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

    total species: 107
    total photos: 378
    total videos: 0
    total blogposts: 1

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    1. Yellowhammer (2014-02-24)
    2. White-Backed Woodpecker (2014-03-08)
    3. Citrine Wagtail (2014-04-20)
    4. Sky Lark (2014-04-20)
    5. Whooper Swan (2014-04-20)
    6. Bluethroat (2014-05-02)
    7. Tufted Duck (2014-05-08)
    8. Fieldfare (2014-05-08)
    9. Ruff (2014-05-09)
    10. Common Pochard (2014-05-09)
    11. Garganey (2014-05-09)
    12. Great Crested Grebe (2014-05-09)
    13. Black-Necked Grebe (2014-05-09)
    14. Northern Shoveler (2014-05-09)
    15. Gadwall (2014-05-09)
    16. Caspian Gull (2014-05-09)
    17. Great Cormorant (2014-05-09)
    18. Eurasian Redstart (2014-05-11)
    19. Northern Lapwing (2014-05-23)
    20. Black-tailed Godwit (2014-05-23)
    21. Common Redshank (2014-05-23)
    22. White-winged Tern (2014-05-23)
    23. Common Shelduck (2014-05-31)
    24. Red-Necked Grebe (2014-05-31)
    25. Black-winged Stilt (2014-05-31)
    26. Ruddy Turnstone (2014-05-31)
    27. Little Stint (2014-05-31)
    28. Dunlin (2014-05-31)
    29. Little Ringed Plover (2014-05-31)
    30. Common Whitethroat (2014-06-22)
    31. Red-backed Shrike (2014-07-06)
    32. Hoopoe (2014-07-06)
    33. Common Tern (2014-07-06)
    34. Common Buzzard (2014-07-08)
    35. Rook (2014-07-08)
    36. Common Kestrel (2014-07-11)
    37. Short-eared Owl (2014-07-14)
    38. Grey Heron (2014-07-16)
    39. Barn Swallow (2014-07-16)
    40. Common Greenshank (2014-07-16)
    41. Eurasian Goldfinch (2014-07-17)
    42. Tree Pipit (2014-07-18)
    43. Eurasian Penduline Tit (2014-07-18)
    44. Sand Martin (2014-07-18)
    45. Yellow Wagtail (2014-07-18)
    46. Common Rosefinch (2014-07-18)
    47. Common Cuckoo (2014-07-18)
    48. Greylag Goose (2014-07-24)
    49. Great White Egret (2014-07-25)
    50. Wood Pigeon (2014-07-26)
    51. Caspian Tern (2014-07-26)
    52. Common Sandpiper (2014-07-29)
    53. Blyth's Reed Warbler (2014-07-29)
    54. Whinchat (2014-07-31)
    55. Eastern Imperial Eagle (2014-08-01)
    56. Slavonian Grebe (2014-08-01)
    57. Siberian Stonechat (2014-08-01)
    58. Black Kite (2014-08-01)
    59. Green Sandpiper (2014-08-03)
    60. Common Snipe (2014-08-03)
    61. Oriental Turtle Dove (2014-08-24)
    62. Western Marsh-Harrier (2014-08-31)
    63. Little Bustard (2014-09-02)
    64. Bar-tailed Godwit (2014-09-04)
    65. Common Crane (2014-09-06)
    66. Temminck's Stint (2014-09-06)
    67. Common Coot (2014-09-06)
    68. Common Starling (2014-09-12)
    69. Greater Ringed Plover (2014-09-12)
    70. White Wagtail (2014-09-14)
    71. Common Raven (2014-09-23)
    72. Black Woodpecker (2014-09-23)
    73. Stock Pigeon (2014-09-23)
    74. Great Spotted Woodpecker (2014-09-25)
    75. Meadow Pipit (2014-09-28)
    76. Hooded Crow (2014-10-05)
    77. Sedge Warbler (2014-10-05)
    78. Common Teal (2014-10-05)
    79. Water Rail (2014-10-05)
    80. Red-breasted Goose (2014-10-05)
    81. Eurasian Wigeon (2014-10-05)
    82. Eurasian Nuthatch (2014-10-24)
    83. Lesser Spotted Woodpecker (2014-10-24)
    84. Coal Tit (2014-10-24)
    85. Eurasian Siskin (2014-10-24)
    86. Long-tailed Tit (2014-10-25)
    87. Blue Tit (2014-10-25)
    88. Common Treecreeper (2014-10-25)
    89. European Robin (2014-10-25)
    90. Rough-legged Buzzard (2014-10-25)
    92. Azure Tit (2014-10-27)
    93. European Golden Oriole (2014-10-27)
    94. Northern Goshawk (2014-10-28)
    95. European Greenfinch (2014-10-30)
    96. Common Sparrowhawk (2014-10-31)
    97. Tree Sparrow (2014-10-31)
    98. Eurasian Magpie (2014-10-31)
    99. Great Tit (2014-10-31)
    100. Little Bunting (2014-10-31)
    101. Eurasian Linnet (2014-10-31)
    102. Common Chaffinch (2014-11-01)
    103. Common Redpoll (2014-11-03)
    104. Snowy Owl (2014-11-04)
    105. Long-tailed Rosefinch (2014-11-04)
    106. Brambling (2014-11-06)
    107. Northern Reed Bunting (2014-11-14)

    recent uploads

    2014-12-30. Little Bunting.

    2014-12-20. European Greenfinch, Common Treecreeper.

    2014-12-13. Whooper Swan.

    2014-12-02. Blue Tit, Coal Tit, Azure Tit.

    2014-11-25. Greater White-fronted Goose.

    2014-11-18. Snowy Owl.

    2014-11-17. Northern Reed Bunting.

    2014-11-14. Northern Reed Bunting, Common Redpoll, Little Bunting.

    2014-11-13. Little Bunting.

    2014-11-12. Eurasian Linnet, European Greenfinch.

    2014-11-09. Bluethroat, Meadow Pipit.

    2014-11-06. Brambling, Eurasian Goldfinch.

    2014-11-05. Common Sparrowhawk.

    2014-11-04. Snowy Owl, Stock Pigeon, Long-tailed Rosefinch, Long-tailed Tit.

    2014-11-02. Eurasian Linnet.

    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
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    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

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    2026-06-21

    Андрей Коваленко: По фото вряд ли, но в это время там только луговые...
    2026-06-18

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    2026-06-18

    Юрий Малков: Спасибо Анна и Андрей.
    2026-06-17

    Юрий Малков: Спасибо Анна.
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