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Gaviiformes
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    • Podicipediformes
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    map of photoshootings

    total species: 274
    total photos: 3627
    total videos: 2
    total blogposts: 101

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    1. Barred Warbler (2016-01-01)
    2. Lesser Whitethroat (2016-01-01)
    3. Goldcrest (2016-01-01)
    4. Red-fronted Serin (2016-01-01)
    5. Lammergeier (2016-01-02)
    6. Coal Tit (2016-01-02)
    7. Mistle Thrush (2016-01-06)
    8. Common Pheasant (2016-01-06)
    9. Grey Wagtail (2016-01-08)
    10. Eurasian Siskin (2016-01-08)
    11. Brambling (2016-01-09)
    12. Common Chaffinch (2016-01-09)
    13. House Sparrow (2016-01-09)
    14. Eurasian Blackbird (2016-01-09)
    15. Eastern Buzzard (2016-01-09)
    16. Eurasian Goldfinch (2016-03-09)
    17. Grey-headed Goldfinch (2016-03-09)
    18. Wood Pigeon (2016-03-10)
    19. Masked Wagtail (2016-03-10)
    20. Common Sparrowhawk (2016-03-12)
    21. European Greenfinch (2016-03-13)
    22. Common Kestrel (2016-03-13)
    23. Eurasian Magpie (2016-03-13)
    24. Peregrine Falcon (2016-03-14)
    25. Carrion Crow (2016-03-17)
    26. Isabelline Shrike (2016-03-17)
    27. Black-throated Accentor (2016-03-17)
    28. Blue Whistling Thrush (2016-03-17)
    29. Blue-capped Redstart (2016-03-19)
    30. Azure Tit (2016-03-19)
    31. Mallard (2016-03-19)
    32. Hen Harrier (2016-03-19)
    33. Caspian Gull (2016-03-20)
    34. Desert Wheatear (2016-03-20)
    35. Steppe Eagle (2016-03-20)
    36. Eurasian Jackdaw (2016-03-20)
    37. Pallas's Gull (2016-03-20)
    38. Black-headed Gull (2016-03-20)
    39. Citrine Wagtail (2016-03-20)
    40. Little Bustard (2016-03-20)
    41. Little Ringed Plover (2016-03-20)
    42. Great Cormorant (2016-03-20)
    43. Pied Avocet (2016-03-20)
    44. Goosander (2016-03-20)
    45. Gadwall (2016-03-20)
    46. Common Redshank (2016-03-20)
    47. Isabelline Wheatear (2016-03-20)
    48. Pied Wheatear (2016-03-20)
    49. Sky Lark (2016-03-20)
    50. Northern Reed Bunting (2016-03-20)
    51. Common Chiffchaff (2016-03-20)
    52. Dalmatian Pelican (2016-03-20)
    53. Whooper Swan (2016-03-20)
    54. Rock Bunting (2016-03-20)
    55. White-tailed Sea-Eagle (2016-03-20)
    56. Western Marsh-Harrier (2016-03-20)
    57. Pine Bunting (2016-03-20)
    58. Calandra Lark (2016-03-20)
    59. Eurasian Wigeon (2016-03-20)
    60. Northern Pintail (2016-03-20)
    61. White Wagtail (2016-03-20)
    62. Common Starling (2016-03-20)
    63. Ferruginous Duck (2016-03-20)
    64. Eversmann's Redstart (2016-03-22)
    65. Black Redstart (2016-03-23)
    66. Steppe Grey Shrike (2016-03-27)
    67. Turkestan Shrike (2016-03-27)
    68. Black-throated Thrush (2016-03-27)
    69. Black Kite (2016-03-27)
    70. Grey Heron (2016-03-27)
    71. Common Oystercatcher (2016-03-27)
    72. Ruddy Shelduck (2016-03-27)
    73. Great White Pelican (2016-03-27)
    74. Black-Necked Grebe (2016-03-27)
    75. Common Pochard (2016-03-27)
    76. Bluethroat (2016-03-27)
    77. Northern Wheatear (2016-03-27)
    78. Northern Shoveler (2016-03-27)
    79. Common Teal (2016-03-27)
    80. Garganey (2016-03-27)
    81. Tufted Duck (2016-03-27)
    82. Red-crested Pochard (2016-03-27)
    83. White-headed Duck (2016-03-27)
    84. Great Grey Shrike (2016-03-27)
    85. Eurasian Collared Dove (2016-03-27)
    86. Great Tit (2016-03-29)
    87. Siberian Stonechat (2016-03-29)
    88. Common Raven (2016-04-03)
    89. Long-legged Buzzard (2016-04-03)
    90. Corn Bunting (2016-04-03)
    91. Common Swift (2016-04-05)
    92. Bar-tailed Godwit (2016-04-08)
    93. Red-necked Phalarope (2016-04-08)
    94. Marsh Sandpiper (2016-04-08)
    95. Grey Plover (2016-04-08)
    96. White-tailed Lapwing (2016-04-08)
    97. Eurasian Spoonbill (2016-04-08)
    98. Greater Flamingo (2016-04-08)
    99. Greater Sand Plover (2016-04-08)
    100. Kentish Plover (2016-04-08)
    101. Common Sandpiper (2016-04-08)
    102. Gull-billed Tern (2016-04-08)
    103. Slender-billed Gull (2016-04-08)
    104. Eurasian Whimbrel (2016-04-08)
    105. Mute Swan (2016-04-08)
    106. Common Snipe (2016-04-08)
    107. Green Sandpiper (2016-04-08)
    108. Common Tern (2016-04-08)
    109. Hoopoe (2016-04-08)
    110. Common Shelduck (2016-04-08)
    111. Dunlin (2016-04-08)
    112. Crested Lark (2016-04-08)
    113. Meadow Pipit (2016-04-09)
    114. Eurasian Curlew (2016-04-09)
    115. Greater Ringed Plover (2016-04-10)
    116. Jack Snipe (2016-04-10)
    117. Finsch's Wheatear (2016-04-11)
    118. Chukar Partridge (2016-04-11)
    119. Eurasian Stone Curlew (2016-04-13)
    120. Barn Swallow (2016-04-13)
    121. Hooded Crow (2016-04-14)
    122. Great White Egret (2016-04-18)
    123. Eurasian Redstart (2016-04-18)
    124. Willow Warbler (2016-04-18)
    125. Golden Eagle (2016-04-19)
    126. Tree Pipit (2016-04-19)
    127. Song Thrush (2016-04-19)
    128. Black-tailed Godwit (2016-04-19)
    129. Little Tern (2016-04-20)
    130. Bimaculated Lark (2016-04-20)
    131. Rock Sparrow (2016-04-20)
    132. Whinchat (2016-04-21)
    133. Ortolan Bunting (2016-04-23)
    134. Eurasian Wryneck (2016-04-23)
    135. Yellow Wagtail (2016-04-24)
    136. Black-headed Wagtail (2016-04-24)
    137. Black-winged Stilt (2016-04-24)
    138. Black-winged Pratincole (2016-04-24)
    139. Ruff (2016-04-24)
    140. Fieldfare (2016-04-28)
    141. Yellowhammer (2016-04-28)
    142. White-Backed Woodpecker (2016-04-28)
    143. Lesser Spotted Woodpecker (2016-04-28)
    144. Great Spotted Woodpecker (2016-04-28)
    145. Blue Tit (2016-04-28)
    146. Red-footed Falcon (2016-04-30)
    147. Common Buzzard (2016-04-30)
    148. Eurasian Penduline Tit (2016-04-30)
    149. Thrush Nightingale (2016-04-30)
    150. Spotted Flycatcher (2016-04-30)
    151. Red-breasted Flycatcher (2016-04-30)
    152. European Bee-eater (2016-05-02)
    153. Red-Necked Grebe (2016-05-02)
    154. Great Crested Grebe (2016-05-02)
    155. Slavonian Grebe (2016-05-02)
    156. Montagu's Harrier (2016-05-02)
    157. Levant Sparrowhawk (2016-05-02)
    158. Common Whitethroat (2016-05-04)
    159. Eurasian Hobby (2016-05-04)
    160. Tree Sparrow (2016-05-04)
    161. Common Cuckoo (2016-05-04)
    162. Rook (2016-05-04)
    163. Black Tern (2016-05-05)
    164. Whiskered Tern (2016-05-05)
    165. White-winged Tern (2016-05-05)
    166. Common Rosefinch (2016-05-05)
    167. Western Grasshopper Warbler (2016-05-05)
    168. European Golden Oriole (2016-05-05)
    169. Common Coot (2016-05-05)
    170. Sand Martin (2016-05-05)
    171. Blyth's Reed Warbler (2016-05-07)
    172. Eurasian Honey-Buzzard (2016-05-07)
    173. Stock Pigeon (2016-05-07)
    174. Lesser Grey Shrike (2016-05-09)
    175. Northern Lapwing (2016-05-09)
    176. Eurasian Roller (2016-05-09)
    177. Bearded Tit (2016-05-10)
    178. Greenish Warbler (2016-05-10)
    179. Paddyfield Warbler (2016-05-10)
    180. Red-headed Bunting (2016-05-10)
    181. Booted Warbler (2016-05-10)
    182. Short-toed Snake-Eagle (2016-05-10)
    183. Great Reed Warbler (2016-05-10)
    184. Black-Bellied Sandgrouse (2016-05-10)
    185. Rosy Starling (2016-05-10)
    186. Grey Partridge (2016-05-10)
    187. Wood Sandpiper (2016-05-11)
    188. Smew (2016-05-11)
    189. Terek Sandpiper (2016-05-12)
    190. Red-backed Shrike (2016-05-12)
    191. Common Moorhen (2016-05-12)
    192. White-winged Lark (2016-05-12)
    193. Sedge Warbler (2016-05-21)
    194. Garden Warbler (2016-05-21)
    195. Little Gull (2016-05-21)
    196. Little Bittern (2016-05-22)
    197. Eurasian Linnet (2016-05-22)
    198. Tawny Pipit (2016-05-24)
    199. Marsh Warbler (2016-05-25)
    200. Oriental Turtle Dove (2016-05-25)
    201. Pallid Harrier (2016-05-26)
    202. Yellow-backed Wagtail (2016-05-26)
    203. Eurasian Bittern (2016-05-26)
    204. Common Goldeneye (2016-05-30)
    205. Common Kingfisher (2016-05-30)
    207. Greater Short-toed Lark (2016-06-01)
    208. Eurasian Reed Warbler (2016-06-01)
    209. Demoiselle Crane (2016-06-04)
    210. Greylag Goose (2016-06-05)
    211. Blue-cheeked Bee-eater (2016-06-06)
    212. Syke's Warbler (2016-06-06)
    213. Lesser Short-toed Lark (2016-06-06)
    214. Little Egret (2016-06-07)
    215. Collared Pratincole (2016-06-07)
    216. Glossy Ibis (2016-06-07)
    217. Purple Heron (2016-06-07)
    218. Black-headed Bunting (2016-06-09)
    219. Little Owl (2016-06-10)
    220. Rock Pigeon (2016-06-11)
    221. Northern House Martin (2016-06-13)
    222. Horned Lark (2016-06-13)
    223. Caspian Tern (2016-06-13)
    224. Black-crowned Night Heron (2016-06-16)
    225. Pygmy Cormorant (2016-06-16)
    226. Long-tailed Shrike (2016-06-17)
    227. Eurasian Eagle-Owl (2016-06-23)
    228. Curlew Sandpiper (2016-07-10)
    229. Common Mynah (2016-07-23)
    230. Plain Mountain Finch (2016-07-24)
    231. Brown Accentor (2016-07-24)
    232. Water Pipit (2016-07-24)
    233. Red-billed Chough (2016-07-24)
    234. Guldenstadt's Redstart (2016-07-24)
    235. Red-rumped Swallow (2016-08-05)
    236. Hume's Warbler (2016-08-17)
    237. Himalayan Rubythroat (2016-08-26)
    238. Himalayan Snowcock (2016-08-27)
    239. Wallcreeper (2016-08-27)
    240. Himalayan Accentor (2016-08-27)
    241. Yellow-billed Chough (2016-08-27)
    242. European Nightjar (2016-09-12)
    243. Ibisbill (2016-09-14)
    244. White-browed Tit-Warbler (2016-09-21)
    245. Songar Tit (2016-09-21)
    246. Northern Wren (2016-09-21)
    247. Spotted Nutcracker (2016-09-21)
    248. Brown Dipper (2016-09-21)
    249. Eurasian Dipper (2016-09-24)
    250. Lesser Kestrel (2016-09-24)
    251. Sanderling (2016-09-24)
    252. Little Stint (2016-09-24)
    253. Baraba Steppe Gull (2016-10-08)
    254. Eurasian Nuthatch (2016-10-20)
    255. Northern Goshawk (2016-10-22)
    256. Upland Buzzard (2016-10-22)
    257. Willow Tit (2016-10-22)
    258. Long-tailed Rosefinch (2016-10-23)
    259. Cetti's Warbler (2016-10-23)
    260. Hawfinch (2016-10-25)
    261. Redwing (2016-10-25)
    262. Rustic Bunting (2016-10-25)
    263. Common Treecreeper (2016-10-28)
    264. Eurasian Jay (2016-11-01)
    265. Bohemian Waxwing (2016-11-01)
    266. Northern Bullfinch (2016-11-01)
    267. Long-tailed Tit (2016-11-01)
    268. Taiga Flycatcher (2016-11-04)
    269. Red-flanked Bluetail (2016-11-05)
    270. Baikal Bullfinch (2016-11-05)
    271. Red-breasted Merganser (2016-11-12)
    272. Grey-Headed Woodpecker (2016-11-13)
    273. Ural Owl (2016-11-19)
    274. Harlequin Duck (2016-12-13)

    recent uploads

    2017-01-05. Herring Gull, Caspian Gull.

    2017-01-03. Eurasian Dipper.

    2016-12-31. Great Spotted Woodpecker, Smew, Hybrid Crow, Northern Goshawk.

    2016-12-28. Great Spotted Woodpecker.

    2016-12-26. Common Goldeneye, Mallard, Goosander.

    2016-12-25. Eurasian Blackbird.

    2016-12-24. White-tailed Sea-Eagle, Baikal Bullfinch, Northern Bullfinch.

    2016-12-23. Northern Goshawk, Smew, Common Goldeneye.

    2016-12-22. Smew, Northern Goshawk.

    2016-12-21. Northern Goshawk, White-tailed Sea-Eagle.

    2016-12-20. Eurasian Dipper, Peregrine Falcon, Harlequin Duck, Harlequin Duck, White-tailed Sea-Eagle, White-tailed Sea-Eagle, Goosander, Common Goldeneye, Eurasian Dipper.

    2016-12-19. Common Goldeneye, Goosander, White-tailed Sea-Eagle, Eurasian Dipper, Goosander.

    2016-12-18. Eurasian Dipper, Lesser Spotted Woodpecker, Harlequin Duck.

    2016-12-17. Eurasian Dipper, Eurasian Blackbird, Harlequin Duck, White-tailed Sea-Eagle, Mallard, Common Goldeneye, Goosander.

    2016-12-16. Eurasian Dipper, Smew, Lesser Spotted Woodpecker, Common Sparrowhawk, Long-tailed Rosefinch, Lesser Spotted Woodpecker, Eurasian Blackbird, Fieldfare, Northern Bullfinch, Bohemian Waxwing, White-tailed Sea-Eagle.

    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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    2025-03-23
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    2025-02-07
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    unidentified birds

    2026-06-22

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