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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: 2015 2016 2017 2018

participants

* number inside brackets means the number of species photographed in 2019

1. Komarovskyi Dmytro (198)

2. Chernolyev Yevgen (197)

3. Pylypiuk Kostiantyn (195)

4. Travelian Sergo (189)

5. Kyselova Inna (186)

6. Sheremet Oleg (176)

7. Komarovskiy Alex (155)

8. Snitsar Oleh (147)

9. Martsun Oleg (146)

10. Petrovych Serhii (139)

11. Gedziuk Vlad (138)

12. Kuzhel Katerina (136)

13. Rydik Maksym (136)

14. Kolisnichenko Nataliya (126)

15. Pavlenko Elena (109)

16. Yaremchuk Roman (107)

17. Tymkiv Polina (102)

18. Bodnar Vasil (101)

19. Gorshkov Kyrylo (101)

20. Kotyk Roman (96)

21. Simon Andrew (94)

22. Maliarchuk Yulian (83)

23. Gajduk Olga (82)

24. Kodrul Yuriy (81)

25. Stepanov Yakov (81)

26. Knysh Valerii (66)

27. Nechyporuk Maksym (66)

28. Lavrenchuk Ivan (61)

29. Ghryb Olexandr (60)

30. Merzlikin Volodymyr (56)

31. Mosienko Vitaliy (52)

32. Kovalchuk Oleksandr (50)

33. Bazdyrev Andrey (44)

34. Otroshko Vitalii (37)

35. Chernolyev Vladislav (32)

36. Sapuga Alex (31)

37. Irina Belik (24)

38. Stanislav Martinson (24)

39. Ryzhkov Sergey (13)

40. Kondrat Petro (10)

41. Popenko Vladimir (9)

42. Gr Stanislavs (7)

43. Hryniuk Petro (7)

44. Borysenko Mykola (5)

45. Dubovyk Oleksii (4)

46. Litovkina Elina (4)

47. Nechiporenko Yuriy (4)

48. Reznikov Aleksandr (3)

49. Tereshchenko Darya (3)

50. Liubov Kasatkina (2)

51. Raldugina Oksana (2)

52. Repin Andrii (2)

53. Sevidov Viktor (2)

54. G Victoria (1)

55. Gleba Vasil (1)

56. Honcharyk Natalia (1)

57. Kazannyk Vitalii (1)

58. Kozodavov Serhiy (1)

59. Lavrenchuk Olha (1)

60. Petrychenko Dmytro (1)

61. Tertychna Daryna (1)

all species photographed in 2019

* in order of appearance (number inside brackets means the date of first record "month-day" )

1. Common Chaffinch (2019-01-01)

2. Great Spotted Woodpecker (2019-01-01)

3. Eurasian Jay (2019-01-01)

4. Tree Sparrow (2019-01-01)

5. Great Grey Shrike (2019-01-01)

6. European Greenfinch (2019-01-01)

7. Ural Owl (2019-01-01)

8. Lesser Spotted Woodpecker (2019-01-01)

9. Fieldfare (2019-01-01)

10. Marsh Tit (2019-01-01)

11. Black-Billed Magpie (2019-01-01)

12. Blue Tit (2019-01-01)

13. Long-tailed Tit (2019-01-01)

14. Great Tit (2019-01-01)

15. House Sparrow (2019-01-01)

16. Rock Pigeon (2019-01-01)

17. Common Treecreeper (2019-01-01)

18. Common Buzzard (2019-01-01)

19. Rough-legged Buzzard (2019-01-01)

20. Eurasian Penduline Tit (2019-01-01)

21. Red-crested Pochard (2019-01-01)

22. Northern Bullfinch (2019-01-01)

23. Brambling (2019-01-01)

24. Hawfinch (2019-01-01)

25. Mistle Thrush (2019-01-01)

26. Rook (2019-01-01)

27. Northern Wren (2019-01-01)

28. Common Coot (2019-01-01)

29. Mew Gull (2019-01-01)

30. Long-eared Owl (2019-01-01)

31. Eurasian Siskin (2019-01-01)

32. Green Sandpiper (2019-01-01)

33. Water Rail (2019-01-01)

34. Grey Heron (2019-01-01)

35. Common Raven (2019-01-01)

36. Hen Harrier (2019-01-01)

37. Mallard (2019-01-01)

38. Goosander (2019-01-01)

39. Eurasian Nuthatch (2019-01-01)

40. Grey-Headed Woodpecker (2019-01-01)

41. Syrian Woodpecker (2019-01-01)

42. Common Redpoll (2019-01-01)

43. Common Sparrowhawk (2019-01-01)

44. Goldcrest (2019-01-01)

45. Yellowhammer (2019-01-01)

46. Eurasian Linnet (2019-01-01)

47. Common Goldeneye (2019-01-01)

48. Eurasian Collared Dove (2019-01-01)

49. Eurasian Goldfinch (2019-01-01)

50. Stock Pigeon (2019-01-01)

51. Black Woodpecker (2019-01-01)

52. Northern Goshawk (2019-01-01)

53. Coal Tit (2019-01-01)

54. Eurasian Dipper (2019-01-01)

55. Eurasian Jackdaw (2019-01-01)

56. Little Grebe (2019-01-02)

57. Common Moorhen (2019-01-02)

58. Mute Swan (2019-01-02)

59. Middle Spotted Woodpecker (2019-01-02)

60. Hooded Crow (2019-01-02)

61. Dunnock (2019-01-02)

62. Common Starling (2019-01-02)

63. Bearded Tit (2019-01-02)

64. Eurasian Blackbird (2019-01-02)

65. Grey Partridge (2019-01-03)

66. Eurasian Wigeon (2019-01-03)

67. Black-headed Gull (2019-01-03)

68. White-tailed Sea-Eagle (2019-01-03)

69. Caspian Gull (2019-01-03)

70. European Robin (2019-01-03)

71. Tufted Duck (2019-01-03)

72. Common Teal (2019-01-03)

73. Egyptian Goose (2019-01-03)

74. Pygmy Cormorant (2019-01-03)

75. White-Backed Woodpecker (2019-01-04)

76. Greater White-fronted Goose (2019-01-04)

77. Great Crested Grebe (2019-01-04)

78. Great White Egret (2019-01-05)

79. Black Redstart (2019-01-05)

80. Northern Reed Bunting (2019-01-05)

81. Herring Gull (2019-01-05)

82. Whooper Swan (2019-01-05)

83. Red Crossbill (2019-01-05)

84. Common Kestrel (2019-01-05)

85. Wood Duck (2019-01-05)

86. Common Pochard (2019-01-05)

87. Crested Lark (2019-01-06)

88. Grey Wagtail (2019-01-07)

89. Eurasian Green Woodpecker (2019-01-07)

90. Bluethroat (2019-01-07)

91. Common Kingfisher (2019-01-07)

92. Barnacle Goose (2019-01-07)

93. Smew (2019-01-07)

94. Great Cormorant (2019-01-07)

95. Black-Necked Grebe (2019-01-07)

96. Snow Bunting (2019-01-07)

97. Bohemian Waxwing (2019-01-07)

98. Short-eared Owl (2019-01-08)

99. Spotted Nutcracker (2019-01-08)

100. Corn Bunting (2019-01-08)

101. Long-legged Buzzard (2019-01-09)

102. Horned Lark (2019-01-10)

103. Western Marsh-Harrier (2019-01-12)

104. Great Black-backed Gull (2019-01-12)

105. Arctic Loon (2019-01-12)

106. Wood Pigeon (2019-01-13)

107. Crested Tit (2019-01-16)

108. Northern Pintail (2019-01-17)

109. Peregrine Falcon (2019-01-18)

110. Greater Scaup (2019-01-18)

111. Common Pheasant (2019-01-19)

112. Merlin (2019-01-19)

113. Calandra Lark (2019-01-19)

114. Bewick's Swan (2019-01-19)

115. Gadwall (2019-01-19)

116. Red-Necked Grebe (2019-01-19)

117. Twite (2019-01-20)

118. Common Eider (2019-01-20)

119. Velvet Scoter (2019-01-20)

120. Eurasian Curlew (2019-01-21)

121. Dunlin (2019-01-21)

122. Red Knot (2019-01-21)

123. Grey Plover (2019-01-21)

124. Common Shelduck (2019-01-21)

125. Yellow-legged Gull (2019-01-21)

126. Rustic Bunting (2019-01-22)

127. Red-breasted Merganser (2019-01-22)

128. Little Gull (2019-01-24)

129. Firecrest (2019-02-02)

130. Tawny Owl (2019-02-10)

131. Little Owl (2019-02-10)

132. Northern Shoveler (2019-02-10)

133. Greylag Goose (2019-02-10)

134. Griffon Vulture (2019-02-10)

135. Willow Tit (2019-02-10)

136. Eastern Imperial Eagle (2019-02-11)

137. Black Kite (2019-02-11)

138. Water Pipit (2019-02-17)

139. Ruddy Shelduck (2019-02-17)

140. Short-toed Tree-Creeper (2019-02-19)

141. Meadow Pipit (2019-02-24)

142. White Wagtail (2019-02-24)

143. Sky Lark (2019-02-25)

144. Eurasian Three-Toed Woodpecker (2019-03-02)

145. Wood Lark (2019-03-02)

146. Mandarin Duck (2019-03-02)

147. Northern Lapwing (2019-03-03)

148. Common Redshank (2019-03-04)

149. Pied Avocet (2019-03-04)

150. Common Crane (2019-03-06)

151. Northern Black Grouse (2019-03-06)

152. Northern Hazelhen (2019-03-07)

153. Bean Goose (2019-03-09)

154. White Stork (2019-03-10)

155. Pallas's Gull (2019-03-10)

156. Northern Wheatear (2019-03-10)

157. Common Stonechat (2019-03-10)

158. Red-breasted Goose (2019-03-10)

159. Hoopoe (2019-03-12)

160. Eurasian Golden Plover (2019-03-13)

161. Sandwich Tern (2019-03-13)

162. Song Thrush (2019-03-15)

163. Common Snipe (2019-03-16)

164. Western Capercaillie (2019-03-17)

165. Lesser Black-backed Gull (2019-03-18)

166. Jack Snipe (2019-03-18)

167. Siberian Black-backed Gull (2019-03-18)

168. Garganey (2019-03-19)

169. Redwing (2019-03-19)

170. Black Stork (2019-03-23)

171. Common Chiffchaff (2019-03-23)

172. Eurasian Pygmy-Owl (2019-03-23)

173. Ruff (2019-03-23)

174. Little Ringed Plover (2019-03-23)

175. Common Oystercatcher (2019-03-24)

176. Kentish Plover (2019-03-24)

177. Slender-billed Gull (2019-03-24)

178. Black-winged Stilt (2019-03-24)

179. Short-toed Snake Eagle (2019-03-29)

180. Eurasian Woodcock (2019-03-29)

181. Black-tailed Godwit (2019-03-31)

182. Lesser Spotted Eagle (2019-03-31)

183. Eurasian Bittern (2019-04-02)

184. European Serin (2019-04-02)

185. Eurasian Wryneck (2019-04-05)

186. Common Sandpiper (2019-04-05)

187. Boreal Owl (2019-04-05)

188. Great Grey Owl (2019-04-05)

189. Yellow Wagtail (2019-04-05)

190. Ferruginous Duck (2019-04-05)

191. Blackcap (2019-04-05)

192. Willow Warbler (2019-04-05)

193. Common Greenshank (2019-04-06)

194. Pallid Harrier (2019-04-06)

195. Tree Pipit (2019-04-06)

196. Northern House Martin (2019-04-06)

197. Common Swift (2019-04-06)

198. Gull-billed Tern (2019-04-06)

199. Demoiselle Crane (2019-04-06)

200. Purple Heron (2019-04-06)

201. Spotted Redshank (2019-04-07)

202. Spur-winged Lapwing (2019-04-07)

203. Citrine Wagtail (Western) (2019-04-07)

204. Red-throated Pipit (2019-04-07)

205. Eurasian Spoonbill (2019-04-07)

206. Black-headed Wagtail (2019-04-07)

207. Barn Swallow (2019-04-07)

208. Pied Flycatcher (2019-04-07)

209. Wood Sandpiper (2019-04-07)

210. Osprey (2019-04-07)

211. Eurasian Dotterel (2019-04-07)

212. Isabelline Wheatear (2019-04-07)

213. Greater Short-toed Lark (2019-04-07)

214. Mediterranean Gull (2019-04-07)

215. Eurasian Redstart (2019-04-07)

216. Tawny Pipit (2019-04-07)

217. Eurasian Scops-Owl (2019-04-09)

218. Savi's Warbler (2019-04-11)

219. Eurasian Reed Warbler (2019-04-11)

220. Pied Wheatear (2019-04-12)

221. Common Tern (2019-04-13)

222. Lesser Whitethroat (2019-04-14)

223. Montagu's Harrier (2019-04-17)

224. Great White Pelican (2019-04-17)

225. Eurasian Hobby (2019-04-18)

226. Common Nightingale (2019-04-18)

227. Collared Flycatcher (2019-04-18)

228. Glossy Ibis (2019-04-18)

229. Booted Eagle (2019-04-18)

230. Whinchat (2019-04-18)

231. Dalmatian Pelican (2019-04-18)

232. Wood Warbler (2019-04-19)

233. Spanish Sparrow (2019-04-19)

234. Little Stint (2019-04-19)

235. Black-crowned Night Heron (2019-04-19)

236. Caspian Tern (2019-04-20)

237. Red-footed Falcon (2019-04-21)

238. Terek Sandpiper (2019-04-21)

239. Greater Spotted Eagle (2019-04-21)

240. Little Crake (2019-04-22)

241. Black Tern (2019-04-24)

242. Whiskered Tern (2019-04-24)

243. Marsh Sandpiper (2019-04-25)

244. Little Tern (2019-04-25)

245. Arctic Skua (2019-04-26)

246. Great Reed Warbler (2019-04-26)

247. European Bee-eater (2019-04-26)

248. Red-rumped Swallow (2019-04-26)

249. Common Cuckoo (2019-04-27)

250. Sedge Warbler (2019-04-27)

251. Common Whitethroat (2019-04-27)

252. Garden Warbler (2019-04-27)

253. European Turtle Dove (2019-04-28)

254. Ortolan Bunting (2019-04-28)

255. White-winged Tern (2019-04-28)

256. Paddyfield Warbler (2019-04-28)

257. Woodchat Shrike (2019-04-28)

258. Spotted Flycatcher (2019-04-28)

259. River Warbler (2019-04-28)

260. Little Bittern (2019-04-29)

261. Sand Martin (2019-04-29)

262. Little Egret (2019-04-29)

263. Cattle Egret (2019-04-30)

264. Azure Tit (2019-05-02)

265. Saker Falcon (2019-05-02)

266. Eurasian Honey-Buzzard (2019-05-02)

267. Siberian Stonechat (2019-05-02)

268. Cinereous Vulture (2019-05-03)

269. Squacco Heron (2019-05-04)

270. Red-backed Shrike (2019-05-04)

271. Temminck's Stint (2019-05-04)

272. Thrush Nightingale (2019-05-04)

273. Eurasian Stone Curlew (2019-05-05)

274. Eurasian Whimbrel (2019-05-05)

275. European Golden Oriole (2019-05-05)

276. Eurasian Roller (2019-05-05)

277. Curlew Sandpiper (2019-05-06)

278. Barred Warbler (2019-05-06)

279. European Nightjar (2019-05-09)

280. Icterine Warbler (2019-05-09)

281. Red-breasted Flycatcher (2019-05-10)

282. Lesser Grey Shrike (2019-05-11)

283. Common Rosefinch (2019-05-11)

284. Red-necked Phalarope (2019-05-12)

285. Black-headed Bunting (2019-05-12)

286. Levant Sparrowhawk (2019-05-12)

287. Marsh Warbler (2019-05-12)

288. Corncrake (2019-05-13)

289. Collared Pratincole (2019-05-13)

290. Western Grasshopper Warbler (2019-05-13)

291. Greater Ringed Plover (2019-05-18)

292. Rosy Starling (2019-05-19)

293. Aquatic Warbler (2019-05-26)

294. Common Quail (2019-05-27)

295. Alpine Swift (2019-06-02)

296. Sanderling (2019-06-09)

297. European Shag (2019-06-13)

298. Bar-tailed Godwit (2019-06-15)

299. Eastern Olivaceous Warbler (2019-06-17)

300. Moustached Warbler (2019-07-13)

301. Alpine Accentor (2019-07-20)

302. Ring Ouzel (2019-07-20)

303. Ruddy Turnstone (2019-07-24)

Big Year 2019

1. Komarovskyi Dmytro (198)
2. Chernolyev Yevgen (197)
3. Pylypiuk Kostiantyn (195)
4. Travelian Sergo (189)
5. Kyselova Inna (186)
6. Sheremet Oleg (176)
7. Komarovskiy Alex (155)
8. Snitsar Oleh (147)
9. Martsun Oleg (146)
10. Petrovych Serhii (139)

rare birds records

Red-rumped Swallow (Hirundo daurica)

© Kostiantyn Pylypiuk
2019-04-26

The third meeting for the Azov-Black Sea region and Ukraine at all, with the exception of Island Zmijinyi and Crimean Peninsula, where this species is now nesting.

Cattle Egret (Bubulcus ibis)

© Vladimir Popenko
2019-04-30

A rare type of vagrants. It is known about a dozen meetings of this specie in the country for all time of observation.

Woodchat Shrike (Lanius senator)

© Kostiantyn Pylypiuk
2019-04-28

In general, ше is a rare bird for the country. Occurs during spring migrations in the Northwest Black Sea region.

Spur-winged Lapwing (Vanellus spinosus)

© Yevgen Chernolyev
2019-04-07
Odesa oblast

Second registration in Ukraine. The first meeting dates back to 1837, also near Odessa.

more rarities...

recent video

2019-08-17. Common Chaffinch (Stanislavs Gr).

2019-06-23. Common Swift (Yakov Stepanov).

2019-06-22. Common Coot (Yakov Stepanov).

2019-06-19. Common Coot (Yakov Stepanov).

2019-06-17. Black Tern (Yakov Stepanov).

2019-06-02. Great Reed Warbler (Stanislavs Gr).

2019-05-11. Great Reed Warbler (Nikola Zmievskiy).

2019-05-08. Northern Black Grouse (Oleh Snitsar).

2019-04-06. Black-tailed Godwit (Yakov Stepanov).

2019-03-26. Great Crested Grebe (Yakov Stepanov).

2019-03-20. Goldcrest (Nataliya Kolisnichenko), Long-tailed Tit (Nataliya Kolisnichenko).

2019-02-24. Northern Reed Bunting (Nikola Zmievskiy).

2019-02-05. Yellowhammer (Nikola Zmievskiy).

2019-01-25. European Robin (Nataliya Kolisnichenko).

unidentified birds

2019-08-16

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Петро Гринюк: + за попелюхів

Петро Гринюк: Тут однозначно не визначити. На фото представник із очеретянок Acrocephalus sp. По місцю фотогравуванні, датам та біотопам цих ділянок можна сказати, [....]

2019-08-12

Кирило Горшков: І на інших фото також?

Петро Гринюк: Схиляюся більше до вівчарика-ковалика.

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