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Big Year 2026
The winner will submit the pictures of the largest number of bird species taken on the territory of Belarus during this year.
You can see previous years competitions results here: 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
participants
1. Dombrovski Valery (20) 2. Natykanets Viktor (9) 3. Yurko Valtri (6) | 4. Golyantov Aleksandr (3) 5. Podverbny Yury (1) |
all species photographed in 2026
1. Little Grebe (2026-01-04) 2. Eurasian Treecreeper (2026-01-04) 3. Mediterranean Gull (2026-01-12) 4. Tufted Duck (2026-01-13) 5. Grey Heron (2026-01-13) 6. Northern Pintail (2026-01-15) 7. Hooded Crow (2026-01-15) 8. Eurasian Jackdaw (2026-01-15) 9. Common Coot (2026-01-15) 10. Common Black-headed Gull (2026-01-15) 11. Common Gull (2026-01-15) 12. Caspian Gull (2026-01-15) 13. Goosander (2026-01-16) 14. European Greenfinch (2026-01-17) 15. Fieldfare (2026-01-17) 16. House Sparrow (2026-01-18) 17. Yellowhammer (2026-01-18) 18. Eurasian Tree Sparrow (2026-01-20) | 19. Common Bullfinch (2026-01-21) 20. Tawny Owl (2026-01-22) 21. Great Bittern (2026-01-22) 22. White-tailed Sea-Eagle (2026-01-22) 23. Lesser Black-backed Gull (2026-01-23) 24. Eurasian Nuthatch (2026-01-23) 25. Mallard (2026-01-23) 26. Rock Pigeon (2026-01-23) 27. Mute Swan (2026-01-23) 28. Eurasian Wigeon (2026-01-23) 29. Jack Snipe (2026-01-23) 30. Blue Tit (2026-01-25) 31. Northern Goshawk (2026-01-26) 32. White-backed Woodpecker (2026-01-29) 33. Marsh Tit (2026-02-03) 34. Crested Lark (2026-02-14) 35. Goldcrest (2026-02-19) |
Big Year 2026
2. Viktor Natykanets (9)
3. Valtri Yurko (6)
4. Aleksandr Golyantov (3)
5. Yury Podverbny (1)
rare birds records
Jack Snipe (Lymnocryptes minimus)
© Yury Podverbny
2026-01-23
Mediterranean Gull (Larus melanocephalus)
© Valtri Yurko
2026-01-12
Minsk
Red-footed Falcon (Falco vespertinus)
© Yury Podverbny
2025-09-18
Glossy Ibis (Plegadis falcinellus)
© Valery Dombrovski
2025-09-07
Gomel region, Zhitkovichi district, Turov
recent video
2021-01-30. Common Starling (Yuri Kurlenyov).
2020-06-20. Wood Warbler (Viktor Natykanets).
2020-04-18. Great Grey Shrike (Viktor Natykanets).
2019-04-26. Eurasian Wryneck (Viktor Natykanets).
2019-03-27. Syrian Woodpecker (Viktor Natykanets).
2018-09-26. Eurasian Wren (Viktor Natykanets).
2018-09-23. Common Greenshank (Viktor Natykanets), Ruddy Turnstone (Viktor Natykanets).
2018-09-22. Black-winged Stilt (Viktor Natykanets), Northern Lapwing (Viktor Natykanets).
2018-09-20. Dunlin (Viktor Natykanets).
2018-09-18. Little Grebe (Viktor Natykanets).
2018-09-14. Red Phalarope (Viktor Natykanets).
2018-09-13. Azure Tit (Viktor Natykanets).
2018-09-04. Ruff male, Reeve female (Viktor Natykanets).
unidentified birds
all birds indentified