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Gaviiformes
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    • Podicipediformes
  • Podicipedidae
    • Pelecaniformes
  • Pelecanidae
  • Phalacrocoracidae
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    map of photoshootings

    total species: 72
    total photos: 971
    total videos: 0
    total blogposts: 4

    sort by:

    1. Great Tit (2013-01-02)
    2. Eurasian Nuthatch (2013-01-02)
    3. Common Goldeneye (2013-01-03)
    4. Smew (2013-01-03)
    5. Goosander (2013-01-03)
    6. Mallard (2013-01-03)
    7. Great Spotted Woodpecker (2013-01-08)
    8. White-Backed Woodpecker (2013-01-10)
    9. Eurasian Dipper (2013-01-12)
    10. Fieldfare (2013-01-12)
    11. Eurasian Magpie (2013-01-14)
    12. Tree Sparrow (2013-01-14)
    13. Carrion Crow (2013-01-14)
    14. Baikal Bullfinch (2013-01-14)
    15. Northern Bullfinch (2013-01-14)
    16. House Sparrow (2013-01-16)
    17. Long-tailed Rosefinch (2013-01-20)
    18. Hooded Crow (2013-01-20)
    19. Lesser Spotted Woodpecker (2013-01-20)
    20. Whooper Swan (2013-01-22)
    21. Peregrine Falcon (2013-01-24)
    22. Common Treecreeper (2013-01-29)
    23. Rock Pigeon (2013-01-29)
    24. Grey-headed Goldfinch (2013-01-30)
    25. White-tailed Sea-Eagle (2013-01-30)
    26. Bohemian Waxwing (2013-01-31)
    27. Eurasian Jay (2013-02-04)
    28. Hawfinch (2013-03-14)
    29. Azure Tit (2013-03-14)
    30. Great White Egret (2013-03-19)
    31. Common Starling (2013-03-19)
    32. Masked Wagtail (2013-03-25)
    33. Common Chaffinch (2013-03-25)
    34. Caspian Gull (2013-03-26)
    35. Black Kite (2013-03-29)
    36. Great Cormorant (2013-03-31)
    37. Black-headed Gull (2013-03-31)
    38. Willow Tit (2013-03-31)
    39. Long-eared Owl (2013-03-31)
    40. Common Teal (2013-03-31)
    41. Tree Pipit (2013-04-03)
    42. Brambling (2013-04-03)
    43. White Wagtail (2013-04-11)
    44. Sky Lark (2013-04-13)
    45. European Greenfinch (2013-04-17)
    46. Eurasian Wryneck (2013-04-25)
    47. Green Sandpiper (2013-04-25)
    48. Common Chiffchaff (2013-04-25)
    49. Eurasian Jackdaw (2013-04-25)
    50. Common Kestrel (2013-05-08)
    51. Lesser Whitethroat (2013-05-14)
    52. Siberian Stonechat (2013-06-01)
    53. Yellow Wagtail (2013-06-01)
    54. European Golden Oriole (2013-06-29)
    55. Eurasian Redstart (2013-07-31)
    56. Meadow Bunting (2013-08-02)
    57. Long-tailed Tit (2013-08-06)
    58. Common Sandpiper (2013-08-06)
    59. Common Tern (2013-08-06)
    60. Red-backed Shrike (2013-08-07)
    61. Common Whitethroat (2013-08-13)
    62. Common Swift (2013-08-15)
    63. Yellowhammer (2013-08-19)
    64. Hume's Warbler (2013-08-19)
    65. Spotted Flycatcher (2013-08-19)
    66. Blyth's Reed Warbler (2013-08-21)
    67. Rook (2013-08-31)
    68. Hoopoe (2013-09-02)
    69. Black-throated Thrush (2013-09-13)
    70. Bluethroat (2013-09-19)
    71. Grey-Headed Woodpecker (2013-10-03)
    72. Eurasian Siskin (2013-11-11)

    recent uploads

    2013-11-11. Eurasian Siskin, Common Goldeneye, Mallard, Northern Bullfinch, Caspian Gull, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Common Kestrel, Lesser Whitethroat.

    2013-11-09. Eurasian Dipper, Great Spotted Woodpecker.

    2013-11-03. Blyth's Reed Warbler, Bluethroat.

    2013-10-31. Lesser Whitethroat.

    2013-10-29. Common Swift.

    2013-10-28. Common Chaffinch, Eurasian Redstart.

    2013-10-27. Spotted Flycatcher, European Golden Oriole, Eurasian Redstart, Common Kestrel.

    2013-10-25. Rook, Great Tit.

    2013-10-24. Red-backed Shrike, Lesser Whitethroat, Meadow Bunting, Great Cormorant, Common Kestrel.

    2013-10-23. Tree Pipit, Masked Wagtail, Eurasian Redstart, Yellowhammer, Eurasian Magpie, Lesser Whitethroat, Common Whitethroat, Hume's Warbler.

    2013-10-22. Common Chiffchaff, Hume's Warbler, Meadow Bunting.

    2013-10-21. Common Sandpiper, European Golden Oriole, Lesser Whitethroat, Caspian Gull, Common Whitethroat, Grey-headed Goldfinch, Yellowhammer.

    2013-10-20. Hawfinch, Meadow Bunting, Eurasian Redstart, Common Chaffinch, Black-throated Thrush, Tree Pipit, Yellow Wagtail, Spotted Flycatcher, Common Tern.

    2013-10-17. Grey-Headed Woodpecker, Willow Tit, Lesser Whitethroat, Fieldfare.

    2013-10-11. Long-tailed Tit.

    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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