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    total species: 203
    total photos: 270
    total videos: 0
    total blogposts: 1

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    1. Yellowhammer (2014-01-01)
    2. Great Grey Shrike (2014-01-01)
    3. White-Backed Woodpecker (2014-01-05)
    4. Bohemian Waxwing (2014-01-05)
    5. Long-tailed Rosefinch (2014-01-05)
    6. Eurasian Goldfinch (2014-01-05)
    8. Great Spotted Woodpecker (2014-01-06)
    9. Fieldfare (2014-01-06)
    10. Northern Bullfinch (2014-01-06)
    11. Common Treecreeper (2014-01-10)
    12. Great Tit (2014-01-10)
    13. Eurasian Nuthatch (2014-01-11)
    14. Red Crossbill (2014-01-15)
    15. Eurasian Magpie (2014-01-15)
    16. Eurasian Siskin (2014-01-15)
    17. Rock Pigeon (2014-01-15)
    18. House Sparrow (2014-01-16)
    19. Common Raven (2014-01-16)
    20. Hooded Crow (2014-01-16)
    21. Mistle Thrush (2014-01-19)
    22. Tree Sparrow (2014-01-19)
    23. Eurasian Jackdaw (2014-02-06)
    24. Common Redpoll (2014-02-07)
    25. Coal Tit (2014-03-01)
    26. Rook (2014-03-06)
    27. Smew (2014-04-02)
    28. Common Oystercatcher (2014-04-02)
    29. Whooper Swan (2014-04-04)
    30. Common Chaffinch (2014-04-05)
    31. White Wagtail (2014-04-11)
    32. European Greenfinch (2014-04-11)
    33. Common Starling (2014-04-12)
    34. Wood Pigeon (2014-04-13)
    35. Azure Tit (2014-04-13)
    36. Pallid Harrier (2014-04-13)
    37. Baraba Steppe Gull (2014-04-13)
    38. Common Coot (2014-04-19)
    39. Northern Lapwing (2014-04-20)
    40. Common Chiffchaff (2014-04-25)
    41. Black-tailed Godwit (2014-04-28)
    42. Marsh Sandpiper (2014-04-28)
    43. Common Redshank (2014-04-28)
    44. Red-Necked Grebe (2014-04-30)
    45. Horned Lark (2014-04-30)
    46. Mallard (2014-05-01)
    47. Pallas's Gull (2014-05-01)
    48. Gadwall (2014-05-01)
    49. Great Crested Grebe (2014-05-01)
    50. White-tailed Sea-Eagle (2014-05-01)
    51. Dalmatian Pelican (2014-05-01)
    52. Black-winged Stilt (2014-05-01)
    53. Yellow Wagtail (2014-05-01)
    54. Northern Pintail (2014-05-01)
    55. Slavonian Grebe (2014-05-01)
    56. Mew Gull (2014-05-01)
    58. Common Kestrel (2014-05-01)
    59. Caspian Gull (2014-05-01)
    60. Common Crane (2014-05-01)
    61. Common Pochard (2014-05-01)
    62. Grey Heron (2014-05-01)
    63. Little Ringed Plover (2014-05-01)
    64. Tree Pipit (2014-05-01)
    65. Bluethroat (2014-05-01)
    66. Northern Shoveler (2014-05-01)
    67. Eurasian Bittern (2014-05-02)
    68. Red-breasted Goose (2014-05-02)
    69. Eurasian Whimbrel (2014-05-02)
    70. Eurasian Redstart (2014-05-05)
    71. Black Kite (2014-05-06)
    72. Common Sandpiper (2014-05-06)
    73. Northern Wheatear (2014-05-06)
    74. Garganey (2014-05-06)
    75. Mute Swan (2014-05-06)
    76. Lesser Whitethroat (2014-05-07)
    78. Ruff (2014-05-08)
    79. Short-eared Owl (2014-05-08)
    80. Tufted Duck (2014-05-08)
    81. Black-Necked Grebe (2014-05-08)
    82. Eurasian Wryneck (2014-05-10)
    83. Common Whitethroat (2014-05-12)
    84. Hawfinch (2014-05-13)
    85. White-winged Tern (2014-05-17)
    86. Great White Egret (2014-05-17)
    87. Black-headed Gull (2014-05-17)
    88. Greylag Goose (2014-05-17)
    89. Spotted Flycatcher (2014-05-17)
    90. Oriental Turtle Dove (2014-05-17)
    91. Common Tern (2014-05-18)
    92. Common Cuckoo (2014-05-18)
    93. Wood Sandpiper (2014-05-24)
    94. Barn Swallow (2014-05-29)
    95. Common Rosefinch (2014-05-30)
    96. Temminck's Stint (2014-05-30)
    97. Sedge Warbler (2014-05-31)
    98. Sand Martin (2014-06-01)
    99. Blyth's Reed Warbler (2014-06-01)
    100. European Golden Oriole (2014-06-01)
    101. Pine Bunting (2014-06-04)
    102. Red-crested Pochard (2014-06-05)
    103. Thrush Nightingale (2014-06-05)
    104. Eurasian Hobby (2014-06-09)
    105. Tawny Pipit (2014-06-09)
    106. Pied Wheatear (2014-06-09)
    107. Black-Bellied Sandgrouse (2014-06-10)
    108. Desert Finch (2014-06-10)
    109. Demoiselle Crane (2014-06-10)
    110. Little Bustard (2014-06-10)
    111. Indian Sparrow (2014-06-10)
    112. White-winged Lark (2014-06-10)
    113. Sky Lark (2014-06-10)
    114. Greater Short-toed Lark (2014-06-10)
    115. Isabelline Wheatear (2014-06-10)
    116. Pin-Tailed Sandgrouse (2014-06-11)
    117. Pallas's Sandgrouse (2014-06-11)
    118. Kentish Plover (2014-06-11)
    119. Turkestan Shrike (2014-06-11)
    120. Blue-cheeked Bee-eater (2014-06-11)
    121. Spanish Sparrow (2014-06-11)
    122. Rufous Bush Robin (2014-06-11)
    123. Eastern Imperial Eagle (2014-06-11)
    124. Rosy Starling (2014-06-11)
    125. Black-headed Wagtail (2014-06-11)
    126. Montagu's Harrier (2014-06-11)
    127. Caspian Plover (2014-06-12)
    128. Syke's Warbler (2014-06-12)
    129. Long-legged Buzzard (2014-06-12)
    130. Red-headed Bunting (2014-06-13)
    131. Hoopoe (2014-06-13)
    132. Desert Wheatear (2014-06-13)
    133. Asian Desert Warbler (2014-06-13)
    134. Ruddy Shelduck (2014-06-13)
    135. Clamorous Reed Warbler (2014-06-15)
    136. Eurasian Reed Warbler (2014-06-15)
    137. Steppe Grey Shrike (2014-06-15)
    138. Calandra Lark (2014-06-16)
    139. Bimaculated Lark (2014-06-16)
    140. Steppe Eagle (2014-06-16)
    141. European Nightjar (2014-06-17)
    142. Black Lark (2014-06-19)
    143. Lesser Short-toed Lark (2014-06-19)
    144. Pied Avocet (2014-06-21)
    145. Masked Wagtail (2014-06-21)
    146. Common Shelduck (2014-06-21)
    147. Macqueen's Bustard (2014-06-23)
    148. Griffon Vulture (2014-06-23)
    149. Citrine Wagtail (2014-07-02)
    150. Siberian Stonechat (2014-07-02)
    151. Paddyfield Warbler (2014-07-02)
    152. Common Buzzard (2014-07-09)
    153. Northern Reed Bunting (2014-07-10)
    154. Little Stint (2014-07-10)
    155. Great Reed Warbler (2014-07-10)
    156. Red-necked Phalarope (2014-07-22)
    157. Little Gull (2014-07-22)
    158. Spotted Redshank (2014-07-22)
    159. Lesser Grey Shrike (2014-07-22)
    160. Common Swift (2014-07-23)
    161. Great Cormorant (2014-07-25)
    162. Black-winged Pratincole (2014-07-25)
    163. Red-footed Falcon (2014-07-25)
    164. Common Sparrowhawk (2014-07-31)
    165. Dunlin (2014-08-01)
    166. Ruddy Turnstone (2014-08-01)
    167. Green Sandpiper (2014-08-01)
    168. Willow Tit (2014-08-11)
    169. Eurasian Curlew (2014-08-22)
    170. Curlew Sandpiper (2014-08-22)
    171. Eurasian Wigeon (2014-08-22)
    172. Grey Wagtail (2014-08-27)
    173. Eurasian Roller (2014-09-05)
    174. Blue Whistling Thrush (2014-09-06)
    175. Grey Partridge (2014-09-06)
    176. Brown Dipper (2014-09-06)
    177. Ortolan Bunting (2014-09-06)
    178. Pale Sand Martin (2014-09-06)
    179. Booted Eagle (2014-09-07)
    180. Eurasian Spoonbill (2014-09-07)
    181. Indian Golden Oriole (2014-09-07)
    182. Carrion Crow (2014-09-07)
    183. Laughing Dove (2014-09-08)
    184. Common Mynah (2014-09-08)
    185. European Bee-eater (2014-09-08)
    186. Yellow-breasted Tit (2014-09-09)
    187. Black-throated Thrush (2014-09-09)
    188. Eurasian Collared Dove (2014-09-10)
    189. Cinereous Vulture (2014-09-10)
    190. Crested Lark (2014-09-10)
    191. European Robin (2014-09-28)
    192. Eurasian Blackbird (2014-09-28)
    193. Song Thrush (2014-09-28)
    194. Eurasian Golden Plover (2014-09-28)
    195. Red-breasted Flycatcher (2014-09-28)
    196. Saker Falcon (2014-10-01)
    197. Hen Harrier (2014-10-02)
    198. Brambling (2014-10-04)
    199. White-headed Duck (2014-10-06)
    200. Bearded Tit (2014-10-07)
    201. Long-tailed Tit (2014-10-22)
    202. Grey-Headed Woodpecker (2014-11-08)
    203. Pine Grosbeak (2014-11-08)

    recent uploads

    2014-12-15. Pine Grosbeak.

    2014-11-10. Pine Grosbeak.

    2014-11-08. Grey-Headed Woodpecker.

    2014-10-30. Coal Tit.

    2014-10-28. European Robin.

    2014-10-22. Long-tailed Tit, Eurasian Nuthatch.

    2014-10-20. Red-breasted Flycatcher.

    2014-10-16. Saker Falcon, Eurasian Golden Plover, Hen Harrier.

    2014-10-12. Bearded Tit, Brambling, White-headed Duck.

    2014-10-11. Eurasian Blackbird, Common Starling, Song Thrush, Northern Reed Bunting.

    2014-09-28. European Robin.

    2014-09-13. Eurasian Collared Dove, Laughing Dove, Masked Wagtail, Common Mynah, Booted Eagle, Little Stint, Eurasian Spoonbill, Indian Golden Oriole, Blue Whistling Thrush, Carrion Crow, Cinereous Vulture, Eurasian Roller, Grey Partridge, Yellow-breasted Tit, Brown Dipper, European Bee-eater, Ortolan Bunting, Pale Sand Martin, Black-throated Thrush, Crested Lark, Common Chiffchaff.

    2014-09-01. Blyth's Reed Warbler, Common Chiffchaff.

    2014-08-27. Grey Wagtail.

    2014-08-24. Spotted Redshank, Pallas's Gull, Eurasian Curlew, Curlew Sandpiper, Eurasian Wigeon.

    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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    2025-08-31
    Spotted Flycatcher
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    unidentified birds

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