Big Year in Ukraine. Koval V. Birds of Ukraine

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Gaviiformes

Podicipediformes

Procellariiformes

Pelecaniformes

Phalacrocoracidae

Ciconiiformes

Threskiornithidae

Phoenicopteriformes

Phoenicopteridae

Anseriformes

Falconiformes

Galliformes

Gruiformes

Charadriiformes

Recurvirostridae

Pterocletiformes

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Cuculiformes

Strigiformes

Caprimulgiformes

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Paradoxornithidae

Koval V

members stats	map of photoshootings
total species: 107 total photos: 450 total videos: 0 total blogposts: 0

1. Northern Wren (2022-01-28)

2. Fieldfare (2022-01-30)

3. Eurasian Jay (2022-02-01)

4. Long-tailed Tit (2022-02-01)

5. Common Chaffinch (2022-02-02)

6. Great White Egret (2022-02-02)

7. Grey-Headed Woodpecker (2022-02-02)

8. Caspian Gull (2022-02-02)

9. Middle Spotted Woodpecker (2022-02-09)

10. Goldcrest (2022-02-09)

11. Northern Bullfinch (2022-02-11)

12. Eurasian Nuthatch (2022-02-13)

13. Coal Tit (2022-02-13)

14. Marsh Tit (2022-03-14)

15. Eurasian Dipper (2022-03-14)

16. Spotted Nutcracker (2022-03-20)

17. European Robin (2022-04-12)

18. Syrian Woodpecker (2022-04-25)

19. Lesser Whitethroat (2022-04-25)

20. Common Tern (2022-04-25)

21. Great Spotted Woodpecker (2022-04-28)

22. Wood Warbler (2022-04-28)

23. Wood Pigeon (2022-04-29)

24. Great Reed Warbler (2022-05-06)

25. Common Cuckoo (2022-05-10)

26. Black-Billed Magpie (2022-05-13)

27. Thrush Nightingale (2022-05-13)

28. Red-backed Shrike (2022-05-19)

29. Mute Swan (2022-05-19)

30. White-winged Tern (2022-05-19)

31. European Greenfinch (2022-05-23)

32. Black Tern (2022-05-23)

33. Sedge Warbler (2022-05-23)

34. Common Treecreeper (2022-05-24)

35. Collared Flycatcher (2022-05-24)

36. European Bee-eater (2022-05-27)

37. Black-tailed Godwit (2022-05-27)

38. Northern Wheatear (2022-05-27)

39. Grey Heron (2022-06-02)

40. Whinchat (2022-06-02)

41. Sand Martin (2022-06-02)

42. Eurasian Goldfinch (2022-06-03)

43. Common Stonechat (2022-06-04)

44. Lesser Grey Shrike (2022-06-04)

45. Whiskered Tern (2022-06-04)

46. Yellow Wagtail (2022-06-06)

47. White Stork (2022-06-06)

48. Eurasian Blackbird (2022-06-11)

49. Bluethroat (2022-06-13)

50. Common Whitethroat (2022-06-13)

51. Northern Lapwing (2022-06-14)

52. White Wagtail (2022-06-14)

53. Short-toed Snake Eagle (2022-06-14)

54. Western Marsh-Harrier (2022-06-14)

55. Barn Swallow (2022-06-14)

56. Spotted Flycatcher (2022-06-14)

57. Eurasian Wryneck (2022-06-16)

58. Song Thrush (2022-06-18)

59. Bearded Tit (2022-06-22)

60. Eurasian Penduline Tit (2022-06-27)

61. Savi's Warbler (2022-06-27)

62. Eurasian Reed Warbler (2022-06-27)

63. Common Swift (2022-06-29)

64. Marsh Warbler (2022-07-01)

65. Black Swan (2022-07-02)

66. Little Bittern (2022-07-03)

67. Eurasian Collared Dove (2022-07-13)

68. Common Kestrel (2022-07-13)

69. Northern House Martin (2022-07-14)

70. European Serin (2022-07-15)

71. Eurasian Linnet (2022-07-15)

72. Hawfinch (2022-07-16)

73. Grey Wagtail (2022-07-26)

74. European Golden Oriole (2022-08-08)

75. Water Pipit (2022-08-13)

76. Common Raven (2022-08-13)

77. Eurasian Redstart (2022-08-15)

78. Common Chiffchaff (2022-08-15)

79. Red Crossbill (2022-08-15)

80. Common Starling (2022-09-02)

81. House Sparrow (2022-09-02)

82. Hooded Crow (2022-09-02)

83. Common Moorhen (2022-09-02)

84. Common Coot (2022-09-02)

85. Great Cormorant (2022-09-02)

86. Mallard (2022-09-02)

87. Great Tit (2022-09-02)

88. Tree Sparrow (2022-09-02)

89. Black-headed Gull (2022-09-02)

90. Rook (2022-09-02)

91. Black Redstart (2022-09-07)

92. Mew Gull (2022-09-07)

93. Rock Pigeon (2022-09-07)

94. Great Crested Grebe (2022-09-07)

95. Eurasian Jackdaw (2022-09-07)

96. Blue Tit (2022-09-07)

97. Garden Warbler (2022-09-09)

98. Common Kingfisher (2022-09-11)

99. Pied Flycatcher (2022-09-13)

100. Blackcap (2022-09-13)

101. Common Buzzard (2022-09-16)

102. Black Kite (2022-09-16)

103. Grey Partridge (2022-09-22)

104. Great Grey Shrike (2022-09-24)

105. Spotted Crake (2022-09-24)

106. Common Snipe (2022-09-24)

107. Lesser Black-backed Gull (2022-09-26)

recent uploads

2022-09-26. Lesser Black-backed Gull, Mute Swan.

2022-09-25. Great Grey Shrike, Short-toed Snake Eagle, Bluethroat, Spotted Crake, Common Snipe, Common Chiffchaff.

2022-09-23. Common Swift, Common Buzzard, Eurasian Nuthatch.

2022-09-22. European Bee-eater, Eurasian Linnet, Common Kestrel, Unkown Bird, Grey Partridge, White Stork.

2022-09-21. Mallard, Mew Gull, Pied Flycatcher, Common Chaffinch, Spotted Nutcracker, Wood Warbler, Black Swan, White-winged Tern, Whiskered Tern.

2022-09-20. Eurasian Redstart, Song Thrush, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Eurasian Blackbird, Middle Spotted Woodpecker, Syrian Woodpecker, European Golden Oriole, Grey-Headed Woodpecker, European Greenfinch, Short-toed Snake Eagle, Common Cuckoo, Goldcrest, Common Chaffinch, Northern Wheatear, Savi's Warbler, Eurasian Linnet, Common Raven, Common Chiffchaff, Common Buzzard, Lesser Whitethroat, Common Whitethroat, Collared Flycatcher, Eurasian Wryneck, Black Tern, Caspian Gull, White Stork, Mute Swan, Western Marsh-Harrier, Barn Swallow, Northern House Martin, Sand Martin, Common Tern, Spotted Flycatcher, Sedge Warbler, Coal Tit, Eurasian Reed Warbler, Marsh Warbler, Red Crossbill, Hawfinch, Black Kite.

2022-09-19. European Bee-eater, Common Kestrel, Little Bittern, Northern Wren, European Robin, Marsh Tit, Eurasian Dipper, Black-tailed Godwit, Eurasian Goldfinch, European Serin, Water Pipit, Water Pipit, Fieldfare, Great White Egret, Grey Heron, Northern Lapwing, Common Stonechat, Whinchat, Lesser Grey Shrike, Red-backed Shrike, Black-Billed Magpie, Thrush Nightingale, Eurasian Jay, Northern Bullfinch, Northern Bullfinch, Bluethroat, Long-tailed Tit, Bearded Tit, Eurasian Penduline Tit, Wood Pigeon, Eurasian Nuthatch, Yellow Wagtail, Grey Wagtail, Grey Wagtail, White Wagtail, White Wagtail, Common Treecreeper, Great Reed Warbler, Great Reed Warbler.

2022-09-18. Common Starling, House Sparrow, Hooded Crow, Common Moorhen, Common Coot, Great Cormorant, Great Tit, Tree Sparrow, Black Redstart, Black-headed Gull, Rook, Rock Pigeon, Black-headed Gull, Great Crested Grebe, Eurasian Jackdaw, Rook, Garden Warbler, Great Cormorant, Common Kingfisher, Common Kingfisher, Great Tit, Black Redstart, Blue Tit, Blue Tit, House Sparrow, Blackcap.

2022-09-17. Eurasian Collared Dove.

Big Year 2022

1. ALENA FOMINA (203)
2. Irina Ortik (148)
3. Dmytro Petrychenko (133)
4. Andrey Mis\'kov (129)
5. Inna Kyselova (120)
6. Oksana Makhovska (114)
7. V Koval (107)
8. Andrew Simon (96)
9. Vasil Bodnar (87)
10. Natalia Honcharyk (71)

rare birds records

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.

Black-throated Accentor (Prunella atrogularis)

© Aleksandr Arhipov
2021-12-03
Kuchurhan, Odesa district

Black-throated Accentor is a new species in the fauna of Ukraine. It is a rare vagrant species in Europe, most observed during the autumn migration. This year, three observations on Europe in general, in particular, the first record for the country also in Poland.

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recent video

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).

2021-10-05. Hooded Crow (Alexender Zabolotnyy).

2021-09-21. White Wagtail (Alexender Zabolotnyy).

unidentified birds

2022-09-22

Оксана Маховская: Молодая жёлтая трясогузкаПлиска жовта

2022-09-22

no any comments:

2022-09-13

no any comments:

2022-07-31

Василь Боднар: Це синяк, бо нема білої плями на шиї як у припутня і клюв не темний, як у сизаря.

2022-06-30

David M. Dickerson: [....]

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