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    map of photoshootings

    total species: 171
    total photos: 1239
    total videos: 3
    total blogposts: 0

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    1. Little Bunting (2015-01-05)
    2. Yellowhammer (2015-01-05)
    3. Blue Tit (2015-01-05)
    4. Great Spotted Woodpecker (2015-01-05)
    5. Tree Sparrow (2015-01-05)
    6. Northern Reed Bunting (2015-01-07)
    7. Common Sparrowhawk (2015-01-07)
    8. Eurasian Siskin (2015-01-09)
    9. Rook (2015-01-11)
    10. Eurasian Jackdaw (2015-01-11)
    11. Eurasian Magpie (2015-01-11)
    12. Long-tailed Rosefinch (2015-01-11)
    13. Great Tit (2015-01-11)
    14. Coal Tit (2015-01-11)
    15. Pine Grosbeak (2015-01-15)
    16. Eurasian Nuthatch (2015-01-15)
    17. Lesser Spotted Woodpecker (2015-01-15)
    18. Northern Bullfinch (2015-01-15)
    19. Rock Pigeon (2015-01-16)
    20. Grey Partridge (2015-01-17)
    21. Long-tailed Tit (2015-01-17)
    22. Long-eared Owl (2015-01-19)
    23. Fieldfare (2015-01-27)
    24. Azure Tit (2015-02-01)
    25. Snowy Owl (2015-02-09)
    26. White-Backed Woodpecker (2015-02-12)
    27. Eurasian Collared Dove (2015-02-19)
    28. Ural Owl (2015-02-23)
    29. Northern Goshawk (2015-02-23)
    30. Common Raven (2015-02-26)
    31. Great Grey Shrike (2015-02-26)
    32. Hooded Crow (2015-02-27)
    33. Black Woodpecker (2015-03-12)
    34. Eurasian Goldfinch (2015-03-17)
    35. European Greenfinch (2015-03-17)
    36. Boreal Owl (2015-03-23)
    37. Eurasian Linnet (2015-03-29)
    38. Eastern Imperial Eagle (2015-04-05)
    39. Bohemian Waxwing (2015-04-11)
    40. Common Chaffinch (2015-04-11)
    41. Garganey (2015-04-11)
    42. Common Goldeneye (2015-04-11)
    43. Common Shelduck (2015-04-13)
    44. Common Kestrel (2015-04-13)
    45. White Wagtail (2015-04-13)
    46. Song Thrush (2015-04-17)
    47. Common Oystercatcher (2015-04-17)
    48. Common Redshank (2015-04-17)
    49. Western Marsh-Harrier (2015-04-17)
    50. Green Sandpiper (2015-04-17)
    51. House Sparrow (2015-04-18)
    52. Northern Lapwing (2015-04-18)
    53. Whooper Swan (2015-04-18)
    55. Mew Gull (2015-04-18)
    56. Smew (2015-04-18)
    57. Common Sandpiper (2015-04-20)
    58. Sky Lark (2015-04-21)
    59. Yellow Wagtail (2015-04-21)
    60. Pied Avocet (2015-04-21)
    61. Little Ringed Plover (2015-04-21)
    62. Mallard (2015-04-21)
    63. Common Pochard (2015-04-22)
    64. Tree Pipit (2015-04-23)
    65. Common Teal (2015-04-23)
    66. Pallas's Gull (2015-04-25)
    67. Caspian Gull (2015-04-25)
    68. Northern Shoveler (2015-04-25)
    69. Eurasian Wigeon (2015-04-25)
    70. Black-tailed Godwit (2015-04-25)
    71. Tufted Duck (2015-04-26)
    72. Black-headed Gull (2015-04-26)
    73. Common Starling (2015-04-27)
    74. Eurasian Hobby (2015-04-27)
    75. Pied Flycatcher (2015-04-27)
    76. Eurasian Wryneck (2015-04-27)
    77. Willow Warbler (2015-04-27)
    78. Common Chiffchaff (2015-04-27)
    79. Black-winged Stilt (2015-04-30)
    80. Common Greenshank (2015-04-30)
    81. Marsh Sandpiper (2015-04-30)
    82. Common Crane (2015-04-30)
    83. Baraba Steppe Gull (2015-04-30)
    84. Bluethroat (2015-04-30)
    85. Red-Necked Grebe (2015-04-30)
    86. Slavonian Grebe (2015-04-30)
    87. Citrine Wagtail (2015-04-30)
    88. Rough-legged Buzzard (2015-04-30)
    89. Wood Sandpiper (2015-05-02)
    90. Siberian Stonechat (2015-05-02)
    91. Black Kite (2015-05-02)
    92. Black-Necked Grebe (2015-05-04)
    93. Ruff (2015-05-06)
    94. Great Crested Grebe (2015-05-06)
    95. Greater Scaup (2015-05-06)
    96. Common Buzzard (2015-05-06)
    97. Eurasian Redstart (2015-05-07)
    98. Greenish Warbler (2015-05-11)
    99. Common Tern (2015-05-12)
    100. Gadwall (2015-05-12)
    101. Lesser Whitethroat (2015-05-14)
    102. Red-backed Shrike (2015-05-17)
    103. Common Whitethroat (2015-05-17)
    104. Terek Sandpiper (2015-05-17)
    105. Northern Wheatear (2015-05-21)
    106. Temminck's Stint (2015-05-21)
    107. Common Rosefinch (2015-05-21)
    108. Mute Swan (2015-05-22)
    109. Red-necked Phalarope (2015-05-22)
    110. White-winged Tern (2015-05-22)
    111. Thrush Nightingale (2015-05-24)
    112. Western Grasshopper Warbler (2015-05-24)
    113. Oriental Turtle Dove (2015-05-24)
    114. Spotted Flycatcher (2015-05-25)
    115. European Golden Oriole (2015-05-25)
    116. Northern Pintail (2015-05-25)
    117. Little Stint (2015-05-25)
    118. Curlew Sandpiper (2015-05-29)
    119. Greater Ringed Plover (2015-05-29)
    120. Red-crested Pochard (2015-05-29)
    121. Ruddy Turnstone (2015-05-29)
    122. Grey Plover (2015-05-29)
    123. Dunlin (2015-05-29)
    124. Black-winged Pratincole (2015-06-01)
    125. Barn Swallow (2015-06-01)
    126. Common Cuckoo (2015-06-02)
    127. Sand Martin (2015-06-09)
    128. Short-eared Owl (2015-06-10)
    129. Great White Egret (2015-06-14)
    130. Icterine Warbler (2015-06-15)
    131. Little Owl (2015-06-16)
    132. Blyth's Reed Warbler (2015-06-16)
    133. Squacco Heron (2015-06-17)
    134. Grey Heron (2015-06-22)
    135. Common Coot (2015-06-22)
    136. Eurasian Curlew (2015-06-22)
    137. Little Gull (2015-06-22)
    138. Black Tern (2015-06-22)
    139. Garden Warbler (2015-06-26)
    140. European Turtle Dove (2015-06-29)
    141. Whinchat (2015-07-05)
    142. European Bee-eater (2015-07-05)
    143. Eurasian Penduline Tit (2015-07-05)
    144. Broad-billed Sandpiper (2015-07-12)
    145. Bar-tailed Godwit (2015-07-12)
    146. Spotted Redshank (2015-07-15)
    147. Eurasian Whimbrel (2015-07-15)
    148. Paddyfield Warbler (2015-07-17)
    149. Barred Warbler (2015-07-18)
    150. Demoiselle Crane (2015-07-22)
    151. Booted Warbler (2015-07-22)
    152. Cetti's Warbler (2015-08-01)
    153. Red-footed Falcon (2015-08-03)
    154. Montagu's Harrier (2015-08-10)
    155. Bearded Tit (2015-09-05)
    156. Great Cormorant (2015-09-19)
    157. Sedge Warbler (2015-09-19)
    158. Common Quail (2015-09-19)
    159. Brambling (2015-09-22)
    160. Meadow Pipit (2015-09-28)
    161. Mistle Thrush (2015-09-28)
    162. Red-breasted Goose (2015-10-02)
    163. Little Bustard (2015-10-02)
    164. Merlin (2015-10-09)
    165. White-tailed Sea-Eagle (2015-10-09)
    166. Northern Black Grouse (2015-10-09)
    167. Hawfinch (2015-10-11)
    168. Hen Harrier (2015-10-13)
    169. Bean Goose (2015-10-13)
    170. Horned Lark (2015-10-13)
    171. Redwing (2015-11-30)

    recent uploads

    2016-01-10. Little Owl.

    2016-01-09. Redwing.

    2016-01-01. Mistle Thrush.

    2015-12-30. Pine Grosbeak.

    2015-12-28. Brambling.

    2015-12-27. Great Spotted Woodpecker, Fieldfare, Redwing, Long-tailed Rosefinch.

    2015-12-21. Eurasian Siskin.

    2015-12-07. Little Owl, Redwing.

    2015-12-01. Long-tailed Rosefinch.

    2015-11-30. Eurasian Goldfinch, Fieldfare, Redwing, Long-tailed Rosefinch.

    2015-11-29. Hooded Crow, Long-tailed Rosefinch.

    2015-11-27. Mistle Thrush, Fieldfare, Mew Gull, Baraba Steppe Gull.

    2015-11-23. Little Gull, Western Citrine Wagtail.

    2015-11-21. Little Owl.

    2015-11-18. Red-backed Shrike.

    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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