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Gaviiformes
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    total species: 155
    total photos: 539
    total videos: 0
    total blogposts: 0

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    1. Bohemian Waxwing (2021-01-05)
    2. Northern Bullfinch (2021-01-05)
    3. Brambling (2021-01-05)
    4. Great Tit (2021-01-05)
    5. Mallard (2021-01-05)
    6. Great Spotted Woodpecker (2021-01-13)
    7. Rock Pigeon (2021-01-13)
    8. Hooded Crow (2021-01-29)
    9. Eurasian Nuthatch (2021-01-29)
    10. Blue Tit (2021-01-29)
    11. House Sparrow (2021-01-29)
    12. Coal Tit (2021-01-29)
    13. Fieldfare (2021-01-29)
    14. Hawfinch (2021-01-29)
    15. White-Backed Woodpecker (2021-02-12)
    16. Lesser Spotted Woodpecker (2021-02-15)
    17. Long-tailed Rosefinch (2021-02-15)
    18. Horned Lark (2021-03-14)
    19. Eurasian Goldfinch (2021-03-14)
    20. Lapland Longspur (2021-03-15)
    21. Common Redpoll (2021-03-15)
    22. Snow Bunting (2021-03-15)
    23. Eurasian Jackdaw (2021-03-21)
    24. Eurasian Collared Dove (2021-03-31)
    25. Great Grey Shrike (2021-04-10)
    26. Greylag Goose (2021-04-10)
    27. Whooper Swan (2021-04-10)
    28. Common Starling (2021-04-10)
    29. Rook (2021-04-10)
    30. Mute Swan (2021-04-10)
    31. White Wagtail (2021-04-15)
    32. Sky Lark (2021-04-15)
    33. Common Coot (2021-04-15)
    34. Northern Shoveler (2021-04-15)
    35. Common Pochard (2021-04-17)
    36. Common Shelduck (2021-04-17)
    37. Common Goldeneye (2021-04-17)
    38. Tufted Duck (2021-04-17)
    39. Common Redshank (2021-04-17)
    40. Green Sandpiper (2021-04-17)
    41. Common Greenshank (2021-04-18)
    43. Northern Reed Bunting (2021-04-18)
    44. Grey Heron (2021-04-18)
    45. Common Crane (2021-04-18)
    46. Common Snipe (2021-04-18)
    47. Common Teal (2021-04-19)
    48. Red-crested Pochard (2021-04-19)
    49. Eurasian Wigeon (2021-04-19)
    50. Marsh Sandpiper (2021-04-19)
    51. Garganey (2021-04-19)
    52. Common Chiffchaff (2021-04-19)
    53. Northern Lapwing (2021-04-19)
    54. Tree Pipit (2021-04-20)
    55. Wood Pigeon (2021-04-20)
    56. Eurasian Magpie (2021-04-20)
    57. Great White Egret (2021-04-20)
    58. Black-tailed Godwit (2021-04-23)
    59. Goosander (2021-04-25)
    60. Pallid Harrier (2021-04-25)
    61. Bean Goose (2021-04-25)
    62. Eastern Imperial Eagle (2021-04-25)
    63. Short-eared Owl (2021-04-26)
    64. Smew (2021-04-26)
    65. Black-winged Stilt (2021-04-26)
    66. Citrine Wagtail (2021-04-26)
    67. Yellow Wagtail (2021-04-30)
    68. Gadwall (2021-04-30)
    69. Baraba Steppe Gull (2021-04-30)
    70. Whinchat (2021-04-30)
    71. Common Oystercatcher (2021-04-30)
    72. Little Ringed Plover (2021-04-30)
    73. Mew Gull (2021-05-01)
    74. Red-Necked Grebe (2021-05-01)
    75. Dalmatian Pelican (2021-05-01)
    76. Eurasian Linnet (2021-05-01)
    77. Northern Wheatear (2021-05-01)
    78. Ruff (2021-05-01)
    79. Wood Sandpiper (2021-05-01)
    80. Barnacle Goose (2021-05-05)
    81. Eurasian Golden Plover (2021-05-08)
    82. Eurasian Whimbrel (2021-05-08)
    83. Western Marsh-Harrier (2021-05-08)
    84. Common Sandpiper (2021-05-09)
    85. Siberian Stonechat (2021-05-09)
    86. Slavonian Grebe (2021-05-10)
    87. Spotted Flycatcher (2021-05-10)
    88. Great Cormorant (2021-05-10)
    89. Temminck's Stint (2021-05-16)
    90. Barn Swallow (2021-05-16)
    91. Common Tern (2021-05-16)
    92. Great Crested Grebe (2021-05-16)
    93. Little Bustard (2021-05-19)
    94. Rosy Starling (2021-05-21)
    95. Blyth's Reed Warbler (2021-05-21)
    96. Thrush Nightingale (2021-05-21)
    97. Cetti's Warbler (2021-05-21)
    98. Bluethroat (2021-05-21)
    99. Common Rosefinch (2021-05-21)
    100. Booted Warbler (2021-05-21)
    101. Lesser Whitethroat (2021-05-21)
    102. Sand Martin (2021-05-22)
    103. Great Reed Warbler (2021-05-26)
    104. Oriental Turtle Dove (2021-05-29)
    105. White-winged Tern (2021-06-01)
    106. Greater Ringed Plover (2021-06-04)
    107. Little Stint (2021-06-04)
    108. Little Gull (2021-06-04)
    109. Black-headed Gull (2021-06-04)
    110. Pied Avocet (2021-06-06)
    111. Common Buzzard (2021-06-06)
    112. Ortolan Bunting (2021-06-06)
    113. Yellowhammer (2021-06-14)
    114. Spotted Redshank (2021-06-18)
    115. Eurasian Bittern (2021-06-18)
    116. Eurasian Hobby (2021-06-19)
    117. Common Cuckoo (2021-06-22)
    118. Black Kite (2021-06-22)
    119. Common Whitethroat (2021-06-22)
    120. Black-Necked Grebe (2021-06-26)
    121. Northern Goshawk (2021-06-26)
    122. Eurasian Redstart (2021-06-26)
    123. Red-backed Shrike (2021-06-26)
    124. European Bee-eater (2021-07-06)
    125. Tree Sparrow (2021-07-13)
    126. Red-necked Phalarope (2021-07-18)
    127. Western Grasshopper Warbler (2021-07-19)
    128. Common Moorhen (2021-07-19)
    129. Paddyfield Warbler (2021-07-19)
    130. Dunlin (2021-07-21)
    131. Demoiselle Crane (2021-07-21)
    132. Pallas's Gull (2021-07-26)
    133. Bearded Tit (2021-07-26)
    134. Hoopoe (2021-07-27)
    135. Common Raven (2021-07-29)
    136. White-tailed Sea-Eagle (2021-07-29)
    137. Red-footed Falcon (2021-07-31)
    138. Terek Sandpiper (2021-08-13)
    139. Common Kestrel (2021-08-13)
    140. Hen Harrier (2021-08-13)
    141. Eurasian Curlew (2021-08-19)
    142. Lesser Kestrel (2021-08-23)
    143. Northern Pintail (2021-08-23)
    144. Broad-billed Sandpiper (2021-08-23)
    145. Pine Bunting (2021-08-26)
    146. Azure Tit (2021-08-26)
    147. Bar-tailed Godwit (2021-09-12)
    148. Willow Warbler (2021-09-14)
    149. Common Chaffinch (2021-10-06)
    150. Goldcrest (2021-10-12)
    151. Redwing (2021-10-19)
    152. Song Thrush (2021-10-26)
    153. Eurasian Siskin (2021-10-29)
    154. Eurasian Woodcock (2021-10-31)
    155. Common Sparrowhawk (2021-11-30)

    recent uploads

    2021-12-29. Northern Goshawk, White-Backed Woodpecker.

    2021-11-30. Common Sparrowhawk, Mallard.

    2021-11-25. Lapland Longspur.

    2021-11-24. Eurasian Siskin, Lesser Spotted Woodpecker, Long-tailed Rosefinch.

    2021-11-09. Common Horned Lark, Lapland Longspur, Snow Bunting, Mew Gull.

    2021-10-31. Eurasian Woodcock, Great Tit.

    2021-10-29. Eurasian Siskin.

    2021-10-26. Song Thrush, Hawfinch, Common Starling.

    2021-10-19. Redwing.

    2021-10-13. Goldcrest.

    2021-10-11. Long-tailed Rosefinch.

    2021-10-10. Common Starling.

    2021-10-08. House Sparrow.

    2021-10-06. Common Chaffinch, Brambling.

    2021-09-22. Great Crested Grebe, Red-Necked Grebe, Willow Warbler.

    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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