Big Year in Russian Far East. Vyalkov Andrey. Birds of Russian Far East

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Vyalkov Andrey

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total species: 234 total photos: 537 total videos: 0 total blogposts: 2

1. Ural Owl (2021-01-02)

2. Naumann's Thrush (2021-01-04)

3. Japanese White-eye (2021-01-05)

4. Eurasian Nuthatch (2021-01-11)

5. Pygmy Woodpecker (2021-01-13)

6. Glaucous-winged Gull (2021-01-18)

7. Slaty-backed Gull (2021-01-18)

8. Glaucous Gull (2021-01-18)

9. Chinese Grey Shrike (2021-01-20)

10. Lesser Spotted Woodpecker (2021-01-20)

11. Eastern Buzzard (2021-01-20)

12. Hen Harrier (2021-01-20)

13. Rough-legged Buzzard (2021-01-20)

14. Long-tailed Tit (2021-01-20)

15. Eurasian Jay (2021-01-20)

16. Sky Lark (2021-01-23)

17. Bohemian Waxwing (2021-01-25)

18. Dusky Thrush (2021-01-25)

19. Coal Tit (2021-01-25)

20. Steller's Sea-eagle (2021-01-31)

21. White-tailed Sea-Eagle (2021-02-01)

22. Common Pheasant (2021-02-01)

23. Mallard (2021-02-03)

24. Pallas's Rosefinch (2021-02-05)

25. Japanese Tit (2021-02-05)

26. White-Backed Woodpecker (2021-02-05)

27. Rosy-cheeked Bullfinch (2021-02-05)

28. Oriental Greenfinch (2021-02-05)

29. Short-eared Owl (2021-02-11)

30. Golden Eagle (2021-02-11)

31. Great White Egret (2021-02-13)

32. Common Teal (2021-02-13)

33. Chinese Spot-billed Duck (2021-02-13)

34. Black-crowned Night-Heron (2021-02-14)

35. Harlequin Duck (2021-02-20)

36. Northern Wren (2021-02-25)

37. Brown Dipper (2021-02-25)

38. Merlin (2021-02-27)

39. Rook (2021-02-27)

40. Pine Bunting (2021-02-27)

41. Meadow Bunting (2021-02-27)

42. Northern Goshawk (2021-02-27)

43. Oriental Turtle Dove (2021-02-27)

44. Solitary Snipe (2021-03-07)

45. Black Woodpecker (2021-03-07)

46. Great Spotted Woodpecker (2021-03-08)

47. Willow Tit (2021-03-08)

48. Peregrine Falcon (2021-03-12)

49. Smew (2021-03-12)

50. Common Pochard (2021-03-12)

51. Daurian Redstart (2021-03-13)

52. Grey Heron (2021-03-13)

53. Tufted Duck (2021-03-16)

54. Gadwall (2021-03-16)

55. Northern Shoveler (2021-03-16)

56. Eurasian Wigeon (2021-03-16)

57. Falcated Duck (2021-03-16)

58. Carrion Crow (South Asian) (2021-03-16)

59. Black-tailed Gull (2021-03-16)

60. Black-headed Gull (2021-03-16)

61. Mew Gull (2021-03-16)

62. Great Crested Grebe (2021-03-17)

63. White Wagtail (2021-03-19)

64. Common Starling (2021-03-21)

65. Black-backed Wagtail (2021-03-21)

66. Daurian Jackdaw (2021-03-22)

67. Red-crowned Crane / Japanese Crane (2021-03-22)

68. Vega Gull (Mongolian) (2021-03-22)

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

70. Bean Goose (2021-03-22)

71. Eurasian Eagle-Owl (2021-03-22)

72. Northern Lapwing (2021-03-22)

73. Northern Pintail (2021-03-23)

74. White-cheeked Starling (2021-03-23)

75. Yellow-throated Bunting (2021-03-25)

76. Great Cormorant (2021-03-27)

77. Goosander (2021-03-27)

78. Rock Pigeon (2021-03-30)

79. Black-Billed Magpie (2021-03-30)

80. Tree Sparrow (2021-03-30)

81. Long-billed Plover (2021-04-01)

82. Mandarin Duck (2021-04-02)

83. Rustic Bunting (2021-04-02)

84. Scaly-sided Merganser (2021-04-02)

85. Common Sparrowhawk (2021-04-02)

86. Long-tailed Rosefinch (2021-04-06)

87. Eastern White Egret (2021-04-09)

88. Little Ringed Plover (2021-04-09)

89. Common Redshank (2021-04-09)

90. Spectacled Guillemot (2021-04-09)

91. Japanese Cormorant (2021-04-09)

92. Pelagic Cormorant (2021-04-14)

93. Red-breasted Merganser (2021-04-14)

94. Grey Wagtail (2021-04-14)

95. Barn Swallow (2021-04-14)

96. Pallas's Warbler (2021-04-19)

97. Marsh Tit (2021-04-19)

98. Red-flanked Bluetail (2021-04-19)

99. Black-faced Bunting (2021-04-19)

100. Yellow-browed Warbler (2021-04-19)

101. Common Oystercatcher (2021-04-20)

102. Far Eastern Curlew (2021-04-20)

103. Pale Thrush (2021-04-22)

104. Brambling (2021-04-22)

105. Stejneger's Stonechat (2021-04-24)

106. Chinese Yellow Wagtail (2021-04-26)

107. Greater Scaup (2021-04-26)

108. Kentish Plover (2021-04-28)

109. Common Kingfisher (2021-04-28)

110. Grey-backed Thrush (2021-04-28)

111. Eurasian Whimbrel (2021-04-30)

112. Long-toed Stint (2021-04-30)

113. Greater Ringed Plover (2021-04-30)

114. Garganey (2021-05-02)

115. Wood Sandpiper (2021-05-02)

116. Common Greenshank (2021-05-03)

117. Japanese Reed Bunting (2021-05-03)

118. Northern Reed Bunting (2021-05-03)

119. Bar-tailed Godwit (2021-05-03)

120. Black-tailed Godwit (2021-05-03)

121. Spotted Redshank (2021-05-03)

122. Black-winged Stilt (2021-05-03)

123. Pacific Golden Plover (2021-05-03)

124. Northern Parrotbill (2021-05-03)

125. Ashy Minivet (2021-05-06)

126. Grey-tailed Tattler (2021-05-07)

127. Median Egret (2021-05-07)

128. Common Moorhen (2021-05-07)

129. Common Snipe (2021-05-07)

130. Black-faced Spoonbill (2021-05-07)

131. Eurasian Spoonbill (2021-05-08)

132. Rufous-necked Stint (2021-05-08)

133. Sharp-tailed Sandpiper (2021-05-08)

134. Olive-backed Pipit (2021-05-08)

135. Tristram's Bunting (2021-05-08)

136. Little Bunting (2021-05-08)

137. Eastern Yellow Wagtail (2021-05-11)

138. Blue-and-white Flycatcher (2021-05-13)

139. Eurasian Woodcock (2021-05-13)

140. Pied Harrier (2021-05-15)

141. Dunlin (2021-05-17)

142. Ruddy Turnstone (2021-05-17)

143. Terek Sandpiper (2021-05-17)

144. Eurasian Curlew (2021-05-17)

145. Little Tern (2021-05-17)

146. Pacific Swift (2021-05-19)

147. Black-browed Reed-warbler (2021-05-19)

148. Eyebrowed Thrush (2021-05-19)

149. Bull-headed Shrike (2021-05-20)

150. Brown Shrike (2021-05-20)

151. White-winged Tern (2021-05-22)

152. Sand Martin (2021-05-22)

153. Common Sandpiper (2021-05-23)

154. Purple-backed Starling (2021-05-25)

155. Eastern Crowned Leaf-warbler (2021-05-25)

156. Yellow-rumped Flycatcher (2021-05-25)

157. Black Drongo (2021-05-25)

158. Dark-bellied Brent Goose (2021-05-27)

159. Common Redpoll (2021-05-27)

160. Red-throated Pipit (2021-05-27)

161. Northern Wheatear (2021-05-28)

162. Sandhill Crane (2021-05-28)

163. Temminck's Stint (2021-05-28)

164. Common Raven (2021-05-28)

165. Red-necked Phalarope (2021-05-29)

166. Bewick's Swan (2021-05-29)

167. Long-tailed Skua (2021-05-29)

168. Snow Bunting (2021-05-30)

169. Tundra Swan (2021-05-31)

170. Long-tailed Duck (2021-05-31)

171. Northern House-Martin (2021-05-31)

172. Western Sandpiper (2021-06-01)

173. Willow Ptarmigan (2021-06-01)

174. Lapland Longspur (2021-06-01)

175. Arctic Skua (2021-06-01)

176. Red-throated Loon (2021-06-02)

177. American Scoter (2021-06-03)

178. Bluethroat (2021-06-03)

179. Lanceolated Warbler (2021-06-08)

180. Arctic Warbler (2021-06-08)

181. Vega Gull (2021-06-10)

182. Pallas's Reed Bunting (2021-06-10)

183. Willow Warbler (2021-06-10)

184. Ruff (2021-06-11)

185. Semipalmated Plover (2021-06-11)

186. White-winged Scoter (2021-06-11)

187. Siberian Rubythroat (2021-06-11)

188. Hoary Redpoll (2021-06-12)

189. Arctic Loon (2021-06-13)

190. Pine Grosbeak (2021-06-13)

191. Dusky Warbler (2021-06-13)

192. Pectoral Sandpiper (2021-06-14)

193. Baikal Teal (2021-06-14)

194. Red-Necked Grebe (2021-06-15)

195. House Sparrow (2021-06-16)

196. Common or Green-winged Teal (2021-06-18)

197. Pechora Pipit (2021-06-20)

198. Arctic Tern (2021-06-21)

199. Common Eider (2021-06-21)

200. Common Chiffchaff (2021-06-22)

201. Little Grebe (2021-07-03)

202. Common Coot (2021-07-03)

203. Common Kestrel (2021-07-03)

204. Thick-billed Warbler (2021-07-03)

205. Manchurian Bush-Warbler (2021-07-03)

206. Yellow-breasted Bunting (2021-07-07)

207. Richard's Pipit (2021-07-07)

208. Chestnut-eared Bunting (2021-07-07)

209. Eurasian Hobby (2021-07-11)

210. Chestnut-cheeked Starling (2021-07-12)

211. Blue Rock Thrush (2021-07-14)

212. Chinese Egret (2021-07-25)

213. Mountain Hawk-Eagle (2021-08-05)

214. Striated Heron (2021-08-14)

215. Marsh Sandpiper (2021-08-21)

216. Broad-billed Sandpiper (2021-08-21)

217. Curlew Sandpiper (2021-08-21)

218. Lesser Sand Plover (2021-08-22)

219. Grey Plover (2021-08-26)

220. White's Thrush (2021-09-01)

221. Asian Brown Flycatcher (2021-09-01)

222. Sanderling (2021-09-03)

223. Grey-streaked Flycatcher (2021-09-04)

224. Great Knot (2021-09-07)

225. Chestnut-flanked White-eye (2021-09-20)

226. Siberian Accentor (2021-10-23)

227. Vinous-throated Parrotbill (2021-10-25)

228. Asian Rosy-Finch (2021-10-26)

229. Baikal Bullfinch (2021-11-02)

230. Hooded Crane (2021-11-02)

231. White-naped Crane (2021-11-02)

232. Common Crane (2021-11-02)

233. Brown-eared Bulbul (2021-11-06)

234. Northern Grey Shrike (2021-11-25)

recent uploads

2021-11-25. Northern Grey Shrike, Eastern Buzzard, Pin-tailed Snipe, Common Snipe.

2021-11-18. Peregrine Falcon.

2021-11-07. Common Crane, Brown-eared Bulbul, Falcated Duck, Long-tailed Rosefinch, Common Sparrowhawk.

2021-11-05. Baikal Bullfinch, Red-crowned Crane / Japanese Crane, Hooded Crane, White-naped Crane.

2021-10-26. Red-flanked Bluetail, Daurian Redstart, Siberian Accentor, Daurian Redstart, Vinous-throated Parrotbill, Asian Rosy-Finch, Meadow Bunting.

2021-09-26. Chestnut-flanked White-eye, Carrion Crow (South Asian), Bull-headed Shrike.

2021-09-07. Common Oystercatcher, Great Knot, Terek Sandpiper, Spotted Redshank, Bar-tailed Godwit, Pectoral Sandpiper.

2021-09-06. Grey Heron, Eurasian Whimbrel, Sanderling, Peregrine Falcon, Grey-streaked Flycatcher, White's Thrush, Asian Brown Flycatcher.

2021-08-26. Lesser Sand Plover, Ruff, Common Greenshank, Grey Plover, Curlew Sandpiper, Lesser Sand Plover, Ruff.

2021-08-21. Striated Heron, Rufous-necked Stint, Grey Heron, Sharp-tailed Sandpiper, Black-tailed Godwit, Marsh Sandpiper, Common Redshank, Red-necked Phalarope, Wood Sandpiper, Long-toed Stint, Broad-billed Sandpiper, Dunlin, Broad-billed Sandpiper, Curlew Sandpiper, Sharp-tailed Sandpiper, Ruff, Mountain Hawk-Eagle, Common Sandpiper.

2021-07-26. Blue Rock Thrush, Black-faced Spoonbill, Chinese Egret.

2021-07-12. Eurasian Hobby, Chestnut-cheeked Starling.

2021-07-07. Stejneger's Stonechat, Common Moorhen, Northern Reed Bunting, Yellow-breasted Bunting, Yellow-breasted Bunting, Richard's Pipit, Chestnut-eared Bunting, Chestnut-eared Bunting, Yellow-breasted Bunting, Sky Lark.

2021-07-05. Little Grebe, Common Coot, Common Kestrel, Thick-billed Warbler, Manchurian Bush-Warbler, Manchurian Bush-Warbler.

2021-07-01. Dark-bellied Brent Goose, Dark-bellied Brent Goose, Long-tailed Skua, Long-tailed Skua, Long-tailed Skua, Arctic Skua, Arctic Skua, Arctic Skua, Northern Wheatear, Sandhill Crane, Dusky Warbler, Willow Warbler, Arctic Warbler, Common Chiffchaff, Temminck's Stint, Common Redpoll, Red-throated Pipit, Greater Scaup, Northern Shoveler, Short-eared Owl, Common Raven.

Big Year 2021

1. Valery Shokhrin (240)
2. Alexander Rogal' (238)
3. Andrey Vyalkov (234)
4. Anatolii Khodakov (199)
5. Anna Golubeva (195)
6. Ilya Sukhov (175)
7. Andrey Chernykh (165)
8. Arseniy Markiv (162)
9. Irina Malykina (149)
10. Arsenii Iakovlev (135)

rare birds records

Ring-necked Duck (Aythya collaris)

© Alexander Yakovlev
2019-07-29
Chukotka, Lavrentiya

The second registration of the species in Russia. It was first encountered by T. Noa on July 2, 2017 in the Anadyr lowland near the village of Ugolnye Kopi (Noa, 2018).

Black bittern (Ixobrychus flavicollis)

© Valery Shokhrin
2021-09-07
Prymorsky kray, Proselochnay bay

First record in Russia

Grey-capped Woodpecker (Dendrocopos canicapillus)

© Vasiliy Dugintsov
2021-05-20

The first record of a nest of a Grey-capped Woodpecker in the Amur region.

Little Curlew (Numenius minutus)

© Valery Shokhrin
2021-04-16
Prymorsky kray, Kievka river

A very rare migratory species of Primorsky Krai.

more rarities...

recent video

2021-08-13. Oriental Greenfinch (Yana Pogodina), Grey Bunting (Yana Pogodina).

2021-08-06. Taiga Flycatcher (Yana Pogodina).

2021-08-05. Spotted Nutcracker (Yana Pogodina).

2020-06-14. Great Spotted Woodpecker (Victor Feldsherov).

2020-04-06. Grey-Headed Woodpecker (Yulya Goroshko).

2020-04-04. Mandarin Duck (Pavel Petrushin), Oriental Stork (Pavel Petrushin), Oriental Stork (Pavel Petrushin).

2017-11-26. American Scoter (Ilya Ukolov).

2017-10-07. White-bellied Green-Pigeon (Ilya Ukolov).

2017-10-01. Siberian Grouse (Alexander Yakovlev).

unidentified birds

2021-11-26

Дмитрий Коробов: монгольская)

2021-11-25

Дмитрий Коробов: Молодой полевой. Хвост ещё не дорос...

2021-11-17

Николай Балацкий: Проблема в определении птиц находится из-за дробления орнитологами многих видов до географических рас.

2021-11-13

Илья Сухов: Валерий, спасибо большое. Модераторов прошу удалить!

2021-11-13

albert: Игорь, посмотрел внимательнее на имеющиеся у меня фото крошек Сибири и Якутии, так и есть не крошка... брюхо и пестрины на шее не те... по брюху [....]

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