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    total species: 274
    total photos: 1919
    total videos: 2
    total blogposts: 81

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    1. Eurasian Goldfinch (2015-01-01)
    2. Grey-headed Goldfinch (2015-01-01)
    3. Mistle Thrush (2015-01-01)
    4. Black-throated Thrush (2015-01-01)
    5. Red-fronted Serin (2015-01-01)
    6. Rock Pigeon (2015-01-03)
    7. Lesser Whitethroat (2015-01-04)
    8. Common Chaffinch (2015-01-04)
    9. Eurasian Blackbird (2015-01-04)
    10. Common Sparrowhawk (2015-01-25)
    11. Brambling (2015-01-25)
    12. European Robin (2015-01-28)
    13. Eurasian Siskin (2015-02-01)
    14. Goldcrest (2015-02-01)
    15. Ural Owl (2015-02-06)
    16. Great Spotted Woodpecker (2015-02-06)
    17. Northern Bullfinch (2015-02-07)
    18. European Greenfinch (2015-02-07)
    19. Common Raven (2015-02-07)
    20. Eurasian Dipper (2015-02-07)
    21. Eurasian Jay (2015-02-08)
    22. Long-tailed Tit (2015-02-08)
    24. Willow Tit (2015-02-08)
    25. Western Capercaillie (2015-02-09)
    26. Eurasian Nuthatch (2015-02-09)
    27. Northern Goshawk (2015-02-09)
    28. Common Treecreeper (2015-02-09)
    29. Coal Tit (2015-02-09)
    30. Baikal Bullfinch (2015-02-09)
    31. Great Tit (2015-02-09)
    32. Long-tailed Rosefinch (2015-02-09)
    33. Mallard (2015-02-21)
    34. Hawfinch (2015-02-21)
    35. Little Grebe (2015-02-21)
    36. Wallcreeper (2015-02-21)
    37. Eversmann's Redstart (2015-02-21)
    38. Great White Egret (2015-02-21)
    39. Azure Tit (2015-02-21)
    40. Northern Reed Bunting (2015-02-21)
    41. Ibisbill (2015-02-21)
    42. Long-legged Buzzard (2015-02-22)
    43. Eastern Buzzard (2015-03-19)
    44. Steppe Eagle (2015-03-22)
    45. Black Kite (2015-03-22)
    46. White-tailed Sea-Eagle (2015-03-22)
    47. Common Kestrel (2015-03-22)
    48. Steppe Grey Shrike (2015-03-22)
    49. Citrine Wagtail (2015-03-22)
    50. White Wagtail (2015-03-22)
    51. Isabelline Shrike (2015-03-22)
    52. Black-throated Accentor (2015-03-23)
    53. Hoopoe (2015-03-23)
    54. Pine Bunting (2015-03-23)
    55. Desert Finch (2015-03-23)
    56. Black Redstart (2015-03-23)
    57. Pallas's Gull (2015-03-23)
    58. Greater Short-toed Lark (2015-03-23)
    59. Whooper Swan (2015-03-23)
    60. Bean Goose (2015-03-23)
    61. Turkestan Shrike (2015-04-04)
    62. Dalmatian Pelican (2015-04-04)
    63. Western Marsh-Harrier (2015-04-04)
    64. Siberian Stonechat (2015-04-04)
    65. Kentish Plover (2015-04-04)
    66. Water Pipit (2015-04-04)
    67. Pied Wheatear (2015-04-04)
    68. Northern Wheatear (2015-04-04)
    69. Greater Spotted Eagle (2015-04-04)
    70. Eurasian Curlew (2015-04-04)
    71. Long-eared Owl (2015-04-04)
    72. Yellow Wagtail (2015-04-04)
    73. Baraba Steppe Gull (2015-04-04)
    74. Pallid Harrier (2015-04-04)
    75. Blue-capped Redstart (2015-04-04)
    76. Glossy Ibis (2015-04-11)
    77. Jack Snipe (2015-04-11)
    78. Gull-billed Tern (2015-04-11)
    79. Collared Pratincole (2015-04-11)
    80. Osprey (2015-04-11)
    81. Bluethroat (2015-04-11)
    82. Common Chiffchaff (2015-04-11)
    83. Great White Pelican (2015-04-11)
    84. Tawny Pipit (2015-04-11)
    85. Northern House Martin (2015-04-11)
    86. Common Swift (2015-04-11)
    87. Barn Swallow (2015-04-11)
    88. Black-tailed Godwit (2015-04-11)
    89. Grey Heron (2015-04-11)
    90. Northern Lapwing (2015-04-11)
    91. Black-headed Wagtail (2015-04-11)
    92. Green Sandpiper (2015-04-11)
    93. Marsh Sandpiper (2015-04-11)
    94. Northern Pintail (2015-04-12)
    95. Purple Heron (2015-04-12)
    96. Slender-billed Gull (2015-04-12)
    97. Red-crested Pochard (2015-04-12)
    98. Eurasian Spoonbill (2015-04-12)
    99. Pygmy Cormorant (2015-04-12)
    100. White-tailed Lapwing (2015-04-12)
    101. Eurasian Stone Curlew (2015-04-12)
    102. Ruff (2015-04-12)
    103. Eurasian Penduline Tit (2015-04-12)
    104. Sanderling (2015-04-12)
    105. Menetries Warbler (2015-04-12)
    106. Carrion Crow (2015-04-12)
    107. Tree Pipit (2015-04-12)
    108. Common Mynah (2015-04-25)
    109. Red-rumped Swallow (2015-04-26)
    110. Hume's Warbler (2015-04-26)
    111. Wood Pigeon (2015-04-27)
    112. Blue Whistling Thrush (2015-04-30)
    113. Grey Wagtail (2015-05-02)
    114. Rufous-tailed Rock Thrush (2015-05-03)
    115. White-headed Duck (2015-05-03)
    116. Spotted Flycatcher (2015-05-03)
    117. Common Redshank (2015-05-03)
    118. Black-headed Gull (2015-05-03)
    119. Lesser Grey Shrike (2015-05-03)
    120. Grey-necked Bunting (2015-05-03)
    121. Common Kingfisher (2015-05-03)
    122. Little Bittern (2015-05-03)
    123. Brown-necked Raven (2015-05-03)
    124. Common Tern (2015-05-03)
    125. Eurasian Roller (2015-05-03)
    126. Common Oystercatcher (2015-05-03)
    127. Eurasian Whimbrel (2015-05-03)
    128. Common Shelduck (2015-05-03)
    129. Common Greenshank (2015-05-03)
    130. Oriental Turtle Dove (2015-05-03)
    131. Common Moorhen (2015-05-03)
    132. Black-breasted Tit (2015-05-06)
    133. White-capped Bunting (2015-05-06)
    134. Corn Bunting (2015-05-06)
    135. White-Winged Woodpecker (2015-05-06)
    136. Masked Wagtail (2015-05-06)
    137. Red-headed Bunting (2015-05-06)
    138. Cinereous Vulture (2015-05-06)
    139. Egyptian Vulture (2015-05-06)
    140. Common Cuckoo (2015-05-06)
    141. Common Rosefinch (2015-05-06)
    142. Griffon Vulture (2015-05-06)
    143. Yellow-breasted Tit (2015-05-07)
    144. White-crowned Penduline Tit (2015-05-07)
    145. Lammergeier (2015-05-07)
    146. Rock Bunting (2015-05-07)
    147. Eurasian Linnet (2015-05-07)
    148. Long-tailed Shrike (2015-05-07)
    149. Eurasian Hobby (2015-05-07)
    150. Hume's Whitethroat (2015-05-07)
    151. Common Sandpiper (2015-05-07)
    152. Indian Golden Oriole (2015-05-08)
    153. European Golden Oriole (2015-05-08)
    154. Eurasian Collared Dove (2015-05-08)
    155. Blue Rock Thrush (2015-05-08)
    156. Eurasian Scops-Owl (2015-05-10)
    157. Asian Paradise Flycatcher (2015-05-10)
    158. European Bee-eater (2015-05-10)
    159. Red-backed Shrike (2015-05-10)
    160. Turkestan Tit (2015-05-10)
    161. Pallas's Sea-Eagle (2015-05-16)
    162. European Turtle Dove (2015-05-16)
    163. Little Tern (2015-05-16)
    164. Black Tern (2015-05-16)
    165. Spotted Redshank (2015-05-16)
    166. Blyth's Reed Warbler (2015-05-16)
    167. Black-crowned Night Heron (2015-05-16)
    168. Wood Sandpiper (2015-05-16)
    169. Temminck's Stint (2015-05-16)
    170. Black-winged Stilt (2015-05-16)
    171. Common Teal (2015-05-16)
    172. Little Stint (2015-05-16)
    173. Pied Avocet (2015-05-16)
    174. Spanish Sparrow (2015-05-16)
    175. European Nightjar (2015-05-17)
    176. Crested Honey-Buzzard (2015-05-17)
    177. Common Whitethroat (2015-05-24)
    178. Brown Dipper (2015-06-02)
    179. Plain Mountain Finch (2015-06-02)
    180. Himalayan Rubythroat (2015-06-02)
    181. Songar Tit (2015-06-02)
    182. Little Owl (2015-06-05)
    183. Indian Sparrow (2015-06-05)
    184. Blue-cheeked Bee-eater (2015-06-05)
    185. Syke's Warbler (2015-06-05)
    186. Upcher's Warbler (2015-06-05)
    187. Crested Lark (2015-06-05)
    188. Rufous Bush Robin (2015-06-05)
    189. Finsch's Wheatear (2015-06-06)
    190. Lesser Short-toed Lark (2015-06-06)
    191. Ruddy Shelduck (2015-06-06)
    192. Greater Sand Plover (2015-06-06)
    193. Red-necked Phalarope (2015-06-06)
    194. Macqueen's Bustard (2015-06-06)
    195. Shikra (2015-06-06)
    196. Eurasian Jackdaw (2015-06-06)
    197. Short-toed Snake-Eagle (2015-06-07)
    198. Ortolan Bunting (2015-06-07)
    199. Clamorous Reed Warbler (2015-06-07)
    200. Calandra Lark (2015-06-08)
    201. Isabelline Wheatear (2015-06-08)
    202. Pin-Tailed Sandgrouse (2015-06-08)
    203. Black-Bellied Sandgrouse (2015-06-08)
    204. Northern Wren (2015-06-13)
    205. Yellow-billed Chough (2015-06-13)
    206. Himalayan Snowcock (2015-06-13)
    207. Golden Eagle (2015-06-13)
    208. Sulphur-bellied Warbler (2015-06-13)
    209. Red-mantled Rosefinch (2015-06-20)
    210. Booted Eagle (2015-06-20)
    211. White-browed Tit-Warbler (2015-07-11)
    212. Himalayan Accentor (2015-07-11)
    213. Himalayan Vulture (2015-07-11)
    214. Red-billed Chough (2015-07-11)
    215. Guldenstadt's Redstart (2015-07-11)
    216. Greenish Warbler (2015-07-13)
    217. Common Nightingale (2015-07-21)
    218. Relict Gull (2015-07-22)
    219. Caspian Tern (2015-07-22)
    220. Caspian Gull (2015-07-22)
    221. Great Cormorant (2015-07-22)
    222. Little Ringed Plover (2015-07-22)
    223. Barred Warbler (2015-07-22)
    224. Lesser Kestrel (2015-07-23)
    225. Common Starling (2015-07-24)
    226. Goosander (2015-07-24)
    227. Common Snipe (2015-07-24)
    228. Western Grasshopper Warbler (2015-08-04)
    229. Common Buzzard (2015-08-04)
    230. Black-winged Pratincole (2015-08-05)
    231. Eurasian Wryneck (2015-08-15)
    232. Curlew Sandpiper (2015-08-16)
    233. Rosy Starling (2015-08-16)
    234. Common Pochard (2015-08-16)
    235. Ferruginous Duck (2015-08-16)
    236. Northern Shoveler (2015-08-16)
    237. Garganey (2015-08-16)
    238. Great Crested Grebe (2015-08-16)
    239. Common Goldeneye (2015-08-16)
    240. Black-Necked Grebe (2015-08-16)
    241. Sand Martin (2015-08-16)
    242. Montagu's Harrier (2015-08-16)
    243. Terek Sandpiper (2015-08-16)
    244. Eastern Imperial Eagle (2015-08-22)
    245. Black Stork (2015-08-22)
    246. Common Coot (2015-08-22)
    247. Pacific Golden Plover (2015-08-22)
    248. Booted Warbler (2015-08-23)
    249. Spotted Nutcracker (2015-08-29)
    250. Dunlin (2015-09-05)
    251. Slavonian Grebe (2015-09-05)
    252. White-winged Tern (2015-09-06)
    253. Common Pheasant (2015-09-06)
    254. Sociable Lapwing (2015-09-06)
    255. Broad-billed Sandpiper (2015-09-06)
    256. Peregrine Falcon (2015-09-13)
    257. Greater Ringed Plover (2015-09-13)
    258. Common Quail (2015-09-15)
    259. Brown Accentor (2015-09-20)
    260. Common Crane (2015-10-04)
    261. Rook (2015-10-04)
    262. Eurasian Magpie (2015-10-09)
    263. Hooded Crow (2015-10-16)
    264. Tree Sparrow (2015-10-17)
    265. Yellowhammer (2015-10-21)
    266. Desert Wheatear (2015-10-25)
    267. Gadwall (2015-10-25)
    268. Tufted Duck (2015-10-25)
    269. Mongolian Finch (2015-10-25)
    270. Meadow Pipit (2015-10-25)
    271. Merlin (2015-10-25)
    272. Bearded Tit (2015-10-31)
    273. Rough-legged Buzzard (2015-11-09)
    274. Solitary Snipe (2015-11-21)

    recent uploads

    2015-12-31. Eversmann's Redstart, Guldenstadt's Redstart, Himalayan Lammergeier, Common Raven, Coal Tit, Goldcrest, Common Kestrel, Red-billed Chough.

    2015-12-28. Pied Wheatear.

    2015-12-26. Mistle Thrush, Eurasian Magpie, European Greenfinch, Lesser Whitethroat, Barred Warbler, Northern Wren, Blue Whistling Thrush.

    2015-12-24. Red-fronted Serin, Grey-headed Goldfinch, Brown Dipper.

    2015-12-21. Goldcrest, Red-fronted Serin.

    2015-12-18. Mistle Thrush, Eastern Buzzard.

    2015-12-17. Red-fronted Serin.

    2015-12-16. Eurasian Blackbird, Lesser Whitethroat, Goldcrest, Grey Wagtail, Blue Whistling Thrush.

    2015-12-15. Brambling, Lesser Whitethroat.

    2015-12-12. Eurasian Blackbird.

    2015-12-11. Hybrid Crow, European Greenfinch, Peregrine Falcon.

    2015-12-07. Grey Wagtail, Blue Whistling Thrush, Brown Dipper.

    2015-12-06. Grey Wagtail.

    2015-12-03. Wood Pigeon, Lesser Whitethroat, Barred Warbler.

    2015-12-02. Eurasian Blackbird, Mistle Thrush.

    rare birds records


    Squacco Heron (Ardeola ralloides)

    © Andrey Kovalenko
    2026-06-06
    Almaty area, Sorbulak.

    Second registration of the species on Lake Sorbulak. The first was more than 40 years ago, when two birds were discovered among Grey Herons on June 30, 1982 (Erokhov, 1991). According to available data, this is the easternmost point of flight of the yellow heron from its main range.

    Great Snipe (Gallinago media)

    © Vasilii Bastaev
    2026-05-08
    Karakol lake, Mangystau

    The second record of a rare migratory species this season.

    Great Snipe (Gallinago media)

    © Qanatbek Kenzhegulov
    2026-04-14
    Aktau, Mangystau region

    A rare passage species in Kazakhstan. The most recent photographic record in the country was made on 21 April 2022 in the Suzak District of Turkestan Region (Martin Grienenberger; see the website gallery). In Mangystau Region, only two records supported by photographic evidence are known from recent decades of the 21st century: 20–24 May 2009 in the Kenderli area (Neve et al., 2010) and the present observation.

    Northern Wren (Troglodytes troglodytes)

    © Alexandr Fedulin
    2026-03-30

    A new species for the Teniz-Korgalzhinsky region. The first photographic confirmation on the website for the Kazakh Uplands. Recorded on March 28 and 30 in different parts of the village.
    more rarities...

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