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Big Year 2023

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 2019 2020 2021 2022

participants


* number inside brackets means the number of species photographed in 2023
1. FOMINA ALENA (86)
2. Loboda Egor (74)
5. Ortik Irina (59)
8. Skiter Artem (52)
11. Koval V (45)
13. Bodnar Vasil (27)
14. Gedziuk Vlad (27)
15. Martsun Oleg (23)
17. Knysh Valerii (16)
19. Simon Andrew (10)
27. Rys' Roman (1)

all species photographed in 2023


* in order of appearance (number inside brackets means the date of first record "month-day" )
1. Bohemian Waxwing (2023-01-01)
2. Common Moorhen (2023-01-01)
3. Common Coot (2023-01-01)
4. Mallard (2023-01-01)
5. House Sparrow (2023-01-01)
6. Tree Sparrow (2023-01-01)
7. Peregrine Falcon (2023-01-01)
8. Eurasian Collared Dove (2023-01-01)
9. Eurasian Pygmy-Owl (2023-01-01)
10. Great Tit (2023-01-01)
11. Common Raven (2023-01-01)
12. Eurasian Linnet (2023-01-01)
13. Eurasian Nuthatch (2023-01-01)
14. Coal Tit (2023-01-01)
15. Long-tailed Tit (2023-01-01)
16. Common Sparrowhawk (2023-01-01)
17. Rough-legged Buzzard (2023-01-01)
18. Great Grey Shrike (2023-01-01)
19. Brambling (2023-01-01)
20. Common Buzzard (2023-01-01)
21. Long-legged Buzzard (2023-01-01)
22. Common Pheasant (2023-01-01)
23. Common Crane (2023-01-01)
24. Eurasian Blackbird (2023-01-01)
25. Fieldfare (2023-01-01)
26. Yellowhammer (2023-01-01)
27. Lesser Spotted Woodpecker (2023-01-01)
28. Blue Tit (2023-01-02)
29. Grey-Headed Woodpecker (2023-01-02)
30. Black-Billed Magpie (2023-01-02)
31. Mew Gull (2023-01-02)
32. Rook (2023-01-02)
33. European Greenfinch (2023-01-02)
34. Caspian Gull (2023-01-02)
35. Eurasian Jay (2023-01-02)
36. Mistle Thrush (2023-01-02)
37. Great Spotted Woodpecker (2023-01-02)
38. Common Treecreeper (2023-01-02)
39. Northern Wren (2023-01-02)
40. Middle Spotted Woodpecker (2023-01-02)
41. Long-eared Owl (2023-01-03)
42. Hooded Crow (2023-01-03)
43. Eurasian Jackdaw (2023-01-03)
44. Eurasian Siskin (2023-01-03)
45. Goldcrest (2023-01-03)
46. Black Woodpecker (2023-01-04)
47. Red-crested Pochard (2023-01-04)
48. Syrian Woodpecker (2023-01-04)
49. Northern Reed Bunting (2023-01-04)
50. Common Chaffinch (2023-01-04)
51. Red Crossbill (2023-01-04)
52. Northern Bullfinch (2023-01-04)
53. Spotted Nutcracker (2023-01-04)
54. Crested Tit (2023-01-04)
55. Willow Tit (2023-01-04)
56. Firecrest (2023-01-04)
57. Eurasian Green Woodpecker (2023-01-04)
58. Black-headed Gull (2023-01-06)
59. Hawfinch (2023-01-07)
60. Eurasian Goldfinch (2023-01-07)
61. Marsh Tit (2023-01-07)
62. Crested Lark (2023-01-07)
63. Northern Goshawk (2023-01-07)
64. Hen Harrier (2023-01-07)
65. White-Backed Woodpecker (2023-01-07)
66. Common Kestrel (2023-01-08)
67. White-tailed Sea-Eagle (2023-01-08)
68. Horned Lark (2023-01-09)
69. Common Goldeneye (2023-01-10)
70. Eurasian Dipper (2023-01-10)
71. Tufted Duck (2023-01-11)
72. Mute Swan (2023-01-11)
73. Common Kingfisher (2023-01-11)
74. Herring Gull (2023-01-11)
75. Common Teal (2023-01-11)
76. Great Cormorant (2023-01-11)
77. Grey Heron (2023-01-11)
78. Great White Egret (2023-01-11)
79. Great Crested Grebe (2023-01-13)
80. Common Pochard (2023-01-13)
81. European Robin (2023-01-13)
82. Bearded Tit (2023-01-14)
83. Goosander (2023-01-14)
84. Greylag Goose (2023-01-14)
85. Merlin (2023-01-14)
86. Tawny Owl (2023-01-14)
87. Water Rail (2023-01-14)
88. Ural Owl (2023-01-15)
89. Bean Goose (2023-01-16)
90. Rock Pigeon (2023-01-16)
91. Gadwall (2023-01-16)
92. Eurasian Penduline Tit (2023-01-20)
93. Grey Partridge (2023-01-20)
94. Velvet Scoter (2023-01-21)
95. Mandarin Duck (2023-01-23)
96. Ruddy Shelduck (2023-01-28)
97. Common Shelduck (2023-01-28)
98. Whooper Swan (2023-01-30)
99. Great Black-backed Gull (2023-01-30)
100. Little Grebe (2023-02-05)
101. Eurasian Wigeon (2023-02-05)
102. Greater Scaup (2023-02-05)
103. Smew (2023-02-05)
104. Little Owl (2023-02-09)
105. Common Redpoll (2023-02-09)
106. Yellow-legged Gull (2023-02-10)
107. Grey Wagtail (2023-02-13)
108. Wood Pigeon (2023-02-18)
109. Common Starling (2023-02-19)
110. Bewick's Swan (2023-02-25)
111. Stock Pigeon (2023-02-26)
112. Black-legged Kittiwake (2023-03-01)
113. Eastern Imperial Eagle (2023-03-01)
114. Northern Black Grouse (2023-03-02)
115. Garganey (2023-03-06)
116. White Wagtail (2023-03-08)
117. Northern Pintail (2023-03-09)
118. Sky Lark (2023-03-10)
119. Song Thrush (2023-03-10)
120. Siberian Black-backed Gull (2023-03-10)
121. Lesser Black-backed Gull (2023-03-10)
122. Greater White-fronted Goose (2023-03-12)
123. Western Marsh-Harrier (2023-03-12)
124. Northern Lapwing (2023-03-13)
125. Common Stonechat (2023-03-13)
126. Wood Lark (2023-03-17)
127. Green Sandpiper (2023-03-17)
128. White Stork (2023-03-17)
129. Northern Shoveler (2023-03-17)
130. Eurasian Bittern (2023-03-17)
131. Redwing (2023-03-19)
132. Black Redstart (2023-03-19)
133. Corn Bunting (2023-03-19)
134. Little Ringed Plover (2023-03-19)
135. Common Chiffchaff (2023-03-20)

Big Year 2023

1. ALENA FOMINA (86)
2. Egor Loboda (74)
3. Denys Davydov (73)
4. Inna Kyselova (68)
5. Irina Ortik (59)
6. Alex Komarovskiy (57)
7. Ihor Vietokhin (54)
8. Artem Skiter (52)
9. Maya Studzinska (51)
10. Dmytro Petrychenko (48)
more...

rare birds records


Black-legged Kittiwake (Rissa tridactyla)

© Alex Komarovskiy
2023-03-01



Steppe Eagle (Aquila nipalensis)

© Oleksandr Burkovsky
2022-09-04

A rare vagrant, formerly nesting species of southern Ukraine. The first observation in Odesa region in decades and the first photo from its territory.


Turkestan Short-toed Lark (Alaudala heinei)

© Oleksandr Burkovsky
2021-12-29

Rare vagrant and wintering species. There is no reliable information on nesting in the last 10 years. At the same time the species is also observed in Bulgaria and Cyprus. The first confirmed record in Odesa region.


Glaucous Gull (Larus hyperboreus)

© Yuriy Kodrul
2021-12-12
Odessa Oblast

The rare wintering species. Young individuals are more common.

more rarities...

recent video

2023-02-25. Lesser Spotted Woodpecker (Stanislavs Gr).

2023-01-04. Sky Lark (Andrew Simon).

2022-04-04. White Wagtail (Stanislavs Gr).

2022-01-30. Horned Lark (Valerii Knysh).

2022-01-29. Black Woodpecker (David Golodetsky).

2022-01-04. Eurasian Bittern (David Golodetsky).

2021-11-10. Northern Bullfinch (Alexender Zabolotnyy).

2021-11-07. Great Tit (Stanislavs Gr).

2021-11-04. Rook (Alexender Zabolotnyy).

2021-11-02. Grey Partridge (Andrew Simon).

2021-10-31. Common Sparrowhawk (Alexender Zabolotnyy).

2021-10-28. Hooded Crow (Alexender Zabolotnyy).

2021-10-24. European Robin (Stanislavs Gr).

2021-10-19. Tree Sparrow (Alexender Zabolotnyy).

2021-10-17. Long-eared Owl (Stanislavs Gr).

more video...

unidentified birds


2023-03-17

Артем Скітер: Якщо тут є така можливість, то можна видалити

2023-03-01

no any comments:

2023-01-30

no any comments:

2023-01-21

no any comments:

2023-01-03

Egor Loboda: Дякую, також схиляюсь більше до сивого, хоча шукав трипалого, але марно на цей раз.

more unidentified birds...