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Gaviiformes
  • Gaviidae
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    map of photoshootings

    total species: 66
    total photos: 226
    total videos: 0
    total blogposts: 0

    sort by:

    1. Tree Sparrow (2013-01-02)
    2. Eurasian Collared Dove (2013-01-02)
    3. Great Tit (2013-01-02)
    4. Fieldfare (2013-01-30)
    5. Common Sparrowhawk (2013-01-31)
    6. Common Chaffinch (2013-02-18)
    7. Blue Tit (2013-02-18)
    8. Tawny Pipit (2013-04-25)
    9. Lesser Whitethroat (2013-04-25)
    10. Crested Lark (2013-04-25)
    11. Ruddy Shelduck (2013-04-25)
    12. Desert Wheatear (2013-04-25)
    13. Common Starling (2013-04-27)
    14. Red-footed Falcon (2013-04-27)
    15. Little Egret (2013-04-27)
    16. Whinchat (2013-04-27)
    17. Mute Swan (2013-04-27)
    18. Northern Lapwing (2013-04-27)
    19. Steppe Grey Shrike (2013-04-29)
    20. Eurasian Redstart (2013-04-29)
    21. Ortolan Bunting (2013-04-30)
    22. Western Marsh-Harrier (2013-04-30)
    23. Northern Wheatear (2013-04-30)
    24. Eurasian Hobby (2013-05-10)
    25. Lesser Grey Shrike (2013-05-26)
    26. Eurasian Jackdaw (2013-05-29)
    27. Isabelline Wheatear (2013-05-29)
    28. Black Kite (2013-05-29)
    29. White Wagtail (2013-05-30)
    30. Barn Swallow (2013-05-30)
    31. Red-Necked Grebe (2013-05-30)
    32. Demoiselle Crane (2013-05-30)
    33. Black-winged Pratincole (2013-05-30)
    34. European Bee-eater (2013-05-30)
    35. Red-headed Bunting (2013-05-30)
    36. Sand Martin (2013-05-31)
    37. Kentish Plover (2013-05-31)
    38. Turkestan Shrike (2013-05-31)
    39. Hoopoe (2013-06-03)
    40. House Sparrow (2013-06-03)
    41. Syke's Warbler (2013-06-05)
    42. Black-winged Stilt (2013-06-05)
    43. Little Tern (2013-06-06)
    44. Little Ringed Plover (2013-06-06)
    45. White-tailed Lapwing (2013-06-06)
    46. Common Oystercatcher (2013-06-06)
    47. Common Cuckoo (2013-06-06)
    48. Black-headed Wagtail (2013-06-06)
    49. European Golden Oriole (2013-07-13)
    50. White-winged Tern (2013-07-25)
    51. Red-necked Phalarope (2013-07-26)
    52. Collared Pratincole (2013-07-26)
    53. Little Stint (2013-07-26)
    54. Rosy Starling (2013-07-27)
    55. Green Sandpiper (2013-07-29)
    56. Ruff (2013-07-29)
    57. Common Sandpiper (2013-07-29)
    58. Whiskered Tern (2013-07-31)
    59. Glossy Ibis (2013-07-31)
    60. Ruddy Turnstone (2013-08-01)
    61. Pallas's Gull (2013-08-01)
    62. Caspian Gull (2013-08-01)
    63. Black-tailed Godwit (2013-08-01)
    64. Cetti's Warbler (2013-08-01)
    65. Steppe Eagle (2013-09-07)
    66. Red-breasted Flycatcher (2013-10-08)

    recent uploads

    2013-11-08. Willow Warbler, Eurasian Nuthatch, Eurasian Nuthatch, Goldcrest, Snowy Owl.

    2013-11-05. Yellow-browed Warbler, Steppe Eagle, Blue Tit, Red-breasted Flycatcher.

    2013-08-23. Collared Pratincole.

    2013-08-22. Little Stint.

    2013-08-18. Syke's Warbler, European Golden Oriole, Ruff, Green Sandpiper, Common Sandpiper, Red-headed Bunting, Whiskered Tern, Glossy Ibis, Ruff, European Bee-eater, Cetti's Warbler, Black-tailed Godwit, Common Sandpiper, Ruff, Ruddy Turnstone, Caspian Gull, Pallas's Gull, European Bee-eater, Ruff.

    2013-07-28. Rosy Starling, White-winged Tern, Red-necked Phalarope.

    2013-06-25. Sand Martin, Eurasian Jackdaw, Isabelline Wheatear, Black Kite, Barn Swallow, White Wagtail, Red-Necked Grebe, Isabelline Wheatear, Demoiselle Crane, Black-winged Pratincole, European Bee-eater, Red-headed Bunting, Eurasian Penduline Tit, West Caspian Common Pheasant, Whiskered Tern, Isabelline Wheatear, Whooper Swan, Red-breasted Flycatcher, Eurasian Penduline Tit.

    2013-06-13. Little Ringed Plover, White-tailed Lapwing, Little Tern, Common Oystercatcher, Common Cuckoo, Black-headed Wagtail, Ruddy Shelduck, Black-winged Stilt, Syke's Warbler, Eurasian Hobby, Lesser Grey Shrike, House Sparrow, Hoopoe, Lesser Grey Shrike, Turkestan Shrike, Northern Wheatear, Kentish Plover.

    2013-05-03. Desert Wheatear, Spotted Nutcracker, Ruddy Shelduck, Crested Lark, Tawny Pipit, Lesser Whitethroat, Steppe Grey Shrike, Eurasian Redstart, Red-footed Falcon, Little Egret, Whinchat, Mute Swan, Northern Lapwing, Common Starling, Ortolan Bunting, Northern Wheatear, Crested Lark, Western Marsh-Harrier.

    2013-02-20. Common Chaffinch, Blue Tit.

    2013-02-06. Common Crane, Little Crake, Baillon's Crake, Yellow Wagtail, Common Crane, Common Kestrel.

    2013-02-02. Fieldfare, Common Sparrowhawk.

    2013-01-27. Long-legged Buzzard, Lesser Short-toed Lark, Hoopoe, Black Lark, Calandra Lark, Pied Avocet, Citrine Wagtail, Eurasian Collared Dove, Tree Sparrow, Great 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.
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