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Big Year 2019

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

You can see previous years competitions results here: 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018

participants


* number inside brackets means the number of species photographed in 2019
6. Vasik Olga (159)
9. Korneeva Inna (113)
10. Vyalkov Andrey (113)
11. Parkhaev Pavel (107)
18. Dvurekov Igor (36)
23. Ukolov Ilya (21)
25. Volkov Sergey (13)
35. Klasan Steve (1)
37. Tarasov Ivan (1)

all species photographed in 2019


* in order of appearance (number inside brackets means the date of first record "month-day" )
1. Eurasian Collared Dove (2019-01-01)
2. Eastern Buzzard (2019-01-01)
3. Common Raven (2019-01-01)
4. Hawfinch (2019-01-01)
5. Common Teal (2019-01-02)
6. White Wagtail (2019-01-02)
7. Common Coot (2019-01-02)
8. Little Grebe (2019-01-02)
9. Chinese Grey Shrike (2019-01-02)
10. Pygmy Woodpecker (2019-01-02)
11. Lesser Spotted Woodpecker (2019-01-02)
12. White-Backed Woodpecker (2019-01-02)
13. Common Kestrel (2019-01-02)
14. Long-tailed Rosefinch (2019-01-02)
16. Oriental Greenfinch (2019-01-03)
17. Northern Parrotbill (2019-01-03)
18. Common Pheasant (2019-01-03)
19. Meadow Bunting (2019-01-03)
20. Japanese Tit (2019-01-04)
21. Eurasian Nuthatch (2019-01-04)
22. Coal Tit (2019-01-04)
23. Large-billed Crow (2019-01-04)
24. Grey-Headed Woodpecker (2019-01-04)
25. Marsh Tit (2019-01-04)
26. Rock Pigeon (2019-01-04)
27. Tree Sparrow (2019-01-04)
28. Rough-legged Buzzard (2019-01-04)
29. Rosy-cheeked Bullfinch (2019-01-04)
30. Naumann's Thrush (2019-01-04)
31. Japanese Waxwing (2019-01-04)
32. Azure-winged Magpie (2019-01-04)
33. White-tailed Sea-Eagle (2019-01-04)
34. Eurasian Jay (2019-01-05)
35. Dusky Thrush (2019-01-05)
36. Eurasian Siskin (2019-01-05)
37. Black-faced Bunting (2019-01-05)
38. Long-tailed Tit (2019-01-06)
39. Azure Tit (2019-01-06)
41. Hen Harrier (2019-01-06)
42. Pallas's Reed Bunting (2019-01-06)
43. Harlequin Duck (2019-01-07)
44. Glaucous-winged Gull (2019-01-07)
45. Long-tailed Duck (2019-01-07)
46. Common Treecreeper (2019-01-08)
47. Great Spotted Woodpecker (2019-01-08)
48. Pallas's Rosefinch (2019-01-09)
49. Common Sparrowhawk (2019-01-10)
50. Northern Wren (2019-01-10)
51. Brown Dipper (2019-01-10)
52. Willow Tit (2019-01-10)
53. Northern Bullfinch (2019-01-10)
54. Common Goldeneye (2019-01-11)
55. Mallard (2019-01-11)
56. Eurasian Wigeon (2019-01-11)
57. King Eider (2019-01-11)
58. Red-breasted Merganser (2019-01-12)
59. Daurian Jackdaw (2019-01-12)
60. Northern Hazelhen (2019-01-12)
61. Siberian Accentor (2019-01-12)
62. Great Crested Grebe (2019-01-13)
63. Glaucous Gull (2019-01-13)
64. Slaty-backed Gull (2019-01-13)
65. Vega Gull (2019-01-13)
66. Black-Billed Magpie (2019-01-14)
67. Upland Buzzard (2019-01-15)
68. Snowy Owl (2019-01-15)
69. Northern Goshawk (2019-01-17)
70. Northern Grey Shrike (2019-01-19)
71. Steller's Sea-eagle (2019-01-19)
72. Pelagic Cormorant (2019-01-19)
73. Asian Rosy-Finch (2019-01-19)
74. Common Starling (2019-01-20)
75. Great White Egret (2019-01-20)
76. Peregrine Falcon (2019-01-20)
77. Brambling (2019-01-22)
78. Black Woodpecker (2019-01-27)
79. Spotted Nutcracker (2019-01-27)
80. Great Tit (2019-01-28)
81. Spectacled Guillemot (2019-01-30)
82. Bewick's Swan (2019-01-30)
83. Oriental Turtle Dove (2019-01-30)
84. Mew Gull (2019-01-30)
85. Tufted Duck (2019-01-30)
86. Japanese Grosbeak (2019-02-02)
87. Ural Owl (2019-02-02)
88. Baikal Bullfinch (2019-02-02)
89. Black-throated Accentor (2019-02-02)
90. Yellow-throated Bunting (2019-02-09)
91. Bohemian Waxwing (2019-02-10)
92. Pine Grosbeak (2019-02-10)
93. Alpine Accentor (2019-02-13)
94. Solitary Snipe (2019-02-17)
95. Short-eared Owl (2019-02-17)
96. Dark-bellied Brent Goose (2019-02-20)
97. Rustic Bunting (2019-02-23)
98. Cinereous Vulture (2019-02-24)
99. Arctic Loon (2019-02-25)
100. Smew (2019-02-26)
101. Golden-crowned Sparrow (2019-02-26)
102. Black-tailed Gull (2019-02-26)
103. Chinese Spot-billed Duck (2019-02-26)
104. Blue Rock Thrush (2019-02-28)
105. Blakiston's Fish-Owl (2019-03-02)
106. Northern Lapwing (2019-03-02)
107. Northern Pintail (2019-03-08)
108. Sooty Fox Sparrow (2019-03-09)
109. White-cheeked Starling (2019-03-14)
110. Oriental Stork (2019-03-15)
111. Bean Goose (2019-03-15)
112. Greater White-fronted Goose (2019-03-15)
113. White-naped Crane (2019-03-15)
114. Common Crane (2019-03-15)
115. Golden Eagle (2019-03-16)
116. Bull-headed Shrike (2019-03-19)
117. Gadwall (2019-03-20)
118. Northern Reed Bunting (2019-03-20)
119. Rook (2019-03-21)
120. Sky Lark (2019-03-21)
121. Common Redshank (2019-03-21)
122. Goosander (2019-03-21)
123. Great Cormorant (2019-03-22)
124. Black Kite (2019-03-22)
126. Pine Bunting (2019-03-22)
127. Long-billed Plover (2019-03-22)
128. Japanese Reed Bunting (2019-03-22)
129. Black-backed Wagtail (2019-03-23)
130. Northern Shoveler (2019-03-23)
131. Common Pochard (2019-03-23)
132. American Scoter (2019-03-23)
133. Boreal Owl (2019-03-23)
134. Daurian Redstart (2019-03-23)
135. Baikal Teal (2019-03-24)
136. Black-headed Gull (2019-03-24)
137. Falcated Duck (2019-03-24)
138. Mandarin Duck (2019-03-25)
139. Garganey (2019-03-25)
140. Barn Swallow (2019-03-25)
141. Grey Heron (2019-03-27)
142. Hill Pigeon (2019-03-27)
143. Scaly-sided Merganser (2019-03-27)
144. Eurasian Woodcock (2019-03-27)
145. Whooper Swan (2019-03-28)
146. Hoopoe (2019-03-29)
147. Red-flanked Bluetail (2019-03-29)
148. Common Redpoll (2019-03-30)
149. Grey Wagtail (2019-03-31)
150. Snow Bunting (2019-04-02)
151. Mountain Hawk-Eagle (2019-04-04)
152. Japanese Cormorant (2019-04-05)
153. Kentish Plover (2019-04-06)
154. Little Egret (2019-04-06)
155. Common Snipe (2019-04-07)
156. Vega Gull (Mongolian) (2019-04-07)
157. Common Kingfisher (2019-04-09)
158. Little Ringed Plover (2019-04-09)
159. Green Sandpiper (2019-04-11)
160. Stejneger's Stonechat (2019-04-11)
161. Red-Necked Grebe (2019-04-12)
162. Common Sandpiper (2019-04-12)
163. Pallas's Warbler (2019-04-13)
164. Red-throated Loon (2019-04-13)
165. Manchurian Bush-Warbler (2019-04-17)
166. Tristram's Bunting (2019-04-17)
167. Black-winged Stilt (2019-04-17)
168. Pale Thrush (2019-04-17)
169. Northern House-Martin (2019-04-17)
170. Eastern White Egret (2019-04-17)
171. Grey-backed Thrush (2019-04-18)
172. Common Moorhen (2019-04-18)
173. Asian Stubtail (2019-04-18)
174. Olive-backed Pipit (2019-04-19)
175. Long-eared Owl (2019-04-19)
176. Lapland Longspur (2019-04-19)
177. Far Eastern Curlew (2019-04-20)
178. Black-legged Kittiwake (2019-04-26)
179. Horned Lark (2019-04-27)
180. Yellow-browed Bunting (2019-04-27)
181. White's Thrush (2019-04-27)
182. Dusky Warbler (2019-04-27)
183. Chinese Yellow Wagtail (2019-04-28)
184. Chestnut-eared Bunting (2019-04-28)
185. Yellow-browed Warbler (2019-04-28)
186. Striated Heron (2019-04-28)
187. Goldcrest (2019-04-28)
188. Eurasian Wryneck (2019-04-29)
189. Red-billed Starling (2019-04-30)
190. Eurasian Spoonbill (2019-04-30)
191. Lesser Sand Plover (2019-04-30)
192. Ruff (2019-04-30)
193. Wood Sandpiper (2019-04-30)
194. Pied Harrier (2019-04-30)
195. Osprey (2019-05-01)
196. Lesser Striated Swallow (2019-05-01)
197. Eastern Yellow Wagtail (2019-05-02)
198. Ashy Minivet (2019-05-03)
199. Blue-and-white Flycatcher (2019-05-03)
200. Green-headed Wagtail (2019-05-03)
201. Eurasian Penduline-Tit (2019-05-03)
202. Asian Brown Flycatcher (2019-05-03)
203. Brown Shrike (2019-05-03)
204. Purple-backed Starling (2019-05-04)
205. Citrine Wagtail (2019-05-04)
206. Yellow Bunting (2019-05-04)
207. Japanese Thrush (2019-05-04)
208. Black-headed Bunting (2019-05-05)
209. Common Tern (2019-05-05)
210. Greenish Warbler (2019-05-05)
211. Chestnut-cheeked Starling (2019-05-06)
212. Grey-tailed Tattler (2019-05-06)
213. Siberian Thrush (2019-05-07)
214. Dollarbird (2019-05-07)
215. Yellow-rumped Flycatcher (2019-05-07)
217. Rufous-necked Stint (2019-05-07)
218. Greater Scaup (2019-05-07)
219. Common Oystercatcher (2019-05-07)
220. Dunlin (2019-05-07)
221. Sanderling (2019-05-07)
222. Grey-headed Lapwing (2019-05-07)
223. Chinese Grosbeak (2019-05-08)
224. Mugimaki Flycatcher (2019-05-08)
225. Long-toed Stint (2019-05-08)
226. Little Bunting (2019-05-09)
227. Radde's Warbler (2019-05-09)
228. Siberian Rubythroat (2019-05-10)
229. Eurasian Whimbrel (2019-05-10)
230. Eyebrowed Thrush (2019-05-11)
231. Oriental Cuckoo (2019-05-11)
232. Pin-tailed Snipe (2019-05-11)
233. Northern Hawk-Cuckoo (2019-05-11)
234. Red-throated Pipit (2019-05-12)
235. Ruddy Turnstone (2019-05-12)
236. Terek Sandpiper (2019-05-12)
237. Common Greenshank (2019-05-12)
238. Bar-tailed Godwit (2019-05-12)
239. Grey Plover (2019-05-12)
240. Chestnut-flanked White-eye (2019-05-12)
241. Japanese Quail (2019-05-12)
242. Rufous-bellied Woodpecker (2019-05-13)
243. Greater Ringed Plover (2019-05-14)
244. Median Egret (2019-05-14)
245. Swinhoe's Robin (2019-05-15)
246. Buff-bellied Pipit (2019-05-15)
247. Philippine Bush-Warbler (2019-05-15)
248. Great Grey Owl (2019-05-16)
249. Temminck's Stint (2019-05-16)
250. Arctic Warbler (2019-05-16)
251. Oriental Pratincole (2019-05-17)
252. Slavonian Grebe (2019-05-18)
253. White-throated Rock-thrush (2019-05-18)
254. Pacific Golden Plover (2019-05-19)
255. Black-naped Oriole (2019-05-19)
256. Everett's Scops-Owl (2019-05-19)
257. Black-browed Reed-warbler (2019-05-22)
258. Grey-faced Buzzard (2019-05-22)
259. Japanese Robin (2019-05-22)
260. Sharp-tailed Sandpiper (2019-05-22)
261. Pechora Pipit (2019-05-22)
262. Crested Honey-buzzard (2019-05-22)
263. Purple Heron (2019-05-22)
264. Thick-billed Warbler (2019-05-22)
265. Eastern Marsh-harrier (2019-05-22)
266. Oriental Reed-warbler (2019-05-23)
267. Siberian Blue Robin (2019-05-23)
268. Richard's Pipit (2019-05-23)
269. Black-tailed Godwit (2019-05-23)
270. White-winged Tern (2019-05-23)
271. Whiskered Tern (2019-05-23)
272. Brown Hawk-Owl (2019-05-23)
273. Latham's Snipe (2019-05-23)
274. Pacific Swift (2019-05-23)
275. Great Knot (2019-05-23)
276. Eurasian Eagle-Owl (2019-05-23)
277. Eurasian Curlew (2019-05-23)
278. Black-faced Spoonbill (2019-05-23)
279. Common Cuckoo (2019-05-24)
280. Brown-headed Thrush (2019-05-24)
281. Chinese Pond-heron (2019-05-24)
282. Forest Wagtail (2019-05-24)
283. Siberian Flycatcher (2019-05-24)
284. Grey-streaked Flycatcher (2019-05-24)
285. Chinese Goshawk (2019-05-24)
286. Eurasian Hobby (2019-05-24)
287. Taiga Flycatcher (2019-05-25)
288. Cattle Egret (2019-05-25)
290. Yellow-breasted Bunting (2019-05-27)
291. Black-faced Bunting (2019-05-27)
292. Chinese Nuthatch (2019-05-27)
293. Narcissus Flycatcher (2019-05-28)
294. Black-crowned Night-Heron (2019-05-28)
295. Eurasian Bittern (2019-05-28)
296. Chinese Egret (2019-05-29)
297. Indian Cuckoo (2019-05-29)
298. Japanese Sparrowhawk (2019-05-30)
299. Lanceolated Warbler (2019-05-31)
300. Red-necked Phalarope (2019-06-01)
301. Eastern House Martin (2019-06-06)
302. Common Rosefinch (2019-06-06)
303. Snow Goose (2019-06-07)
304. Crested Auklet (2019-06-08)
305. Horned Puffin (2019-06-08)
306. Common Eider (2019-06-08)
307. Tufted Puffin (2019-06-08)
308. Oriental Scops Owl (2019-06-09)
309. Rhinoceros Auklet (2019-06-09)
311. Parakeet Auklet (2019-06-10)
312. Aleutian Tern (2019-06-10)
313. Tiger Shrike (2019-06-11)
314. White-winged Scoter (2019-06-11)
315. Ancient Murrelet (2019-06-11)
316. Amur Falcon (2019-06-12)
317. Spectacled Eider (2019-06-13)
318. Willow Ptarmigan (2019-06-13)
319. Long-billed Dowitcher (2019-06-13)
320. Sandhill Crane (2019-06-13)
321. Sabine's Gull (2019-06-16)
322. Pectoral Sandpiper (2019-06-17)
323. Pacific Loon (2019-06-18)
324. Common Guillemot (2019-06-19)
325. Little Tern (2019-06-20)
326. Arctic Tern (2019-06-21)
327. Asian Paradise-Flycatcher (2019-06-25)
328. Hair-crested Drongo (2019-06-28)
329. Yellow-billed Loon (2019-06-28)
330. Bluethroat (2019-07-06)
332. Pigeon Guillemot (2019-07-12)
333. Rock Sandpiper (2019-07-14)
334. Brunnich's Guillemot (2019-07-14)
335. Red-legged Kittiwake (2019-07-14)
336. Northern Fulmar (2019-07-14)
337. Arctic Skua (2019-07-14)
338. Red-faced Cormorant (2019-07-15)
339. Nordmann's Greenshank (2019-07-27)
340. Sand Martin (2019-07-27)
341. Long-billed Murrelet (2019-07-27)
342. Ring-necked Duck (2019-07-29)
343. Long-tailed Skua (2019-08-02)
344. Siberian Jay (2019-08-02)
345. Red Knot (2019-08-03)
346. House Sparrow (2019-08-05)
347. Broad-billed Sandpiper (2019-08-06)
348. Curlew Sandpiper (2019-08-06)
349. Marsh Sandpiper (2019-08-07)
350. Pied Avocet (2019-08-09)
351. Spotted Redshank (2019-08-10)
352. Little Gull (2019-08-17)
353. Yellow Bittern (2019-08-20)
354. Black-Necked Grebe (2019-08-31)
355. Savannah Sparrow (2019-09-04)
356. Pale-legged Leaf-warbler (2019-09-08)
357. Lesser Frigatebird (2019-09-09)
358. Red Collared-dove (2019-09-11)
359. Chestnut Bunting (2019-09-12)
360. Merlin (2019-09-13)
361. Fieldfare (2019-09-27)
363. Gyrfalcon (2019-10-06)
364. Brown-eared Bulbul (2019-10-17)
365. Red Crossbill (2019-10-20)
366. Hoary Redpoll (2019-10-30)
367. Hooded Crane (2019-11-03)
368. Northern Hawk Owl (2019-11-10)
369. White-winged Crossbill (2019-12-08)

rare birds records


(Turdus ruficollis)

© Andrey Vyalkov
2024-04-03
Vladivostok, Russkiy island

Accidentally vagrant species.

Snow Goose (Anser caerulescens)

© Konstantin Tuchin
2024-03-20

A very rare migratory species of the Primorsky Krai.

Ruddy Shelduck (Tadorna ferruginea)

© Olga Vasik
2024-01-07
Putsilovka

A very rare migratory and wintering species of the Primorsky Krai.<br>

Hair-crested Drongo (Dicrurus hottentottus)

© Oleg Burkovskiy
2023-10-31

A rare stray species of Primorsky Krai.
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recent video

2024-03-31. Steller's Sea-eagle (Konstantin Pupkin), Steller's Sea-eagle (Konstantin Pupkin).

2024-03-17. Red-breasted Merganser (Vladimir Matyushin).

2023-06-28. Daurian Redstart (Yulya Goroshko).

2023-05-10. Whooper Swan (Inna Shchegolkova 54), Black-browed Reed-warbler (Inna Shchegolkova 54).

2023-05-07. Common Coot (Inna Shchegolkova 54).

2023-05-03. Common Snipe (Olga Vasik).

2023-04-26. Little Egret (Evgeniia Loskutova).

2023-04-09. Mandarin Duck (Yulia Khmyrova).

2023-04-05. Northern Shoveler (Yulya Goroshko).

2023-03-07. Whooper Swan (Olga Vasik).

2023-02-22. Azure-winged Magpie (Yulia Khmyrova).

2023-02-21. Oriental Greenfinch (Yulia Khmyrova).

2022-10-03. Eurasian Spoonbill (Olga Vasik).

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2024-01-26

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2023-12-29

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