Big Year in Russia. Vyalkov Andrey. Birds of Russia

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Vyalkov Andrey

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total species: 237 total photos: 546 total videos: 0 total blogposts: 0

1. Ural Owl (2021-01-02)

2. Naumann's Thrush (2021-01-04)

3. Japanese White-eye (2021-01-05)

4. Eurasian Nuthatch (2021-01-11)

5. Pygmy Woodpecker (2021-01-13)

6. Glaucous-winged Gull (2021-01-18)

7. Slaty-backed Gull (2021-01-18)

8. Glaucous Gull (2021-01-18)

9. Chinese Grey Shrike (2021-01-20)

10. Lesser Spotted Woodpecker (2021-01-20)

11. Eastern Buzzard (2021-01-20)

12. Hen Harrier (2021-01-20)

13. Rough-legged Buzzard (2021-01-20)

14. Long-tailed Tit (2021-01-20)

15. Eurasian Jay (2021-01-20)

16. Sky Lark (2021-01-23)

17. Bohemian Waxwing (2021-01-25)

18. Dusky Thrush (2021-01-25)

19. Coal Tit (2021-01-25)

20. Steller's Sea-eagle (2021-01-31)

21. White-tailed Sea-Eagle (2021-02-01)

22. Common Pheasant (2021-02-01)

23. Mallard (2021-02-03)

24. Pallas's Rosefinch (2021-02-05)

25. Japanese Tit (2021-02-05)

26. White-Backed Woodpecker (2021-02-05)

27. Rosy-cheeked Bullfinch (2021-02-05)

28. Oriental Greenfinch (2021-02-05)

29. Short-eared Owl (2021-02-11)

30. Golden Eagle (2021-02-11)

31. Great White Egret (2021-02-13)

32. Common Teal (2021-02-13)

33. Chinese Spot-billed Duck (2021-02-13)

34. Black-crowned Night-Heron (2021-02-14)

35. Harlequin Duck (2021-02-20)

36. Northern Wren (2021-02-25)

37. Brown Dipper (2021-02-25)

38. Merlin (2021-02-27)

39. Rook (2021-02-27)

40. Pine Bunting (2021-02-27)

41. Meadow Bunting (2021-02-27)

42. Northern Goshawk (2021-02-27)

43. Oriental Turtle Dove (2021-02-27)

44. Solitary Snipe (2021-03-07)

45. Black Woodpecker (2021-03-07)

46. Great Spotted Woodpecker (2021-03-08)

47. Willow Tit (2021-03-08)

48. Peregrine Falcon (2021-03-12)

49. Smew (2021-03-12)

50. Common Pochard (2021-03-12)

51. Daurian Redstart (2021-03-13)

52. Grey Heron (2021-03-13)

53. Tufted Duck (2021-03-16)

54. Gadwall (2021-03-16)

55. Northern Shoveler (2021-03-16)

56. Eurasian Wigeon (2021-03-16)

57. Falcated Duck (2021-03-16)

58. Carrion Crow (2021-03-16)

59. Black-tailed Gull (2021-03-16)

60. Black-headed Gull (2021-03-16)

61. Mew Gull (2021-03-16)

62. Great Crested Grebe (2021-03-17)

63. White Wagtail (2021-03-19)

64. Common Starling (2021-03-21)

65. Black-backed Wagtail (2021-03-21)

66. Daurian Jackdaw (2021-03-22)

67. Red-crowned Crane / Japanese Crane (2021-03-22)

68. Vega (Mongolian) Gull (2021-03-22)

69. Greater White-fronted Goose (2021-03-22)

70. Bean Goose (2021-03-22)

71. Eurasian Eagle-Owl (2021-03-22)

72. Northern Lapwing (2021-03-22)

73. Northern Pintail (2021-03-23)

74. White-cheeked Starling (2021-03-23)

75. Yellow-throated Bunting (2021-03-25)

76. Great Cormorant (2021-03-27)

77. Goosander (2021-03-27)

78. Rock Pigeon (2021-03-30)

79. Eurasian Magpie (2021-03-30)

80. Tree Sparrow (2021-03-30)

81. Long-billed Plover (2021-04-01)

82. Mandarin Duck (2021-04-02)

83. Rustic Bunting (2021-04-02)

84. Scaly-sided Merganser (2021-04-02)

85. Common Sparrowhawk (2021-04-02)

86. Long-tailed Rosefinch (2021-04-06)

87. Eastern White Egret (2021-04-09)

88. Little Ringed Plover (2021-04-09)

89. Common Redshank (2021-04-09)

90. Spectacled Guillemot (2021-04-09)

91. Japanese Cormorant (2021-04-09)

92. Pelagic Cormorant (2021-04-14)

93. Red-breasted Merganser (2021-04-14)

94. Grey Wagtail (2021-04-14)

95. Barn Swallow (2021-04-14)

96. Pallas's Warbler (2021-04-19)

97. Marsh Tit (2021-04-19)

98. Red-flanked Bluetail (2021-04-19)

99. Black-faced Bunting (2021-04-19)

100. Yellow-browed Warbler (2021-04-19)

101. Common Oystercatcher (2021-04-20)

102. Far Eastern Curlew (2021-04-20)

103. Pale Thrush (2021-04-22)

104. Brambling (2021-04-22)

105. Stejneger's Stonechat (2021-04-24)

106. Chinese Yellow Wagtail (2021-04-26)

107. Greater Scaup (2021-04-26)

108. Kentish Plover (2021-04-28)

109. Common Kingfisher (2021-04-28)

110. Grey-backed Thrush (2021-04-28)

111. Eurasian Whimbrel (2021-04-30)

112. Long-toed Stint (2021-04-30)

113. Greater Ringed Plover (2021-04-30)

114. Garganey (2021-05-02)

115. Wood Sandpiper (2021-05-02)

116. Common Greenshank (2021-05-03)

117. Japanese Reed Bunting (2021-05-03)

118. Northern Reed Bunting (2021-05-03)

119. Bar-tailed Godwit (2021-05-03)

120. Black-tailed Godwit (2021-05-03)

121. Spotted Redshank (2021-05-03)

122. Black-winged Stilt (2021-05-03)

123. Pacific Golden Plover (2021-05-03)

124. Northern Parrotbill (2021-05-03)

125. Ashy Minivet (2021-05-06)

126. Grey-tailed Tattler (2021-05-07)

127. Intermediate Egret (2021-05-07)

128. Common Moorhen (2021-05-07)

129. Common Snipe (2021-05-07)

130. Black-faced Spoonbill (2021-05-07)

131. Eurasian Spoonbill (2021-05-08)

132. Rufous-necked Stint (2021-05-08)

133. Sharp-tailed Sandpiper (2021-05-08)

134. Olive-backed Pipit (2021-05-08)

135. Tristram's Bunting (2021-05-08)

136. Little Bunting (2021-05-08)

137. Eastern Yellow Wagtail (2021-05-11)

138. Blue-and-white Flycatcher (2021-05-13)

139. Eurasian Woodcock (2021-05-13)

140. Pied Harrier (2021-05-15)

141. Dunlin (2021-05-17)

142. Ruddy Turnstone (2021-05-17)

143. Terek Sandpiper (2021-05-17)

144. Eurasian Curlew (2021-05-17)

145. Little Tern (2021-05-17)

146. Pacific Swift (2021-05-19)

147. Black-browed Reed-warbler (2021-05-19)

148. Eyebrowed Thrush (2021-05-19)

149. Bull-headed Shrike (2021-05-20)

150. Brown Shrike (2021-05-20)

151. White-winged Tern (2021-05-22)

152. Sand Martin (2021-05-22)

153. Common Sandpiper (2021-05-23)

154. Purple-backed Starling (2021-05-25)

155. Eastern Crowned Leaf-warbler (2021-05-25)

156. Yellow-rumped Flycatcher (2021-05-25)

157. Black Drongo (2021-05-25)

158. Dark-bellied Brent Goose (2021-05-27)

159. Common Redpoll (2021-05-27)

160. Red-throated Pipit (2021-05-27)

161. Northern Wheatear (2021-05-28)

162. Sandhill Crane (2021-05-28)

163. Temminck's Stint (2021-05-28)

164. Common Raven (2021-05-28)

165. Red-necked Phalarope (2021-05-29)

166. Bewick's Swan (2021-05-29)

167. Long-tailed Skua (2021-05-29)

168. Snow Bunting (2021-05-30)

169. Tundra Swan (2021-05-31)

170. Long-tailed Duck (2021-05-31)

171. Northern House Martin (2021-05-31)

172. Western Sandpiper (2021-06-01)

173. Willow Ptarmigan (2021-06-01)

174. Lapland Longspur (2021-06-01)

175. Arctic Skua (2021-06-01)

176. Red-throated Loon (2021-06-02)

177. American Scoter (2021-06-03)

178. Bluethroat (2021-06-03)

179. Lanceolated Warbler (2021-06-08)

180. Arctic Warbler (2021-06-08)

181. Vega Gull (2021-06-10)

182. Pallas's Reed Bunting (2021-06-10)

183. Willow Warbler (2021-06-10)

184. Ruff (2021-06-11)

185. Semipalmated Plover (2021-06-11)

186. White-winged Scoter (2021-06-11)

187. Siberian Rubythroat (2021-06-11)

188. Arctic Redpoll (2021-06-12)

189. Arctic Loon (2021-06-13)

190. Pine Grosbeak (2021-06-13)

191. Dusky Warbler (2021-06-13)

192. Pectoral Sandpiper (2021-06-14)

193. Baikal Teal (2021-06-14)

194. Red-Necked Grebe (2021-06-15)

195. House Sparrow (2021-06-16)

196. Common or Green-winged Teal (2021-06-18)

197. Pechora Pipit (2021-06-20)

198. Arctic Tern (2021-06-21)

199. Common Eider (2021-06-21)

200. Common Chiffchaff (2021-06-22)

201. Little Grebe (2021-07-03)

202. Common Coot (2021-07-03)

203. Common Kestrel (2021-07-03)

204. Thick-billed Warbler (2021-07-03)

205. Manchurian Bush-Warbler (2021-07-03)

206. Yellow-breasted Bunting (2021-07-07)

207. Richard's Pipit (2021-07-07)

208. Chestnut-eared Bunting (2021-07-07)

209. Eurasian Hobby (2021-07-11)

210. Chestnut-cheeked Starling (2021-07-12)

211. Blue Rock Thrush (2021-07-14)

212. Chinese Egret (2021-07-25)

213. Mountain Hawk-Eagle (2021-08-05)

214. Striated Heron (2021-08-14)

215. Marsh Sandpiper (2021-08-21)

216. Broad-billed Sandpiper (2021-08-21)

217. Curlew Sandpiper (2021-08-21)

218. Lesser Sand Plover (2021-08-22)

219. Grey Plover (2021-08-26)

220. White's Thrush (2021-09-01)

221. Asian Brown Flycatcher (2021-09-01)

222. Sanderling (2021-09-03)

223. Grey-streaked Flycatcher (2021-09-04)

224. Great Knot (2021-09-07)

225. Chestnut-flanked White-eye (2021-09-20)

226. Siberian Accentor (2021-10-23)

227. Vinous-throated Parrotbill (2021-10-25)

228. Asian Rosy-Finch (2021-10-26)

229. Baikal Bullfinch (2021-11-02)

230. Hooded Crane (2021-11-02)

231. White-naped Crane (2021-11-02)

232. Common Crane (2021-11-02)

233. Brown-eared Bulbul (2021-11-06)

234. Northern Grey Shrike (2021-11-25)

235. Japanese Waxwing (2021-11-25)

236. Hawfinch (2021-12-14)

237. Eurasian Siskin (2021-12-22)

recent uploads

2024-09-19. Sanderling, Lesser Sand Plover, Pacific Golden Plover, Grey-tailed Tattler.

2024-09-08. Temminck's Stint, Common Greenshank, Rufous-necked Stint, Long-toed Stint, Eurasian Whimbrel, Sharp-tailed Sandpiper, Sharp-tailed Sandpiper, Wood Sandpiper, Broad-billed Sandpiper, Terek Sandpiper, Osprey, Red Phalarope, Common Pheasant.

2024-07-03. Tiger Shrike, Pallas's Grasshopper Warbler, Lanceolated Warbler, Oriental Stork, Ortolan Bunting, Tree Pipit, Blyth's Reed Warbler, Grey-headed Goldfinch, Common Chaffinch, Blyth's Pipit, Yellow Wagtail, Yellowhammer, Unkown Bird, Common Rosefinch, Tree Pipit, Meadow Bunting, Pine Bunting, Masked Wagtail, Godlewski's Bunting, Ortolan Bunting, Horned Lark, Citrine Wagtail, Water Pipit, Twite, Pallas's Reed Bunting, Asian Rosy-Finch, Brandt's Rosefinch, Booted Warbler, Booted Warbler, Lesser Whitethroat, Greenish Warbler, Richard's Pipit, Tree Pipit, Tree Pipit, Tree Pipit.

2024-06-29. Eastern Imperial Eagle, Common Buzzard, Booted Eagle, Black Kite, Upland Buzzard, Goosander, Ruddy Shelduck, Red-crested Pochard, Bar-headed Goose, Whooper Swan, Bar-headed Goose, Goosander, Spotted Flycatcher, Sand Martin, European Bee-eater, Red-backed Shrike, Common Cuckoo, Demoiselle Crane, Common Redshank, Red-billed Chough, Pacific Golden Plover, Eurasian Spoonbill, Brown Accentor, Himalayan Accentor, Isabelline Shrike, Brown Shrike, Greater Sand Plover, Pied Avocet, Black Redstart, Northern Wheatear, Common Stonechat, Song Thrush, Mistle Thrush, Common Stonechat, Black-throated Thrush, Fieldfare, Rufous-tailed Rock Thrush, Pied Wheatear, Eurasian Redstart, Guldenstadt's Redstart, Isabelline Wheatear, Isabelline Wheatear.

2024-05-30. Yellow-breasted Bunting, Common Pheasant, Stejneger's Stonechat, Oriental Reed-warbler, Black-browed Reed-warbler.

2024-05-28. Common Oystercatcher, Common Sandpiper, Striated Heron.

2024-05-23. Asian Brown Flycatcher, Purple-backed Starling, Brown Shrike, Cattle Egret.

2024-05-18. Radde's Warbler, Pygmy Woodpecker, Great Knot, Black-tailed Godwit, Eurasian Spoonbill, Pied Harrier, Spotted Redshank, Vinous-throated Parrotbill, Grey Plover.

2024-05-17. Rufous-bellied Woodpecker.

2024-05-16. Rufous-bellied Woodpecker.

2024-05-15. Swinhoe's Robin, Yellow-browed Bunting, Siberian Flycatcher, Yellow-rumped Flycatcher, Hawfinch, Siberian Rubythroat, Oriental Greenfinch, Terek Sandpiper, Wood Sandpiper, Sharp-tailed Sandpiper, Lesser Sand Plover, Rufous-necked Stint, Pied Harrier, Common Kingfisher.

2024-05-11. Long-toed Stint, Chinese Yellow Wagtail, Northern Reed Bunting, Sharp-tailed Sandpiper, Pacific Golden Plover, Grey Plover, Far Eastern Curlew, Common Greenshank, Grey-tailed Tattler.

2024-05-09. Common Shelduck.

2024-05-06. Pied Avocet, Cattle Egret, Mugimaki Flycatcher.

2024-04-29. Mountain Hawk-Eagle.

Big Year 2024

1. Andrey Semenov (320)
2. Andrey Chernykh (313)
3. Nina Shteinbrenner (277)
4. Alexandr Balaev (264)
5. Nataliya Pokhodzey (263)
6. Dmitry Belyaev (247)
7. Olga Fattakhova (246)
8. Svetlana Morozkina62 (236)
9. Andrey Bazdyrev (226)
10. Andrey Vyalkov (211)

rare birds records

Brown Booby (Sula leucogaster)

© Arsenii Iakovlev
2024-09-04
Sea of Okhotskh

A rare vagrant in the region.

Great White Egret (Casmerodius albus)

© Vasiliy Dugintsov
2024-06-11

The 1st find of the Great White Egret's net in the Amur Region.

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.

more rarities...

recent video

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).

2024-04-28. European Robin (Vadim Sinukhin), European Robin (Vadim Sinukhin).

unidentified birds

2024-09-28

Наталья Воробьева: Фото только одно. По моему мнению пестрота- это шумы: время вечернее, пасмурно, фотоаппарат слабенький, настройки тоже не подобраны...

2024-09-25

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2024-09-24

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2024-09-22

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2024-09-19

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