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    total species: 80
    total photos: 217
    total videos: 0
    total blogposts: 0

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    1. Mistle Thrush (2020-01-02)
    2. Grey Partridge (2020-01-04)
    3. White-tailed Sea-Eagle (2020-01-04)
    4. Corn Bunting (2020-01-04)
    5. Crested Lark (2020-01-04)
    6. Bohemian Waxwing (2020-01-04)
    7. Peregrine Falcon (2020-01-04)
    8. Common Chaffinch (2020-01-04)
    9. Long-eared Owl (2020-01-04)
    10. Grey-headed Goldfinch (2020-01-04)
    11. Eastern Buzzard (2020-01-30)
    12. Upland Buzzard (2020-01-30)
    13. Mute Swan (2020-02-02)
    14. Little Grebe (2020-02-02)
    15. Whooper Swan (2020-02-02)
    16. Common Mynah (2020-02-18)
    17. House Sparrow (2020-03-04)
    18. Common Pheasant (2020-03-14)
    19. Brambling (2020-03-21)
    20. Blue Whistling Thrush (2020-03-21)
    21. Great Tit (2020-04-12)
    22. White-Winged Woodpecker (2020-05-15)
    23. Wood Pigeon (2020-05-15)
    24. Lesser Grey Shrike (2020-05-15)
    25. Eurasian Roller (2020-05-15)
    26. Common Cuckoo (2020-05-16)
    27. Grey Wagtail (2020-05-16)
    28. Turkestan Shrike (2020-05-16)
    29. Eurasian Jackdaw (2020-05-16)
    30. Eurasian Collared Dove (2020-05-16)
    31. Red-headed Bunting (2020-05-16)
    32. Hoopoe (2020-05-16)
    33. Tree Sparrow (2020-05-17)
    34. Barred Warbler (2020-05-17)
    35. Common Tern (2020-05-17)
    36. Common Nightingale (2020-05-17)
    37. Common Whitethroat (2020-05-18)
    38. Wood Sandpiper (2020-05-20)
    39. Black-winged Stilt (2020-05-20)
    40. Spotted Redshank (2020-05-20)
    41. Caspian Gull (2020-05-20)
    42. Northern Lapwing (2020-05-20)
    43. Black-Necked Grebe (2020-05-20)
    44. Common Redshank (2020-05-20)
    45. Mallard (2020-05-20)
    46. Ruddy Shelduck (2020-05-20)
    47. Eurasian Hobby (2020-05-20)
    48. Common Oystercatcher (2020-05-20)
    49. Little Ringed Plover (2020-05-20)
    50. Pied Avocet (2020-05-20)
    51. Great Cormorant (2020-05-20)
    52. Ferruginous Duck (2020-05-20)
    53. Little Bustard (2020-05-20)
    54. Temminck's Stint (2020-05-20)
    55. Western Marsh-Harrier (2020-05-20)
    56. Great White Egret (2020-05-20)
    57. Oriental Turtle Dove (2020-05-20)
    58. Black-tailed Godwit (2020-05-20)
    59. Calandra Lark (2020-05-20)
    60. Red-crested Pochard (2020-05-20)
    61. Long-legged Buzzard (2020-05-20)
    62. Common Coot (2020-05-20)
    63. Terek Sandpiper (2020-05-20)
    64. Isabelline Wheatear (2020-06-06)
    65. Rock Sparrow (2020-06-06)
    66. Chukar Partridge (2020-06-06)
    67. Mongolian Finch (2020-06-06)
    68. Eversmann's Redstart (2020-06-14)
    69. Black-throated Accentor (2020-06-14)
    70. Common Rosefinch (2020-06-14)
    71. Tree Pipit (2020-06-14)
    72. Ibisbill (2020-06-14)
    73. White-winged Grosbeak (2020-06-14)
    74. Eurasian Magpie (2020-06-18)
    75. Siberian Stonechat (2020-07-09)
    76. Grey Heron (2020-07-26)
    77. Shikra (2020-07-26)
    78. Yellow-eyed Pigeon (2020-07-26)
    79. Common Kestrel (2020-07-27)
    80. Brown Dipper (2020-12-18)

    recent uploads

    2020-12-20. Brown Dipper.

    2020-07-28. Grey Heron, Shikra, Yellow-eyed Pigeon, Common Kestrel, Long-legged Buzzard.

    2020-07-13. Siberian Stonechat, Common Whitethroat, Eurasian Hobby, Red-headed Bunting, Long-legged Buzzard, Long-legged Buzzard.

    2020-06-19. Long-eared Owl, Wood Pigeon, Eurasian Magpie, Common Whitethroat.

    2020-06-15. Ibisbill, Tree Pipit, White-winged Grosbeak, Common Rosefinch, Black-throated Accentor, Eversmann's Redstart.

    2020-06-14. Grey-headed Goldfinch, Grey-headed Goldfinch.

    2020-06-11. Grey Wagtail, Brambling.

    2020-06-08. Great White Egret, Chukar Partridge, Ruddy Shelduck, Common Redshank, Black-Necked Grebe, Rock Sparrow, Isabelline Wheatear, Mongolian Finch, Turkestan Shrike, Northern Lapwing, Pied Avocet, Caspian Gull, Spotted Redshank, Black-winged Stilt, Wood Sandpiper.

    2020-05-25. Wood Pigeon, Great Cormorant, Ferruginous Duck, Little Bustard, Temminck's Stint, Western Marsh-Harrier, Oriental Turtle Dove, Black-tailed Godwit, Calandra Lark, Red-crested Pochard, Mallard, Long-legged Buzzard, Whooper Swan, Common Coot, Little Ringed Plover, Terek Sandpiper, Eurasian Hobby, Common Oystercatcher, Eurasian Hobby.

    2020-05-19. Common Cuckoo, Common Whitethroat.

    2020-05-18. Hoopoe, Red-headed Bunting, Eurasian Collared Dove, Eurasian Jackdaw, Tree Sparrow, Lesser Grey Shrike, Eurasian Roller, White-Winged Woodpecker, Common Nightingale, Common Tern, Barred Warbler.

    2020-04-15. Great Tit, House Sparrow, House Sparrow.

    2020-03-21. Common Chaffinch, Blue Whistling Thrush, Common Chaffinch.

    2020-03-20. Common Mynah, Common Pheasant, Whooper Swan.

    2020-02-05. Mute Swan, Little Grebe.

    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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