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    total species: 125
    total photos: 859
    total videos: 0
    total blogposts: 0

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    1. Griffon Vulture (2020-01-19)
    2. Golden Eagle (2020-01-31)
    3. Long-legged Buzzard (2020-01-31)
    4. Great Grey Shrike (2020-02-02)
    5. Black Redstart (2020-02-02)
    6. White-tailed Sea-Eagle (2020-02-04)
    7. Common Teal (2020-02-06)
    8. Common Raven (2020-02-07)
    9. Northern Reed Bunting (2020-02-07)
    10. Pallas's Sandgrouse (2020-02-07)
    11. Dalmatian Pelican (2020-02-11)
    12. Black-throated Thrush (2020-02-12)
    13. Mistle Thrush (2020-02-14)
    14. Greater Flamingo (2020-02-15)
    15. Blue Tit (2020-02-17)
    16. Brambling (2020-02-17)
    17. Common Kestrel (2020-02-17)
    18. Chukar Partridge (2020-02-24)
    19. Great Cormorant (2020-02-26)
    20. Peregrine Falcon (2020-02-26)
    21. Hoopoe (2020-03-10)
    22. White Wagtail (2020-03-13)
    23. Isabelline Wheatear (2020-03-13)
    24. Common Shelduck (2020-03-13)
    25. Grey Heron (2020-03-13)
    26. Steppe Grey Shrike (2020-03-17)
    27. Common Starling (2020-03-17)
    28. Great White Egret (2020-03-21)
    29. Glossy Ibis (2020-03-21)
    30. Calandra Lark (2020-03-22)
    31. Northern Wheatear (2020-03-22)
    32. Hawfinch (2020-03-24)
    33. Mute Swan (2020-03-24)
    34. Common Chiffchaff (2020-04-10)
    35. Purple Heron (2020-04-13)
    36. Eurasian Redstart (2020-04-24)
    37. Whinchat (2020-04-27)
    38. Red-backed Shrike (2020-04-28)
    39. Song Thrush (2020-04-28)
    40. European Golden Oriole (2020-04-29)
    41. Black-crowned Night Heron (2020-04-30)
    42. Corn Bunting (2020-05-03)
    43. Finsch's Wheatear (2020-05-03)
    44. Alpine Swift (2020-05-03)
    45. Lesser Grey Shrike (2020-05-09)
    46. Common Cuckoo (2020-05-11)
    47. Little Egret (2020-05-13)
    48. Woodchat Shrike (2020-05-14)
    49. Black-headed Bunting (2020-05-14)
    50. Red-headed Bunting (2020-05-14)
    51. European Nightjar (2020-05-14)
    52. Eurasian Whimbrel (2020-05-16)
    53. Kentish Plover (2020-05-16)
    54. Spotted Flycatcher (2020-05-17)
    55. Indian Sparrow (2020-05-17)
    56. Eurasian Roller (2020-05-21)
    57. Ruddy Shelduck (2020-05-25)
    58. Blue-cheeked Bee-eater (2020-05-25)
    59. European Bee-eater (2020-05-26)
    60. Eurasian Magpie (2020-05-30)
    61. Common Rosefinch (2020-05-31)
    62. Oriental Turtle Dove (2020-05-31)
    63. Northern Lapwing (2020-05-31)
    64. Black-winged Pratincole (2020-05-31)
    65. Northern Shoveler (2020-05-31)
    66. Bluethroat (2020-05-31)
    67. Little Bustard (2020-05-31)
    68. Azure Tit (2020-05-31)
    69. Mallard (2020-06-02)
    70. Greater Spotted Eagle (2020-06-04)
    71. Lesser Kestrel (2020-06-04)
    72. Grey Partridge (2020-06-04)
    73. Sociable Lapwing (2020-06-04)
    74. Northern Black Grouse (2020-06-04)
    75. Siberian Stonechat (2020-06-04)
    76. Short-toed Snake-Eagle (2020-06-11)
    77. Pallas's Gull (2020-06-19)
    78. Western Marsh-Harrier (2020-06-19)
    79. Eurasian Collared Dove (2020-06-21)
    80. Crested Lark (2020-06-24)
    81. Little Owl (2020-06-28)
    82. Common Redshank (2020-06-29)
    83. Black-headed Gull (2020-07-01)
    84. Shikra (2020-07-03)
    85. Spotted Crake (2020-08-16)
    86. Black Kite (2020-08-23)
    87. Blue Rock Thrush (2020-08-23)
    88. Common Kingfisher (2020-08-25)
    89. Pied Wheatear (2020-08-26)
    90. Pied Flycatcher (2020-08-27)
    91. Ruff (2020-08-29)
    92. Common Sparrowhawk (2020-09-10)
    93. Ortolan Bunting (2020-09-14)
    94. Eastern Imperial Eagle (2020-09-16)
    95. Cinereous Vulture (2020-09-16)
    96. Common Buzzard (2020-09-17)
    97. Osprey (2020-09-18)
    98. Eurasian Hobby (2020-09-26)
    99. House Sparrow (2020-10-01)
    100. Rock Pigeon (2020-10-01)
    101. Common Snipe (2020-10-13)
    102. Slender-billed Gull (2020-10-13)
    103. Merlin (2020-10-15)
    104. Eurasian Spoonbill (2020-10-15)
    105. Coal Tit (2020-10-20)
    106. Turkestan Shrike (2020-10-23)
    107. Caspian Gull (2020-10-26)
    108. Redwing (2020-10-28)
    109. Blyth's Reed Warbler (2020-10-28)
    110. European Robin (2020-11-01)
    111. Bohemian Waxwing (2020-11-01)
    112. Common Pheasant (2020-11-02)
    113. Water Rail (2020-11-05)
    114. Fieldfare (2020-11-15)
    115. Red-breasted Merganser (2020-11-19)
    116. Eurasian Woodcock (2020-11-23)
    117. Northern Wren (2020-11-24)
    118. Spanish Sparrow (2020-11-24)
    119. Common Goldeneye (2020-11-28)
    120. Macqueen's Bustard (2020-12-04)
    121. Common Greenshank (2020-12-06)
    122. Greater Ringed Plover (2020-12-08)
    123. Black-Necked Grebe (2020-12-11)
    124. Tufted Duck (2020-12-14)
    125. Eurasian Eagle-Owl (2020-12-25)

    recent uploads

    2020-12-26. Eurasian Eagle-Owl, Eurasian Eagle-Owl, Eurasian Eagle-Owl, Eurasian Eagle-Owl, Eurasian Eagle-Owl, Eurasian Eagle-Owl, Eurasian Eagle-Owl, Pygmy Cormorant, Dalmatian Pelican, Dalmatian Pelican, Glossy Ibis.

    2020-12-25. Eurasian Eagle-Owl.

    2020-12-21. Mute Swan, Mute Swan, Tufted Duck, Common Kestrel.

    2020-12-15. Tufted Duck.

    2020-12-11. Northern Wren, Black-Necked Grebe, Red-breasted Merganser, Mute Swan.

    2020-12-10. White-tailed Sea-Eagle.

    2020-12-08. Greater Ringed Plover, Northern Reed Bunting.

    2020-12-07. Common Greenshank.

    2020-12-06. Macqueen's Bustard.

    2020-12-05. Common Sparrowhawk, Common Sparrowhawk.

    2020-12-01. Greater Flamingo.

    2020-11-29. Common Goldeneye.

    2020-11-24. Great Grey Shrike, European Black Redstart, European Black Redstart, Northern Wren, Spanish Sparrow.

    2020-11-23. Eurasian Woodcock.

    2020-11-20. Red-breasted Merganser.

    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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    Great Cormorant
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    2025-08-31
    Spotted Flycatcher
    (Anna Yasko)

    2025-07-01
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    2025-06-17
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    2025-06-01
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    2025-04-14
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    2025-03-30
    Great White Egret
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    Common Kestrel
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    2025-03-23
    Common Sparrowhawk
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    2025-02-07
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    2025-02-06
    Red Crossbill
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    2025-01-07
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    2024-08-03
    Common Tern
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    unidentified birds

    2026-06-22

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