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Gaviiformes
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    • Podicipediformes
  • Podicipedidae
    • Pelecaniformes
  • Pelecanidae
  • Phalacrocoracidae
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    map of photoshootings

    total species: 91
    total photos: 144
    total videos: 0
    total blogposts: 0

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    1. Common Starling (2020-03-30)
    2. Bluethroat (2020-04-06)
    3. European Robin (2020-04-06)
    4. Song Thrush (2020-04-16)
    5. Hoopoe (2020-04-17)
    6. House Sparrow (2020-04-17)
    7. White Wagtail (2020-04-18)
    8. Western Marsh-Harrier (2020-04-18)
    9. Barn Swallow (2020-04-18)
    10. Mute Swan (2020-04-18)
    11. Common Coot (2020-04-18)
    12. Red-Necked Grebe (2020-04-18)
    13. Green Sandpiper (2020-04-18)
    14. Garganey (2020-04-18)
    15. Eurasian Redstart (2020-04-19)
    16. Citrine Wagtail (2020-04-20)
    17. Northern Wheatear (2020-04-20)
    18. Willow Warbler (2020-04-20)
    19. Purple Heron (2020-04-20)
    20. Lesser Short-toed Lark (2020-04-20)
    21. Calandra Lark (2020-04-20)
    22. Steppe Eagle (2020-04-20)
    23. Common Teal (2020-04-20)
    24. Isabelline Wheatear (2020-04-29)
    25. Whinchat (2020-04-29)
    26. White-tailed Sea-Eagle (2020-04-29)
    27. Sky Lark (2020-04-29)
    28. Montagu's Harrier (2020-04-29)
    29. Red-breasted Flycatcher (2020-05-01)
    30. Pied Flycatcher (2020-05-01)
    31. Common Whitethroat (2020-05-01)
    32. Lesser Whitethroat (2020-05-01)
    33. Eurasian Siskin (2020-05-01)
    34. Greenish Warbler (2020-05-05)
    35. Common Chiffchaff (2020-05-05)
    36. Spotted Flycatcher (2020-05-06)
    37. Blyth's Reed Warbler (2020-05-07)
    38. Sand Martin (2020-05-09)
    39. Common Rosefinch (2020-05-09)
    40. White-winged Tern (2020-05-12)
    41. Eurasian Curlew (2020-05-12)
    42. Demoiselle Crane (2020-05-12)
    43. Paddyfield Warbler (2020-05-12)
    44. Long-legged Buzzard (2020-05-12)
    45. Little Crake (2020-05-12)
    46. Red-backed Shrike (2020-05-12)
    47. Booted Warbler (2020-05-12)
    48. Grey Heron (2020-05-12)
    49. Bearded Tit (2020-05-12)
    50. Thrush Nightingale (2020-05-13)
    51. Common Cuckoo (2020-05-13)
    52. Great Reed Warbler (2020-05-22)
    53. Sedge Warbler (2020-05-22)
    54. Icterine Warbler (2020-05-22)
    55. Northern House Martin (2020-05-30)
    56. Black-Necked Grebe (2020-05-30)
    57. Little Stint (2020-08-22)
    58. Wood Sandpiper (2020-08-22)
    59. Eurasian Collared Dove (2020-08-24)
    60. Yellow Wagtail (2020-08-25)
    61. Northern Lapwing (2020-08-25)
    62. Pallid Harrier (2020-08-25)
    63. Levant Sparrowhawk (2020-08-26)
    64. Eurasian Jackdaw (2020-08-27)
    65. European Bee-eater (2020-08-28)
    66. Black Kite (2020-08-28)
    67. Common Moorhen (2020-08-29)
    68. Tawny Pipit (2020-08-29)
    69. Eurasian Nuthatch (2020-09-02)
    70. Grey-Headed Woodpecker (2020-09-02)
    71. Wood Pigeon (2020-09-03)
    72. Common Kingfisher (2020-09-03)
    73. Eurasian Wigeon (2020-09-03)
    74. Great Spotted Woodpecker (2020-09-04)
    75. Lesser Spotted Woodpecker (2020-09-04)
    76. White-Backed Woodpecker (2020-09-05)
    77. Blue Tit (2020-09-05)
    78. Long-tailed Tit (2020-09-05)
    79. Great Cormorant (2020-09-06)
    80. Black-headed Gull (2020-09-06)
    81. Caspian Gull (2020-09-06)
    82. Great Crested Grebe (2020-09-06)
    83. Common Pochard (2020-09-07)
    84. Common Tern (2020-09-17)
    85. Common Buzzard (2020-09-22)
    86. Grey Plover (2020-09-22)
    87. Ruff (2020-09-22)
    88. Willow Tit (2020-09-30)
    89. Great Tit (2020-10-01)
    90. Coal Tit (2020-10-03)
    91. Common Treecreeper (2020-10-03)

    recent uploads

    2020-10-03. Great Tit, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Willow Tit, Eurasian Redstart, Coal Tit, Common Treecreeper.

    2020-10-01. Willow Tit, Steppe Buzzard, Eurasian Nuthatch, Common Tern, Grey Plover, Ruff, Bluethroat, Common Pochard.

    2020-09-07. Great Cormorant, Black-headed Gull, Red-Necked Grebe, Caspian Gull, Great Crested Grebe.

    2020-09-06. White-Backed Woodpecker, Blue Tit, Long-tailed Tit.

    2020-09-05. Great Spotted Woodpecker, Wood Pigeon, Eurasian Redstart, Common Cuckoo, Lesser Spotted Woodpecker.

    2020-09-04. Wood Pigeon, Common Kingfisher, Eurasian Wigeon, Grey Heron.

    2020-09-03. Eurasian Nuthatch, Grey-Headed Woodpecker.

    2020-09-01. Western Marsh-Harrier, Red-breasted Flycatcher, Willow Warbler.

    2020-08-30. Northern Wheatear, Common Moorhen, Long-legged Buzzard, Tawny Pipit.

    2020-08-29. Yellow Wagtail, European Bee-eater, Eurasian Collared Dove, Lesser Whitethroat, Black Kite.

    2020-08-28. Eurasian Jackdaw.

    2020-08-27. Levant Sparrowhawk, Pallid Harrier.

    2020-08-26. Yellow Wagtail, Northern Lapwing, Common Teal.

    2020-08-25. White Wagtail, Eurasian Collared Dove, Spotted Flycatcher.

    2020-08-24. Little Stint, Mute Swan, Little Crake, Grey Heron, Wood Sandpiper.

    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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    2025-02-07
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    2025-02-06
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