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Gaviiformes
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  • Podicipedidae
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    map of photoshootings

    total species: 109
    total photos: 553
    total videos: 7
    total blogposts: 0

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    1. Great Grey Shrike (2020-01-07)
    2. Rough-legged Buzzard (2020-01-07)
    3. Tree Sparrow (2020-01-07)
    4. Yellowhammer (2020-01-07)
    5. Crested Lark (2020-02-06)
    6. White-tailed Sea-Eagle (2020-03-01)
    7. Fieldfare (2020-03-01)
    8. Common Redpoll (2020-03-06)
    9. Rook (2020-03-14)
    10. Stock Pigeon (2020-03-14)
    11. Mallard (2020-03-18)
    12. European Greenfinch (2020-03-18)
    13. Sky Lark (2020-03-20)
    14. Long-legged Buzzard (2020-03-21)
    15. Calandra Lark (2020-03-21)
    16. Steppe Eagle (2020-03-21)
    17. Grey Partridge (2020-03-21)
    18. Mute Swan (2020-03-21)
    19. Eurasian Jackdaw (2020-03-27)
    20. Common Starling (2020-03-27)
    21. Wood Pigeon (2020-03-29)
    22. Baraba Steppe Gull (2020-03-29)
    23. Eurasian Goldfinch (2020-03-29)
    24. Common Kestrel (2020-03-29)
    25. Western Marsh-Harrier (2020-03-29)
    26. Red-breasted Goose (2020-03-29)
    28. Common Chaffinch (2020-03-30)
    29. House Sparrow (2020-04-26)
    30. White Wagtail (2020-04-26)
    31. Red-footed Falcon (2020-04-29)
    32. Montagu's Harrier (2020-04-29)
    33. Hoopoe (2020-04-29)
    34. Grey Heron (2020-05-06)
    35. Common Tern (2020-05-06)
    36. Common Cuckoo (2020-05-11)
    37. European Bee-eater (2020-05-11)
    38. Common Whitethroat (2020-05-11)
    39. Isabelline Wheatear (2020-05-11)
    40. Red-backed Shrike (2020-05-14)
    41. Booted Warbler (2020-05-14)
    42. Pied Flycatcher (2020-05-14)
    43. Spotted Flycatcher (2020-05-14)
    44. Northern Wheatear (2020-05-20)
    45. Common Coot (2020-05-21)
    46. Red-Necked Grebe (2020-05-21)
    47. Black Woodpecker (2020-05-21)
    48. Great Crested Grebe (2020-05-21)
    49. Black-Necked Grebe (2020-05-21)
    50. Eurasian Penduline Tit (2020-05-21)
    51. Bluethroat (2020-05-21)
    52. Black Kite (2020-05-21)
    53. Black-winged Stilt (2020-05-21)
    54. Black-headed Gull (2020-05-21)
    55. Common Snipe (2020-05-21)
    56. Wood Sandpiper (2020-05-21)
    57. Yellow Wagtail (2020-05-21)
    58. Ortolan Bunting (2020-05-21)
    59. Eurasian Linnet (2020-05-26)
    60. Common Oystercatcher (2020-06-05)
    61. Lesser Grey Shrike (2020-06-05)
    62. Barn Swallow (2020-06-05)
    63. Garganey (2020-06-05)
    64. Great White Egret (2020-07-01)
    65. Green Sandpiper (2020-07-01)
    66. Common Sandpiper (2020-07-01)
    67. Caspian Gull (2020-07-01)
    68. White-headed Duck (2020-07-01)
    69. Bearded Tit (2020-07-01)
    70. Sand Martin (2020-07-01)
    71. Northern Lapwing (2020-07-01)
    72. Dalmatian Pelican (2020-07-01)
    73. Ruddy Shelduck (2020-07-01)
    74. Great Cormorant (2020-07-01)
    75. Red-crested Pochard (2020-07-01)
    76. Little Tern (2020-07-01)
    77. Demoiselle Crane (2020-07-01)
    78. Little Ringed Plover (2020-07-01)
    79. Eastern Imperial Eagle (2020-07-01)
    80. Eurasian Curlew (2020-07-01)
    81. Common Pochard (2020-07-01)
    82. Ruff (2020-07-01)
    83. Goosander (2020-07-20)
    84. Tawny Pipit (2020-07-20)
    85. Water Rail (2020-07-26)
    86. Cetti's Warbler (2020-07-26)
    87. Tree Pipit (2020-08-15)
    88. Common Rosefinch (2020-08-15)
    89. Levant Sparrowhawk (2020-08-15)
    90. Lesser Kestrel (2020-08-20)
    91. Great Spotted Woodpecker (2020-08-29)
    92. Blue Tit (2020-08-31)
    93. Common Chiffchaff (2020-08-31)
    94. Eurasian Hobby (2020-09-03)
    95. Whinchat (2020-09-03)
    96. Great Tit (2020-09-08)
    97. Gadwall (2020-09-08)
    98. Eurasian Redstart (2020-09-12)
    99. Spotted Redshank (2020-09-12)
    100. Common Buzzard (2020-09-12)
    101. Common Shelduck (2020-09-12)
    102. Siberian Stonechat (2020-10-11)
    103. Mistle Thrush (2020-10-16)
    104. Meadow Pipit (2020-10-16)
    105. Eurasian Nuthatch (2020-11-14)
    106. Northern Bullfinch (2020-11-21)
    107. Hawfinch (2020-12-08)
    108. Rock Pigeon (2020-12-17)
    109. Eurasian Siskin (2020-12-19)

    recent uploads

    2020-12-30. Yellowhammer.

    2020-12-28. Hawfinch, Fieldfare.

    2020-12-19. White-tailed Sea-Eagle, Fieldfare, Eurasian Linnet, Eurasian Siskin.

    2020-12-17. Rock Pigeon, Eurasian Goldfinch.

    2020-12-12. Hawfinch, Common Starling, Fieldfare.

    2020-12-09. Great Spotted Woodpecker, Hawfinch, Blue Tit.

    2020-12-08. Fieldfare, Mistle Thrush, Blue Tit, Hawfinch.

    2020-11-21. White-tailed Sea-Eagle, Northern Bullfinch, Fieldfare.

    2020-11-14. Eurasian Nuthatch.

    2020-11-11. Fieldfare.

    2020-10-19. Gadwall.

    2020-10-17. Mistle Thrush, Meadow Pipit, Common Chaffinch, Yellowhammer.

    2020-10-11. Yellowhammer, Siberian Stonechat.

    2020-09-24. Common Chaffinch, Blue Tit, Grey Partridge.

    2020-09-21. Northern Wheatear.

    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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