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    total species: 251
    total photos: 1070
    total videos: 0
    total blogposts: 8

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    1. White-winged Grosbeak (2023-01-05)
    2. Yellowhammer (2023-01-05)
    3. Black-throated Thrush (2023-01-05)
    4. Bohemian Waxwing (2023-01-07)
    5. Blue Whistling Thrush (2023-01-07)
    6. White-Winged Woodpecker (2023-01-07)
    7. Yellow-breasted Tit (2023-01-21)
    8. Red-mantled Rosefinch (2023-01-21)
    9. Brambling (2023-01-21)
    10. Cinereous Vulture (2023-01-21)
    11. Mistle Thrush (2023-01-21)
    12. Golden Eagle (2023-01-21)
    13. Chukar Partridge (2023-01-21)
    14. Eastern Buzzard (2023-01-21)
    15. European Robin (2023-01-21)
    16. Pine Bunting (2023-01-25)
    17. Corn Bunting (2023-01-29)
    18. Lammergeier (2023-01-29)
    19. Eurasian Dipper (2023-01-29)
    20. Grey-headed Goldfinch (2023-02-08)
    21. Carrion Crow (2023-02-08)
    22. Common Starling (2023-02-08)
    23. Rock Pigeon (2023-02-09)
    24. White-tailed Sea-Eagle (2023-02-12)
    25. Northern Goshawk (2023-02-12)
    26. Eurasian Blackbird (2023-02-12)
    27. Solitary Snipe (2023-02-12)
    28. Horned Lark (2023-02-17)
    29. Turkestan Tit (2023-02-19)
    30. Eurasian Jackdaw (2023-02-19)
    31. Common Mynah (2023-02-20)
    32. Eurasian Magpie (2023-02-20)
    33. Yellow-billed Chough (2023-02-20)
    34. Common Raven (2023-02-20)
    35. Common Chaffinch (2023-02-20)
    36. Meadow Bunting (2023-02-20)
    37. Tree Sparrow (2023-02-20)
    38. Laughing Dove (2023-02-21)
    39. Eastern Imperial Eagle (2023-02-22)
    40. Eurasian Collared Dove (2023-02-26)
    41. Great Cormorant (2023-02-27)
    42. Western Marsh-Harrier (2023-02-27)
    43. Rook (2023-02-27)
    44. Greylag Goose (2023-02-27)
    45. Northern Reed Bunting (2023-02-27)
    46. Common Pochard (2023-02-27)
    47. Mallard (2023-02-27)
    48. Ruddy Shelduck (2023-02-27)
    49. Black-headed Gull (2023-02-27)
    50. Common Shelduck (2023-02-27)
    51. Dalmatian Pelican (2023-02-27)
    52. Hen Harrier (2023-02-27)
    53. Common Teal (2023-02-27)
    54. Hooded Crow (2023-02-27)
    55. Great Grey Shrike (2023-02-27)
    56. Steppe Eagle (2023-02-27)
    57. Little Bustard (2023-02-27)
    58. Little Owl (2023-02-27)
    59. Crested Lark (2023-02-27)
    60. Caspian Gull (2023-02-27)
    61. Pallas's Gull (2023-02-27)
    62. Northern Pintail (2023-02-27)
    63. Mute Swan (2023-02-27)
    64. Isabelline Shrike (2023-02-27)
    65. Long-legged Buzzard (2023-03-01)
    66. Isabelline Wheatear (2023-03-05)
    67. Masked Wagtail (2023-03-06)
    68. Common Buzzard (2023-03-06)
    69. Grey Heron (2023-03-11)
    70. Common Chiffchaff (2023-03-11)
    71. Wood Pigeon (2023-03-11)
    72. Great White Egret (2023-03-11)
    73. Black-throated Accentor (2023-03-11)
    74. Eversmann's Redstart (2023-03-11)
    75. Common Coot (2023-03-11)
    76. Common Redshank (2023-03-11)
    77. Northern Lapwing (2023-03-11)
    78. Red-crested Pochard (2023-03-11)
    79. Citrine Wagtail (2023-03-11)
    80. Northern Shoveler (2023-03-11)
    81. Spanish Sparrow (2023-03-14)
    82. Desert Finch (2023-03-14)
    83. Common Kestrel (2023-03-14)
    84. Steppe Grey Shrike (2023-03-14)
    85. Greater Short-toed Lark (2023-03-14)
    86. Baraba Steppe Gull (2023-03-14)
    87. Desert Wheatear (2023-03-14)
    88. Eurasian Wigeon (2023-03-14)
    89. Common Crane (2023-03-14)
    90. Gadwall (2023-03-14)
    92. Water Pipit (2023-03-17)
    93. Pied Wheatear (2023-03-17)
    94. Eastern Rock Nuthatch (2023-03-17)
    95. Siberian Stonechat (2023-03-17)
    96. Black Redstart (2023-03-17)
    97. Blue-capped Redstart (2023-03-17)
    98. Rock Bunting (2023-03-17)
    99. Demoiselle Crane (2023-03-21)
    100. Wallcreeper (2023-03-24)
    101. Northern Wren (2023-03-24)
    102. Grey Wagtail (2023-03-25)
    103. House Sparrow (2023-03-27)
    104. Tawny Pipit (2023-03-27)
    105. Calandra Lark (2023-03-27)
    106. Northern Wheatear (2023-03-27)
    107. Pallid Harrier (2023-03-29)
    108. Green Sandpiper (2023-03-29)
    109. Short-toed Snake-Eagle (2023-03-30)
    110. Common Swift (2023-03-30)
    111. Pallas's Sandgrouse (2023-04-04)
    112. Lesser Short-toed Lark (2023-04-05)
    113. Macqueen's Bustard (2023-04-05)
    114. Kentish Plover (2023-04-06)
    115. Dunlin (2023-04-06)
    116. Hoopoe (2023-04-06)
    117. Black-Bellied Sandgrouse (2023-04-06)
    118. White Wagtail (2023-04-07)
    119. Bluethroat (2023-04-08)
    120. Yellow Wagtail (2023-04-08)
    121. Black-headed Wagtail (2023-04-08)
    122. Short-eared Owl (2023-04-11)
    123. Lesser Kestrel (2023-04-14)
    124. Song Thrush (2023-04-16)
    125. Great Crested Grebe (2023-04-20)
    126. Ortolan Bunting (2023-04-23)
    127. Greater Flamingo (2023-04-23)
    128. Slender-billed Gull (2023-04-23)
    129. Indian Sparrow (2023-04-24)
    130. Lesser Whitethroat (2023-04-28)
    131. Common Sparrowhawk (2023-04-28)
    132. Common Cuckoo (2023-04-28)
    133. Greater Sand Plover (2023-04-28)
    134. Eurasian Stone Curlew (2023-04-29)
    135. Turkestan Shrike (2023-04-29)
    136. Glossy Ibis (2023-04-29)
    137. Common Kingfisher (2023-04-29)
    138. Syke's Warbler (2023-04-29)
    139. Common Sandpiper (2023-04-29)
    140. Little Ringed Plover (2023-04-29)
    141. Black-winged Stilt (2023-04-29)
    142. Common Snipe (2023-04-29)
    143. Wood Sandpiper (2023-04-29)
    144. Purple Heron (2023-05-02)
    145. European Bee-eater (2023-05-03)
    146. Blue-cheeked Bee-eater (2023-05-03)
    147. Spotted Flycatcher (2023-05-03)
    148. White-tailed Lapwing (2023-05-03)
    149. Common Tern (2023-05-03)
    150. Sand Martin (2023-05-03)
    151. Little Stint (2023-05-03)
    152. Ruff (2023-05-03)
    153. Spotted Redshank (2023-05-03)
    154. Curlew Sandpiper (2023-05-03)
    155. Common Greenshank (2023-05-04)
    156. Rosy Starling (2023-05-05)
    157. Great White Pelican (2023-05-06)
    158. Eurasian Roller (2023-05-06)
    159. Rufous Bush Robin (2023-05-06)
    160. Pander's Ground-Jay (2023-05-07)
    161. European Nightjar (2023-05-07)
    162. Temminck's Stint (2023-05-09)
    163. Black-crowned Night Heron (2023-05-11)
    164. Pied Bushchat (2023-05-11)
    165. Lesser Grey Shrike (2023-05-11)
    166. Red-backed Shrike (2023-05-11)
    167. Shikra (2023-05-11)
    168. Greenish Warbler (2023-05-13)
    169. Streaked Scrub Warbler (2023-05-13)
    170. Red-headed Bunting (2023-05-13)
    171. Upcher's Warbler (2023-05-15)
    172. Finsch's Wheatear (2023-05-15)
    173. Hume's Warbler (2023-05-16)
    174. Blyth's Reed Warbler (2023-05-16)
    175. Ferruginous Duck (2023-05-21)
    176. Eastern Olivaceous Warbler (2023-05-21)
    177. Common Moorhen (2023-05-21)
    178. Eurasian Spoonbill (2023-05-21)
    179. Little Tern (2023-05-21)
    180. Pygmy Cormorant (2023-05-21)
    181. Little Egret (2023-05-21)
    182. Garganey (2023-05-21)
    183. Clamorous Reed Warbler (2023-05-21)
    184. Red-necked Phalarope (2023-05-26)
    185. Mongolian Finch (2023-05-26)
    186. Asian Desert Warbler (2023-05-27)
    187. Black Stork (2023-05-29)
    188. Common Pheasant (2023-05-29)
    189. Egyptian Nightjar (2023-06-01)
    190. Common Rosefinch (2023-06-02)
    191. Collared Pratincole (2023-06-06)
    192. Gull-billed Tern (2023-06-07)
    193. White-winged Tern (2023-06-08)
    194. Pin-Tailed Sandgrouse (2023-06-10)
    195. Black Kite (2023-06-14)
    196. Eurasian Hobby (2023-06-15)
    197. Caspian Plover (2023-06-16)
    198. Common Oystercatcher (2023-06-19)
    199. Common Nightingale (2023-06-19)
    200. Black-Necked Grebe (2023-06-19)
    201. Great Bustard (2023-06-21)
    202. Montagu's Harrier (2023-06-21)
    203. Black-tailed Godwit (2023-06-21)
    204. Great Reed Warbler (2023-06-26)
    205. Common Goldeneye (2023-07-05)
    206. Tufted Duck (2023-07-05)
    207. Terek Sandpiper (2023-07-05)
    208. Pied Avocet (2023-07-06)
    209. Whiskered Tern (2023-07-06)
    210. White-headed Duck (2023-07-09)
    211. Indian Golden Oriole (2023-07-18)
    212. Egyptian Vulture (2023-07-19)
    213. Sulphur-bellied Warbler (2023-07-21)
    214. Coal Tit (2023-07-22)
    215. Brown Dipper (2023-07-22)
    216. Himalayan Rubythroat (2023-07-23)
    217. Brandt's Rosefinch (2023-07-24)
    218. Himalayan Accentor (2023-07-24)
    219. Guldenstadt's Redstart (2023-07-24)
    220. Himalayan Snowcock (2023-07-24)
    221. Plain Mountain Finch (2023-07-25)
    222. Menetries Warbler (2023-07-30)
    223. Asian Paradise Flycatcher (2023-08-12)
    224. Oriental Turtle Dove (2023-08-12)
    225. Red-breasted Flycatcher (2023-08-21)
    226. Marsh Warbler (2023-08-21)
    227. Eurasian Curlew (2023-08-23)
    228. Greater Ringed Plover (2023-08-23)
    229. Garden Warbler (2023-08-26)
    230. Willow Warbler (2023-08-30)
    231. Semi-collared Flycatcher (2023-08-30)
    232. Eurasian Siskin (2023-08-30)
    233. Slavonian Grebe (2023-08-30)
    234. Eurasian Eagle-Owl (2023-09-02)
    235. Eurasian Redstart (2023-09-03)
    236. Sanderling (2023-09-03)
    237. Tree Pipit (2023-09-04)
    238. Sandwich Tern (2023-09-05)
    239. Grey Plover (2023-09-06)
    240. Eurasian Honey-Buzzard (2023-09-08)
    241. Levant Sparrowhawk (2023-09-08)
    242. Ruddy Turnstone (2023-09-08)
    243. Black Lark (2023-09-10)
    244. Red-rumped Swallow (2023-09-24)
    245. Yellow-browed Warbler (2023-10-04)
    246. Oriental Lark (2023-10-05)
    247. Himalayan Vulture (2023-10-14)
    248. Sky Lark (2023-10-22)
    249. Red-breasted Rosefinch (2023-11-04)
    250. Greater White-fronted Goose (2023-11-24)
    251. Red-billed Chough (2023-12-01)

    recent uploads

    2023-12-24. Brandt's Rosefinch.

    2023-12-12. Hybrid Bunting, Brambling, White-Winged Woodpecker, Hybrid Bunting, Tree Sparrow.

    2023-12-02. Eurasian Siskin, Lammergeier, Common Buzzard, Red-billed Chough, Yellow-breasted Tit, Turkestan Tit.

    2023-11-25. Greater White-fronted Goose.

    2023-11-22. Little Owl.

    2023-11-21. European Black Redstart, Black-headed Gull, Caspian Gull, Yellowhammer, Horned Lark, Cinereous Vulture.

    2023-11-10. Red-breasted Rosefinch.

    2023-11-09. Black Stork, Chukar Partridge, Isabelline Wheatear, Finsch's Wheatear, Long-legged Buzzard, Chukar Partridge, Long-legged Buzzard, Steppe Eagle, Sky Lark, Crested Lark.

    2023-10-29. Long-legged Buzzard, Steppe Eagle, Great Grey Shrike, White-Winged Woodpecker.

    2023-10-17. Cinereous Vulture, Steppe Eagle.

    2023-10-16. Common Buzzard, Long-legged Buzzard.

    2023-10-14. Himalayan Vulture, Eastern Imperial Eagle, Black Redstart, Rock Bunting, Lammergeier, Common Chaffinch, Hooded Crow, Steppe Eagle, Meadow Bunting, Common Sparrowhawk, Black Stork, Blue-capped Redstart.

    2023-10-11. Common Chaffinch, Eastern Imperial Eagle, Horned Lark, Steppe Eagle, Northern Reed Bunting, Siberian Stonechat.

    2023-10-07. Tree Sparrow, Long-legged Buzzard.

    2023-10-05. Oriental Lark.

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

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