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Gaviiformes
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    map of photoshootings

    total species: 129
    total photos: 489
    total videos: 3
    total blogposts: 0

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    1. Fieldfare (2021-01-03)
    2. Goosander (2021-01-03)
    3. Mallard (2021-01-03)
    4. European Greenfinch (2021-01-03)
    5. Hawfinch (2021-01-05)
    6. Blue Tit (2021-01-06)
    7. White-tailed Sea-Eagle (2021-01-07)
    8. Crested Lark (2021-01-09)
    9. Rough-legged Buzzard (2021-01-19)
    10. Eurasian Linnet (2021-01-19)
    11. Eurasian Nuthatch (2021-02-03)
    12. Great Grey Shrike (2021-02-03)
    13. Common Sparrowhawk (2021-02-03)
    14. Great Spotted Woodpecker (2021-02-03)
    15. Long-tailed Tit (2021-02-03)
    16. Tree Sparrow (2021-02-13)
    17. Grey Partridge (2021-02-20)
    18. Lesser Spotted Woodpecker (2021-03-06)
    19. Horned Lark (2021-03-13)
    20. Eurasian Goldfinch (2021-03-23)
    21. Eurasian Jackdaw (2021-03-23)
    22. Yellowhammer (2021-04-01)
    23. Black Kite (2021-04-05)
    24. Wood Pigeon (2021-04-05)
    25. Common Buzzard (2021-04-08)
    26. Pine Bunting (2021-04-08)
    27. White Wagtail (2021-04-16)
    28. Montagu's Harrier (2021-04-16)
    30. Green Sandpiper (2021-04-17)
    31. Yellow Wagtail (2021-04-17)
    32. Bluethroat (2021-04-17)
    33. Mute Swan (2021-04-17)
    34. Tufted Duck (2021-04-17)
    35. Great Crested Grebe (2021-04-17)
    36. Black-headed Gull (2021-04-17)
    37. Song Thrush (2021-04-17)
    38. Western Marsh-Harrier (2021-04-17)
    39. Common Kestrel (2021-04-17)
    40. Little Bustard (2021-04-17)
    41. Northern Wheatear (2021-04-17)
    42. Garganey (2021-04-17)
    43. Brambling (2021-04-17)
    44. Tree Pipit (2021-04-27)
    45. Common Oystercatcher (2021-04-27)
    46. Common Starling (2021-04-28)
    47. Common Chiffchaff (2021-04-28)
    48. Willow Warbler (2021-04-28)
    49. Hoopoe (2021-04-29)
    50. Whinchat (2021-04-29)
    51. Isabelline Wheatear (2021-04-29)
    52. Ortolan Bunting (2021-04-29)
    53. Common Sandpiper (2021-05-01)
    54. Common Chaffinch (2021-05-01)
    55. Red-footed Falcon (2021-05-04)
    56. Common Tern (2021-05-08)
    57. Spotted Flycatcher (2021-05-11)
    58. European Bee-eater (2021-05-18)
    59. Common Rosefinch (2021-05-18)
    60. Common Kingfisher (2021-05-21)
    61. Common Whitethroat (2021-05-25)
    62. Red-backed Shrike (2021-05-26)
    63. Red-headed Bunting (2021-05-26)
    64. Barred Warbler (2021-05-27)
    65. Lesser Grey Shrike (2021-05-29)
    66. Eurasian Roller (2021-06-10)
    67. Smew (2021-06-10)
    68. Common Goldeneye (2021-06-10)
    69. Northern Lapwing (2021-06-10)
    70. Great Cormorant (2021-06-12)
    71. Grey Heron (2021-06-17)
    72. Eurasian Collared Dove (2021-07-04)
    73. Long-eared Owl (2021-07-04)
    74. Steppe Eagle (2021-07-17)
    75. Caspian Gull (2021-07-19)
    76. Mew Gull (2021-07-19)
    77. Rock Pigeon (2021-07-19)
    78. Rook (2021-07-22)
    79. Ruddy Shelduck (2021-07-22)
    80. Wood Sandpiper (2021-07-22)
    81. Common Teal (2021-07-22)
    82. Ruff (2021-07-22)
    83. Long-legged Buzzard (2021-07-24)
    84. Black-winged Pratincole (2021-07-24)
    85. Kentish Plover (2021-07-24)
    86. Black-tailed Godwit (2021-07-24)
    87. Curlew Sandpiper (2021-07-24)
    88. Common Redshank (2021-07-24)
    89. Common Pochard (2021-07-24)
    90. Greater Short-toed Lark (2021-07-24)
    91. Black-winged Stilt (2021-07-24)
    92. Marsh Sandpiper (2021-07-24)
    93. Little Stint (2021-07-24)
    94. Temminck's Stint (2021-07-24)
    95. Little Ringed Plover (2021-07-24)
    96. Booted Warbler (2021-07-24)
    97. White-winged Tern (2021-07-24)
    98. Black-Necked Grebe (2021-07-24)
    99. Gadwall (2021-07-24)
    100. Booted Eagle (2021-07-24)
    101. Dunlin (2021-07-24)
    102. Black Tern (2021-07-24)
    103. Lesser Short-toed Lark (2021-07-24)
    104. Great White Egret (2021-08-04)
    105. Red-crested Pochard (2021-08-04)
    106. Blue-cheeked Bee-eater (2021-08-05)
    107. Pallid Harrier (2021-08-05)
    108. Calandra Lark (2021-08-05)
    109. Barn Swallow (2021-08-05)
    110. Sanderling (2021-08-05)
    111. Little Tern (2021-08-05)
    112. Eurasian Spoonbill (2021-08-05)
    113. Eurasian Hobby (2021-08-07)
    114. Pied Flycatcher (2021-08-07)
    115. Eastern Imperial Eagle (2021-08-07)
    116. Spotted Redshank (2021-08-17)
    117. Common Moorhen (2021-08-31)
    118. Eurasian Honey-Buzzard (2021-09-02)
    119. Common Snipe (2021-09-11)
    120. Eurasian Wigeon (2021-09-11)
    121. Eurasian Redstart (2021-09-11)
    122. Sky Lark (2021-09-13)
    123. Great Tit (2021-09-18)
    124. Goldcrest (2021-10-01)
    125. Mistle Thrush (2021-10-01)
    126. Common Coot (2021-10-02)
    127. Northern Reed Bunting (2021-10-15)
    128. Common Treecreeper (2021-10-25)
    129. Redwing (2021-10-25)

    recent uploads

    2021-10-27. Song Thrush.

    2021-10-25. Great Spotted Woodpecker, Common Treecreeper, Redwing, Fieldfare.

    2021-10-17. Northern Wheatear.

    2021-10-16. Grey Heron, Northern Reed Bunting, Common Starling, Brambling, Tree Sparrow, Northern Reed Bunting, Ruddy Shelduck, Mistle Thrush.

    2021-10-03. Grey Heron, Caspian Gull, Common Coot, Steppe Eagle, Steppe Eagle, White-tailed Sea-Eagle, Long-legged Buzzard.

    2021-10-02. Great Cormorant.

    2021-10-01. Rook, Common Starling, Blue Tit, Goldcrest, Great Tit, Great Grey Shrike, Mistle Thrush, Yellowhammer.

    2021-09-30. Mallard, Mute Swan, Great Crested Grebe, Common Sparrowhawk, Common Chiffchaff, Common Chaffinch, Spotted Flycatcher, Whinchat, Eurasian Redstart.

    2021-09-28. Eastern Imperial Eagle, Great Crested Grebe, Mute Swan, Eastern Imperial Eagle, Rough-legged Buzzard, Common Kestrel, Eurasian Redstart.

    2021-09-27. White Wagtail, Common Kestrel, Common Kestrel.

    2021-09-21. Common Chaffinch, Great Tit, Blue Tit, Grey Partridge.

    2021-09-13. White Wagtail, Western Marsh-Harrier, Sky Lark, Common Sparrowhawk, Yellow Wagtail, Grey Heron, Tree Pipit, Common Chaffinch.

    2021-09-12. Northern Lapwing, White Wagtail, Willow Warbler, Eurasian Redstart, Willow Warbler.

    2021-09-11. Bluethroat, Common Snipe, Long-legged Buzzard, Great Crested Grebe, Eurasian Wigeon, Caspian Gull.

    2021-09-04. Eurasian Hobby, Grey Heron, Caspian Gull, Northern Lapwing, Montagu's Harrier.

    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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    2025-02-07
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    2025-02-06
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