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Big Year 2020

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

You can see previous years competitions results here: 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019

participants


* number inside brackets means the number of species photographed in 2020
1. Sukhov Ilya (235)
7. Latysh Igor (161)
12. Yablokov Nikita (138)
13. Wilshere Jack (136)
15. Karplyuk Pavel (121)
16. Zhbir Denis (117)
17. Popova Nadejda (110)
19. Orlova Nadezhda (108)
21. Fefelov Igor (98)
24. Maer Vladimir (89)
26. Popov Oleg (87)
28. Voronov Denis (86)
34. Ivanov Mihail (60)
37. Demina Maria (55)
40. Kazakov Denis (48)
43. Popova Irina (46)
54. Panov Andrei (32)
57. Volkov Maksim (31)
59. Pate Eleanor (30)
67. Mix Jeremy (21)
74. Vydrin Vasily (17)
91. Ebel Alexei (4)
102. Tur Ilya (2)
103. Ivanov Nikita (1)
107. Nilov Valeriy (1)

all species photographed in 2020


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

sort by:

1. Northern Bullfinch (2020-01-01)
2. Great Tit (2020-01-01)
3. Tree Sparrow (2020-01-01)
4. Pine Grosbeak (2020-01-01)
5. White-winged Crossbill (2020-01-01)
6. House Sparrow (2020-01-01)
7. Long-tailed Rosefinch (2020-01-01)
8. Common Redpoll (2020-01-01)
9. Willow Tit (2020-01-01)
10. Black-Billed Magpie (2020-01-01)
11. Hooded Crow (2020-01-01)
12. Rock Pigeon (2020-01-01)
13. Bohemian Waxwing (2020-01-01)
14. Red Crossbill (2020-01-01)
15. Hawfinch (2020-01-01)
16. Fieldfare (2020-01-01)
17. Common Raven (2020-01-01)
18. Spotted Nutcracker (2020-01-01)
19. Lesser Spotted Woodpecker (2020-01-01)
20. Eurasian Goldfinch (2020-01-01)
21. Siberian Jay (2020-01-01)
22. Willow Ptarmigan (2020-01-01)
23. Northern Hazelhen (2020-01-01)
24. Eurasian Nuthatch (2020-01-01)
25. Eurasian Dipper (2020-01-01)
26. Eurasian Jay (2020-01-01)
27. European Greenfinch (2020-01-01)
28. Common Sparrowhawk (2020-01-01)
29. Common Kestrel (2020-01-02)
30. Daurian Partridge (2020-01-02)
31. Long-tailed Tit (2020-01-02)
32. Snow Bunting (2020-01-02)
33. Goldcrest (2020-01-02)
34. Yellowhammer (2020-01-02)
35. Great Spotted Woodpecker (2020-01-02)
36. Baikal Bullfinch (2020-01-02)
37. Eurasian Jackdaw (2020-01-02)
38. Coal Tit (2020-01-02)
39. White-Backed Woodpecker (2020-01-02)
40. Whooper Swan (2020-01-02)
41. Mallard (2020-01-02)
42. Common Goldeneye (2020-01-02)
43. White-tailed Sea-Eagle (2020-01-02)
44. Bewick's Swan (2020-01-02)
45. Mute Swan (2020-01-02)
46. Greylag Goose (2020-01-02)
47. Northern Goshawk (2020-01-02)
48. Goosander (2020-01-02)
49. Upland Buzzard (2020-01-02)
50. Carrion Crow (2020-01-02)
51. Golden Eagle (2020-01-02)
52. Godlewski's Bunting (2020-01-02)
53. Grey-Headed Woodpecker (2020-01-03)
54. Smew (2020-01-03)
55. Long-tailed Duck (2020-01-03)
56. Mew Gull (2020-01-03)
57. Vega Gull (2020-01-03)
58. Brambling (2020-01-03)
59. Pallas's Rosefinch (2020-01-03)
60. Marsh Tit (2020-01-03)
61. Black-throated Thrush (2020-01-03)
62. Siberian Tit (2020-01-03)
63. Common Chaffinch (2020-01-03)
64. Red-throated Thrush (2020-01-04)
65. Common Treecreeper (2020-01-04)
66. Black Woodpecker (2020-01-04)
67. Northern Grey Shrike (2020-01-04)
68. Brown Accentor (2020-01-04)
69. Horned Lark (2020-01-04)
70. Red-billed Chough (2020-01-04)
71. Rock Sparrow (2020-01-04)
72. Guldenstadt's Redstart (2020-01-04)
73. Azure Tit (2020-01-04)
74. Great Rosefinch (2020-01-04)
75. Saker Falcon (2020-01-04)
76. Black-throated Accentor (2020-01-04)
77. Yellow-billed Chough (2020-01-04)
78. Rough-legged Buzzard (2020-01-05)
79. Ural Owl (2020-01-05)
80. Rustic Bunting (2020-01-05)
81. Merlin (2020-01-05)
82. Little Owl (2020-01-05)
83. Eurasian Linnet (2020-01-05)
84. Grey Partridge (2020-01-06)
85. Northern Black Grouse (2020-01-06)
86. Hill Pigeon (2020-01-06)
87. Redwing (2020-01-06)
88. Meadow Bunting (2020-01-06)
89. Asian Rosy-Finch (2020-01-06)
90. Great Grey Owl (2020-01-06)
91. Sky Lark (2020-01-08)
92. Rook (2020-01-08)
93. Northern Pintail (2020-01-08)
95. Eurasian Pygmy-Owl (2020-01-09)
96. Eurasian Collared Dove (2020-01-09)
97. Lapland Longspur (2020-01-09)
98. Grey-headed Goldfinch (2020-01-09)
99. Snowy Owl (2020-01-12)
100. Azure-winged Magpie (2020-01-12)
101. Long-eared Owl (2020-01-14)
102. Eurasian Siskin (2020-01-14)
103. Tufted Duck (2020-01-14)
104. Greater White-fronted Goose (2020-01-18)
105. Red-breasted Merganser (2020-01-23)
106. Grey Heron (2020-01-25)
107. Ruddy Shelduck (2020-01-26)
108. Great Grey Shrike (2020-01-26)
109. Eurasian Blackbird (2020-01-27)
110. Western Capercaillie (2020-01-30)
111. Northern Hawk Owl (2020-02-01)
112. Little Bunting (2020-02-01)
113. Wood Pigeon (2020-02-02)
114. Siberian Nuthatch (2020-02-03)
115. Harlequin Duck (2020-02-10)
116. Gyrfalcon (2020-02-18)
117. Stock Pigeon (2020-02-23)
118. Eurasian Penduline Tit (2020-02-24)
119. Blue Tit (2020-02-24)
120. Hen Harrier (2020-03-01)
121. Siberian Accentor (2020-03-06)
122. Siberian Black-backed Gull (2020-03-14)
123. Alpine Accentor (2020-03-15)
124. Mongolian Lark (2020-03-16)
125. Daurian Jackdaw (2020-03-16)
126. Little Grebe (2020-03-16)
127. Asian Short-toed Lark (2020-03-16)
128. Eversmann's Redstart (2020-03-19)
129. Common Buzzard (2020-03-19)
130. Pine Bunting (2020-03-20)
131. Eastern Imperial Eagle (2020-03-20)
132. Mistle Thrush (2020-03-21)
133. Common Starling (2020-03-21)
134. Black Kite (2020-03-21)
135. Northern Lapwing (2020-03-22)
136. White Wagtail (2020-03-26)
137. Great White Egret (2020-03-26)
138. Lammergeier (2020-03-26)
139. Steppe Eagle (2020-03-26)
140. Great Cormorant (2020-03-27)
141. Twite (2020-03-28)
142. Pallas's Sandgrouse (2020-03-28)
143. Masked Wagtail (2020-03-28)
144. Northern Reed Bunting (2020-03-29)
145. Hodgson's Rosefinch (2020-03-30)
146. Northern Wheatear (2020-03-30)
147. Common Crane (2020-04-01)
148. Lesser Short-toed Lark (2020-04-02)
149. Black-headed Gull (2020-04-04)
150. Isabelline Wheatear (2020-04-04)
151. European Robin (2020-04-05)
152. Peregrine Falcon (2020-04-06)
153. Pallid Harrier (2020-04-06)
154. Greater Spotted Eagle (2020-04-07)
155. Eastern Buzzard (2020-04-07)
156. Bean Goose (2020-04-07)
157. Common Chiffchaff (2020-04-08)
158. Black Stork (2020-04-08)
159. Short-eared Owl (2020-04-09)
160. Common Snipe (2020-04-09)
161. Common Redshank (2020-04-09)
162. Pallas's Reed Bunting (2020-04-10)
163. Booted Eagle (2020-04-10)
164. Citrine Wagtail (2020-04-10)
165. Song Thrush (2020-04-10)
166. Blackcap (2020-04-10)
167. Red-flanked Bluetail (2020-04-10)
168. Eurasian Curlew (2020-04-11)
169. Western Marsh-harrier (2020-04-11)
170. Great Crested Grebe (2020-04-11)
171. Tree Pipit (2020-04-11)
172. Bluethroat (2020-04-12)
173. Common Moorhen (2020-04-12)
174. Garganey (2020-04-12)
175. Eurasian Woodcock (2020-04-13)
176. Common Pochard (2020-04-13)
177. Green Sandpiper (2020-04-14)
178. Common Teal (2020-04-14)
179. Gadwall (2020-04-14)
180. Hoopoe (2020-04-15)
181. Naumann's Thrush (2020-04-15)
182. Dusky Thrush (2020-04-15)
183. Pallas's Gull (2020-04-16)
184. Water Pipit (2020-04-16)
185. Demoiselle Crane (2020-04-16)
186. Eurasian Wigeon (2020-04-18)
187. Osprey (2020-04-18)
188. Common Coot (2020-04-18)
189. Montagu's Harrier (2020-04-18)
190. Northern Shoveler (2020-04-18)
191. Common Oystercatcher (2020-04-18)
192. Slavonian Grebe (2020-04-19)
193. Grey Wagtail (2020-04-19)
194. Little Ringed Plover (2020-04-19)
195. Eurasian Bittern (2020-04-19)
196. Black-Necked Grebe (2020-04-20)
197. Eurasian Redstart (2020-04-21)
198. Oriental Turtle Dove (2020-04-21)
199. Red-crested Pochard (2020-04-21)
200. Eurasian Wryneck (2020-04-22)
201. Marsh Sandpiper (2020-04-22)
202. Common Shelduck (2020-04-22)
203. Pied Wheatear (2020-04-22)
204. Black Redstart (2020-04-23)
205. Great Bustard (2020-04-23)
206. Eastern Marsh-harrier (2020-04-24)
207. Common Stonechat (2020-04-24)
208. Common Sandpiper (2020-04-24)
209. Pied Flycatcher (2020-04-24)
210. Willow Warbler (2020-04-24)
211. Yellow Wagtail (2020-04-24)
212. Barn Swallow (2020-04-24)
213. Common Greenshank (2020-04-24)
214. Black-tailed Godwit (2020-04-25)
215. Daurian Redstart (2020-04-25)
216. Red-Necked Grebe (2020-04-26)
217. Chinese Spot-billed Duck (2020-04-26)
218. Black-winged Stilt (2020-04-26)
219. Ferruginous Duck (2020-04-27)
220. Meadow Pipit (2020-04-28)
221. Common Swift (2020-04-29)
222. Lesser Whitethroat (2020-04-29)
223. White-cheeked Starling (2020-04-30)
224. Falcated Duck (2020-04-30)
225. Bearded Tit (2020-04-30)
226. Dalmatian Pelican (2020-04-30)
227. Greater Ringed Plover (2020-04-30)
228. Buff-bellied Pipit (2020-05-01)
229. Wood Sandpiper (2020-05-02)
230. Eastern Yellow Wagtail (2020-05-02)
231. Hooded Crane (2020-05-02)
232. Pied Avocet (2020-05-02)
233. Common Kingfisher (2020-05-02)
234. Ruff (2020-05-02)
235. White-winged Lark (2020-05-02)
236. Black-faced Bunting (2020-05-03)
237. Olive-backed Pipit (2020-05-03)
238. Swinhoe's Snipe (2020-05-03)
239. Common Tern (2020-05-03)
240. Eurasian Hobby (2020-05-03)
241. Pale Sand Martin (2020-05-04)
242. Caspian Tern (2020-05-04)
243. Sand Martin (2020-05-04)
244. Swan Goose (2020-05-04)
245. Taiga Flycatcher (2020-05-05)
246. Long-toed Stint (2020-05-06)
247. Northern House Martin (2020-05-06)
248. Oriental Greenfinch (2020-05-07)
249. White-crowned Penduline Tit (2020-05-07)
250. Richard's Pipit (2020-05-07)
251. Mandarin Duck (2020-05-08)
252. Greenish Warbler (2020-05-08)
253. Common Whitethroat (2020-05-08)
254. Whinchat (2020-05-08)
255. Western Grasshopper Warbler (2020-05-08)
256. Common Cuckoo (2020-05-09)
257. Baikal Teal (2020-05-09)
258. Eurasian Spoonbill (2020-05-09)
259. Lesser Sand Plover (2020-05-09)
260. White-headed Duck (2020-05-09)
261. Paddyfield Warbler (2020-05-09)
262. Temminck's Stint (2020-05-09)
263. Eurasian Whimbrel (2020-05-10)
264. Great Snipe (2020-05-10)
265. Eurasian Honey-Buzzard (2020-05-10)
266. Spotted Flycatcher (2020-05-11)
267. European Bee-eater (2020-05-11)
268. Oriental Cuckoo (2020-05-11)
269. Spotted Redshank (2020-05-11)
270. European Golden Oriole (2020-05-12)
271. Pied Harrier (2020-05-12)
272. White-winged Tern (2020-05-12)
273. Common Rosefinch (2020-05-12)
274. Ortolan Bunting (2020-05-12)
275. Pallas's Warbler (2020-05-12)
276. Yellow-browed Warbler (2020-05-12)
277. Red-backed Shrike (2020-05-12)
278. Corncrake (2020-05-12)
279. Little Tern (2020-05-13)
280. Amur Falcon (2020-05-13)
281. Blyth's Reed Warbler (2020-05-14)
282. Little Gull (2020-05-14)
283. Green-headed Wagtail (2020-05-15)
284. Yellow-browed Bunting (2020-05-15)
285. Crested Honey-buzzard (2020-05-15)
286. Thrush Nightingale (2020-05-15)
287. Common Quail (2020-05-16)
288. Sedge Warbler (2020-05-16)
289. Icterine Warbler (2020-05-16)
290. Terek Sandpiper (2020-05-16)
291. Siberian Rubythroat (2020-05-17)
292. Brown Shrike (2020-05-17)
293. Dusky Warbler (2020-05-17)
294. White-throated Needletail (2020-05-17)
295. Booted Warbler (2020-05-17)
296. Curlew Sandpiper (2020-05-17)
297. Black Tern (2020-05-17)
298. Eyebrowed Thrush (2020-05-18)
299. Blyth's Pipit (2020-05-18)
300. Japanese Sparrowhawk (2020-05-18)
301. Pin-tailed Snipe (2020-05-18)
302. Spotted Crake (2020-05-18)
303. Lesser Kestrel (2020-05-18)
304. White-winged Scoter (2020-05-18)
305. Rosy Starling (2020-05-19)
306. Dunlin (2020-05-20)
307. Little Stint (2020-05-20)
308. Cinereous Vulture (2020-05-20)
309. Great Reed Warbler (2020-05-20)
310. Yellow-breasted Bunting (2020-05-20)
311. Arctic Loon (2020-05-20)
312. Isabelline Shrike (2020-05-22)
313. Garden Warbler (2020-05-22)
314. Gull-billed Tern (2020-05-23)
315. Pacific Swift (2020-05-23)
316. White's Thrush (2020-05-23)
317. Lesser Grey Shrike (2020-05-23)
318. Baillon's Crake (2020-05-24)
319. Pacific Golden Plover (2020-05-26)
320. Tawny Pipit (2020-05-26)
321. Grey-tailed Tattler (2020-05-26)
322. Lanceolated Warbler (2020-05-27)
323. Arctic Warbler (2020-05-29)
324. Asian Brown Flycatcher (2020-05-29)
325. Eurasian Scops-Owl (2020-05-29)
326. Radde's Warbler (2020-05-30)
327. Red-necked Phalarope (2020-05-30)
328. Barred Warbler (2020-05-31)
329. Black-winged Pratincole (2020-05-31)
330. Thick-billed Warbler (2020-06-01)
331. Siberian Flycatcher (2020-06-02)
332. Swinhoe's Robin (2020-06-02)
333. Chestnut-eared Bunting (2020-06-04)
334. Siberian Blue Robin (2020-06-05)
335. Mugimaki Flycatcher (2020-06-07)
337. Japanese Quail (2020-06-11)
338. Eurasian Roller (2020-06-11)
339. Water Rail (2020-06-12)
340. Hume's Warbler (2020-06-12)
341. Slender-billed Gull (2020-06-13)
342. River Warbler (2020-06-14)
343. Eurasian Crag Martin (2020-06-17)
344. Gray's Warbler (2020-06-18)
345. Rufous-tailed Rock Thrush (2020-06-18)
346. Eurasian Reed Warbler (2020-06-20)
347. Asiatic Dowitcher (2020-06-24)
348. Red-footed Falcon (2020-06-24)
349. White-naped Crane (2020-06-25)
350. Siberian Crane (2020-06-25)
351. Oriental Reed-warbler (2020-06-26)
352. Relict Gull (2020-06-26)
353. European Nightjar (2020-07-04)
354. Yellow-rumped Flycatcher (2020-07-05)

rare birds records


Lesser Sand Plover (Charadrius mongolus)

© Alexandr Kochetkov
2020-05-31
Altai krai

The first meeting in the Altai Territory.

Oriental Greenfinch (Chloris sinica)

© Jack Wilshere
2020-05-28

The first photo-record (and probably the first record; the previous recirds stays unconfirmed) in the Republic of Buryatia.

Common Moorhen (Gallinula chloropus)

© Nadejda Popova
2020-05-25
Irkutsk

A very rare and episodically nesting vagrant in the Irkutsk Region and the Repubic of Buryatia. The first photo-record in the Baikal region.

Bearded Tit (Panurus biarmicus)

© Igor Fefelov
2020-05-22
Sukhovskaya, Angarsk District, Irkutsk Region

The species has the much limited range in the Irkutsk Region. The first record in this region for the last ten years (and, additionally, outside of the only known breeding location).
more rarities...

recent video

2020-07-08. Ruff (vasily malishcin).

2020-07-07. Taiga Flycatcher (Nadia Goncharova).

2020-07-06. Eurasian Scops-Owl (Igor Fefelov).

2020-06-28. Sky Lark (vasily malishcin).

2020-06-24. Booted Warbler (vasily malishcin).

2020-06-17. Yellow Wagtail (vasily malishcin).

2020-06-15. Eurasian Spoonbill (Evgeniya Николаевна).

2020-06-14. Common Redshank (vasily malishcin).

2020-06-12. Booted Warbler (Nadia Goncharova).

2020-06-08. Eurasian Stone Curlew (Nadia Goncharova), Western Grasshopper Warbler (vasily malishcin).

2020-06-07. Common Rosefinch (Nadia Goncharova).

2020-06-05. Black-tailed Godwit (vasily malishcin).

2020-06-01. Eurasian Stone Curlew (Nadia Goncharova), Booted Warbler (vasily malishcin).

more video...

unidentified birds

2020-07-11

Николай Балацкий: Чекан сибирский или толстоклювый.
2020-07-11

Николай Балацкий: Северная бормотушка.
2020-07-11

Николай Балацкий: Конопляныч.
2020-07-11

Владимир Панкратов: Чернозобый дрозд?
2020-07-11

Надя Гончарова: спасибо!
more unidentified birds...