173. Brown Accentor (2025-01-05)
174. Rock Sparrow (2025-01-05)
175. Japanese Waxwing (2025-01-06)
176. Grey-capped Woodpecker (2025-01-06)
177. Pine Bunting (2025-01-06)
178. Eurasian Wigeon (2025-01-06)
179. Northern Reed Bunting (2025-01-06)
180. Pallid Harrier (2025-01-06)
181. Water Rail (2025-01-06)
182. Common Kingfisher (2025-01-06)
183. Purple Swamphen (2025-01-06)
184. Bearded Tit (2025-01-06)
185. Brandt's Rosefinch (2025-01-06)
186. White-winged Snowfinch (2025-01-06)
187. Twite (2025-01-06)
188. Northern Hazelhen (2025-01-07)
189. Red-billed Chough (2025-01-07)
190. Red-mantled Rosefinch (2025-01-07)
191. Daurian Jackdaw (2025-01-08)
192. Eurasian Eagle-Owl (2025-01-08)
193. Mountain Hawk-Eagle (2025-01-08)
194. Chukar Partridge (2025-01-08)
195. Common Buzzard (2025-01-08)
196. Hoopoe (2025-01-08)
197. Great Grey Owl (2025-01-08)
198. Redwing (2025-01-09)
199. Pine Grosbeak (2025-01-10)
200. Large-billed Crow (2025-01-10)
201. Gadwall (2025-01-10)
202. Black Redstart (2025-01-10)
203. Black-backed Wagtail (2025-01-11)
204. Chinese Spot-billed Duck (2025-01-11)
205. Little Owl (2025-01-11)
206. Saker Falcon (2025-01-11)
207. White-winged Crossbill (2025-01-11)
208. Snowy Owl (2025-01-12)
210. Dunnock (2025-01-13)
211. Spectacled Guillemot (2025-01-14)
212. Glaucous Gull (2025-01-15)
213. Vega (Mongolian) Gull (2025-01-15)
214. Blue Rock Thrush (2025-01-18)
215. Steller's Sea-eagle (2025-01-18)
216. White Stork (2025-01-18)
217. Alpine Accentor (2025-01-20)
218. Firecrest (2025-01-22)
219. Common Chiffchaff (2025-01-22)
220. Lapland Longspur (2025-01-23)
221. Black Kite (2025-01-23)
222. Western Marsh-harrier (2025-01-23)
223. Sky Lark (2025-01-24)
224. Greater Spotted Eagle (2025-01-24)
225. Oriental Turtle Dove (2025-01-25)
226. Northern Lapwing (2025-01-25)
227. Eurasian Bittern (2025-01-25)
228. Corn Bunting (2025-01-25)
229. Pallas's Gull (2025-01-25)
230. Willow Ptarmigan (2025-01-25)
231. Boreal Owl (2025-01-25)
232. Levantine shearwater (2025-01-26)
233. Arctic Skua (2025-01-26)
234. Red-fronted Serin (2025-01-26)
235. Bean Goose (2025-01-27)
236. Grey Wagtail (2025-01-27)
237. Krueper's Nuthatch (2025-01-27)
238. Stock Pigeon (2025-01-29)
239. Parrot Crossbill (2025-01-30)
240. Common Sandpiper (2025-02-03)
241. Common Crane (2025-02-04)
242. Gyrfalcon (2025-02-07)
243. Northern Parrotbill (2025-02-12)
244. Pied Avocet (2025-02-13)
245. Dunlin (2025-02-13)
246. Green Sandpiper (2025-02-15)
247. European Shag (2025-02-15)
248. Eastern White Egret (2025-02-16)
249. Little Gull (2025-02-16)
250. Greater Flamingo (2025-02-16)
251. Grey Plover (2025-02-16)
252. Black-winged Stilt (2025-02-16)
253. Song Thrush (2025-02-18)
254. Short-eared Owl (2025-02-22)
255. Siberian Jay (2025-02-22)
256. Wood Lark (2025-02-25)
257. Common Snipe (2025-02-25)
258. Western Capercaillie (2025-02-25)
259. Calandra Lark (2025-02-26)
260. Jack Snipe (2025-02-27)
261. Eurasian Woodcock (2025-02-27)
262. Short-toed Tree-Creeper (2025-02-27)
263. Common Oystercatcher (2025-02-28)
264. White-crowned Sparrow (2025-03-01)
265. Black-legged Kittiwake (2025-03-01)
266. Great Black-backed Gull (2025-03-01)
267. Iceland Gull (2025-03-01)
268. White-crowned Penduline Tit (2025-03-01)
269. Ruff (2025-03-02)
270. King Eider (2025-03-02)
271. Purple Sandpiper (2025-03-02)
272. Common Eider (2025-03-02)
273. Steller's Eider (2025-03-02)
274. Black Scoter (2025-03-02)
275. Black Guillemot (2025-03-02)
276. Bull-headed Shrike (2025-03-03)
277. Black-tailed Gull (2025-03-04)
278. Red-breasted Goose (2025-03-04)
279. Chinese Nuthatch (2025-03-08)
280. Garganey (2025-03-10)
281. Falcated Duck (2025-03-11)
282. Sandhill Crane (2025-03-11)
283. Osprey (2025-03-11)
284. Velvet Scoter (2025-03-11)
285. White-cheeked Starling (2025-03-13)
286. White-naped Crane (2025-03-13)
287. Oriental Stork (2025-03-13)
288. Western Barn Owl (2025-03-13)
290. Japanese Grosbeak (2025-03-15)
291. Baikal Teal (2025-03-15)
292. Blackcap (2025-03-15)
293. Japanese Cormorant (2025-03-16)
294. Northern House Martin (2025-03-16)
295. Siberian Black-backed Gull (2025-03-16)
296. Barn Swallow (2025-03-17)
297. Little Ringed Plover (2025-03-17)
298. Red-rumped Swallow (2025-03-18)
299. Northern Wheatear (2025-03-18)
300. Black-headed Wagtail (2025-03-18)
301. Common Stonechat (2025-03-18)
302. Japanese Reed Bunting (2025-03-20)
303. Baraba Steppe Gull (2025-03-20)
304. Masked Wagtail (2025-03-20)
305. Long-billed Plover (2025-03-21)

rare birds records


Ferruginous Duck (Aythya nyroca)

© Andrey Vyalkov
2025-03-15

The 1st record in Primorsky Kray, the 2nd photo-record in the Russian Far East.

Sandhill Crane (Grus canadensis)

© Dmitry Korobov
2025-03-11
Primorsky Krai, Ussuriyskiy rayon

The 2rd record in Primorsky Kray.

White-winged Tern (Chlidonias leucopterus)

© Stepan Boldyrev
2023-06-10

The 1st record in the Yamalo-Nenetsky region.

White-crowned Sparrow (Zonotrichia leucophrys)

© Andrey Fedotov
2025-03-01
Primorsky Krai

The 2nd record of the species in Primorye.
more rarities...

recent video

2024-11-28. Mandarin Duck (Galina Katanova).

2024-10-15. Northern Hawk Owl (Galina Katanova).

2024-09-11. Dunlin (Vadim Sinukhin).

2024-09-10. Ural Owl (Galina Katanova).

2024-07-31. Lesser Grey Shrike (Alexandr Balaev).

2024-07-13. Northern Bullfinch (Alexandr Balaev).

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

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

2024-06-17. Icterine Warbler (Alexandr Balaev).

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

2024-06-05. Northern Wren (Alexandr Balaev).

2024-06-04. Red-billed Chough (Alexandr Balaev).

2024-05-22. Thrush Nightingale (Alexandr Balaev).

2024-05-16. Red-breasted Flycatcher (Sergei Saveika).

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

more video...

unidentified birds

2025-03-22

Игорь Фефелов: Тут уж тогда надо именно и только RAW смотреть (если был).
2025-03-20

Дмитрий Шевцов: Бургомистр
2025-03-20

no any comments:
2025-03-15

no any comments:
2025-03-12

Анатолий Ходаков: Что то есть от рябинника.
more unidentified birds...