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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
* number inside brackets means the number of species photographed in 2026
1. Natykanets Viktor (55) 2. Dombrovski Valery (46) 3. Golyantov Aleksandr (41) | 4. Podverbny Yury (7) 5. Yurko Valtri (6) |
all species photographed in 2026
* in order of appearance (number inside brackets means the date of first record "month-day" )
1. Little Grebe (2026-01-04) 2. Eurasian Treecreeper (2026-01-04) 3. Mediterranean Gull (2026-01-05) 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) 36. Dunnock / Hedge Sparrow (2026-02-19) 37. Rough-legged Buzzard (2026-02-22) 38. Black Grouse (2026-02-22) 39. Great Tit (2026-02-22) 40. Great Spotted Woodpecker (2026-03-01) 41. Common Goldeneye (2026-03-04) 42. Crested Tit (2026-03-08) 43. Coal Tit (2026-03-08) 44. Common Starling (2026-03-09) 45. Common Blackbird (2026-03-09) 46. Eurasian Magpie (2026-03-09) 47. Common Buzzard (2026-03-13) 48. Bean Goose (2026-03-14) 49. Long-tailed Tit (2026-03-15) 50. Chaffinch (2026-03-15) 51. Ruff male, Reeve female (2026-03-15) 52. Northern Lapwing (2026-03-16) 53. Eurasian Skylark (2026-03-16) 54. Hen Harrier (2026-03-16) 55. Eurasian Three-toed Woodpecker (2026-03-18) 56. Common Pochard (2026-03-18) 57. Black Redstart (2026-03-19) 58. Bohemian Waxwing (2026-03-20) 59. Common Wood Pigeon (2026-03-20) 60. Greylag Goose (2026-03-21) 61. Gadwall (2026-03-21) 62. Smew (2026-03-21) | 63. European Robin (2026-03-22) 64. European Goldfinch (2026-03-22) 65. White Stork (2026-03-22) 66. Whooper Swan (2026-03-22) 67. Common Teal (2026-03-22) 68. Reed Bunting (2026-03-23) 69. Common Crane (2026-03-24) 70. Common Redshank (2026-03-24) 71. Greater White-fronted Goose (2026-03-25) 72. Grey Partridge (2026-03-25) 73. Song Thrush (2026-03-26) 74. Common Raven (2026-03-27) 75. Eurasian Penduline-tit (2026-03-28) 76. Great Grey Shrike (2026-04-01) 77. Common Snipe (2026-04-02) 78. Common Chiffchaff (2026-04-04) 79. Eurasian Siskin (2026-04-05) 80. Hawfinch (2026-04-05) 81. Brambling (2026-04-05) 82. Eurasian Wren (2026-04-11) 83. Garganey (2026-04-14) 84. Northern Shoveler (2026-04-14) 85. Black-tailed Godwit (2026-04-14) 86. White Wagtail (2026-04-15) 87. Great Snipe (2026-04-16) 88. Eurasian Oystercatcher (2026-04-16) 89. Wood Sandpiper (2026-04-17) 90. Marsh Sandpiper (2026-04-17) 91. Terek Sandpiper (2026-04-17) 92. European Serin (2026-04-18) 93. Bluethroat (2026-04-19) 94. Barn Swallow (2026-04-19) 95. Blackcap (2026-04-20) 96. Tree Pipit (2026-04-20) 97. Eurasian Curlew (2026-04-20) 98. Western Yellow Wagtail (2026-04-21) 99. Lesser Whitethroat (2026-04-22) 100. Whiskered Tern (2026-04-22) 101. Little Ringed Plover (2026-04-22) 102. Little Tern (2026-04-22) 103. Common Tern (2026-04-22) 104. Linnet (2026-04-24) 105. Thrush Nightingale (2026-05-01) 106. Firecrest (2026-05-02) 107. Common Whitethroat (2026-05-02) 108. Wood Warbler (2026-05-02) 109. European Pied Flycatcher (2026-05-02) 110. Willow Warbler (2026-05-03) 111. Eurasian Wryneck (2026-05-03) 112. Collared Flycatcher (2026-05-03) 113. Montagu's Harrier (2026-05-03) 114. Western Marsh Harrier (2026-05-06) 115. Barred Warbler (2026-05-09) 116. Wood Lark (2026-05-14) 117. River Warbler (2026-05-14) 118. Squacco Heron (2026-05-16) 119. Sedge Warbler (2026-05-17) 120. Eurasian Hobby (2026-05-21) 121. Common Quail (2026-05-24) 122. Marsh Warbler (2026-05-30) 123. Great Reed-warbler (2026-05-31) |
Big Year 2026
1. Viktor Natykanets (55)
2. Valery Dombrovski (46)
3. Aleksandr Golyantov (41)
4. Yury Podverbny (7)
5. Valtri Yurko (6)
2. Valery Dombrovski (46)
3. Aleksandr Golyantov (41)
4. Yury Podverbny (7)
5. Valtri Yurko (6)
rare birds records
Squacco Heron (Ardeola ralloides)
© Yury Podverbny
2026-05-16
Редкий залётный вид
Dunnock / Hedge Sparrow (Prunella modularis)
© Yury Podverbny
2026-02-19
Jack Snipe (Lymnocryptes minimus)
© Yury Podverbny
2026-01-23
Mediterranean Gull (Larus melanocephalus)
© Valtri Yurko
2026-01-12
Minsk
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).
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all birds indentified