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    total species: 310
    total photos: 3008
    total videos: 0
    total blogposts: 41

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    1. Eastern Buzzard (2020-01-01)
    2. Brambling (2020-01-01)
    3. Common Chaffinch (2020-01-01)
    4. Long-eared Owl (2020-01-04)
    5. Meadow Pipit (2020-01-04)
    6. Northern Pintail (2020-01-04)
    7. Green Sandpiper (2020-01-04)
    8. Red-crested Pochard (2020-01-04)
    9. European Robin (2020-01-04)
    10. Little Grebe (2020-01-04)
    11. Great White Egret (2020-01-04)
    12. Water Pipit (2020-01-04)
    13. Common Sparrowhawk (2020-01-04)
    14. Mallard (2020-01-04)
    15. Tufted Duck (2020-01-04)
    16. Common Pochard (2020-01-04)
    17. Greater Scaup (2020-01-04)
    18. Common Shelduck (2020-01-04)
    19. Smew (2020-01-04)
    20. Mute Swan (2020-01-04)
    21. Whooper Swan (2020-01-04)
    22. Bohemian Waxwing (2020-01-04)
    23. Meadow Bunting (2020-01-04)
    24. Northern Reed Bunting (2020-01-04)
    25. Corn Bunting (2020-01-04)
    26. Calandra Lark (2020-01-04)
    27. White-tailed Sea-Eagle (2020-01-04)
    28. Common Pheasant (2020-01-04)
    29. Merlin (2020-01-04)
    30. Peregrine Falcon (2020-01-04)
    31. Grey Partridge (2020-01-04)
    32. Azure Tit (2020-01-08)
    33. European Greenfinch (2020-01-08)
    34. Eurasian Siskin (2020-01-08)
    35. Red-fronted Serin (2020-01-08)
    36. Mistle Thrush (2020-01-08)
    37. Brown Dipper (2020-01-09)
    38. Rough-legged Buzzard (2020-01-10)
    39. Eurasian Linnet (2020-01-10)
    40. Eurasian Collared Dove (2020-01-10)
    41. Black-throated Thrush (2020-01-10)
    42. Eurasian Blackbird (2020-01-10)
    43. Spanish Sparrow (2020-01-10)
    44. Grey Heron (2020-01-10)
    45. Western Marsh-Harrier (2020-01-10)
    46. Hen Harrier (2020-01-10)
    47. Common Buzzard (2020-01-10)
    48. Common Kestrel (2020-01-10)
    49. Rock Pigeon (2020-01-10)
    50. Stock Pigeon (2020-01-10)
    51. Great Grey Shrike (2020-01-10)
    52. Common Starling (2020-01-10)
    53. Mew Gull (2020-01-10)
    54. Little Owl (2020-01-11)
    55. Eurasian Curlew (2020-01-11)
    56. Common Goldeneye (2020-01-11)
    57. Rock Sparrow (2020-01-11)
    58. Pied Avocet (2020-01-11)
    59. Northern Lapwing (2020-01-11)
    60. Goosander (2020-01-11)
    61. Wallcreeper (2020-01-11)
    62. Great Crested Grebe (2020-01-11)
    63. Pygmy Cormorant (2020-01-11)
    64. Crested Lark (2020-01-11)
    65. Great Cormorant (2020-01-11)
    66. Pallas's Gull (2020-01-11)
    67. Caspian Gull (2020-01-11)
    68. Black-headed Gull (2020-01-11)
    69. Gadwall (2020-01-11)
    70. Common Teal (2020-01-11)
    71. Eurasian Wigeon (2020-01-11)
    72. Bewick's Swan (2020-01-11)
    73. Greylag Goose (2020-01-11)
    74. Ruddy Shelduck (2020-01-11)
    75. Dalmatian Pelican (2020-01-11)
    76. Rook (2020-01-11)
    77. White-Winged Woodpecker (2020-01-11)
    78. Yellowhammer (2020-01-11)
    79. Turkestan Tit (2020-01-11)
    80. Fieldfare (2020-01-11)
    81. Red-throated Thrush (2020-01-11)
    82. Steppe Eagle (2020-01-12)
    83. Water Rail (2020-01-13)
    84. Streaked Scrub Warbler (2020-01-13)
    85. Eurasian Magpie (2020-01-13)
    86. White-winged Scoter (2020-01-18)
    87. Ferruginous Duck (2020-01-18)
    88. Long-tailed Duck (2020-01-18)
    89. Upland Buzzard (2020-01-18)
    90. Brandt's Rosefinch (2020-01-19)
    91. White-winged Snowfinch (2020-01-19)
    92. Brown Accentor (2020-01-19)
    93. Red-billed Chough (2020-01-19)
    94. Yellow-billed Chough (2020-01-19)
    95. Eversmann's Redstart (2020-01-19)
    96. Songar Tit (2020-01-19)
    97. Coal Tit (2020-01-19)
    98. Goldcrest (2020-01-19)
    99. Eurasian Dipper (2020-01-19)
    100. Great Rosefinch (2020-01-19)
    101. Hawfinch (2020-01-25)
    102. Common Mynah (2020-01-25)
    103. Long-legged Buzzard (2020-01-25)
    104. Eurasian Goldfinch (2020-01-25)
    105. Grey-headed Goldfinch (2020-01-25)
    106. Great Tit (2020-01-25)
    107. Lammergeier (2020-01-25)
    108. Blyth's Rosefinch (2020-01-26)
    109. White-winged Grosbeak (2020-01-26)
    110. Chukar Partridge (2020-01-26)
    111. Pine Bunting (2020-01-26)
    112. Horned Lark (2020-01-26)
    113. Laughing Dove (2020-01-26)
    114. Solitary Snipe (2020-01-26)
    115. Yellow-breasted Tit (2020-01-26)
    116. Masked Wagtail (2020-03-06)
    117. Bean Goose (2020-03-06)
    118. Desert Finch (2020-03-06)
    119. Black-Bellied Sandgrouse (2020-03-06)
    120. Sky Lark (2020-03-06)
    121. Northern Shoveler (2020-03-06)
    122. Plain Mountain Finch (2020-03-07)
    123. Red-mantled Rosefinch (2020-03-07)
    124. Carrion Crow (2020-03-19)
    125. Grey Wagtail (2020-03-22)
    126. Bluethroat (2020-03-22)
    127. Common Chiffchaff (2020-03-22)
    128. Black Kite (2020-03-22)
    129. Blue Whistling Thrush (2020-03-26)
    130. Rock Bunting (2020-03-26)
    131. Glossy Ibis (2020-04-30)
    132. Yellow Wagtail (2020-04-30)
    133. White Wagtail (2020-04-30)
    134. Asian Short-toed Lark (2020-04-30)
    135. Black Lark (2020-04-30)
    136. Demoiselle Crane (2020-04-30)
    137. Eurasian Redstart (2020-04-30)
    138. Black-tailed Godwit (2020-04-30)
    139. Common Redshank (2020-04-30)
    140. Black-winged Stilt (2020-04-30)
    141. Eurasian Whimbrel (2020-04-30)
    142. Red-footed Falcon (2020-04-30)
    143. Little Bustard (2020-05-01)
    144. Eastern Imperial Eagle (2020-05-01)
    145. Common Swift (2020-05-04)
    146. Common Rosefinch (2020-05-04)
    147. Willow Warbler (2020-05-04)
    148. Lesser Whitethroat (2020-05-04)
    149. Hooded Crow (2020-05-04)
    150. House Sparrow (2020-05-04)
    151. Gull-billed Tern (2020-05-05)
    152. Montagu's Harrier (2020-05-05)
    153. Garganey (2020-05-05)
    154. Ruff (2020-05-05)
    155. Wood Sandpiper (2020-05-05)
    156. Pallid Harrier (2020-05-05)
    157. Common Sandpiper (2020-05-06)
    158. Greater Ringed Plover (2020-05-06)
    159. Kentish Plover (2020-05-06)
    160. Little Ringed Plover (2020-05-06)
    161. Little Stint (2020-05-06)
    162. Temminck's Stint (2020-05-06)
    163. Marsh Sandpiper (2020-05-06)
    164. Citrine Wagtail (2020-05-06)
    165. Black-headed Wagtail (2020-05-06)
    166. Pallas's Sandgrouse (2020-05-06)
    167. Lesser Short-toed Lark (2020-05-06)
    168. Common Greenshank (2020-05-06)
    169. Common Coot (2020-05-06)
    170. Red-throated Pipit (2020-05-06)
    171. Moustached Warbler (2020-05-06)
    172. Greater Short-toed Lark (2020-05-06)
    173. Dunlin (2020-05-06)
    174. Red-necked Phalarope (2020-05-06)
    175. Sand Martin (2020-05-06)
    176. Spotted Redshank (2020-05-06)
    177. White-winged Tern (2020-05-06)
    178. Black-winged Pratincole (2020-05-06)
    179. Slender-billed Gull (2020-05-06)
    180. White-tailed Lapwing (2020-05-06)
    181. Oriental Turtle Dove (2020-05-06)
    182. Rosy Starling (2020-05-07)
    183. Eurasian Roller (2020-05-07)
    184. Red-headed Bunting (2020-05-07)
    185. Long-tailed Shrike (2020-05-07)
    186. Eurasian Hobby (2020-05-07)
    187. Siberian Stonechat (2020-05-12)
    188. Common Whitethroat (2020-05-12)
    189. Blyth's Reed Warbler (2020-05-12)
    190. Barn Swallow (2020-05-16)
    191. Eurasian Scops-Owl (2020-05-16)
    192. Wood Pigeon (2020-05-17)
    193. Turkestan Shrike (2020-05-19)
    194. White-headed Duck (2020-05-20)
    195. Common Oystercatcher (2020-05-20)
    196. Terek Sandpiper (2020-05-20)
    197. Common Tern (2020-05-20)
    198. Great White Pelican (2020-05-20)
    199. Black-Necked Grebe (2020-05-20)
    200. Lesser Sand Plover (2020-05-26)
    201. Curlew Sandpiper (2020-05-26)
    202. Eurasian Jackdaw (2020-05-26)
    203. Little Tern (2020-05-26)
    204. Black Tern (2020-05-26)
    205. Northern House Martin (2020-05-26)
    206. Black-crowned Night Heron (2020-05-26)
    207. Lesser Grey Shrike (2020-05-26)
    208. Booted Eagle (2020-05-28)
    209. Mongolian Finch (2020-05-31)
    210. Asian Desert Warbler (2020-05-31)
    211. Eastern Orphean Warbler (2020-05-31)
    212. Rufous-tailed Rock Thrush (2020-05-31)
    213. Hoopoe (2020-05-31)
    214. Desert Wheatear (2020-05-31)
    215. Pied Wheatear (2020-05-31)
    216. Isabelline Wheatear (2020-05-31)
    217. Grey-necked Bunting (2020-05-31)
    218. Tawny Pipit (2020-05-31)
    219. Common Raven (2020-05-31)
    220. Eurasian Eagle-Owl (2020-05-31)
    221. Golden Eagle (2020-05-31)
    222. White-capped Bunting (2020-05-31)
    223. European Bee-eater (2020-05-31)
    224. Lesser Kestrel (2020-05-31)
    225. Red-rumped Swallow (2020-06-13)
    226. Tree Sparrow (2020-06-20)
    227. Indian Golden Oriole (2020-06-22)
    228. Black Stork (2020-06-22)
    229. Bearded Tit (2020-06-23)
    230. Paddyfield Warbler (2020-06-23)
    231. Common Cuckoo (2020-06-23)
    232. Yellow-eyed Pigeon (2020-06-23)
    233. Great Reed Warbler (2020-06-23)
    234. Savi's Warbler (2020-06-23)
    235. Cetti's Warbler (2020-06-23)
    236. Alpine Swift (2020-06-26)
    237. Brown-necked Raven (2020-06-27)
    238. Common Crane (2020-06-30)
    239. Blue-cheeked Bee-eater (2020-06-30)
    240. Shikra (2020-06-30)
    241. Syke's Warbler (2020-06-30)
    242. Common Nightingale (2020-06-30)
    243. Common Moorhen (2020-06-30)
    244. White-crowned Penduline Tit (2020-07-01)
    245. Common Snipe (2020-07-01)
    246. Pale Sand Martin (2020-07-01)
    247. Eurasian Crag Martin (2020-07-01)
    248. Richard's Pipit (2020-07-01)
    250. Egyptian Vulture (2020-07-10)
    251. Asian Paradise Flycatcher (2020-07-10)
    252. Spotted Flycatcher (2020-07-10)
    253. Eurasian Reed Warbler (2020-07-11)
    254. Clamorous Reed Warbler (2020-07-11)
    255. Oriental Lark (2020-07-11)
    256. Purple Heron (2020-07-11)
    257. Rufous Bush Robin (2020-07-11)
    258. Little Egret (2020-07-11)
    259. Collared Pratincole (2020-07-11)
    260. Baraba Steppe Gull (2020-07-11)
    261. Eurasian Spoonbill (2020-07-11)
    262. Caspian Tern (2020-07-11)
    263. Whiskered Tern (2020-07-11)
    264. Greater Sand Plover (2020-07-12)
    265. Steppe Grey Shrike (2020-07-12)
    266. Indian Sparrow (2020-07-12)
    267. Macqueen's Bustard (2020-07-12)
    268. Pander's Ground-Jay (2020-07-12)
    269. Menetries Warbler (2020-07-12)
    270. Pied Bushchat (2020-07-13)
    271. Ruddy Turnstone (2020-07-21)
    272. Greenish Warbler (2020-08-09)
    273. Red-backed Shrike (2020-08-13)
    274. Pacific Golden Plover (2020-08-14)
    275. Common Kingfisher (2020-08-14)
    276. Tree Pipit (2020-09-05)
    277. Hume's Warbler (2020-09-05)
    278. Great Spotted Woodpecker (2020-09-08)
    279. Spotted Nutcracker (2020-09-08)
    280. Northern Wren (2020-09-08)
    281. Crested Honey-Buzzard (2020-09-16)
    282. European Nightjar (2020-09-20)
    283. Barred Warbler (2020-09-20)
    284. Northern Goshawk (2020-09-24)
    285. Himalayan Vulture (2020-09-24)
    286. Griffon Vulture (2020-09-24)
    287. Blue-capped Redstart (2020-09-30)
    288. Black-throated Accentor (2020-09-30)
    289. Saker Falcon (2020-10-09)
    290. Cinereous Vulture (2020-10-09)
    291. Black Redstart (2020-10-09)
    292. Eurasian Penduline Tit (2020-10-12)
    293. Northern Wheatear (2020-10-12)
    294. Eastern Rock Nuthatch (2020-10-13)
    295. Eurasian Woodcock (2020-10-14)
    296. Pallas's Warbler (2020-10-20)
    297. Song Thrush (2020-11-04)
    298. Greater Flamingo (2020-11-05)
    299. Greater White-fronted Goose (2020-11-05)
    300. Red-breasted Merganser (2020-11-05)
    301. Grey Plover (2020-11-05)
    302. Eurasian Golden Plover (2020-11-06)
    303. Redwing (2020-11-11)
    304. Black-legged Kittiwake (2020-11-11)
    305. Ring-billed Gull (2020-11-11)
    306. Red-Necked Grebe (2020-11-12)
    307. White-browed Tit-Warbler (2020-11-25)
    308. Alpine Accentor (2020-11-25)
    309. Buff-bellied Pipit (2020-12-22)
    310. Long-tailed Rosefinch (2020-12-22)

    recent uploads

    2020-12-29. Red-fronted Serin, Eurasian Blackbird, Azure Tit.

    2020-12-26. Long-tailed Rosefinch, Steppe Horned Lark, Corn Bunting, Northern Reed Bunting.

    2020-12-25. Rough-legged Buzzard, Rough-legged Buzzard, Eastern Buzzard, Upland Buzzard, White-tailed Sea-Eagle, Merlin, Common Kestrel, Common Pochard, Tufted Duck, Common Goldeneye, Whooper Swan, Rock Pigeon, Ruddy Shelduck, Smew, Goosander, Mew Gull.

    2020-12-24. Water Pipit, Buff-bellied Pipit, Meadow Pipit, Great White Egret, Masked Wagtail, Green Sandpiper, Grey Heron, Gadwall.

    2020-12-23. Pied Avocet, Common Kingfisher, Northern Shoveler.

    2020-12-21. Mallard, Eastern Buzzard, Azure Tit, Eastern Buzzard, Peregrine Falcon.

    2020-12-07. Common Raven, Mistle Thrush, Eversmann's Redstart, Black-throated Accentor.

    2020-12-05. Brown Dipper, White-bellied Dipper, Grey Wagtail.

    2020-12-04. Mallard, Black-throated Thrush, Hybrid (Black-throated x Red-throated) Thrush, Red-mantled Rosefinch, Red-fronted Serin, Eversmann's Redstart, Eurasian Blackbird, Grey-headed Goldfinch, Common Sparrowhawk, Eversmann's Redstart, Coal Tit, Black-throated Accentor, Black-throated Thrush, Red-fronted Serin.

    2020-12-03. Yellow-billed Chough.

    2020-12-01. Whooper Swan, Mute Swan, Great Cormorant, Goosander, Common Goldeneye, Northern Shoveler, Steppe Horned Lark, Caspian Gull, Ruddy Shelduck, Fieldfare, Mistle Thrush.

    2020-11-30. Long-tailed Duck, Bewick's Swan, Bewick's Swan.

    2020-11-29. Hybrid (Black-throated x Red-throated) Thrush, Bohemian Waxwing, Black-throated Thrush, Peregrine Falcon.

    2020-11-27. White-browed Tit-Warbler, Alpine Accentor, Eversmann's Redstart, Himalayan Lammergeier, Cinereous Vulture, Himalayan Golden Eagle.

    2020-11-26. Black-legged Kittiwake, Ring-billed Gull, Mew Gull, Caspian Gull, Black-headed Gull, Ring-billed Gull.

    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

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