Big Year in Russia. Afanasiev Maxim. Birds of Russia

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Gaviiformes

Podicipediformes

Procellariiformes

Pelecaniformes

Phalacrocoracidae

Ciconiiformes

Threskiornithidae

Phoenicopteriformes

Phoenicopteridae

Anseriformes

Falconiformes

Galliformes

Gruiformes

Turniciformes

Charadriiformes

Recurvirostridae

Pterocletiformes

Columbiformes

Cuculiformes

Strigiformes

Caprimulgiformes

Apodiformes

Coraciiformes

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Passeriformes

Paradoxornithidae

Afanasiev Maxim

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total species: 62 total photos: 216 total videos: 0 total blogposts: 0

1. Carrion Crow (2019-01-05)

2. Northern Bullfinch (2019-01-05)

3. Eurasian Magpie (2019-01-07)

4. Great Spotted Woodpecker (2019-01-07)

5. Siberian Jay (2019-01-07)

6. Tree Sparrow (2019-01-12)

7. Eurasian Jackdaw (2019-01-19)

8. Great Grey Owl (2019-03-23)

9. White-winged Crossbill (2019-03-28)

10. Northern Hawk Owl (2019-03-30)

11. Snow Bunting (2019-03-30)

12. Siberian Tit (2019-04-07)

13. Coal Tit (2019-04-11)

14. Red Crossbill (2019-04-11)

15. Black Kite (2019-04-12)

16. Bohemian Waxwing (2019-04-13)

17. Northern Lapwing (2019-04-13)

18. Fieldfare (2019-04-13)

19. Northern Goshawk (2019-04-14)

20. Common Starling (2019-04-15)

21. Eastern Buzzard (2019-04-16)

22. Pine Bunting (2019-04-17)

23. Western Capercaillie (2019-04-19)

24. Black Woodpecker (2019-04-21)

25. Short-eared Owl (2019-04-22)

26. Rook (2019-04-23)

27. Whooper Swan (2019-04-24)

28. White Wagtail (2019-04-27)

29. Mallard (2019-04-27)

30. Common Kestrel (2019-04-28)

31. Rough-legged Buzzard (2019-04-28)

32. Common Chaffinch (2019-04-28)

33. Merlin (2019-05-04)

34. Bean Goose (2019-05-04)

35. Mew Gull (2019-05-05)

36. Sky Lark (2019-05-05)

37. Ruff (2019-05-20)

38. Northern Hazelhen (2019-05-23)

39. Bewick's Swan (2019-05-24)

40. Garganey (2019-05-25)

41. Northern Pintail (2019-05-27)

42. Common Teal (2019-05-27)

43. Taiga Flycatcher (2019-05-30)

44. Northern Shoveler (2019-06-01)

45. Tufted Duck (2019-06-01)

46. Barn Swallow (2019-06-03)

47. White's Thrush (2019-06-04)

48. Asiatic Dowitcher (2019-06-09)

49. Eurasian Wigeon (2019-06-09)

50. Yellow-browed Bunting (2019-07-02)

51. Song Thrush (2019-07-02)

52. Naumann's Thrush (2019-07-02)

53. Arctic Loon (2019-07-04)

54. Grey Wagtail (2019-07-06)

55. Siberian Stonechat (2019-07-07)

56. Pale Sand Martin (2019-07-07)

57. Sand Martin (2019-07-07)

58. Common Crane (2019-07-13)

59. Black-headed Gull (2019-07-29)

60. Great Crested Grebe (2019-08-13)

61. Great Tit (2019-11-14)

62. House Sparrow (2019-12-06)

recent uploads

2025-04-17. Eurasian Magpie, Northern Lapwing, Horned Lark.

2025-04-16. Common Starling, Northern Lapwing.

2025-04-13. Black Woodpecker, Black Kite, Great Grey Owl, Snow Bunting, Snow Bunting, Snow Bunting.

2025-04-10. Snow Bunting, Pine Bunting.

2025-04-09. Pine Bunting, Snow Bunting.

2025-03-23. Snow Bunting, Northern Bullfinch, Common Redpoll, Common Redpoll, Common Redpoll.

2025-03-20. Brambling.

2025-03-19. Northern Bullfinch.

2025-03-05. Gyrfalcon.

2025-02-09. Yellowhammer.

2025-02-08. Great Grey Owl.

2025-02-07. Yellowhammer.

2025-02-02. Yellowhammer.

2025-02-01. Grey-Headed Woodpecker.

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...