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    total species: 318
    total photos: 4105
    total videos: 0
    total blogposts: 41

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    1. Red-fronted Serin (2019-01-01)
    2. Brambling (2019-01-01)
    3. Eurasian Blackbird (2019-01-01)
    4. Common Chaffinch (2019-01-03)
    5. Grey-headed Goldfinch (2019-01-03)
    6. Eurasian Jackdaw (2019-01-06)
    7. Daurian Jackdaw (2019-01-06)
    8. Upland Buzzard (2019-01-06)
    9. Chukar Partridge (2019-01-06)
    10. Eversmann's Redstart (2019-01-06)
    11. Great Grey Shrike (2019-01-06)
    12. Common Kestrel (2019-01-06)
    13. Merlin (2019-01-06)
    14. Common Buzzard (2019-01-06)
    15. Wallcreeper (2019-01-06)
    16. Corn Bunting (2019-01-06)
    17. Rough-legged Buzzard (2019-01-06)
    18. Eurasian Goldfinch (2019-01-06)
    19. White-tailed Sea-Eagle (2019-01-06)
    20. White-browed Tit-Warbler (2019-01-07)
    21. Red-mantled Rosefinch (2019-01-07)
    22. Hen Harrier (2019-01-07)
    23. European Robin (2019-01-07)
    24. Azure Tit (2019-01-07)
    25. Guldenstadt's Redstart (2019-01-07)
    26. Meadow Bunting (2019-01-07)
    27. White-Winged Woodpecker (2019-01-07)
    28. Eastern Buzzard (2019-01-07)
    29. Black-throated Thrush (2019-01-07)
    30. European Greenfinch (2019-01-07)
    31. Peregrine Falcon (2019-01-12)
    32. Common Sparrowhawk (2019-01-12)
    33. Coal Tit (2019-01-12)
    34. Brown Dipper (2019-01-13)
    35. Solitary Snipe (2019-01-13)
    36. Northern Pintail (2019-01-13)
    37. Yellow-billed Chough (2019-01-13)
    38. Red-breasted Rosefinch (2019-01-13)
    39. Fieldfare (2019-01-15)
    40. Mistle Thrush (2019-01-15)
    41. Mallard (2019-01-15)
    42. Cinereous Vulture (2019-01-18)
    43. Caspian Gull (2019-01-19)
    44. Ruddy Shelduck (2019-01-19)
    45. Mew Gull (2019-01-19)
    46. Baraba Steppe Gull (2019-01-19)
    47. Whooper Swan (2019-01-19)
    48. Goosander (2019-01-19)
    49. Horned Lark (2019-01-19)
    50. Mute Swan (2019-01-19)
    51. Common Shelduck (2019-01-19)
    52. Tufted Duck (2019-01-19)
    53. Greylag Goose (2019-01-19)
    54. Common Pochard (2019-01-19)
    55. Red-crested Pochard (2019-01-19)
    56. Common Goldeneye (2019-01-19)
    57. Smew (2019-01-19)
    58. Little Grebe (2019-01-19)
    59. Eurasian Linnet (2019-01-19)
    60. Long-eared Owl (2019-01-19)
    61. Crested Lark (2019-01-19)
    62. Steppe Eagle (2019-01-19)
    63. Spanish Sparrow (2019-01-26)
    64. Redwing (2019-01-30)
    65. Long-tailed Rosefinch (2019-01-30)
    66. Himalayan Snowcock (2019-02-03)
    67. Alpine Accentor (2019-02-03)
    68. Red-billed Chough (2019-02-03)
    69. White-winged Grosbeak (2019-02-03)
    70. Pine Bunting (2019-02-07)
    71. Yellowhammer (2019-02-07)
    72. Red-breasted Goose (2019-02-15)
    74. Pygmy Cormorant (2019-02-15)
    75. Grey Heron (2019-02-15)
    76. Western Marsh-Harrier (2019-02-15)
    77. Great White Egret (2019-02-15)
    78. Common Coot (2019-02-15)
    79. Black-headed Gull (2019-02-15)
    80. Stock Pigeon (2019-02-15)
    81. Finsch's Wheatear (2019-02-16)
    82. Mongolian Finch (2019-02-16)
    83. Rock Sparrow (2019-02-16)
    84. Long-legged Buzzard (2019-02-16)
    85. Common Teal (2019-02-16)
    86. Northern Reed Bunting (2019-02-16)
    87. Little Owl (2019-02-16)
    88. Desert Finch (2019-02-16)
    89. Common Starling (2019-02-17)
    90. Pallas's Gull (2019-02-17)
    91. Northern Shoveler (2019-02-17)
    92. Little Bustard (2019-02-17)
    93. Bean Goose (2019-02-19)
    94. Calandra Lark (2019-02-19)
    95. Eurasian Wigeon (2019-02-19)
    96. Gadwall (2019-02-19)
    97. Eurasian Siskin (2019-02-25)
    98. Rook (2019-02-25)
    99. Great Tit (2019-02-27)
    100. Masked Wagtail (2019-02-28)
    101. Great Cormorant (2019-02-28)
    102. Northern Lapwing (2019-02-28)
    103. Dalmatian Pelican (2019-02-28)
    104. Eastern Imperial Eagle (2019-02-28)
    105. Wood Pigeon (2019-03-08)
    106. Isabelline Wheatear (2019-03-08)
    107. Rock Bunting (2019-03-08)
    108. Ferruginous Duck (2019-03-08)
    109. Black-throated Accentor (2019-03-10)
    110. Carrion Crow (2019-03-10)
    111. Alpine Swift (2019-03-12)
    112. Isabelline Shrike (2019-03-12)
    113. Citrine Wagtail (2019-03-12)
    114. Great Crested Grebe (2019-03-12)
    115. Hoopoe (2019-03-14)
    116. Steppe Grey Shrike (2019-03-14)
    117. Common Snipe (2019-03-14)
    118. Water Pipit (2019-03-14)
    119. Sky Lark (2019-03-14)
    120. Greater Sand Plover (2019-03-14)
    121. Greater Short-toed Lark (2019-03-14)
    122. Macqueen's Bustard (2019-03-14)
    123. Asian Desert Warbler (2019-03-14)
    124. Demoiselle Crane (2019-03-15)
    125. Northern Wheatear (2019-03-15)
    126. Bimaculated Lark (2019-03-15)
    127. Desert Wheatear (2019-03-15)
    128. Pied Wheatear (2019-03-15)
    129. Variable Wheatear (2019-03-15)
    130. Common Mynah (2019-03-15)
    131. Common Raven (2019-03-15)
    132. Rufous-tailed Rock Thrush (2019-03-16)
    133. Eurasian Eagle-Owl (2019-03-16)
    134. Saker Falcon (2019-03-16)
    135. Pallid Harrier (2019-03-18)
    136. Little Ringed Plover (2019-03-18)
    137. Black-Bellied Sandgrouse (2019-03-18)
    138. Great White Pelican (2019-03-18)
    139. Common Crane (2019-03-18)
    140. White Wagtail (2019-03-18)
    141. Siberian Black-backed Gull (2019-03-18)
    142. Turkestan Tit (2019-03-18)
    143. Short-toed Snake-Eagle (2019-03-19)
    144. Turkestan Shrike (2019-03-19)
    145. Tawny Pipit (2019-03-20)
    146. Green Sandpiper (2019-03-20)
    147. White-crowned Penduline Tit (2019-03-20)
    148. Pander's Ground-Jay (2019-03-20)
    149. Black Redstart (2019-03-21)
    150. White-tailed Lapwing (2019-03-22)
    151. Common Chiffchaff (2019-03-22)
    152. Cetti's Warbler (2019-03-22)
    153. Black-tailed Godwit (2019-03-22)
    154. White-headed Duck (2019-03-24)
    155. Black Stork (2019-03-25)
    156. Yellow Wagtail (2019-03-25)
    157. Brown-necked Raven (2019-03-25)
    158. White-winged Lark (2019-03-25)
    159. Black Kite (2019-03-26)
    160. Saxaul Sparrow (2019-03-26)
    161. Garganey (2019-03-26)
    162. Common Redshank (2019-03-26)
    163. Common Pheasant (2019-03-27)
    164. Bluethroat (2019-03-27)
    165. Golden Eagle (2019-03-27)
    166. Eastern Rock Nuthatch (2019-03-27)
    167. Lesser Kestrel (2019-03-28)
    168. Grey Wagtail (2019-03-28)
    169. Himalayan Vulture (2019-03-28)
    170. Blue Whistling Thrush (2019-04-04)
    171. Meadow Pipit (2019-04-07)
    172. Common Moorhen (2019-04-07)
    173. Common Swift (2019-04-07)
    174. Common Oystercatcher (2019-04-07)
    175. Black-Necked Grebe (2019-04-07)
    176. Siberian Stonechat (2019-04-07)
    177. Black-headed Wagtail (2019-04-07)
    178. Montagu's Harrier (2019-04-08)
    179. Lammergeier (2019-04-09)
    180. Plain Mountain Finch (2019-04-09)
    181. Himalayan Accentor (2019-04-09)
    182. Paddyfield Warbler (2019-04-17)
    183. Tree Pipit (2019-04-17)
    184. Ibisbill (2019-04-20)
    185. Slender-billed Gull (2019-05-01)
    186. Lesser Sand Plover (2019-05-01)
    187. Collared Pratincole (2019-05-01)
    188. Eurasian Whimbrel (2019-05-01)
    189. Little Tern (2019-05-01)
    190. Common Tern (2019-05-01)
    191. Spotted Redshank (2019-05-01)
    192. Common Greenshank (2019-05-01)
    193. Black Tern (2019-05-01)
    194. White-winged Tern (2019-05-01)
    195. Lesser Short-toed Lark (2019-05-02)
    196. Black-winged Pratincole (2019-05-02)
    197. Long-tailed Shrike (2019-05-03)
    198. Eurasian Redstart (2019-05-03)
    199. Pallid Scops Owl (2019-05-03)
    200. Purple Heron (2019-05-04)
    201. Black-crowned Night Heron (2019-05-04)
    202. Oriental Turtle Dove (2019-05-04)
    203. Yellow-eyed Pigeon (2019-05-04)
    204. Shikra (2019-05-04)
    205. Ortolan Bunting (2019-05-05)
    206. Red-headed Bunting (2019-05-05)
    207. Eurasian Crag Martin (2019-05-05)
    208. Northern Goshawk (2019-05-06)
    209. Griffon Vulture (2019-05-06)
    210. Eurasian Hobby (2019-05-06)
    211. Laughing Dove (2019-05-06)
    212. White-capped Bunting (2019-05-07)
    213. Blue Rock Thrush (2019-05-07)
    214. Hume's Whitethroat (2019-05-07)
    215. Pallas's Sandgrouse (2019-05-07)
    216. Himalayan Rubythroat (2019-05-09)
    217. Sulphur-bellied Warbler (2019-05-09)
    218. Brown Accentor (2019-05-10)
    219. Rosy Starling (2019-05-14)
    220. Common Rosefinch (2019-05-14)
    221. Black-winged Stilt (2019-05-14)
    222. Barn Swallow (2019-05-14)
    223. Temminck's Stint (2019-05-14)
    224. Hume's Warbler (2019-05-14)
    225. Pin-Tailed Sandgrouse (2019-05-15)
    226. Greenish Warbler (2019-05-15)
    227. Common Nightingale (2019-05-15)
    228. Spotted Flycatcher (2019-05-15)
    229. Common Whitethroat (2019-05-15)
    230. Lesser Whitethroat (2019-05-15)
    231. Syke's Warbler (2019-05-15)
    232. Blyth's Reed Warbler (2019-05-15)
    233. Eurasian Roller (2019-05-15)
    234. European Bee-eater (2019-05-17)
    235. Common Cuckoo (2019-05-17)
    236. Terek Sandpiper (2019-05-17)
    237. Grey Partridge (2019-05-18)
    238. Crested Honey-Buzzard (2019-05-18)
    239. Rufous Bush Robin (2019-05-18)
    240. Grey-necked Bunting (2019-05-19)
    241. Crimson-winged Finch (2019-05-19)
    242. Sand Martin (2019-05-19)
    243. Pale Sand Martin (2019-05-19)
    244. Northern House Martin (2019-05-20)
    245. Lesser Grey Shrike (2019-05-20)
    246. Booted Eagle (2019-05-20)
    247. Eurasian Collared Dove (2019-05-20)
    248. Common Kingfisher (2019-05-21)
    249. Indian Golden Oriole (2019-05-21)
    250. Blue-capped Redstart (2019-05-23)
    251. Songar Tit (2019-05-23)
    252. Little Stint (2019-05-26)
    253. Pied Avocet (2019-05-26)
    254. Black-headed Penduline Tit (2019-06-04)
    255. Gull-billed Tern (2019-06-04)
    256. Eurasian Scops-Owl (2019-06-05)
    257. Eastern Orphean Warbler (2019-06-06)
    258. Booted Warbler (2019-06-08)
    259. Spotted Nutcracker (2019-06-10)
    260. Western Grasshopper Warbler (2019-06-10)
    261. Common Sandpiper (2019-06-11)
    262. Eurasian Dipper (2019-06-11)
    263. Egyptian Vulture (2019-06-12)
    264. Tree Sparrow (2019-06-17)
    265. Rock Pigeon (2019-06-18)
    266. Barbary Falcon (2019-06-24)
    267. Hooded Crow (2019-06-27)
    268. Asian Paradise Flycatcher (2019-06-29)
    269. White Stork (2019-06-29)
    270. Great Bustard (2019-07-01)
    271. Black-breasted Tit (2019-07-01)
    272. Menetries Warbler (2019-07-03)
    273. Blue-cheeked Bee-eater (2019-07-03)
    274. Glossy Ibis (2019-07-03)
    275. Red-rumped Swallow (2019-07-03)
    276. Pied Bushchat (2019-07-03)
    277. Clamorous Reed Warbler (2019-07-04)
    278. Eurasian Spoonbill (2019-07-04)
    279. European Turtle Dove (2019-07-04)
    280. Eurasian Stone Curlew (2019-07-05)
    281. Curlew Sandpiper (2019-07-05)
    282. Eurasian Curlew (2019-07-05)
    283. Ruff (2019-07-05)
    284. Red-necked Phalarope (2019-07-15)
    285. Kentish Plover (2019-07-15)
    286. Northern Wren (2019-07-22)
    287. Moustached Warbler (2019-07-28)
    288. House Sparrow (2019-07-28)
    289. Wood Sandpiper (2019-07-29)
    290. Marsh Sandpiper (2019-08-11)
    291. Red-backed Shrike (2019-08-15)
    292. Barred Warbler (2019-08-18)
    293. Red-Necked Grebe (2019-09-08)
    294. Dunlin (2019-09-10)
    295. Caspian Tern (2019-09-10)
    296. Osprey (2019-09-15)
    297. Eurasian Magpie (2019-09-15)
    298. Yellow-browed Bunting (2019-09-21)
    299. Greater Spotted Eagle (2019-09-21)
    300. Pacific Golden Plover (2019-09-22)
    301. European Golden Oriole (2019-09-22)
    302. Grey Plover (2019-10-07)
    303. Sanderling (2019-10-07)
    304. Greater Ringed Plover (2019-10-07)
    305. Buff-bellied Pipit (2019-10-07)
    306. Arctic Loon (2019-10-10)
    307. Slavonian Grebe (2019-10-10)
    308. Whiskered Tern (2019-10-10)
    309. Little Gull (2019-10-12)
    310. Long-tailed Tit (2019-10-23)
    311. Bohemian Waxwing (2019-11-22)
    312. Bewick's Swan (2019-11-23)
    313. Common Redpoll (2019-11-23)
    314. Twite (2019-11-23)
    315. Water Rail (2019-11-23)
    316. Goldcrest (2019-11-30)
    317. Common Treecreeper (2019-11-30)
    318. Great Spotted Woodpecker (2019-11-30)

    recent uploads

    2019-12-24. Black-throated Thrush, Mistle Thrush, Great Grey Shrike, White-tailed Sea-Eagle, European Robin, Chukar Partridge, Steppe Horned Lark, Eurasian Linnet, Common Kestrel, Crested Lark.

    2019-12-23. Lesser Whitethroat, Common Sparrowhawk, Common Mynah, Eurasian Blackbird.

    2019-12-22. Saker Falcon, Common Kestrel, Great Grey Shrike, White-Winged Woodpecker, Tree Sparrow, Turkestan Tit, Long-tailed Rosefinch, Black-throated Thrush, European Robin, Common Chaffinch, Brambling.

    2019-12-21. Bean Goose, Corn Bunting, Grey Partridge, Chukar Partridge, Long-tailed Rosefinch, Northern Reed Bunting, Great Grey Shrike, Hen Harrier, Hen Harrier.

    2019-12-20. White-tailed Sea-Eagle, Ruddy Shelduck, Common Shelduck, Red-crested Pochard, Pine Bunting.

    2019-12-19. Fieldfare.

    2019-12-18. Saxaul Sparrow.

    2019-12-14. Lesser Whitethroat, Brambling.

    2019-12-11. Bewick's Swan, Bewick's Swan, Northern Reed Bunting, Long-tailed Rosefinch, Grey-headed Goldfinch, Eurasian Linnet, Common Redpoll, Twite, Bohemian Waxwing, Steppe Buzzard, Eastern Buzzard, Steppe Eagle, Common Sparrowhawk.

    2019-12-10. Siberian Common Starling, Common Shelduck, Steppe Eagle, Pallas's Gull, Bewick's Swan, Caspian Gull, Smew, Goosander, Water Rail, Dalmatian Pelican, Green Sandpiper, Mute Swan, Whooper Swan, Dalmatian Pelican.

    2019-12-09. Common Kestrel, Great Grey Shrike.

    2019-12-03. Himalayan Golden Eagle, Himalayan Lammergeier, Songar Tit, Brambling, Eastern Buzzard, Coal Tit, Azure Tit, Mistle Thrush, White-tailed Sea-Eagle, Bohemian Waxwing, Steppe Buzzard, Eastern Buzzard, Eastern Buzzard, European Greenfinch, Northern Reed Bunting, Azure Tit, Eversmann's Redstart, Black-throated Thrush.

    2019-12-01. Redwing.

    2019-11-30. Goldcrest, Common Treecreeper, Great Spotted Woodpecker.

    2019-11-29. Bohemian Waxwing, European Greenfinch, Grey-headed Goldfinch, Brambling, Azure Tit, Eurasian Blackbird, Mistle Thrush, Caspian Gull, Black-throated Thrush, 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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    unidentified birds

    2026-06-22

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