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    total species: 223
    total photos: 379
    total videos: 1
    total blogposts: 1

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    1. Great Tit (2019-01-01)
    2. Eurasian Magpie (2019-01-02)
    3. Azure Tit (2019-01-02)
    4. Grey-headed Goldfinch (2019-01-03)
    5. Carrion Crow (2019-01-04)
    6. Common Mynah (2019-01-04)
    7. Rock Pigeon (2019-01-04)
    8. Red-fronted Serin (2019-01-18)
    9. Common Chaffinch (2019-01-18)
    10. Hooded Crow (2019-01-29)
    11. Eversmann's Redstart (2019-01-29)
    12. Northern Wren (2019-01-30)
    13. Black-throated Thrush (2019-01-30)
    14. Tree Sparrow (2019-01-30)
    15. Rook (2019-01-30)
    16. Eurasian Jackdaw (2019-01-30)
    17. Eurasian Collared Dove (2019-01-30)
    18. Upland Buzzard (2019-01-30)
    19. European Greenfinch (2019-01-30)
    20. Mallard (2019-02-03)
    21. Songar Tit (2019-02-03)
    22. Coal Tit (2019-02-03)
    23. White-winged Grosbeak (2019-02-03)
    24. Red-billed Chough (2019-02-03)
    25. Himalayan Snowcock (2019-02-03)
    26. Mistle Thrush (2019-02-10)
    27. Eurasian Blackbird (2019-02-10)
    28. Brambling (2019-02-14)
    29. Long-legged Buzzard (2019-02-16)
    30. House Sparrow (2019-02-19)
    31. Eurasian Siskin (2019-02-24)
    32. Red Crossbill (2019-02-24)
    33. Lammergeier (2019-02-26)
    34. Eastern Buzzard (2019-02-28)
    35. Caspian Gull (2019-03-02)
    36. Sky Lark (2019-03-02)
    37. Whooper Swan (2019-03-02)
    38. Corn Bunting (2019-03-02)
    39. Red-crested Pochard (2019-03-02)
    40. Ruddy Shelduck (2019-03-02)
    41. Mute Swan (2019-03-02)
    42. Little Grebe (2019-03-02)
    43. Eurasian Linnet (2019-03-02)
    44. Crested Lark (2019-03-02)
    45. Calandra Lark (2019-03-02)
    46. Common Starling (2019-03-02)
    47. Grey Heron (2019-03-02)
    48. White-tailed Sea-Eagle (2019-03-02)
    49. Yellowhammer (2019-03-02)
    50. Northern Reed Bunting (2019-03-02)
    51. Eurasian Goldfinch (2019-03-03)
    52. Common Kestrel (2019-03-06)
    53. Steppe Eagle (2019-03-16)
    54. Hen Harrier (2019-03-16)
    55. Chukar Partridge (2019-03-16)
    56. Isabelline Wheatear (2019-03-16)
    57. Fieldfare (2019-03-16)
    58. Citrine Wagtail (2019-03-16)
    59. Long-tailed Rosefinch (2019-03-16)
    60. Turkestan Tit (2019-03-16)
    61. Masked Wagtail (2019-03-16)
    62. Black Kite (2019-03-16)
    63. Black-headed Gull (2019-03-16)
    64. Greater Short-toed Lark (2019-03-16)
    65. Eurasian Wigeon (2019-03-16)
    66. Rock Bunting (2019-03-19)
    67. Hoopoe (2019-03-21)
    68. Wood Pigeon (2019-03-21)
    69. Great Bustard (2019-03-21)
    70. Indian Sparrow (2019-03-22)
    71. Grey Partridge (2019-03-22)
    72. Cinereous Vulture (2019-03-22)
    73. Eastern Rock Nuthatch (2019-03-22)
    74. Pied Wheatear (2019-03-22)
    75. Northern Lapwing (2019-03-22)
    76. Great White Egret (2019-03-22)
    77. Black Redstart (2019-03-22)
    78. Isabelline Shrike (2019-03-22)
    79. Western Marsh-Harrier (2019-03-22)
    80. Steppe Grey Shrike (2019-03-22)
    81. Little Owl (2019-03-23)
    82. Pygmy Cormorant (2019-03-23)
    83. White Wagtail (2019-03-23)
    84. White-tailed Lapwing (2019-03-23)
    85. Eurasian Penduline Tit (2019-03-23)
    86. Great Cormorant (2019-03-23)
    87. Common Teal (2019-03-23)
    88. Common Coot (2019-03-23)
    89. Bluethroat (2019-03-23)
    91. Northern Pintail (2019-03-23)
    92. Northern Shoveler (2019-03-23)
    93. Pied Avocet (2019-03-23)
    94. Demoiselle Crane (2019-03-23)
    95. Common Crane (2019-03-23)
    96. Desert Wheatear (2019-03-23)
    97. Variable Wheatear (2019-03-23)
    98. Northern Wheatear (2019-03-23)
    99. Common Chiffchaff (2019-03-23)
    100. Common Raven (2019-03-23)
    101. Lesser Short-toed Lark (2019-03-23)
    102. Laughing Dove (2019-03-24)
    103. Yellow-breasted Tit (2019-03-25)
    104. Common Redshank (2019-03-25)
    105. Turkestan Shrike (2019-03-25)
    106. Garganey (2019-03-25)
    107. White Stork (2019-03-25)
    108. Great Crested Grebe (2019-03-25)
    109. White-headed Duck (2019-04-05)
    110. Black-Necked Grebe (2019-04-05)
    111. Ferruginous Duck (2019-04-05)
    112. Common Shelduck (2019-04-05)
    113. Common Sparrowhawk (2019-04-05)
    114. Little Bustard (2019-04-05)
    115. Little Ringed Plover (2019-04-05)
    116. Green Sandpiper (2019-04-05)
    117. Dalmatian Pelican (2019-04-05)
    118. Grey Wagtail (2019-04-12)
    119. Common Pheasant (2019-05-04)
    120. Barn Swallow (2019-05-05)
    121. Eurasian Hobby (2019-05-05)
    122. Lesser Kestrel (2019-05-05)
    123. Yellow Wagtail (2019-05-05)
    124. Common Sandpiper (2019-05-05)
    125. Black-winged Stilt (2019-05-05)
    126. Spotted Redshank (2019-05-05)
    127. Common Greenshank (2019-05-05)
    128. Common Tern (2019-05-05)
    129. Bar-tailed Godwit (2019-05-05)
    130. Temminck's Stint (2019-05-05)
    131. Common Oystercatcher (2019-05-05)
    132. Common Moorhen (2019-05-05)
    133. European Bee-eater (2019-05-05)
    134. Oriental Turtle Dove (2019-05-06)
    135. Siberian Stonechat (2019-05-06)
    136. Long-tailed Shrike (2019-05-08)
    137. Common Cuckoo (2019-05-08)
    138. Rufous-tailed Rock Thrush (2019-05-08)
    139. Purple Heron (2019-05-08)
    140. Black-tailed Godwit (2019-05-08)
    141. Black Stork (2019-05-08)
    142. Eurasian Eagle-Owl (2019-05-08)
    143. Gadwall (2019-05-08)
    144. Eurasian Whimbrel (2019-05-08)
    145. Slender-billed Gull (2019-05-08)
    146. Little Tern (2019-05-08)
    147. Black-crowned Night Heron (2019-05-08)
    148. Great Reed Warbler (2019-05-08)
    149. Paddyfield Warbler (2019-05-08)
    150. Great White Pelican (2019-05-08)
    151. Hume's Warbler (2019-05-08)
    152. Lesser Whitethroat (2019-05-08)
    153. Black Tern (2019-05-08)
    154. Lesser Sand Plover (2019-05-12)
    155. Rosy Starling (2019-05-12)
    156. Richard's Pipit (2019-05-12)
    157. Dunlin (2019-05-12)
    158. Red-headed Bunting (2019-05-13)
    159. Black-Bellied Sandgrouse (2019-05-13)
    160. Spanish Sparrow (2019-05-13)
    161. Eurasian Roller (2019-05-13)
    162. Common Nightingale (2019-05-13)
    163. Saxaul Sparrow (2019-05-13)
    164. Syke's Warbler (2019-05-13)
    165. Spotted Flycatcher (2019-05-13)
    166. Bimaculated Lark (2019-05-13)
    167. Rock Sparrow (2019-05-15)
    168. Lesser Grey Shrike (2019-05-15)
    169. Horned Lark (2019-05-16)
    170. Mongolian Finch (2019-05-16)
    171. White-crowned Penduline Tit (2019-05-16)
    172. Brown Dipper (2019-05-17)
    173. Guldenstadt's Redstart (2019-05-17)
    174. Brown Accentor (2019-05-17)
    175. Himalayan Rubythroat (2019-05-17)
    176. Blue Whistling Thrush (2019-05-18)
    177. Ibisbill (2019-05-18)
    178. Tree Pipit (2019-05-18)
    179. Water Pipit (2019-05-18)
    180. Common Whitethroat (2019-05-25)
    181. White-winged Lark (2019-05-28)
    182. Indian Golden Oriole (2019-05-28)
    183. Red-rumped Swallow (2019-05-28)
    184. Saker Falcon (2019-05-28)
    185. Golden Eagle (2019-05-28)
    186. Griffon Vulture (2019-05-29)
    187. Plain Mountain Finch (2019-05-31)
    188. Caspian Tern (2019-06-05)
    189. Shikra (2019-06-05)
    190. Long-tailed Tit (2019-06-07)
    191. Eurasian Scops-Owl (2019-06-16)
    192. Common Rosefinch (2019-06-19)
    193. Black-headed Wagtail (2019-06-23)
    194. Asian Paradise Flycatcher (2019-06-23)
    195. Northern House Martin (2019-06-24)
    196. Greater Sand Plover (2019-06-24)
    197. Pale Sand Martin (2019-06-29)
    198. Sand Martin (2019-06-29)
    199. Savi's Warbler (2019-06-30)
    200. Bearded Tit (2019-06-30)
    201. Curlew Sandpiper (2019-08-03)
    202. Collared Pratincole (2019-08-03)
    203. Common Kingfisher (2019-08-03)
    204. Little Stint (2019-08-03)
    205. Gull-billed Tern (2019-08-03)
    206. Montagu's Harrier (2019-08-05)
    207. Eurasian Redstart (2019-08-06)
    208. Grey-necked Bunting (2019-08-08)
    209. Twite (2019-08-09)
    210. Stock Pigeon (2019-08-16)
    211. Blyth's Reed Warbler (2019-08-25)
    212. Crested Honey-Buzzard (2019-09-12)
    213. Ruff (2019-09-19)
    214. Desert Finch (2019-10-23)
    215. Bohemian Waxwing (2019-11-15)
    216. Rough-legged Buzzard (2019-11-18)
    217. Bean Goose (2019-11-18)
    218. Slavonian Grebe (2019-11-18)
    219. Bewick's Swan (2019-11-18)
    220. Goosander (2019-11-18)
    221. Smew (2019-11-18)
    222. Common Goldeneye (2019-11-18)
    223. Great Grey Shrike (2019-12-28)

    recent uploads

    2019-12-29. Dalmatian Pelican.

    2019-12-28. Hen Harrier, Great Grey Shrike.

    2019-12-25. Eastern Buzzard.

    2019-12-23. Eastern Buzzard.

    2019-12-10. Gull-billed Tern.

    2019-12-06. Great Tit.

    2019-11-18. Hooded Crow, Grey Partridge, Rough-legged Buzzard, Pygmy Cormorant, Crested Lark, Bean Goose, Black-winged Stilt, Slavonian Grebe, Bewick's Swan, Goosander, Eurasian Siskin, Azure Tit, Bohemian Waxwing, Whooper Swan, Smew, Common Shelduck, Common Goldeneye.

    2019-11-15. Ring-necked Pheasant, Bohemian Waxwing.

    2019-11-08. Eurasian Magpie.

    2019-11-06. Eurasian Blackbird.

    2019-11-05. Common Sparrowhawk.

    2019-11-04. Black-throated Thrush.

    2019-10-31. White-crowned Penduline Tit, Bearded Tit.

    2019-10-24. Desert Finch.

    2019-10-09. Black-throated Thrush.

    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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