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    total species: 307
    total photos: 4075
    total videos: 6
    total blogposts: 73

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    1. Bohemian Waxwing (2017-01-01)
    2. Eurasian Blackbird (2017-01-01)
    3. White-tailed Sea-Eagle (2017-01-03)
    5. Eurasian Dipper (2017-01-04)
    6. Goosander (2017-01-05)
    7. Smew (2017-01-05)
    8. Common Goldeneye (2017-01-05)
    9. Wood Pigeon (2017-01-08)
    10. Baikal Bullfinch (2017-01-08)
    11. Grey Heron (2017-01-08)
    12. Great Spotted Woodpecker (2017-01-08)
    13. Northern Bullfinch (2017-01-08)
    14. Long-tailed Rosefinch (2017-01-09)
    15. Grey Partridge (2017-01-09)
    16. Mallard (2017-01-09)
    17. Peregrine Falcon (2017-01-09)
    18. Fieldfare (2017-01-11)
    19. Red Crossbill (2017-01-16)
    20. Northern Goshawk (2017-01-18)
    21. Rook (2017-01-20)
    22. Grey-headed Goldfinch (2017-01-21)
    23. Goldcrest (2017-01-25)
    24. Brambling (2017-01-25)
    25. White-browed Tit-Warbler (2017-01-26)
    26. Eurasian Magpie (2017-01-30)
    27. Eastern Buzzard (2017-02-02)
    28. Azure Tit (2017-02-02)
    29. Red-mantled Rosefinch (2017-02-02)
    30. Eversmann's Redstart (2017-02-02)
    31. White-winged Grosbeak (2017-02-05)
    32. Common Sparrowhawk (2017-02-05)
    33. Common Chaffinch (2017-02-06)
    34. Common Mynah (2017-02-13)
    35. Eurasian Siskin (2017-02-14)
    36. Black-throated Thrush (2017-02-17)
    37. Northern Pintail (2017-02-19)
    38. Eurasian Wigeon (2017-02-19)
    39. Gadwall (2017-02-19)
    40. Common Teal (2017-02-19)
    41. Caspian Gull (2017-02-19)
    42. Horned Lark (2017-02-19)
    43. Common Kestrel (2017-02-19)
    44. Mute Swan (2017-02-19)
    45. Whooper Swan (2017-02-19)
    46. Crested Lark (2017-02-19)
    47. Corn Bunting (2017-02-19)
    48. Steppe Eagle (2017-02-19)
    49. Common Starling (2017-02-26)
    50. Eurasian Linnet (2017-02-26)
    51. Great Tit (2017-02-26)
    52. Common Pheasant (2017-03-09)
    53. Pine Bunting (2017-03-09)
    54. Yellowhammer (2017-03-09)
    55. Mistle Thrush (2017-03-11)
    56. Rock Bunting (2017-03-16)
    57. Great Grey Shrike (2017-03-17)
    58. Water Pipit (2017-03-17)
    59. Western Marsh-Harrier (2017-03-17)
    60. Northern House Martin (2017-03-17)
    61. Northern Reed Bunting (2017-03-17)
    62. Red-fronted Serin (2017-03-17)
    63. Masked Wagtail (2017-03-17)
    64. Citrine Wagtail (2017-03-17)
    65. Ferruginous Duck (2017-03-17)
    66. Red-crested Pochard (2017-03-17)
    67. Dalmatian Pelican (2017-03-17)
    68. Northern Shoveler (2017-03-17)
    69. Tufted Duck (2017-03-17)
    70. Black-headed Gull (2017-03-17)
    71. Northern Lapwing (2017-03-17)
    72. Black Kite (2017-03-17)
    73. Pied Wheatear (2017-03-17)
    74. Long-legged Buzzard (2017-03-17)
    75. Carrion Crow (2017-03-17)
    76. Greater Short-toed Lark (2017-03-18)
    77. Common Chiffchaff (2017-03-21)
    78. Isabelline Shrike (2017-03-21)
    79. Turkestan Shrike (2017-03-21)
    80. Black Stork (2017-03-22)
    81. Saker Falcon (2017-03-22)
    82. Garganey (2017-03-22)
    83. White Wagtail (2017-03-22)
    84. Common Oystercatcher (2017-03-22)
    85. Hen Harrier (2017-03-22)
    86. Great Cormorant (2017-03-22)
    87. Great White Egret (2017-03-22)
    88. Common Coot (2017-03-22)
    89. Common Pochard (2017-03-22)
    90. White-Winged Woodpecker (2017-03-22)
    91. Upland Buzzard (2017-03-22)
    92. Rough-legged Buzzard (2017-03-22)
    93. Bearded Tit (2017-03-22)
    94. Ruddy Shelduck (2017-03-23)
    95. Guldenstadt's Redstart (2017-03-23)
    96. Isabelline Wheatear (2017-03-23)
    97. Common Redshank (2017-03-23)
    98. Common Shelduck (2017-03-25)
    99. European Greenfinch (2017-03-25)
    100. Desert Finch (2017-03-25)
    101. Little Ringed Plover (2017-03-25)
    102. Black-Bellied Sandgrouse (2017-03-25)
    103. Great Crested Grebe (2017-03-25)
    104. Pied Avocet (2017-03-25)
    105. Ruff (2017-03-25)
    106. Common Snipe (2017-03-25)
    107. Black Redstart (2017-03-25)
    108. Pallas's Gull (2017-03-25)
    109. Northern Wheatear (2017-03-26)
    110. Black-throated Accentor (2017-03-27)
    111. Black-Necked Grebe (2017-03-29)
    112. Siberian Stonechat (2017-03-29)
    113. Steppe Grey Shrike (2017-03-29)
    114. White-headed Duck (2017-03-29)
    115. Dunlin (2017-03-29)
    116. Desert Wheatear (2017-03-29)
    117. Bluethroat (2017-03-31)
    118. Tree Sparrow (2017-03-31)
    119. Asian Desert Warbler (2017-03-31)
    120. Golden Eagle (2017-04-02)
    121. Eurasian Crag Martin (2017-04-02)
    122. Chukar Partridge (2017-04-02)
    123. Eastern Rock Nuthatch (2017-04-02)
    124. Wallcreeper (2017-04-07)
    125. Blue Whistling Thrush (2017-04-07)
    126. Brown Dipper (2017-04-07)
    127. Northern Wren (2017-04-07)
    128. Blue-capped Redstart (2017-04-07)
    129. Grey Wagtail (2017-04-08)
    130. Tawny Pipit (2017-04-09)
    131. Lesser Kestrel (2017-04-09)
    132. Hoopoe (2017-04-09)
    133. Calandra Lark (2017-04-09)
    134. Sky Lark (2017-04-09)
    135. Green Sandpiper (2017-04-09)
    136. Barn Swallow (2017-04-12)
    137. Hume's Warbler (2017-04-14)
    138. Black-headed Wagtail (2017-04-15)
    139. Black-winged Stilt (2017-04-15)
    140. Demoiselle Crane (2017-04-15)
    141. Common Buzzard (2017-04-15)
    142. Lesser Short-toed Lark (2017-04-15)
    143. Hooded Crow (2017-04-15)
    144. Black-tailed Godwit (2017-04-15)
    145. Eurasian Wryneck (2017-04-19)
    146. Lesser Whitethroat (2017-04-23)
    147. Common Nightingale (2017-04-23)
    148. White Stork (2017-04-26)
    149. Marsh Sandpiper (2017-04-26)
    150. Eastern Imperial Eagle (2017-04-26)
    151. Baraba Steppe Gull (2017-04-26)
    152. Eurasian Collared Dove (2017-04-26)
    153. European Bee-eater (2017-04-26)
    154. Menetries Warbler (2017-04-27)
    155. Purple Heron (2017-04-27)
    156. Short-toed Snake-Eagle (2017-04-27)
    157. Common Tern (2017-04-27)
    158. White-crowned Penduline Tit (2017-04-27)
    159. Common Sandpiper (2017-04-27)
    160. Little Stint (2017-04-27)
    161. Temminck's Stint (2017-04-27)
    162. Osprey (2017-04-27)
    163. Black Lark (2017-04-28)
    164. Kentish Plover (2017-04-28)
    165. Collared Pratincole (2017-04-28)
    166. Pallas's Sandgrouse (2017-04-28)
    167. Eurasian Whimbrel (2017-04-28)
    168. Eurasian Redstart (2017-04-28)
    169. Stock Pigeon (2017-04-29)
    170. Pallid Harrier (2017-04-29)
    171. Short-eared Owl (2017-04-29)
    172. House Sparrow (2017-04-29)
    173. Montagu's Harrier (2017-04-29)
    175. Gull-billed Tern (2017-05-02)
    176. Slender-billed Gull (2017-05-03)
    177. Common Cuckoo (2017-05-03)
    178. Common Swift (2017-05-03)
    179. Bar-tailed Godwit (2017-05-04)
    180. Black-winged Pratincole (2017-05-04)
    181. White-winged Tern (2017-05-04)
    182. Syke's Warbler (2017-05-04)
    183. Eurasian Golden Plover (2017-05-05)
    184. Common Rosefinch (2017-05-05)
    185. Rosy Starling (2017-05-05)
    186. Blue-cheeked Bee-eater (2017-05-05)
    187. Willow Warbler (2017-05-06)
    188. Red-backed Shrike (2017-05-06)
    189. Eurasian Penduline Tit (2017-05-06)
    190. Blyth's Reed Warbler (2017-05-06)
    191. Spotted Flycatcher (2017-05-07)
    192. Whinchat (2017-05-07)
    193. Curlew Sandpiper (2017-05-09)
    194. Red-necked Phalarope (2017-05-09)
    195. Glossy Ibis (2017-05-09)
    196. Spotted Redshank (2017-05-09)
    197. Wood Sandpiper (2017-05-09)
    198. Eurasian Roller (2017-05-10)
    199. Red-headed Bunting (2017-05-10)
    200. Lesser Grey Shrike (2017-05-10)
    201. Red-footed Falcon (2017-05-11)
    202. Eurasian Dotterel (2017-05-12)
    203. Rock Pigeon (2017-05-12)
    204. Little Owl (2017-05-12)
    205. Paddyfield Warbler (2017-05-12)
    206. Greenish Warbler (2017-05-12)
    207. Common Greenshank (2017-05-12)
    208. Red-breasted Flycatcher (2017-05-12)
    209. Rock Sparrow (2017-05-12)
    210. Garden Warbler (2017-05-12)
    211. Black Tern (2017-05-14)
    212. Little Egret (2017-05-14)
    213. Whiskered Tern (2017-05-15)
    214. Eurasian Stone Curlew (2017-05-16)
    215. Great Reed Warbler (2017-05-17)
    216. Greylag Goose (2017-05-17)
    217. Red-Necked Grebe (2017-05-17)
    218. Little Gull (2017-05-17)
    219. Eurasian Hobby (2017-05-18)
    220. Ruddy Turnstone (2017-05-20)
    221. Greater Ringed Plover (2017-05-20)
    222. Grey Plover (2017-05-20)
    223. Terek Sandpiper (2017-05-20)
    224. Eurasian Honey-Buzzard (2017-05-22)
    225. Sand Martin (2017-05-23)
    226. European Golden Oriole (2017-05-27)
    227. White-winged Lark (2017-05-27)
    228. Indian Sparrow (2017-05-28)
    229. Blue Tit (2017-05-28)
    230. Booted Eagle (2017-05-29)
    231. Eurasian Goldfinch (2017-05-29)
    232. Mew Gull (2017-05-29)
    233. Eurasian Jackdaw (2017-05-29)
    234. Yellow Wagtail (2017-05-31)
    235. Eurasian Curlew (2017-06-01)
    236. Black-crowned Night Heron (2017-06-06)
    237. Pygmy Cormorant (2017-06-06)
    238. Caspian Tern (2017-06-06)
    239. Common Moorhen (2017-06-06)
    240. Asian Short-toed Lark (2017-06-08)
    241. Caspian Plover (2017-06-08)
    242. White-tailed Lapwing (2017-06-09)
    243. Rufous Bush Robin (2017-06-09)
    244. Laughing Dove (2017-06-09)
    245. Pied Bushchat (2017-06-09)
    246. Common Whitethroat (2017-06-17)
    247. Long-eared Owl (2017-06-17)
    248. Songar Tit (2017-06-18)
    249. Coal Tit (2017-06-18)
    250. Oriental Turtle Dove (2017-06-20)
    251. Red-rumped Swallow (2017-06-20)
    252. Long-tailed Shrike (2017-06-27)
    253. Lammergeier (2017-07-02)
    254. Yellow-billed Chough (2017-07-02)
    255. Red-billed Chough (2017-07-02)
    256. Common Raven (2017-07-02)
    257. Himalayan Accentor (2017-07-02)
    258. Variable Wheatear (2017-07-07)
    259. Egyptian Vulture (2017-07-07)
    260. Great White Pelican (2017-07-07)
    261. Shikra (2017-07-07)
    262. Turkestan Tit (2017-07-07)
    263. Upcher's Warbler (2017-07-08)
    264. Finsch's Wheatear (2017-07-08)
    265. Streaked Scrub Warbler (2017-07-08)
    266. Greater Sand Plover (2017-07-09)
    267. Pin-Tailed Sandgrouse (2017-07-09)
    268. Booted Warbler (2017-07-09)
    269. Clamorous Reed Warbler (2017-07-09)
    270. Macqueen's Bustard (2017-07-09)
    271. Pander's Ground-Jay (2017-07-09)
    272. Asian Paradise Flycatcher (2017-07-11)
    273. Indian Golden Oriole (2017-07-11)
    274. Barbary Falcon (2017-07-21)
    275. Himalayan Vulture (2017-07-30)
    276. Daurian Partridge (2017-07-30)
    277. Rufous-tailed Rock Thrush (2017-07-30)
    278. Griffon Vulture (2017-07-30)
    279. Grey-necked Bunting (2017-07-30)
    280. Meadow Bunting (2017-07-30)
    281. Cinereous Vulture (2017-08-06)
    282. Black-breasted Tit (2017-08-07)
    283. Barred Warbler (2017-08-13)
    284. Broad-billed Sandpiper (2017-08-26)
    285. Pacific Golden Plover (2017-08-26)
    286. Little Grebe (2017-08-26)
    287. Common Kingfisher (2017-08-26)
    288. Yellow-backed Wagtail (2017-08-26)
    289. Crested Honey-Buzzard (2017-09-16)
    290. European Nightjar (2017-09-22)
    291. Brown Accentor (2017-09-22)
    292. Sandwich Tern (2017-10-01)
    293. Red-breasted Merganser (2017-10-01)
    294. Tree Pipit (2017-10-02)
    295. Bimaculated Lark (2017-10-02)
    296. European Robin (2017-10-02)
    297. Eurasian Eagle-Owl (2017-10-02)
    298. Merlin (2017-10-03)
    299. Song Thrush (2017-10-03)
    300. Eurasian Woodcock (2017-10-04)
    301. Greater Flamingo (2017-10-04)
    302. Water Rail (2017-10-05)
    303. Slavonian Grebe (2017-10-05)
    304. Blackcap (2017-10-06)
    305. Greater Scaup (2017-10-07)
    306. Buff-bellied Pipit (2017-10-14)
    307. Common Redpoll (2017-12-23)

    recent uploads

    2017-12-31. Lesser Whitethroat, Mallard, Eurasian Siskin, Red-fronted Serin, Common Redpoll.

    2017-12-30. Carrion Crow, Mistle Thrush, Brambling.

    2017-12-29. Coal Tit.

    2017-12-28. Goldcrest, Common Chaffinch, Black-throated Thrush.

    2017-12-27. Eurasian Siskin, Red-fronted Serin, Carrion Crow.

    2017-12-26. Mistle Thrush, Brown Accentor, Wallcreeper.

    2017-12-25. Black-throated Thrush, Mistle Thrush, Eurasian Blackbird, Brambling, Himalayan Lammergeier, Himalayan Golden Eagle, White-winged Grosbeak.

    2017-12-24. Common Sparrowhawk, Mallard, Black-throated Thrush, Mistle Thrush.

    2017-12-23. Common Redpoll, Goldcrest, Common Sparrowhawk, Coal Tit.

    2017-12-19. Caspian Gull, Lesser Whitethroat, Red-fronted Serin, Common Sparrowhawk, Eurasian Siskin, Brambling, Eurasian Blackbird, Hybrid (Black-throated x Naumann's) Thrush.

    2017-12-17. Black-throated Thrush, Mistle Thrush.

    2017-10-21. Peregrine Falcon.

    2017-10-20. Eurasian Curlew.

    2017-10-19. Siberian Pipit, Water Pipit, Great White Egret, Pine Bunting, White-tailed Sea-Eagle, White-tailed Sea-Eagle, Desert Finch, Black-headed Gull, Black-Bellied Sandgrouse, Black-tailed Godwit, Great Cormorant, Northern Lapwing, Central Asia Starling, Black-throated Thrush, Marsh Sandpiper, Mute Swan, Eversmann's Redstart.

    2017-10-18. Eversmann's Redstart, Brambling, Northern Pintail, Northern Shoveler, Mallard, Garganey, Gadwall, Common Pochard, Tufted Duck, Ferruginous Duck, Red-crested Pochard, Ruddy Shelduck, Great White Pelican, Dalmatian Pelican, Great Grey Shrike, Eversmann's Redstart, Common Kestrel, Turkestan Black Redstart, Hen Harrier, Western Marsh-Harrier.

    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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    2025-02-07
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    unidentified birds

    2026-06-22

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