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    total species: 206
    total photos: 307
    total videos: 1
    total blogposts: 1

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    1. Great Tit (2021-01-02)
    2. Azure Tit (2021-01-02)
    3. Carrion Crow (2021-01-02)
    4. Grey-headed Goldfinch (2021-01-02)
    5. Black-throated Thrush (2021-01-02)
    6. Eastern Buzzard (2021-01-02)
    7. Brambling (2021-01-02)
    8. Red-fronted Serin (2021-01-04)
    9. Eurasian Dipper (2021-01-04)
    10. Eurasian Blackbird (2021-01-04)
    11. Hooded Crow (2021-01-04)
    12. Mallard (2021-01-04)
    13. Great Spotted Woodpecker (2021-01-06)
    14. Hen Harrier (2021-01-06)
    15. Eurasian Magpie (2021-01-07)
    16. Golden Eagle (2021-01-11)
    17. Long-tailed Rosefinch (2021-01-14)
    18. Common Buzzard (2021-01-15)
    19. Eurasian Goldfinch (2021-01-19)
    20. Common Chaffinch (2021-01-24)
    21. Common Mynah (2021-03-06)
    22. Masked Wagtail (2021-03-08)
    23. Great Cormorant (2021-03-08)
    24. Caspian Gull (2021-03-08)
    25. Goosander (2021-03-08)
    26. Dalmatian Pelican (2021-03-08)
    27. Tree Sparrow (2021-03-08)
    28. Mute Swan (2021-03-08)
    29. Eurasian Linnet (2021-03-08)
    30. Eurasian Collared Dove (2021-03-08)
    31. Eurasian Jackdaw (2021-03-08)
    32. European Greenfinch (2021-03-08)
    33. Desert Finch (2021-03-08)
    34. Whooper Swan (2021-03-08)
    35. White-tailed Sea-Eagle (2021-03-08)
    36. Common Pheasant (2021-03-08)
    37. Smew (2021-03-08)
    38. Great White Egret (2021-03-08)
    39. Grey Heron (2021-03-08)
    40. Common Coot (2021-03-08)
    41. Pine Bunting (2021-03-08)
    42. Northern Reed Bunting (2021-03-08)
    43. Common Starling (2021-03-08)
    44. Ruddy Shelduck (2021-03-08)
    45. Common Pochard (2021-03-08)
    46. Merlin (2021-03-08)
    47. Common Teal (2021-03-08)
    48. Common Shelduck (2021-03-08)
    49. Common Kestrel (2021-03-22)
    50. Northern Lapwing (2021-03-22)
    51. Eversmann's Redstart (2021-03-22)
    52. Black Kite (2021-03-22)
    53. Black-headed Gull (2021-03-23)
    54. Citrine Wagtail (2021-03-23)
    55. Common Oystercatcher (2021-03-23)
    56. Rock Bunting (2021-03-23)
    57. Long-legged Buzzard (2021-03-23)
    58. Rock Pigeon (2021-03-23)
    59. Isabelline Wheatear (2021-03-23)
    60. Isabelline Shrike (2021-03-23)
    61. Crested Lark (2021-03-23)
    62. Pallas's Sandgrouse (2021-03-23)
    63. Steppe Grey Shrike (2021-03-23)
    64. Saxaul Sparrow (2021-03-24)
    65. Eastern Imperial Eagle (2021-03-24)
    66. Brown-necked Raven (2021-03-24)
    67. Desert Wheatear (2021-03-24)
    68. Northern Pintail (2021-03-24)
    69. Black-Bellied Sandgrouse (2021-03-24)
    70. Wood Pigeon (2021-03-27)
    71. Great White Pelican (2021-04-24)
    72. Laughing Dove (2021-04-24)
    73. Little Bustard (2021-04-24)
    74. Black Tern (2021-04-24)
    75. Common Tern (2021-04-24)
    76. Garganey (2021-04-24)
    77. Black-tailed Godwit (2021-04-24)
    78. Northern Shoveler (2021-04-24)
    79. Ferruginous Duck (2021-04-24)
    80. Rook (2021-04-24)
    81. Green Sandpiper (2021-04-24)
    82. Little Tern (2021-04-24)
    83. Common Greenshank (2021-04-24)
    84. Dunlin (2021-04-24)
    85. Black-winged Stilt (2021-04-24)
    86. Barn Swallow (2021-04-24)
    87. Sand Martin (2021-04-24)
    88. Common Whitethroat (2021-05-11)
    89. Blyth's Reed Warbler (2021-05-16)
    90. Rosy Starling (2021-05-16)
    91. Shikra (2021-05-16)
    92. Siberian Stonechat (2021-05-16)
    93. White-headed Duck (2021-05-16)
    94. Paddyfield Warbler (2021-05-16)
    95. Ortolan Bunting (2021-05-16)
    96. Gull-billed Tern (2021-05-16)
    97. Western Marsh-Harrier (2021-05-16)
    98. Temminck's Stint (2021-05-16)
    99. Eurasian Whimbrel (2021-05-16)
    100. Spotted Redshank (2021-05-16)
    101. White-winged Tern (2021-05-16)
    102. Terek Sandpiper (2021-05-16)
    103. Turkestan Shrike (2021-05-16)
    104. European Bee-eater (2021-05-16)
    105. Rufous-tailed Rock Thrush (2021-05-16)
    106. Pied Wheatear (2021-05-16)
    107. Greenish Warbler (2021-05-16)
    108. Little Stint (2021-05-16)
    109. Grey Wagtail (2021-05-17)
    110. Mongolian Finch (2021-05-17)
    111. Eurasian Hobby (2021-05-17)
    112. Spotted Flycatcher (2021-05-17)
    113. House Sparrow (2021-05-17)
    114. Hoopoe (2021-05-17)
    115. Calandra Lark (2021-05-17)
    116. Greater Short-toed Lark (2021-05-17)
    117. Common Rosefinch (2021-05-17)
    118. Bimaculated Lark (2021-05-17)
    119. Bluethroat (2021-05-17)
    120. Demoiselle Crane (2021-05-17)
    121. Pallid Harrier (2021-05-17)
    122. Little Ringed Plover (2021-05-18)
    123. Lesser Whitethroat (2021-05-18)
    124. Greater Sand Plover (2021-05-18)
    125. Red-backed Shrike (2021-05-18)
    126. Spanish Sparrow (2021-05-18)
    127. Yellow Wagtail (2021-05-18)
    128. Montagu's Harrier (2021-05-18)
    129. Northern House Martin (2021-05-18)
    130. Hume's Warbler (2021-05-18)
    131. European Golden Oriole (2021-05-18)
    132. Common Swift (2021-05-18)
    133. Lesser Grey Shrike (2021-05-18)
    134. Common Cuckoo (2021-05-19)
    135. Yellow-eyed Pigeon (2021-05-19)
    136. White-Winged Woodpecker (2021-05-19)
    137. Oriental Turtle Dove (2021-05-20)
    138. Rufous Bush Robin (2021-05-20)
    139. Red-rumped Swallow (2021-05-20)
    140. Eurasian Crag Martin (2021-05-20)
    141. Booted Eagle (2021-05-21)
    142. Chukar Partridge (2021-05-21)
    143. White-capped Bunting (2021-05-21)
    144. Red-headed Bunting (2021-05-21)
    145. Grey-necked Bunting (2021-05-21)
    146. Rock Sparrow (2021-05-21)
    147. Saker Falcon (2021-05-21)
    148. Tawny Pipit (2021-05-21)
    149. Lesser Kestrel (2021-05-22)
    150. Eurasian Roller (2021-05-22)
    151. Corn Bunting (2021-05-22)
    152. Sky Lark (2021-05-22)
    153. Himalayan Vulture (2021-05-22)
    154. Asian Desert Warbler (2021-05-22)
    155. Plain Mountain Finch (2021-05-24)
    156. Guldenstadt's Redstart (2021-05-24)
    157. Yellow-billed Chough (2021-05-24)
    158. Red-billed Chough (2021-05-24)
    159. Lammergeier (2021-05-24)
    160. Himalayan Snowcock (2021-05-24)
    161. Himalayan Accentor (2021-05-24)
    162. White-browed Tit-Warbler (2021-05-24)
    163. Tree Pipit (2021-05-24)
    164. Himalayan Rubythroat (2021-05-24)
    165. Red-mantled Rosefinch (2021-05-24)
    166. Northern Wheatear (2021-05-24)
    167. White-winged Grosbeak (2021-05-24)
    168. Ibisbill (2021-05-25)
    169. Mistle Thrush (2021-05-25)
    170. Blue-capped Redstart (2021-05-25)
    171. Northern Wren (2021-05-25)
    172. Sulphur-bellied Warbler (2021-05-25)
    173. Brown Dipper (2021-05-25)
    174. Water Pipit (2021-06-01)
    175. Black Redstart (2021-06-01)
    176. Common Raven (2021-06-01)
    177. Common Sparrowhawk (2021-06-12)
    178. Whiskered Tern (2021-06-20)
    179. Black-Necked Grebe (2021-06-20)
    180. Great Reed Warbler (2021-06-20)
    181. Common Redshank (2021-06-20)
    182. Common Moorhen (2021-06-20)
    183. Red-crested Pochard (2021-06-20)
    184. Black Stork (2021-06-20)
    185. Oriental Lark (2021-06-20)
    186. Great Crested Grebe (2021-06-20)
    187. Black-crowned Night Heron (2021-06-20)
    188. White-crowned Penduline Tit (2021-06-21)
    189. Eastern Orphean Warbler (2021-06-21)
    190. Horned Lark (2021-06-21)
    191. Blue Rock Thrush (2021-06-22)
    192. Steppe Eagle (2021-06-23)
    193. Eurasian Eagle-Owl (2021-06-23)
    194. Brown Accentor (2021-06-24)
    195. Corncrake (2021-06-30)
    196. Coal Tit (2021-07-05)
    197. Common Sandpiper (2021-07-14)
    198. Booted Warbler (2021-07-20)
    199. Western Grasshopper Warbler (2021-07-22)
    200. Wood Sandpiper (2021-08-07)
    201. Common Kingfisher (2021-08-07)
    202. Ruff (2021-08-07)
    203. Eastern Rock Nuthatch (2021-08-08)
    204. Northern Goshawk (2021-10-13)
    205. Cinereous Vulture (2021-10-20)
    206. Black-throated Accentor (2021-10-21)

    recent uploads

    2021-12-19. Brown Dipper.

    2021-12-18. Eastern Buzzard.

    2021-12-17. Golden Eagle.

    2021-12-16. Northern Reed Bunting, Tree Sparrow, Goosander, Hen Harrier, Grey Heron, Mute Swan.

    2021-12-04. White-tailed Sea-Eagle.

    2021-11-21. Coal Tit.

    2021-11-18. Eversmann's Redstart.

    2021-10-21. Northern Goshawk, Black-throated Accentor.

    2021-10-20. Cinereous Vulture.

    2021-08-17. Common Sparrowhawk, Tree Pipit.

    2021-08-12. Common Buzzard.

    2021-08-10. Citrine Wagtail.

    2021-08-08. Wood Sandpiper, Common Greenshank, Green Sandpiper, Northern Lapwing, Common Kingfisher, Ruff, Eastern Rock Nuthatch, Eurasian Hobby, Black-Bellied Sandgrouse.

    2021-07-25. Hybrid Shrike, Great Cormorant, Eastern Imperial Eagle.

    2021-07-24. Black Stork, Common Sandpiper, Common Whitethroat, Western Grasshopper Warbler, Booted Warbler, Tawny Pipit, Yellow Wagtail, Bluethroat, Bluethroat, Dalmatian Pelican.

    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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