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    map of photoshootings

    total species: 180
    total photos: 397
    total videos: 0
    total blogposts: 1

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    1. Eastern Buzzard (2024-01-01)
    2. Rock Pigeon (2024-01-01)
    3. Common Mynah (2024-01-01)
    4. Eurasian Siskin (2024-01-01)
    5. Red-mantled Rosefinch (2024-01-03)
    6. Yellow-billed Chough (2024-01-03)
    7. Golden Eagle (2024-01-03)
    8. Common Raven (2024-01-03)
    9. Grey-headed Goldfinch (2024-01-03)
    10. Red-fronted Serin (2024-01-03)
    11. Eurasian Blackbird (2024-01-04)
    12. Hooded Crow (2024-01-05)
    13. Mallard (2024-01-05)
    14. Red-billed Chough (2024-01-08)
    15. Lammergeier (2024-01-08)
    16. Common Chaffinch (2024-01-09)
    17. Great Tit (2024-01-09)
    18. Brambling (2024-01-12)
    19. Bohemian Waxwing (2024-01-12)
    20. Himalayan Snowcock (2024-01-13)
    21. Mistle Thrush (2024-01-13)
    22. Red-breasted Rosefinch (2024-01-13)
    23. White-winged Snowfinch (2024-01-13)
    24. Brandt's Rosefinch (2024-01-13)
    25. Eurasian Magpie (2024-01-14)
    26. Azure Tit (2024-01-17)
    27. House Sparrow (2024-01-17)
    28. Tree Sparrow (2024-01-17)
    29. Eurasian Collared Dove (2024-01-17)
    30. Common Sparrowhawk (2024-01-19)
    31. Wood Pigeon (2024-01-22)
    32. Carrion Crow (2024-01-22)
    33. Rook (2024-01-22)
    34. Common Pheasant (2024-01-22)
    35. European Greenfinch (2024-01-28)
    36. Common Kestrel (2024-01-28)
    37. Eversmann's Redstart (2024-01-28)
    38. European Robin (2024-01-28)
    39. Great White Egret (2024-01-28)
    40. Black-throated Thrush (2024-01-28)
    41. Steppe Eagle (2024-01-28)
    42. Long-eared Owl (2024-02-04)
    43. Boreal Owl (2024-02-04)
    44. Ruddy Shelduck (2024-02-04)
    45. White-winged Grosbeak (2024-02-04)
    46. Hen Harrier (2024-02-04)
    47. Yellowhammer (2024-02-04)
    48. Pine Bunting (2024-02-04)
    49. Eurasian Linnet (2024-02-04)
    50. Eurasian Dipper (2024-03-02)
    51. White-tailed Sea-Eagle (2024-03-06)
    52. Black Kite (2024-03-06)
    53. Caspian Gull (2024-03-06)
    54. Common Starling (2024-03-06)
    55. Eurasian Jackdaw (2024-03-06)
    56. Northern Reed Bunting (2024-03-09)
    57. Western Marsh-Harrier (2024-03-10)
    58. Calandra Lark (2024-03-10)
    59. Sky Lark (2024-03-10)
    60. Crested Lark (2024-03-10)
    61. Chukar Partridge (2024-03-10)
    62. Common Goldeneye (2024-03-10)
    63. Eastern Rock Nuthatch (2024-03-10)
    64. Pygmy Cormorant (2024-03-13)
    65. Great Cormorant (2024-03-13)
    66. Black-headed Gull (2024-03-13)
    67. Common Coot (2024-03-23)
    68. Great Crested Grebe (2024-03-23)
    69. Grey Wagtail (2024-03-24)
    70. Brown Dipper (2024-03-24)
    71. Hoopoe (2024-03-25)
    72. Long-tailed Rosefinch (2024-03-25)
    73. Northern Shoveler (2024-03-25)
    74. Common Chiffchaff (2024-03-25)
    75. Rock Bunting (2024-03-26)
    76. Grey Heron (2024-03-28)
    77. Gadwall (2024-03-28)
    78. Tufted Duck (2024-03-28)
    79. Little Ringed Plover (2024-03-28)
    80. Citrine Wagtail (2024-03-28)
    81. Black-Necked Grebe (2024-03-28)
    82. Himalayan Vulture (2024-04-05)
    83. Blue-capped Redstart (2024-04-05)
    84. Wallcreeper (2024-04-07)
    85. Alpine Swift (2024-04-10)
    86. Siberian Stonechat (2024-04-11)
    87. Bluethroat (2024-04-11)
    88. Coal Tit (2024-04-13)
    89. Northern Wren (2024-04-13)
    90. Laughing Dove (2024-04-15)
    91. Barn Swallow (2024-04-18)
    92. Common Moorhen (2024-04-21)
    93. Black Tern (2024-04-28)
    94. Isabelline Shrike (2024-04-28)
    95. Eurasian Roller (2024-04-28)
    96. Syke's Warbler (2024-04-28)
    97. White-headed Duck (2024-04-28)
    98. Whooper Swan (2024-04-28)
    99. Great White Pelican (2024-04-28)
    100. Dalmatian Pelican (2024-04-28)
    101. Common Shelduck (2024-04-28)
    102. Common Redshank (2024-04-28)
    103. Corn Bunting (2024-04-28)
    104. Common Tern (2024-04-28)
    105. Common Sandpiper (2024-04-28)
    106. Common Oystercatcher (2024-04-28)
    107. Red-crested Pochard (2024-04-28)
    108. Garganey (2024-04-28)
    109. Yellow Wagtail (2024-04-28)
    110. Masked Wagtail (2024-04-28)
    111. Pied Avocet (2024-04-28)
    112. White Wagtail (2024-04-28)
    113. Black-winged Stilt (2024-04-28)
    114. Northern Pintail (2024-04-28)
    115. Eurasian Curlew (2024-04-28)
    116. Common Pochard (2024-04-28)
    117. Black-tailed Godwit (2024-04-28)
    118. Mute Swan (2024-04-28)
    119. Tree Pipit (2024-04-28)
    120. Glossy Ibis (2024-05-03)
    121. Great Reed Warbler (2024-05-03)
    122. Isabelline Wheatear (2024-05-03)
    123. Northern Lapwing (2024-05-03)
    124. Eurasian Whimbrel (2024-05-03)
    125. Little Stint (2024-05-03)
    126. Temminck's Stint (2024-05-03)
    127. Oriental Turtle Dove (2024-05-03)
    128. Long-legged Buzzard (2024-05-03)
    129. Common Cuckoo (2024-05-03)
    130. Barred Warbler (2024-05-07)
    131. Eurasian Wryneck (2024-05-07)
    132. Eurasian Redstart (2024-05-07)
    133. Common Rosefinch (2024-05-07)
    134. Spotted Flycatcher (2024-05-07)
    135. Hume's Warbler (2024-05-07)
    136. Common Nightingale (2024-05-07)
    137. Lesser Whitethroat (2024-05-07)
    138. Black-Bellied Sandgrouse (2024-05-07)
    139. Lesser Grey Shrike (2024-05-07)
    140. Rosy Starling (2024-05-07)
    141. Greater Sand Plover (2024-05-07)
    142. Turkestan Shrike (2024-05-07)
    143. Red-headed Bunting (2024-05-07)
    144. Black-headed Wagtail (2024-05-07)
    145. Lesser Short-toed Lark (2024-05-07)
    146. Yellow-eyed Pigeon (2024-05-07)
    147. Shikra (2024-05-07)
    148. Turkestan Tit (2024-05-07)
    149. Northern Wheatear (2024-05-07)
    150. Saxaul Sparrow (2024-05-08)
    151. Pallas's Sandgrouse (2024-05-08)
    152. White-Winged Woodpecker (2024-05-08)
    153. Crested Honey-Buzzard (2024-05-08)
    154. Pied Wheatear (2024-05-08)
    155. Blue Whistling Thrush (2024-05-11)
    156. Black-crowned Night Heron (2024-05-13)
    157. Little Bittern (2024-05-13)
    158. Clamorous Reed Warbler (2024-05-13)
    159. Long-tailed Shrike (2024-05-17)
    160. Terek Sandpiper (2024-05-21)
    161. Lesser Sand Plover (2024-05-21)
    162. Spotted Redshank (2024-05-21)
    163. Ruddy Turnstone (2024-05-21)
    164. Eurasian Hobby (2024-05-21)
    165. Greenish Warbler (2024-05-28)
    166. Himalayan Accentor (2024-06-09)
    167. Himalayan Rubythroat (2024-06-09)
    168. Plain Mountain Finch (2024-06-09)
    169. Brown Accentor (2024-06-09)
    170. Guldenstadt's Redstart (2024-06-09)
    171. Water Pipit (2024-06-09)
    172. Black Stork (2024-06-14)
    173. White-capped Bunting (2024-06-14)
    174. Eurasian Crag Martin (2024-06-14)
    175. Richard's Pipit (2024-06-14)
    176. Common Crane (2024-06-15)
    177. Eastern Imperial Eagle (2024-06-15)
    178. Grey-necked Bunting (2024-06-15)
    179. Common Swift (2024-07-08)
    180. Booted Eagle (2024-07-11)

    recent uploads

    2024-07-27. Black Stork, White-capped Bunting, Eurasian Crag Martin, Tibetan Common Crane, Richard's Pipit, Eastern Imperial Eagle, Grey-necked Bunting.

    2024-07-12. Booted Eagle, Eurasian Roller, Common Pheasant, Laughing Dove, House Sparrow, Common Mynah, Eurasian Collared Dove, Tree Sparrow, Common Mynah.

    2024-07-09. Common Swift.

    2024-07-03. Mistle Thrush, Tree Pipit, Water Pipit, Lammergeier, Plain Mountain Finch.

    2024-06-30. Himalayan Accentor, Himalayan Rubythroat, Plain Mountain Finch, Brown Accentor, Red-billed Chough, White-winged Grosbeak, Guldenstadt's Redstart, Eversmann's Redstart.

    2024-06-24. Common Sparrowhawk, Common Mynah, Grey-headed Goldfinch, Tree Sparrow, Common Pheasant, Carrion Crow, Wood Pigeon, Eurasian Blackbird, Masked Wagtail, Common Mynah.

    2024-06-18. Tree Pipit, Red-fronted Serin, Carrion Crow, Golden Eagle, Ruddy Shelduck, Red-fronted Serin, Eversmann's Redstart.

    2024-06-08. Blue Whistling Thrush, Common Pheasant, Wood Pigeon, Terek Sandpiper, Terek Sandpiper, Lesser Sand Plover, Spotted Redshank, Ruddy Turnstone, Eurasian Hobby, White-headed Duck.

    2024-06-04. Long-tailed Shrike, Greenish Warbler, Golden Eagle.

    2024-06-02. Saxaul Sparrow, Pallas's Sandgrouse, White-Winged Woodpecker, Crested Honey-Buzzard, Common Rosefinch, Pied Wheatear.

    2024-06-01. Barred Warbler, Eurasian Wryneck, Eurasian Redstart, Common Rosefinch, Spotted Flycatcher, Hume's Warbler, Common Nightingale, Lesser Whitethroat, Black-Bellied Sandgrouse, Oriental Turtle Dove, Common Cuckoo, Tree Pipit, Lesser Grey Shrike, Rosy Starling, Greater Sand Plover, Turkestan Shrike, Red-headed Bunting, Black-headed Wagtail, White Wagtail, Lesser Short-toed Lark, Yellow-eyed Pigeon, Shikra, Turkestan Tit, Siberian Stonechat, Isabelline Wheatear, Long-legged Buzzard, Calandra Lark, Crested Lark, Hoopoe, Northern Wheatear, Rosy Starling.

    2024-05-25. Little Bittern, Black-crowned Night Heron, Clamorous Reed Warbler.

    2024-05-24. Glossy Ibis, Great Reed Warbler, Eurasian Roller, Isabelline Wheatear, Northern Lapwing, Eurasian Whimbrel, Gadwall, Little Stint, Temminck's Stint, Common Redshank, Garganey, Oriental Turtle Dove, Long-legged Buzzard, Common Cuckoo.

    2024-05-22. Syke's Warbler.

    2024-05-20. Black Tern, Isabelline Shrike, Eurasian Roller, White-headed Duck, Whooper Swan, Great White Pelican, Dalmatian Pelican, Common Shelduck, Common Redshank, Corn Bunting, Common Tern, Common Sandpiper, Common Oystercatcher, Red-crested Pochard, Garganey, North Mongolian Yellow Wagtail, Masked Wagtail, Pied Avocet, White Wagtail, Black-winged Stilt, Northern Pintail, Eurasian Curlew, Common Pochard, Black-tailed Godwit, Black-Necked Grebe, Mute Swan, Tree Pipit.

    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...

    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)

    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
    2026-06-18

    Юрий Малков: Спасибо Анна и Андрей.
    2026-06-17

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