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    total species: 158
    total photos: 381
    total videos: 1
    total blogposts: 2

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    1. Great Spotted Woodpecker (2014-01-08)
    2. Hawfinch (2014-01-08)
    3. Northern Bullfinch (2014-01-08)
    4. Eurasian Blackbird (2014-01-08)
    5. Brambling (2014-01-08)
    6. Eurasian Siskin (2014-01-10)
    7. Rock Pigeon (2014-01-10)
    8. Great Tit (2014-01-10)
    9. Red Crossbill (2014-01-10)
    10. White-winged Crossbill (2014-01-10)
    11. House Sparrow (2014-01-12)
    12. Tree Sparrow (2014-01-12)
    13. Bohemian Waxwing (2014-01-12)
    14. Hooded Crow (2014-01-12)
    15. Eurasian Magpie (2014-01-12)
    16. Hen Harrier (2014-01-13)
    17. Common Redpoll (2014-01-19)
    18. Rook (2014-01-29)
    19. Fieldfare (2014-01-29)
    20. Merlin (2014-02-15)
    21. Grey Partridge (2014-02-15)
    22. Black Lark (2014-02-15)
    23. Long-tailed Rosefinch (2014-03-01)
    24. Sky Lark (2014-03-06)
    25. Horned Lark (2014-03-06)
    26. Eurasian Jackdaw (2014-03-11)
    27. Yellowhammer (2014-03-24)
    28. Song Thrush (2014-03-24)
    29. Common Chaffinch (2014-03-24)
    30. Northern Reed Bunting (2014-03-25)
    31. Common Sparrowhawk (2014-03-27)
    32. Black Redstart (2014-03-27)
    33. Mistle Thrush (2014-03-28)
    34. Common Starling (2014-03-29)
    36. White Wagtail (2014-03-30)
    37. Ruddy Shelduck (2014-03-30)
    38. Great Grey Shrike (2014-03-30)
    39. Long-eared Owl (2014-03-30)
    40. Northern Lapwing (2014-03-30)
    41. Mute Swan (2014-03-30)
    42. Common Crane (2014-03-31)
    43. Eastern Imperial Eagle (2014-04-06)
    44. Greylag Goose (2014-04-06)
    45. Common Snipe (2014-04-10)
    46. Common Goldeneye (2014-04-10)
    47. Citrine Wagtail (2014-04-10)
    48. European Robin (2014-04-10)
    49. Whooper Swan (2014-04-10)
    50. Mallard (2014-04-10)
    51. Blue Tit (2014-04-10)
    52. Black-headed Gull (2014-04-10)
    53. Common Shelduck (2014-04-10)
    54. Isabelline Wheatear (2014-04-10)
    55. Green Sandpiper (2014-04-10)
    56. Mew Gull (2014-04-10)
    57. Common Redshank (2014-04-10)
    58. Black-winged Stilt (2014-04-10)
    59. Pied Avocet (2014-04-10)
    60. Pallid Harrier (2014-04-12)
    61. Hoopoe (2014-04-12)
    63. Northern Wheatear (2014-04-18)
    64. Eurasian Wigeon (2014-04-18)
    65. Black-tailed Godwit (2014-04-19)
    66. Barnacle Goose (2014-04-20)
    67. Common Pochard (2014-04-20)
    68. Common Buzzard (2014-04-20)
    70. Bewick's Swan (2014-04-20)
    71. Gadwall (2014-04-20)
    72. Tufted Duck (2014-04-20)
    73. Baraba Steppe Gull (2014-04-22)
    74. Short-eared Owl (2014-04-22)
    75. Western Marsh-Harrier (2014-04-22)
    76. Great Cormorant (2014-04-22)
    77. Willow Warbler (2014-04-22)
    78. Yellow Wagtail (2014-04-22)
    79. Red-crested Pochard (2014-04-22)
    80. Common Coot (2014-04-22)
    81. Eurasian Redstart (2014-04-22)
    82. Common Chiffchaff (2014-04-22)
    83. Tawny Pipit (2014-04-22)
    84. Red-Necked Grebe (2014-04-22)
    85. Eurasian Whimbrel (2014-04-22)
    86. Black-Necked Grebe (2014-04-22)
    87. Garganey (2014-04-22)
    88. Northern Pintail (2014-04-22)
    89. White-winged Lark (2014-04-26)
    90. Red-breasted Goose (2014-04-26)
    91. Greater Scaup (2014-04-27)
    92. Redwing (2014-04-27)
    93. Common Oystercatcher (2014-04-27)
    94. Tree Pipit (2014-04-27)
    95. Lesser Spotted Woodpecker (2014-04-27)
    96. Ruff (2014-04-27)
    97. Pied Flycatcher (2014-04-28)
    98. Little Bustard (2014-04-29)
    99. Wood Pigeon (2014-04-30)
    100. Demoiselle Crane (2014-04-30)
    101. Northern Shoveler (2014-04-30)
    102. Eurasian Bittern (2014-05-03)
    103. Grey Heron (2014-05-03)
    104. Siberian Stonechat (2014-05-03)
    105. Great Crested Grebe (2014-05-03)
    106. Pallas's Gull (2014-05-04)
    107. Bluethroat (2014-05-06)
    108. Whinchat (2014-05-06)
    109. Lesser Whitethroat (2014-05-09)
    110. European Bee-eater (2014-05-19)
    111. Common Rosefinch (2014-05-19)
    112. Spotted Flycatcher (2014-05-19)
    113. Barn Swallow (2014-05-23)
    114. Montagu's Harrier (2014-05-23)
    115. Ortolan Bunting (2014-05-23)
    116. Common Whitethroat (2014-05-23)
    117. Blyth's Reed Warbler (2014-05-23)
    118. Black-winged Pratincole (2014-06-27)
    119. Common Cuckoo (2014-07-05)
    120. Lesser Grey Shrike (2014-07-09)
    121. Eurasian Hobby (2014-07-17)
    122. Booted Warbler (2014-07-20)
    123. Red-headed Bunting (2014-07-20)
    124. Greenish Warbler (2014-07-30)
    125. White-winged Tern (2014-07-30)
    126. Greater Ringed Plover (2014-07-30)
    127. Sedge Warbler (2014-07-30)
    128. Little Stint (2014-07-30)
    129. Little Gull (2014-07-30)
    130. Little Ringed Plover (2014-07-30)
    131. Common Sandpiper (2014-07-30)
    132. Marsh Sandpiper (2014-07-30)
    133. Common Greenshank (2014-08-16)
    134. Red-backed Shrike (2014-08-16)
    135. Calandra Lark (2014-08-16)
    136. Desert Wheatear (2014-08-17)
    137. Willow Tit (2014-09-01)
    138. Coal Tit (2014-09-11)
    139. Wood Sandpiper (2014-09-11)
    140. Dunlin (2014-09-12)
    141. Azure Tit (2014-09-12)
    142. Siberian Crane (2014-09-12)
    143. Red-flanked Bluetail (2014-09-13)
    144. Goldcrest (2014-09-20)
    145. Curlew Sandpiper (2014-09-21)
    146. Rustic Bunting (2014-09-21)
    147. Grey Plover (2014-09-21)
    148. Red-breasted Flycatcher (2014-09-22)
    149. Twite (2014-10-10)
    150. Goosander (2014-10-16)
    151. Hume's Warbler (2014-10-18)
    152. Eurasian Woodcock (2014-10-20)
    153. Black-throated Accentor (2014-10-20)
    154. Eurasian Goldfinch (2014-10-20)
    155. Common Treecreeper (2014-11-12)
    156. Snowy Owl (2014-11-16)
    157. Long-tailed Duck (2014-11-17)
    158. White-tailed Sea-Eagle (2014-11-17)

    recent uploads

    2014-12-23. Snowy Owl.

    2014-11-20. Lesser Spotted Woodpecker, Common Treecreeper, Snowy Owl, Common Pochard, Long-tailed Duck, White-tailed Sea-Eagle, Snowy Owl, Great Crested Grebe.

    2014-10-20. Great Tit, Redwing, Eurasian Woodcock, Song Thrush, Fieldfare, Common Chiffchaff, Black-throated Accentor, Eurasian Goldfinch.

    2014-10-19. Barnacle Goose, Red-breasted Goose, Lesser White-fronted Goose, Twite, Azure Tit, Whooper Swan, Whooper Swan, Red-breasted Goose, Blue Tit, Mute Swan, Hume's Warbler, Goosander.

    2014-09-26. Eurasian Redstart, House Sparrow, Song Thrush.

    2014-09-22. Great Tit, Rustic Bunting, Eurasian Siskin, Red-breasted Flycatcher.

    2014-09-21. Azure Tit, Willow Warbler, Curlew Sandpiper, Rustic Bunting, Common Sparrowhawk, Little Stint, Common Chiffchaff, Common Chiffchaff, Grey Plover.

    2014-09-20. Great Tit, Goldcrest, Sky Lark, Hooded Crow, Common Chiffchaff.

    2014-09-14. Red-flanked Bluetail.

    2014-09-12. Greater Ringed Plover, Sky Lark, Dunlin, Azure Tit, Common Chiffchaff, Whooper Swan, Common Pochard, Siberian Crane.

    2014-09-11. Little Stint, Coal Tit, Common Sparrowhawk, Northern Wheatear, Sky Lark, Spotted Flycatcher, Lesser Whitethroat, Wood Sandpiper.

    2014-09-08. Spotted Flycatcher, Willow Tit.

    2014-08-24. White-winged Lark, Common Greenshank, Common Sandpiper, Red-backed Shrike, Desert Wheatear, Calandra Lark.

    2014-07-31. Common Sandpiper, Marsh Sandpiper, Booted Warbler, Black-winged Stilt, Siberian Stonechat.

    2014-07-30. Great Spotted Woodpecker, Lesser Whitethroat, Greenish Warbler, European Bee-eater, Red Crossbill, Blyth's Reed Warbler, Common Whitethroat, Hoopoe, Eurasian Hobby, Common Rosefinch, White-winged Tern, Bluethroat, Greater Ringed Plover, Yellow Wagtail, Red-headed Bunting, Sedge Warbler, Little Stint, Little Gull, Little Ringed Plover, Black-headed Gull.

    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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