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Gaviiformes
  • Gaviidae
    • Podicipediformes
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    map of photoshootings

    total species: 88
    total photos: 336
    total videos: 0
    total blogposts: 0

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    1. Great Tit (2019-01-02)
    2. Northern Bullfinch (2019-01-02)
    3. Great Spotted Woodpecker (2019-01-02)
    4. Fieldfare (2019-01-02)
    5. Baikal Bullfinch (2019-01-02)
    6. Rock Pigeon (2019-01-06)
    7. Tree Sparrow (2019-01-06)
    8. Eurasian Jay (2019-01-06)
    9. Hooded Crow (2019-01-06)
    10. Eurasian Nuthatch (2019-01-06)
    11. Willow Tit (2019-01-06)
    12. Grey-headed Goldfinch (2019-01-12)
    13. Eurasian Magpie (2019-01-12)
    14. Goosander (2019-01-12)
    15. Black-throated Thrush (2019-01-21)
    16. Carrion Crow (2019-01-22)
    17. Bean Goose (2019-01-25)
    18. Common Goldeneye (2019-01-25)
    19. White-tailed Sea-Eagle (2019-01-25)
    20. Eurasian Dipper (2019-01-26)
    21. Mallard (2019-01-26)
    22. Hawfinch (2019-01-29)
    23. Eurasian Goldfinch (2019-01-30)
    24. Little Grebe (2019-02-03)
    25. Smew (2019-02-03)
    26. Coal Tit (2019-02-17)
    27. Yellowhammer (2019-02-23)
    28. Eurasian Blackbird (2019-02-23)
    29. Grey-Headed Woodpecker (2019-02-24)
    30. Azure Tit (2019-02-24)
    31. Common Redpoll (2019-03-02)
    32. Lesser Spotted Woodpecker (2019-03-09)
    33. Caspian Gull (2019-03-10)
    34. Rook (2019-03-17)
    35. House Sparrow (2019-03-29)
    36. Common Chaffinch (2019-03-29)
    37. Mistle Thrush (2019-03-30)
    38. Black Kite (2019-03-30)
    39. Eurasian Jackdaw (2019-03-30)
    40. Great White Egret (2019-04-06)
    41. Common Starling (2019-04-06)
    42. Baraba Steppe Gull (2019-04-06)
    43. White Wagtail (2019-04-06)
    44. Great Cormorant (2019-04-07)
    45. Masked Wagtail (2019-04-07)
    46. Dalmatian Pelican (2019-04-09)
    47. Black-headed Gull (2019-04-13)
    48. Eurasian Redstart (2019-04-14)
    49. Common Kestrel (2019-04-14)
    50. Tree Pipit (2019-04-21)
    51. Brambling (2019-04-21)
    52. Common Chiffchaff (2019-04-24)
    53. Common Moorhen (2019-04-24)
    54. Green Sandpiper (2019-04-24)
    55. Spotted Flycatcher (2019-04-24)
    56. Garganey (2019-04-27)
    57. Northern Shoveler (2019-04-27)
    58. Gadwall (2019-04-27)
    59. Grey Heron (2019-04-28)
    60. Citrine Wagtail (2019-04-28)
    61. Pied Flycatcher (2019-05-03)
    62. Yellow Wagtail (2019-05-05)
    63. Grey Wagtail (2019-05-05)
    64. Common Sandpiper (2019-05-07)
    65. Blyth's Reed Warbler (2019-05-07)
    66. Common Sparrowhawk (2019-05-08)
    67. Great Crested Grebe (2019-05-12)
    68. Siberian Stonechat (2019-05-12)
    69. Lesser Whitethroat (2019-05-14)
    70. Eurasian Wryneck (2019-05-14)
    71. European Greenfinch (2019-05-14)
    72. Barn Swallow (2019-05-17)
    73. Hoopoe (2019-05-18)
    74. Common Nightingale (2019-06-19)
    75. European Golden Oriole (2019-06-21)
    76. Bluethroat (2019-06-26)
    77. Oriental Turtle Dove (2019-07-14)
    78. Rosy Starling (2019-07-14)
    79. Black Redstart (2019-07-18)
    80. Common Whitethroat (2019-09-21)
    81. Common Coot (2019-09-29)
    82. Peregrine Falcon (2019-09-29)
    83. Bohemian Waxwing (2019-11-03)
    84. Goldcrest (2019-11-14)
    85. Eurasian Siskin (2019-11-24)
    86. Long-tailed Rosefinch (2019-11-24)
    87. Upland Buzzard (2019-11-24)
    88. Redwing (2019-11-28)

    recent uploads

    2019-12-24. Black-throated Thrush, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Lesser Spotted Woodpecker, Northern Bullfinch, Bohemian Waxwing.

    2019-12-16. Eurasian Siskin, Common Redpoll, Little Grebe, White-tailed Sea-Eagle, Bohemian Waxwing.

    2019-12-09. Black-throated Thrush, Smew, Northern Bullfinch.

    2019-12-03. Long-tailed Rosefinch, Common Redpoll, Bohemian Waxwing.

    2019-11-28. Northern Bullfinch, Eurasian Blackbird, Hawfinch, Redwing.

    2019-11-27. Tree Sparrow, Common Redpoll, Eurasian Siskin, Bohemian Waxwing.

    2019-11-24. Common Redpoll, Eurasian Siskin, Long-tailed Rosefinch, Upland Buzzard.

    2019-11-16. Grey-headed Goldfinch, Common Redpoll, Eurasian Nuthatch.

    2019-11-14. Eurasian Dipper, Smew, Oriental Turtle Dove, Goldcrest.

    2019-11-13. Eurasian Blackbird, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Hawfinch, Northern Bullfinch.

    2019-11-10. Eurasian Dipper, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Goosander, Mallard.

    2019-11-03. Bohemian Waxwing, Black-throated Thrush, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Eurasian Jackdaw, Tree Sparrow.

    2019-11-02. Eurasian Dipper, Eurasian Jay, Black-throated Thrush, Common Sparrowhawk.

    2019-10-21. Grey-headed Goldfinch, Common Kestrel, Common Sparrowhawk.

    2019-10-19. Bluethroat, Masked Wagtail, European Golden Oriole, Rosy Starling, Common Kestrel.

    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
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    Northern Hawk Owl
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    Great White Egret
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    2025-06-01
    Blyth's Reed Warbler
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    2025-04-14
    Grey-Headed Woodpecker
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    2025-03-30
    Great White Egret
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    Common Kestrel
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    2025-03-23
    Common Sparrowhawk
    (Ksenia Serbina)
    Great Tit
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    2025-02-07
    Arctic Loon
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    2025-02-06
    Red Crossbill
    (Viktoriya Zvyaginceva)

    2025-01-07
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    2024-08-03
    Common Tern
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    unidentified birds

    2026-06-22

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