Bird count days 2017

30^th of September and 1^st October we took part in Europe and Asia every year bird count:   Our team of five bird observers registered 1572 birds of 54 species. 

It was good migration of Hawfinches (559 registered) and Common Redpolls (Accanthis flammea) (390 registered). Also tits were in good numbers and third place by numbers got Coal Tit (Parus Ater) – 125 birds registered.

Hawfinch (Coccothraustes Coccothraustes) - most numerous October migrants on the station 

1^st of October also was good day for ringing. We ringed 94 birds. Mainly it was Willow (Parus montanus) – 28 ind., Great (Parus major) – 11 ind. and Azure (Parus cyanus) – 9 ind. Tits.

In the end of weekend – evening of the 1^st Oct. We got really nice bird – Godlewski’s Bunting. Sixth caught for 6 years – it was a pleasure to see this species for all of us.

Godlewski's Bunting (Emberiza godlewskii)

List of registered birds 30.09.2017 - 1.10. 2017

#	rus	eng	lat	numbers
1	Большой баклан	Great Cormorant	Phalacrocorax carbo	5
2	Кряква	Mallard	Anas platyrhynchos	1
3	Шилохвость	Northern Pintail	Anas acuta	4
4	Хохлатая чернеть	Tufted Duck	Aythya fuligula	1
5	Длинноносый крохаль	Red-breasted Merganser	Mergus serrator	3
6	Большой крохаль	Goosander	Mergus merganser	10
7	Полевой лунь	Hen Harrier	Circus cyaneus	1
8	Чеглок	Eurasian Hobby	Falco subbuteo	1
9	Рябчик	Hazel Grouse	Tetrastes Bonasia	1
10	Монгольская чайка	Mongolian Gull	Larus mongolicus	46
11	Сизая чайка	Common Gull	Larus canus	10
12	Седой дятел	Grey-headed Woodpecker	Picus canus	1
13	Желна	Black woodpecker	Dryocopus martius	1
14	Большой пестрый дятел	Great Spotted Woodpecker	Dendrocopos major	3
15	Малый пестрый дятел	Lesser Spotted Woodpecker	Dendrocopos minor	2
16	Полевой жаворонок	Eurasian Skylark	Alauda arvensis	9
17	Степной конек	Richard's Pipit	Anthus richardi	1
18	Пятнистый конек	Olive-backed Pipit	Anthus hodgsoni	4
19	Белая трясогузка	White Wagtail	Motacilla alba	11
20	Сойка	Eurasian Jay	Garrulus glandarius	4
21	Голубая сорока	Azure-winged Magpie	Cyanopica cyanus	23
22	Сорока	Common Magpie	Pica pica	5
23	Черная ворона	Carrion Crow	Corvus corone	28
24	Ворон	Common Raven	Corvus corax	4
25	Сибирская завирушка	Siberian Accentor	Prunella montanella	2
26	Пятнистый сверчок	Lanceolated Warbler	Locustella lanceolata	1
27	Пеночка-теньковка	Chiffchaff	Phylloscopus collybita	1
28	Пеночка-зарничка	Yellow-browed Warbler	Phylloscopus inornatus	1
29	Корольковая пеночка	Pallas’s Leaf-warbler	Phylloscopus proregulus	7
30	Соловей-красношейка	Siberian Rubythroat	Luscinia calliope	4
31	Синехвостка	Red-flanked Bluetail	Tarsiger cyanurus	19
32	Сибирская горихвостка	Daurian Redstart	Phoenicurus auroreus	11
33	Краснозобый дрозд	Red-throated Thrush	Turdus ruficollis	2
34	Длиннохвостая синица	Long-tailed Tit	Aegithalos caudatus	26
35	Буроголовая гаичка	Willow Tit	Parus montanus	87
36	Московка	Coal Tit	Parus ater	125
37	Белая лазоревка	Azure Tit	Parus cyanus	10
38	Большая синица	Great Tit	Parus major	61
39	Обыкновенный поползень	Eurasian Nuthatch	Sitta europaea	4
40	Полевой воробей	Tree Sparrow	Passer montanus	4
41	Юрок	Brambling	Fringilla montifringilla	84
42	Обыкновенная чечетка	Common Redpoll	Acanthis flammea	390
43	Длиннохвостая чечевица	Long-tailed Rosefinch	Uragus sibiricus	3
44	Обыкновенный cнегирь	Eurasian Bullfinch	Pyrrhula pyrrhula	1
45	Серый снегирь	Grey Bullfinch	Pyrrhula cineracea	5
46	Обыкновенный дубонос	Hawfinch	Coccothraustes coccothraustes	559
47	Белошапочная овсянка	Pine Bunting	Emberiza leucocephala	3
48	Овсянка Годлевского	Godlewski's Bunting	Emberiza godlewskii	1
49	Камышевая овсянка	Reed Bunting	Emberiza schoeniclus	3
50	Полярная овсянка	Pallas's Reed Bunting	Emberiza pallasi	4
51	Овсянка-ремез	Rustic Bunting	Emberiza rustica	2
52	Овсянка-крошка	Little Bunting	Emberiza pusilla	15
53	Седоголовая овсянка	Black-faced Bunting	Emberiza spodocephala	1
54	Подорожник	Lapland Bunting	Calcarius lapponicus	6