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Gaviiformes
  • Gaviidae
    • Podicipediformes
  • Podicipedidae
    • Pelecaniformes
  • Pelecanidae
  • Phalacrocoracidae
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    map of photoshootings

    total species: 113
    total photos: 384
    total videos: 3
    total blogposts: 1

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    1. Crested Lark (2022-01-21)
    2. Rook (2022-01-24)
    3. Eurasian Jackdaw (2022-01-24)
    4. Mallard (2022-01-25)
    5. Mute Swan (2022-01-25)
    6. Grey Partridge (2022-01-27)
    7. Yellowhammer (2022-01-28)
    8. Blue Tit (2022-02-05)
    9. Horned Lark (2022-02-05)
    10. Stock Pigeon (2022-03-24)
    11. Snow Bunting (2022-03-25)
    12. Lapland Longspur (2022-03-25)
    13. Eastern Imperial Eagle (2022-04-01)
    14. Black Kite (2022-04-03)
    15. Common Sparrowhawk (2022-04-03)
    16. Common Raven (2022-04-03)
    17. White Wagtail (2022-04-17)
    18. Common Chaffinch (2022-04-17)
    19. Green Sandpiper (2022-04-17)
    20. Common Kestrel (2022-04-17)
    21. Northern Wheatear (2022-04-17)
    22. Bluethroat (2022-04-25)
    23. Wood Pigeon (2022-04-25)
    24. Montagu's Harrier (2022-04-25)
    25. Red-footed Falcon (2022-04-28)
    26. Little Bustard (2022-04-28)
    27. Great Crested Grebe (2022-05-07)
    28. Common Pochard (2022-05-07)
    29. Great White Egret (2022-05-07)
    30. Common Starling (2022-05-07)
    31. Red-backed Shrike (2022-05-07)
    32. Garganey (2022-05-07)
    33. Ruddy Shelduck (2022-05-07)
    34. Northern Pintail (2022-05-07)
    35. Grey Heron (2022-05-07)
    36. Common Sandpiper (2022-05-07)
    37. Willow Warbler (2022-05-07)
    38. Red-breasted Flycatcher (2022-05-07)
    39. Eurasian Curlew (2022-05-07)
    40. Whinchat (2022-05-14)
    41. Ortolan Bunting (2022-05-14)
    42. Common Tern (2022-05-14)
    43. Common Whitethroat (2022-05-24)
    44. Spotted Flycatcher (2022-05-24)
    45. Isabelline Wheatear (2022-05-24)
    46. European Bee-eater (2022-05-28)
    47. Booted Warbler (2022-05-28)
    48. Purple Heron (2022-06-01)
    49. Eurasian Roller (2022-06-02)
    50. Hoopoe (2022-06-03)
    51. Greylag Goose (2022-06-04)
    52. Red-crested Pochard (2022-06-04)
    53. Caspian Gull (2022-06-04)
    54. Black Tern (2022-06-04)
    55. Great Reed Warbler (2022-06-04)
    56. Barn Swallow (2022-06-04)
    57. Common Shelduck (2022-06-04)
    58. House Sparrow (2022-06-04)
    59. Western Marsh-Harrier (2022-06-04)
    60. Eurasian Spoonbill (2022-06-04)
    61. Black-winged Stilt (2022-06-04)
    62. Dalmatian Pelican (2022-06-04)
    63. Calandra Lark (2022-06-04)
    64. Rock Sparrow (2022-06-04)
    65. Little Tern (2022-06-04)
    66. Northern House Martin (2022-06-04)
    67. Whiskered Tern (2022-06-04)
    68. White-winged Tern (2022-06-04)
    69. Common Coot (2022-06-04)
    70. Little Ringed Plover (2022-06-04)
    71. Great Cormorant (2022-06-04)
    72. Northern Lapwing (2022-06-04)
    73. Ruff (2022-06-04)
    74. Steppe Eagle (2022-06-04)
    75. Rosy Starling (2022-06-04)
    76. Common Moorhen (2022-06-16)
    77. Lesser Grey Shrike (2022-06-28)
    78. Red-headed Bunting (2022-06-30)
    79. Sky Lark (2022-07-06)
    80. White-winged Lark (2022-07-06)
    81. Kentish Plover (2022-07-06)
    82. Sand Martin (2022-07-06)
    83. Black-headed Gull (2022-07-06)
    84. Black-winged Pratincole (2022-07-06)
    85. Yellow Wagtail (2022-07-06)
    86. Long-legged Buzzard (2022-07-06)
    87. Great Spotted Woodpecker (2022-07-09)
    88. Great Tit (2022-07-09)
    89. Willow Tit (2022-07-09)
    90. Eurasian Goldfinch (2022-08-03)
    91. Tufted Duck (2022-08-07)
    92. Paddyfield Warbler (2022-08-07)
    93. Black-Necked Grebe (2022-08-07)
    94. Gadwall (2022-08-17)
    95. Red-necked Phalarope (2022-08-17)
    96. Common Oystercatcher (2022-08-17)
    97. Blue-cheeked Bee-eater (2022-08-17)
    98. Greater Short-toed Lark (2022-08-17)
    99. Common Redshank (2022-08-17)
    100. Wood Sandpiper (2022-08-17)
    101. Black-tailed Godwit (2022-08-17)
    102. Little Stint (2022-08-17)
    103. Pallas's Gull (2022-08-17)
    104. Broad-billed Sandpiper (2022-08-20)
    105. Hen Harrier (2022-10-09)
    106. Pine Bunting (2022-10-09)
    107. Eurasian Siskin (2022-10-09)
    108. Song Thrush (2022-11-04)
    109. Great Grey Shrike (2022-11-04)
    110. Rough-legged Buzzard (2022-11-05)
    111. Mew Gull (2022-11-08)
    112. Northern Bullfinch (2022-11-11)
    113. Eurasian Jay (2022-11-11)

    recent uploads

    2022-12-09. Wood Pigeon.

    2022-12-03. Hen Harrier, Great Grey Shrike, Grey Partridge, Common Horned Lark.

    2022-11-11. Northern Bullfinch, Blue Tit, Eurasian Jay.

    2022-11-09. Hen Harrier.

    2022-11-08. Hen Harrier, Mew Gull.

    2022-11-05. Yellowhammer, Rough-legged Buzzard.

    2022-11-04. Mute Swan, Common Sparrowhawk, Song Thrush, Great Grey Shrike.

    2022-10-12. Eastern Imperial Eagle.

    2022-10-09. Black-headed Gull, Hen Harrier, Northern Wheatear, Pine Bunting, Eurasian Siskin, Eurasian Siskin, Eurasian Siskin.

    2022-08-29. Little Bustard, Montagu's Harrier.

    2022-08-20. Broad-billed Sandpiper.

    2022-08-18. Grey Heron, Gadwall, Common Starling, Purple Heron, Yellow Wagtail, Red-necked Phalarope, Northern Lapwing, Common Oystercatcher, Blue-cheeked Bee-eater, Caspian Gull, Greater Short-toed Lark, Common Redshank, Red-necked Phalarope, Wood Sandpiper, Blue-cheeked Bee-eater, Little Tern, Eurasian Spoonbill, Black-winged Pratincole, Black-tailed Godwit, Western Marsh-Harrier, Little Stint, Black-winged Stilt, Pallas's Gull, Yellow Wagtail, Greater Short-toed Lark, Greater Short-toed Lark.

    2022-08-13. Great Cormorant, Mallard, Grey Heron, Common Moorhen.

    2022-08-08. Black-Necked Grebe, Paddyfield Warbler.

    2022-08-07. Montagu's Harrier, Red-backed Shrike, Montagu's Harrier, Red-footed Falcon, Red-footed Falcon, Tufted Duck.

    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...

    recent video

    2026-01-18
    Common Kestrel
    (Ruslan Abutrapov)

    2025-10-31
    Great Cormorant
    (Raouf Bairashev)

    2025-08-31
    Spotted Flycatcher
    (Anna Yasko)

    2025-07-01
    Northern Hawk Owl
    (Tungysh Zaparkulov)

    2025-06-17
    Great White Egret
    (Irina Kuryanova)

    2025-06-01
    Blyth's Reed Warbler
    (Irina Kuryanova)

    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
    (sergey izoya)

    2024-08-03
    Common Tern
    (Viktoriya Zvyaginceva)

    more video...

    unidentified birds

    2026-06-22

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    2026-06-21

    Андрей Коваленко: По фото вряд ли, но в это время там только луговые...
    2026-06-18

    Игорь Фефелов: Галка
    2026-06-18

    Юрий Малков: Спасибо Анна и Андрей.
    2026-06-17

    Юрий Малков: Спасибо Анна.
    more unidentified birds...