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    total species: 152
    total photos: 311
    total videos: 0
    total blogposts: 0

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    1. Bohemian Waxwing (2026-01-01)
    2. Great Spotted Woodpecker (2026-01-01)
    3. Great Tit (2026-01-02)
    4. Hooded Crow (2026-01-02)
    5. House Sparrow (2026-01-02)
    6. Tree Sparrow (2026-01-02)
    7. Fieldfare (2026-01-02)
    8. Hawfinch (2026-01-02)
    9. Coal Tit (2026-01-02)
    10. Eurasian Magpie (2026-01-02)
    11. Grey Partridge (2026-01-04)
    12. Snowy Owl (2026-01-06)
    13. Rook (2026-01-07)
    14. Black Lark (2026-01-10)
    15. Rough-legged Buzzard (2026-01-12)
    16. Azure Tit (2026-01-12)
    17. Long-tailed Rosefinch (2026-01-12)
    18. Eurasian Eagle-Owl (2026-01-13)
    19. Long-eared Owl (2026-01-24)
    20. Northern Bullfinch (2026-01-26)
    21. Goldcrest (2026-01-31)
    22. European Greenfinch (2026-02-08)
    23. Yellowhammer (2026-02-09)
    24. Mallard (2026-02-18)
    25. Eurasian Siskin (2026-02-24)
    26. Merlin (2026-03-03)
    27. Horned Lark (2026-03-05)
    28. Hen Harrier (2026-03-07)
    29. Baraba Steppe Gull (2026-03-07)
    30. Common Teal (2026-03-08)
    31. White-tailed Sea-Eagle (2026-03-08)
    32. Eurasian Jackdaw (2026-03-09)
    33. Eastern Imperial Eagle (2026-03-09)
    34. Whooper Swan (2026-03-13)
    35. Sky Lark (2026-03-14)
    36. Steppe Eagle (2026-03-14)
    37. Long-legged Buzzard (2026-03-14)
    38. Caspian Gull (2026-03-14)
    39. Eurasian Linnet (2026-03-29)
    40. Brambling (2026-04-04)
    41. Common Chaffinch (2026-04-04)
    42. Pallid Harrier (2026-04-10)
    43. Mute Swan (2026-04-10)
    44. Common Kestrel (2026-04-10)
    45. Short-eared Owl (2026-04-10)
    46. Common Buzzard (2026-04-11)
    47. Black-headed Gull (2026-04-11)
    48. Gadwall (2026-04-11)
    49. Common Crane (2026-04-11)
    50. Common Shelduck (2026-04-11)
    51. Common Coot (2026-04-11)
    52. Yellow Wagtail (2026-04-11)
    53. Eurasian Curlew (2026-04-11)
    54. Common Starling (2026-04-11)
    55. Hoopoe (2026-04-11)
    56. Northern Wheatear (2026-04-11)
    57. Citrine Wagtail (2026-04-11)
    58. White Wagtail (2026-04-11)
    59. Western Marsh-Harrier (2026-04-11)
    60. Ruff (2026-04-12)
    61. Barn Swallow (2026-04-12)
    62. Great White Egret (2026-04-12)
    63. Garganey (2026-04-12)
    64. Great Cormorant (2026-04-12)
    65. Black-winged Stilt (2026-04-12)
    66. Great White Pelican (2026-04-12)
    67. Marsh Sandpiper (2026-04-12)
    68. Common Chiffchaff (2026-04-12)
    69. Lesser Short-toed Lark (2026-04-12)
    70. Northern Pintail (2026-04-12)
    71. Northern Lapwing (2026-04-12)
    72. Calandra Lark (2026-04-12)
    73. White-winged Lark (2026-04-12)
    74. Tufted Duck (2026-04-12)
    75. Little Bustard (2026-04-12)
    76. Ruddy Shelduck (2026-04-12)
    77. Isabelline Wheatear (2026-04-12)
    78. Common Pochard (2026-04-12)
    79. Slender-billed Gull (2026-04-12)
    80. Pallas's Sandgrouse (2026-04-12)
    81. Pied Avocet (2026-04-13)
    82. Little Ringed Plover (2026-04-13)
    83. Grey Heron (2026-04-13)
    84. Common Oystercatcher (2026-04-14)
    85. Great Crested Grebe (2026-04-14)
    86. Pallas's Gull (2026-04-14)
    87. Sand Martin (2026-04-14)
    88. Kentish Plover (2026-04-15)
    89. Greylag Goose (2026-04-15)
    90. Tree Pipit (2026-04-15)
    91. Common Redshank (2026-04-17)
    92. Lesser Kestrel (2026-04-17)
    93. Black-Necked Grebe (2026-04-17)
    94. Black-tailed Godwit (2026-04-17)
    95. Spotted Crake (2026-04-19)
    96. Masked Wagtail (2026-04-19)
    97. Willow Warbler (2026-04-19)
    98. Glossy Ibis (2026-04-20)
    99. Eurasian Redstart (2026-04-21)
    100. Red-Necked Grebe (2026-04-22)
    101. White-tailed Lapwing (2026-04-22)
    102. Montagu's Harrier (2026-04-22)
    103. Greater Ringed Plover (2026-04-22)
    104. Wood Pigeon (2026-04-23)
    105. Bluethroat (2026-04-25)
    106. White-headed Duck (2026-04-25)
    107. Red-crested Pochard (2026-04-25)
    108. Greenish Warbler (2026-05-02)
    109. Lesser Whitethroat (2026-05-02)
    110. Oriental Turtle Dove (2026-05-02)
    111. Rosy Starling (2026-05-02)
    112. Grey Wagtail (2026-05-03)
    113. Black-winged Pratincole (2026-05-03)
    114. Turkestan Shrike (2026-05-03)
    115. Siberian Stonechat (2026-05-03)
    116. Pied Wheatear (2026-05-03)
    117. Dunlin (2026-05-04)
    118. Red-headed Bunting (2026-05-04)
    119. White-winged Tern (2026-05-05)
    120. Spotted Redshank (2026-05-06)
    121. Eurasian Collared Dove (2026-05-06)
    122. Wood Sandpiper (2026-05-06)
    123. Tawny Pipit (2026-05-06)
    124. Slavonian Grebe (2026-05-08)
    125. Temminck's Stint (2026-05-08)
    126. European Bee-eater (2026-05-11)
    127. Blyth's Reed Warbler (2026-05-11)
    128. Spotted Flycatcher (2026-05-11)
    129. Eurasian Whimbrel (2026-05-11)
    130. Red-backed Shrike (2026-05-11)
    131. Dalmatian Pelican (2026-05-11)
    132. Common Nightingale (2026-05-11)
    133. Lesser Grey Shrike (2026-05-11)
    134. Eurasian Wigeon (2026-05-14)
    135. Eurasian Hobby (2026-05-19)
    136. Common Sandpiper (2026-05-19)
    137. Common Moorhen (2026-05-19)
    138. Bearded Tit (2026-05-19)
    139. Paddyfield Warbler (2026-05-19)
    140. Great Reed Warbler (2026-05-19)
    141. Little Tern (2026-05-31)
    142. Eurasian Spoonbill (2026-06-02)
    143. Eurasian Roller (2026-06-03)
    144. Common Swift (2026-06-03)
    145. Red-necked Phalarope (2026-06-04)
    146. Common Mynah (2026-06-05)
    147. European Nightjar (2026-06-05)
    148. Cinereous Vulture (2026-06-05)
    149. Common Cuckoo (2026-06-06)
    150. Red-footed Falcon (2026-06-18)
    151. Common Tern (2026-06-18)
    152. Caspian Tern (2026-06-18)

    recent uploads

    2026-06-18. Red-footed Falcon, Red-footed Falcon, Common Tern, Caspian Tern, Tawny Pipit, Common Redshank, Wood Pigeon.

    2026-06-13. Short-eared Owl.

    2026-06-10. Eurasian Roller, Red-necked Phalarope, Common Mynah, Common Cuckoo, Lesser Grey Shrike, Little Tern, European Nightjar, Eurasian Spoonbill, Eurasian Spoonbill, White-winged Tern, Montagu's Harrier, Marsh Sandpiper, Cinereous Vulture, Common Shelduck, European Bee-eater, Pallas's Gull, White-tailed Lapwing, Eurasian Roller, European Bee-eater, Common Swift.

    2026-05-22. Great Reed Warbler.

    2026-05-21. Paddyfield Warbler.

    2026-05-19. Eurasian Hobby, Common Sandpiper, Common Moorhen, Bearded Tit.

    2026-05-16. Eurasian Wigeon, Lesser Grey Shrike.

    2026-05-14. Slavonian Grebe.

    2026-05-13. Black-tailed Godwit, Red-backed Shrike.

    2026-05-11. European Bee-eater, Blyth's Reed Warbler, Spotted Flycatcher, Eurasian Whimbrel, Red-backed Shrike, Red-backed Shrike, Dalmatian Pelican, European Bee-eater, Common Nightingale, Ruff, Red-headed Bunting.

    2026-05-10. Temminck's Stint.

    2026-05-09. Slavonian Grebe, Gadwall, Common Chiffchaff.

    2026-05-07. Wood Sandpiper, Tawny Pipit, Black-tailed Godwit.

    2026-05-06. Spotted Redshank, Eurasian Collared Dove.

    2026-05-05. White-winged Tern.

    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

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    2026-06-18

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

    Юрий Малков: Спасибо Анна.
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