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    total species: 80
    total photos: 358
    total videos: 0
    total blogposts: 0

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    1. Hooded Crow (2020-01-02)
    2. Turkestan Tit (2020-01-02)
    3. Eurasian Collared Dove (2020-01-02)
    4. Common Mynah (2020-01-02)
    5. Common Chaffinch (2020-01-05)
    6. Rook (2020-01-11)
    7. Eurasian Jackdaw (2020-01-11)
    8. Tree Sparrow (2020-01-11)
    9. Great Tit (2020-01-11)
    10. Great White Egret (2020-01-11)
    11. Mallard (2020-01-11)
    12. Brown Dipper (2020-01-12)
    13. Coal Tit (2020-02-08)
    14. Azure Tit (2020-02-16)
    15. Common Kestrel (2020-02-16)
    16. Red-fronted Serin (2020-02-16)
    17. Eurasian Siskin (2020-02-16)
    18. Carrion Crow (2020-02-22)
    19. Common Pheasant (2020-03-09)
    20. Brambling (2020-03-09)
    21. Eurasian Dipper (2020-03-09)
    22. Black Redstart (2020-04-04)
    23. Eurasian Magpie (2020-04-20)
    24. Grey Wagtail (2020-04-23)
    25. Masked Wagtail (2020-04-26)
    26. House Sparrow (2020-04-26)
    27. Grey-headed Goldfinch (2020-05-01)
    28. Black-headed Gull (2020-05-01)
    29. Common Tern (2020-05-01)
    30. Eurasian Blackbird (2020-05-20)
    31. Wood Pigeon (2020-05-20)
    32. Oriental Turtle Dove (2020-05-20)
    33. Common Whitethroat (2020-05-28)
    34. Siberian Stonechat (2020-05-28)
    35. Ruddy Shelduck (2020-05-31)
    36. Great Crested Grebe (2020-05-31)
    37. Ferruginous Duck (2020-05-31)
    38. Common Coot (2020-05-31)
    39. Barn Swallow (2020-05-31)
    40. Little Bittern (2020-05-31)
    41. Long-tailed Shrike (2020-05-31)
    42. Clamorous Reed Warbler (2020-06-01)
    43. Paddyfield Warbler (2020-06-01)
    44. Eurasian Roller (2020-06-01)
    45. Black-Necked Grebe (2020-06-01)
    46. European Bee-eater (2020-06-01)
    47. Common Cuckoo (2020-06-01)
    48. Corn Bunting (2020-06-01)
    49. Black Tern (2020-06-01)
    50. Red-rumped Swallow (2020-06-07)
    51. Shikra (2020-06-10)
    52. Little Ringed Plover (2020-06-11)
    53. Laughing Dove (2020-06-13)
    54. Rock Pigeon (2020-06-13)
    55. Common Starling (2020-06-13)
    56. Black-crowned Night Heron (2020-06-13)
    57. Great Cormorant (2020-06-18)
    58. Lesser Grey Shrike (2020-06-24)
    59. Egyptian Vulture (2020-06-24)
    60. Red-headed Bunting (2020-06-29)
    61. Eurasian Hobby (2020-07-09)
    62. Hoopoe (2020-07-09)
    63. Lesser Whitethroat (2020-08-26)
    64. European Golden Oriole (2020-08-26)
    65. Spotted Flycatcher (2020-08-30)
    66. Green Sandpiper (2020-09-11)
    67. Yellow-billed Chough (2020-09-21)
    68. Common Chiffchaff (2020-09-22)
    69. Blue-capped Redstart (2020-09-26)
    70. Mistle Thrush (2020-09-26)
    71. Eurasian Redstart (2020-09-26)
    73. Black-throated Thrush (2020-10-25)
    74. Eversmann's Redstart (2020-10-27)
    75. Blue Whistling Thrush (2020-11-01)
    76. European Greenfinch (2020-11-07)
    77. Eastern Buzzard (2020-11-07)
    78. Common Sparrowhawk (2020-11-08)
    79. Bohemian Waxwing (2020-11-14)
    80. European Robin (2020-11-22)

    recent uploads

    2020-12-30. Great Tit, Rook, Eurasian Blackbird, Great Tit, Black-throated Thrush, Azure Tit.

    2020-12-22. Eurasian Blackbird, Great Tit, Eurasian Blackbird, Mallard, Eversmann's Redstart.

    2020-12-04. Common Chaffinch, Common Kestrel, Eastern Buzzard, Mallard, Mallard, Eurasian Collared Dove.

    2020-11-23. Brambling, Great Tit, European Robin, Eurasian Blackbird, Rook, Mallard, House Sparrow, Common Mynah.

    2020-11-20. Bohemian Waxwing, Great Tit, Common Kestrel, Common Chaffinch, Brambling, Black-throated Thrush, Black-throated Thrush, Eurasian Magpie, Common Sparrowhawk, Eversmann's Redstart.

    2020-11-17. Tree Sparrow, Great White Egret, Tree Sparrow, European Greenfinch, Tree Sparrow, Rook, Eastern Buzzard.

    2020-11-16. Brown Dipper, Blue Whistling Thrush, Brown Dipper.

    2020-10-30. Eversmann's Redstart, Great Tit, Rook, Great Tit, Eurasian Jackdaw, Rook.

    2020-10-26. Common Chaffinch, Common Mynah, Black Tern, Rook, Common Pheasant, Black-throated Thrush.

    2020-10-10. Eurasian Redstart, Eurasian Three-Toed Woodpecker.

    2020-10-09. Yellow-billed Chough, Wood Pigeon, Common Chiffchaff, Blue-capped Redstart, Mistle Thrush.

    2020-10-04. Wood Pigeon.

    2020-10-03. Spotted Flycatcher, Common Pheasant, Spotted Flycatcher.

    2020-10-02. Shikra, Eurasian Jackdaw, Green Sandpiper.

    2020-10-01. House Sparrow, Spotted Flycatcher, Eurasian Hobby, European Golden Oriole, Lesser Whitethroat.

    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...

    recent video

    2026-01-18
    Common Kestrel
    (Ruslan Abutrapov)

    2025-10-31
    Great Cormorant
    (Raouf Bairashev)

    2025-08-31
    Spotted Flycatcher
    (Anna Yasko)

    2025-07-01
    Northern Hawk Owl
    (Tungysh Zaparkulov)

    2025-06-17
    Great White Egret
    (Irina Kuryanova)

    2025-06-01
    Blyth's Reed Warbler
    (Irina Kuryanova)

    2025-04-14
    Grey-Headed Woodpecker
    (sergey izoya)

    2025-03-30
    Great White Egret
    (Anna Yasko)
    Common Kestrel
    (Anna Yasko)

    2025-03-23
    Common Sparrowhawk
    (Ksenia Serbina)
    Great Tit
    (Ksenia Serbina)

    2025-02-07
    Arctic Loon
    (Irina Kuryanova)

    2025-02-06
    Red Crossbill
    (Viktoriya Zvyaginceva)

    2025-01-07
    Eurasian Penduline Tit
    (sergey izoya)

    2024-08-03
    Common Tern
    (Viktoriya Zvyaginceva)

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    unidentified birds

    2026-06-22

    Андрей Коваленко: Вопрос - что он тут потерял в июне... Когда снимал, думал что снимаю курганника...
    2026-06-21

    Андрей Коваленко: По фото вряд ли, но в это время там только луговые...
    2026-06-18

    Игорь Фефелов: Галка
    2026-06-18

    Юрий Малков: Спасибо Анна и Андрей.
    2026-06-17

    Юрий Малков: Спасибо Анна.
    more unidentified birds...