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1. Eastern Buzzard (2026-01-02)
2. Redwing (2026-01-10)
3. Great Grey Shrike (2026-01-10)
4. Eversmann's Redstart (2026-01-10)
5. Long-legged Buzzard (2026-01-10)
6. Common Kestrel (2026-01-10)
7. Long-tailed Rosefinch (2026-01-10)
8. Black-throated Thrush (2026-01-10)
9. Brambling (2026-01-10)
10. Calandra Lark (2026-01-24)
11. Twite (2026-01-24)
12. White-winged Lark (2026-01-24)
13. Eurasian Wigeon (2026-01-24)
14. Gadwall (2026-01-24)
15. Bewick's Swan (2026-01-24)
16. Horned Lark (2026-01-24)
17. Lesser Short-toed Lark (2026-01-24)
18. Smew (2026-01-24)
19. Eurasian Linnet (2026-01-24)
20. Rustic Bunting (2026-01-29)
21. Northern Wren (2026-01-31)
22. Water Rail (2026-01-31)
23. Common Teal (2026-01-31)
24. Red-breasted Merganser (2026-02-01)
25. Rock Pigeon (2026-02-01)
26. Black Redstart (2026-02-01)
27. Guldenstadt's Redstart (2026-02-01)
28. Caspian Gull (2026-02-01)
29. Common Sparrowhawk (2026-02-15)
30. Great Tit (2026-02-15)
31. Upland Buzzard (2026-02-15)
32. European Robin (2026-02-15)
33. Great Cormorant (2026-02-28)
34. Common Pochard (2026-02-28)
35. Crested Lark (2026-02-28)
36. Spanish Sparrow (2026-02-28)
37. Tufted Duck (2026-02-28)
38. Black-Necked Grebe (2026-02-28)
39. Ring-billed Gull (2026-02-28)
40. Common Snipe (2026-02-28)
41. Common Chiffchaff (2026-03-01)
42. Meadow Pipit (2026-03-01)
43. Sky Lark (2026-03-01)
44. Short-eared Owl (2026-03-01)
45. Black-headed Gull (2026-03-01)
46. Dunnock (2026-03-01)
47. Blue Tit (2026-03-01)
48. Hawfinch (2026-03-01)
49. Masked Wagtail (2026-03-01)
50. Red-crested Pochard (2026-03-01)
51. Desert Finch (2026-03-01)
52. Slender-billed Gull (2026-03-01)
53. Fieldfare (2026-03-02)
54. House Sparrow (2026-03-02)
55. Pallas's Gull (2026-03-07)
56. Black Kite (2026-03-07)
57. Chukar Partridge (2026-03-07)
58. Baraba Steppe Gull (2026-03-07)
59. Eurasian Woodcock (2026-04-11)
60. Turkestan Shrike (2026-04-11)
61. Western Marsh-Harrier (2026-04-11)
62. Common Buzzard (2026-04-18)
63. Lesser Whitethroat (2026-04-18)
64. Steppe Grey Shrike (2026-04-18)
65. Pied Wheatear (2026-04-18)
66. Savi's Warbler (2026-04-19)
67. Osprey (2026-04-19)
68. Moustached Warbler (2026-04-19)
69. Tree Pipit (2026-04-19)
70. Stock Pigeon (2026-04-19)
71. Bearded Tit (2026-04-19)
72. Pallas's Sandgrouse (2026-04-19)
73. Sand Martin (2026-04-19)
74. Bluethroat (2026-04-19)
75. Syke's Warbler (2026-04-25)
76. Collared Pratincole (2026-04-25)
77. Common Raven (2026-04-26)
78. Yellow-eyed Pigeon (2026-05-02)
79. Eastern Imperial Eagle (2026-05-02)
80. Eurasian Whimbrel (2026-05-02)
81. Temminck's Stint (2026-05-02)
82. Common Redshank (2026-05-02)
83. Common Sandpiper (2026-05-02)
84. Black-winged Pratincole (2026-05-02)
85. Little Tern (2026-05-02)
86. Isabelline Shrike (2026-05-02)
87. Greylag Goose (2026-05-26)
88. Common Tern (2026-05-26)
89. Great Crested Grebe (2026-05-26)
90. Black-crowned Night Heron (2026-05-26)
91. Clamorous Reed Warbler (2026-05-26)
92. Indian Sparrow (2026-05-26)
93. Mistle Thrush (2026-05-27)
95. Common Rosefinch (2026-05-27)
96. Pale Sand Martin (2026-05-30)
97. Caspian Tern (2026-05-30)
98. Greater Sand Plover (2026-05-30)
99. Caspian Plover (2026-05-30)
100. Greenish Warbler (2026-05-30)
101. Hume's Warbler (2026-05-30)
102. Blyth's Reed Warbler (2026-05-30)
103. Little Ringed Plover (2026-05-30)
104. Barn Swallow (2026-05-30)
105. Lesser Grey Shrike (2026-05-30)
106. Greater Short-toed Lark (2026-05-30)
107. Little Owl (2026-05-30)
108. Isabelline Wheatear (2026-05-30)
109. Black-Bellied Sandgrouse (2026-05-30)
110. Brown-necked Raven (2026-05-30)
111. Bimaculated Lark (2026-05-30)
112. Tawny Pipit (2026-05-30)
113. European Nightjar (2026-05-30)
114. Short-toed Snake-Eagle (2026-05-31)
115. Black Stork (2026-05-31)
116. Lesser Kestrel (2026-05-31)
117. Saxaul Sparrow (2026-05-31)
118. White-Winged Woodpecker (2026-05-31)
119. Eastern Olivaceous Warbler (2026-05-31)
120. Oriental Turtle Dove (2026-05-31)
121. Montagu's Harrier (2026-05-31)
122. White-crowned Penduline Tit (2026-06-06)
123. Mute Swan (2026-06-20)
124. Red Crossbill (2026-06-20)
125. Glossy Ibis (2026-06-20)
126. Northern Shoveler (2026-06-20)
127. Green Sandpiper (2026-06-20)
128. Grey Heron (2026-06-20)
129. Eurasian Roller (2026-06-20)
130. Red-headed Bunting (2026-06-20)
131. Hoopoe (2026-06-20)
132. Red-rumped Swallow (2026-06-20)
133. Wood Pigeon (2026-06-20)
134. Tree Sparrow (2026-06-20)
135. Grey Partridge (2026-06-20)

recent uploads


2026-06-21. Mute Swan, Common Kestrel, Red Crossbill, Glossy Ibis, Northern Shoveler, Unkown Bird, Green Sandpiper, Black-Bellied Sandgrouse, Grey Heron, Caspian Gull, Common Redshank, Common Redshank, Eastern Imperial Eagle, Eurasian Roller, Red-headed Bunting, Hoopoe, Red-rumped Swallow, Wood Pigeon, Black Kite, Tree Sparrow, Grey Partridge.

2026-06-07. Steppe Lesser Short-toed Lark, European Nightjar, Saxaul Sparrow, White-Winged Woodpecker, Lesser Whitethroat, Yellow-eyed Pigeon, Common Kestrel, Eastern Olivaceous Warbler, Oriental Turtle Dove, Montagu's Harrier, White-crowned Penduline Tit.

2026-06-06. Greylag Goose, Common Tern, Great Crested Grebe, Black-crowned Night Heron, Clamorous Reed Warbler, Black-Necked Grebe, Indian Sparrow, Mistle Thrush, Eurasian Three-Toed Woodpecker, Common Rosefinch, Unkown Bird, Temminck's Stint, Short-toed Snake-Eagle, Black Stork, Lesser Kestrel.

2026-06-01. Black-headed Gull, Blyth's Reed Warbler, Sand Martin, Blyth's Reed Warbler, Greenish Warbler, Little Ringed Plover, Blyth's Reed Warbler, Hume's Warbler, Barn Swallow, Lesser Grey Shrike, Greater Short-toed Lark, Little Owl, Isabelline Wheatear, Black-Bellied Sandgrouse, Steppe Lesser Short-toed Lark, Calandra Lark, Unkown Bird, Steppe Lesser Short-toed Lark, Brown-necked Raven, Bimaculated Lark, Tawny Pipit, Indian Sparrow, Steppe Lesser Short-toed Lark.

2026-05-31. Sand Martin, Sand Martin, Sand Martin, Pale Sand Martin, Eurasian Whimbrel, Caspian Gull, Caspian Tern, Greater Sand Plover, Caspian Plover, Greater Sand Plover, Greater Sand Plover, Calandra Lark, Greenish Warbler, Hume's Warbler.

2026-05-03. Isabelline Shrike, Collared Pratincole.

2026-05-02. Yellow-eyed Pigeon, Eastern Imperial Eagle, Eurasian Whimbrel, Black-headed Gull, Smew, Black-headed Gull, Collared Pratincole, Temminck's Stint, Common Redshank, Syke's Warbler, Common Sandpiper, Black-winged Pratincole, Little Tern, Common Redshank, Temminck's Stint.

2026-05-01. Common Raven.

2026-04-27. Syke's Warbler, Common Chiffchaff, Common Chiffchaff.

2026-04-20. Pied Wheatear, Caspian Gull.

2026-04-19. Savi's Warbler, Osprey, Steppe Buzzard, Pallas's Gull, Moustached Warbler, Meadow Pipit, Tree Pipit, Stock Pigeon, Bearded Tit, Pallas's Sandgrouse, Sand Martin, Tree Pipit, Bluethroat, Lesser Whitethroat, Steppe Grey Shrike, Tree Pipit.

2026-04-12. Eurasian Woodcock, Turkestan Shrike, Western Marsh-Harrier, Turkestan Shrike, Caspian Gull, Eastern Buzzard, Common Kestrel, Turkestan Shrike, Long-legged Buzzard, Turkestan Shrike, Baraba Steppe Gull.

2026-03-08. Common Kestrel, Dunnock, Blue Tit, Hawfinch, Masked Wagtail, Black-Necked Grebe, Spanish Sparrow, Red-crested Pochard, Tufted Duck, Meadow Pipit, Tufted Duck, Desert Finch, Slender-billed Gull, Fieldfare, Common Sparrowhawk, House Sparrow, Red-breasted Merganser, Caspian Gull.

2026-03-07. Common Chiffchaff, Meadow Pipit, Lesser Short-toed Lark, Sky Lark, Common Kestrel, Short-eared Owl, Lesser Short-toed Lark, Lesser Short-toed Lark, Meadow Pipit, Caspian Gull, Black-headed Gull, Pallas's Gull, Black Kite, Chukar Partridge, Long-legged Buzzard, Baraba Steppe Gull.

2026-03-06. Common Chiffchaff, Common Chiffchaff, European Black Redstart.

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.

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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)

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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

2026-06-18

Юрий Малков: Спасибо Анна и Андрей.

2026-06-17

Юрий Малков: Спасибо Анна.

more unidentified birds...