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    map of photoshootings

    total species: 81
    total photos: 151
    total videos: 0
    total blogposts: 18

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    1. Common Kestrel (2020-01-10)
    2. Great Grey Shrike (2020-01-10)
    3. Common Chaffinch (2020-01-10)
    4. Hooded Crow (2020-01-11)
    5. Common Mynah (2020-01-11)
    6. White-Winged Woodpecker (2020-01-11)
    7. Wallcreeper (2020-01-11)
    8. Dalmatian Pelican (2020-01-11)
    9. Black-throated Thrush (2020-01-12)
    10. Mistle Thrush (2020-01-12)
    11. European Greenfinch (2020-01-12)
    12. Water Rail (2020-01-13)
    13. Turkestan Tit (2020-01-13)
    14. Alpine Accentor (2020-01-18)
    15. Goldcrest (2020-01-26)
    16. Yellowhammer (2020-02-05)
    17. Meadow Bunting (2020-02-05)
    18. Brandt's Rosefinch (2020-02-05)
    19. Common Redpoll (2020-02-05)
    20. Laughing Dove (2020-02-27)
    21. Horned Lark (2020-02-28)
    22. Lammergeier (2020-02-28)
    23. Eastern Buzzard (2020-03-02)
    24. Finsch's Wheatear (2020-03-07)
    25. Chukar Partridge (2020-03-07)
    26. Desert Wheatear (2020-03-07)
    27. Steppe Eagle (2020-03-08)
    29. Long-legged Buzzard (2020-03-09)
    30. Lesser Short-toed Lark (2020-03-09)
    31. Isabelline Wheatear (2020-03-10)
    32. Pin-Tailed Sandgrouse (2020-03-11)
    33. Eastern Imperial Eagle (2020-03-12)
    34. Eurasian Linnet (2020-03-12)
    35. Desert Finch (2020-03-17)
    36. Calandra Lark (2020-03-17)
    37. Little Owl (2020-03-17)
    38. Masked Wagtail (2020-03-17)
    39. White Wagtail (2020-03-17)
    40. Ferruginous Duck (2020-03-17)
    41. Hen Harrier (2020-03-30)
    42. Northern Wheatear (2020-03-30)
    43. Tree Pipit (2020-04-06)
    44. Rock Bunting (2020-04-09)
    45. Grey Wagtail (2020-04-16)
    46. Eurasian Dipper (2020-04-16)
    47. Blue-cheeked Bee-eater (2020-05-07)
    48. Corn Bunting (2020-05-12)
    49. Common Tern (2020-05-20)
    50. Caspian Gull (2020-05-20)
    51. Temminck's Stint (2020-05-21)
    52. Red-necked Phalarope (2020-05-22)
    53. Common Shelduck (2020-05-23)
    54. Asian Desert Warbler (2020-05-25)
    55. Grey Heron (2020-06-18)
    56. Spanish Sparrow (2020-06-19)
    57. Oriental Lark (2020-06-20)
    58. Purple Heron (2020-06-21)
    59. Eurasian Curlew (2020-06-21)
    60. Eurasian Spoonbill (2020-06-21)
    61. Egyptian Nightjar (2020-06-23)
    62. Siberian Stonechat (2020-06-30)
    63. Himalayan Vulture (2020-07-13)
    64. Golden Eagle (2020-07-14)
    65. Griffon Vulture (2020-07-15)
    66. Yellow-breasted Tit (2020-07-17)
    67. Sulphur-bellied Warbler (2020-07-21)
    68. Short-toed Snake-Eagle (2020-07-22)
    69. Blyth's Reed Warbler (2020-07-22)
    70. Black Redstart (2020-10-24)
    71. Pander's Ground-Jay (2020-10-24)
    72. Brambling (2020-10-24)
    73. Streaked Scrub Warbler (2020-10-26)
    74. Sky Lark (2020-10-29)
    75. Long-tailed Rosefinch (2020-10-31)
    76. Bewick's Swan (2020-10-31)
    77. Fieldfare (2020-11-01)
    78. Twite (2020-11-02)
    79. Rustic Bunting (2020-11-14)
    80. Olive-backed Pipit (2020-11-18)
    81. Red-mantled Rosefinch (2020-11-24)

    recent uploads

    2020-11-25. Red-mantled Rosefinch.

    2020-11-19. Olive-backed Pipit.

    2020-11-16. Fieldfare, Twite.

    2020-11-15. Pander's Ground-Jay, Streaked Scrub Warbler.

    2020-11-14. Sky Lark, Long-tailed Rosefinch, Rustic Bunting, Bewick's Swan, White-Winged Woodpecker.

    2020-11-13. Desert Wheatear, Black Redstart, Turkestan Tit.

    2020-11-12. Great Grey Shrike, Black Redstart, Asian Desert Warbler, Brambling.

    2020-11-11. Rock Bunting.

    2020-08-01. Golden Eagle.

    2020-07-31. Horned Lark.

    2020-07-28. Short-toed Snake-Eagle, Sulphur-bellied Warbler, Blyth's Reed Warbler, Himalayan Vulture, Northern Wheatear, Alpine Accentor, Griffon Vulture, Yellow-breasted Tit, Grey Wagtail.

    2020-07-09. Siberian Stonechat.

    2020-06-26. Egyptian Nightjar, Egyptian Nightjar, Oriental Lark, Grey Heron, Spanish Sparrow, Purple Heron, Eurasian Curlew, Grey Heron, Eurasian Spoonbill.

    2020-06-12. Common Shelduck, Asian Desert Warbler, Temminck's Stint.

    2020-06-03. Common Tern, Caspian Gull, Temminck's Stint, Red-necked Phalarope.

    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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