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    total species: 149
    total photos: 403
    total videos: 0
    total blogposts: 0

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    1. Northern Bullfinch (2020-01-01)
    2. Eurasian Magpie (2020-01-02)
    3. Eurasian Blackbird (2020-01-02)
    4. Long-tailed Rosefinch (2020-01-03)
    5. Tree Sparrow (2020-01-05)
    6. Eurasian Goldfinch (2020-01-05)
    7. Great Tit (2020-01-05)
    8. House Sparrow (2020-01-05)
    9. Common Redpoll (2020-01-05)
    10. Godlewski's Bunting (2020-01-05)
    11. Common Goldeneye (2020-01-06)
    12. Northern Goshawk (2020-01-06)
    13. Grey-Headed Woodpecker (2020-01-17)
    14. Grey-headed Goldfinch (2020-01-17)
    15. Great Spotted Woodpecker (2020-01-23)
    16. Carrion Crow (2020-02-08)
    17. Eurasian Dipper (2020-02-08)
    18. Long-tailed Tit (2020-02-08)
    19. Red Crossbill (2020-02-09)
    20. Rock Pigeon (2020-02-09)
    21. Fieldfare (2020-02-09)
    22. Bohemian Waxwing (2020-02-15)
    23. Black-throated Thrush (2020-02-15)
    24. Hooded Crow (2020-02-15)
    25. White-tailed Sea-Eagle (2020-02-26)
    26. Mallard (2020-02-26)
    27. Tufted Duck (2020-02-26)
    28. Azure Tit (2020-02-29)
    29. White-Backed Woodpecker (2020-03-01)
    30. Eurasian Jackdaw (2020-03-01)
    31. Northern Black Grouse (2020-03-01)
    32. Rough-legged Buzzard (2020-03-01)
    33. Hawfinch (2020-03-05)
    34. Goosander (2020-03-09)
    35. Smew (2020-03-09)
    36. Rook (2020-03-15)
    37. Asian Rosy-Finch (2020-03-15)
    38. Lapland Longspur (2020-03-15)
    39. Yellowhammer (2020-03-15)
    40. Pine Bunting (2020-03-15)
    41. Eurasian Linnet (2020-03-15)
    42. European Greenfinch (2020-03-15)
    43. Brambling (2020-03-15)
    44. Common Raven (2020-03-15)
    45. Ruddy Shelduck (2020-03-18)
    46. Common Chaffinch (2020-03-19)
    47. Caspian Gull (2020-03-19)
    48. Eurasian Siskin (2020-03-20)
    49. Common Starling (2020-03-20)
    50. Baikal Bullfinch (2020-03-20)
    51. Meadow Bunting (2020-03-21)
    52. Common Kestrel (2020-03-22)
    53. Eastern Imperial Eagle (2020-03-22)
    54. Eversmann's Redstart (2020-03-24)
    55. Mistle Thrush (2020-03-24)
    56. Masked Wagtail (2020-03-26)
    57. Black Kite (2020-03-28)
    58. Great Cormorant (2020-03-28)
    59. Stock Pigeon (2020-04-04)
    60. Black-headed Gull (2020-04-04)
    61. Lesser Spotted Woodpecker (2020-04-04)
    62. Sky Lark (2020-04-04)
    63. Upland Buzzard (2020-04-04)
    64. Baraba Steppe Gull (2020-04-07)
    65. Northern Pintail (2020-04-07)
    66. Citrine Wagtail (2020-04-10)
    67. Northern Reed Bunting (2020-04-10)
    68. Common Chiffchaff (2020-04-10)
    69. Common Pochard (2020-04-10)
    70. Rock Bunting (2020-04-10)
    71. White Wagtail (2020-04-11)
    72. Grey Wagtail (2020-04-11)
    73. Common Treecreeper (2020-04-12)
    74. Goldcrest (2020-04-12)
    75. Eurasian Nuthatch (2020-04-12)
    76. Willow Tit (2020-04-12)
    77. Water Pipit (2020-04-12)
    78. Hen Harrier (2020-04-12)
    79. Green Sandpiper (2020-04-14)
    80. Northern Wheatear (2020-04-14)
    81. Song Thrush (2020-04-17)
    82. Garganey (2020-04-17)
    83. Ferruginous Duck (2020-04-20)
    84. Common Oystercatcher (2020-04-28)
    85. Great White Egret (2020-04-28)
    86. Common Sandpiper (2020-04-28)
    88. Eurasian Wryneck (2020-04-28)
    89. Pied Wheatear (2020-05-01)
    90. Barn Swallow (2020-05-01)
    91. Gadwall (2020-05-01)
    92. Hume's Warbler (2020-05-08)
    93. Eurasian Redstart (2020-05-08)
    94. Lesser Whitethroat (2020-05-08)
    95. Northern Shoveler (2020-05-09)
    96. Common Nightingale (2020-05-10)
    97. European Golden Oriole (2020-05-13)
    98. Common Rosefinch (2020-05-13)
    99. Spotted Flycatcher (2020-05-14)
    100. Golden Eagle (2020-05-16)
    101. Rosy Starling (2020-05-29)
    102. Siberian Stonechat (2020-05-29)
    103. Yellow Wagtail (2020-05-29)
    104. Common Tern (2020-05-29)
    105. Great Crested Grebe (2020-05-30)
    106. Hoopoe (2020-05-30)
    107. Common Whitethroat (2020-05-30)
    108. Blyth's Reed Warbler (2020-05-30)
    109. Eurasian Curlew (2020-05-30)
    110. Oriental Turtle Dove (2020-05-31)
    111. Common Cuckoo (2020-05-31)
    112. Ortolan Bunting (2020-05-31)
    113. Thrush Nightingale (2020-06-07)
    114. Red-backed Shrike (2020-06-07)
    115. Common Crane (2020-06-14)
    116. Dalmatian Pelican (2020-06-14)
    117. Little Tern (2020-06-14)
    118. Little Ringed Plover (2020-06-15)
    119. Demoiselle Crane (2020-06-15)
    120. Red-headed Bunting (2020-06-15)
    121. Long-legged Buzzard (2020-06-15)
    122. Common Swift (2020-06-15)
    123. Horned Lark (2020-06-16)
    124. Black Lark (2020-06-16)
    125. Greater Short-toed Lark (2020-06-16)
    126. Steppe Eagle (2020-06-16)
    127. Little Owl (2020-06-16)
    128. Pallas's Gull (2020-06-16)
    129. Caspian Tern (2020-06-17)
    130. Kentish Plover (2020-06-17)
    131. Common Redshank (2020-06-17)
    132. Pallas's Sandgrouse (2020-06-17)
    133. Eurasian Wigeon (2020-06-17)
    134. Red-crested Pochard (2020-06-17)
    135. Sand Martin (2020-06-17)
    136. Greenish Warbler (2020-07-23)
    137. Bluethroat (2020-07-23)
    138. Dusky Warbler (2020-07-23)
    139. Spotted Nutcracker (2020-07-25)
    140. Olive-backed Pipit (2020-07-25)
    141. Taiga Flycatcher (2020-07-25)
    142. Pale Sand Martin (2020-08-16)
    143. Common Kingfisher (2020-08-22)
    144. Tree Pipit (2020-08-27)
    145. Eurasian Jay (2020-10-06)
    146. Mew Gull (2020-11-03)
    147. Ural Owl (2020-11-17)
    148. Pallas's Rosefinch (2020-12-01)
    149. Eurasian Woodcock (2020-12-12)

    recent uploads

    2020-12-27. Mallard, Common Raven.

    2020-12-25. Northern Bullfinch, Tree Sparrow.

    2020-12-16. Hawfinch, Eurasian Blackbird.

    2020-12-15. Hawfinch, Pine Bunting.

    2020-12-14. Black Kite.

    2020-12-13. Northern Goshawk.

    2020-12-12. Eurasian Woodcock, Hybrid Crow.

    2020-12-11. Northern Bullfinch.

    2020-12-07. Eurasian Siskin, Common Redpoll, Common Treecreeper.

    2020-12-06. Great Tit.

    2020-12-05. Yellowhammer.

    2020-12-04. Eurasian Dipper.

    2020-12-02. Eurasian Goldfinch, Arctic Redpoll, Northern Bullfinch, European Greenfinch, Yellowhammer.

    2020-12-01. Black-throated Thrush, Pallas's Rosefinch, Grey-headed Goldfinch.

    2020-11-28. Eurasian Dipper.

    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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