Big Year in Siberia. Tsekhmister Katya. Birds of Siberia

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Gaviiformes

Podicipediformes

Procellariiformes

Pelecaniformes

Phalacrocoracidae

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Threskiornithidae

Phoenicopteriformes

Phoenicopteridae

Anseriformes

Falconiformes

Galliformes

Gruiformes

Turniciformes

Charadriiformes

Recurvirostridae

Pterocletiformes

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Cuculiformes

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Caprimulgiformes

Apodiformes

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Paradoxornithidae

Tsekhmister Katya

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total species: 178 total photos: 476 total videos: 0 total blogposts: 0

1. Great Tit (2024-01-01)

2. Eurasian Jay (2024-01-01)

3. Eurasian Three-Toed Woodpecker (2024-01-01)

4. White-Backed Woodpecker (2024-01-01)

5. Willow Tit (2024-01-02)

6. Eurasian Nuthatch (2024-01-02)

7. Northern Bullfinch (2024-01-03)

8. Mallard (2024-01-04)

9. House Sparrow (2024-01-05)

10. Great Spotted Woodpecker (2024-01-05)

11. Long-tailed Tit (2024-01-05)

12. Fieldfare (2024-01-06)

13. Common Redpoll (2024-01-06)

14. Great Grey Owl (2024-01-06)

15. Coal Tit (2024-01-07)

16. Hooded Crow (2024-01-07)

17. Eurasian Magpie (2024-01-07)

18. Tree Sparrow (2024-01-07)

19. Baikal Bullfinch (2024-01-08)

20. Brambling (2024-01-08)

21. Bohemian Waxwing (2024-01-25)

22. Long-tailed Rosefinch (2024-01-25)

23. Pine Grosbeak (2024-01-25)

24. Eurasian Goldfinch (2024-01-25)

25. Red Crossbill (2024-01-27)

26. Grey-Headed Woodpecker (2024-02-03)

27. Great Grey Shrike (2024-02-03)

28. Northern Hawk Owl (2024-02-03)

29. Eurasian Jackdaw (2024-02-12)

30. Hawfinch (2024-02-15)

31. Ural Owl (2024-02-23)

32. Lesser Spotted Woodpecker (2024-02-23)

33. Black Woodpecker (2024-02-27)

34. Northern Goshawk (2024-03-08)

35. Rook (2024-03-24)

36. European Greenfinch (2024-03-28)

37. Siberian Black-backed Gull (2024-03-30)

38. Black Kite (2024-03-30)

39. Grey Heron (2024-04-03)

40. Northern Lapwing (2024-04-03)

41. Common Crane (2024-04-03)

42. Whooper Swan (2024-04-05)

43. Common Starling (2024-04-05)

44. White Wagtail (2024-04-05)

45. Black-headed Gull (2024-04-06)

46. Northern Reed Bunting (2024-04-06)

47. Great White Egret (2024-04-06)

48. Mute Swan (2024-04-06)

49. Common Chaffinch (2024-04-06)

50. Goosander (2024-04-07)

51. Greylag Goose (2024-04-07)

52. Stock Pigeon (2024-04-07)

53. Common Sparrowhawk (2024-04-07)

54. Wood Pigeon (2024-04-07)

55. Western Marsh-harrier (2024-04-11)

56. White-tailed Sea-Eagle (2024-04-11)

57. Redwing (2024-04-13)

58. Common Redshank (2024-04-13)

59. Northern Wheatear (2024-04-13)

60. Eurasian Linnet (2024-04-13)

61. Common Coot (2024-04-19)

62. Great Crested Grebe (2024-04-20)

63. Barn Swallow (2024-04-20)

64. Marsh Sandpiper (2024-04-20)

65. Black-winged Stilt (2024-04-20)

66. Bluethroat (2024-04-20)

67. Black-tailed Godwit (2024-04-21)

68. Red-Necked Grebe (2024-04-21)

69. Common Chiffchaff (2024-04-21)

70. Common Pochard (2024-04-21)

71. Gadwall (2024-04-21)

72. Song Thrush (2024-04-21)

73. Tufted Duck (2024-04-22)

74. Common Goldeneye (2024-04-22)

75. Azure Tit (2024-04-24)

76. Eurasian Wigeon (2024-04-24)

77. Citrine Wagtail (2024-04-24)

78. Eurasian Penduline Tit (2024-04-27)

79. Common Snipe (2024-04-27)

80. Eastern Yellow Wagtail (2024-04-27)

81. Green Sandpiper (2024-04-27)

82. Yellow Wagtail (2024-04-27)

83. Tree Pipit (2024-04-27)

84. Pallid Harrier (2024-04-27)

85. Common Buzzard (2024-04-28)

86. Common Sandpiper (2024-04-28)

87. Little Ringed Plover (2024-04-28)

88. Yellowhammer (2024-04-28)

89. Eurasian Siskin (2024-04-28)

90. European Robin (2024-04-29)

91. Montagu's Harrier (2024-04-30)

92. Pied Flycatcher (2024-04-30)

93. Black-Necked Grebe (2024-05-01)

94. Garganey (2024-05-02)

95. Common Teal (2024-05-02)

96. Slavonian Grebe (2024-05-02)

97. Great Snipe (2024-05-02)

98. Common Tern (2024-05-04)

99. Common Stonechat (2024-05-04)

100. Common Kestrel (2024-05-05)

101. Willow Warbler (2024-05-05)

102. Greater White-fronted Goose (2024-05-06)

103. Pine Bunting (2024-05-06)

104. Lapland Longspur (2024-05-06)

105. Sky Lark (2024-05-06)

106. Whinchat (2024-05-06)

107. Eurasian Redstart (2024-05-07)

108. Sand Martin (2024-05-10)

109. Ruff (2024-05-10)

110. Horned Lark (2024-05-10)

111. Merlin (2024-05-10)

112. Black Tern (2024-05-11)

113. Little Gull (2024-05-11)

114. Common Cuckoo (2024-05-11)

115. Short-eared Owl (2024-05-11)

116. Paddyfield Warbler (2024-05-14)

117. Red-backed Shrike (2024-05-14)

118. White-winged Tern (2024-05-14)

119. Western Grasshopper Warbler (2024-05-15)

120. Temminck's Stint (2024-05-17)

121. Wood Sandpiper (2024-05-17)

122. Common Rosefinch (2024-05-18)

123. Terek Sandpiper (2024-05-18)

124. Sedge Warbler (2024-05-18)

125. Thrush Nightingale (2024-05-18)

126. Spotted Flycatcher (2024-05-18)

127. Blyth's Reed Warbler (2024-05-18)

128. Oriental Turtle Dove (2024-05-18)

129. Corncrake (2024-05-21)

130. Great Reed Warbler (2024-05-22)

131. Common Swift (2024-05-24)

132. Garden Warbler (2024-05-25)

133. Lesser Whitethroat (2024-05-25)

134. Curlew Sandpiper (2024-05-25)

135. Dunlin (2024-05-25)

136. Greater Ringed Plover (2024-05-25)

137. Common Whitethroat (2024-05-26)

138. European Golden Oriole (2024-06-08)

139. Eurasian Wryneck (2024-06-08)

140. Pallas's Gull (2024-06-09)

141. Common Quail (2024-06-12)

142. Northern House Martin (2024-06-21)

143. Great Cormorant (2024-06-24)

144. Masked Wagtail (2024-06-24)

145. Booted Eagle (2024-06-25)

146. Carrion Crow (2024-06-26)

147. Pied Wheatear (2024-06-28)

148. Eastern Imperial Eagle (2024-06-28)

149. Grey Wagtail (2024-06-29)

150. Eurasian Dipper (2024-06-29)

151. Long-eared Owl (2024-07-04)

152. Common Gull (2024-07-06)

153. Little Stint (2024-07-14)

154. Red-necked Phalarope (2024-07-14)

155. Booted Warbler (2024-07-14)

156. Eurasian Hobby (2024-07-14)

157. Grey Partridge (2024-07-14)

158. Red-footed Falcon (2024-07-27)

159. Spotted Redshank (2024-07-28)

160. Eurasian Honey-Buzzard (2024-08-04)

161. Common Kingfisher (2024-08-08)

162. Common Treecreeper (2024-08-10)

163. Hen Harrier (2024-08-11)

164. Common Greenshank (2024-08-11)

165. Greater Spotted Eagle (2024-08-29)

166. Dalmatian Pelican (2024-09-01)

167. Common Raven (2024-09-08)

168. Red-throated Pipit (2024-09-15)

169. Olive-backed Pipit (2024-09-15)

170. Mistle Thrush (2024-09-15)

171. Rock Pigeon (2024-09-17)

172. Meadow Pipit (2024-09-18)

173. Western Capercaillie (2024-09-28)

174. Siberian Jay (2024-09-28)

175. Northern Hazelhen (2024-09-28)

176. Blue Tit (2024-10-13)

177. Goldcrest (2024-10-27)

178. Northern Black Grouse (2024-12-29)

recent uploads

2026-04-09. Hen Harrier, Northern Shoveler, Common Pochard.

2026-04-08. Yellowhammer, Stock Pigeon, Common Redshank, Common Crane, Mute Swan, Common Starling, Northern Reed Bunting, Western Marsh-harrier, Baraba Steppe Gull.

2026-04-05. White Wagtail, Rook, Eurasian Linnet, Common Starling, Common Kestrel, Baraba Steppe Gull, Black-headed Gull, Long-tailed Rosefinch, Yellowhammer, Northern Lapwing, Pine Bunting, Common Redshank, Whooper Swan, European Greenfinch, Mallard.

2026-03-27. Ural Owl, Hooded Crow, Grey-Headed Woodpecker, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Rook, Baraba Steppe Gull, Grey Heron, Whooper Swan, Black Kite, Great White Egret, Common Starling, Hybrid Crow.

2026-03-11. Great Spotted Woodpecker, Eurasian Jay, Grey-Headed Woodpecker, Northern Bullfinch, Common Sparrowhawk, Common Redpoll, Great Grey Owl.

2026-03-04. Great Spotted Woodpecker, Hooded Crow, Eurasian Goldfinch, Fieldfare, Eurasian Jackdaw, Northern Bullfinch, House Sparrow, Grey-Headed Woodpecker, Red Crossbill, Red Crossbill, Eurasian Jackdaw, European Greenfinch, House Sparrow, Bohemian Waxwing, Rock Pigeon, Northern Goshawk, Tree Sparrow, Eurasian Magpie, Eurasian Jay, Eurasian Goldfinch, White-Backed Woodpecker, Long-tailed Tit, White-tailed Sea-Eagle, Great Grey Owl, Common Redpoll, Black Woodpecker, Northern Hazelhen, Baikal Bullfinch, Blue Tit, Common Treecreeper, Eurasian Three-Toed Woodpecker, Snow Bunting, Ural Owl, Eurasian Three-Toed Woodpecker, Eurasian Three-Toed Woodpecker, Tree Sparrow, White-Backed Woodpecker, Great Tit, Azure Tit, Hawfinch, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Grey-Headed Woodpecker, Northern Bullfinch, Willow Tit, Tree Sparrow, Great Tit, Eurasian Nuthatch, Common Raven, Long-tailed Rosefinch, Coal Tit, Coal Tit, Eurasian Nuthatch, Willow Tit, Willow Tit.

2025-12-30. Rock Pigeon.

2025-12-23. Horned Lark, Blue Tit, Common Redpoll, Azure Tit, Bohemian Waxwing, Eurasian Goldfinch, White-Backed Woodpecker, Long-tailed Rosefinch.

2025-10-10. Eurasian Jay, Eurasian Wigeon, Black-headed Gull, Whooper Swan, Baraba Steppe Gull, Mew Gull, Common Goldeneye, Blue Tit, Eurasian Magpie, Fieldfare, Song Thrush, Redwing, Mistle Thrush, Hume's Warbler, Eurasian Blackbird, Willow Warbler, Song Thrush, Grey-Headed Woodpecker, Great Grey Owl.

2025-09-22. Rustic Bunting, Bohemian Waxwing, Grey-Headed Woodpecker, Siberian Jay, Black Redstart.

2025-09-09. Pine Bunting, Black Woodpecker, Montagu's Harrier, Northern Black Grouse, Pine Bunting, Red-throated Pipit, Grey Partridge.

2025-09-03. Grey Wagtail, Grey-Headed Woodpecker, Rook, Bearded Tit, Northern Reed Bunting, Common Sparrowhawk.

2025-08-27. Common Crane, Common Buzzard, Montagu's Harrier, Sand Martin, Eurasian Hobby, Black Kite, Common Buzzard, Mistle Thrush.

2025-08-14. Common Starling.

2024-07-05. Common Buzzard, Great Cormorant, Masked Wagtail, Booted Eagle, Carrion Crow, Common Rosefinch, Pied Wheatear, Northern House Martin, Pied Wheatear, Eastern Imperial Eagle, Unkown Bird, Grey Wagtail, Common Kestrel, Eurasian Dipper.

Big Year 2026

1. Nadezhda Bogomyakova (63)
2. Elena Kleymenova (62)
3. Katya Tsekhmister (62)
4. Yaroslav Burmatov (62)
5. Nadejda Popova (61)
6. Pavel Karplyuk (56)
7. Tatiana Semenova (54)
8. Nikita Yablokov (50)
9. Vladimir Pankratov (49)
10. Andrey Borodkin (47)

rare birds records

Black Lark (Melanocorypha yeltoniensis)

© Mishail Belousow
2026-03-29

The first photo-record in the Tomsk Region, the norhhernmost record in the Western Siberia.

Black-winged Pratincole (Glareola nordmanni)

© Katya Tsekhmister
2025-06-08

The northernmost breeding location of this species (confirmed with photos).

Pied Wheatear (Oenanthe pleschanka)

© Katya Tsekhmister
2025-05-22

The 1st record in the Tyumen' Region.

Peregrine Falcon (Falco peregrinus)

© Igor Fefelov
2026-02-08
Irkutsk

Extremely rare cases of wintering in the Irkutsk Region happen. The 1st photo-record in this region in winter months.

more rarities...

recent video

2025-10-04. Common Moorhen (Denis Zhbir), Common Moorhen (Denis Zhbir).

2024-06-24. Goosander (Andrey Borodkin), Goosander (Andrey Borodkin).

2024-06-19. Corncrake (Nadia Goncharova), Corncrake (Nadia Goncharova).

2024-06-09. Goosander (Andrey Borodkin), Goosander (Andrey Borodkin).

2024-05-06. Goosander (Andrey Borodkin), Goosander (Andrey Borodkin).

2024-04-13. Carrion Crow (Andrey Borodkin), Carrion Crow (Andrey Borodkin).

2024-03-02. Northern Hawk Owl (Oleg Popov), Northern Hawk Owl (Oleg Popov), Red Crossbill (Oleg Popov).

unidentified birds

2026-04-11

Игорь Фефелов: Не клоктун. В сравнении с крякашом крупновата птичка для клоктуна, и у клоктунов обоего пола есть чирочий темный передний край крыла снизу. [....]

2026-04-07

Игорь Фефелов: Краснозобый скорее всего

2026-03-12

Сергей Л. Волков: Ракурс неудачный. Но точно не обыкновенный бекас.

2026-02-26

Игорь Фефелов: На мой взгляд, клюв крупноват для серой. Но она и вообще, надо сказать, весьма тощая...

2026-02-24

Сергей Л. Волков: Черный коршун и ворон.

more unidentified birds...