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1. Great Cormorant (2026-01-01)
2. Desert Finch (2026-01-01)
3. Smew (2026-01-01)
4. Eurasian Wigeon (2026-01-01)
5. Great Grey Shrike (2026-01-01)
6. Western Marsh-Harrier (2026-01-01)
7. Pygmy Cormorant (2026-01-01)
8. White-tailed Sea-Eagle (2026-01-01)
9. Common Kingfisher (2026-01-01)
10. Common Pochard (2026-01-01)
11. Ring-billed Gull (2026-01-02)
12. Mute Swan (2026-01-02)
13. Dunnock (2026-01-03)
14. Eurasian Bittern (2026-01-04)
15. Little Grebe (2026-01-04)
16. Common Coot (2026-01-04)
17. Black Redstart (2026-01-05)
18. Eurasian Blackbird (2026-01-05)
19. Blue Tit (2026-01-05)
20. Mew Gull (2026-01-06)
21. Tufted Duck (2026-01-06)
22. Caspian Gull (2026-01-06)
23. Solitary Snipe (2026-01-06)
24. Fieldfare (2026-01-06)
25. European Greenfinch (2026-01-06)
26. Little Egret (2026-01-07)
27. Goosander (2026-01-07)
28. Eurasian Linnet (2026-01-07)
29. Common Pheasant (2026-01-08)
30. Hen Harrier (2026-01-09)
31. Common Starling (2026-01-09)
32. White Wagtail (2026-01-09)
33. Black-headed Gull (2026-01-09)
34. Black Kite (2026-01-09)
35. Common Sparrowhawk (2026-01-09)
36. Herring Gull (2026-01-09)
37. Great Black-backed Gull (2026-01-10)
38. Common Goldeneye (2026-01-10)
40. Northern Reed Bunting (2026-01-10)
41. Common Kestrel (2026-01-10)
42. Red-breasted Merganser (2026-01-10)
43. Common Snipe (2026-01-10)
44. Mallard (2026-01-10)
45. Common Moorhen (2026-01-10)
46. Common Chaffinch (2026-01-10)
47. Crested Lark (2026-01-12)
48. Green Sandpiper (2026-01-12)
49. Northern Wren (2026-01-13)
50. Cetti's Warbler (2026-01-13)
51. Common Chiffchaff (2026-01-13)
52. Hooded Crow (2026-01-13)
53. Long-eared Owl (2026-01-13)
54. White-winged Lark (2026-01-16)
55. Calandra Lark (2026-01-16)
56. Sky Lark (2026-01-16)
57. European Robin (2026-01-16)
58. Spanish Sparrow (2026-01-16)
59. Horned Lark (2026-01-17)
60. Lesser Short-toed Lark (2026-01-17)
61. Tree Sparrow (2026-01-17)
62. Meadow Pipit (2026-01-17)
63. Goldcrest (2026-01-18)
64. Brambling (2026-01-18)
65. Redwing (2026-01-18)
66. Slender-billed Gull (2026-01-19)
67. Steppe Eagle (2026-01-20)
68. Eurasian Jackdaw (2026-01-20)
69. Rook (2026-01-20)
70. Water Rail (2026-01-20)
71. Black-Necked Grebe (2026-01-20)
72. Northern Shoveler (2026-01-20)
73. Little Owl (2026-01-21)
74. Whooper Swan (2026-01-21)
75. Grey Heron (2026-01-21)
76. Long-legged Buzzard (2026-01-21)
77. Eastern Imperial Eagle (2026-01-21)
78. Common Raven (2026-01-21)
79. Greater Scaup (2026-01-21)
80. Slavonian Grebe (2026-01-22)
81. Bohemian Waxwing (2026-01-22)
82. Hawfinch (2026-01-22)
83. Long-tailed Rosefinch (2026-01-23)
84. Stock Pigeon (2026-01-23)
85. Merlin (2026-01-23)
86. Common Teal (2026-01-26)
87. Gadwall (2026-01-26)
88. Wood Pigeon (2026-01-27)
89. Common Redshank (2026-01-28)
90. Greylag Goose (2026-01-28)
91. Eurasian Magpie (2026-01-29)
92. Great Spotted Woodpecker (2026-01-30)
93. Northern Bullfinch (2026-01-30)
94. Coal Tit (2026-02-01)
95. Azure Tit (2026-02-02)
96. Great Tit (2026-02-02)
97. Grey Partridge (2026-02-02)
98. Baikal Bullfinch (2026-02-11)
99. Eurasian Siskin (2026-02-14)
100. Long-tailed Tit (2026-02-19)
101. House Sparrow (2026-02-23)
102. Caucasian Chiffchaff (2026-02-26)
103. Yellowhammer (2026-02-27)
104. Mistle Thrush (2026-02-27)
105. Greater Flamingo (2026-02-28)
106. Red-crested Pochard (2026-02-28)
107. Finsch's Wheatear (2026-03-01)
108. Bearded Tit (2026-03-02)
109. Baraba Steppe Gull (2026-03-02)
110. Chukar Partridge (2026-03-03)
111. Black-throated Thrush (2026-03-06)
112. Macqueen's Bustard (2026-03-07)
113. Cinereous Vulture (2026-03-07)
114. Rock Sparrow (2026-03-07)
115. Lesser Black-backed Gull (2026-03-09)
116. Northern Pintail (2026-03-12)
117. Ruff (2026-03-13)
118. Common Greenshank (2026-03-15)
119. Grey Wagtail (2026-03-18)
120. Masked Wagtail (2026-03-18)
121. Common Mynah (2026-03-18)
122. Rock Bunting (2026-03-19)
123. Isabelline Shrike (2026-03-19)
124. Black-throated Accentor (2026-03-19)
125. Eversmann's Redstart (2026-03-19)
126. Carrion Crow (2026-03-19)
127. Grey-headed Goldfinch (2026-03-19)
128. Rustic Bunting (2026-03-20)
129. Common Oystercatcher (2026-03-20)
130. Eastern Buzzard (2026-03-20)
131. Water Pipit (2026-03-21)
132. Pallas's Gull (2026-03-21)
133. Little Ringed Plover (2026-03-21)
134. Common Shelduck (2026-03-21)
135. Corn Bunting (2026-03-21)
136. Dalmatian Pelican (2026-03-21)
137. Great White Pelican (2026-03-21)
138. Citrine Wagtail (2026-03-21)
139. Ferruginous Duck (2026-03-21)
140. Isabelline Wheatear (2026-03-21)
141. Northern Lapwing (2026-03-21)
142. Kentish Plover (2026-03-21)
143. Bewick's Swan (2026-03-21)
144. Ruddy Shelduck (2026-03-21)
145. Pine Bunting (2026-03-21)
146. Blue Whistling Thrush (2026-03-24)
147. Songar Tit (2026-03-25)
148. Common Treecreeper (2026-03-25)
149. Brown Dipper (2026-03-26)
150. Northern Wheatear (2026-03-27)
151. Black-headed Wagtail (2026-03-27)
152. Pied Wheatear (2026-03-27)
153. Barn Swallow (2026-03-28)
154. Jack Snipe (2026-03-28)
155. Siberian Stonechat (2026-03-30)
156. European Stonechat (2026-03-31)
157. Song Thrush (2026-03-31)
158. Bluethroat (2026-03-31)
159. Hoopoe (2026-03-31)
160. Black-crowned Night Heron (2026-04-01)
161. Great White Egret (2026-04-01)
162. Common Sandpiper (2026-04-03)
163. Garganey (2026-04-04)
164. Tree Pipit (2026-04-04)
165. Yellow Wagtail (2026-04-04)
166. Eurasian Stone Curlew (2026-04-05)
167. Purple Heron (2026-04-06)
168. Common Tern (2026-04-06)
169. Greater Short-toed Lark (2026-04-09)
170. Rock Pigeon (2026-04-10)
171. Whinchat (2026-04-12)
172. Eurasian Whimbrel (2026-04-12)
173. Sandwich Tern (2026-04-12)
174. Grey Plover (2026-04-12)
175. Black-Bellied Sandgrouse (2026-04-12)
176. Willow Warbler (2026-04-12)
177. Gull-billed Tern (2026-04-12)
178. Sand Martin (2026-04-13)
179. Glossy Ibis (2026-04-13)
180. Common Swift (2026-04-13)
181. Great Snipe (2026-04-14)
182. Northern House Martin (2026-04-14)
183. Bar-tailed Godwit (2026-04-14)
184. Dunlin (2026-04-14)
185. Curlew Sandpiper (2026-04-14)
186. White-winged Tern (2026-04-16)
187. Black-winged Stilt (2026-04-16)
188. Pied Avocet (2026-04-16)
189. Marsh Sandpiper (2026-04-16)
190. Red-necked Phalarope (2026-04-16)
191. Lesser Whitethroat (2026-04-16)
192. Squacco Heron (2026-04-16)
193. Eurasian Redstart (2026-04-17)
194. Cattle Egret (2026-04-17)
195. Eurasian Collared Dove (2026-04-17)
196. Long-tailed Duck (2026-04-18)
197. Eurasian Curlew (2026-04-18)
198. Steppe Grey Shrike (2026-04-18)
199. Red-breasted Flycatcher (2026-04-20)
200. Wood Sandpiper (2026-04-20)
202. European Bee-eater (2026-04-21)
203. Caspian Tern (2026-04-21)
204. Montagu's Harrier (2026-04-22)
205. Greater Ringed Plover (2026-04-22)
206. Terek Sandpiper (2026-04-22)
207. Sanderling (2026-04-22)
208. Little Tern (2026-04-22)
209. Common Whitethroat (2026-04-22)
210. Whiskered Tern (2026-04-22)
211. Shikra (2026-04-23)
212. Blackcap (2026-04-23)
213. Menetries Warbler (2026-04-23)
214. Red-throated Pipit (2026-04-24)
215. Short-toed Snake-Eagle (2026-04-25)
216. Alpine Swift (2026-04-25)
217. Egyptian Vulture (2026-04-25)
218. Griffon Vulture (2026-04-25)
219. Lesser Kestrel (2026-04-25)
220. Golden Eagle (2026-04-25)
221. Streaked Scrub Warbler (2026-04-25)
222. Spotted Flycatcher (2026-04-26)
223. Common Rosefinch (2026-04-26)
224. Syke's Warbler (2026-04-27)
225. White-tailed Lapwing (2026-04-27)
226. Black-winged Pratincole (2026-04-28)
227. Broad-billed Sandpiper (2026-04-28)
228. Little Bittern (2026-04-28)
229. Pallid Harrier (2026-04-28)
230. Common Quail (2026-04-29)
231. Arctic Skua (2026-04-29)
232. Little Gull (2026-04-29)
233. Pied Flycatcher (2026-04-29)
234. Common Cuckoo (2026-04-29)
235. Thrush Nightingale (2026-04-29)
236. Blyth's Reed Warbler (2026-04-29)
237. Paddyfield Warbler (2026-04-30)
238. Eurasian Hobby (2026-04-30)
239. Eurasian Roller (2026-04-30)
240. Temminck's Stint (2026-04-30)
241. Ortolan Bunting (2026-05-01)
242. Rosy Starling (2026-05-01)
243. Red-backed Shrike (2026-05-01)
244. Little Crake (2026-05-02)
245. Spotted Crake (2026-05-02)
246. Blue-cheeked Bee-eater (2026-05-02)
247. Little Stint (2026-05-05)
248. Booted Warbler (2026-05-05)
249. Eurasian Eagle-Owl (2026-05-05)
250. Ruddy Turnstone (2026-05-07)
251. Red-headed Bunting (2026-05-07)
252. Lesser Grey Shrike (2026-05-09)
253. Barred Warbler (2026-05-09)
254. Great Reed Warbler (2026-05-14)
255. Pander's Ground-Jay (2026-05-17)
256. Rufous Bush Robin (2026-05-17)
257. Greater Sand Plover (2026-05-17)
258. Turkestan Shrike (2026-05-17)
259. White Stork (2026-05-17)
260. Lammergeier (2026-05-18)
261. White-capped Bunting (2026-05-18)
262. White-crowned Penduline Tit (2026-05-18)
263. Indian Golden Oriole (2026-05-18)
264. Asian Paradise Flycatcher (2026-05-18)
265. Red-rumped Swallow (2026-05-18)
266. Long-tailed Shrike (2026-05-19)
267. Himalayan Vulture (2026-05-19)
268. Little Bustard (2026-05-19)
269. Greenish Warbler (2026-05-20)
270. Hume's Whitethroat (2026-05-20)
271. Yellow-breasted Tit (2026-05-20)
272. Eurasian Scops-Owl (2026-05-20)
273. Black Stork (2026-05-21)
274. Common Nightingale (2026-05-21)
275. Booted Eagle (2026-05-21)
276. Turkestan Tit (2026-05-21)
277. Guldenstadt's Redstart (2026-05-23)
278. Hume's Warbler (2026-05-23)
279. Red-fronted Serin (2026-05-23)
280. White-winged Grosbeak (2026-05-23)
281. Sulphur-bellied Warbler (2026-05-23)
282. White-browed Tit-Warbler (2026-05-23)
283. Himalayan Rubythroat (2026-05-23)
284. Western Grasshopper Warbler (2026-05-24)
285. Black-tailed Godwit (2026-05-28)
286. Great Crested Grebe (2026-05-30)
287. Spotted Redshank (2026-05-31)
288. Marsh Warbler (2026-06-01)
289. Eastern Olivaceous Warbler (2026-06-01)
290. Eurasian Reed Warbler (2026-06-02)
291. Sedge Warbler (2026-06-04)
292. Red-footed Falcon (2026-06-08)
293. Black Lark (2026-06-13)
294. Tawny Pipit (2026-06-18)
295. Red-Necked Grebe (2026-06-18)
296. Oriental Turtle Dove (2026-06-18)

recent uploads


2026-06-19. Eurasian Redstart, Eurasian Linnet, Dalmatian Pelican, Tawny Pipit, Black-winged Pratincole, Pallas's Gull, Baraba Steppe Gull, Red-footed Falcon, Merlin, Pallas's Gull, Red-Necked Grebe, Common Coot, Red-Necked Grebe, Pallid Harrier, Black Kite, Red-footed Falcon, Oriental Turtle Dove, Red-footed Falcon, Red-footed Falcon, Oriental Turtle Dove, Oriental Turtle Dove, Azure Tit.

2026-06-17. Black Lark, Black Lark.

2026-06-11. European Robin, Black-crowned Night Heron, Black-headed Wagtail, Lesser Kestrel, Pied Avocet, Pied Avocet, Black-winged Stilt, Black-winged Stilt, Black-tailed Godwit, Glossy Ibis, Pied Avocet, Corn Bunting, Black-winged Stilt, Lesser Kestrel, Greater Flamingo.

2026-06-09. Red-footed Falcon, Little Tern, Common Redshank, Pied Avocet, Corn Bunting, Whinchat, Black-winged Stilt, Syke's Warbler.

2026-06-08. Common Kestrel, White Wagtail, Black-tailed Godwit, Marsh Sandpiper, Black-winged Stilt, Western Marsh-Harrier, Little Tern, Pied Avocet, Common Shelduck, Unkown Bird, Black-winged Stilt.

2026-06-07. Little Ringed Plover, Little Ringed Plover.

2026-06-05. Sedge Warbler, European Robin, Sedge Warbler, Great Reed Warbler, Great Reed Warbler, Blyth's Reed Warbler.

2026-06-03. Eurasian Reed Warbler, Black-headed Gull.

2026-06-01. Common Whitethroat, Spotted Flycatcher, Red-backed Shrike, Great Reed Warbler, Red-backed Shrike, Blyth's Reed Warbler, Spotted Redshank, Little Egret, Great Snipe, Little Bittern, Purple Heron, Rook, Marsh Warbler, Eastern Olivaceous Warbler, Mallard.

2026-05-31. Curlew Sandpiper, Black-tailed Godwit, Pied Avocet, Greater Ringed Plover, Wood Sandpiper, Mallard, Purple Heron, Great Crested Grebe, Sanderling, Sandwich Tern, White-winged Tern, Pallas's Gull, Caspian Gull, Little Gull.

2026-05-30. Guldenstadt's Redstart, Water Pipit, Water Pipit, Guldenstadt's Redstart, Mistle Thrush, Tree Pipit, Hume's Warbler, Eversmann's Redstart, Tree Pipit, Red-fronted Serin, White-winged Grosbeak, Hume's Warbler, Sulphur-bellied Warbler, White-browed Tit-Warbler, Sulphur-bellied Warbler, Himalayan Rubythroat, Black-throated Accentor, Greenish Warbler, Western Grasshopper Warbler, Greenish Warbler, Brown Dipper, Golden Eagle, Great Tit, Wood Pigeon, Black Kite.

2026-05-29. Little Bustard, Little Bustard, Common Kestrel, Long-tailed Shrike, Corn Bunting, Lesser Grey Shrike, Greenish Warbler, Hume's Whitethroat, Red-headed Bunting, Yellow-breasted Tit, Eurasian Scops-Owl, Black Stork, Little Owl, Asian Paradise Flycatcher, Common Nightingale, Asian Paradise Flycatcher, Eurasian Roller, Booted Eagle, Eurasian Scops-Owl, Turkestan Tit, Central Asia Starling.

2026-05-28. Lammergeier, White-capped Bunting, White-capped Bunting, Blue Whistling Thrush, Common Cuckoo, Spotted Flycatcher, Carrion Crow, White-crowned Penduline Tit, Indian Golden Oriole, Asian Paradise Flycatcher, Asian Paradise Flycatcher, Long-legged Buzzard, Red-rumped Swallow, Egyptian Vulture, Long-tailed Shrike, Long-tailed Shrike, Himalayan Vulture, Himalayan Vulture, Himalayan Vulture, Chukar Partridge, Indian Golden Oriole.

2026-05-27. Pander's Ground-Jay, Finsch's Wheatear, Lesser Whitethroat, Pander's Ground-Jay, Rufous Bush Robin, Crested Lark, Greater Sand Plover, Isabelline Wheatear, Turkestan Shrike, White Stork.

2026-05-14. Glossy Ibis, Caspian Gull, Whiskered Tern, Caspian Gull, Hooded Crow, Syke's Warbler, House Sparrow, Common Whitethroat, Common Whitethroat, Great Reed Warbler, Barred Warbler, House Sparrow.

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...

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...