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Gaviiformes
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  • Podicipedidae
    • Pelecaniformes
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  • Phalacrocoracidae
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    map of photoshootings

    total species: 174
    total photos: 505
    total videos: 0
    total blogposts: 1

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    1. Common Chaffinch (2017-01-01)
    2. Eurasian Dipper (2017-01-01)
    3. Long-tailed Rosefinch (2017-01-01)
    4. Eurasian Magpie (2017-01-01)
    5. Great Tit (2017-01-02)
    6. Tree Sparrow (2017-01-02)
    7. Eurasian Goldfinch (2017-01-02)
    8. Hawfinch (2017-01-03)
    9. Eurasian Siskin (2017-01-03)
    10. Rock Pigeon (2017-01-03)
    11. Baikal Bullfinch (2017-01-04)
    12. Common Goldeneye (2017-01-04)
    13. Baraba Steppe Gull (2017-01-04)
    14. White-Backed Woodpecker (2017-01-04)
    15. Great Spotted Woodpecker (2017-01-05)
    16. Northern Bullfinch (2017-01-07)
    17. White-tailed Sea-Eagle (2017-01-07)
    18. Carrion Crow (2017-01-07)
    19. Fieldfare (2017-01-07)
    20. Goosander (2017-01-07)
    21. Bohemian Waxwing (2017-01-08)
    22. Grey-headed Goldfinch (2017-01-20)
    23. Eurasian Blackbird (2017-01-22)
    24. Lesser Spotted Woodpecker (2017-01-24)
    25. Mallard (2017-01-24)
    26. Hooded Crow (2017-01-27)
    27. House Sparrow (2017-01-27)
    28. Grey-Headed Woodpecker (2017-03-13)
    29. Long-tailed Duck (2017-03-19)
    30. Caspian Gull (2017-03-19)
    31. Ruddy Shelduck (2017-03-23)
    32. Smew (2017-03-23)
    33. Long-tailed Tit (2017-03-26)
    34. Masked Wagtail (2017-03-27)
    35. European Greenfinch (2017-03-28)
    36. Great Cormorant (2017-03-30)
    37. Eurasian Jackdaw (2017-03-30)
    38. Black-throated Thrush (2017-03-30)
    39. Brambling (2017-03-30)
    40. Eastern Imperial Eagle (2017-03-30)
    41. Yellowhammer (2017-03-30)
    42. Meadow Bunting (2017-03-30)
    43. Eversmann's Redstart (2017-03-31)
    44. Black Kite (2017-04-01)
    45. Azure Tit (2017-04-06)
    46. Water Pipit (2017-04-07)
    47. Pine Bunting (2017-04-07)
    48. Common Starling (2017-04-07)
    49. Willow Tit (2017-04-07)
    50. Common Chiffchaff (2017-04-07)
    51. Pied Wheatear (2017-04-12)
    52. Rock Bunting (2017-04-12)
    53. Northern Black Grouse (2017-04-12)
    54. Grey Wagtail (2017-04-13)
    55. Black-headed Gull (2017-04-15)
    56. Common Sparrowhawk (2017-04-15)
    57. Green Sandpiper (2017-04-19)
    58. Song Thrush (2017-04-21)
    59. Northern Wheatear (2017-04-21)
    60. Gadwall (2017-04-22)
    61. Tree Pipit (2017-04-22)
    63. Demoiselle Crane (2017-04-28)
    64. Common Sandpiper (2017-04-28)
    65. Eurasian Nuthatch (2017-04-28)
    66. Eurasian Redstart (2017-05-05)
    67. Rook (2017-05-06)
    68. Yellow Wagtail (2017-05-06)
    69. Greylag Goose (2017-05-06)
    70. Barn Swallow (2017-05-06)
    71. Garganey (2017-05-06)
    72. Little Ringed Plover (2017-05-06)
    73. Black-winged Stilt (2017-05-06)
    74. Upland Buzzard (2017-05-07)
    75. Greater Short-toed Lark (2017-05-07)
    76. Desert Wheatear (2017-05-07)
    77. Black Lark (2017-05-07)
    78. Common Swift (2017-05-07)
    79. Long-legged Buzzard (2017-05-07)
    80. Horned Lark (2017-05-07)
    81. Pallas's Gull (2017-05-07)
    82. Hoopoe (2017-05-07)
    83. Steppe Eagle (2017-05-08)
    84. Bluethroat (2017-05-08)
    85. Siberian Stonechat (2017-05-08)
    86. Ortolan Bunting (2017-05-08)
    87. Sky Lark (2017-05-08)
    88. Lesser Whitethroat (2017-05-08)
    89. Hume's Warbler (2017-05-08)
    90. Northern Wren (2017-05-08)
    91. Northern Shoveler (2017-05-08)
    92. Kentish Plover (2017-05-08)
    93. Common Shelduck (2017-05-08)
    94. Pied Avocet (2017-05-08)
    95. Northern Lapwing (2017-05-08)
    96. Common Redshank (2017-05-08)
    97. Great White Egret (2017-05-08)
    98. Common Oystercatcher (2017-05-08)
    99. Sand Martin (2017-05-08)
    100. Caspian Tern (2017-05-08)
    101. Turkestan Shrike (2017-05-08)
    102. Great Crested Grebe (2017-05-08)
    103. Grey Heron (2017-05-09)
    104. White-winged Lark (2017-05-09)
    105. Common Rosefinch (2017-05-14)
    106. European Golden Oriole (2017-05-14)
    107. Thrush Nightingale (2017-05-14)
    108. Greenish Warbler (2017-05-14)
    109. Common Whitethroat (2017-05-14)
    110. Common Moorhen (2017-05-14)
    111. Grey-necked Bunting (2017-05-18)
    112. Little Owl (2017-05-18)
    113. Red-headed Bunting (2017-05-18)
    114. Booted Warbler (2017-05-19)
    115. Common Cuckoo (2017-05-19)
    116. Paddyfield Warbler (2017-05-19)
    117. Tufted Duck (2017-05-19)
    118. Spotted Flycatcher (2017-05-19)
    119. Eurasian Wryneck (2017-05-19)
    120. Rufous-tailed Rock Thrush (2017-05-20)
    121. Blyth's Reed Warbler (2017-05-21)
    122. Red-backed Shrike (2017-05-23)
    123. Oriental Turtle Dove (2017-05-23)
    124. Common Nightingale (2017-05-28)
    125. Common Buzzard (2017-06-03)
    126. Laughing Dove (2017-07-03)
    127. Black Stork (2017-07-12)
    128. Osprey (2017-07-13)
    129. European Bee-eater (2017-07-13)
    130. Common Tern (2017-07-14)
    131. Dalmatian Pelican (2017-07-14)
    132. Common Crane (2017-07-25)
    133. Eurasian Linnet (2017-07-25)
    134. Citrine Wagtail (2017-07-25)
    135. Olive-backed Pipit (2017-07-26)
    136. Plain Mountain Finch (2017-07-28)
    137. Merlin (2017-07-30)
    138. Northern Reed Bunting (2017-07-31)
    139. Spotted Nutcracker (2017-07-31)
    140. Black-throated Accentor (2017-08-02)
    141. Guldenstadt's Redstart (2017-08-02)
    142. Red Crossbill (2017-08-03)
    143. Common Treecreeper (2017-08-05)
    144. Himalayan Accentor (2017-08-05)
    145. Yellow-billed Chough (2017-08-05)
    146. Arctic Loon (2017-08-07)
    147. Pale Sand Martin (2017-08-15)
    148. Little Stint (2017-08-17)
    149. Common Kingfisher (2017-08-17)
    150. Red-necked Phalarope (2017-08-23)
    151. Rosy Starling (2017-09-01)
    152. Common Teal (2017-09-01)
    153. Ruff (2017-09-01)
    154. Temminck's Stint (2017-09-02)
    155. Water Rail (2017-09-02)
    156. Common Coot (2017-09-02)
    157. Eurasian Hobby (2017-09-02)
    158. Baillon's Crake (2017-09-02)
    159. Wood Sandpiper (2017-09-02)
    160. White Wagtail (2017-09-03)
    161. Common Snipe (2017-09-03)
    162. Pallid Harrier (2017-09-03)
    163. Western Marsh-Harrier (2017-09-03)
    164. Common Kestrel (2017-09-03)
    165. European Nightjar (2017-09-03)
    166. Northern Hazelhen (2017-09-20)
    167. Greater Ringed Plover (2017-10-01)
    168. Common Mynah (2017-10-24)
    169. Eurasian Collared Dove (2017-10-25)
    170. Goldcrest (2017-10-31)
    172. Common Redpoll (2017-12-09)
    173. Pallas's Rosefinch (2017-12-17)
    174. Eurasian Jay (2017-12-18)

    recent uploads

    2017-12-30. Eurasian Blackbird, Bohemian Waxwing.

    2017-12-26. Common Redpoll.

    2017-12-24. Eurasian Dipper, Mallard, Eurasian Siskin, Lesser Spotted Woodpecker, Fieldfare, Black-throated Thrush, Common Goldeneye, Meadow Bunting, Pallas's Rosefinch, Hawfinch.

    2017-12-18. Eurasian Jay.

    2017-12-17. Grey-Headed Woodpecker, Pallas's Rosefinch, Great Spotted Woodpecker.

    2017-12-09. Common Redpoll.

    2017-11-07. Long-legged Buzzard, Eurasian Three-Toed Woodpecker.

    2017-10-31. Goldcrest.

    2017-10-25. Hume's Warbler, Eurasian Collared Dove, Eurasian Blackbird.

    2017-10-24. Black-throated Thrush, Brambling, Common Mynah.

    2017-10-01. Greater Ringed Plover.

    2017-09-21. Northern Hazelhen.

    2017-09-11. Eurasian Hobby.

    2017-09-08. White-crowned Penduline-Tit (stoliczkae).

    2017-09-07. Pallid Harrier.

    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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