Big Year in Belarus. Birds of Belarus.

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Big Year 2021

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

participants

* number inside brackets means the number of species photographed in 2021

1. Podverbny Yury (123)

2. Natykanets Viktor (74)

3. Golyantov Aleksandr (49)

4. Oboew Roulon (35)

5. Aleh Kalesnikau (24)

6. Borodin Andrey (15)

7. Sobolev Alexander (3)

8. Kudzinava Aliaksandra (1)

9. Tkachov Dmitry (1)

all species photographed in 2021

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

1. Fieldfare (2021-01-07)

2. Crested Tit (2021-01-09)

3. Common Coot (2021-01-14)

4. Hawfinch (2021-01-16)

5. Dunnock / Hedge Sparrow (2021-01-20)

6. Syrian Woodpecker (2021-01-21)

7. Herring Gull (2021-01-21)

8. Blue Tit (2021-01-23)

9. Eurasian Nuthatch (2021-01-23)

10. White-throated Dipper (2021-01-25)

11. Eurasian Collared Dove (2021-01-29)

12. Mute Swan (2021-01-29)

13. Coal Tit (2021-01-30)

14. Marsh Tit (2021-01-30)

15. Lesser Spotted Woodpecker (2021-02-07)

16. European Goldfinch (2021-02-07)

17. Eurasian Jackdaw (2021-02-13)

18. Common Redpoll (2021-02-13)

19. Common Kingfisher (2021-02-14)

20. Common Blackbird (2021-02-15)

21. Eurasian Jay (2021-02-15)

22. European Greenfinch (2021-02-16)

23. European Robin (2021-02-16)

24. Long-tailed Tit (2021-02-19)

25. Goldcrest (2021-02-21)

26. Common Bullfinch (2021-02-21)

27. Great Spotted Woodpecker (2021-02-21)

28. Eurasian Treecreeper (2021-02-21)

29. Common Starling (2021-03-03)

30. Common Pochard (2021-03-04)

31. Common Black-headed Gull (2021-03-04)

32. Crested Lark (2021-03-04)

33. Great Tit (2021-03-06)

34. Mallard (2021-03-06)

35. Rock Pigeon (2021-03-06)

36. Middle Spotted Woodpecker (2021-03-10)

37. Eurasian Siskin (2021-03-13)

38. Willow Tit (2021-03-13)

39. Hooded Crow (2021-03-13)

40. Wood Lark (2021-03-17)

41. Black Grouse (2021-03-20)

42. Greater White-fronted Goose (2021-03-22)

43. Great Cormorant (2021-03-22)

44. Eurasian Sparrowhawk (2021-03-22)

45. Rook (2021-03-23)

46. Great Crested Grebe (2021-03-24)

47. Common Pheasant (2021-03-24)

48. White Wagtail (2021-03-24)

49. Common Goldeneye (2021-03-24)

50. Northern Pintail (2021-03-25)

51. Eurasian Wigeon (2021-03-25)

52. Yellowhammer (2021-03-26)

53. Ferruginous Duck (2021-03-27)

54. Common Raven (2021-03-27)

55. Chaffinch (2021-04-01)

56. Common Wood Pigeon (2021-04-02)

57. Eurasian Wren (2021-04-03)

58. White Stork (2021-04-03)

59. Tufted Duck (2021-04-03)

60. Common Redshank (2021-04-03)

61. Reed Bunting (2021-04-04)

62. Black Redstart (2021-04-09)

63. Common Chiffchaff (2021-04-10)

64. Song Thrush (2021-04-10)

65. Brambling (2021-04-11)

66. Redwing (2021-04-11)

67. Eurasian Skylark (2021-04-11)

68. Ruff male, Reeve female (2021-04-11)

69. Bohemian Waxwing (2021-04-12)

70. Common Tern (2021-04-12)

71. Eurasian Oystercatcher (2021-04-12)

72. Whimbrel (2021-04-21)

73. Bewick's Swan (2021-04-21)

74. Whooper Swan (2021-04-22)

75. Citrine Wagtail (2021-04-22)

76. Common Sandpiper (2021-04-22)

77. White-tailed Sea-Eagle (2021-04-22)

78. Bluethroat (2021-04-25)

79. Wood Warbler (2021-04-28)

80. Blackcap (2021-04-28)

81. Osprey (2021-04-28)

82. Eurasian Penduline-tit (2021-04-28)

83. Eurasian Wryneck (2021-04-29)

84. Thrush Nightingale (2021-04-30)

85. Western Yellow Wagtail (2021-04-30)

86. Willow Warbler (2021-04-30)

87. European Pied Flycatcher (2021-05-01)

88. Lesser Whitethroat (2021-05-01)

89. Sedge Warbler (2021-05-01)

90. Gadwall (2021-05-02)

91. Grey Partridge (2021-05-02)

92. Black Stork (2021-05-04)

93. Red-necked Grebe (2021-05-04)

94. Black-necked Grebe (2021-05-04)

95. Slavonian Grebe (2021-05-05)

96. Greylag Goose (2021-05-05)

97. Little Gull (2021-05-08)

98. Corn Bunting (2021-05-09)

99. Whiskered Tern (2021-05-09)

100. Lesser Grey Shrike (2021-05-09)

101. Whinchat (2021-05-09)

102. Barn Swallow (2021-05-09)

103. Eurasian Magpie (2021-05-09)

104. Northern Wheatear (2021-05-09)

105. Eurasian Golden Oriole (2021-05-09)

106. Northern House Martin (2021-05-10)

107. Garganey (2021-05-10)

108. Wood Sandpiper (2021-05-10)

109. Red-backed Shrike (2021-05-10)

110. Common Cuckoo (2021-05-10)

111. Common Whitethroat (2021-05-10)

112. Tree Pipit (2021-05-10)

113. European Honey Buzzard (2021-05-10)

114. Azure Tit (2021-05-11)

115. Marsh Warbler (2021-05-11)

116. Great Reed-warbler (2021-05-13)

117. Little Ringed Plover (2021-05-15)

118. Western Marsh Harrier (2021-05-15)

119. Common Rosefinch (2021-05-16)

120. Icterine Warbler (2021-05-16)

121. Common Swift (2021-05-16)

122. Common Crane (2021-05-19)

123. Eurasian Reed-warbler (2021-05-21)

124. Common Moorhen (2021-05-21)

125. Spotted Flycatcher (2021-05-23)

126. European Serin (2021-05-23)

127. House Sparrow (2021-05-30)

128. Grey Heron (2021-05-30)

129. Northern Goshawk (2021-06-05)

130. Northern Lapwing (2021-06-05)

131. Great Egret (2021-06-06)

132. Collared Flycatcher (2021-06-12)

133. Red-breasted Flycatcher (2021-06-12)

134. Common Teal (2021-06-17)

135. Common Gull (2021-06-17)

136. Eurasian Scops Owl (2021-06-19)

137. Common Kestrel (2021-06-19)

138. Eurasian Tree Sparrow (2021-06-20)

139. Common Snipe (2021-06-23)

140. Spotted Crake (2021-07-01)

141. Northern Shoveler (2021-07-01)

142. Terek Sandpiper (2021-07-01)

143. Little Tern (2021-07-01)

144. Sand Martin (2021-07-02)

145. Meadow Pipit (2021-07-03)

146. Black-tailed Godwit (2021-07-04)

147. White-winged Tern (2021-07-07)

148. Common Redstart (2021-07-09)

149. Green Sandpiper (2021-07-10)

150. Little Bittern (2021-07-11)

151. Common Hoopoe / Eurasian Hoopoe (2021-07-20)

152. Greater Spotted Eagle (2021-07-21)

153. Barred Warbler (2021-07-24)

154. Booted Eagle (2021-07-25)

155. Common Buzzard (2021-07-31)

156. Bar-tailed Godwit (2021-08-01)

157. Common Greenshank (2021-08-08)

158. Mandarin Duck (2021-08-08)

159. Montagu's Harrier (2021-08-14)

160. Pallas's Sea-Eagle (2021-08-24)

161. European Bee-eater (2021-08-25)

162. Black woodpecker (2021-08-27)

163. Red-flanked Bluetail (2021-09-14)

164. Radde's Warbler (2021-09-27)

165. Goosander (2021-10-02)

166. Little Grebe (2021-10-03)

167. Eurasian Pygmy Owl (2021-10-08)

168. Siberian Accentor (2021-10-09)

169. Red-throated Loon (2021-10-31)

170. Grey-headed Woodpecker (2021-11-13)

171. Velvet Scoter (2021-12-19)

Big Year 2024

1. Valery Dombrovski (155)
2. Viktor Natykanets (117)
3. Aleksandr Golyantov (42)
4. Yury Podverbny (35)
5. Andrey Borodin (2)

more...

rare birds records

White-throated Dipper (Cinclus cinclus)

Pallid Harrier (Circus macrourus)

Редко регистрируемый вид

Long-legged Buzzard (Buteo rufinus)

Случайно залётный вид в Беларуси

Glossy Ibis (Plegadis falcinellus)

more rarities...

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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