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    total species: 80
    total photos: 221
    total videos: 0
    total blogposts: 0

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    1. Upland Buzzard (2019-01-02)
    2. Golden Eagle (2019-01-02)
    3. Common Raven (2019-01-02)
    4. Rough-legged Buzzard (2019-01-02)
    5. Mistle Thrush (2019-01-02)
    6. Eurasian Collared Dove (2019-01-02)
    7. Eastern Imperial Eagle (2019-01-02)
    8. White-tailed Sea-Eagle (2019-01-02)
    9. Common Pheasant (2019-01-02)
    10. Peregrine Falcon (2019-01-02)
    11. Whooper Swan (2019-01-07)
    12. Mute Swan (2019-01-07)
    13. Long-eared Owl (2019-01-07)
    14. Eastern Buzzard (2019-01-07)
    15. Rock Pigeon (2019-01-07)
    16. Goosander (2019-01-07)
    17. Northern Wren (2019-01-07)
    18. Hooded Crow (2019-01-12)
    19. Common Sparrowhawk (2019-01-12)
    20. Common Kestrel (2019-01-12)
    21. Great White Egret (2019-01-19)
    22. European Greenfinch (2019-01-19)
    23. Long-tailed Rosefinch (2019-01-19)
    24. Corn Bunting (2019-01-19)
    25. Black-throated Thrush (2019-01-19)
    26. Mallard (2019-01-19)
    27. Long-legged Buzzard (2019-01-19)
    28. Black Lark (2019-01-26)
    29. Grey Partridge (2019-01-27)
    30. Northern Goshawk (2019-01-27)
    31. Great Spotted Woodpecker (2019-02-23)
    32. Great Tit (2019-02-23)
    33. Bohemian Waxwing (2019-02-23)
    34. Horned Lark (2019-02-23)
    35. Carrion Crow (2019-03-01)
    36. Caspian Gull (2019-03-02)
    37. Ruddy Shelduck (2019-03-02)
    38. Common Buzzard (2019-03-08)
    39. Black Kite (2019-03-09)
    40. Rock Bunting (2019-03-09)
    41. Yellowhammer (2019-03-09)
    42. Pine Bunting (2019-03-09)
    43. Griffon Vulture (2019-03-16)
    44. Isabelline Wheatear (2019-03-16)
    45. Rock Sparrow (2019-03-16)
    46. Tree Sparrow (2019-03-16)
    47. Cinereous Vulture (2019-03-16)
    48. Pied Wheatear (2019-03-16)
    49. Common Chaffinch (2019-03-23)
    50. Meadow Bunting (2019-03-23)
    51. Grey-necked Bunting (2019-05-05)
    52. Booted Eagle (2019-05-05)
    53. Black Stork (2019-05-05)
    54. Turkestan Shrike (2019-05-06)
    55. Rosy Starling (2019-05-06)
    56. Red-headed Bunting (2019-05-06)
    57. Long-tailed Shrike (2019-05-07)
    58. Common Nightingale (2019-05-25)
    59. Lesser Grey Shrike (2019-05-28)
    60. White-winged Lark (2019-05-28)
    61. Eastern Rock Nuthatch (2019-05-28)
    62. Little Ringed Plover (2019-05-28)
    63. Bimaculated Lark (2019-05-28)
    64. Eurasian Roller (2019-05-28)
    65. Barn Swallow (2019-05-28)
    66. Crested Lark (2019-05-28)
    67. Black-Bellied Sandgrouse (2019-05-28)
    68. Spotted Flycatcher (2019-05-28)
    69. Willow Warbler (2019-05-28)
    70. Northern Lapwing (2019-05-29)
    71. Spanish Sparrow (2019-05-29)
    72. Little Owl (2019-05-29)
    73. Fieldfare (2019-07-10)
    74. White Wagtail (2019-07-10)
    75. Willow Tit (2019-07-10)
    76. Northern Bullfinch (2019-07-10)
    77. Western Marsh-Harrier (2019-07-11)
    78. Pallid Harrier (2019-07-11)
    79. Greater Spotted Eagle (2019-07-11)
    80. Siberian Stonechat (2019-07-11)

    recent uploads

    2019-08-12. Pied Wheatear, Isabelline Wheatear.

    2019-07-13. Western Marsh-Harrier, Pallid Harrier, Greater Spotted Eagle, Fieldfare, Hooded Crow, White Wagtail, Willow Tit, Northern Bullfinch, Common Chaffinch, Siberian Stonechat, Great Spotted Woodpecker.

    2019-06-09. Lesser Grey Shrike, White-winged Lark, Eastern Rock Nuthatch, Little Ringed Plover, Bimaculated Lark, Eurasian Roller, Long-legged Buzzard, Barn Swallow, Crested Lark, Long-legged Buzzard, Black-Bellied Sandgrouse, Cinereous Vulture, Lesser Grey Shrike, Little Ringed Plover, Spotted Flycatcher, Common Kestrel, Willow Warbler, Turkestan Shrike, Spotted Flycatcher, Northern Lapwing, Spanish Sparrow, Little Owl.

    2019-05-26. Grey-necked Bunting, Rosy Starling, Red-headed Bunting, Booted Eagle, Black Stork.

    2019-05-25. Long-tailed Shrike, Turkestan Shrike, Common Nightingale.

    2019-03-23. Common Chaffinch, Meadow Bunting, Northern Goshawk.

    2019-03-20. Eurasian Collared Dove, Ring-necked Pheasant, Caspian Gull, White-tailed Sea-Eagle, Ruddy Shelduck, Eastern Imperial Eagle, Mute Swan, Common Sparrowhawk, Great Tit, Golden Eagle, Griffon Vulture, Common Raven, Isabelline Wheatear, Rock Sparrow, Tree Sparrow, Long-legged Buzzard, Cinereous Vulture, Northern Goshawk.

    2019-03-09. Common Buzzard, Black Kite, Rock Bunting, Yellowhammer, Pine Bunting, Pine Bunting, Common Kestrel, Yellowhammer, Carrion Crow.

    2019-03-08. Peregrine Falcon.

    2019-03-05. Great Spotted Woodpecker, Great Tit, Bohemian Waxwing, Steppe Horned Lark, Black Lark, Grey Partridge.

    2019-02-11. Great White Egret, European Greenfinch, Long-tailed Rosefinch, Corn Bunting, Black-throated Thrush, Mallard, White-tailed Sea-Eagle, Common Kestrel, Common Sparrowhawk, Long-legged Buzzard, Black Lark, Grey Partridge, Northern Goshawk.

    2019-01-13. Rock Pigeon, Goosander, Northern Wren, Hooded Crow, Hybrid Crow, Common Sparrowhawk, Common Kestrel, Mistle Thrush.

    2019-01-12. White-tailed Sea-Eagle, Mute Swan, Long-eared Owl, Eastern Buzzard.

    2019-01-11. Whooper Swan.

    2019-01-04. Upland Buzzard, Golden Eagle, Common Raven, Rough-legged Buzzard, Mistle Thrush, Rough-legged Buzzard, Eurasian Collared Dove, Eastern Imperial Eagle, White-tailed Sea-Eagle, Ring-necked Pheasant, Peregrine Falcon.

    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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    Great Cormorant
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    2025-08-31
    Spotted Flycatcher
    (Anna Yasko)

    2025-07-01
    Northern Hawk Owl
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    2025-06-17
    Great White Egret
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    2025-06-01
    Blyth's Reed Warbler
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    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
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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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    Юрий Малков: Спасибо Анна и Андрей.
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    Юрий Малков: Спасибо Анна.
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