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    total species: 269
    total photos: 1336
    total videos: 0
    total blogposts: 2

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    1. Common Snipe (2021-01-01)
    2. Redwing (2021-01-01)
    3. Common Starling (2021-01-01)
    4. Rock Pigeon (2021-01-01)
    5. Merlin (2021-01-01)
    6. Hen Harrier (2021-01-01)
    7. White-tailed Sea-Eagle (2021-01-04)
    8. Ibisbill (2021-01-04)
    9. Solitary Snipe (2021-01-04)
    10. Black-throated Thrush (2021-01-07)
    11. Mistle Thrush (2021-01-07)
    12. Eurasian Blackbird (2021-01-07)
    13. Northern Reed Bunting (2021-01-07)
    14. Great White Egret (2021-01-11)
    15. Grey Partridge (2021-01-11)
    16. Bearded Tit (2021-01-11)
    17. Azure Tit (2021-01-11)
    18. Eurasian Collared Dove (2021-02-06)
    19. White-Winged Woodpecker (2021-02-06)
    20. Eastern Buzzard (2021-02-06)
    21. Long-tailed Tit (2021-02-06)
    22. Hawfinch (2021-02-06)
    23. Long-tailed Rosefinch (2021-02-14)
    24. Black-throated Accentor (2021-02-14)
    25. Brambling (2021-02-14)
    26. Western Marsh-Harrier (2021-02-27)
    27. Eurasian Siskin (2021-02-27)
    28. Great Grey Shrike (2021-02-27)
    29. Eurasian Wigeon (2021-03-06)
    30. Tufted Duck (2021-03-06)
    31. Common Kestrel (2021-03-06)
    32. Fieldfare (2021-03-06)
    33. Steppe Eagle (2021-03-06)
    34. Baraba Steppe Gull (2021-03-06)
    35. Red-fronted Serin (2021-03-06)
    36. Sky Lark (2021-03-06)
    37. Masked Wagtail (2021-03-07)
    38. Cetti's Warbler (2021-03-13)
    39. Common Oystercatcher (2021-03-13)
    40. Citrine Wagtail (2021-03-13)
    41. Water Pipit (2021-03-14)
    42. Yellowhammer (2021-03-14)
    43. Pine Bunting (2021-03-14)
    44. Northern Pintail (2021-03-14)
    45. Northern Lapwing (2021-03-14)
    46. Common Redshank (2021-03-14)
    47. Upland Buzzard (2021-03-20)
    48. Eastern Imperial Eagle (2021-03-20)
    49. European Greenfinch (2021-03-20)
    50. Garganey (2021-03-20)
    51. Common Chaffinch (2021-03-20)
    52. Eversmann's Redstart (2021-03-20)
    53. Pallas's Gull (2021-03-20)
    54. White Stork (2021-03-20)
    55. Cinereous Vulture (2021-03-20)
    56. Long-legged Buzzard (2021-03-20)
    57. Demoiselle Crane (2021-03-20)
    58. Yellow-breasted Tit (2021-03-20)
    59. Common Pochard (2021-03-20)
    60. Pygmy Cormorant (2021-03-20)
    61. Common Teal (2021-03-21)
    62. Steppe Grey Shrike (2021-03-21)
    63. Great Bustard (2021-03-21)
    65. Greylag Goose (2021-03-21)
    66. Isabelline Shrike (2021-03-21)
    67. Black Redstart (2021-03-21)
    68. White Wagtail (2021-03-21)
    69. Hoopoe (2021-03-21)
    70. Isabelline Wheatear (2021-03-21)
    71. Mute Swan (2021-03-21)
    72. Desert Finch (2021-03-22)
    73. Common Sparrowhawk (2021-03-22)
    74. Turkestan Tit (2021-03-22)
    75. Northern Wheatear (2021-03-22)
    76. Water Rail (2021-03-22)
    77. Short-toed Snake-Eagle (2021-03-22)
    78. Turkestan Shrike (2021-03-22)
    79. Chukar Partridge (2021-03-22)
    80. Rock Bunting (2021-03-22)
    81. Blue Rock Thrush (2021-03-22)
    82. Little Owl (2021-03-22)
    83. Finsch's Wheatear (2021-03-22)
    84. Macqueen's Bustard (2021-03-22)
    85. Red-crested Pochard (2021-03-23)
    86. Dalmatian Pelican (2021-03-23)
    87. Great White Pelican (2021-03-23)
    88. Slender-billed Gull (2021-03-23)
    89. Osprey (2021-03-23)
    90. Common Crane (2021-03-23)
    92. Northern Shoveler (2021-03-24)
    93. Goosander (2021-03-24)
    94. Corn Bunting (2021-03-24)
    95. Eastern Rock Nuthatch (2021-03-24)
    96. Rufous-tailed Rock Thrush (2021-03-24)
    97. Northern Wren (2021-03-24)
    98. Great Crested Grebe (2021-03-24)
    99. Common Chiffchaff (2021-03-24)
    100. Gadwall (2021-03-27)
    101. Bluethroat (2021-03-27)
    102. Crested Lark (2021-03-27)
    103. Great Cormorant (2021-03-27)
    104. Green Sandpiper (2021-03-27)
    105. Little Ringed Plover (2021-03-27)
    106. Mallard (2021-03-28)
    107. Wood Pigeon (2021-03-28)
    108. Northern Bullfinch (2021-03-28)
    109. European Robin (2021-03-28)
    110. Black Kite (2021-03-28)
    111. Little Grebe (2021-04-03)
    112. Northern Goshawk (2021-04-03)
    113. Common Buzzard (2021-04-03)
    114. Ferruginous Duck (2021-04-03)
    115. Eurasian Goldfinch (2021-04-03)
    116. Black-headed Gull (2021-04-03)
    117. Calandra Lark (2021-04-03)
    118. Eurasian Linnet (2021-04-03)
    119. Common Coot (2021-04-03)
    120. Common Moorhen (2021-04-04)
    121. Pied Wheatear (2021-04-04)
    122. Lesser Kestrel (2021-04-04)
    123. Siberian Stonechat (2021-04-09)
    124. Booted Eagle (2021-04-09)
    125. Black-winged Stilt (2021-04-09)
    126. Common Mynah (2021-04-10)
    127. Eurasian Curlew (2021-04-11)
    128. Common Shelduck (2021-04-11)
    129. White-headed Duck (2021-04-11)
    130. Black-Necked Grebe (2021-04-11)
    131. Tree Pipit (2021-04-11)
    132. Caspian Gull (2021-04-11)
    133. Kentish Plover (2021-04-11)
    134. Caspian Tern (2021-04-11)
    135. Pied Avocet (2021-04-11)
    136. Common Sandpiper (2021-04-11)
    137. Black-headed Wagtail (2021-04-11)
    138. Yellow Wagtail (2021-04-11)
    139. Black-tailed Godwit (2021-04-11)
    140. Common Pheasant (2021-04-11)
    141. Northern House Martin (2021-04-14)
    142. Barn Swallow (2021-04-14)
    143. Greater Scaup (2021-04-14)
    144. Meadow Pipit (2021-04-14)
    145. Ruddy Shelduck (2021-04-16)
    146. Desert Wheatear (2021-04-16)
    147. Black Stork (2021-04-17)
    148. Lesser Whitethroat (2021-04-17)
    149. Grey Wagtail (2021-04-17)
    150. Eurasian Eagle-Owl (2021-04-17)
    151. Eurasian Jackdaw (2021-04-17)
    152. Whooper Swan (2021-04-17)
    153. Little Bustard (2021-04-17)
    154. Common Greenshank (2021-04-17)
    155. Eurasian Redstart (2021-04-18)
    156. White-crowned Penduline Tit (2021-04-18)
    157. Paddyfield Warbler (2021-04-18)
    158. Common Tern (2021-04-18)
    159. Pale Sand Martin (2021-04-22)
    160. Sand Martin (2021-04-22)
    161. Red-rumped Swallow (2021-04-22)
    162. Wood Sandpiper (2021-04-22)
    163. Great Reed Warbler (2021-04-22)
    164. Buff-bellied Pipit (2021-04-22)
    165. Eurasian Wryneck (2021-04-22)
    166. Greater Spotted Eagle (2021-04-22)
    167. Hume's Warbler (2021-04-24)
    168. Eurasian Scops-Owl (2021-04-24)
    169. Oriental Turtle Dove (2021-04-29)
    170. Greenish Warbler (2021-04-29)
    171. Western Grasshopper Warbler (2021-04-29)
    172. Common Cuckoo (2021-04-29)
    173. Crested Honey-Buzzard (2021-04-29)
    174. Common Nightingale (2021-04-29)
    175. European Bee-eater (2021-05-01)
    176. Savi's Warbler (2021-05-01)
    177. Slavonian Grebe (2021-05-03)
    178. Grey Heron (2021-05-03)
    179. Baillon's Crake (2021-05-03)
    180. Little Bittern (2021-05-03)
    181. Common Rosefinch (2021-05-03)
    182. Eurasian Roller (2021-05-03)
    183. Tawny Pipit (2021-05-03)
    184. Ortolan Bunting (2021-05-03)
    185. Blyth's Reed Warbler (2021-05-03)
    186. Common Kingfisher (2021-05-04)
    187. Eurasian Hobby (2021-05-04)
    188. Grey-headed Goldfinch (2021-05-04)
    189. Little Crake (2021-05-05)
    190. Booted Warbler (2021-05-07)
    191. Common Whitethroat (2021-05-07)
    192. Grey-necked Bunting (2021-05-07)
    193. White-winged Tern (2021-05-08)
    194. Black Tern (2021-05-08)
    195. Hume's Whitethroat (2021-05-09)
    196. White-capped Bunting (2021-05-09)
    197. Pallas's Sandgrouse (2021-05-09)
    198. Rock Sparrow (2021-05-09)
    199. Eastern Orphean Warbler (2021-05-09)
    200. Crimson-winged Finch (2021-05-09)
    201. Mongolian Finch (2021-05-09)
    202. Lesser Grey Shrike (2021-05-09)
    203. Long-tailed Shrike (2021-05-09)
    204. Indian Golden Oriole (2021-05-09)
    205. Red-headed Bunting (2021-05-09)
    206. Egyptian Vulture (2021-05-15)
    207. Rosy Starling (2021-05-15)
    208. Black-crowned Night Heron (2021-05-15)
    209. Clamorous Reed Warbler (2021-05-15)
    210. Little Stint (2021-05-15)
    211. Terek Sandpiper (2021-05-15)
    212. Spotted Redshank (2021-05-15)
    213. Common Swift (2021-05-15)
    214. Eurasian Whimbrel (2021-05-15)
    215. Dunlin (2021-05-15)
    216. Temminck's Stint (2021-05-15)
    217. Common Quail (2021-05-22)
    218. Spotted Flycatcher (2021-05-22)
    219. Indian Sparrow (2021-05-22)
    220. Black-Bellied Sandgrouse (2021-05-22)
    221. Syke's Warbler (2021-05-22)
    222. Greater Short-toed Lark (2021-05-22)
    223. Spanish Sparrow (2021-05-22)
    224. Lesser Sand Plover (2021-05-22)
    225. Blue Whistling Thrush (2021-05-23)
    226. Asian Desert Warbler (2021-05-30)
    227. Lesser Short-toed Lark (2021-05-30)
    228. Montagu's Harrier (2021-05-30)
    229. Red-backed Shrike (2021-05-31)
    230. Thrush Nightingale (2021-05-31)
    231. European Golden Oriole (2021-06-01)
    232. Collared Pratincole (2021-06-02)
    233. Eurasian Reed Warbler (2021-06-02)
    234. Black-headed Penduline Tit (2021-06-02)
    235. Tree Sparrow (2021-06-23)
    236. Pacific Swift (2021-06-24)
    237. Eurasian Nuthatch (2021-07-18)
    238. Common Raven (2021-07-18)
    239. Spotted Nutcracker (2021-07-20)
    240. Willow Tit (2021-07-20)
    242. Pallas's Reed Bunting (2021-07-26)
    243. Dusky Warbler (2021-07-26)
    244. White-winged Scoter (2021-07-26)
    245. Short-eared Owl (2021-07-26)
    246. Song Thrush (2021-07-28)
    247. Taiga Flycatcher (2021-07-30)
    248. Great Tit (2021-07-30)
    249. Peregrine Falcon (2021-07-31)
    251. Arctic Loon (2021-08-07)
    252. Coal Tit (2021-08-10)
    253. House Sparrow (2021-08-11)
    254. Siberian Flycatcher (2021-08-16)
    255. Carrion Crow (2021-08-16)
    256. Goldcrest (2021-08-16)
    257. Common Treecreeper (2021-08-16)
    258. Red-necked Phalarope (2021-08-21)
    259. Moustached Warbler (2021-09-11)
    260. European Nightjar (2021-09-12)
    261. Great Spotted Woodpecker (2021-11-20)
    262. Rough-legged Buzzard (2021-11-27)
    263. Smew (2021-11-28)
    264. Common Goldeneye (2021-11-28)
    265. Horned Lark (2021-11-28)
    266. White-browed Tit-Warbler (2021-11-28)
    267. Barbary Falcon (2021-12-04)
    268. Eurasian Dipper (2021-12-16)
    269. Red-mantled Rosefinch (2021-12-18)

    recent uploads

    2021-12-27. Upland Buzzard, Black-throated Accentor, Great White Egret, Long-tailed Rosefinch, Eversmann's Redstart, Mistle Thrush, Ibisbill.

    2021-12-18. Red-mantled Rosefinch, Common Chiffchaff.

    2021-12-17. Goldcrest, European Robin, Amur (White) Wagtail, Citrine Wagtail, Common Chiffchaff, Eurasian Dipper, Northern Wren, Long-tailed Rosefinch.

    2021-12-15. Solitary Snipe, Ibisbill, Carrion Crow, Common Chiffchaff, White Wagtail, Amur (White) Wagtail, Hen Harrier, Hen Harrier, Rough-legged Buzzard, Common Teal.

    2021-12-08. Eversmann's Redstart, Water Rail, Northern Wren, Cetti's Warbler, Citrine Wagtail, European Robin, White Wagtail, Amur (White) Wagtail, Common Chiffchaff, Eurasian Blackbird, Carrion Crow, Ibisbill.

    2021-12-07. Barbary Falcon, Ibisbill, Eastern Buzzard.

    2021-12-02. Whooper Swan, Smew, Common Goldeneye, White-tailed Sea-Eagle, Horned Lark, Mute Swan, Wood Pigeon, Green Sandpiper, Northern Wren, White-browed Tit-Warbler, Little Grebe, Long-legged Buzzard, Western Marsh-Harrier, Long-legged Buzzard.

    2021-12-01. Cetti's Warbler, Amur (White) Wagtail, Amur (White) Wagtail.

    2021-11-30. Bearded Tit, Common Teal, Northern Reed Bunting, European Greenfinch, Rough-legged Buzzard, Northern Reed Bunting, Common Chiffchaff, Citrine Wagtail, Goldcrest.

    2021-11-23. Upland Buzzard, Goldcrest, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Water Pipit, Eversmann's Redstart, Azure Tit, Northern Lapwing, Ibisbill.

    2021-11-14. Goldcrest, Eurasian Siskin, Eastern Buzzard, Common Chiffchaff, Northern Wren, Water Pipit, White Wagtail, Citrine Wagtail, Hybrid Bunting.

    2021-11-13. Citrine Wagtail, Water Rail, Steppe Eagle, Eastern Buzzard, Northern Reed Bunting, Northern Reed Bunting, Great White Egret, Black-throated Accentor, Black-headed Penduline Tit, Long-tailed Tit, Bearded Tit, Bearded Tit, European Robin.

    2021-09-28. Blyth's Reed Warbler, Eurasian Reed Warbler.

    2021-09-18. Great Crested Grebe, Common Snipe, Moustached Warbler, Baillon's Crake, Eurasian Hobby, Black Kite.

    2021-09-12. European Nightjar, Black-Bellied Sandgrouse, Ortolan Bunting.

    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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    Great Cormorant
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    2025-08-31
    Spotted Flycatcher
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    2025-07-01
    Northern Hawk Owl
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    2025-06-17
    Great White Egret
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    2025-06-01
    Blyth's Reed Warbler
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    2025-04-14
    Grey-Headed Woodpecker
    (sergey izoya)

    2025-03-30
    Great White Egret
    (Anna Yasko)
    Common Kestrel
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    2025-03-23
    Common Sparrowhawk
    (Ksenia Serbina)
    Great Tit
    (Ksenia Serbina)

    2025-02-07
    Arctic Loon
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    2025-02-06
    Red Crossbill
    (Viktoriya Zvyaginceva)

    2025-01-07
    Eurasian Penduline Tit
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    2024-08-03
    Common Tern
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    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
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    Юрий Малков: Спасибо Анна и Андрей.
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    Юрий Малков: Спасибо Анна.
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