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Gaviiformes
  • Gaviidae
    • Podicipediformes
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    map of photoshootings

    total species: 44
    total photos: 235
    total videos: 1
    total blogposts: 0

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    1. Blue Tit (2025-01-14)
    2. Great Tit (2025-01-16)
    3. Fieldfare (2025-01-21)
    4. White-Backed Woodpecker (2025-02-01)
    5. Great Spotted Woodpecker (2025-02-05)
    6. Brambling (2025-02-19)
    7. Black Woodpecker (2025-02-27)
    8. Hooded Crow (2025-03-10)
    9. Grey-Headed Woodpecker (2025-03-21)
    10. White Wagtail (2025-03-25)
    11. Wood Pigeon (2025-03-29)
    12. Tufted Duck (2025-03-29)
    13. Mute Swan (2025-03-29)
    14. Bluethroat (2025-04-02)
    15. Lesser Whitethroat (2025-04-02)
    16. Grey Heron (2025-04-03)
    17. Eurasian Jackdaw (2025-04-04)
    18. Eurasian Penduline Tit (2025-04-08)
    19. Black Kite (2025-04-08)
    20. Common Chiffchaff (2025-04-08)
    21. Common Starling (2025-04-08)
    22. Lesser Spotted Woodpecker (2025-04-08)
    23. Yellow Wagtail (2025-04-17)
    24. Western Marsh-Harrier (2025-04-17)
    25. Common Coot (2025-04-24)
    26. Bearded Tit (2025-04-25)
    27. Common Pochard (2025-04-28)
    28. Long-eared Owl (2025-04-30)
    29. Common Cuckoo (2025-05-01)
    31. Tree Pipit (2025-05-04)
    32. Common Whitethroat (2025-05-04)
    33. Ortolan Bunting (2025-05-04)
    34. Thrush Nightingale (2025-05-18)
    35. Red-backed Shrike (2025-05-21)
    36. Booted Warbler (2025-05-27)
    37. Eurasian Goldfinch (2025-05-29)
    38. European Golden Oriole (2025-05-29)
    39. Barred Warbler (2025-05-30)
    40. Eurasian Roller (2025-05-31)
    41. Tree Sparrow (2025-06-05)
    42. Long-tailed Tit (2025-06-05)
    43. Tawny Owl (2025-07-18)
    44. Northern Wren (2025-12-27)

    recent uploads

    2025-12-28. Hooded Crow, Long-tailed Tit, Northern Wren.

    2025-12-16. White-Backed Woodpecker, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Black Woodpecker, Tawny Owl.

    2025-11-12. Great Tit.

    2025-06-06. Unkown Bird, Bearded Tit, Mute Swan, Black Kite, Tree Sparrow, Long-tailed Tit, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Bearded Tit, Common Starling, Common Starling, European Golden Oriole, Western Marsh-Harrier, Ortolan Bunting, Red-backed Shrike, Common Cuckoo, Thrush Nightingale, Mute Swan.

    2025-06-04. Grey-Headed Woodpecker, Eurasian Penduline Tit, Eurasian Roller, Eurasian Goldfinch, Barred Warbler, Booted Warbler, Great Spotted Woodpecker.

    2025-05-05. Western Grasshopper Warbler, Wood Pigeon, Tree Pipit, Common Whitethroat, Ortolan Bunting.

    2025-05-04. Mute Swan, Bluethroat.

    2025-05-03. Bluethroat, Lesser Whitethroat.

    2025-05-02. White Wagtail, Common Cuckoo, Eurasian Penduline Tit, Western Marsh-Harrier, White Wagtail, Bearded Tit, Bluethroat, Long-eared Owl.

    2025-05-01. Common Pochard, Great Spotted Woodpecker.

    2025-04-26. Bluethroat, Common Coot, Bluethroat, Mute Swan, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Common Starling, Bearded Tit.

    2025-04-20. Bluethroat, Eurasian Penduline Tit, Common Starling, Black Kite, Bluethroat, Mute Swan.

    2025-04-19. Common Starling, Yellow Wagtail, Western Marsh-Harrier, Mute Swan.

    2025-04-17. Black Woodpecker, Black Woodpecker.

    2025-04-14. Eurasian Penduline Tit, Grey-Headed Woodpecker, Bluethroat, Common Starling, Grey-Headed Woodpecker.

    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...