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Big Year 2017

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

participants


* number inside brackets means the number of species photographed in 2017
3. Gubin Boris (208)
5. Yasko Anna (200)
7. Malkov Yuriy (189)
9. Silan Serg (174)
14. Iskakova Ainur (118)
15. Kim Natali (104)
16. Belyalov Oleg (99)
25. Magazov Aibar (64)
27. Bevza Ivan (45)
28. Sedykh Irina (45)
29. Bolbotov Gleb (34)
32. Tanaev Kirill (29)
37. Omarov Dauren (20)
43. Simon Andrew (12)
45. Bell Darren (8)
64. Kozlov Denis (2)
70. Graber Anna (1)
76. Pestov Mark (1)

all species photographed in 2017


* in order of appearance (number inside brackets means the date of first record "month-day" )
1. Long-tailed Rosefinch (2017-01-01)
2. Rock Pigeon (2017-01-01)
3. Coal Tit (2017-01-01)
4. Common Chaffinch (2017-01-01)
5. Eurasian Dipper (2017-01-01)
6. Black-Billed Magpie (2017-01-01)
7. Bohemian Waxwing (2017-01-01)
8. Eurasian Blackbird (2017-01-01)
9. Long-eared Owl (2017-01-01)
10. Great Tit (2017-01-02)
11. Azure Tit (2017-01-02)
12. Tree Sparrow (2017-01-02)
13. Great White Egret (2017-01-02)
14. House Sparrow (2017-01-02)
15. Lesser Whitethroat (2017-01-02)
16. White-winged Grosbeak (2017-01-02)
17. Common Sparrowhawk (2017-01-02)
18. Eurasian Goldfinch (2017-01-02)
19. Dalmatian Pelican (2017-01-02)
20. Steppe Eagle (2017-01-02)
21. Whooper Swan (2017-01-02)
22. Fieldfare (2017-01-02)
23. Mistle Thrush (2017-01-02)
24. Red-mantled Rosefinch (2017-01-02)
25. White-Winged Woodpecker (2017-01-02)
26. Goldcrest (2017-01-02)
27. Baikal Bullfinch (2017-01-02)
28. Hawfinch (2017-01-02)
29. Hooded Crow (2017-01-02)
30. Eurasian Siskin (2017-01-03)
31. White-tailed Sea-Eagle (2017-01-03)
32. European Greenfinch (2017-01-03)
33. Yellowhammer (2017-01-03)
34. Northern Reed Bunting (2017-01-03)
35. Mute Swan (2017-01-03)
36. Blue Tit (2017-01-03)
37. Willow Ptarmigan (2017-01-03)
38. Green Sandpiper (2017-01-03)
39. Northern Bullfinch (2017-01-03)
40. Lesser Spotted Woodpecker (2017-01-04)
41. Common Goldeneye (2017-01-04)
42. Baraba Steppe Gull (2017-01-04)
43. White-Backed Woodpecker (2017-01-04)
44. Blue Whistling Thrush (2017-01-04)
45. Yellow-breasted Tit (2017-01-04)
46. Laughing Dove (2017-01-04)
47. Eurasian Collared Dove (2017-01-04)
48. Great Spotted Woodpecker (2017-01-05)
49. Water Rail (2017-01-05)
50. Mew Gull (2017-01-05)
51. Mallard (2017-01-05)
52. Eurasian Jackdaw (2017-01-05)
53. Calandra Lark (2017-01-05)
54. Common Mynah (2017-01-05)
55. Rook (2017-01-05)
56. Goosander (2017-01-05)
57. Smew (2017-01-05)
58. Brambling (2017-01-05)
59. Turkestan Tit (2017-01-05)
60. Common Chiffchaff (2017-01-07)
61. Carrion Crow (2017-01-07)
62. Solitary Snipe (2017-01-07)
63. Black-throated Thrush (2017-01-07)
64. Common Pochard (2017-01-07)
65. Tufted Duck (2017-01-07)
66. Wood Pigeon (2017-01-08)
67. Grey Heron (2017-01-08)
68. Ruddy Shelduck (2017-01-08)
69. Cinereous Vulture (2017-01-08)
70. Crested Lark (2017-01-09)
71. Grey Partridge (2017-01-09)
72. Peregrine Falcon (2017-01-09)
73. Common Pheasant (2017-01-09)
74. Eversmann's Redstart (2017-01-09)
75. Grey-headed Goldfinch (2017-01-09)
76. White Stork (2017-01-10)
77. Upland Buzzard (2017-01-10)
78. Greylag Goose (2017-01-10)
79. Eastern Imperial Eagle (2017-01-10)
80. Eastern Buzzard (2017-01-10)
81. Corn Bunting (2017-01-10)
82. Eurasian Linnet (2017-01-10)
83. Greater Scaup (2017-01-11)
84. Willow Tit (2017-01-11)
85. Eurasian Nuthatch (2017-01-11)
86. Little Owl (2017-01-11)
87. Long-legged Buzzard (2017-01-11)
88. Saker Falcon (2017-01-11)
89. Great Grey Shrike (2017-01-11)
90. Little Grebe (2017-01-11)
91. Black Kite (2017-01-12)
92. Black Woodpecker (2017-01-12)
93. Stock Pigeon (2017-01-12)
94. Meadow Pipit (2017-01-12)
95. Lesser Short-toed Lark (2017-01-12)
96. Horned Lark (2017-01-12)
97. Bearded Tit (2017-01-12)
98. Common Starling (2017-01-12)
99. Rough-legged Buzzard (2017-01-13)
100. Common Kingfisher (2017-01-14)
101. Pygmy Cormorant (2017-01-14)
102. Greater Flamingo (2017-01-14)
103. Hen Harrier (2017-01-14)
104. Black-headed Gull (2017-01-14)
105. Caspian Gull (2017-01-14)
106. Pallas's Gull (2017-01-14)
107. Great Cormorant (2017-01-14)
108. Eurasian Wigeon (2017-01-15)
109. Ibisbill (2017-01-15)
110. Northern Wren (2017-01-15)
111. Lammergeier (2017-01-15)
112. Red-fronted Serin (2017-01-15)
113. Common Buzzard (2017-01-15)
114. White-browed Tit-Warbler (2017-01-16)
115. Northern Goshawk (2017-01-16)
116. Red Crossbill (2017-01-16)
117. Black-throated Accentor (2017-01-16)
118. Sky Lark (2017-01-16)
119. Rosy Starling (2017-01-18)
120. Eurasian Jay (2017-01-18)
121. Bean Goose (2017-01-19)
122. Red-breasted Merganser (2017-01-20)
123. European Robin (2017-01-20)
124. Red-crested Pochard (2017-01-20)
125. Snow Bunting (2017-01-21)
126. Godlewski's Bunting (2017-01-21)
127. Meadow Bunting (2017-01-21)
128. Pallas's Rosefinch (2017-01-21)
129. Great Rosefinch (2017-01-21)
130. Common Raven (2017-01-22)
131. Wallcreeper (2017-01-22)
132. Daurian Jackdaw (2017-01-22)
133. Eurasian Eagle-Owl (2017-01-24)
134. Ring-billed Gull (2017-01-24)
135. Spotted Nutcracker (2017-01-26)
136. Pine Grosbeak (2017-01-28)
137. Pine Bunting (2017-01-28)
138. Western Marsh-Harrier (2017-02-04)
139. Common Kestrel (2017-02-04)
140. Harlequin Duck (2017-02-04)
141. Long-tailed Tit (2017-02-05)
142. Grey-Headed Woodpecker (2017-02-07)
143. Common Coot (2017-02-12)
144. Northern Pintail (2017-02-12)
145. Black Lark (2017-02-12)
146. Guldenstadt's Redstart (2017-02-19)
147. Gadwall (2017-02-19)
148. Common Teal (2017-02-19)
149. Herring Gull (2017-02-20)
150. Great Crested Grebe (2017-02-20)
151. Siberian Black-backed Gull (2017-02-20)
152. Black-Necked Grebe (2017-02-20)
153. Masked Wagtail (2017-02-21)
154. Eurasian Bittern (2017-02-21)
155. White-winged Lark (2017-02-23)
156. Spanish Sparrow (2017-02-24)
157. Common Crane (2017-02-25)
158. Bewick's Swan (2017-02-27)
159. Common Redpoll (2017-03-01)
160. Eurasian Woodcock (2017-03-02)
161. Bimaculated Lark (2017-03-02)
162. Ferruginous Duck (2017-03-02)
163. Rock Bunting (2017-03-04)
164. Black Redstart (2017-03-06)
165. Citrine Wagtail (2017-03-07)
166. Common Redshank (2017-03-07)
167. Redwing (2017-03-08)
168. White Wagtail (2017-03-09)
169. Northern Shoveler (2017-03-09)
170. Brown Accentor (2017-03-11)
171. Brown Dipper (2017-03-11)
172. Isabelline Wheatear (2017-03-12)
173. Steppe Grey Shrike (2017-03-12)
174. Chukar Partridge (2017-03-13)
175. Black-Bellied Sandgrouse (2017-03-13)
176. Hoopoe (2017-03-15)
177. Northern Lapwing (2017-03-16)
178. Common Oystercatcher (2017-03-16)
179. Water Pipit (2017-03-16)
180. Common Shelduck (2017-03-16)
181. Golden Eagle (2017-03-17)
182. Northern House Martin (2017-03-17)
183. Common Snipe (2017-03-17)
184. Pied Wheatear (2017-03-17)
185. Isabelline Shrike (2017-03-17)
186. Greater Short-toed Lark (2017-03-18)
187. Common Quail (2017-03-18)
188. Turkestan Shrike (2017-03-19)
189. Black Stork (2017-03-19)
190. Demoiselle Crane (2017-03-19)
191. Long-tailed Duck (2017-03-19)
192. Slender-billed Gull (2017-03-19)
193. Common Treecreeper (2017-03-19)
194. Siberian Stonechat (2017-03-20)
195. Desert Wheatear (2017-03-20)
196. Cetti's Warbler (2017-03-20)
197. Greater White-fronted Goose (2017-03-20)
198. Greater Sand Plover (2017-03-20)
199. Kentish Plover (2017-03-20)
200. Dunlin (2017-03-20)
201. Pander's Ground-Jay (2017-03-20)
202. Finsch's Wheatear (2017-03-20)
203. Streaked Scrub Warbler (2017-03-20)
204. Little Ringed Plover (2017-03-20)
205. Osprey (2017-03-20)
206. Short-toed Snake-Eagle (2017-03-20)
207. Collared Pratincole (2017-03-20)
208. Desert Finch (2017-03-21)
209. Hodgson's Rosefinch (2017-03-21)
210. Eastern Rock Nuthatch (2017-03-21)
211. Lesser Black-backed Gull (2017-03-21)
212. Bluethroat (2017-03-21)
213. Great Bustard (2017-03-21)
214. Short-eared Owl (2017-03-22)
215. Garganey (2017-03-22)
216. Ruff (2017-03-22)
217. Black-headed Wagtail (2017-03-22)
218. Purple Heron (2017-03-22)
219. White-tailed Lapwing (2017-03-22)
220. Booted Eagle (2017-03-22)
221. Eurasian Penduline Tit (2017-03-22)
222. Macqueen's Bustard (2017-03-22)
223. Eurasian Stone Curlew (2017-03-22)
224. Grey Wagtail (2017-03-24)
225. Rufous-tailed Rock Thrush (2017-03-24)
226. Jack Snipe (2017-03-24)
227. Northern Wheatear (2017-03-24)
228. Common Swift (2017-03-24)
229. Pied Avocet (2017-03-25)
230. Caspian Tern (2017-03-28)
231. Northern Hazelhen (2017-03-29)
232. Eurasian Scops-Owl (2017-03-29)
233. White-headed Duck (2017-03-29)
234. Blue-capped Redstart (2017-03-30)
235. Little Bustard (2017-03-30)
236. Sandwich Tern (2017-03-31)
237. Asian Desert Warbler (2017-03-31)
238. Rock Sparrow (2017-04-01)
239. Common Sandpiper (2017-04-01)
240. Barn Swallow (2017-04-02)
241. Red-throated Thrush (2017-04-02)
242. Eurasian Crag Martin (2017-04-02)
243. Spotted Redshank (2017-04-02)
244. Song Thrush (2017-04-03)
245. Red-necked Phalarope (2017-04-04)
246. Common Tern (2017-04-04)
247. Menetries Warbler (2017-04-04)
248. Montagu's Harrier (2017-04-05)
249. Eurasian Curlew (2017-04-05)
250. Glossy Ibis (2017-04-05)
251. Red-billed Chough (2017-04-06)
252. Tree Pipit (2017-04-06)
253. Saxaul Sparrow (2017-04-06)
254. Black-winged Stilt (2017-04-06)
255. Wood Lark (2017-04-07)
256. Common Moorhen (2017-04-08)
257. Yellow Wagtail (2017-04-08)
258. Eurasian Redstart (2017-04-09)
259. Sand Martin (2017-04-09)
260. Tawny Pipit (2017-04-09)
261. Lesser Kestrel (2017-04-09)
262. Paddyfield Warbler (2017-04-11)
263. Northern Black Grouse (2017-04-12)
264. Eurasian Wryneck (2017-04-12)
265. Hume's Warbler (2017-04-14)
266. Shikra (2017-04-14)
267. Pallas's Sandgrouse (2017-04-14)
268. Pin-Tailed Sandgrouse (2017-04-14)
269. Black-tailed Godwit (2017-04-14)
270. Semi-collared Flycatcher (2017-04-15)
271. Brown-necked Raven (2017-04-15)
272. Red-breasted Flycatcher (2017-04-16)
273. Mongolian Finch (2017-04-16)
274. Grey-necked Bunting (2017-04-16)
275. Western Grasshopper Warbler (2017-04-16)
276. Moustached Warbler (2017-04-18)
277. Willow Warbler (2017-04-20)
278. Bar-tailed Godwit (2017-04-20)
279. White-crowned Penduline Tit (2017-04-20)
280. Common Rosefinch (2017-04-20)
281. Oriental Turtle Dove (2017-04-20)
282. Caspian Plover (2017-04-20)
283. Eurasian Whimbrel (2017-04-21)
284. European Bee-eater (2017-04-22)
285. Red-rumped Swallow (2017-04-22)
286. Great Reed Warbler (2017-04-22)
287. Common Cuckoo (2017-04-22)
288. Common Nightingale (2017-04-23)
289. Black-eared Wheatear (2017-04-23)
290. Gull-billed Tern (2017-04-23)
291. Black-crowned Night Heron (2017-04-23)
292. Grey Plover (2017-04-23)
293. Wood Sandpiper (2017-04-23)
294. Greater Ringed Plover (2017-04-23)
295. Little Tern (2017-04-23)
296. Red-Necked Grebe (2017-04-23)
297. Indian Sparrow (2017-04-23)
298. Common Greenshank (2017-04-23)
299. Black Tern (2017-04-24)
300. Sulphur-bellied Warbler (2017-04-24)
301. Long-tailed Shrike (2017-04-24)
302. Alpine Swift (2017-04-24)
303. Pied Flycatcher (2017-04-25)
304. Little Egret (2017-04-25)
305. White-winged Tern (2017-04-25)
306. Marsh Sandpiper (2017-04-25)
307. Terek Sandpiper (2017-04-25)
308. Yellow-eyed Pigeon (2017-04-25)
309. Ortolan Bunting (2017-04-25)
310. Blackcap (2017-04-26)
311. Common Whitethroat (2017-04-26)
312. Red-throated Pipit (2017-04-26)
313. Whinchat (2017-04-26)
314. Merlin (2017-04-26)
315. Eurasian Hobby (2017-04-27)
316. Little Stint (2017-04-27)
317. Temminck's Stint (2017-04-27)
318. Rufous Bush Robin (2017-04-27)
319. Yellow-billed Chough (2017-04-28)
320. Pallid Harrier (2017-04-29)
321. Blyth's Reed Warbler (2017-04-30)
322. Pale Sand Martin (2017-04-30)
323. Clamorous Reed Warbler (2017-05-03)
324. Syke's Warbler (2017-05-04)
325. Black-winged Pratincole (2017-05-04)
326. Red-headed Bunting (2017-05-04)
327. Booted Warbler (2017-05-04)
328. Greater Spotted Eagle (2017-05-04)
329. Eurasian Golden Plover (2017-05-05)
330. Blue-cheeked Bee-eater (2017-05-05)
331. Hume's Whitethroat (2017-05-05)
332. Spotted Flycatcher (2017-05-05)
333. Thrush Nightingale (2017-05-05)
334. Eurasian Roller (2017-05-06)
335. Red-backed Shrike (2017-05-06)
336. Ruddy Turnstone (2017-05-07)
337. Curlew Sandpiper (2017-05-07)
338. Greenish Warbler (2017-05-07)
339. Red-footed Falcon (2017-05-08)
340. Black-headed Bunting (2017-05-09)
341. Lesser Grey Shrike (2017-05-10)
342. Great White Pelican (2017-05-10)
343. Whiskered Tern (2017-05-12)
344. Eurasian Dotterel (2017-05-12)
345. Garden Warbler (2017-05-12)
346. Variable Wheatear (2017-05-13)
347. Asian Paradise Flycatcher (2017-05-13)
348. Indian Golden Oriole (2017-05-13)
349. Masked Shrike (2017-05-13)
350. European Golden Oriole (2017-05-14)
351. Sociable Lapwing (2017-05-14)
352. Little Gull (2017-05-17)
353. Yellow-backed Wagtail (2017-05-18)
354. Lanceolated Warbler (2017-05-20)
355. Sedge Warbler (2017-05-20)
356. White's Thrush (2017-05-20)
357. Blue Rock Thrush (2017-05-21)
358. White-capped Bunting (2017-05-21)
359. Crimson-winged Finch (2017-05-21)
360. Richard's Pipit (2017-05-21)
361. Barred Warbler (2017-05-22)
362. Eurasian Honey-Buzzard (2017-05-22)
363. Eurasian Reed Warbler (2017-05-23)
364. European Nightjar (2017-05-25)
365. Eastern Orphean Warbler (2017-05-25)
366. Eurasian Spoonbill (2017-05-27)
367. Upcher's Warbler (2017-05-28)
368. Egyptian Vulture (2017-05-28)
369. Himalayan Rubythroat (2017-05-30)
370. Twite (2017-05-31)
371. Pallid Scops Owl (2017-05-31)
372. Slavonian Grebe (2017-06-05)
373. Pacific Swift (2017-06-05)
374. Siberian Rubythroat (2017-06-06)
375. Asian Short-toed Lark (2017-06-08)
376. Pied Bushchat (2017-06-09)
377. Icterine Warbler (2017-06-16)
378. Yellow-breasted Bunting (2017-06-17)
379. Oriental Cuckoo (2017-06-18)
380. Songar Tit (2017-06-18)
381. Eastern Olivaceous Warbler (2017-06-20)
382. Red-flanked Bluetail (2017-06-26)
383. Dusky Warbler (2017-06-27)
384. White-winged Scoter (2017-06-27)
386. Black-faced Bunting (2017-06-27)
387. Western Capercaillie (2017-06-30)
388. Himalayan Accentor (2017-07-02)
389. Hill Pigeon (2017-07-07)
390. European Turtle Dove (2017-07-09)
391. Asian Rosy-Finch (2017-07-14)
392. Rock Ptarmigan (2017-07-14)
393. Broad-billed Sandpiper (2017-07-20)
394. Pallas's Reed Bunting (2017-07-20)
395. Barbary Falcon (2017-07-21)
396. Sanderling (2017-07-22)
397. Olive-backed Pipit (2017-07-26)
398. Daurian Partridge (2017-07-30)
399. Himalayan Vulture (2017-07-30)
400. Griffon Vulture (2017-07-30)
401. Arctic Loon (2017-08-07)
402. Black-breasted Tit (2017-08-07)
403. Savi's Warbler (2017-08-12)
404. Spotted Crake (2017-08-12)
405. Little Bittern (2017-08-13)
406. River Warbler (2017-08-16)
407. Sharp-tailed Sandpiper (2017-08-19)
408. Pacific Golden Plover (2017-08-26)
409. Siberian Tit (2017-08-30)
410. Baillon's Crake (2017-09-02)
411. Crested Honey-Buzzard (2017-09-09)
412. Levant Sparrowhawk (2017-09-13)
413. Ural Owl (2017-09-16)
414. Yellow-browed Warbler (2017-10-01)
415. Eyebrowed Thrush (2017-10-02)
416. Rustic Bunting (2017-10-05)
417. Red-breasted Goose (2017-10-08)
418. Buff-bellied Pipit (2017-10-14)
419. Lapland Longspur (2017-10-15)
420. Red Phalarope (2017-10-22)
421. Altai Snowcock (2017-10-23)
422. Siberian Accentor (2017-11-11)
423. Lesser White-fronted Goose (2017-11-17)
424. Northern Hawk Owl (2017-11-25)
425. Snowy Owl (2017-12-18)

rare birds records


Snowy Owl (Nyctea scandiaca)

© Muhammed-Rahim Boranbaev
2024-03-04
Tasorpa, Kyzylsay natural park, Mangystau

A very rare wintering species for Mangystau, known only from the remains of the skin obtained from the vicinity of Fort Aleksandrovsky in 1892/93. (Zarudny, 1896).


Bearded Tit (Panurus biarmicus)

© Galina Rosenberg
2019-11-22
g.Altai.Vostochno-Kazachstanskaia oblast

The first registration of the species in the mountainous part of Altai.


White-winged Snowfinch (Montifringilla nivalis)

© Serg Silan
2024-02-28
Kazakhstan

The first record of the White-winged Snowfinch in Western Altai. Photo recording was made in the southern spurs of the Ulbinsky ridge in the valley of the Urankhaika River at an altitude of less than 800 m above sea level. The White-winged Snowfinch was previously not known for the Kazakh part of Altai, but was first recorded in Southern Altai on January 26, 2017 in the upper reaches of the Tautekeli River at an altitude of 2400 m, where it was subsequently recorded on March 10, 2021, and there were also several sightings in January and February 2023 in the Sarykora tract (Vorobiev, 2023).


Golden Eagle (Aquila chrysaetos chrysaetos)

© Aldiyar Saparbayev
2024-01-26
Outskirts of Uralsk

The first photographic record of a rare species for the region. In the past, it nested in places around Ilek and the Urals, and by the 60s of the 20th century only vagrants were encountered in the summer (Korelov, 1962). There is information about record of two single birds on September 18 and September 19, 2007 in the area of the Karachaganak gas condensate field (V.A. Kovshar, 2008).

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