Big Year in Russia. Sikorsky Igor. Birds of Russia

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Procellariiformes

Pelecaniformes

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Phoenicopteridae

Anseriformes

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Sikorsky Igor

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total species: 256 total photos: 650 total videos: 0 total blogposts: 0

1. Mallard (2021-01-01)

2. Common Kestrel (2021-01-01)

3. Black-Necked Grebe (2021-01-01)

4. Black-headed Gull (2021-01-01)

5. Rook (2021-01-01)

6. Tree Sparrow (2021-01-01)

7. Caspian Gull (2021-01-01)

8. Water Rail (2021-01-01)

9. Peregrine Falcon (2021-01-02)

10. Common Shelduck (2021-01-02)

11. Hen Harrier (2021-01-02)

12. Western Marsh-harrier (2021-01-02)

13. Red-crested Pochard (2021-01-02)

14. Northern Shoveler (2021-01-02)

15. Calandra Lark (2021-01-02)

16. Great Bustard (2021-01-02)

17. Eurasian Jackdaw (2021-01-02)

18. Common Teal (2021-01-02)

19. White-winged Tern (2021-01-02)

20. Crested Lark (2021-01-02)

21. Rock Pigeon (2021-01-02)

22. Little Owl (2021-01-02)

23. Mute Swan (2021-01-02)

24. White-headed Duck (2021-01-02)

25. Common Starling (2021-01-02)

26. House Sparrow (2021-01-02)

27. Long-legged Buzzard (2021-01-02)

28. Stock Pigeon (2021-01-02)

29. Arctic Loon (2021-01-02)

30. European Shag (2021-01-02)

31. Eurasian Wigeon (2021-01-02)

32. Eurasian Collared Dove (2021-01-03)

33. Tufted Duck (2021-01-03)

34. Common Pochard (2021-01-03)

35. Common Coot (2021-01-03)

36. Great Cormorant (2021-01-03)

37. Little Grebe (2021-01-03)

38. Red-breasted Merganser (2021-01-04)

39. Long-tailed Tit (2021-01-04)

40. Common Chiffchaff (2021-01-04)

41. Common Chaffinch (2021-01-04)

42. Mediterranean Gull (2021-01-04)

43. Eurasian Jay (2021-01-04)

44. Blue Tit (2021-01-04)

45. Black Redstart (2021-01-04)

46. Syrian Woodpecker (2021-01-04)

47. Great Tit (2021-01-04)

48. Lesser Spotted Woodpecker (2021-01-04)

49. Eurasian Green Woodpecker (2021-01-04)

50. Black Woodpecker (2021-01-04)

51. Middle Spotted Woodpecker (2021-01-04)

52. Common Moorhen (2021-01-04)

53. Hooded Crow (2021-01-04)

54. Goldcrest (2021-01-05)

55. Common Buzzard (2021-01-06)

56. Corn Bunting (2021-01-06)

57. Eurasian Goldfinch (2021-01-06)

58. Common Raven (2021-01-06)

59. Yellow-legged Gull (2021-01-08)

60. Mew Gull (2021-01-08)

61. Common Stonechat (2021-01-08)

62. Long-eared Owl (2021-01-08)

63. Grey Wagtail (2021-01-08)

64. Eurasian Magpie (2021-01-08)

65. Grey Heron (2021-01-08)

66. Whooper Swan (2021-01-08)

67. Greylag Goose (2021-01-08)

68. Great White Egret (2021-01-09)

69. Eurasian Blackbird (2021-01-09)

70. Saker Falcon (2021-01-10)

71. Merlin (2021-01-10)

72. Greater White-fronted Goose (2021-01-10)

73. Ruddy Shelduck (2021-01-10)

74. White-tailed Sea-Eagle (2021-01-10)

75. Grey Partridge (2021-01-10)

76. Common Sparrowhawk (2021-01-10)

77. Rough-legged Buzzard (2021-01-10)

78. Eurasian Curlew (2021-01-10)

79. Common Pheasant (2021-01-10)

80. Sky Lark (2021-01-10)

81. Eurasian Linnet (2021-01-13)

82. Northern Wren (2021-01-14)

83. Meadow Pipit (2021-01-14)

84. Bewick's Swan (2021-01-14)

85. Northern Reed Bunting (2021-01-14)

86. White Wagtail (2021-01-14)

87. Sandwich Tern (2021-01-16)

88. Eurasian Bittern (2021-01-16)

89. Smew (2021-01-16)

90. Dunlin (2021-01-16)

91. Gadwall (2021-01-16)

92. Pygmy Cormorant (2021-01-16)

93. Eurasian Penduline Tit (2021-01-16)

94. Yellowhammer (2021-01-18)

95. Wood Lark (2021-01-18)

96. Dunnock (2021-01-18)

97. Hawfinch (2021-01-20)

98. Fieldfare (2021-01-20)

99. European Greenfinch (2021-01-20)

100. European Robin (2021-01-20)

101. Wood Pigeon (2021-01-22)

102. Northern Pintail (2021-01-22)

103. Black Kite (2021-01-23)

104. Common Goldeneye (2021-01-23)

105. Common Kingfisher (2021-01-23)

106. Firecrest (2021-01-23)

107. Slavonian Grebe (2021-01-23)

108. Greater Scaup (2021-01-27)

109. Slender-billed Gull (2021-01-27)

110. Short-eared Owl (2021-01-27)

111. Kentish Plover (2021-01-27)

112. Great Spotted Woodpecker (2021-01-28)

113. Mistle Thrush (2021-01-28)

114. Northern Goshawk (2021-01-28)

115. Horned Lark (2021-01-30)

116. Pallas's Gull (2021-01-30)

117. Grey Plover (2021-01-30)

118. Common Redshank (2021-01-31)

119. Red-breasted Goose (2021-01-31)

120. Mandarin Duck (2021-01-31)

121. Griffon Vulture (2021-02-01)

122. Cinereous Vulture (2021-02-01)

123. Eastern Imperial Eagle (2021-02-01)

124. Eurasian Golden Plover (2021-02-04)

125. Dalmatian Pelican (2021-02-10)

126. Eurasian Siskin (2021-02-11)

127. Common Treecreeper (2021-02-11)

128. Coal Tit (2021-02-11)

129. Common Snipe (2021-02-17)

130. Great Grey Shrike (2021-02-18)

131. Northern Lapwing (2021-02-18)

132. Ruff (2021-03-05)

133. Green Sandpiper (2021-03-05)

134. Chukar Partridge (2021-03-08)

135. Red-Necked Grebe (2021-03-08)

136. Black-tailed Godwit (2021-03-10)

137. Little Gull (2021-03-10)

138. Common Crane (2021-03-10)

139. Common Oystercatcher (2021-03-10)

140. Demoiselle Crane (2021-03-13)

141. Garganey (2021-03-13)

142. Rock Bunting (2021-03-14)

143. Bearded Tit (2021-03-15)

144. Black Stork (2021-03-17)

145. Ferruginous Duck (2021-03-19)

146. Little Ringed Plover (2021-03-20)

147. Little Egret (2021-03-20)

148. Western Barn Owl (2021-03-20)

149. Pied Avocet (2021-03-20)

150. Pallid Harrier (2021-03-24)

151. Marsh Sandpiper (2021-03-24)

152. Hoopoe (2021-03-24)

153. Black-winged Stilt (2021-03-24)

154. Northern Wheatear (2021-03-24)

155. White Stork (2021-03-27)

156. Common Greenshank (2021-03-27)

157. Eurasian Whimbrel (2021-03-29)

158. Wood Sandpiper (2021-03-29)

159. Citrine Wagtail (2021-03-31)

160. Isabelline Wheatear (2021-03-31)

161. Black-headed Wagtail (2021-04-02)

162. Common Swift (2021-04-02)

163. Yellow Wagtail (2021-04-02)

164. Barn Swallow (2021-04-05)

165. Song Thrush (2021-04-05)

166. Black-crowned Night-Heron (2021-04-05)

167. Greater Short-toed Lark (2021-04-06)

168. Brambling (2021-04-06)

169. Eurasian Wryneck (2021-04-06)

170. Tree Pipit (2021-04-06)

171. Eurasian Redstart (2021-04-06)

172. Bluethroat (2021-04-06)

173. Gull-billed Tern (2021-04-07)

174. Glossy Ibis (2021-04-07)

175. Whinchat (2021-04-10)

176. Purple Heron (2021-04-12)

177. Savi's Warbler (2021-04-15)

178. European Turtle Dove (2021-04-19)

179. Pied Wheatear (2021-04-19)

180. Northern House Martin (2021-04-19)

181. Sand Martin (2021-04-19)

182. Red-footed Falcon (2021-04-19)

183. Pied Flycatcher (2021-04-20)

184. Short-toed Snake-Eagle (2021-04-20)

185. Woodchat Shrike (2021-04-21)

186. Spanish Sparrow (2021-04-21)

187. Tawny Pipit (2021-04-21)

188. Bar-tailed Godwit (2021-04-21)

189. Collared Flycatcher (2021-04-21)

190. Curlew Sandpiper (2021-04-21)

191. Eurasian Hobby (2021-04-21)

192. Black-eared Wheatear (2021-04-22)

193. Red-rumped Swallow (2021-04-22)

194. Eurasian Roller (2021-04-22)

195. Ortolan Bunting (2021-04-23)

196. Red-throated Pipit (2021-04-23)

197. Collared Pratincole (2021-04-23)

198. European Bee-eater (2021-04-24)

199. Common Sandpiper (2021-04-24)

200. Common Cuckoo (2021-04-25)

201. Common Nightingale (2021-04-25)

202. European Golden Oriole (2021-04-26)

203. Red-backed Shrike (2021-04-26)

204. Rufous-tailed Rock Thrush (2021-04-26)

205. Lesser Grey Shrike (2021-04-28)

206. Willow Warbler (2021-04-29)

207. Squacco Heron (2021-04-29)

208. Common Whitethroat (2021-04-29)

209. Common Tern (2021-04-30)

210. Paddyfield Warbler (2021-04-30)

211. Common Quail (2021-04-30)

212. Little Stint (2021-04-30)

213. Thrush Nightingale (2021-04-30)

214. Wood Warbler (2021-05-01)

215. Alpine Swift (2021-05-01)

216. Great Reed Warbler (2021-05-03)

217. Temminck's Stint (2021-05-03)

218. Black Tern (2021-05-04)

219. Red-breasted Flycatcher (2021-05-04)

220. Whiskered Tern (2021-05-04)

221. Lesser Whitethroat (2021-05-05)

222. Blackcap (2021-05-05)

223. Black-headed Bunting (2021-05-05)

224. Spotted Flycatcher (2021-05-05)

225. Greater Ringed Plover (2021-05-07)

226. Ruddy Turnstone (2021-05-07)

227. Red-necked Phalarope (2021-05-11)

228. Broad-billed Sandpiper (2021-05-11)

229. Great White Pelican (2021-05-12)

230. Little Tern (2021-05-12)

231. Greater Flamingo (2021-05-14)

232. Rosy Starling (2021-05-14)

233. Eurasian Stone Curlew (2021-05-14)

234. Great Spotted Cuckoo (2021-05-17)

235. Eurasian Spoonbill (2021-05-20)

236. Booted Warbler (2021-05-20)

237. Little Bittern (2021-05-22)

238. Lesser Black-backed Gull (2021-05-23)

239. European Nightjar (2021-05-24)

240. Yellow-backed Wagtail (2021-05-25)

241. Garden Warbler (2021-05-26)

242. Booted Eagle (2021-06-01)

243. Eurasian Scops-Owl (2021-06-05)

244. Eurasian Reed Warbler (2021-06-12)

245. Sedge Warbler (2021-06-23)

246. Caspian Tern (2021-06-24)

247. Montagu's Harrier (2021-07-10)

248. Osprey (2021-09-06)

249. River Warbler (2021-09-06)

250. Sanderling (2021-09-10)

251. Spotted Crake (2021-09-25)

252. Lesser Spotted Eagle (2021-10-03)

253. Greater Spotted Eagle (2021-10-12)

254. Tawny Owl (2021-10-21)

255. Eurasian Woodcock (2021-10-26)

256. Redwing (2021-12-11)

recent uploads

2024-09-12. Short-toed Snake-Eagle.

2024-08-26. Squacco Heron, Yellow-legged Gull, Whinchat.

2024-07-02. Greater Flamingo.

2024-06-22. Black Stork, White Stork.

2024-06-20. Greater Flamingo.

2024-06-12. Eastern Olivaceous Warbler, Common Nightingale.

2024-04-15. Water Pipit, Common Kingfisher, Bearded Tit, Hoopoe, Wood Sandpiper, Caspian Tern, Northern Wheatear, Willow Warbler, Little Ringed Plover, Common Greenshank, Garganey, Common Shelduck, Common Sandpiper.

2024-02-21. Greylag Goose, Common Oystercatcher, Black-winged Stilt, White Stork, Sanderling, Grey Plover.

2024-01-25. Black-winged Stilt.

2024-01-19. Lesser Short-toed Lark, Unkown Bird.

2024-01-15. Eurasian Wigeon, Common Goldeneye, Long-tailed Duck, Black-Necked Grebe, Grey Partridge, Stock Pigeon, Greater White-fronted Goose, White Wagtail, Northern Reed Bunting, Mallard, Black-Necked Grebe, Long-legged Buzzard, Common Chaffinch, Mew Gull.

2024-01-13. Eurasian Collared Dove, Northern Shoveler, Tree Sparrow, Western Marsh-Harrier, Bearded Tit, Common Sparrowhawk, European Robin, Black-Necked Grebe.

2024-01-12. Black-Necked Grebe, Yellow-legged Gull, Sandwich Tern, Eurasian Goldfinch, Common Coot, Great Cormorant, Great Crested Grebe, Hooded Crow, Red-crested Pochard, European Shag, Whooper Swan, Rock Pigeon, Hen Harrier, Common Crane, Tufted Duck, Pygmy Cormorant, Common Kestrel, Grey Heron, Common Pochard, Common Starling, Great Bustard, Eurasian Magpie, Ruddy Shelduck, Common Moorhen, Common Shelduck, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Yellowhammer, Eurasian Blackbird, Grey Partridge.

2024-01-11. Bearded Tit.

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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