Big Year in Belarus. Birds of Belarus.

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Big Year 2026

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

You can see previous years competitions results here: 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025

participants

* number inside brackets means the number of species photographed in 2026

1. Dombrovski Valery (16)

2. Yurko Valtri (6)

3. Golyantov Aleksandr (2)

all species photographed in 2026

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

1. Little Grebe (2026-01-04)

2. Eurasian Treecreeper (2026-01-04)

3. Mediterranean Gull (2026-01-12)

4. Tufted Duck (2026-01-13)

5. Grey Heron (2026-01-13)

6. Northern Pintail (2026-01-15)

7. Hooded Crow (2026-01-15)

8. Eurasian Jackdaw (2026-01-15)

9. Common Coot (2026-01-15)

10. Common Black-headed Gull (2026-01-15)

11. Common Gull (2026-01-15)

12. Caspian Gull (2026-01-15)

13. Goosander (2026-01-16)

14. European Greenfinch (2026-01-17)

15. Fieldfare (2026-01-17)

16. House Sparrow (2026-01-18)

17. Yellowhammer (2026-01-18)

18. Eurasian Tree Sparrow (2026-01-20)

19. Common Bullfinch (2026-01-21)

20. Tawny Owl (2026-01-22)

21. Great Bittern (2026-01-22)

22. White-tailed Sea-Eagle (2026-01-22)

23. Eurasian Nuthatch (2026-01-25)

24. Northern Goshawk (2026-01-26)

Big Year 2026

1. Valery Dombrovski (16)
2. Valtri Yurko (6)
3. Aleksandr Golyantov (2)

rare birds records

Mediterranean Gull (Larus melanocephalus)

© Valtri Yurko
2026-01-12
Minsk

Red-footed Falcon (Falco vespertinus)

© Yury Podverbny
2025-09-18

Очень редкий гнездящийся и транзитно-мигрирующий в Беларуси вид. Кроме транзитной миграции, возможны залёты на территорию страны вне сезона гнездования.

Glossy Ibis (Plegadis falcinellus)

© Valery Dombrovski
2025-09-07
Gomel region, Zhitkovichi district, Turov

Редкий залётный вид в Беларуси

Red Knot (Calidris canutus)

© Yury Podverbny
2025-07-27

Редкий залётный транзитно-мигрирующий вид

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recent video

2021-01-30. Common Starling (Yuri Kurlenyov).

2020-06-20. Wood Warbler (Viktor Natykanets).

2020-04-18. Great Grey Shrike (Viktor Natykanets).

2019-04-26. Eurasian Wryneck (Viktor Natykanets).

2019-03-27. Syrian Woodpecker (Viktor Natykanets).

2018-09-26. Eurasian Wren (Viktor Natykanets).

2018-09-23. Common Greenshank (Viktor Natykanets), Ruddy Turnstone (Viktor Natykanets).

2018-09-22. Black-winged Stilt (Viktor Natykanets), Northern Lapwing (Viktor Natykanets).

2018-09-20. Dunlin (Viktor Natykanets).

2018-09-18. Little Grebe (Viktor Natykanets).

2018-09-14. Red Phalarope (Viktor Natykanets).

2018-09-13. Azure Tit (Viktor Natykanets).

2018-09-04. Ruff male, Reeve female (Viktor Natykanets).

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