Big Year in Belarus. Birds of Belarus.

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Big Year 2022

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

participants

* number inside brackets means the number of species photographed in 2022

1. Podverbny Yury (145)

2. Natykanets Viktor (50)

3. Golyantov Aleksandr (49)

4. Oboew Roulon (38)

5. Borodin Andrey (20)

6. Sobolev Alexander (2)

7. Bukharov Vasily (1)

8. Satsuta Pavel (1)

all species photographed in 2022

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

1. Coal Tit (2022-01-02)

2. Eurasian Treecreeper (2022-01-02)

3. Eurasian Jay (2022-01-02)

4. Willow Tit (2022-01-02)

5. Great Spotted Woodpecker (2022-01-02)

6. Syrian Woodpecker (2022-01-07)

7. Eurasian Magpie (2022-01-07)

8. Marsh Tit (2022-01-07)

9. Eurasian Nuthatch (2022-01-07)

10. Fieldfare (2022-01-09)

11. Eurasian Sparrowhawk (2022-01-12)

12. Black Grouse (2022-01-12)

13. House Sparrow (2022-01-15)

14. Crested Tit (2022-01-15)

15. Great Tit (2022-01-15)

16. Mandarin Duck (2022-01-15)

17. Common Bullfinch (2022-01-16)

18. European Greenfinch (2022-01-16)

19. Goosander (2022-01-16)

20. Mute Swan (2022-01-16)

21. Hooded Crow (2022-01-16)

22. Eurasian Tree Sparrow (2022-01-16)

23. Bearded Reedling (2022-01-26)

24. European Robin (2022-02-05)

25. Common Blackbird (2022-02-05)

26. Common Pochard (2022-02-12)

27. Caspian Gull (2022-02-12)

28. Northern Goshawk (2022-02-13)

29. Grey Heron (2022-02-13)

30. Common Kingfisher (2022-02-13)

31. Great Egret (2022-02-13)

32. Blue Tit (2022-02-13)

33. Yellowhammer (2022-02-26)

34. Common Raven (2022-02-26)

35. Common Buzzard (2022-02-26)

36. Bean Goose (2022-02-28)

37. Rook (2022-03-05)

38. Herring Gull (2022-03-05)

39. Mallard (2022-03-05)

40. Rock Pigeon (2022-03-05)

41. Great Grey Shrike (2022-03-06)

42. European Goldfinch (2022-03-06)

43. Eurasian Siskin (2022-03-06)

44. Common Goldeneye (2022-03-08)

45. Eurasian Skylark (2022-03-09)

46. Whooper Swan (2022-03-11)

47. Smew (2022-03-11)

48. Northern Lapwing (2022-03-12)

49. Common Teal (2022-03-16)

50. Greylag Goose (2022-03-16)

51. Tufted Duck (2022-03-16)

52. Ruff male, Reeve female (2022-03-17)

53. Common Black-headed Gull (2022-03-17)

54. Long-tailed Tit (2022-03-19)

55. Eurasian Wigeon (2022-03-19)

56. Lesser Spotted Woodpecker (2022-03-19)

57. Common Crane (2022-03-20)

58. Reed Bunting (2022-03-20)

59. Crested Lark (2022-03-23)

60. Greater White-fronted Goose (2022-03-25)

61. Northern Pintail (2022-03-25)

62. Garganey (2022-03-25)

63. Chaffinch (2022-03-27)

64. Common Starling (2022-03-27)

65. Common Coot (2022-03-27)

66. Rough-legged Buzzard (2022-03-30)

67. Common Wood Pigeon (2022-03-30)

68. Ring-billed Gull (2022-03-31)

69. Eurasian Woodcock (2022-04-03)

70. Green Sandpiper (2022-04-03)

71. White-tailed Sea-Eagle (2022-04-03)

72. Goldcrest (2022-04-03)

73. Western Marsh Harrier (2022-04-03)

74. White Stork (2022-04-03)

75. Lesser Black-backed Gull (2022-04-03)

76. Caspian Tern (2022-04-04)

77. Black-tailed Godwit (2022-04-04)

78. Common Redshank (2022-04-07)

79. Common Chiffchaff (2022-04-09)

80. Eurasian Wren (2022-04-10)

81. Redwing (2022-04-10)

82. Eurasian Penduline-tit (2022-04-10)

83. White Wagtail (2022-04-10)

84. Great Crested Grebe (2022-04-13)

85. Common Sandpiper (2022-04-15)

86. Common Kestrel (2022-04-16)

87. Little Ringed Plover (2022-04-16)

88. Common Shelduck (2022-04-17)

89. Song Thrush (2022-04-17)

90. Western Yellow Wagtail (2022-04-17)

91. Osprey (2022-04-17)

92. Linnet (2022-04-17)

93. European Pied Flycatcher (2022-04-17)

94. Grey Partridge (2022-04-17)

95. Northern Wheatear (2022-04-17)

96. Grey-headed Woodpecker (2022-04-17)

97. Common Snipe (2022-04-24)

98. Bluethroat (2022-04-25)

99. Wood Sandpiper (2022-04-27)

100. Little Tern (2022-04-28)

101. Whiskered Tern (2022-04-28)

102. Eurasian Wryneck (2022-04-28)

103. Wood Warbler (2022-05-01)

104. Black Redstart (2022-05-01)

105. Willow Warbler (2022-05-02)

106. Common Hoopoe / Eurasian Hoopoe (2022-05-03)

107. Whinchat (2022-05-03)

108. Black Kite (2022-05-04)

109. Common Tern (2022-05-04)

110. Montagu's Harrier (2022-05-05)

111. Barn Swallow (2022-05-05)

112. Tree Pipit (2022-05-06)

113. Common Redstart (2022-05-06)

114. Lesser Whitethroat (2022-05-06)

115. Common Whitethroat (2022-05-06)

116. Barred Warbler (2022-05-07)

117. Thrush Nightingale (2022-05-07)

118. Meadow Pipit (2022-05-08)

119. Blackcap (2022-05-09)

120. Sand Martin (2022-05-09)

121. Sedge Warbler (2022-05-15)

122. Spotted Flycatcher (2022-05-15)

123. Icterine Warbler (2022-05-15)

124. Common Scoter (2022-05-16)

125. Corncrake (2022-05-19)

126. Common Cuckoo (2022-05-19)

127. Eurasian Oystercatcher (2022-05-20)

128. Black Stork (2022-05-23)

129. Red-backed Shrike (2022-05-23)

130. Common Rosefinch (2022-05-24)

131. Great Cormorant (2022-05-25)

132. Long-eared Owl (2022-05-26)

133. Eurasian Golden Oriole (2022-05-27)

134. European Bee-eater (2022-05-27)

135. Collared Flycatcher (2022-05-28)

136. Marsh Warbler (2022-05-29)

137. Great Reed-warbler (2022-06-04)

138. Common Swift (2022-06-04)

139. European Turtle Dove (2022-06-04)

140. Gadwall (2022-06-04)

141. Northern House Martin (2022-06-04)

142. Eurasian Jackdaw (2022-06-05)

143. Lesser Spotted Eagle (2022-06-18)

144. Black-winged Stilt (2022-06-18)

145. Northern Shoveler (2022-06-30)

146. European Serin (2022-07-09)

147. Little Grebe (2022-07-16)

148. Little Bittern (2022-07-16)

149. Eurasian Reed-warbler (2022-07-16)

150. European Honey Buzzard (2022-07-30)

151. Citrine Wagtail (2022-07-30)

152. Broad-billed Sandpiper (2022-08-11)

153. Little Stint (2022-08-27)

154. Common Ringed Plover (2022-08-27)

155. Ruddy Turnstone (2022-08-28)

156. Dunlin (2022-08-28)

157. Arctic Skua (2022-09-03)

158. Red Phalarope (2022-09-14)

159. Sanderling (2022-09-16)

160. Eurasian Hobby (2022-09-16)

161. Rustic Bunting (2022-09-17)

162. Garden Warbler (2022-09-24)

163. Hawfinch (2022-10-06)

164. Velvet Scoter (2022-10-15)

165. Red Crossbill (2022-10-30)

166. Common Gull (2022-10-30)

167. Bohemian Waxwing (2022-11-02)

168. Red-throated Loon (2022-11-10)

169. Arctic Loon (2022-11-13)

170. Glaucous Gull (2022-11-22)

171. Grey Wagtail (2022-12-01)

172. Eurasian Pygmy Owl (2022-12-03)

173. Merlin (2022-12-04)

174. Water Rail (2022-12-08)

175. Greater Scaup (2022-12-25)

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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