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    members stats

    map of photoshootings

    total species: 126
    total photos: 233
    total videos: 0
    total blogposts: 0

    sort by:

    1. Bohemian Waxwing (2013-04-10)
    2. White Wagtail (2013-05-20)
    3. Fieldfare (2013-05-29)
    4. Common Rosefinch (2013-06-07)
    5. Tree Sparrow (2013-06-07)
    6. House Sparrow (2013-06-07)
    7. Rock Pigeon (2013-06-07)
    8. Rook (2013-06-07)
    9. Northern Reed Bunting (2013-06-10)
    10. Common Starling (2013-06-13)
    11. Turkestan Shrike (2013-06-13)
    12. Barn Swallow (2013-06-14)
    13. Mute Swan (2013-06-14)
    14. Common Pochard (2013-06-14)
    15. Caspian Gull (2013-06-14)
    16. Gadwall (2013-06-14)
    17. Little Ringed Plover (2013-06-14)
    18. Citrine Wagtail (2013-06-14)
    19. Black-winged Stilt (2013-06-14)
    20. Black-tailed Godwit (2013-06-14)
    21. Common Redshank (2013-06-14)
    22. Bluethroat (2013-06-14)
    23. Common Cuckoo (2013-06-14)
    24. Bearded Tit (2013-06-14)
    25. Rosy Starling (2013-06-14)
    26. Sand Martin (2013-06-14)
    27. Hooded Crow (2013-06-17)
    28. Common Chaffinch (2013-06-17)
    29. Yellowhammer (2013-06-17)
    30. Tree Pipit (2013-06-17)
    31. Common Coot (2013-06-18)
    32. Eurasian Jackdaw (2013-06-18)
    33. Baraba Steppe Gull (2013-06-18)
    34. Black-headed Gull (2013-06-18)
    35. Yellow Wagtail (2013-06-18)
    36. Pied Avocet (2013-06-24)
    37. Sociable Lapwing (2013-06-24)
    38. Northern Lapwing (2013-06-24)
    39. Dalmatian Pelican (2013-06-24)
    40. Wood Sandpiper (2013-06-25)
    41. White-winged Tern (2013-06-25)
    42. Red Phalarope (2013-06-25)
    43. Northern Wheatear (2013-06-25)
    44. Mew Gull (2013-06-26)
    45. Black-winged Pratincole (2013-06-26)
    46. Common Kestrel (2013-06-26)
    47. Sky Lark (2013-06-26)
    48. Ruddy Shelduck (2013-06-26)
    49. Paddyfield Warbler (2013-06-26)
    50. Common Oystercatcher (2013-06-26)
    51. Great Cormorant (2013-06-26)
    52. Northern Shoveler (2013-06-26)
    53. Eurasian Wigeon (2013-06-26)
    54. Ruff (2013-06-26)
    55. Hoopoe (2013-06-26)
    56. Demoiselle Crane (2013-06-26)
    57. Whooper Swan (2013-06-26)
    58. Black Lark (2013-06-26)
    59. Caspian Tern (2013-06-28)
    60. Eurasian Reed Warbler (2013-06-28)
    61. Western Marsh-Harrier (2013-06-28)
    62. Common Tern (2013-06-28)
    63. Grey Heron (2013-06-28)
    64. Pallas's Gull (2013-06-28)
    65. Black Kite (2013-06-28)
    66. Great Crested Grebe (2013-06-28)
    67. Red-Necked Grebe (2013-06-28)
    68. Red-crested Pochard (2013-06-28)
    69. Great White Egret (2013-06-28)
    70. Mallard (2013-06-28)
    71. White-winged Lark (2013-06-28)
    72. Eurasian Curlew (2013-06-28)
    73. Great Tit (2013-07-08)
    74. Eurasian Magpie (2013-07-09)
    75. Common Whitethroat (2013-07-09)
    76. Sedge Warbler (2013-07-10)
    77. Little Gull (2013-07-10)
    78. Little Stint (2013-07-10)
    79. Black-Necked Grebe (2013-07-10)
    80. Common Chiffchaff (2013-07-13)
    81. Wood Pigeon (2013-07-15)
    82. Garganey (2013-07-15)
    83. Red-necked Phalarope (2013-07-15)
    84. Pine Bunting (2013-07-16)
    85. Eurasian Wryneck (2013-07-16)
    86. Booted Warbler (2013-07-16)
    87. European Golden Oriole (2013-07-16)
    88. Common Shelduck (2013-07-16)
    89. European Greenfinch (2013-07-18)
    90. Siberian Stonechat (2013-07-20)
    91. Greylag Goose (2013-07-30)
    92. Eurasian Penduline Tit (2013-08-12)
    93. Eurasian Goldfinch (2013-08-13)
    94. Common Sandpiper (2013-08-13)
    95. Common Crane (2013-08-14)
    96. Isabelline Wheatear (2013-08-14)
    97. Curlew Sandpiper (2013-08-14)
    98. Spotted Flycatcher (2013-08-14)
    99. Marsh Sandpiper (2013-08-14)
    100. Spotted Nutcracker (2013-08-17)
    101. Common Buzzard (2013-08-18)
    102. White-Backed Woodpecker (2013-08-20)
    103. Eurasian Hobby (2013-08-22)
    104. Grey Wagtail (2013-08-22)
    105. White-tailed Sea-Eagle (2013-09-21)
    106. Greater Spotted Eagle (2013-09-21)
    107. Hen Harrier (2013-09-21)
    108. Oriental Turtle Dove (2013-09-21)
    109. Greater White-fronted Goose (2013-09-21)
    110. Grey Plover (2013-09-21)
    111. Merlin (2013-09-22)
    112. Brambling (2013-09-29)
    113. Azure Tit (2013-10-05)
    114. Common Goldeneye (2013-10-05)
    115. Tufted Duck (2013-10-05)
    116. Great Spotted Woodpecker (2013-10-06)
    117. Willow Tit (2013-10-11)
    118. Northern Bullfinch (2013-10-19)
    119. Great Grey Shrike (2013-10-19)
    120. Long-tailed Tit (2013-10-27)
    121. Eurasian Nuthatch (2013-11-02)
    122. Long-tailed Rosefinch (2013-11-16)
    123. Common Treecreeper (2013-11-24)
    124. Common Raven (2013-11-24)
    125. Red Crossbill (2013-12-20)
    126. Eurasian Siskin (2013-12-25)

    recent uploads

    2013-12-31. Common Treecreeper, Common Treecreeper.

    2013-12-26. Eurasian Siskin.

    2013-12-20. Red Crossbill, Red Crossbill, White-Backed Woodpecker.

    2013-11-25. Bohemian Waxwing, Common Treecreeper, Common Raven, Brambling.

    2013-11-17. Eurasian Goldfinch.

    2013-11-16. Long-tailed Rosefinch.

    2013-11-01. Eurasian Nuthatch.

    2013-10-29. Long-tailed Tit.

    2013-10-19. Northern Bullfinch, Great Grey Shrike, Fieldfare.

    2013-10-11. Willow Tit, Tufted Duck, Great Crested Grebe.

    2013-10-06. Great Spotted Woodpecker.

    2013-10-05. Azure Tit, Common Chiffchaff, Common Goldeneye, Tufted Duck, Tufted Duck.

    2013-10-01. Yellow Wagtail, Hybrid Bunting.

    2013-09-30. Brambling, Grey Wagtail, Common Chiffchaff, Turkestan Shrike.

    2013-09-22. White-tailed Sea-Eagle, Greater Spotted Eagle, Greylag Goose, Whooper Swan, Hen Harrier, Siberian Stonechat, Oriental Turtle Dove, Greater White-fronted Goose, Grey Plover, Northern Reed Bunting, Sky Lark, Merlin, Little Stint, Ruff.

    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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    2025-10-31
    Great Cormorant
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    2025-08-31
    Spotted Flycatcher
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    2025-07-01
    Northern Hawk Owl
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    2025-06-17
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    2025-06-01
    Blyth's Reed Warbler
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    2025-04-14
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    2025-03-30
    Great White Egret
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    Common Kestrel
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    2025-03-23
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    2025-02-07
    Arctic Loon
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    2025-02-06
    Red Crossbill
    (Viktoriya Zvyaginceva)

    2025-01-07
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    2024-08-03
    Common Tern
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    unidentified birds

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