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  • Gaviidae
    • Podicipediformes
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    • Pelecaniformes
  • Pelecanidae
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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 our country during this year.

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

    participants


    * number inside brackets means the number of species photographed in 2019
    5. Sukhov Ilya (201)
    6. Malkov Yuriy (184)
    14. Kim Natali (107)
    15. Yasko Anna (107)
    17. Bevza Ivan (100)
    20. Silan Serg (95)
    21. Merz Marina (88)
    26. Belyalov Oleg (70)
    31. Bolbotov Gleb (55)
    36. Gubin Boris (46)
    38. Eroglu Ihsan (41)
    40. Sivokon Olga (40)
    42. Simon Andrew (33)
    45. Meek Albert (28)
    48. Tanaev Kirill (16)
    49. Georgi Boris (12)
    55. Bell Darren (7)
    59. Sedykh Irina (6)
    68. Ni Dmitriy (3)
    72. Karpov Fedor (2)
    73. Khumar Timur (2)
    74. Rage Vitaliy (2)
    75. Sykes Tim (2)
    77. Dalnova Olga (1)
    81. Kim Mikhail (1)
    82. Minns Sean (1)

    all species photographed in 2019


    * in order of appearance (number inside brackets means the date of first record "month-day" )
    1. Hawfinch (2019-01-01)
    2. Northern Bullfinch (2019-01-01)
    3. Fieldfare (2019-01-01)
    4. Red-fronted Serin (2019-01-01)
    5. Brambling (2019-01-01)
    6. Eurasian Blackbird (2019-01-01)
    7. Eurasian Magpie (2019-01-01)
    8. Eurasian Nuthatch (2019-01-01)
    9. Eurasian Dipper (2019-01-01)
    10. Long-tailed Tit (2019-01-01)
    11. Hooded Crow (2019-01-01)
    12. Great Tit (2019-01-01)
    13. Rock Pigeon (2019-01-01)
    14. Common Redpoll (2019-01-01)
    15. Bohemian Waxwing (2019-01-01)
    16. Common Chaffinch (2019-01-01)
    17. Azure Tit (2019-01-02)
    18. Eurasian Siskin (2019-01-02)
    19. Common Raven (2019-01-02)
    20. Great Rosefinch (2019-01-02)
    21. Black-throated Thrush (2019-01-02)
    22. Mistle Thrush (2019-01-02)
    23. Grey-Headed Woodpecker (2019-01-02)
    24. Great Spotted Woodpecker (2019-01-02)
    25. Common Sparrowhawk (2019-01-02)
    26. Goosander (2019-01-02)
    27. Tree Sparrow (2019-01-02)
    28. Mallard (2019-01-02)
    29. Common Goldeneye (2019-01-02)
    30. Great Grey Shrike (2019-01-02)
    31. Eurasian Collared Dove (2019-01-02)
    32. Laughing Dove (2019-01-02)
    33. Eurasian Goldfinch (2019-01-02)
    34. Long-tailed Rosefinch (2019-01-02)
    35. Baikal Bullfinch (2019-01-02)
    36. Upland Buzzard (2019-01-02)
    37. Golden Eagle (2019-01-02)
    38. Rough-legged Buzzard (2019-01-02)
    39. Eastern Imperial Eagle (2019-01-02)
    40. White-tailed Sea-Eagle (2019-01-02)
    41. Common Pheasant (2019-01-02)
    42. Peregrine Falcon (2019-01-02)
    43. Carrion Crow (2019-01-03)
    44. Grey-headed Goldfinch (2019-01-03)
    45. White-Backed Woodpecker (2019-01-03)
    46. Merlin (2019-01-03)
    47. Northern Goshawk (2019-01-03)
    48. Coal Tit (2019-01-03)
    49. Willow Tit (2019-01-03)
    50. Black Lark (2019-01-03)
    51. Tufted Duck (2019-01-04)
    52. Smew (2019-01-04)
    53. Common Mynah (2019-01-04)
    54. Water Pipit (2019-01-05)
    55. Yellowhammer (2019-01-05)
    56. Corn Bunting (2019-01-05)
    57. Common Kestrel (2019-01-05)
    58. Northern Reed Bunting (2019-01-05)
    59. Horned Lark (2019-01-05)
    60. Water Rail (2019-01-05)
    61. Hen Harrier (2019-01-05)
    62. Grey Partridge (2019-01-05)
    63. Crested Lark (2019-01-05)
    64. Great White Egret (2019-01-05)
    65. Caspian Gull (2019-01-05)
    66. Mew Gull (2019-01-05)
    67. Black Redstart (2019-01-05)
    68. Black-headed Gull (2019-01-05)
    69. Red-mantled Rosefinch (2019-01-05)
    70. European Robin (2019-01-05)
    71. Common Snipe (2019-01-05)
    72. Ibisbill (2019-01-05)
    73. Common Treecreeper (2019-01-06)
    74. Eurasian Jay (2019-01-06)
    75. Chukar Partridge (2019-01-06)
    76. Eversmann's Redstart (2019-01-06)
    77. Eurasian Jackdaw (2019-01-06)
    78. Daurian Jackdaw (2019-01-06)
    79. Spotted Nutcracker (2019-01-06)
    80. Common Buzzard (2019-01-06)
    81. Wallcreeper (2019-01-06)
    82. Eastern Buzzard (2019-01-06)
    83. Turkestan Tit (2019-01-06)
    84. Northern Wren (2019-01-06)
    85. Rook (2019-01-07)
    86. White-browed Tit-Warbler (2019-01-07)
    87. Guldenstadt's Redstart (2019-01-07)
    88. Meadow Bunting (2019-01-07)
    89. European Greenfinch (2019-01-07)
    90. White-Winged Woodpecker (2019-01-07)
    91. Goldcrest (2019-01-07)
    92. Bearded Tit (2019-01-07)
    93. Gadwall (2019-01-07)
    94. Whooper Swan (2019-01-07)
    95. Mute Swan (2019-01-07)
    96. Long-eared Owl (2019-01-07)
    97. Wood Pigeon (2019-01-08)
    98. Lesser Spotted Woodpecker (2019-01-08)
    99. Godlewski's Bunting (2019-01-09)
    100. Ural Owl (2019-01-10)
    101. Sky Lark (2019-01-10)
    102. Cinereous Vulture (2019-01-10)
    103. Spanish Sparrow (2019-01-11)
    104. Common Teal (2019-01-11)
    105. Pallas's Rosefinch (2019-01-12)
    106. Red Crossbill (2019-01-12)
    107. Brown Dipper (2019-01-13)
    108. Solitary Snipe (2019-01-13)
    109. Northern Pintail (2019-01-13)
    110. Yellow-billed Chough (2019-01-13)
    111. Red-breasted Rosefinch (2019-01-13)
    112. Himalayan Snowcock (2019-01-13)
    113. Red-billed Chough (2019-01-13)
    114. House Sparrow (2019-01-13)
    115. Rock Sparrow (2019-01-14)
    116. Redwing (2019-01-17)
    117. Snowy Owl (2019-01-18)
    118. Snow Bunting (2019-01-18)
    119. Bewick's Swan (2019-01-18)
    120. Little Grebe (2019-01-19)
    121. Steppe Eagle (2019-01-19)
    122. Ruddy Shelduck (2019-01-19)
    123. Baraba Steppe Gull (2019-01-19)
    124. Greylag Goose (2019-01-19)
    125. Common Shelduck (2019-01-19)
    126. Common Pochard (2019-01-19)
    127. Red-crested Pochard (2019-01-19)
    128. Eurasian Linnet (2019-01-19)
    129. Common Chiffchaff (2019-01-19)
    130. Long-legged Buzzard (2019-01-19)
    131. Red-breasted Merganser (2019-01-20)
    132. White-winged Tern (2019-01-20)
    133. Great Crested Grebe (2019-01-21)
    134. Common Starling (2019-01-22)
    135. Bean Goose (2019-01-23)
    136. Pine Bunting (2019-01-26)
    137. Black-Necked Grebe (2019-01-31)
    138. Lammergeier (2019-02-01)
    139. Short-eared Owl (2019-02-02)
    140. Blue Tit (2019-02-02)
    141. Blue Whistling Thrush (2019-02-03)
    142. Songar Tit (2019-02-03)
    143. White-winged Grosbeak (2019-02-03)
    144. Alpine Accentor (2019-02-03)
    145. Ring-billed Gull (2019-02-08)
    146. Western Marsh-Harrier (2019-02-08)
    147. Northern Lapwing (2019-02-09)
    148. Common Redshank (2019-02-09)
    149. Pygmy Cormorant (2019-02-09)
    150. Northern Black Grouse (2019-02-10)
    151. Asian Rosy-Finch (2019-02-14)
    152. Red-breasted Goose (2019-02-15)
    153. Greater White-fronted Goose (2019-02-15)
    154. Grey Heron (2019-02-15)
    155. Common Coot (2019-02-15)
    156. Stock Pigeon (2019-02-15)
    157. Long-tailed Duck (2019-02-16)
    158. Finsch's Wheatear (2019-02-16)
    159. Mongolian Finch (2019-02-16)
    160. Little Owl (2019-02-16)
    161. Desert Finch (2019-02-16)
    162. Pallas's Gull (2019-02-17)
    163. Northern Shoveler (2019-02-17)
    164. Little Bustard (2019-02-17)
    165. Calandra Lark (2019-02-19)
    166. Eurasian Wigeon (2019-02-19)
    167. Willow Ptarmigan (2019-02-23)
    168. Dalmatian Pelican (2019-02-24)
    169. Masked Wagtail (2019-02-24)
    170. Great Cormorant (2019-02-28)
    171. Yellow-breasted Tit (2019-03-01)
    172. Cetti's Warbler (2019-03-02)
    173. Ferruginous Duck (2019-03-02)
    174. White Wagtail (2019-03-03)
    175. Great Bustard (2019-03-03)
    176. Common Crane (2019-03-03)
    177. Siberian Black-backed Gull (2019-03-05)
    178. Black-throated Accentor (2019-03-06)
    179. Northern Hawk Owl (2019-03-06)
    180. Desert Wheatear (2019-03-08)
    181. Isabelline Wheatear (2019-03-08)
    182. Rock Bunting (2019-03-08)
    183. Eastern Rock Nuthatch (2019-03-09)
    184. Black Kite (2019-03-09)
    185. Isabelline Shrike (2019-03-10)
    186. Pied Wheatear (2019-03-11)
    187. Greater Flamingo (2019-03-12)
    188. Citrine Wagtail (2019-03-12)
    189. Alpine Swift (2019-03-12)
    190. Eurasian Woodcock (2019-03-13)
    191. Hoopoe (2019-03-14)
    192. Steppe Grey Shrike (2019-03-14)
    193. Greater Sand Plover (2019-03-14)
    194. Greater Short-toed Lark (2019-03-14)
    195. Macqueen's Bustard (2019-03-14)
    196. Asian Desert Warbler (2019-03-14)
    197. Demoiselle Crane (2019-03-15)
    198. Northern Wheatear (2019-03-15)
    199. Bimaculated Lark (2019-03-15)
    200. Variable Wheatear (2019-03-15)
    201. Rufous-tailed Rock Thrush (2019-03-15)
    202. Griffon Vulture (2019-03-16)
    203. Eurasian Eagle-Owl (2019-03-16)
    204. Saker Falcon (2019-03-16)
    205. Barn Swallow (2019-03-17)
    206. Pallid Harrier (2019-03-18)
    207. Little Ringed Plover (2019-03-18)
    208. Black-Bellied Sandgrouse (2019-03-18)
    209. Great White Pelican (2019-03-18)
    210. Dunnock (2019-03-19)
    211. Short-toed Snake-Eagle (2019-03-19)
    212. Turkestan Shrike (2019-03-19)
    213. Siberian Stonechat (2019-03-20)
    214. Pander's Ground-Jay (2019-03-20)
    215. Tawny Pipit (2019-03-20)
    216. Green Sandpiper (2019-03-20)
    217. White-crowned Penduline Tit (2019-03-20)
    218. Black Woodpecker (2019-03-21)
    219. Rustic Bunting (2019-03-21)
    220. Garganey (2019-03-22)
    221. Ruff (2019-03-22)
    222. Kentish Plover (2019-03-22)
    223. Indian Sparrow (2019-03-22)
    224. White-tailed Lapwing (2019-03-22)
    225. Black-tailed Godwit (2019-03-22)
    226. Plain Mountain Finch (2019-03-22)
    227. Slender-billed Gull (2019-03-23)
    228. Eurasian Curlew (2019-03-23)
    229. Eurasian Penduline Tit (2019-03-23)
    230. Bluethroat (2019-03-23)
    231. Pied Avocet (2019-03-23)
    232. Meadow Pipit (2019-03-23)
    233. Lesser Short-toed Lark (2019-03-23)
    234. Dunlin (2019-03-23)
    235. Little Stint (2019-03-23)
    236. White-headed Duck (2019-03-24)
    237. Black-breasted Tit (2019-03-24)
    238. White Stork (2019-03-25)
    239. Black-headed Wagtail (2019-03-25)
    240. Black Stork (2019-03-25)
    241. Yellow Wagtail (2019-03-25)
    242. Brown-necked Raven (2019-03-25)
    243. White-winged Lark (2019-03-25)
    244. Saxaul Sparrow (2019-03-26)
    245. Northern Hazelhen (2019-03-26)
    246. Tree Pipit (2019-03-27)
    247. Lesser Kestrel (2019-03-28)
    248. Grey Wagtail (2019-03-28)
    249. Himalayan Vulture (2019-03-28)
    250. Common Oystercatcher (2019-03-30)
    251. Red-necked Phalarope (2019-03-31)
    252. Caspian Tern (2019-04-03)
    253. Black-crowned Night Heron (2019-04-04)
    254. Eurasian Redstart (2019-04-04)
    255. Common Tern (2019-04-05)
    256. Eurasian Scops-Owl (2019-04-06)
    257. Glossy Ibis (2019-04-06)
    258. Jack Snipe (2019-04-06)
    259. Caspian Plover (2019-04-06)
    260. Pallas's Sandgrouse (2019-04-06)
    261. Common Moorhen (2019-04-07)
    262. Common Swift (2019-04-07)
    263. Song Thrush (2019-04-08)
    264. Montagu's Harrier (2019-04-08)
    265. Black-winged Stilt (2019-04-09)
    266. Himalayan Accentor (2019-04-09)
    267. Common Sandpiper (2019-04-10)
    268. Pied Flycatcher (2019-04-11)
    269. Hume's Warbler (2019-04-13)
    270. Greater Scaup (2019-04-15)
    271. Common Greenshank (2019-04-15)
    272. Paddyfield Warbler (2019-04-17)
    273. Sand Martin (2019-04-19)
    274. Common Kingfisher (2019-04-19)
    275. Eurasian Stone Curlew (2019-04-20)
    276. Northern House Martin (2019-04-20)
    277. Wood Warbler (2019-04-21)
    278. Willow Warbler (2019-04-21)
    279. Semi-collared Flycatcher (2019-04-21)
    280. Shikra (2019-04-22)
    281. Eurasian Wryneck (2019-04-22)
    282. Blackcap (2019-04-23)
    283. Spotted Flycatcher (2019-04-24)
    284. Barnacle Goose (2019-04-24)
    285. Marsh Sandpiper (2019-04-24)
    286. Lesser Whitethroat (2019-04-25)
    287. Ortolan Bunting (2019-04-25)
    288. Purple Heron (2019-04-26)
    289. Collared Pratincole (2019-04-26)
    290. Little Tern (2019-04-26)
    291. Terek Sandpiper (2019-04-26)
    292. Common Rosefinch (2019-04-26)
    293. Common Nightingale (2019-04-26)
    294. Booted Eagle (2019-04-27)
    295. Slavonian Grebe (2019-04-27)
    296. Common Cuckoo (2019-04-27)
    297. Whinchat (2019-04-28)
    298. Red-breasted Flycatcher (2019-04-28)
    299. Blue-capped Redstart (2019-04-28)
    300. Syke's Warbler (2019-04-29)
    301. Little Egret (2019-04-30)
    302. Red-throated Pipit (2019-05-01)
    303. Blue-cheeked Bee-eater (2019-05-01)
    304. Lesser Sand Plover (2019-05-01)
    305. Red-Necked Grebe (2019-05-01)
    306. Spotted Redshank (2019-05-01)
    307. Eurasian Whimbrel (2019-05-01)
    308. Temminck's Stint (2019-05-01)
    309. Black Tern (2019-05-01)
    310. Greater Spotted Eagle (2019-05-01)
    311. Little Bittern (2019-05-01)
    312. Bar-tailed Godwit (2019-05-02)
    313. Rosy Starling (2019-05-02)
    315. Black-winged Pratincole (2019-05-02)
    316. Long-tailed Shrike (2019-05-03)
    317. Pallid Scops Owl (2019-05-03)
    318. Streaked Scrub Warbler (2019-05-03)
    319. Greenish Warbler (2019-05-04)
    320. Wood Sandpiper (2019-05-04)
    321. Oriental Turtle Dove (2019-05-04)
    322. Yellow-eyed Pigeon (2019-05-04)
    323. Eurasian Hobby (2019-05-05)
    324. European Bee-eater (2019-05-05)
    325. Oriental Lark (2019-05-05)
    326. Red-headed Bunting (2019-05-05)
    327. European Turtle Dove (2019-05-05)
    328. Eurasian Crag Martin (2019-05-05)
    329. Grey-necked Bunting (2019-05-05)
    330. Red-flanked Bluetail (2019-05-06)
    331. Blyth's Reed Warbler (2019-05-07)
    332. Savi's Warbler (2019-05-07)
    333. Greater Ringed Plover (2019-05-07)
    334. Eurasian Golden Plover (2019-05-07)
    335. Little Gull (2019-05-07)
    336. Himalayan Rubythroat (2019-05-07)
    337. Great Reed Warbler (2019-05-07)
    338. Sulphur-bellied Warbler (2019-05-07)
    339. Collared Flycatcher (2019-05-07)
    340. White-capped Bunting (2019-05-07)
    341. Blue Rock Thrush (2019-05-07)
    342. Hume's Whitethroat (2019-05-07)
    343. Booted Warbler (2019-05-08)
    344. Woodchat Shrike (2019-05-08)
    345. Eurasian Spoonbill (2019-05-08)
    346. Red-backed Shrike (2019-05-08)
    347. Arctic Loon (2019-05-08)
    348. Ruddy Turnstone (2019-05-10)
    349. Brown Accentor (2019-05-10)
    350. Olive-backed Pipit (2019-05-10)
    351. Gull-billed Tern (2019-05-11)
    352. Common Whitethroat (2019-05-11)
    353. Eurasian Roller (2019-05-11)
    354. Clamorous Reed Warbler (2019-05-11)
    355. Red-footed Falcon (2019-05-11)
    356. Twite (2019-05-11)
    357. Richard's Pipit (2019-05-12)
    358. Egyptian Vulture (2019-05-13)
    359. Rufous Bush Robin (2019-05-13)
    360. Barred Warbler (2019-05-13)
    361. Lesser Grey Shrike (2019-05-13)
    362. Garden Warbler (2019-05-14)
    363. Pin-Tailed Sandgrouse (2019-05-15)
    364. Curlew Sandpiper (2019-05-16)
    365. Crested Honey-Buzzard (2019-05-16)
    366. Eurasian Honey-Buzzard (2019-05-17)
    367. European Golden Oriole (2019-05-18)
    368. Grey Plover (2019-05-18)
    369. Crimson-winged Finch (2019-05-19)
    370. Pale Sand Martin (2019-05-19)
    371. Eastern Orphean Warbler (2019-05-19)
    372. White-throated Robin (2019-05-20)
    373. Whiskered Tern (2019-05-20)
    374. Arctic Warbler (2019-05-20)
    375. Indian Golden Oriole (2019-05-21)
    376. Thrush Nightingale (2019-05-23)
    378. Yellow-backed Wagtail (2019-05-26)
    379. Sedge Warbler (2019-05-28)
    380. Red-rumped Swallow (2019-05-28)
    381. Sociable Lapwing (2019-05-30)
    382. Oriental Cuckoo (2019-05-31)
    383. Pied Bushchat (2019-06-01)
    384. Western Grasshopper Warbler (2019-06-01)
    385. Eurasian Reed Warbler (2019-06-04)
    386. Black-headed Penduline Tit (2019-06-04)
    387. Sanderling (2019-06-07)
    388. Eurasian Dotterel (2019-06-11)
    389. Ashy Drongo (2019-06-12)
    390. European Nightjar (2019-06-12)
    391. Icterine Warbler (2019-06-16)
    392. Relict Gull (2019-06-16)
    393. Asian Paradise Flycatcher (2019-06-23)
    394. Barbary Falcon (2019-06-24)
    395. White-winged Scoter (2019-06-27)
    396. Menetries Warbler (2019-07-03)
    397. Moustached Warbler (2019-07-08)
    398. Indian Pond Heron (2019-07-10)
    399. Wood Lark (2019-07-11)
    400. Siberian Tit (2019-07-17)
    401. Pine Grosbeak (2019-07-19)
    402. Common Quail (2019-07-31)
    403. Sandwich Tern (2019-08-03)
    405. Eurasian Bittern (2019-08-05)
    406. Siberian Rubythroat (2019-08-05)
    407. Pacific Swift (2019-08-08)
    408. Marsh Warbler (2019-08-14)
    409. Broad-billed Sandpiper (2019-08-17)
    410. Dusky Warbler (2019-08-25)
    411. Yellow-browed Warbler (2019-08-31)
    412. Spotted Crake (2019-09-06)
    413. Vega (Mongolian) Gull (2019-09-11)
    414. Levant Sparrowhawk (2019-09-12)
    415. Taiga Flycatcher (2019-09-12)
    416. Osprey (2019-09-15)
    417. Yellow-browed Bunting (2019-09-21)
    418. Pacific Golden Plover (2019-09-22)
    419. Rock Ptarmigan (2019-10-02)
    420. Red-throated Thrush (2019-10-04)
    421. Siberian Jay (2019-10-04)
    422. Buff-bellied Pipit (2019-10-05)
    423. Lapland Longspur (2019-10-24)
    424. Western Capercaillie (2019-10-31)
    425. Arctic Skua (2019-11-06)

    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

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    © Alexandr Fedulin
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    © Margarita Davydova
    2021-04-02
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