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Big Year 2022

The winner will submit the pictures of the largest number of bird species taken on the territory of XinJiang during this year.

You can see previous years competitions results here: 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021

participants


* number inside brackets means the number of species photographed in 2022
1. Rick Wang (269)
2. BAI (241)
3. yang feifei (222)
4. Black lark (174)
5. Tiddler (160)
6. wangjianli (156)
7. AhuiVision (118)
8. Binzhao Lv (80)
9. Rezaq Hassan (59)
10. zhangxingmin (32)
11. Liujianming (15)
13. Lee Tao (8)
15. hpx (5)
16. XJBWS (4)
18. zprhwb (2)
19. BAI YANSHAN (1)
20. Gou Jun (1)
21. Gyrfalcon (1)
23. wukefan (1)

all species photographed in 2022


* in order of appearance (number inside brackets means the date of first record "month-day" )
1. Eurasian Eagle-Owl (2022-01-01)
2. White-tailed Sea Eagle (2022-01-01)
3. Black-throated Thrush (2022-01-01)
4. Mistle Thrush (2022-01-01)
5. European Greenfinch (2022-01-01)
6. Fieldfare (2022-01-01)
7. Long-eared Owl (2022-01-01)
8. European Robin (2022-01-01)
9. Redwing (2022-01-01)
10. Ibisbill (2022-01-01)
11. Horned Grebe (2022-01-02)
12. Azure Tit (2022-01-02)
13. Little Grebe (2022-01-02)
14. Eurasian Magpie (2022-01-02)
15. Red Crossbill (2022-01-02)
16. Reed Bunting (2022-01-02)
17. Eurasian Sparrow Hawk (2022-01-03)
18. Brambling (2022-01-03)
19. Common Blackbird (2022-01-03)
20. Great Tit (2022-01-03)
21. Eurasian Wren (2022-01-03)
22. European Goldfinch (2022-01-03)
23. Eversmann's Redstart (2022-01-03)
24. Azure-winged Magpie (2022-01-03)
25. Common Chaffinch (2022-01-03)
26. Mallard (2022-01-03)
27. Naumann's Thrush (2022-01-03)
28. Eurasian Treecreeper (2022-01-03)
29. Coal Tit (2022-01-03)
30. Goldcrest (2022-01-03)
31. Eurasian Jackdaw (2022-01-03)
32. Brown Dipper (2022-01-03)
33. Common Raven (2022-01-03)
34. Common Kingfisher (2022-01-03)
35. Red-throated Thrush (2022-01-04)
36. Taiga Bean Goose (2022-01-04)
37. Songar Tit (2022-01-05)
38. Hill Pigeon (2022-01-05)
39. Common Pheasant (2022-01-05)
40. Green Sandpiper (2022-01-05)
41. Meadow Pipit (2022-01-05)
42. Plain Mountain Finch (2022-01-06)
43. Carrion Crow (2022-01-06)
44. Rock Dove (2022-01-06)
45. Eurasian Nuthatch (2022-01-06)
46. Yellowhammer (2022-01-06)
47. Eurasian Tree Sparrow (2022-01-06)
48. Pine Bunting (2022-01-06)
49. Red-billed Chough (2022-01-06)
50. Rook (2022-01-06)
51. Upland Buzzard (2022-01-06)
52. Black-throated Accentor (2022-01-06)
53. Red-mantled Rosefinch (2022-01-06)
54. Common Kestrel (2022-01-06)
55. Great Spotted Woodpecker (2022-01-07)
56. Grey Heron (2022-01-08)
57. Pygmy Cormorant (2022-01-08)
58. Common Buzzard (2022-01-08)
59. Dusky Thrush (2022-01-08)
60. White-winged Grosbeak (2022-01-08)
61. Bearded Reedling (2022-01-08)
62. Smew (2022-01-10)
63. Mute Swan (2022-01-11)
64. Eastern Buzzard (2022-01-14)
65. Jack Snipe (2022-01-15)
66. Dunlin (2022-01-15)
67. Eurasian Teal (2022-01-15)
68. Water Pipit (2022-01-15)
69. Common Snipe (2022-01-15)
70. Great Egret (2022-01-15)
71. Water Rail (2022-01-15)
72. White-throated Dipper (2022-01-16)
73. Eurasian Collared Dove (2022-01-17)
74. Solitary Snipe (2022-01-17)
75. Hawfinch (2022-01-17)
76. Turkestan Tit (2022-01-18)
77. Long-tailed Duck (2022-01-20)
78. Brown Accentor (2022-01-21)
79. White-winged Redstart (2022-01-22)
80. Twite (2022-01-23)
81. Short-eared Owl (2022-01-24)
82. Lammergeier (2022-01-26)
83. Golden Eagle (2022-01-26)
84. Common Merganser (2022-01-26)
85. Long-tailed Rosefinch (2022-01-27)
86. Great Gray Shrike (2022-01-27)
87. Western Marsh Harrier (2022-01-27)
88. Merlin (2022-01-29)
89. Ruddy Shelduck (2022-01-29)
90. White-winged Woodpecker (2022-01-29)
91. Gadwall (2022-01-29)
92. Great Bittern (2022-01-29)
93. Eurasian Siskin (2022-02-02)
94. Alpine Accentor (2022-02-03)
95. Himalayan Griffon (2022-02-03)
96. Saxaul Sparrow (2022-02-03)
97. Little Owl (2022-02-04)
98. Ural Owl (2022-02-05)
99. Silver-throated Bushtit (2022-02-05)
100. Willow Tit (2022-02-05)
101. Grey-headed Woodpecker (2022-02-05)
102. White-backed Woodpecker (2022-02-05)
103. Common Starling (2022-02-05)
104. Lesser Spotted Woodpecker (2022-02-06)
106. Northern Goshawk (2022-02-08)
107. Chukar Partridge (2022-02-08)
108. White-winged Snowfinch (2022-02-11)
109. Daurian Partridge (2022-02-11)
110. Brandt's Mountain Finch (2022-02-11)
111. Spotted Great Rosefinch (2022-02-11)
112. Horned Lark (2022-02-11)
113. Peregrine Falcon (2022-02-12)
114. Hen Harrier (2022-02-12)
115. Great Crested Grebe (2022-02-12)
116. Mongolian Gull (2022-02-12)
117. Whooper Swan (2022-02-12)
118. Eurasian Wigeon (2022-02-12)
119. Desert Finch (2022-02-13)
120. Stock Dove (2022-02-13)
121. Crested Lark (2022-02-13)
122. Long-legged Buzzard (2022-02-13)
123. Tarim Babbler (2022-02-14)
124. Pallas's Gull (2022-02-14)
125. White Wagtail (2022-02-14)
126. Spanish Sparrow (2022-02-15)
127. House Sparrow (2022-02-15)
128. Laughing Dove (2022-02-15)
129. Godlewski's Bunting (2022-02-20)
130. Yellow-legged Gull (2022-02-27)
131. Saker Falcon (2022-02-28)
132. Eurasian Coot (2022-02-28)
133. Northern Pintail (2022-03-01)
134. White-browned Tit Warber (2022-03-05)
135. Northern Lapwing (2022-03-05)
136. Eurasian Skylark (2022-03-07)
137. Red-crested Pochard (2022-03-07)
138. Corn Bunting (2022-03-07)
139. Ferruginous Pochard (2022-03-07)
140. Common Shelduck (2022-03-07)
141. Boreal Owl (2022-03-08)
142. Red-fronted Serin (2022-03-08)
143. Great Cormorant (2022-03-13)
144. Graylag Goose (2022-03-13)
145. Common Goldeneye (2022-03-18)
146. Tufted Duck (2022-03-18)
147. Black-headed Gull (2022-03-18)
148. Northern Shoveler (2022-03-18)
149. Meadow Bunting (2022-03-18)
150. Common Linnet (2022-03-18)
151. Common Redshank (2022-03-18)
152. Little Ringed Plover (2022-03-18)
153. Common Pochard (2022-03-18)
154. Black Kite (2022-03-18)
155. Common Myna (2022-03-18)
156. Cetti's Warbler (2022-03-18)
157. Common Crane (2022-03-18)
158. Wallcreeper (2022-03-19)
159. Asian Short-toed Lark (2022-03-20)
160. Rufous-tailed Shrike (2022-03-20)
161. Rough-legged Hawk (2022-03-21)
162. Isabelline Wheatear (2022-03-22)
163. Steppe Eagle (2022-03-22)
164. Bimaculated Lark (2022-03-22)
165. Black-bellied Sandgrouse (2022-03-22)
166. Rock Sparrow (2022-03-22)
167. Common Moorhen (2022-03-24)
168. Greater Short-toed Lark (2022-03-25)
169. Common Hoopoe (2022-03-30)
170. Grey Wagtail (2022-03-30)
171. Eurasian Woodcock (2022-03-31)
172. Pied Wheatear (2022-04-02)
173. Isabelline Shrike (2022-04-03)
174. Black Redstart (2022-04-04)
175. Northern Wheatear (2022-04-04)
176. Desert Wheatear (2022-04-04)
177. Tawny Pipit (2022-04-04)
178. Siberian Stonechat (2022-04-04)
179. Mongolian Finch (2022-04-04)
180. Bluethroat (2022-04-04)
181. Western Yellow Wagtail (2022-04-05)
182. Common Chiff-chaff (2022-04-08)
183. Pied Avocet (2022-04-09)
184. Short-toed Snake Eagle (2022-04-09)
185. White-crowned Penduline Tit (2022-04-09)
186. Eurasian Crag Martin (2022-04-09)
187. Pale Sand Swallow (2022-04-09)
188. Citrine Wagtail (2022-04-09)
189. Hume's Leaf Warbler (2022-04-09)
190. Desert Whitethroat (2022-04-09)
191. Northern House Martin (2022-04-09)
192. Barn Swallow (2022-04-09)
193. Common Tern (2022-04-09)
194. Western Osprey (2022-04-09)
195. Black-winged Stilt (2022-04-09)
196. Blue-capped Redstart (2022-04-10)
197. Spotted Nutcracker (2022-04-10)
198. Tundra Bean Goose (2022-04-14)
199. Falcated Duck (2022-04-14)
200. Garganey (2022-04-14)
201. Common Swift (2022-04-14)
202. Eurasian Curlew (2022-04-14)
203. Sand Martin (2022-04-14)
204. Black-tailed Godwit (2022-04-15)
205. Caspian Tern (2022-04-15)
206. Great Reed Warbler (2022-04-15)
207. Lesser Kestrel (2022-04-15)
208. Eurasian Scops Owl (2022-04-18)
209. Black-necked Grebe (2022-04-19)
210. Collared Pratincole (2022-04-19)
211. Greater Sand Plover (2022-04-21)
212. Bar-headed Goose (2022-04-21)
213. Kentish Plover (2022-04-21)
214. Lesser Sand Plover (2022-04-21)
215. Common Sandpiper (2022-04-21)
216. Common Greenshank (2022-04-21)
217. Marsh Sandpiper (2022-04-21)
218. Black Stork (2022-04-22)
219. Song Thrush (2022-04-23)
220. Richard' s Pipit (2022-04-24)
221. Booted Eagle (2022-04-24)
222. Asian Desert Warbler (2022-04-25)
223. Pallas's Sandgrouse (2022-04-25)
224. Eurasian Oystercatcher (2022-04-25)
225. White-headed Duck (2022-04-25)
226. Rock Bunting (2022-04-25)
227. Paddyfield Warbler (2022-04-26)
228. Common Redstart (2022-04-26)
229. Demoiselle Crane (2022-04-26)
230. Cinereous Vulture (2022-04-26)
231. Gull-billed Tern (2022-04-27)
232. Black Lark (2022-04-27)
233. Calandra Lark (2022-04-27)
234. Common Wood Pigeon (2022-04-27)
235. Black Grouse (2022-04-27)
236. Great Bustard (2022-04-28)
237. Eurasian Stone Curlew (2022-04-28)
238. Common Cuckoo (2022-04-28)
239. Common Nightingale (2022-05-02)
240. Oriental Turtle Dove (2022-05-02)
241. Common Rosefinch (2022-05-02)
242. Barred Warbler (2022-05-03)
243. Temminck's Stint (2022-05-03)
244. Whimbrel (2022-05-03)
245. Mongolian Ground Jay (2022-05-04)
246. Rufous-tailed Rock Thrush (2022-05-05)
247. Common Grasshopper Warbler (2022-05-06)
248. Little Stint (2022-05-06)
249. Spotted Redshank (2022-05-06)
250. Wood Sandpiper (2022-05-07)
251. Curlew Sandpiper (2022-05-07)
252. Long-toed Stint (2022-05-07)
253. Purple Heron (2022-05-09)
254. Whiskered Tern (2022-05-09)
255. Little Egret (2022-05-10)
256. Terek Sandpiper (2022-05-10)
257. European Roller (2022-05-10)
258. Little Bittern (2022-05-10)
259. Shikra (2022-05-10)
260. Little Tern (2022-05-10)
261. Sykes' Warbler (2022-05-10)
262. Glossy Ibis (2022-05-10)
263. European Bee-eater (2022-05-11)
264. White-winged Tern (2022-05-11)
265. Black Tern (2022-05-11)
266. Tree Pipit (2022-05-11)
267. Blyth's Reed Warbler (2022-05-12)
268. White-tail Rubythroat (2022-05-13)
269. Lesser Whitethroat (2022-05-13)
270. Savi's Warbler (2022-05-13)
271. Alpine Chough (2022-05-14)
272. Eurasian Hobby (2022-05-14)
273. Brown-headed Bunting (2022-05-14)
274. Black-crowned Night Heron (2022-05-14)
275. Sanderling (2022-05-15)
276. Greenish Warbler (2022-05-16)
277. Lesser Grey Shrike (2022-05-17)
278. Pallas's Fish Eagle (2022-05-17)
279. Himalayan Snowcock (2022-05-18)
280. Blue-cheeked Bee-eater (2022-05-18)
281. Steppe Grey Shrike (2022-05-18)
282. Red-backed Shrike (2022-05-18)
283. Grey Plover (2022-05-19)
284. Eurasian Wryneck (2022-05-19)
285. Greater Whitethroat (2022-05-20)
286. Spotted Flycatcher (2022-05-20)
287. Blue Whistling Thrush (2022-05-21)
288. Blue Rock Thrush (2022-05-22)
289. Brown Shrike (2022-05-22)
290. Pacific Golden Plover (2022-05-22)
291. Indian Golden Oriole (2022-05-22)
292. Eurasian Reed Warbler (2022-05-24)
293. Ruddy Turnstone (2022-05-24)
294. Rosy Starling (2022-05-28)
295. European Nightjar (2022-05-31)
296. Grey-necked Bunting (2022-05-31)
297. Corncrake (2022-05-31)
298. Griffon Vulture (2022-06-02)
299. Rufous-tailed Scrub Robin (2022-06-02)
300. Altai Accentor (2022-06-05)
301. European Turtle Dove (2022-06-07)
302. Blyth's Pipit (2022-06-08)
303. Red-necked Phalarope (2022-06-10)
304. Spotted Crake (2022-06-11)
305. Velvet Scoter (2022-06-11)
306. Booted Warbler (2022-06-11)
307. Red-footed Falcon (2022-06-12)
308. Black Woodpecker (2022-06-14)
309. Greater Spotted Eagle (2022-06-15)
310. Eastern Olivaceous Warbler (2022-06-17)
311. Willow Ptarmigan (2022-06-18)
312. Eurasian Dotterel (2022-06-18)
313. Ortolan Bunting (2022-06-18)
314. Eurasian Golden Oriole (2022-06-19)
316. Yellow-breasted Bunting (2022-06-21)
317. Rock Ptarmigan (2022-06-26)
318. Sulphur-bellied Warbler (2022-06-30)
319. Siberian Rubythroat (2022-06-30)
320. Eurasian Spoonbill (2022-07-05)
321. Eastern Yellow Wagtail (2022-07-05)
322. Hume's Whitethroat (2022-07-06)
323. Ruff (2022-07-07)
324. Mountain Chiff-chaff (2022-07-08)
325. Sinai Rosefinch (2022-07-09)
326. Rufous-naped Tit (2022-07-09)
327. Xinjiang Ground Jay (2022-07-10)
328. Pallid Scops Owl (2022-07-14)
329. Dalmatian Pelican (2022-07-17)
330. Little Bunting (2022-07-24)
331. Rufous-necked Snowfinch (2022-07-29)
332. Blanford's Snowfinch (2022-07-29)
333. Tibetan Snowfinch (2022-07-29)
334. Sharp-tailed Sandpiper (2022-08-14)
335. Brahminy Starling (2022-08-19)
336. Little Gull (2022-09-14)
337. Red-breasted Flycatcher (2022-09-20)

Big Year 2024

1. Rick Wang (299)
2. yang feifei (235)
3. AhuiVision (194)
4. dinmin (156)
5. Yang (139)
6. Rezaq Hassan (130)
7. Marmot (119)
8. lixiangren (88)
9. Tiddler (84)
10. Bird Sniper (73)
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rare birds records


Pygmy Cormorant (Microcarbo pygmeus)

© daobazi
2018-11-20
Xinjiang Changji Manas County National Wetland Park

Dec. 28, 2018, LIU Zhongde found this species in Manas River wetland.

Pied Bushchat (Saxicola caprata)

© gebi huyang
2018-09-16
wusu

15 Sept 2018, shot from Dafdar,Tashkurghan has been confirmed a new record in Xinjiang.

Sinai Rosefinch (Carpodacus synoicus)

© Marmot
2018-05-31
Hetian County


Purple Heron (Ardea purpurea)

© Allan Linn
2018-05-27
Kuntibes, Muji, Akto

27 May 2018, photo by Allan from Kuntibes,Akto has been confirmed a new record in Xinjiang.
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