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    total species: 146
    total photos: 440
    total videos: 0
    total blogposts: 0

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    1. Great Spotted Woodpecker (2020-01-04)
    2. Fieldfare (2020-01-04)
    3. Northern Bullfinch (2020-01-04)
    4. Eurasian Magpie (2020-01-04)
    5. Rock Pigeon (2020-01-04)
    6. Eurasian Goldfinch (2020-01-05)
    7. Long-tailed Rosefinch (2020-01-05)
    8. Mallard (2020-01-05)
    9. Redwing (2020-01-08)
    10. Baikal Bullfinch (2020-01-11)
    11. Bohemian Waxwing (2020-01-22)
    12. Eurasian Siskin (2020-01-22)
    13. Hawfinch (2020-01-23)
    14. Common Redpoll (2020-01-25)
    15. Blue Tit (2020-02-12)
    16. Lesser Spotted Woodpecker (2020-02-12)
    17. Long-eared Owl (2020-03-02)
    18. Hooded Crow (2020-03-02)
    19. Common Raven (2020-03-11)
    20. Great Tit (2020-03-11)
    21. Eurasian Jackdaw (2020-03-12)
    22. Whooper Swan (2020-03-12)
    23. Tree Sparrow (2020-03-14)
    24. Mute Swan (2020-03-29)
    25. Greylag Goose (2020-03-29)
    26. Northern Pintail (2020-03-29)
    27. European Greenfinch (2020-04-03)
    28. Sky Lark (2020-04-05)
    29. White Wagtail (2020-04-11)
    30. Black-headed Gull (2020-04-13)
    31. Baraba Steppe Gull (2020-04-13)
    32. Grey Heron (2020-04-13)
    33. Northern Wheatear (2020-04-13)
    34. Northern Lapwing (2020-04-13)
    35. Red-crested Pochard (2020-04-13)
    36. Common Coot (2020-04-13)
    37. Demoiselle Crane (2020-04-15)
    39. Barnacle Goose (2020-04-16)
    40. Bean Goose (2020-04-16)
    41. Hoopoe (2020-04-16)
    42. Black-tailed Godwit (2020-04-16)
    43. Rook (2020-04-16)
    44. Red-Necked Grebe (2020-04-16)
    45. Smew (2020-04-16)
    46. Northern Shoveler (2020-04-16)
    47. Gadwall (2020-04-16)
    48. Common Pochard (2020-04-16)
    49. Tufted Duck (2020-04-16)
    50. Common Chiffchaff (2020-05-04)
    51. House Sparrow (2020-05-07)
    52. Common Cuckoo (2020-05-13)
    53. Slavonian Grebe (2020-05-16)
    54. Yellow Wagtail (2020-05-18)
    55. Great Crested Grebe (2020-05-19)
    56. Little Gull (2020-05-24)
    57. White-winged Tern (2020-05-24)
    58. Common Shelduck (2020-05-24)
    59. Greater Ringed Plover (2020-05-24)
    60. Temminck's Stint (2020-05-24)
    61. Dunlin (2020-05-24)
    62. Black-Necked Grebe (2020-05-24)
    63. Greater Scaup (2020-05-24)
    65. Garganey (2020-05-24)
    66. Common Crane (2020-05-27)
    67. Ruff (2020-05-27)
    68. Black Tern (2020-05-27)
    69. Black-winged Stilt (2020-05-27)
    70. Little Bustard (2020-05-27)
    71. Little Stint (2020-05-27)
    72. Northern Reed Bunting (2020-06-02)
    73. Bluethroat (2020-06-02)
    74. Paddyfield Warbler (2020-06-02)
    75. Curlew Sandpiper (2020-06-03)
    76. Red-necked Phalarope (2020-06-03)
    77. Marsh Sandpiper (2020-06-03)
    78. Siberian Stonechat (2020-06-05)
    79. Citrine Wagtail (2020-06-05)
    80. Common Whitethroat (2020-06-05)
    81. Great Cormorant (2020-06-06)
    82. Wood Pigeon (2020-06-09)
    83. Blyth's Reed Warbler (2020-06-09)
    84. Cetti's Warbler (2020-06-09)
    85. Black-winged Pratincole (2020-06-11)
    86. Spotted Redshank (2020-06-11)
    87. Common Starling (2020-06-11)
    88. Eurasian Collared Dove (2020-06-14)
    89. Short-eared Owl (2020-06-15)
    90. Eurasian Redstart (2020-06-17)
    91. Western Marsh-Harrier (2020-06-20)
    92. Eurasian Linnet (2020-06-21)
    93. Common Moorhen (2020-06-24)
    94. Caspian Tern (2020-06-24)
    95. Black Kite (2020-06-24)
    96. Common Rosefinch (2020-06-24)
    97. Booted Warbler (2020-06-24)
    98. Little Ringed Plover (2020-06-27)
    99. Common Sandpiper (2020-06-27)
    100. Common Kestrel (2020-06-29)
    101. Sand Martin (2020-06-30)
    102. Tree Pipit (2020-06-30)
    103. Common Chaffinch (2020-06-30)
    104. Spotted Flycatcher (2020-06-30)
    105. Northern Goshawk (2020-07-02)
    106. Yellowhammer (2020-07-02)
    107. Eurasian Hobby (2020-07-03)
    108. Red-backed Shrike (2020-07-03)
    109. Eurasian Penduline Tit (2020-07-03)
    110. Common Greenshank (2020-07-06)
    111. Wood Sandpiper (2020-07-06)
    112. European Bee-eater (2020-07-09)
    113. Common Tern (2020-07-09)
    114. Common Oystercatcher (2020-07-17)
    115. Green Sandpiper (2020-07-17)
    116. Eurasian Curlew (2020-07-18)
    117. Red-footed Falcon (2020-07-24)
    118. Pallid Harrier (2020-07-24)
    119. Lesser Kestrel (2020-07-24)
    120. Ruddy Shelduck (2020-08-02)
    121. Eurasian Wigeon (2020-08-07)
    122. Black Woodpecker (2020-08-11)
    123. Oriental Turtle Dove (2020-08-11)
    124. Eastern Imperial Eagle (2020-08-11)
    125. Barn Swallow (2020-08-11)
    126. Mew Gull (2020-08-11)
    127. Common Snipe (2020-08-16)
    128. Pallas's Gull (2020-08-17)
    129. Pied Avocet (2020-08-17)
    130. Whinchat (2020-08-17)
    131. White-tailed Sea-Eagle (2020-08-22)
    132. Common Buzzard (2020-08-24)
    133. Eurasian Honey-Buzzard (2020-08-27)
    134. Great White Egret (2020-08-31)
    135. Red-throated Pipit (2020-09-04)
    136. Ruddy Turnstone (2020-09-05)
    137. Eurasian Golden Plover (2020-09-05)
    138. Grey Plover (2020-09-05)
    139. Sanderling (2020-09-05)
    140. Common Teal (2020-09-22)
    141. Song Thrush (2020-09-25)
    142. Bewick's Swan (2020-10-07)
    143. Grey Partridge (2020-10-14)
    144. White-Backed Woodpecker (2020-10-28)
    145. Rough-legged Buzzard (2020-11-06)
    146. Snowy Owl (2020-12-08)

    recent uploads

    2020-12-08. Northern Bullfinch, White-tailed Sea-Eagle, Snowy Owl.

    2020-11-29. Long-tailed Rosefinch, Eurasian Siskin.

    2020-11-09. Eurasian Collared Dove.

    2020-11-06. Rough-legged Buzzard.

    2020-10-28. Common Raven, White-Backed Woodpecker.

    2020-10-17. Black-headed Gull, Grey Partridge, Tree Sparrow.

    2020-10-09. Bewick's Swan.

    2020-09-28. Song Thrush, Wood Pigeon, Whooper Swan, Mute Swan, Common Teal, White Wagtail, Ruff, Pallas's Gull.

    2020-09-10. Great Cormorant.

    2020-09-05. Curlew Sandpiper, Dunlin, Common Chiffchaff, Ruddy Turnstone, Little Stint, Northern Reed Bunting, Eurasian Golden Plover, Grey Plover, Red-throated Pipit, Sanderling.

    2020-09-01. Great White Egret, Baraba Steppe Gull, Common Buzzard, Tree Pipit, Common Buzzard, Pallid Harrier, Red-backed Shrike.

    2020-08-27. Eurasian Honey-Buzzard.

    2020-08-26. Slavonian Grebe, Northern Reed Bunting.

    2020-08-24. House Sparrow, Eastern Imperial Eagle, Common Buzzard.

    2020-08-23. White-tailed Sea-Eagle, Northern Lapwing, Yellow Wagtail, Western Marsh-Harrier, Black-winged Stilt.

    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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    2025-08-31
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    2025-06-17
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    2025-06-01
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    2025-03-30
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    2025-03-23
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    2025-02-07
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    2025-02-06
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    2025-01-07
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    2024-08-03
    Common Tern
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