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    • Belousov Yevgeny

    members stats

    map of photoshootings

    total species: 200
    total photos: 789
    total videos: 0
    total blogposts: 7

    sort by:

    1. Bohemian Waxwing (2013-01-05)
    2. Black-throated Thrush (2013-01-09)
    3. Great Tit (2013-01-09)
    4. Tree Sparrow (2013-01-09)
    5. Brambling (2013-01-09)
    6. Grey-headed Goldfinch (2013-01-22)
    7. Yellow-breasted Tit (2013-01-23)
    8. Laughing Dove (2013-01-23)
    9. Common Chaffinch (2013-01-23)
    10. Eurasian Blackbird (2013-01-23)
    11. Common Mynah (2013-01-23)
    12. Eurasian Collared Dove (2013-01-23)
    13. Mistle Thrush (2013-01-23)
    14. Common Kingfisher (2013-01-24)
    15. Eurasian Jackdaw (2013-01-25)
    16. Rock Pigeon (2013-01-26)
    17. Common Starling (2013-02-01)
    18. Eurasian Magpie (2013-02-01)
    19. Grey Heron (2013-02-01)
    20. Golden Eagle (2013-02-06)
    21. White-Winged Woodpecker (2013-02-06)
    22. Yellowhammer (2013-02-06)
    23. Goldcrest (2013-02-06)
    24. Hooded Crow (2013-02-08)
    25. Carrion Crow (2013-02-08)
    26. Eurasian Siskin (2013-02-11)
    27. Cinereous Vulture (2013-02-12)
    28. Lammergeier (2013-02-12)
    29. Rook (2013-02-13)
    30. Black-headed Gull (2013-02-13)
    31. Black-throated Accentor (2013-02-13)
    32. European Greenfinch (2013-02-13)
    33. Northern Wren (2013-02-13)
    34. Great White Egret (2013-02-13)
    35. Western Marsh-Harrier (2013-02-13)
    36. Corn Bunting (2013-02-13)
    37. Caspian Gull (2013-02-13)
    38. Rock Bunting (2013-03-02)
    39. Masked Wagtail (2013-03-02)
    40. Cetti's Warbler (2013-03-05)
    41. Citrine Wagtail (2013-03-06)
    42. Green Sandpiper (2013-03-06)
    43. Upland Buzzard (2013-03-06)
    44. Eastern Imperial Eagle (2013-03-10)
    45. White-tailed Sea-Eagle (2013-03-10)
    46. Eastern Buzzard (2013-03-10)
    47. Common Pheasant (2013-03-10)
    48. Ruddy Shelduck (2013-03-10)
    49. Northern Pintail (2013-03-10)
    50. Hoopoe (2013-03-14)
    51. Greater Short-toed Lark (2013-03-14)
    52. Isabelline Shrike (2013-03-14)
    53. Common Redshank (2013-03-14)
    54. Northern Reed Bunting (2013-03-14)
    55. Common Coot (2013-03-14)
    56. Northern Lapwing (2013-03-14)
    57. Sky Lark (2013-03-14)
    58. Water Pipit (2013-03-14)
    59. Common Kestrel (2013-03-14)
    60. Common Buzzard (2013-03-14)
    61. Calandra Lark (2013-03-14)
    62. Wood Pigeon (2013-03-18)
    63. Red Crossbill (2013-03-18)
    64. Demoiselle Crane (2013-03-19)
    65. Pied Wheatear (2013-03-19)
    66. Isabelline Wheatear (2013-03-19)
    67. Northern Shoveler (2013-03-19)
    68. Crested Lark (2013-03-19)
    69. Bearded Tit (2013-03-19)
    70. Northern Wheatear (2013-03-19)
    71. Common Teal (2013-03-19)
    72. Garganey (2013-03-19)
    73. Eversmann's Redstart (2013-03-19)
    74. Osprey (2013-03-22)
    75. Common Chiffchaff (2013-03-22)
    76. Black Stork (2013-03-22)
    77. White Wagtail (2013-03-22)
    78. Great Crested Grebe (2013-03-22)
    79. Common Raven (2013-03-22)
    80. Eurasian Eagle-Owl (2013-03-23)
    81. Desert Wheatear (2013-03-23)
    82. Mallard (2013-03-23)
    83. Tufted Duck (2013-03-23)
    84. Grey Wagtail (2013-03-29)
    85. Siberian Stonechat (2013-03-29)
    86. Egyptian Vulture (2013-03-30)
    87. Black Redstart (2013-03-30)
    88. Himalayan Vulture (2013-03-30)
    89. Long-legged Buzzard (2013-03-30)
    90. House Sparrow (2013-04-01)
    91. Common Swift (2013-04-02)
    92. Barn Swallow (2013-04-03)
    93. Black Kite (2013-04-03)
    94. Lesser Whitethroat (2013-04-04)
    95. Black-headed Wagtail (2013-04-06)
    96. Little Ringed Plover (2013-04-06)
    97. Little Bustard (2013-04-06)
    98. Booted Eagle (2013-04-06)
    99. Common Crane (2013-04-06)
    100. Turkestan Shrike (2013-04-06)
    101. Yellow Wagtail (2013-04-06)
    102. Bluethroat (2013-04-07)
    103. Tree Pipit (2013-04-07)
    104. Paddyfield Warbler (2013-04-07)
    105. Common Snipe (2013-04-07)
    106. Eurasian Roller (2013-04-16)
    107. Red-backed Shrike (2013-04-16)
    108. Common Sandpiper (2013-04-18)
    109. Blue Whistling Thrush (2013-04-18)
    110. Hume's Warbler (2013-04-22)
    111. Common Sparrowhawk (2013-04-22)
    112. Greater Spotted Eagle (2013-04-25)
    113. Great Cormorant (2013-04-25)
    114. Common Greenshank (2013-04-25)
    115. Common Tern (2013-04-26)
    116. Gull-billed Tern (2013-04-26)
    117. Great White Pelican (2013-04-26)
    118. Long-tailed Shrike (2013-04-27)
    119. Montagu's Harrier (2013-04-27)
    120. Grey-necked Bunting (2013-04-27)
    121. Common Cuckoo (2013-04-27)
    122. Caspian Tern (2013-04-27)
    123. Ortolan Bunting (2013-05-05)
    124. Lesser Grey Shrike (2013-05-07)
    125. Eurasian Hobby (2013-05-07)
    126. Common Rosefinch (2013-05-07)
    127. Eurasian Linnet (2013-05-07)
    128. Red-rumped Swallow (2013-05-07)
    129. Indian Golden Oriole (2013-05-10)
    130. Indian Sparrow (2013-05-10)
    131. Spotted Flycatcher (2013-05-14)
    132. Eurasian Redstart (2013-05-16)
    133. Red-headed Bunting (2013-05-17)
    134. Rosy Starling (2013-05-18)
    135. Collared Pratincole (2013-05-18)
    136. Black-winged Stilt (2013-05-18)
    137. Little Tern (2013-05-18)
    138. Blyth's Reed Warbler (2013-05-20)
    139. White-capped Bunting (2013-05-25)
    140. Northern House Martin (2013-05-25)
    141. Griffon Vulture (2013-05-25)
    142. European Bee-eater (2013-05-30)
    143. Eastern Rock Nuthatch (2013-05-31)
    144. Tawny Pipit (2013-05-31)
    145. Clamorous Reed Warbler (2013-06-03)
    146. Black-Bellied Sandgrouse (2013-06-03)
    147. Long-eared Owl (2013-06-03)
    148. Kentish Plover (2013-06-03)
    149. Sand Martin (2013-06-06)
    150. Oriental Lark (2013-06-06)
    151. Oriental Turtle Dove (2013-06-23)
    152. Eurasian Curlew (2013-07-10)
    153. White-tailed Lapwing (2013-07-10)
    154. Little Egret (2013-07-10)
    155. Mute Swan (2013-07-10)
    156. Purple Heron (2013-07-10)
    157. Rufous Bush Robin (2013-07-10)
    158. Glossy Ibis (2013-07-10)
    159. Blue-cheeked Bee-eater (2013-07-10)
    160. Syke's Warbler (2013-07-10)
    161. Shikra (2013-07-10)
    162. Pygmy Cormorant (2013-07-10)
    163. Red-crested Pochard (2013-07-10)
    164. Eurasian Stone Curlew (2013-07-10)
    165. European Turtle Dove (2013-07-23)
    166. Little Owl (2013-07-23)
    167. Great Bustard (2013-08-06)
    168. Black-crowned Night Heron (2013-08-13)
    169. Red-necked Phalarope (2013-08-17)
    170. Little Stint (2013-08-17)
    171. Barred Warbler (2013-08-26)
    172. Pied Avocet (2013-08-29)
    173. Ruff (2013-08-30)
    174. Broad-billed Sandpiper (2013-08-30)
    175. Temminck's Stint (2013-08-30)
    176. Pallid Harrier (2013-08-30)
    177. Terek Sandpiper (2013-08-31)
    178. Lesser Short-toed Lark (2013-08-31)
    179. Black-tailed Godwit (2013-08-31)
    180. Ruddy Turnstone (2013-08-31)
    181. Pin-Tailed Sandgrouse (2013-08-31)
    182. Dunlin (2013-08-31)
    183. Curlew Sandpiper (2013-08-31)
    184. Common Shelduck (2013-08-31)
    185. Dalmatian Pelican (2013-08-31)
    186. Greenish Warbler (2013-08-31)
    187. Eurasian Wryneck (2013-09-05)
    188. Common Whitethroat (2013-09-06)
    189. Lesser Kestrel (2013-09-07)
    190. Steppe Grey Shrike (2013-10-13)
    191. Spanish Sparrow (2013-10-13)
    192. Little Grebe (2013-10-13)
    193. Short-eared Owl (2013-10-15)
    194. Grey Partridge (2013-10-21)
    195. Rock Sparrow (2013-10-22)
    196. Pallas's Warbler (2013-10-22)
    197. Steppe Eagle (2013-11-03)
    198. Eurasian Dipper (2013-11-10)
    199. European Robin (2013-11-21)
    200. Turkestan Tit (2013-12-06)

    recent uploads

    2013-12-31. Black-throated Thrush.

    2013-12-06. Common Chiffchaff, Common Chiffchaff, Great Tit, Grey-headed Goldfinch, Common Chaffinch, Yellow-breasted Tit, Turkestan Tit, Eurasian Siskin, Black-throated Thrush, Hybrid Tit, Eurasian Blackbird.

    2013-11-30. Yellow-browed Warbler.

    2013-11-21. European Robin.

    2013-11-14. Hoopoe.

    2013-11-10. White-bellied Dipper.

    2013-11-03. Carrion Crow, Hooded Crow, Steppe Eagle, House Sparrow, Indian Sparrow, Oriental Turtle Dove, Siberian Common Starling, Red Crossbill, Black-throated Accentor.

    2013-10-21. Rock Sparrow, Grey Partridge, Pallas's Warbler, Pallas's Warbler, Grey Partridge.

    2013-10-17. Rook.

    2013-10-15. Short-eared Owl.

    2013-10-13. Steppe Grey Shrike, Water Pipit, Spanish Sparrow, Little Grebe, Little Bustard, Osprey.

    2013-10-01. Black Kite.

    2013-09-14. Lesser Whitethroat, Common Chiffchaff.

    2013-09-12. White Wagtail, Spotted Flycatcher.

    2013-09-07. Lesser Kestrel, Siberian Stonechat, Booted Eagle.

    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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