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    map of photoshootings

    total species: 91
    total photos: 234
    total videos: 0
    total blogposts: 0

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    1. White-winged Grosbeak (2017-01-07)
    2. Brambling (2017-01-07)
    3. Eurasian Blackbird (2017-01-07)
    4. Tree Sparrow (2017-01-07)
    5. House Sparrow (2017-01-07)
    6. Common Chaffinch (2017-01-07)
    7. Great Tit (2017-01-07)
    8. Greylag Goose (2017-01-10)
    9. Eastern Imperial Eagle (2017-01-10)
    10. Eastern Buzzard (2017-01-10)
    11. Corn Bunting (2017-01-10)
    12. Eurasian Linnet (2017-01-10)
    13. White-tailed Sea-Eagle (2017-01-11)
    14. Little Owl (2017-01-11)
    15. Crested Lark (2017-01-11)
    16. Laughing Dove (2017-01-11)
    17. Long-legged Buzzard (2017-01-11)
    18. Saker Falcon (2017-01-11)
    19. Cinereous Vulture (2017-01-11)
    20. Great Grey Shrike (2017-01-11)
    21. Steppe Eagle (2017-01-12)
    22. Grey-headed Goldfinch (2017-01-12)
    23. Northern Reed Bunting (2017-01-12)
    24. Little Grebe (2017-01-12)
    25. Water Rail (2017-01-12)
    26. Bearded Tit (2017-01-12)
    27. Mistle Thrush (2017-01-12)
    28. Common Starling (2017-01-12)
    29. Mallard (2017-01-13)
    30. Ruddy Shelduck (2017-01-13)
    31. Eurasian Collared Dove (2017-01-13)
    32. Rock Pigeon (2017-01-13)
    33. Common Mynah (2017-01-13)
    34. Great White Egret (2017-01-14)
    35. Grey Heron (2017-01-14)
    36. Black-headed Gull (2017-01-14)
    37. Caspian Gull (2017-01-14)
    38. Pallas's Gull (2017-01-14)
    39. Great Cormorant (2017-01-14)
    40. Baraba Steppe Gull (2017-01-14)
    41. Hooded Crow (2017-01-14)
    42. Eurasian Jackdaw (2017-01-14)
    43. European Greenfinch (2017-01-14)
    44. Common Buzzard (2017-01-15)
    45. Rough-legged Buzzard (2017-02-11)
    46. Goldcrest (2017-02-20)
    47. White-browed Tit-Warbler (2017-02-20)
    48. Eurasian Magpie (2017-02-20)
    49. Red-mantled Rosefinch (2017-03-15)
    50. Common Pheasant (2017-03-15)
    51. Rook (2017-03-15)
    52. Golden Eagle (2017-03-20)
    53. Horned Lark (2017-03-20)
    54. Wallcreeper (2017-03-20)
    55. Eastern Rock Nuthatch (2017-03-21)
    56. Eversmann's Redstart (2017-03-21)
    57. Pied Wheatear (2017-03-21)
    58. Black-throated Accentor (2017-03-21)
    59. Black-throated Thrush (2017-03-21)
    60. Calandra Lark (2017-03-22)
    61. Chukar Partridge (2017-03-22)
    62. Desert Wheatear (2017-03-22)
    63. Black Kite (2017-04-06)
    64. Steppe Grey Shrike (2017-04-06)
    65. Isabelline Shrike (2017-04-06)
    66. Common Redshank (2017-04-06)
    67. Common Kestrel (2017-04-06)
    68. Masked Wagtail (2017-04-06)
    69. Northern Lapwing (2017-04-14)
    70. Common Coot (2017-04-14)
    71. Eurasian Crag Martin (2017-04-15)
    72. Rock Sparrow (2017-04-15)
    73. Hoopoe (2017-04-15)
    74. Great Crested Grebe (2017-04-16)
    75. Common Crane (2017-04-16)
    76. Green Sandpiper (2017-04-16)
    77. Grey Wagtail (2017-04-16)
    78. Bluethroat (2017-04-16)
    79. Black-winged Stilt (2017-04-16)
    80. Isabelline Wheatear (2017-04-16)
    81. Siberian Stonechat (2017-04-23)
    82. Wood Pigeon (2017-04-27)
    83. Red-headed Bunting (2017-05-08)
    84. Ortolan Bunting (2017-05-08)
    85. Common Sparrowhawk (2017-05-08)
    86. Rosy Starling (2017-05-08)
    87. Eurasian Roller (2017-05-08)
    88. Turkestan Shrike (2017-05-08)
    89. Azure Tit (2017-11-15)
    90. Northern Wren (2017-11-24)
    91. Coal Tit (2017-12-30)

    recent uploads

    2017-12-30. Coal Tit.

    2017-12-26. Hybrid Bunting, Pine Bunting.

    2017-12-25. Eversmann's Redstart.

    2017-12-22. White-winged Grosbeak.

    2017-12-20. Golden Eagle.

    2017-12-07. House Sparrow.

    2017-11-24. Northern Wren.

    2017-11-15. Common Sparrowhawk, Laughing Dove, Azure Tit.

    2017-05-13. Laughing Dove.

    2017-05-08. Red-headed Bunting, Ortolan Bunting, Siberian Stonechat, Isabelline Wheatear, Hoopoe, Common Sparrowhawk, Rosy Starling, Eurasian Roller, Turkestan Shrike.

    2017-04-27. Siberian Stonechat, Isabelline Wheatear, Hoopoe, Long-legged Buzzard, Wood Pigeon.

    2017-04-17. Great Crested Grebe, Northern Lapwing, Common Coot, Common Crane, Eurasian Crag Martin, Eastern Rock Nuthatch, Rock Sparrow, Hoopoe, Green Sandpiper, Grey Wagtail, Bluethroat, Bluethroat, Black-winged Stilt, Masked Wagtail, Isabelline Wheatear, Black Kite, Chukar Partridge, Eurasian Jackdaw.

    2017-04-10. Black Kite, Steppe Grey Shrike, Isabelline Shrike, Isabelline Shrike, Common Redshank, Common Starling, Common Kestrel, Great Cormorant, Masked Wagtail, Chukar Partridge.

    2017-03-22. Himalayan Golden Eagle, Eastern Rock Nuthatch, Calandra Lark, Mistle Thrush, Little Owl, Little Owl, Rough-legged Buzzard, Chukar Partridge, Eversmann's Redstart, Black-headed Gull, Pied Wheatear, Desert Wheatear, Steppe Horned Lark, Steppe Eagle, Black-throated Accentor, Black-throated Thrush, Wallcreeper, Himalayan Golden Eagle.

    2017-03-16. White-winged Grosbeak, Red-mantled Rosefinch.

    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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