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Big Year 2026

The winner will submit the pictures of the largest number of bird species taken on the territory of our country during this year.

You can see previous years competitions results here: 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025

participants


* number inside brackets means the number of species photographed in 2026
9. Nazarbek Gani (161)
11. Yasko Anna (153)
12. Sagaliyev Nurum (146)
13. Shakula Fedor (144)
18. Ibatov Zhanibek (125)
19. Rekuts Irina (112)
20. Shatalov Andrey (111)
21. Ishchenko Ilia (104)
26. Ruzayev Aidos (87)
27. Malkov Yuriy (86)
29. Karimbay Amir (75)
31. Silan Serg (68)
34. Webb Kris (54)
35. Sivokon Olga (52)
37. Ishkov Leonid (42)
38. Merz Marina (41)
44. Magazov Aibar (32)
45. izoya sergey (30)
48. Nurgali Azat (24)
52. Morozov Maxim (11)
62. Iceberg Hera (1)

all species photographed in 2026


* in order of appearance (number inside brackets means the date of first record "month-day" )
1. Brambling (2026-01-01)
2. Mallard (2026-01-01)
3. Bohemian Waxwing (2026-01-01)
4. Great Spotted Woodpecker (2026-01-01)
5. Eurasian Jay (2026-01-01)
6. Great Cormorant (2026-01-01)
7. Desert Finch (2026-01-01)
8. Smew (2026-01-01)
9. Eurasian Wigeon (2026-01-01)
10. Great Grey Shrike (2026-01-01)
11. Western Marsh-Harrier (2026-01-01)
12. Pygmy Cormorant (2026-01-01)
13. White-tailed Sea-Eagle (2026-01-01)
14. Common Kingfisher (2026-01-01)
15. Common Pochard (2026-01-01)
16. Grey-headed Goldfinch (2026-01-01)
17. Eurasian Dipper (2026-01-01)
18. Eastern Buzzard (2026-01-01)
19. Carrion Crow (2026-01-01)
20. Red-mantled Rosefinch (2026-01-01)
21. Turkestan Tit (2026-01-01)
22. European Greenfinch (2026-01-01)
23. Mistle Thrush (2026-01-01)
24. Cinereous Vulture (2026-01-01)
25. Great Tit (2026-01-01)
26. Blue Tit (2026-01-01)
27. Eurasian Magpie (2026-01-01)
28. Fieldfare (2026-01-01)
29. Common Treecreeper (2026-01-01)
30. Goldcrest (2026-01-01)
31. Eurasian Nuthatch (2026-01-01)
32. Hawfinch (2026-01-01)
33. Grey-Headed Woodpecker (2026-01-01)
34. Common Chaffinch (2026-01-01)
35. Azure Tit (2026-01-01)
36. Eurasian Blackbird (2026-01-01)
37. Rook (2026-01-01)
38. Black-throated Thrush (2026-01-01)
39. Eurasian Collared Dove (2026-01-01)
40. Crested Lark (2026-01-01)
41. Hooded Crow (2026-01-01)
42. House Sparrow (2026-01-01)
43. Common Raven (2026-01-01)
44. Steppe Eagle (2026-01-01)
45. Black Lark (2026-01-01)
46. Great White Egret (2026-01-01)
47. Green Sandpiper (2026-01-01)
48. Common Teal (2026-01-01)
49. Tree Sparrow (2026-01-02)
50. Common Goldeneye (2026-01-02)
51. White-Backed Woodpecker (2026-01-02)
52. Ring-billed Gull (2026-01-02)
53. Coal Tit (2026-01-02)
54. Mute Swan (2026-01-02)
55. Alpine Accentor (2026-01-02)
56. Yellow-billed Chough (2026-01-02)
57. Eversmann's Redstart (2026-01-02)
58. Red-billed Chough (2026-01-02)
59. Red-fronted Serin (2026-01-02)
60. Golden Eagle (2026-01-02)
61. Northern Bullfinch (2026-01-02)
62. Rock Pigeon (2026-01-02)
63. Goosander (2026-01-02)
64. Common Kestrel (2026-01-02)
65. Water Pipit (2026-01-02)
66. Wallcreeper (2026-01-02)
67. Masked Wagtail (2026-01-02)
68. Laughing Dove (2026-01-02)
69. Wood Pigeon (2026-01-02)
70. Lesser Whitethroat (2026-01-02)
71. European Robin (2026-01-02)
72. Common Sparrowhawk (2026-01-02)
73. Ruddy Shelduck (2026-01-02)
74. Eurasian Goldfinch (2026-01-02)
75. Long-tailed Tit (2026-01-02)
76. Eurasian Jackdaw (2026-01-02)
77. Water Rail (2026-01-03)
78. Common Coot (2026-01-03)
79. White-headed Duck (2026-01-03)
80. Little Grebe (2026-01-03)
81. Hen Harrier (2026-01-03)
82. Ferruginous Duck (2026-01-03)
83. Long-tailed Rosefinch (2026-01-03)
84. Redwing (2026-01-03)
85. Common Moorhen (2026-01-03)
86. Long-legged Buzzard (2026-01-03)
87. Chukar Partridge (2026-01-03)
88. Common Mynah (2026-01-03)
89. White-browed Tit-Warbler (2026-01-03)
90. Dunnock (2026-01-03)
91. Willow Tit (2026-01-03)
92. Saker Falcon (2026-01-03)
93. Red-breasted Rosefinch (2026-01-03)
94. Lammergeier (2026-01-03)
95. Brandt's Rosefinch (2026-01-03)
96. White-winged Grosbeak (2026-01-03)
97. Brown Accentor (2026-01-03)
98. Great Rosefinch (2026-01-03)
99. Solitary Snipe (2026-01-03)
100. White-winged Snowfinch (2026-01-03)
101. Baikal Bullfinch (2026-01-04)
102. Grey Partridge (2026-01-04)
103. Eurasian Bittern (2026-01-04)
104. Red-breasted Merganser (2026-01-04)
105. Common Snipe (2026-01-04)
106. Black-Necked Grebe (2026-01-04)
107. Tufted Duck (2026-01-04)
108. Grey Heron (2026-01-04)
109. Northern Reed Bunting (2026-01-04)
110. Northern Pintail (2026-01-04)
111. White-Winged Woodpecker (2026-01-04)
112. Common Crane (2026-01-04)
113. Black Woodpecker (2026-01-04)
114. Horned Lark (2026-01-05)
115. Black Redstart (2026-01-05)
116. Eurasian Siskin (2026-01-05)
117. Lesser Spotted Woodpecker (2026-01-05)
118. Pine Grosbeak (2026-01-05)
119. Mew Gull (2026-01-06)
120. Caspian Gull (2026-01-06)
121. Snowy Owl (2026-01-06)
122. Ural Owl (2026-01-07)
123. Little Egret (2026-01-07)
124. Common Starling (2026-01-07)
125. Eurasian Linnet (2026-01-07)
126. Common Redpoll (2026-01-07)
127. Himalayan Snowcock (2026-01-07)
128. Yellowhammer (2026-01-08)
129. Common Buzzard (2026-01-08)
130. Northern Goshawk (2026-01-08)
131. Northern Black Grouse (2026-01-08)
132. Common Pheasant (2026-01-08)
133. Common Redshank (2026-01-08)
134. Whooper Swan (2026-01-08)
135. Greylag Goose (2026-01-08)
136. Dalmatian Pelican (2026-01-08)
137. Great Crested Grebe (2026-01-08)
138. Black-headed Gull (2026-01-08)
139. Meadow Bunting (2026-01-08)
140. White-winged Lark (2026-01-08)
141. Blue-capped Redstart (2026-01-09)
142. White Wagtail (2026-01-09)
143. Black Kite (2026-01-09)
144. Herring Gull (2026-01-09)
145. White Stork (2026-01-09)
146. Merlin (2026-01-09)
147. Pallas's Gull (2026-01-09)
148. Eastern Imperial Eagle (2026-01-09)
149. Streaked Scrub Warbler (2026-01-09)
150. Bewick's Swan (2026-01-09)
151. Great Black-backed Gull (2026-01-10)
152. Siberian Black-backed Gull (2026-01-10)
153. Pander's Ground-Jay (2026-01-10)
154. Spotted Nutcracker (2026-01-11)
155. Red Crossbill (2026-01-11)
156. Little Owl (2026-01-11)
157. Rough-legged Buzzard (2026-01-11)
158. Corn Bunting (2026-01-11)
159. Red-crested Pochard (2026-01-12)
160. Calandra Lark (2026-01-12)
161. Dunlin (2026-01-12)
162. Eurasian Eagle-Owl (2026-01-13)
163. Northern Wren (2026-01-13)
164. Cetti's Warbler (2026-01-13)
165. Common Chiffchaff (2026-01-13)
166. Long-eared Owl (2026-01-13)
167. Great Bustard (2026-01-13)
168. Rock Sparrow (2026-01-14)
169. Sky Lark (2026-01-16)
170. Spanish Sparrow (2026-01-16)
171. Peregrine Falcon (2026-01-17)
172. Lesser Short-toed Lark (2026-01-17)
173. Meadow Pipit (2026-01-17)
174. Brown Dipper (2026-01-18)
175. Guldenstadt's Redstart (2026-01-18)
176. Slender-billed Gull (2026-01-19)
177. Northern Shoveler (2026-01-20)
178. Greater Scaup (2026-01-21)
179. Slavonian Grebe (2026-01-22)
180. Stock Pigeon (2026-01-23)
181. Twite (2026-01-24)
182. Gadwall (2026-01-24)
183. Rustic Bunting (2026-01-25)
185. Boreal Owl (2026-01-29)
186. Black-throated Accentor (2026-01-30)
187. Ibisbill (2026-01-30)
188. Eastern Rock Nuthatch (2026-02-01)
189. Finsch's Wheatear (2026-02-03)
190. Black-Bellied Sandgrouse (2026-02-03)
191. Lapland Longspur (2026-02-04)
192. Pine Bunting (2026-02-05)
193. Snow Bunting (2026-02-06)
194. Songar Tit (2026-02-07)
195. Asian Rosy-Finch (2026-02-08)
196. Short-eared Owl (2026-02-09)
197. Greater White-fronted Goose (2026-02-11)
198. Bearded Tit (2026-02-11)
199. Wood Lark (2026-02-13)
200. Blue Whistling Thrush (2026-02-14)
201. Upland Buzzard (2026-02-15)
202. Common Shelduck (2026-02-15)
203. Northern Lapwing (2026-02-17)
204. Hoopoe (2026-02-18)
205. Caucasian Chiffchaff (2026-02-18)
206. Yellow-breasted Tit (2026-02-18)
207. Variable Wheatear (2026-02-19)
208. Eurasian Woodcock (2026-02-22)
209. Ruff (2026-02-24)
210. Little Bustard (2026-02-24)
211. Greater Flamingo (2026-02-28)
212. Baraba Steppe Gull (2026-03-02)
213. Desert Wheatear (2026-03-04)
214. Isabelline Wheatear (2026-03-04)
215. Oriental Lark (2026-03-06)
216. Macqueen's Bustard (2026-03-07)
217. Little Bunting (2026-03-07)
218. Citrine Wagtail (2026-03-08)
219. Little Ringed Plover (2026-03-08)
220. Rock Bunting (2026-03-08)
221. Garganey (2026-03-09)
222. Lesser Black-backed Gull (2026-03-09)
223. Plain Mountain Finch (2026-03-12)
224. Common Swift (2026-03-12)
225. Northern House Martin (2026-03-14)
226. Turkestan Shrike (2026-03-14)
227. Himalayan Vulture (2026-03-15)
228. Common Greenshank (2026-03-15)
229. Grey Wagtail (2026-03-15)
230. Greater Short-toed Lark (2026-03-17)
231. Pied Wheatear (2026-03-18)
232. Isabelline Shrike (2026-03-19)
233. Great White Pelican (2026-03-20)
234. Demoiselle Crane (2026-03-20)
235. Barn Swallow (2026-03-20)
236. Pallid Harrier (2026-03-20)
237. Common Oystercatcher (2026-03-20)
238. Pallas's Sandgrouse (2026-03-21)
239. White-crowned Penduline Tit (2026-03-21)
240. Common Sandpiper (2026-03-21)
241. Kentish Plover (2026-03-21)
242. Steppe Grey Shrike (2026-03-25)
243. Short-toed Snake-Eagle (2026-03-25)
244. Siberian Stonechat (2026-03-26)
245. Osprey (2026-03-26)
246. Bluethroat (2026-03-26)
247. Tree Pipit (2026-03-27)
248. Northern Wheatear (2026-03-27)
249. Eurasian Curlew (2026-03-27)
250. Black-headed Wagtail (2026-03-27)
251. Marsh Sandpiper (2026-03-28)
252. Little Stint (2026-03-28)
253. Eurasian Crag Martin (2026-03-28)
254. Egyptian Vulture (2026-03-28)
255. Tawny Pipit (2026-03-28)
256. Jack Snipe (2026-03-28)
257. Alpine Swift (2026-03-29)
258. Glossy Ibis (2026-03-30)
259. Caspian Tern (2026-03-31)
260. Pied Avocet (2026-03-31)
261. Montagu's Harrier (2026-03-31)
262. European Stonechat (2026-03-31)
263. Song Thrush (2026-03-31)
264. Black-crowned Night Heron (2026-04-01)
265. Black-winged Stilt (2026-04-01)
266. Griffon Vulture (2026-04-02)
267. Gull-billed Tern (2026-04-04)
268. Yellow Wagtail (2026-04-04)
269. Black-headed Penduline Tit (2026-04-05)
270. Eurasian Stone Curlew (2026-04-05)
271. Brown-necked Raven (2026-04-05)
272. White-winged Tern (2026-04-06)
273. Purple Heron (2026-04-06)
274. Common Tern (2026-04-06)
275. Red-breasted Goose (2026-04-06)
276. Willow Warbler (2026-04-07)
277. Pied Flycatcher (2026-04-07)
278. Booted Eagle (2026-04-07)
279. Black Stork (2026-04-08)
280. Black-tailed Godwit (2026-04-09)
281. Eurasian Whimbrel (2026-04-11)
282. Mediterranean Gull (2026-04-11)
283. Paddyfield Warbler (2026-04-11)
284. Sand Martin (2026-04-11)
285. Eurasian Redstart (2026-04-11)
286. Pale Sand Martin (2026-04-11)
287. Bean Goose (2026-04-11)
288. Long-tailed Duck (2026-04-12)
289. Eurasian Penduline Tit (2026-04-12)
290. Whinchat (2026-04-12)
291. Sandwich Tern (2026-04-12)
292. Grey Plover (2026-04-12)
293. Bar-tailed Godwit (2026-04-12)
294. Red-Necked Grebe (2026-04-12)
295. Great Snipe (2026-04-14)
296. Sanderling (2026-04-14)
297. Curlew Sandpiper (2026-04-14)
298. Asian Desert Warbler (2026-04-15)
299. Cattle Egret (2026-04-16)
300. Red-necked Phalarope (2026-04-16)
301. Squacco Heron (2026-04-16)
302. Lesser Kestrel (2026-04-17)
303. Little Tern (2026-04-17)
304. Greater Ringed Plover (2026-04-17)
305. Spotted Crake (2026-04-18)
306. Red-rumped Swallow (2026-04-18)
307. Eurasian Hobby (2026-04-18)
308. Ortolan Bunting (2026-04-18)
310. Eurasian Wryneck (2026-04-19)
311. Hume's Warbler (2026-04-19)
312. Black-breasted Tit (2026-04-19)
313. Savi's Warbler (2026-04-19)
314. Moustached Warbler (2026-04-19)
315. Little Gull (2026-04-20)
316. Arctic Skua (2026-04-20)
317. Red-breasted Flycatcher (2026-04-20)
318. Wood Sandpiper (2026-04-20)
319. Broad-billed Sandpiper (2026-04-21)
320. Ruddy Turnstone (2026-04-21)
321. European Bee-eater (2026-04-21)
322. Eurasian Roller (2026-04-21)
323. Greater Spotted Eagle (2026-04-21)
324. White-tailed Lapwing (2026-04-22)
325. Terek Sandpiper (2026-04-22)
326. Common Whitethroat (2026-04-22)
327. Whiskered Tern (2026-04-22)
328. Great Reed Warbler (2026-04-22)
329. Common Rosefinch (2026-04-22)
330. Eurasian Spoonbill (2026-04-22)
331. Shikra (2026-04-23)
332. Blackcap (2026-04-23)
333. Menetries Warbler (2026-04-23)
334. Arctic Loon (2026-04-23)
335. Red-throated Pipit (2026-04-24)
336. Indian Sparrow (2026-04-24)
337. Semi-collared Flycatcher (2026-04-25)
338. Marsh Warbler (2026-04-25)
339. Spotted Flycatcher (2026-04-25)
340. Little Bittern (2026-04-25)
341. Eurasian Scops-Owl (2026-04-25)
342. Rufous-tailed Rock Thrush (2026-04-25)
343. Black-winged Pratincole (2026-04-25)
344. Sulphur-bellied Warbler (2026-04-25)
345. Syke's Warbler (2026-04-25)
346. Willow Ptarmigan (2026-04-25)
347. Collared Pratincole (2026-04-25)
348. Common Nightingale (2026-04-26)
349. Bimaculated Lark (2026-04-26)
350. Black Tern (2026-04-26)
351. Barred Warbler (2026-04-26)
352. Yellow-backed Wagtail (2026-04-26)
353. Syrian Woodpecker (2026-04-27)
354. Barnacle Goose (2026-04-27)
355. Blue-cheeked Bee-eater (2026-04-28)
356. Rosy Starling (2026-04-28)
357. Lesser Grey Shrike (2026-04-28)
358. Long-tailed Shrike (2026-04-28)
359. Common Quail (2026-04-29)
360. Greenish Warbler (2026-04-29)
361. Common Cuckoo (2026-04-29)
362. Thrush Nightingale (2026-04-29)
363. Blyth's Reed Warbler (2026-04-29)
364. Asian Paradise Flycatcher (2026-04-29)
365. Indian Golden Oriole (2026-04-30)
366. Temminck's Stint (2026-04-30)
367. Crested Honey-Buzzard (2026-04-30)
368. Red-headed Bunting (2026-05-01)
369. Red-backed Shrike (2026-05-01)
370. White-capped Bunting (2026-05-01)
371. Mongolian Finch (2026-05-01)
372. Grey-necked Bunting (2026-05-01)
373. Eastern Orphean Warbler (2026-05-01)
374. Blue Rock Thrush (2026-05-01)
375. Rufous Bush Robin (2026-05-01)
376. Oriental Turtle Dove (2026-05-02)
377. Yellow-eyed Pigeon (2026-05-02)
378. Little Crake (2026-05-02)
379. Spotted Redshank (2026-05-02)
380. Pied Bushchat (2026-05-03)
381. Booted Warbler (2026-05-05)
382. European Golden Oriole (2026-05-07)
383. Western Grasshopper Warbler (2026-05-07)
384. Eurasian Honey-Buzzard (2026-05-07)
385. Greater Sand Plover (2026-05-07)
386. Garden Warbler (2026-05-09)
387. Eastern Olivaceous Warbler (2026-05-09)
388. Pallid Scops Owl (2026-05-09)
389. Lesser Sand Plover (2026-05-09)
390. European Nightjar (2026-05-09)
391. Saxaul Sparrow (2026-05-10)
392. Hume's Whitethroat (2026-05-12)
393. Sociable Lapwing (2026-05-13)
394. Red-footed Falcon (2026-05-21)
395. Sedge Warbler (2026-05-22)
396. Asiatic Dowitcher (2026-05-23)
397. Himalayan Rubythroat (2026-05-23)
398. Corncrake (2026-05-24)
399. Relict Gull (2026-05-24)
400. Clamorous Reed Warbler (2026-05-29)
401. Oriental Cuckoo (2026-05-29)
402. European Turtle Dove (2026-05-29)
403. Caspian Plover (2026-05-30)

rare birds records


Great Snipe (Gallinago media)

© Vasilii Bastaev
2026-05-08
Karakol lake, Mangystau

The second record of a rare migratory species this season.


Great Snipe (Gallinago media)

© Qanatbek Kenzhegulov
2026-04-14
Aktau, Mangystau region

A rare passage species in Kazakhstan. The most recent photographic record in the country was made on 21 April 2022 in the Suzak District of Turkestan Region (Martin Grienenberger; see the website gallery). In Mangystau Region, only two records supported by photographic evidence are known from recent decades of the 21st century: 20–24 May 2009 in the Kenderli area (Neve et al., 2010) and the present observation.


Northern Wren (Troglodytes troglodytes)

© Alexandr Fedulin
2026-03-30

A new species for the Teniz-Korgalzhinsky region. The first photographic confirmation on the website for the Kazakh Uplands. Recorded on March 28 and 30 in different parts of the village.


Northern Bullfinch (Pyrrhula pyrrhula)

© Margarita Davydova
2021-04-02
First president's park, Almaty

The first photo recording of a Northern Bullfinch in Almaty on the website is a rare sighting for a region where they were previously observed during wintering in the mid-20th century and have now become only occasionally encountered.

more rarities...

recent video

2026-01-18
Common Kestrel
(Ruslan Abutrapov)

2025-10-31
Great Cormorant
(Raouf Bairashev)

2025-08-31
Spotted Flycatcher
(Anna Yasko)

2025-07-01
Northern Hawk Owl
(Tungysh Zaparkulov)

2025-06-17
Great White Egret
(Irina Kuryanova)

2025-06-01
Blyth's Reed Warbler
(Irina Kuryanova)

2025-04-14
Grey-Headed Woodpecker
(sergey izoya)

2025-03-30
Great White Egret
(Anna Yasko)
Common Kestrel
(Anna Yasko)

2025-03-23
Common Sparrowhawk
(Ksenia Serbina)
Great Tit
(Ksenia Serbina)

2025-02-07
Arctic Loon
(Irina Kuryanova)

2025-02-06
Red Crossbill
(Viktoriya Zvyaginceva)

2025-01-07
Eurasian Penduline Tit
(sergey izoya)

2024-08-03
Common Tern
(Viktoriya Zvyaginceva)

more video...

unidentified birds


2026-06-02

Bassel Abi Jummaa: booted eagle (Hieraaetus pennatus)

2026-06-02

Bassel Abi Jummaa: Mostly a sedge warbler Anna . (Acro schoenobaenus )

2026-06-02

Bassel Abi Jummaa: OK great . Thanks Anna

2026-06-02

Анна Ясько: Кряквы.

2026-06-02

Bassel Abi Jummaa: Blyth's reed warbler ( Acrocephalus Dometurum )

more unidentified birds...