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total species: 114
total photos: 223
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1. Chukar Partridge (2021-01-06)
2. White-tailed Sea-Eagle (2021-01-06)
3. Common Mynah (2021-01-21)
4. European Robin (2021-01-25)
5. Eurasian Collared Dove (2021-01-26)
6. Great Tit (2021-01-26)
7. Tree Sparrow (2021-01-26)
8. Azure Tit (2021-02-24)
9. Black-throated Accentor (2021-02-25)
10. Eurasian Siskin (2021-03-05)
11. Red-fronted Serin (2021-03-15)
12. Rook (2021-03-16)
13. Mallard (2021-03-16)
14. Common Coot (2021-03-24)
15. Great Cormorant (2021-03-24)
16. Great Crested Grebe (2021-03-24)
17. Black-headed Gull (2021-03-24)
18. Whooper Swan (2021-03-25)
19. Red-crested Pochard (2021-03-25)
20. Common Oystercatcher (2021-03-25)
21. Eurasian Goldfinch (2021-03-25)
22. Black Kite (2021-03-25)
23. Common Pochard (2021-03-25)
24. White Wagtail (2021-03-25)
25. Common Kestrel (2021-03-25)
26. Citrine Wagtail (2021-03-25)
27. Black Stork (2021-03-25)
28. Common Sparrowhawk (2021-04-12)
29. Grey Wagtail (2021-04-17)
30. Siberian Stonechat (2021-04-17)
31. Carrion Crow (2021-04-17)
32. Mistle Thrush (2021-04-21)
33. Masked Wagtail (2021-04-21)
34. Grey-headed Goldfinch (2021-04-22)
35. Yellow Wagtail (2021-04-22)
36. Common Chiffchaff (2021-04-22)
37. Barn Swallow (2021-04-22)
38. Common Snipe (2021-04-22)
39. Black-winged Stilt (2021-04-22)
40. Osprey (2021-04-23)
41. Little Ringed Plover (2021-04-23)
42. Kentish Plover (2021-04-23)
43. Common Redshank (2021-04-23)
44. Northern Lapwing (2021-04-23)
45. Common Sandpiper (2021-04-23)
46. Long-legged Buzzard (2021-04-23)
47. Steppe Grey Shrike (2021-04-23)
48. Tawny Pipit (2021-04-23)
49. Tree Pipit (2021-04-23)
50. Demoiselle Crane (2021-04-24)
51. Eurasian Hobby (2021-05-01)
52. Yellow-breasted Tit (2021-05-01)
53. Common Swift (2021-05-25)
54. Red-rumped Swallow (2021-06-03)
55. Ruddy Shelduck (2021-06-05)
56. Northern House Martin (2021-06-05)
57. Common Starling (2021-06-05)
58. Alpine Swift (2021-06-11)
59. Blue Whistling Thrush (2021-06-12)
60. Greater Short-toed Lark (2021-07-26)
61. Black-headed Wagtail (2021-07-26)
62. Brown-necked Raven (2021-07-26)
63. Sand Martin (2021-07-26)
64. Spotted Flycatcher (2021-07-26)
65. Common Tern (2021-07-26)
66. Desert Wheatear (2021-07-27)
67. Caspian Gull (2021-07-27)
68. Pallas's Gull (2021-07-27)
69. Asian Desert Warbler (2021-07-28)
70. Steppe Eagle (2021-07-28)
71. Pallas's Sandgrouse (2021-07-29)
72. Little Tern (2021-07-29)
73. Crested Lark (2021-09-18)
74. Ruff (2021-09-19)
75. Great White Egret (2021-09-20)
76. Common Raven (2021-09-20)
77. Common Rosefinch (2021-09-20)
78. Little Bunting (2021-09-24)
79. Brambling (2021-10-03)
80. White-browed Tit-Warbler (2021-10-26)
81. Yellowhammer (2021-11-04)
82. Black Redstart (2021-11-05)
83. Hen Harrier (2021-11-08)
84. Horned Lark (2021-11-10)
85. Goosander (2021-11-12)
86. Arctic Loon (2021-11-12)
87. Blue Tit (2021-11-12)
88. Mute Swan (2021-11-12)
89. Northern Reed Bunting (2021-11-12)
90. Little Bustard (2021-11-15)
91. Great Spotted Woodpecker (2021-11-15)
92. Great Grey Shrike (2021-11-16)
93. Northern Bullfinch (2021-11-16)
94. Hawfinch (2021-11-16)
95. Rough-legged Buzzard (2021-11-17)
96. Desert Finch (2021-11-22)
97. Hooded Crow (2021-11-23)
98. House Sparrow (2021-11-23)
99. Mew Gull (2021-11-23)
100. Lesser Whitethroat (2021-11-23)
101. Snow Bunting (2021-11-25)
102. Black Lark (2021-11-25)
103. White-winged Lark (2021-11-25)
104. Redwing (2021-11-27)
105. Common Chaffinch (2021-11-27)
106. Spanish Sparrow (2021-11-28)
107. Turkestan Tit (2021-11-29)
108. Grey Heron (2021-11-29)
109. Black-throated Thrush (2021-11-29)
110. Little Owl (2021-11-29)
111. Calandra Lark (2021-11-29)
112. Pygmy Cormorant (2021-11-29)
113. Brown Dipper (2021-12-12)
114. Common Treecreeper (2021-12-21)

recent uploads


2021-12-28. Booted Warbler, Blyth's Reed Warbler, Desert Wheatear, Syke's Warbler, Black-headed Gull, Red-Necked Grebe, Grey Heron, Common Sandpiper, Great Cormorant, Northern Pintail, Ruddy Turnstone, Red-necked Phalarope, Common Teal, Sandwich Tern, Kentish Plover, Common Tern, Pallas's Gull, Little Tern, Caspian Gull, European Bee-eater, Long-tailed Duck, Red-breasted Merganser, Common Pochard.

2021-12-27. Common Sandpiper, Dalmatian Pelican, Great White Pelican, Common Greenshank, Greater Ringed Plover, Bar-tailed Godwit, Blyth's Reed Warbler, Greater Flamingo, Terek Sandpiper, Curlew Sandpiper, Red-headed Bunting, Rosy Starling, Pied Avocet, Caspian Tern, Pallas's Gull, Grey Plover, Lesser Whitethroat, Ortolan Bunting, Eurasian Curlew, Booted Warbler, Sanderling.

2021-12-24. Desert Wheatear.

2021-12-23. Greater Short-toed Lark, Tawny Pipit, Asian Desert Warbler, Steppe Eagle, Desert Wheatear, Tawny Pipit, Desert Wheatear, Pallas's Sandgrouse, Eurasian Hobby, Little Tern, Caspian Gull, Masked Wagtail, Common Redshank, Black-headed Wagtail, Red-crested Pochard, Brown-necked Raven, Ruddy Shelduck, Sand Martin, Spotted Flycatcher, Common Tern, Caspian Gull, Pallas's Gull, Desert Wheatear, Tufted Duck, Common Shelduck, Common Quail, Northern Pintail, Red-footed Falcon, Smew, Eurasian Wryneck, Demoiselle Crane, Western Grasshopper Warbler, Common Teal, Eurasian Penduline Tit, Willow Tit, Green Sandpiper, Grey Heron, Whooper Swan, Little Bustard.

2021-12-21. Brown Dipper, Common Treecreeper.

2021-12-10. Eurasian Linnet, Eurasian Linnet.

2021-12-01. Redwing, Common Chaffinch, Horned Lark, White-winged Lark, Common Kestrel, Hen Harrier, Spanish Sparrow, Eurasian Collared Dove, Crested Lark, Great White Egret, Common Chaffinch, Turkestan Tit, Grey Heron, Black-throated Thrush, Little Owl, White-winged Lark, Calandra Lark, Pygmy Cormorant.

2021-11-26. Snow Bunting, Black Lark, White-winged Lark, Mute Swan, Hen Harrier, Black Lark, Common Horned Lark.

2021-11-25. Ruff, Little Bunting, Great White Egret, White Wagtail, Common Raven, Crested Lark, Common Rosefinch, Brambling.

2021-11-24. Caspian Gull, Desert Finch, Tree Sparrow, House Sparrow, Hooded Crow, Black-headed Gull, Common Sparrowhawk, Mew Gull, Common Chiffchaff, Blue Tit, Lesser Whitethroat, European Robin, Great Crested Grebe.

2021-11-17. Great Grey Shrike, Great Tit, Northern Bullfinch, Hawfinch, Rough-legged Buzzard.

2021-11-15. Common Sparrowhawk, Yellowhammer, European Black Redstart, White-tailed Sea-Eagle, Common Horned Lark, Goosander, Arctic Loon, Blue Tit, Mute Swan, Northern Reed Bunting, Hen Harrier, Little Bustard, Great Spotted Woodpecker.

2021-10-26. White-browed Tit-Warbler.

2021-06-14. Ruddy Shelduck, Red-rumped Swallow, Northern House Martin, Common Starling, Little Ringed Plover, Alpine Swift, Red-rumped Swallow, Common Swift, Blue Whistling Thrush, Demoiselle Crane, Eurasian Hobby, Yellow-breasted Tit, Common Chiffchaff.

2021-06-12. Steppe Grey Shrike, Tawny Pipit, Tree Pipit, Demoiselle Crane.

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.

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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

Андрей Коваленко: Вопрос - что он тут потерял в июне... Когда снимал, думал что снимаю курганника...

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...