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    map of photoshootings

    total species: 191
    total photos: 1090
    total videos: 0
    total blogposts: 3

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    1. House Sparrow (2017-01-02)
    2. Lesser Whitethroat (2017-01-02)
    3. Rock Pigeon (2017-01-02)
    4. White-winged Grosbeak (2017-01-02)
    5. Great Tit (2017-01-02)
    6. Eurasian Magpie (2017-01-02)
    7. Common Chaffinch (2017-01-02)
    8. Common Sparrowhawk (2017-01-02)
    9. Eurasian Blackbird (2017-01-02)
    10. Common Mynah (2017-01-05)
    11. Rook (2017-01-05)
    12. Laughing Dove (2017-01-05)
    13. Lammergeier (2017-01-15)
    14. Red-fronted Serin (2017-01-15)
    15. Long-tailed Rosefinch (2017-01-15)
    16. White-browed Tit-Warbler (2017-01-16)
    17. Goldcrest (2017-01-16)
    18. Red Crossbill (2017-01-16)
    19. Hooded Crow (2017-01-16)
    20. Black-throated Thrush (2017-01-20)
    21. Grey Heron (2017-01-20)
    22. Great White Egret (2017-01-20)
    23. Dalmatian Pelican (2017-01-20)
    24. White-tailed Sea-Eagle (2017-01-20)
    25. Whooper Swan (2017-01-20)
    26. Smew (2017-01-20)
    27. Eurasian Linnet (2017-01-20)
    28. Sky Lark (2017-01-20)
    29. Tree Sparrow (2017-01-20)
    30. Eurasian Collared Dove (2017-01-20)
    31. Lesser Short-toed Lark (2017-01-20)
    32. Mallard (2017-01-20)
    33. Red-crested Pochard (2017-01-20)
    34. Tufted Duck (2017-01-20)
    35. Wallcreeper (2017-01-22)
    36. Carrion Crow (2017-02-09)
    37. Eurasian Siskin (2017-02-13)
    38. Brambling (2017-02-15)
    39. Red-mantled Rosefinch (2017-02-15)
    40. Great Cormorant (2017-02-24)
    41. Goosander (2017-02-24)
    42. Azure Tit (2017-02-24)
    43. Grey-headed Goldfinch (2017-02-24)
    44. Yellowhammer (2017-02-24)
    45. Caspian Gull (2017-02-24)
    46. Brown Dipper (2017-03-11)
    47. Common Pheasant (2017-03-11)
    48. Brown Accentor (2017-03-11)
    49. Eversmann's Redstart (2017-03-11)
    50. Upland Buzzard (2017-03-21)
    51. Rock Bunting (2017-03-21)
    52. Eastern Buzzard (2017-03-21)
    53. Black-headed Gull (2017-03-21)
    54. European Greenfinch (2017-03-21)
    55. Common Kestrel (2017-03-21)
    56. Turkestan Shrike (2017-03-21)
    57. Desert Finch (2017-03-21)
    58. Mute Swan (2017-03-21)
    59. Northern Shoveler (2017-03-21)
    60. Northern Pintail (2017-03-21)
    61. Isabelline Wheatear (2017-03-21)
    62. Common Coot (2017-03-21)
    63. Mistle Thrush (2017-03-25)
    64. Steppe Eagle (2017-03-25)
    65. Masked Wagtail (2017-03-25)
    66. Isabelline Shrike (2017-03-26)
    67. Grey Wagtail (2017-03-30)
    68. Blue-capped Redstart (2017-03-30)
    69. Black Kite (2017-04-01)
    70. Black Redstart (2017-04-01)
    71. Common Starling (2017-04-01)
    72. Eastern Imperial Eagle (2017-04-01)
    73. Citrine Wagtail (2017-04-01)
    74. Pied Wheatear (2017-04-01)
    75. Long-legged Buzzard (2017-04-01)
    76. Great Crested Grebe (2017-04-01)
    77. White Wagtail (2017-04-01)
    78. Little Ringed Plover (2017-04-01)
    79. Corn Bunting (2017-04-01)
    80. Hoopoe (2017-04-02)
    81. Wood Pigeon (2017-04-05)
    82. Common Chiffchaff (2017-04-09)
    83. Blue Whistling Thrush (2017-04-09)
    84. Common Moorhen (2017-04-14)
    85. Bluethroat (2017-04-21)
    86. Siberian Stonechat (2017-04-21)
    87. Hume's Warbler (2017-04-21)
    88. Eurasian Wryneck (2017-04-21)
    89. Common Shelduck (2017-04-30)
    90. Garganey (2017-04-30)
    91. Black-winged Stilt (2017-04-30)
    92. Barn Swallow (2017-04-30)
    93. Ruddy Shelduck (2017-04-30)
    94. Common Oystercatcher (2017-04-30)
    95. Gull-billed Tern (2017-04-30)
    96. Oriental Turtle Dove (2017-04-30)
    97. Common Greenshank (2017-04-30)
    98. Western Marsh-Harrier (2017-04-30)
    99. Eurasian Jackdaw (2017-04-30)
    100. Yellow Wagtail (2017-04-30)
    101. Common Sandpiper (2017-04-30)
    102. Common Buzzard (2017-05-02)
    103. Northern Lapwing (2017-05-02)
    104. Steppe Grey Shrike (2017-05-02)
    105. Calandra Lark (2017-05-02)
    106. Little Bustard (2017-05-02)
    107. Great Bustard (2017-05-02)
    108. Northern Reed Bunting (2017-05-02)
    109. Northern Wheatear (2017-05-02)
    110. Montagu's Harrier (2017-05-02)
    111. Sand Martin (2017-05-10)
    112. Rosy Starling (2017-05-10)
    113. Lesser Grey Shrike (2017-05-10)
    114. Temminck's Stint (2017-05-10)
    115. Common Redshank (2017-05-10)
    116. Black-crowned Night Heron (2017-05-10)
    117. Great White Pelican (2017-05-10)
    118. Common Tern (2017-05-10)
    119. Spotted Redshank (2017-05-10)
    120. Eurasian Curlew (2017-05-10)
    121. Common Kingfisher (2017-05-10)
    122. White-headed Duck (2017-05-10)
    123. Black-Necked Grebe (2017-05-10)
    124. Kentish Plover (2017-05-10)
    125. White-winged Tern (2017-05-15)
    126. Red-headed Bunting (2017-05-15)
    127. European Bee-eater (2017-05-15)
    128. Blyth's Reed Warbler (2017-05-20)
    129. Common Whitethroat (2017-05-20)
    130. Spotted Flycatcher (2017-05-26)
    131. Long-eared Owl (2017-05-27)
    132. Eurasian Roller (2017-05-28)
    133. Thrush Nightingale (2017-06-01)
    134. Common Rosefinch (2017-06-03)
    135. Water Pipit (2017-06-03)
    136. Plain Mountain Finch (2017-06-03)
    137. Red-billed Chough (2017-06-03)
    138. Guldenstadt's Redstart (2017-06-03)
    139. Coal Tit (2017-06-03)
    140. Northern House Martin (2017-06-11)
    141. Eurasian Hobby (2017-06-11)
    142. Pied Avocet (2017-06-11)
    143. Black-Bellied Sandgrouse (2017-06-11)
    144. Crested Lark (2017-06-20)
    145. Black-headed Wagtail (2017-06-20)
    146. Great Reed Warbler (2017-06-20)
    147. Pallas's Gull (2017-06-20)
    148. Glossy Ibis (2017-06-20)
    149. Blue-cheeked Bee-eater (2017-06-20)
    150. Eurasian Penduline Tit (2017-06-20)
    151. Common Cuckoo (2017-06-20)
    152. Common Swift (2017-06-20)
    153. Syke's Warbler (2017-06-20)
    154. Terek Sandpiper (2017-06-20)
    155. Ruff (2017-06-20)
    156. Marsh Sandpiper (2017-06-20)
    157. Hawfinch (2017-06-20)
    158. Bearded Tit (2017-06-20)
    159. Greylag Goose (2017-06-20)
    160. Eastern Olivaceous Warbler (2017-06-20)
    161. Green Sandpiper (2017-06-20)
    162. Greater Sand Plover (2017-07-08)
    163. Curlew Sandpiper (2017-07-08)
    164. Long-tailed Shrike (2017-08-04)
    165. Wood Sandpiper (2017-08-04)
    166. Common Snipe (2017-08-04)
    167. Greenish Warbler (2017-08-04)
    168. Tawny Pipit (2017-08-04)
    169. Little Bittern (2017-08-13)
    170. Lesser Kestrel (2017-08-13)
    171. Pale Sand Martin (2017-08-13)
    172. Black-winged Pratincole (2017-08-13)
    173. Red-backed Shrike (2017-08-16)
    174. Common Raven (2017-08-16)
    175. Spotted Nutcracker (2017-08-16)
    176. Barred Warbler (2017-08-16)
    177. Booted Warbler (2017-08-16)
    178. Yellow-backed Wagtail (2017-08-30)
    179. Little Stint (2017-08-30)
    180. Red-necked Phalarope (2017-08-30)
    181. Little Grebe (2017-08-30)
    182. Pacific Golden Plover (2017-08-30)
    183. Greater Short-toed Lark (2017-09-09)
    184. Gadwall (2017-09-25)
    185. Pine Bunting (2017-10-07)
    186. Common Treecreeper (2017-10-15)
    187. Northern Wren (2017-10-22)
    188. Water Rail (2017-11-04)
    189. Pallas's Sandgrouse (2017-11-19)
    190. Long-tailed Tit (2017-11-23)
    191. Turkestan Tit (2017-11-23)

    recent uploads

    2017-12-23. Guldenstadt's Redstart, Red-mantled Rosefinch, Carrion Crow, Eurasian Magpie.

    2017-12-17. Common Chaffinch, Northern Reed Bunting, Long-tailed Rosefinch, Tree Sparrow.

    2017-11-23. Long-tailed Tit, Common Chaffinch, Eurasian Blackbird, Tree Sparrow, Turkestan Tit, Brambling, Steppe Eagle, Corn Bunting.

    2017-11-20. Mallard, White-tailed Sea-Eagle, Great White Egret, Mute Swan, Eurasian Linnet, Northern Lapwing, Western Marsh-Harrier, Great Crested Grebe, Great Cormorant, Goosander, Whooper Swan, Northern Reed Bunting, Common Chaffinch, Grey-headed Goldfinch.

    2017-11-19. Laughing Dove, Eurasian Collared Dove, Yellowhammer, Pallas's Sandgrouse, Yellowhammer, Hybrid Bunting, Ring-necked Pheasant, Steppe Eagle, Green Sandpiper, Little Grebe, Eurasian Jackdaw, Common Kestrel.

    2017-11-16. Common Mynah, Great Tit, House Sparrow, Laughing Dove.

    2017-11-05. Crested Lark, Steppe Eagle, Azure Tit, Great Cormorant, Water Rail, Little Grebe, Steppe Eagle, Mute Swan, Grey Heron.

    2017-10-29. Hooded Crow, Eurasian Blackbird, Common Mynah, Lesser Whitethroat, Barred Warbler.

    2017-10-28. Eurasian Blackbird, Rock Pigeon, Hume's Warbler, Rook, Grey-headed Goldfinch, Eurasian Magpie, Red-fronted Serin, Coal Tit.

    2017-10-23. Eversmann's Redstart, Hybrid Crow, Hume's Warbler, Common Pheasant, Common Chiffchaff.

    2017-10-22. Northern Wren, Brown Dipper, Guldenstadt's Redstart, Carrion Crow, Common Chiffchaff.

    2017-10-15. Great Tit, Coal Tit, Brambling, Black-throated Thrush, Common Treecreeper.

    2017-10-14. Rock Bunting.

    2017-10-11. Common Mynah, Eurasian Magpie, Great Tit, Laughing Dove.

    2017-10-10. Lesser Kestrel, Common Kestrel, Steppe Eagle, Masked Wagtail, Barn Swallow, Common Moorhen, Black-Bellied Sandgrouse, Mallard, Brambling, Grey Wagtail, Common Chaffinch, Oriental Turtle Dove, Black-throated Thrush, Pine Bunting, Ring-necked Pheasant.

    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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