Big Year in Russia. Vyalkov Andrey. Birds of Russia

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Vyalkov Andrey

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total species: 259 total photos: 545 total videos: 0 total blogposts: 0

1. Common Kestrel (2022-01-07)

2. Azure Tit (2022-01-07)

3. Vinous-throated Parrotbill (2022-01-07)

4. Azure-winged Magpie (2022-01-07)

5. Asian Rosy-Finch (2022-01-08)

6. Peregrine Falcon (2022-01-08)

7. Rosy-cheeked Bullfinch (2022-01-10)

8. White-tailed Sea-Eagle (2022-01-10)

9. Oriental Greenfinch (2022-01-10)

10. Marsh Tit (2022-01-10)

11. Glaucous-winged Gull (2022-01-14)

12. Eurasian Jay (2022-01-15)

13. Brown-eared Bulbul (2022-01-15)

14. Baikal Bullfinch (2022-01-15)

15. Glaucous Gull (2022-01-15)

16. Slaty-backed Gull (2022-01-15)

17. Common Pheasant (2022-01-18)

18. Merlin (2022-01-18)

19. Upland Buzzard (2022-01-18)

20. Chinese Grey Shrike (2022-01-18)

21. Steller's Sea-eagle (2022-01-23)

22. Common Treecreeper (2022-01-24)

23. Grey-capped Woodpecker (2022-01-24)

24. Rough-legged Buzzard (2022-02-07)

25. Naumann's Thrush (2022-02-07)

26. Eastern Buzzard (2022-02-07)

27. Northern Wren (2022-02-07)

28. Pallas's Rosefinch (2022-02-20)

29. Red-breasted Merganser (2022-03-09)

30. Common Pochard (2022-03-09)

31. Eurasian Magpie (2022-03-09)

32. Common Redpoll (2022-03-11)

33. Great White Egret (2022-03-14)

34. Common Goldeneye (2022-03-14)

35. Mallard (2022-03-14)

36. Northern Shoveler (2022-03-14)

37. Vega Gull (2022-03-14)

38. Common Teal (2022-03-23)

39. Bohemian Waxwing (2022-03-24)

40. Japanese Waxwing (2022-03-24)

41. White-cheeked Starling (2022-03-24)

42. Common Starling (2022-03-24)

43. Carrion Crow (2022-03-24)

44. Goosander (2022-03-25)

45. Smew (2022-03-25)

46. Great Cormorant (2022-03-25)

47. Mew Gull (2022-03-25)

48. Hoopoe (2022-03-28)

49. Pelagic Cormorant (2022-04-02)

50. Falcated Duck (2022-04-02)

51. Gadwall (2022-04-02)

52. Tufted Duck (2022-04-02)

53. Eurasian Wigeon (2022-04-02)

54. Black-tailed Gull (2022-04-02)

55. Common Coot (2022-04-02)

56. Spectacled Guillemot (2022-04-02)

57. Common Redshank (2022-04-06)

58. Yellow-throated Bunting (2022-04-06)

59. Long-tailed Rosefinch (2022-04-08)

60. Brambling (2022-04-08)

61. Dusky Thrush (2022-04-08)

62. Hawfinch (2022-04-08)

63. Japanese Tit (2022-04-08)

64. Red-flanked Bluetail (2022-04-14)

65. Long-billed Plover (2022-04-15)

66. Little Ringed Plover (2022-04-15)

67. Northern Hazelhen (2022-04-15)

68. White Wagtail (2022-04-15)

69. Daurian Redstart (2022-04-17)

70. Pale Thrush (2022-04-17)

71. Black-backed Wagtail (2022-04-17)

72. White-Backed Woodpecker (2022-04-17)

73. Greater Short-toed Lark (2022-04-18)

74. Kentish Plover (2022-04-18)

75. Barn Swallow (2022-04-20)

76. White's Thrush (2022-04-20)

77. Oriental Stork (2022-04-21)

78. Eurasian Spoonbill (2022-04-21)

79. Eastern Marsh-harrier (2022-04-21)

80. Black Kite (2022-04-21)

81. Eurasian Eagle-Owl (2022-04-21)

82. Common Snipe (2022-04-21)

83. Rook (2022-04-21)

84. Buff-bellied Pipit (2022-04-21)

85. Grey-backed Thrush (2022-04-23)

86. Red-throated Pipit (2022-04-23)

87. Green Sandpiper (2022-04-23)

88. Black-winged Stilt (2022-04-23)

89. Sky Lark (2022-04-24)

90. Daurian Jackdaw (2022-04-24)

91. Pallas's Warbler (2022-04-26)

92. Grey Wagtail (2022-04-26)

93. Eurasian Wryneck (2022-04-28)

94. Eurasian Whimbrel (2022-04-28)

95. Dunlin (2022-04-28)

96. Wood Sandpiper (2022-04-28)

97. Northern Reed Bunting (2022-04-28)

98. Little Egret (2022-04-28)

99. Common Shelduck (2022-04-28)

100. Spotted Redshank (2022-04-28)

101. Common Moorhen (2022-05-01)

102. Chinese Pond-heron (2022-05-01)

103. Northern Pintail (2022-05-03)

104. Far Eastern Curlew (2022-05-03)

105. Greater Scaup (2022-05-03)

106. Northern Parrotbill (2022-05-03)

107. Arctic Warbler (2022-05-04)

108. Grey-headed Lapwing (2022-05-05)

109. Great Crested Grebe (2022-05-05)

110. Yellow-browed Warbler (2022-05-05)

111. Eyebrowed Thrush (2022-05-05)

112. Taiga Flycatcher (2022-05-05)

113. Tristram's Bunting (2022-05-06)

114. Black-faced Bunting (2022-05-06)

115. Olive-backed Pipit (2022-05-06)

116. Chestnut-cheeked Starling (2022-05-06)

117. Black-naped Oriole (2022-05-06)

118. Blue-and-white Flycatcher (2022-05-06)

119. Intermediate Egret (2022-05-06)

120. Eastern Crowned Leaf-warbler (2022-05-07)

121. Long-tailed Tit (2022-05-08)

122. Common Sandpiper (2022-05-08)

123. Swinhoe's Robin (2022-05-08)

124. Yellow-browed Bunting (2022-05-10)

125. Mugimaki Flycatcher (2022-05-10)

126. Yellow-rumped Flycatcher (2022-05-10)

127. Rustic Bunting (2022-05-10)

128. Bull-headed Shrike (2022-05-11)

129. Meadow Bunting (2022-05-11)

130. Oriental Cuckoo (2022-05-11)

131. Little Stint (2022-05-13)

132. Swinhoe's Snipe (2022-05-13)

133. Marsh Sandpiper (2022-05-13)

134. Grey-tailed Tattler (2022-05-13)

135. Ruddy Turnstone (2022-05-13)

136. Chinese Yellow Wagtail (2022-05-13)

137. Stejneger's Stonechat (2022-05-14)

138. Dusky Warbler (2022-05-14)

139. Siberian Rubythroat (2022-05-14)

140. Pacific Swift (2022-05-14)

141. Black-headed Gull (2022-05-14)

142. Little Tern (2022-05-15)

143. Common Greenshank (2022-05-15)

144. Nordmann's Greenshank (2022-05-16)

145. Common Oystercatcher (2022-05-16)

146. Black-tailed Godwit (2022-05-16)

147. Rufous-necked Stint (2022-05-16)

148. Greenish Warbler (2022-05-18)

149. Grey-streaked Flycatcher (2022-05-18)

150. Siberian Flycatcher (2022-05-18)

151. Pale-legged Leaf-warbler (2022-05-18)

152. Purple-backed Starling (2022-05-18)

153. Siberian Blue Robin (2022-05-18)

154. Terek Sandpiper (2022-05-20)

155. Eurasian Curlew (2022-05-20)

156. Ruff (2022-05-20)

157. Common Tern (2022-05-20)

158. Great Knot (2022-05-20)

159. Bar-tailed Godwit (2022-05-20)

160. Pied Harrier (2022-05-20)

161. Eastern Yellow Wagtail (2022-05-20)

162. Yellow-breasted Bunting (2022-05-20)

163. Richard's Pipit (2022-05-20)

164. Garganey (2022-05-20)

165. Manchurian Bush-Warbler (2022-05-24)

166. Grey-faced Buzzard (2022-05-24)

167. Hill Pigeon (2022-05-24)

168. Eurasian Penduline-Tit (2022-05-25)

169. Thick-billed Warbler (2022-05-25)

170. Asian Brown Flycatcher (2022-05-25)

171. Chestnut-eared Bunting (2022-05-25)

172. Chinese Grosbeak (2022-05-25)

173. Oriental Scops Owl (2022-05-25)

174. Black-faced Spoonbill (2022-05-25)

175. Common Cuckoo (2022-05-29)

176. Brown Shrike (2022-05-29)

177. Black-browed Reed-warbler (2022-05-31)

178. Tiger Shrike (2022-06-03)

179. Japanese Sparrowhawk (2022-06-03)

180. Asian Stubtail (2022-06-03)

181. Oriental Turtle Dove (2022-06-03)

182. White-throated Needletail (2022-06-03)

183. Japanese Grosbeak (2022-06-03)

184. Northern Lapwing (2022-06-07)

185. Oriental Reed-warbler (2022-06-08)

186. Radde's Warbler (2022-06-09)

187. Crested Honey-buzzard (2022-06-09)

188. Blue Rock Thrush (2022-06-12)

189. Ashy Minivet (2022-06-12)

190. Forest Wagtail (2022-06-14)

191. Eurasian Hobby (2022-06-14)

192. Red-Necked Grebe (2022-06-14)

193. Red-crowned Crane / Japanese Crane (2022-06-14)

194. Black-crowned Night-Heron (2022-06-14)

195. Vega (Mongolian) Gull (2022-06-14)

196. Red-rumped Swallow (2022-06-14)

197. Pallas's Grasshopper Warbler (2022-07-01)

198. Little Grebe (2022-07-01)

199. Chinese Spot-billed Duck (2022-07-01)

200. Mute Swan (2022-07-05)

201. Latham's Snipe (2022-07-05)

202. Green-headed Wagtail (2022-07-05)

203. Dollarbird (2022-07-06)

204. Common Rosefinch (2022-07-06)

205. Northern House Martin (2022-07-06)

206. Sharp-tailed Sandpiper (2022-07-23)

207. Common Sparrowhawk (2022-07-26)

208. Amur Falcon (2022-08-02)

209. Common Kingfisher (2022-08-20)

210. Northern Goshawk (2022-08-26)

211. Broad-billed Sandpiper (2022-08-26)

212. Red-necked Phalarope (2022-08-26)

213. Sanderling (2022-08-26)

214. Lesser Sand Plover (2022-08-26)

215. Long-toed Stint (2022-08-26)

216. Curlew Sandpiper (2022-08-28)

217. Grey Plover (2022-08-28)

218. Pacific Golden Plover (2022-08-28)

219. Pin-tailed Snipe (2022-08-28)

220. Eastern White Egret (2022-09-08)

221. Red Knot (2022-09-10)

222. Chestnut Bunting (2022-09-14)

223. Large-billed Crow (2022-09-14)

224. Japanese Cormorant (2022-09-14)

225. Purple Heron (2022-09-23)

226. Chestnut-flanked White-eye (2022-09-23)

227. Osprey (2022-09-29)

228. White-winged Tern (2022-10-06)

229. Coal Tit (2022-10-08)

230. Willow Tit (2022-10-08)

231. Spotted Nutcracker (2022-10-08)

232. Alpine Accentor (2022-10-14)

233. Desert Wheatear (2022-10-14)

234. Little Bunting (2022-10-18)

235. Black-Necked Grebe (2022-10-18)

236. White-naped Crane (2022-10-19)

237. Hooded Crane (2022-10-19)

238. Common Crane (2022-10-19)

239. Cattle Egret (2022-10-19)

240. Bean Goose (2022-10-19)

241. Hen Harrier (2022-10-19)

242. Harlequin Duck (2022-10-21)

243. Lesser Spotted Woodpecker (2022-10-21)

244. Greater White-fronted Goose (2022-10-23)

245. Grey-Headed Woodpecker (2022-10-23)

246. Goldcrest (2022-10-23)

247. Pygmy Woodpecker (2022-10-26)

248. Japanese Reed Bunting (2022-11-02)

249. Northern Grey Shrike (2022-11-04)

250. Snow Bunting (2022-11-08)

251. Golden Eagle (2022-11-24)

252. Common Raven (2022-11-24)

253. Great Spotted Woodpecker (2022-12-08)

254. Eurasian Nuthatch (2022-12-08)

255. Grey Heron (2022-12-12)

256. Brown Dipper (2022-12-12)

257. Long-eared Owl (2022-12-24)

258. Tree Sparrow (2022-12-24)

259. Pallas's Reed Bunting (2022-12-24)

recent uploads

2025-04-18. Olive-backed Pipit.

2025-04-16. Asian Stubtail.

2025-04-09. Hoopoe.

2025-04-07. Pale Thrush, Black-faced Bunting, Eurasian Woodcock, Hoopoe.

2025-04-05. Black-backed Wagtail, White Wagtail, White-cheeked Starling, Common Starling, Red-billed Starling, Red-billed Starling, Common Redshank, Naumann's Thrush.

2025-03-30. Eastern White Egret, Mute Swan, Eurasian Spoonbill, Eastern Marsh-harrier, Northern Goshawk.

2025-03-26. Kentish Plover, Little Ringed Plover, Rustic Bunting, Long-billed Plover.

2025-03-25. Daurian Redstart, Common Teal.

2025-03-24. Spotted Redshank, Bean Goose, Chinese Nuthatch.

2025-03-19. Ferruginous Duck, Vega Gull, Greater White-fronted Goose.

2025-03-17. Ferruginous Duck, Northern Shoveler, Falcated Duck, Northern Pintail.

2025-03-13. Common Kestrel, Chinese Grey Shrike, Red-breasted Merganser, Eurasian Wigeon, Northern Shoveler, Gadwall, Greater Scaup, Tufted Duck, Sky Lark, White-tailed Sea-Eagle, Chinese Spot-billed Duck, Vega Gull (Mongolian).

2025-03-10. Eurasian Eagle-Owl.

2025-02-26. Grey-Headed Woodpecker.

2024-07-03. 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.

Big Year 2025

1. Svetlana Morozkina62 (142)
2. Nataliya Pokhodzey (141)
3. Vadim Ivushkin (133)
4. Andrey Semenov (130)
5. Nina Shteinbrenner (129)
6. Anatolii Khodakov (120)
7. Vitaliy Butko (115)
8. Olga Vasik (106)
9. Alexandr Balaev (105)
10. Dmitry Belyaev (100)

rare birds records

Black-legged Kittiwake (Rissa tridactyla)

© Khasan Zhurtov
2025-03-25
Nalchik,KBR

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.

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).

unidentified birds

2025-04-16

Николай Змиевский: Согласен, по таким фото сложно сказать наверняка, иначе бы я сам определил...В тот день много видел Теньковок, но у этой уж сильно отчетливая [....]

2025-04-14

Людмила Голик: Я определила по крику, и это были гуси.

2025-04-13

Kostya Filimonov: Спасибо

2025-04-11

no any comments:

2025-04-04

no any comments:

more unidentified birds...