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    total species: 147
    total photos: 897
    total videos: 0
    total blogposts: 0

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    1. Common Chaffinch (2021-01-02)
    2. House Sparrow (2021-01-02)
    3. Common Mynah (2021-01-02)
    4. Green Sandpiper (2021-01-06)
    5. European Robin (2021-01-06)
    6. Wood Pigeon (2021-01-09)
    7. Eurasian Blackbird (2021-01-09)
    8. Eurasian Magpie (2021-01-09)
    9. Common Pheasant (2021-01-09)
    10. Eurasian Woodcock (2021-01-09)
    11. Turkestan Tit (2021-01-10)
    12. Mallard (2021-01-24)
    13. European Greenfinch (2021-02-06)
    14. Brambling (2021-02-06)
    15. Eurasian Dipper (2021-02-07)
    16. Great White Egret (2021-02-07)
    17. Rook (2021-02-07)
    18. Brown Dipper (2021-02-07)
    19. Eurasian Jackdaw (2021-02-13)
    20. Corn Bunting (2021-02-13)
    21. Grey-headed Goldfinch (2021-02-13)
    22. Yellowhammer (2021-02-13)
    23. Eversmann's Redstart (2021-02-13)
    24. Eurasian Collared Dove (2021-02-13)
    25. Pine Bunting (2021-02-13)
    26. White-tailed Sea-Eagle (2021-02-13)
    27. Great Tit (2021-02-14)
    28. Red-fronted Serin (2021-03-06)
    29. Eurasian Siskin (2021-03-06)
    30. Long-legged Buzzard (2021-03-06)
    31. Tree Sparrow (2021-03-06)
    32. Grey Heron (2021-03-06)
    33. Upland Buzzard (2021-03-06)
    34. Black-throated Thrush (2021-03-07)
    35. Common Kestrel (2021-03-08)
    36. Mistle Thrush (2021-03-08)
    37. White-winged Grosbeak (2021-03-08)
    38. Black-throated Accentor (2021-03-08)
    39. Ruddy Shelduck (2021-03-20)
    40. Northern Pintail (2021-03-20)
    41. Pallas's Gull (2021-03-20)
    42. Citrine Wagtail (2021-03-20)
    43. White Stork (2021-03-20)
    44. Eastern Imperial Eagle (2021-03-20)
    45. Cinereous Vulture (2021-03-20)
    46. Demoiselle Crane (2021-03-20)
    47. Steppe Eagle (2021-03-20)
    48. Yellow-breasted Tit (2021-03-20)
    49. Northern Reed Bunting (2021-03-20)
    50. Tufted Duck (2021-03-20)
    51. Great Cormorant (2021-03-20)
    52. Pygmy Cormorant (2021-03-20)
    53. Mute Swan (2021-03-21)
    54. Fieldfare (2021-03-21)
    55. Great Bustard (2021-03-21)
    56. Western Marsh-Harrier (2021-03-21)
    57. Caspian Gull (2021-03-21)
    59. Great Grey Shrike (2021-03-21)
    60. Black Redstart (2021-03-21)
    61. White Wagtail (2021-03-21)
    62. Isabelline Shrike (2021-03-21)
    63. Gadwall (2021-03-21)
    64. Common Shelduck (2021-03-21)
    65. Northern Shoveler (2021-03-22)
    66. Common Teal (2021-03-22)
    67. Steppe Grey Shrike (2021-03-22)
    68. Desert Finch (2021-03-22)
    69. Isabelline Wheatear (2021-03-22)
    70. Common Starling (2021-03-22)
    71. Northern Wheatear (2021-03-22)
    72. Short-toed Snake-Eagle (2021-03-22)
    73. Crested Lark (2021-03-22)
    74. Finsch's Wheatear (2021-03-22)
    75. Masked Wagtail (2021-03-22)
    76. Dalmatian Pelican (2021-03-23)
    77. Great White Pelican (2021-03-23)
    78. Common Pochard (2021-03-23)
    79. Bearded Tit (2021-03-23)
    80. Red-crested Pochard (2021-03-23)
    81. Slender-billed Gull (2021-03-23)
    82. Osprey (2021-03-23)
    84. Little Grebe (2021-03-23)
    85. Common Coot (2021-03-23)
    86. Great Crested Grebe (2021-03-23)
    87. Common Chiffchaff (2021-03-23)
    88. Black-headed Gull (2021-03-24)
    89. Siberian Stonechat (2021-03-24)
    90. Turkestan Shrike (2021-03-24)
    91. Laughing Dove (2021-04-03)
    92. Barn Swallow (2021-04-17)
    93. Common Kingfisher (2021-04-17)
    94. Grey Wagtail (2021-04-17)
    95. Little Ringed Plover (2021-04-17)
    96. Common Sandpiper (2021-04-17)
    97. Lesser Whitethroat (2021-05-03)
    98. Common Tern (2021-05-04)
    99. Common Swift (2021-05-04)
    100. Bluethroat (2021-05-04)
    101. Paddyfield Warbler (2021-05-04)
    102. Blyth's Reed Warbler (2021-05-04)
    103. Eurasian Hobby (2021-05-05)
    104. Eurasian Roller (2021-05-08)
    105. Spotted Flycatcher (2021-05-08)
    106. Blue Whistling Thrush (2021-05-08)
    107. Shikra (2021-05-08)
    108. Indian Golden Oriole (2021-05-08)
    109. Booted Eagle (2021-05-08)
    110. Oriental Turtle Dove (2021-05-15)
    111. Common Cuckoo (2021-05-16)
    112. Black-Necked Grebe (2021-05-16)
    113. European Bee-eater (2021-05-16)
    114. Common Moorhen (2021-05-16)
    115. Black Tern (2021-05-16)
    116. Lesser Grey Shrike (2021-05-22)
    117. Common Rosefinch (2021-05-22)
    118. Clamorous Reed Warbler (2021-05-22)
    119. Black-crowned Night Heron (2021-05-22)
    120. Black Kite (2021-05-23)
    121. Common Whitethroat (2021-05-23)
    122. Little Bittern (2021-05-29)
    123. Ferruginous Duck (2021-05-29)
    124. Himalayan Vulture (2021-05-30)
    125. Blue-capped Redstart (2021-05-30)
    126. Hume's Warbler (2021-05-30)
    127. Western Grasshopper Warbler (2021-05-30)
    128. Coal Tit (2021-05-30)
    129. Carrion Crow (2021-05-30)
    130. Azure Tit (2021-06-05)
    131. Long-eared Owl (2021-06-05)
    132. Greenish Warbler (2021-06-06)
    133. Rock Pigeon (2021-06-07)
    134. Northern House Martin (2021-06-09)
    135. Eurasian Scops-Owl (2021-06-24)
    136. Spotted Nutcracker (2021-07-18)
    137. Common Buzzard (2021-07-18)
    138. Long-tailed Shrike (2021-07-31)
    139. Rosy Starling (2021-08-07)
    140. Red-backed Shrike (2021-08-29)
    142. Northern Wren (2021-08-30)
    143. Common Sparrowhawk (2021-09-18)
    144. Great Spotted Woodpecker (2021-09-30)
    145. Hooded Crow (2021-10-24)
    146. Eastern Buzzard (2021-11-21)
    147. Goldcrest (2021-12-18)

    recent uploads

    2021-12-28. Mallard, Grey-headed Goldfinch, Grey-headed Goldfinch, Common Chaffinch, Great White Egret, Mallard, Grey-headed Goldfinch, Eurasian Jackdaw, Green Sandpiper, Little Grebe, Goldcrest, Great White Egret, Eastern Buzzard, Common Oystercatcher, Common Redshank, Sand Martin, Northern Lapwing, Pallas's Gull, Relict Gull.

    2021-12-23. Rook, Great Tit, Eurasian Siskin, Rook, Common Kestrel, Red-fronted Serin, Carrion Crow, Black-throated Accentor, Coal Tit.

    2021-12-15. Mallard, Mallard, Red-fronted Serin, Brambling, European Greenfinch.

    2021-12-09. Eurasian Dipper, Brown Dipper.

    2021-11-30. Mallard, Mallard, Rock Pigeon, Brambling, Eastern Buzzard, Eurasian Magpie, Common Pheasant.

    2021-11-29. Grey Heron, Eurasian Collared Dove.

    2021-10-29. Eurasian Blackbird, Eurasian Blackbird, Common Chiffchaff, Eurasian Blackbird, Laughing Dove, Common Chaffinch.

    2021-10-24. Great White Egret, Laughing Dove, Hooded Crow, Common Chiffchaff, Masked Wagtail.

    2021-10-22. Common Chaffinch, Common Pheasant, Black-throated Accentor, Eurasian Blackbird, Brambling, Mistle Thrush.

    2021-10-21. Wood Pigeon, Wood Pigeon, Wood Pigeon, Long-legged Buzzard, Eurasian Jackdaw, Rook.

    2021-10-07. Eurasian Collared Dove, Common Mynah, Eurasian Blackbird.

    2021-10-03. Great Spotted Woodpecker, Laughing Dove, Common Mynah, Laughing Dove, Great Spotted Woodpecker.

    2021-09-30. Laughing Dove, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Eurasian Magpie.

    2021-09-29. Rook, Eurasian Jackdaw, White Wagtail.

    2021-09-27. White Wagtail, Laughing Dove, Common Kingfisher, Common Starling, Bluethroat, House Sparrow, Long-legged Buzzard, Green 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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    Spotted Flycatcher
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    Northern Hawk Owl
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    2025-02-06
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