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    map of photoshootings

    total species: 70
    total photos: 121
    total videos: 0
    total blogposts: 1

    sort by:

    1. Black-throated Thrush (2016-01-03)
    2. Great Tit (2016-01-04)
    3. Tree Sparrow (2016-01-04)
    4. Fieldfare (2016-01-04)
    5. White-Backed Woodpecker (2016-02-07)
    6. Long-tailed Rosefinch (2016-02-08)
    7. Eurasian Goldfinch (2016-02-08)
    8. Great Grey Shrike (2016-02-09)
    9. Eurasian Blackbird (2016-02-17)
    10. Long-tailed Tit (2016-02-26)
    11. House Sparrow (2016-02-27)
    12. Grey-headed Goldfinch (2016-03-03)
    13. European Greenfinch (2016-03-03)
    14. Lesser Spotted Woodpecker (2016-03-10)
    15. Eurasian Dipper (2016-03-20)
    16. Common Chaffinch (2016-03-20)
    17. Yellowhammer (2016-03-24)
    18. Carrion Crow (2016-03-27)
    19. Brambling (2016-03-27)
    20. Meadow Bunting (2016-04-03)
    21. Common Chiffchaff (2016-04-13)
    22. Common Sparrowhawk (2016-04-14)
    23. Northern Wheatear (2016-04-15)
    24. Grey Wagtail (2016-04-17)
    25. Masked Wagtail (2016-04-17)
    26. Common Sandpiper (2016-04-20)
    27. Pied Wheatear (2016-05-02)
    28. Common Kestrel (2016-05-04)
    29. Eurasian Redstart (2016-05-09)
    30. Spotted Flycatcher (2016-05-09)
    31. Hume's Warbler (2016-05-12)
    32. Common Rosefinch (2016-05-12)
    33. Common Kingfisher (2016-05-13)
    34. Gadwall (2016-05-13)
    35. Caspian Gull (2016-05-13)
    36. Black Kite (2016-05-13)
    37. Great Cormorant (2016-05-13)
    38. Eurasian Magpie (2016-05-13)
    39. Eurasian Wryneck (2016-05-16)
    40. Greenish Warbler (2016-05-17)
    41. Demoiselle Crane (2016-05-19)
    42. Rock Pigeon (2016-05-28)
    43. European Golden Oriole (2016-05-30)
    44. Hooded Crow (2016-06-02)
    46. Thrush Nightingale (2016-06-09)
    47. Oriental Turtle Dove (2016-06-15)
    48. Red-backed Shrike (2016-07-09)
    49. Common Whitethroat (2016-07-10)
    50. Barn Swallow (2016-07-13)
    51. Grey-Headed Woodpecker (2016-07-23)
    52. Black-headed Gull (2016-08-12)
    53. Black Stork (2016-08-12)
    54. Ortolan Bunting (2016-08-12)
    55. Hoopoe (2016-08-14)
    56. Eurasian Nuthatch (2016-08-19)
    57. Siberian Stonechat (2016-08-21)
    58. Eurasian Jackdaw (2016-08-21)
    59. Tree Pipit (2016-08-21)
    60. Lesser Whitethroat (2016-08-24)
    61. Willow Tit (2016-08-24)
    62. Yellow Wagtail (2016-09-06)
    63. Eurasian Jay (2016-09-08)
    64. Coal Tit (2016-10-14)
    65. Black-throated Accentor (2016-10-20)
    66. Eversmann's Redstart (2016-10-21)
    67. Northern Bullfinch (2016-11-06)
    68. Bohemian Waxwing (2016-11-09)
    69. Baikal Bullfinch (2016-11-14)
    70. Hawfinch (2016-11-30)

    recent uploads

    2016-12-22. Altai Black-throated Accentor.

    2016-12-12. Lesser Spotted Woodpecker.

    2016-12-11. Long-tailed Rosefinch.

    2016-12-02. Hawfinch, Grey-Headed Woodpecker, Tree Sparrow, Baikal Bullfinch.

    2016-11-30. Grey-Headed Woodpecker, Hawfinch.

    2016-11-26. Baikal Bullfinch, Great Tit.

    2016-11-25. European Greenfinch, European Greenfinch, Baikal Bullfinch.

    2016-11-14. Baikal Bullfinch.

    2016-11-09. Bohemian Waxwing.

    2016-11-06. Eurasian Dipper, Northern Bullfinch.

    2016-10-21. Eurasian Dipper, Eversmann's Redstart.

    2016-10-14. Coal Tit.

    2016-09-08. Eurasian Jay.

    2016-09-06. Meadow Bunting, Yellow Wagtail, Black-headed Gull.

    2016-09-04. Siberian Stonechat, Common Chiffchaff.

    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
    (Anna Yasko)

    2025-07-01
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    2025-06-17
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    2025-06-01
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    2025-04-14
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    2025-03-30
    Great White Egret
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    Common Kestrel
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    2025-03-23
    Common Sparrowhawk
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    Great Tit
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    2025-02-07
    Arctic Loon
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    2025-02-06
    Red Crossbill
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    2025-01-07
    Eurasian Penduline Tit
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    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...
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    Андрей Коваленко: По фото вряд ли, но в это время там только луговые...
    2026-06-18

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