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    map of photoshootings

    total species: 113
    total photos: 209
    total videos: 0
    total blogposts: 0

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    1. Snowy Owl (2025-01-10)
    2. Eurasian Eagle-Owl (2025-02-10)
    3. Fieldfare (2025-02-25)
    4. Bohemian Waxwing (2025-03-03)
    5. Grey Partridge (2025-03-08)
    6. Eurasian Jackdaw (2025-03-11)
    7. Rook (2025-03-11)
    8. Hooded Crow (2025-03-12)
    9. Common Mynah (2025-05-01)
    10. Baraba Steppe Gull (2025-05-02)
    11. Rosy Starling (2025-05-02)
    12. Demoiselle Crane (2025-05-03)
    13. Hoopoe (2025-05-03)
    14. Mute Swan (2025-05-04)
    15. Red-crested Pochard (2025-05-04)
    16. Red-headed Bunting (2025-05-04)
    17. Yellow Wagtail (2025-05-04)
    18. Northern Pintail (2025-05-06)
    19. Little Bustard (2025-05-06)
    20. Ruff (2025-05-09)
    21. Greater Flamingo (2025-05-10)
    22. White-winged Tern (2025-05-10)
    23. Common Shelduck (2025-05-10)
    24. Steppe Eagle (2025-05-10)
    25. Long-legged Buzzard (2025-05-12)
    26. Red-necked Phalarope (2025-05-12)
    27. Black-Necked Grebe (2025-05-13)
    28. Ruddy Shelduck (2025-05-13)
    29. Common Swift (2025-06-02)
    30. Eurasian Spoonbill (2025-06-04)
    31. Black-winged Stilt (2025-06-07)
    32. Little Ringed Plover (2025-06-10)
    33. Great Crested Grebe (2025-07-03)
    34. Montagu's Harrier (2025-07-03)
    35. Common Starling (2025-07-03)
    36. Pygmy Cormorant (2025-07-07)
    37. Eastern Imperial Eagle (2025-07-07)
    38. Black-winged Pratincole (2025-07-07)
    39. Turkestan Shrike (2025-07-07)
    40. Pallas's Gull (2025-07-07)
    41. Great Cormorant (2025-07-07)
    42. Common Kestrel (2025-07-08)
    43. Common Oystercatcher (2025-07-08)
    44. Pied Wheatear (2025-07-10)
    45. Pied Avocet (2025-07-10)
    46. Spotted Flycatcher (2025-07-11)
    47. Spanish Sparrow (2025-08-03)
    48. Eurasian Hobby (2025-08-28)
    49. Black Lark (2025-08-28)
    50. Common Pochard (2025-08-28)
    51. Common Teal (2025-09-07)
    52. Northern Lapwing (2025-09-07)
    53. Long-eared Owl (2025-09-09)
    54. Black-headed Gull (2025-09-09)
    55. Common Chiffchaff (2025-09-09)
    56. Pallid Harrier (2025-09-10)
    57. Whooper Swan (2025-09-10)
    58. Common Snipe (2025-09-11)
    59. Wood Sandpiper (2025-09-11)
    60. Northern Wheatear (2025-09-11)
    61. Northern Shoveler (2025-09-11)
    62. Curlew Sandpiper (2025-09-11)
    63. White Wagtail (2025-09-11)
    64. Sky Lark (2025-09-11)
    65. Little Stint (2025-09-11)
    66. Crested Lark (2025-09-12)
    67. Cinereous Vulture (2025-09-14)
    68. Black Kite (2025-09-14)
    69. Mistle Thrush (2025-09-16)
    70. Long-tailed Tit (2025-09-17)
    71. Northern Black Grouse (2025-09-17)
    72. Great Spotted Woodpecker (2025-09-17)
    73. Siberian Stonechat (2025-09-17)
    74. Northern Reed Bunting (2025-09-17)
    75. Great Tit (2025-09-17)
    76. Greylag Goose (2025-10-02)
    77. Common Sparrowhawk (2025-10-03)
    78. Grey Heron (2025-10-04)
    79. Mallard (2025-10-04)
    80. Brambling (2025-10-04)
    81. Eurasian Magpie (2025-10-04)
    82. Western Marsh-Harrier (2025-10-04)
    83. Common Chaffinch (2025-10-04)
    84. White-tailed Sea-Eagle (2025-10-04)
    85. Tree Sparrow (2025-10-04)
    86. Great White Egret (2025-10-05)
    87. Dalmatian Pelican (2025-10-05)
    88. Eurasian Collared Dove (2025-10-07)
    89. Dunlin (2025-10-07)
    90. Great Grey Shrike (2025-10-08)
    91. Common Coot (2025-10-09)
    92. White-winged Lark (2025-10-10)
    93. Caspian Gull (2025-10-10)
    94. European Robin (2025-10-12)
    95. Wood Pigeon (2025-10-14)
    96. Stock Pigeon (2025-10-14)
    97. Rock Pigeon (2025-10-22)
    98. Blyth's Reed Warbler (2025-10-25)
    99. Goldcrest (2025-10-26)
    100. Coal Tit (2025-10-26)
    101. Gadwall (2025-11-01)
    102. Golden Eagle (2025-11-03)
    103. Northern Bullfinch (2025-11-04)
    104. Saker Falcon (2025-11-04)
    105. Pallas's Sandgrouse (2025-11-05)
    106. Greater White-fronted Goose (2025-11-05)
    107. House Sparrow (2025-11-12)
    108. Lesser Whitethroat (2025-11-20)
    109. Azure Tit (2025-11-20)
    110. Eurasian Wigeon (2025-11-30)
    111. Hawfinch (2025-12-07)
    112. European Greenfinch (2025-12-07)
    113. Eurasian Nuthatch (2025-12-10)

    recent uploads

    2025-12-25. Siberian Stonechat, Siberian Stonechat.

    2025-12-18. Spanish Sparrow, White-winged Tern.

    2025-12-12. Long-eared Owl.

    2025-12-10. Eurasian Nuthatch, Eurasian Wigeon, Hawfinch, Bohemian Waxwing, European Greenfinch, Eurasian Collared Dove, Common Kestrel, Grey Partridge, Mallard.

    2025-11-22. Spotted Flycatcher.

    2025-11-21. Great Tit, Long-eared Owl.

    2025-11-20. Lesser Whitethroat, Common Sparrowhawk, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Coal Tit, Long-tailed Tit, Azure Tit.

    2025-11-14. Gadwall, Saker Falcon, House Sparrow, Eurasian Magpie, Pallas's Sandgrouse, Mute Swan, White-winged Lark, Black Lark, Black Lark, Greater White-fronted Goose, Greylag Goose.

    2025-11-05. Northern Bullfinch.

    2025-11-04. Golden Eagle.

    2025-10-29. Eurasian Jackdaw, Siberian Stonechat.

    2025-10-26. Goldcrest, Coal Tit, Dunlin.

    2025-10-25. Rock Pigeon, Blyth's Reed Warbler, Long-eared Owl.

    2025-10-18. Whooper Swan, Great White Egret, Eurasian Collared Dove, Common Pochard, Wood Pigeon, Stock Pigeon, Rook, White-tailed Sea-Eagle, Common Coot, White-winged Lark, Common Chiffchaff, Brambling, Black Lark, Eurasian Eagle-Owl, Caspian Gull, European Robin, Black-headed Gull.

    2025-10-17. Greylag Goose, Little Bustard, Grey Heron, Sky Lark, Mallard, Common Sparrowhawk, Pallas's Gull, Brambling, Common Teal, Eurasian Magpie, Western Marsh-Harrier, Common Chaffinch, Common Snipe, Common Teal, Little Bustard, White-tailed Sea-Eagle, Northern Reed Bunting, Mallard, Tree Sparrow, White Wagtail, Great White Egret, Dalmatian Pelican, Hybrid Crow, Great Grey 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...

    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
    (Irina Kuryanova)

    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

    Андрей Коваленко: Вопрос - что он тут потерял в июне... Когда снимал, думал что снимаю курганника...
    2026-06-21

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

    Игорь Фефелов: Галка
    2026-06-18

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

    Юрий Малков: Спасибо Анна.
    more unidentified birds...