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

    total species: 71
    total photos: 389
    total videos: 0
    total blogposts: 2

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    1. Great Spotted Woodpecker (2020-01-04)
    2. Long-tailed Tit (2020-01-04)
    3. Common Redpoll (2020-01-04)
    4. Bearded Tit (2020-01-06)
    5. Hawfinch (2020-01-06)
    6. Long-tailed Rosefinch (2020-01-06)
    7. Goldcrest (2020-01-14)
    8. Wood Pigeon (2020-01-14)
    9. Common Treecreeper (2020-01-14)
    10. Willow Tit (2020-01-14)
    11. Eurasian Siskin (2020-01-16)
    12. Coal Tit (2020-01-20)
    13. Eurasian Jay (2020-01-20)
    14. Great Tit (2020-01-30)
    15. Blue Tit (2020-02-01)
    16. European Greenfinch (2020-02-02)
    17. Rook (2020-02-02)
    18. Northern Bullfinch (2020-02-02)
    19. Fieldfare (2020-02-05)
    20. Grey Partridge (2020-02-08)
    21. Bohemian Waxwing (2020-02-17)
    22. Eurasian Goldfinch (2020-02-27)
    23. Lesser Spotted Woodpecker (2020-03-18)
    24. White-Backed Woodpecker (2020-03-18)
    25. Tree Sparrow (2020-03-20)
    26. Common Chiffchaff (2020-04-17)
    27. Tree Pipit (2020-04-19)
    28. Northern Reed Bunting (2020-04-21)
    29. Pied Flycatcher (2020-04-25)
    30. Eurasian Redstart (2020-04-25)
    31. White Wagtail (2020-04-25)
    32. Bluethroat (2020-05-02)
    33. Common Sparrowhawk (2020-05-03)
    34. Azure Tit (2020-05-03)
    35. Yellow Wagtail (2020-05-07)
    36. Common Cuckoo (2020-05-07)
    37. Hooded Crow (2020-05-07)
    38. Red-backed Shrike (2020-05-11)
    39. Common Kestrel (2020-05-11)
    40. Siberian Stonechat (2020-05-11)
    41. Eurasian Magpie (2020-05-16)
    42. Booted Warbler (2020-05-19)
    43. Spotted Flycatcher (2020-05-23)
    44. Long-eared Owl (2020-05-26)
    45. Barn Swallow (2020-05-31)
    46. Black-tailed Godwit (2020-06-04)
    47. Little Bustard (2020-06-04)
    48. Pine Bunting (2020-06-06)
    49. Common Rosefinch (2020-06-06)
    50. Paddyfield Warbler (2020-06-06)
    51. Black-winged Pratincole (2020-06-08)
    52. Eurasian Hobby (2020-06-10)
    53. Common Whitethroat (2020-06-14)
    54. Lesser Whitethroat (2020-06-20)
    55. Black-headed Gull (2020-06-21)
    56. Sand Martin (2020-06-28)
    57. Blyth's Reed Warbler (2020-07-04)
    58. Oriental Turtle Dove (2020-07-13)
    59. Hoopoe (2020-07-18)
    60. Eurasian Scops-Owl (2020-07-30)
    61. Red-necked Phalarope (2020-08-23)
    62. Bar-tailed Godwit (2020-08-23)
    63. Eurasian Nuthatch (2020-09-24)
    64. Red Crossbill (2020-09-28)
    65. Spotted Nutcracker (2020-10-02)
    66. Song Thrush (2020-10-10)
    67. Common Chaffinch (2020-10-10)
    68. Grey-Headed Woodpecker (2020-10-18)
    69. Brambling (2020-11-03)
    70. Great White Egret (2020-11-15)
    71. Redwing (2020-11-23)

    recent uploads

    2020-12-22. Great Tit, Willow Tit.

    2020-12-15. Bohemian Waxwing, Hawfinch.

    2020-12-12. Grey-Headed Woodpecker, Goldcrest, Long-tailed Tit, Eurasian Nuthatch.

    2020-12-06. Lesser Spotted Woodpecker.

    2020-11-24. Redwing, Red Crossbill.

    2020-11-21. Goldcrest, Coal Tit, Eurasian Nuthatch, Long-tailed Rosefinch, Long-tailed Rosefinch.

    2020-11-17. Great White Egret, Red Crossbill, Coal Tit.

    2020-11-13. Great Spotted Woodpecker, Eurasian Redstart, Red Crossbill, Eurasian Nuthatch, Willow Tit, Grey-Headed Woodpecker, Northern Bullfinch, Long-tailed Rosefinch.

    2020-11-04. Song Thrush, Brambling.

    2020-10-31. Azure Tit, Bohemian Waxwing, Northern Bullfinch, Long-tailed Rosefinch, Common Redpoll, Eurasian Siskin, Red Crossbill.

    2020-10-29. Eurasian Nuthatch.

    2020-10-19. Grey-Headed Woodpecker.

    2020-10-17. Coal Tit, Spotted Nutcracker.

    2020-10-11. Song Thrush, Song Thrush, Common Chaffinch.

    2020-10-07. Lesser Spotted Woodpecker.

    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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