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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 Belarus during this year.

You can see previous years competitions results here: 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022

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* number inside brackets means the number of species photographed in 2023

all species photographed in 2023


* in order of appearance (number inside brackets means the date of first record "month-day" )
1. Dunnock / Hedge Sparrow (2023-01-06)
2. Bohemian Waxwing (2023-01-08)
3. Coal Tit (2023-01-13)
4. European Greenfinch (2023-01-14)
5. Eurasian Wren (2023-01-15)
6. Rough-legged Buzzard (2023-01-15)
7. Long-tailed Tit (2023-01-15)
8. Crested Tit (2023-01-16)
9. Mallard (2023-01-19)
10. Mandarin Duck (2023-01-19)
11. Common Coot (2023-01-20)
12. Hooded Crow (2023-01-25)
13. Mute Swan (2023-01-25)
14. Goosander (2023-01-25)
15. Rock Pigeon (2023-01-25)
16. Greylag Goose (2023-01-27)
17. Little Owl (2023-01-28)
18. Eurasian Treecreeper (2023-01-29)
19. Eurasian Pygmy Owl (2023-02-02)
20. Eurasian Jackdaw (2023-02-04)
21. Mistle Thrush (2023-02-04)
22. Common Blackbird (2023-02-11)
23. Lesser Spotted Woodpecker (2023-02-19)
24. European Goldfinch (2023-02-19)
25. Great Grey Shrike (2023-02-19)
26. Common Wood Pigeon (2023-02-24)
27. Common Bullfinch (2023-02-26)
28. Common Kingfisher (2023-03-02)
29. Common Goldeneye (2023-03-04)
30. Yellowhammer (2023-03-11)
31. Northern Pintail (2023-03-14)
32. Common Redpoll (2023-03-17)
33. Linnet (2023-03-18)
34. Fieldfare (2023-03-18)
35. Smew (2023-03-19)

rare birds records


Mistle Thrush (Turdus viscivorus)

© Aleksandr Golyantov
2023-02-04
Svetlogorsk



Grey Wagtail (Motacilla cinerea)

© Yury Podverbny
2022-12-01



Glaucous Gull (Larus hyperboreus)

© Andrey Borodin
2022-11-22



Ring-billed Gull (Larus delawarensis)

© Andrey Borodin
2022-03-31


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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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