Big Year in Ukraine. Birds of Ukraine.

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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 (184)

2. Loboda Egor (181)

3. Vietokhin Ihor (154)

4. Kyselova Inna (148)

5. Davydov Denys (146)

6. Komarovskiy Alex (142)

7. Ortik Irina (142)

8. Studzinska Maya (124)

9. Petrychenko Dmytro (109)

10. Skiter Artem (109)

11. Makhovska Oksana (89)

12. Martsun Oleg (86)

13. Travelian Sergo (68)

14. Honcharyk Natalia (66)

15. Mis\'kov Andrey (66)

16. Simon Andrew (51)

17. Koval V (45)

18. Bodnar Vasil (37)

19. Kazannyk Vitalii (34)

20. Olenich Vsevolod (34)

21. Gedziuk Vlad (27)

22. Knysh Valerii (23)

23. Sheremet Oleg (23)

24. Kyselov Roman (18)

25. Ponomarova Sofia (12)

26. Otroshko Vitalii (10)

27. Gr Stanislavs (7)

28. Komarovskyi Dmytro (5)

29. Kovalchuk Oleksandr (4)

30. Rudenko Vadim (4)

31. Bronskov Oleksandr (3)

32. Kondrat Petro (3)

33. Sapuga Alex (3)

34. Drabina Natalia (1)

35. Melnik Anatoliy (1)

36. Nastachenko Oleksandr (1)

37. 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. Marsh Tit (2023-01-02)

42. Long-eared Owl (2023-01-03)

43. Hooded Crow (2023-01-03)

44. Eurasian Jackdaw (2023-01-03)

45. Eurasian Siskin (2023-01-03)

46. Goldcrest (2023-01-03)

47. Black Woodpecker (2023-01-04)

48. Red-crested Pochard (2023-01-04)

49. Syrian Woodpecker (2023-01-04)

50. Northern Reed Bunting (2023-01-04)

51. Common Chaffinch (2023-01-04)

52. Red Crossbill (2023-01-04)

53. Northern Bullfinch (2023-01-04)

54. Spotted Nutcracker (2023-01-04)

55. Crested Tit (2023-01-04)

56. Willow Tit (2023-01-04)

57. Firecrest (2023-01-04)

58. Eurasian Green Woodpecker (2023-01-04)

59. Black-headed Gull (2023-01-06)

60. Hawfinch (2023-01-07)

61. Eurasian Goldfinch (2023-01-07)

62. Crested Lark (2023-01-07)

63. Northern Goshawk (2023-01-07)

64. Hen Harrier (2023-01-07)

65. Common Kestrel (2023-01-08)

66. White-tailed Sea-Eagle (2023-01-08)

67. Horned Lark (2023-01-09)

68. Common Goldeneye (2023-01-10)

69. Eurasian Dipper (2023-01-10)

70. Tufted Duck (2023-01-11)

71. Mute Swan (2023-01-11)

72. Common Kingfisher (2023-01-11)

73. Herring Gull (2023-01-11)

74. Common Teal (2023-01-11)

75. Great Cormorant (2023-01-11)

76. Grey Heron (2023-01-11)

77. Great White Egret (2023-01-11)

78. Dunnock (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. White-Backed Woodpecker (2023-01-14)

84. Goosander (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. Greylag Goose (2023-01-28)

97. Ruddy Shelduck (2023-01-28)

98. Common Shelduck (2023-01-28)

99. Whooper Swan (2023-01-30)

100. Great Black-backed Gull (2023-01-30)

101. Little Grebe (2023-02-05)

102. Eurasian Wigeon (2023-02-05)

103. Greater Scaup (2023-02-05)

104. Smew (2023-02-05)

105. Little Owl (2023-02-09)

106. Common Redpoll (2023-02-09)

107. Yellow-legged Gull (2023-02-10)

108. Grey Wagtail (2023-02-13)

109. Wood Pigeon (2023-02-18)

110. Common Starling (2023-02-19)

111. Bewick's Swan (2023-02-25)

112. Stock Pigeon (2023-02-26)

113. Black-legged Kittiwake (2023-03-01)

114. Eastern Imperial Eagle (2023-03-01)

115. Northern Black Grouse (2023-03-02)

116. Garganey (2023-03-06)

117. White Wagtail (2023-03-08)

118. Wood Lark (2023-03-08)

119. Northern Pintail (2023-03-09)

120. Sky Lark (2023-03-10)

121. Song Thrush (2023-03-10)

122. Siberian Black-backed Gull (2023-03-10)

123. Lesser Black-backed Gull (2023-03-10)

124. Greater White-fronted Goose (2023-03-12)

125. Western Marsh-Harrier (2023-03-12)

126. Northern Lapwing (2023-03-13)

127. Common Stonechat (2023-03-13)

128. Green Sandpiper (2023-03-17)

129. White Stork (2023-03-17)

130. Northern Shoveler (2023-03-17)

131. Eurasian Bittern (2023-03-17)

132. Redwing (2023-03-19)

133. Black Redstart (2023-03-19)

134. Corn Bunting (2023-03-19)

135. Little Ringed Plover (2023-03-19)

136. Common Chiffchaff (2023-03-20)

137. Common Snipe (2023-03-22)

138. Dunlin (2023-03-23)

139. Ruff (2023-03-23)

140. Common Redshank (2023-03-23)

141. Black-tailed Godwit (2023-03-24)

142. Black Stork (2023-03-24)

143. Water Pipit (2023-03-26)

144. Ring Ouzel (2023-03-26)

145. Greater Spotted Eagle (2023-03-27)

146. Blackcap (2023-03-27)

147. European Serin (2023-03-28)

148. Meadow Pipit (2023-03-29)

149. Eurasian Woodcock (2023-03-30)

150. Black Kite (2023-03-30)

151. Black-Necked Grebe (2023-03-30)

152. Common Greenshank (2023-03-30)

153. Bluethroat (2023-03-31)

154. Caspian Tern (2023-03-31)

155. Pallas's Gull (2023-03-31)

156. Common Oystercatcher (2023-03-31)

157. Short-toed Snake Eagle (2023-04-01)

158. Yellow Wagtail (2023-04-01)

159. Black-headed Wagtail (2023-04-01)

160. Barn Swallow (2023-04-01)

161. Kentish Plover (2023-04-01)

162. Pied Avocet (2023-04-01)

163. Red-breasted Merganser (2023-04-01)

164. Lesser Spotted Eagle (2023-04-01)

165. Osprey (2023-04-01)

166. Common Sandpiper (2023-04-04)

167. Tree Pipit (2023-04-07)

168. Black-eared Wheatear (2023-04-07)

169. Whinchat (2023-04-09)

170. Savi's Warbler (2023-04-09)

171. Golden Eagle (2023-04-11)

172. Black-winged Stilt (2023-04-14)

173. Hoopoe (2023-04-14)

174. Great White Pelican (2023-04-15)

175. Pied Flycatcher (2023-04-15)

176. Marsh Sandpiper (2023-04-15)

177. Eurasian Reed Warbler (2023-04-15)

178. Purple Heron (2023-04-15)

179. Northern Wheatear (2023-04-16)

180. Red-footed Falcon (2023-04-16)

181. Eurasian Wryneck (2023-04-16)

182. Willow Warbler (2023-04-16)

183. Pallid Harrier (2023-04-17)

184. Citrine Wagtail (Western) (2023-04-17)

185. Wood Sandpiper (2023-04-17)

186. Booted Eagle (2023-04-17)

187. Eurasian Hobby (2023-04-17)

188. Common Swift (2023-04-17)

189. Northern House Martin (2023-04-17)

190. Montagu's Harrier (2023-04-17)

191. Collared Flycatcher (2023-04-18)

192. Black-crowned Night Heron (2023-04-18)

193. Woodchat Shrike (2023-04-18)

194. Great Reed Warbler (2023-04-19)

195. Eurasian Whimbrel (2023-04-19)

196. Sedge Warbler (2023-04-19)

197. Wood Warbler (2023-04-21)

198. Common Whitethroat (2023-04-21)

199. Eurasian Golden Plover (2023-04-22)

200. Eurasian Curlew (2023-04-23)

201. Common Cuckoo (2023-04-23)

202. Lesser Whitethroat (2023-04-23)

203. Jack Snipe (2023-04-23)

204. Common Nightingale (2023-04-23)

205. Thrush Nightingale (2023-04-25)

206. Common Tern (2023-04-25)

207. Sand Martin (2023-04-26)

208. Eurasian Redstart (2023-04-28)

209. Whiskered Tern (2023-04-29)

210. White-winged Tern (2023-04-29)

211. Little Gull (2023-04-30)

212. Canada Goose (2023-05-01)

213. Red-backed Shrike (2023-05-02)

214. European Nightjar (2023-05-02)

215. Great Snipe (2023-05-03)

216. Temminck's Stint (2023-05-03)

217. Ortolan Bunting (2023-05-05)

218. Spotted Flycatcher (2023-05-05)

219. European Golden Oriole (2023-05-05)

220. Black Tern (2023-05-06)

221. Spotted Crake (2023-05-06)

222. Spotted Redshank (2023-05-06)

223. Red-throated Pipit (2023-05-06)

224. Lesser Grey Shrike (2023-05-06)

225. Little Egret (2023-05-06)

226. Garden Warbler (2023-05-07)

227. Little Bittern (2023-05-08)

228. Little Tern (2023-05-08)

229. Eurasian Honey-Buzzard (2023-05-10)

230. European Bee-eater (2023-05-12)

231. Red-breasted Flycatcher (2023-05-12)

232. Black Swan (2023-05-12)

233. Corncrake (2023-05-12)

234. Pygmy Cormorant (2023-05-13)

235. Barred Warbler (2023-05-13)

236. Common Rosefinch (2023-05-14)

237. River Warbler (2023-05-15)

238. European Turtle Dove (2023-05-16)

239. Marsh Warbler (2023-05-17)

240. Tawny Pipit (2023-05-21)

241. Rosy Starling (2023-05-21)

242. Icterine Warbler (2023-05-21)

243. Booted Warbler (2023-05-23)

244. Little Crake (2023-05-25)

245. Ferruginous Duck (2023-05-26)

246. Glossy Ibis (2023-05-27)

247. Spanish Sparrow (2023-05-27)

248. Eurasian Roller (2023-05-27)

249. Yellow-billed Chough (2023-05-28)

250. Greater Ringed Plover (2023-05-28)

251. Little Stint (2023-05-28)

252. Sanderling (2023-05-28)

253. Paddyfield Warbler (2023-05-28)

254. Siberian Stonechat (2023-05-28)

255. Eastern Olivaceous Warbler (2023-05-28)

256. Slender-billed Gull (2023-06-01)

257. Grey Plover (2023-06-01)

258. Sandwich Tern (2023-06-01)

Big Year 2023

1. ALENA FOMINA (184)
2. Egor Loboda (181)
3. Ihor Vietokhin (154)
4. Inna Kyselova (148)
5. Denys Davydov (146)
6. Alex Komarovskiy (142)
7. Irina Ortik (142)
8. Maya Studzinska (124)
9. Artem Skiter (109)
10. Dmytro Petrychenko (109)

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

2023-05-19. Eurasian Jay (Stanislavs Gr).

2023-05-17. Eurasian Penduline Tit (Stanislavs Gr).

2023-05-11. Collared Flycatcher (Stanislavs Gr).

2023-05-09. European Golden Oriole (Stanislavs Gr).

2023-05-05. Collared Flycatcher (Stanislavs Gr).

2023-05-01. Great White Egret (Oksana Makhovska), Common Kingfisher (Oksana Makhovska), Eurasian Dipper (Oksana Makhovska).

2023-04-22. Common Chiffchaff (Stanislavs Gr).

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).

unidentified birds

2023-06-01

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2023-05-17

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2023-05-01

Василь Боднар: Скоріше яструб великий, а не малий.

2023-04-30

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2023-04-12

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more unidentified birds...