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Big Year 2023
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
participants
* number inside brackets means the number of species photographed in 2023
1. Natykanets Viktor (90) 2. Golyantov Aleksandr (55) 3. Podverbny Yury (52) | 4. Oboew Roulon (19) 5. Borodin Andrey (10) 6. Satsuta Pavel (1) |
all species photographed in 2023
* in order of appearance (number inside brackets means the date of first record "month-day" )
1. Dunnock / Hedge Sparrow (2023-01-06) 2. Bohemian Waxwing (2023-01-08) 3. Coal Tit (2023-01-13) 4. European Greenfinch (2023-01-14) 5. Eurasian Wren (2023-01-15) 6. Rough-legged Buzzard (2023-01-15) 7. Long-tailed Tit (2023-01-15) 8. Crested Tit (2023-01-16) 9. Mallard (2023-01-19) 10. Mandarin Duck (2023-01-19) 11. Common Coot (2023-01-20) 12. Hooded Crow (2023-01-25) 13. Mute Swan (2023-01-25) 14. Goosander (2023-01-25) 15. Rock Pigeon (2023-01-25) 16. Greylag Goose (2023-01-27) 17. Little Owl (2023-01-28) 18. Eurasian Treecreeper (2023-01-29) 19. Eurasian Pygmy Owl (2023-02-02) 20. Eurasian Jackdaw (2023-02-04) 21. Mistle Thrush (2023-02-04) 22. Common Blackbird (2023-02-11) 23. Lesser Spotted Woodpecker (2023-02-19) 24. European Goldfinch (2023-02-19) 25. Great Grey Shrike (2023-02-19) 26. Common Wood Pigeon (2023-02-24) 27. Common Bullfinch (2023-02-26) 28. Common Kingfisher (2023-03-02) 29. Common Goldeneye (2023-03-04) 30. Yellowhammer (2023-03-11) 31. Great Cormorant (2023-03-13) 32. Northern Pintail (2023-03-14) 33. Common Starling (2023-03-15) 34. Common Redpoll (2023-03-17) 35. White Wagtail (2023-03-17) 36. Linnet (2023-03-18) 37. Fieldfare (2023-03-18) 38. Eurasian Skylark (2023-03-18) 39. Greater White-fronted Goose (2023-03-18) 40. Smew (2023-03-19) 41. Common Redshank (2023-03-19) 42. Northern Lapwing (2023-03-19) 43. Ruff male, Reeve female (2023-03-20) 44. Common Black-headed Gull (2023-03-21) 45. House Sparrow (2023-03-26) 46. Eurasian Tree Sparrow (2023-03-26) 47. Wood Lark (2023-03-29) 48. Redwing (2023-03-29) 49. Song Thrush (2023-03-29) 50. Barnacle Goose (2023-04-02) 51. Grey-headed Woodpecker (2023-04-02) 52. Goldcrest (2023-04-05) 53. Common Chiffchaff (2023-04-06) 54. Tree Pipit (2023-04-08) 55. Western Yellow Wagtail (2023-04-09) 56. Northern Wheatear (2023-04-10) 57. Eurasian Oystercatcher (2023-04-10) 58. Black-tailed Godwit (2023-04-11) 59. Dunlin (2023-04-11) 60. Rook (2023-04-12) 61. Azure Tit (2023-04-13) 62. Chaffinch (2023-04-15) 63. Lesser Black-backed Gull (2023-04-15) 64. Marsh Sandpiper (2023-04-16) 65. European Pied Flycatcher (2023-04-16) 66. Hen Harrier (2023-04-21) 67. European Serin (2023-04-22) 68. Pallid Harrier (2023-04-22) 69. Eurasian Wryneck (2023-04-22) 70. Common Cuckoo (2023-04-23) 71. Black Kite (2023-04-23) 72. Blackcap (2023-04-24) 73. White-tailed Sea-Eagle (2023-04-24) 74. Bluethroat (2023-04-24) 75. Western Marsh Harrier (2023-04-24) 76. Black Redstart (2023-04-24) 77. Wood Warbler (2023-04-25) | 78. Common Redstart (2023-04-28) 79. Lesser Whitethroat (2023-04-30) 80. Thrush Nightingale (2023-04-30) 81. Eurasian Hobby (2023-05-01) 82. Great Reed-warbler (2023-05-01) 83. Gadwall (2023-05-01) 84. Whimbrel (2023-05-08) 85. Black Tern (2023-05-08) 86. Black Grouse (2023-05-08) 87. Common Grasshopper Warbler (2023-05-08) 88. Canada Goose (2023-05-09) 89. Eurasian Magpie (2023-05-09) 90. Common Whitethroat (2023-05-09) 91. Eurasian Spoonbill (2023-05-12) 92. Little Tern (2023-05-12) 93. Little Ringed Plover (2023-05-14) 94. Reed Bunting (2023-05-14) 95. Whinchat (2023-05-14) 96. Barred Warbler (2023-05-14) 97. Sedge Warbler (2023-05-15) 98. Garden Warbler (2023-05-15) 99. Spotted Flycatcher (2023-05-19) 100. Icterine Warbler (2023-05-20) 101. European Bee-eater (2023-05-20) 102. Eurasian Golden Oriole (2023-05-20) 103. Marsh Warbler (2023-05-21) 104. Corncrake (2023-05-23) 105. Red-backed Shrike (2023-05-23) 106. Common Crane (2023-05-24) 107. Montagu's Harrier (2023-05-24) 108. Common Pochard (2023-05-24) 109. Sand Martin (2023-05-25) 110. Hawfinch (2023-05-31) 111. White Stork (2023-06-04) 112. Grey Heron (2023-06-04) 113. Great Egret (2023-06-08) 114. Great Spotted Woodpecker (2023-06-10) 115. Common Sandpiper (2023-06-17) 116. Common Tern (2023-06-17) 117. Barn Swallow (2023-07-01) 118. Black Stork (2023-07-03) 119. Common Snipe (2023-07-03) 120. Spotted Crake (2023-07-04) 121. Common Ringed Plover (2023-07-04) 122. Whiskered Tern (2023-07-04) 123. Black-necked Grebe (2023-07-05) 124. Corn Bunting (2023-07-07) 125. Red-necked Grebe (2023-07-10) 126. Curlew Sandpiper (2023-07-10) 127. Common Rosefinch (2023-07-10) 128. Northern Shoveler (2023-07-10) 129. Little Stint (2023-07-11) 130. Eurasian Penduline-tit (2023-07-12) 131. Temminck’s Stint (2023-07-13) 132. Common Swift (2023-07-15) 133. Firecrest (2023-07-16) 134. Yellow-legged Gull (2023-07-19) 135. Stock Pigeon (2023-08-18) 136. Common Buzzard (2023-08-27) 137. European Honey Buzzard (2023-09-03) 138. Ruddy Turnstone (2023-09-07) 139. Osprey (2023-09-12) 140. Eurasian Jay (2023-09-13) 141. Marsh Tit (2023-09-23) 142. Blue Tit (2023-09-23) 143. Sanderling (2023-09-28) 144. Eurasian Nuthatch (2023-10-01) 145. European Robin (2023-10-08) 146. Peregrine Falcon (2023-10-13) 147. Eurasian Sparrowhawk (2023-10-15) 148. Eurasian Siskin (2023-10-15) 149. Black-legged Kittiwake (2023-10-28) 150. Arctic Loon (2023-10-28) 151. Red-breasted Merganser (2023-10-29) 152. Common Scoter (2023-10-29) 153. Hume's Warbler (2023-11-26) |
Big Year 2024
1. Valery Dombrovski (135)
2. Viktor Natykanets (116)
3. Aleksandr Golyantov (40)
4. Yury Podverbny (32)
5. Andrey Borodin (2)
2. Viktor Natykanets (116)
3. Aleksandr Golyantov (40)
4. Yury Podverbny (32)
5. Andrey Borodin (2)
rare birds records
Pallid Harrier (Circus macrourus)
© Valery Dombrovski
2024-08-14
Gantsevichi district, Brest region
Редко регистрируемый вид
Long-legged Buzzard (Buteo rufinus)
© Valery Dombrovski
2024-07-31
Kirov district, Mogilev region
Случайно залётный вид в Беларуси
Glossy Ibis (Plegadis falcinellus)
© Viktor Natykanets
2024-04-30
Pripyat river floodplain, Turov town surrounding, Zhitkovichi district, Gomel region
Peregrine Falcon (Falco peregrinus)
© Valery Dombrovski
2024-03-06
Gomel region, Zhitkovichi district
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).
unidentified birds
all birds indentified