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    total species: 132
    total photos: 671
    total videos: 1
    total blogposts: 0

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    1. Bohemian Waxwing (2026-01-03)
    2. Common Kestrel (2026-01-04)
    3. Golden Eagle (2026-01-04)
    4. Black-throated Thrush (2026-01-06)
    5. Blue-capped Redstart (2026-01-09)
    6. Azure Tit (2026-01-09)
    7. Goldcrest (2026-01-11)
    8. Eastern Buzzard (2026-01-13)
    9. Rock Pigeon (2026-01-19)
    10. Great Tit (2026-01-19)
    11. Eurasian Siskin (2026-01-21)
    12. Common Chaffinch (2026-01-22)
    13. Eurasian Blackbird (2026-01-24)
    14. Mistle Thrush (2026-01-24)
    15. Eurasian Magpie (2026-01-24)
    16. Red-fronted Serin (2026-01-25)
    17. Carrion Crow (2026-01-26)
    18. Common Sparrowhawk (2026-01-27)
    19. Long-eared Owl (2026-01-29)
    20. Great White Egret (2026-01-30)
    21. Grey-headed Goldfinch (2026-01-31)
    22. Pygmy Cormorant (2026-01-31)
    23. Water Rail (2026-01-31)
    24. Green Sandpiper (2026-01-31)
    25. Long-legged Buzzard (2026-02-01)
    26. Cinereous Vulture (2026-02-02)
    27. Hooded Crow (2026-02-05)
    28. White-winged Grosbeak (2026-02-07)
    29. Mallard (2026-02-17)
    30. Masked Wagtail (2026-03-01)
    31. Brown Dipper (2026-03-01)
    32. Common Pheasant (2026-03-04)
    33. Brambling (2026-03-07)
    34. Black-headed Gull (2026-03-07)
    35. Eversmann's Redstart (2026-03-08)
    36. Plain Mountain Finch (2026-03-12)
    37. Common Buzzard (2026-03-13)
    38. Black-throated Accentor (2026-03-14)
    39. Rock Bunting (2026-03-14)
    40. Grey Wagtail (2026-03-15)
    41. Northern Wren (2026-03-15)
    42. Northern House Martin (2026-03-15)
    43. Blue Whistling Thrush (2026-03-16)
    44. Eurasian Dipper (2026-03-16)
    45. Citrine Wagtail (2026-03-17)
    46. Common Moorhen (2026-03-21)
    47. Wood Pigeon (2026-03-23)
    48. Common Chiffchaff (2026-03-25)
    49. Cetti's Warbler (2026-03-25)
    50. Siberian Stonechat (2026-03-26)
    51. Coal Tit (2026-03-27)
    53. Great Crested Grebe (2026-03-28)
    54. Grey Heron (2026-03-28)
    55. Great Cormorant (2026-03-28)
    56. Common Teal (2026-03-28)
    57. Black Kite (2026-03-31)
    58. Booted Eagle (2026-04-12)
    59. White-browed Tit-Warbler (2026-04-12)
    60. Pied Wheatear (2026-04-13)
    61. Corn Bunting (2026-04-13)
    62. Songar Tit (2026-04-15)
    63. Black Redstart (2026-04-18)
    64. Common Sandpiper (2026-04-18)
    65. Barn Swallow (2026-04-18)
    66. Hume's Warbler (2026-04-19)
    67. Common Tern (2026-04-20)
    68. Common Coot (2026-04-20)
    69. Common Swift (2026-04-20)
    70. Red-rumped Swallow (2026-04-20)
    71. Common Raven (2026-04-21)
    72. Lammergeier (2026-04-21)
    74. Little Bittern (2026-04-25)
    75. Common Treecreeper (2026-04-26)
    76. Tree Pipit (2026-05-01)
    77. European Greenfinch (2026-05-02)
    78. Common Kingfisher (2026-05-03)
    79. Calandra Lark (2026-05-05)
    80. Eurasian Roller (2026-05-05)
    81. Lesser Grey Shrike (2026-05-05)
    82. Ruddy Shelduck (2026-05-05)
    83. Short-toed Snake-Eagle (2026-05-05)
    84. Yellow Wagtail (2026-05-05)
    85. Eurasian Jackdaw (2026-05-07)
    86. Turkestan Shrike (2026-05-07)
    87. Eurasian Hobby (2026-05-07)
    88. Indian Golden Oriole (2026-05-07)
    89. Chukar Partridge (2026-05-07)
    90. Greater Short-toed Lark (2026-05-07)
    91. Hoopoe (2026-05-07)
    92. Western Marsh-Harrier (2026-05-07)
    93. Spotted Nutcracker (2026-05-09)
    94. Himalayan Vulture (2026-05-09)
    95. Crested Honey-Buzzard (2026-05-09)
    96. Red-headed Bunting (2026-05-10)
    97. Ortolan Bunting (2026-05-10)
    98. Spotted Flycatcher (2026-05-10)
    99. Caspian Gull (2026-05-10)
    100. Common Cuckoo (2026-05-10)
    101. Red-backed Shrike (2026-05-10)
    102. Rosy Starling (2026-05-10)
    103. Montagu's Harrier (2026-05-10)
    104. Common Starling (2026-05-10)
    105. Crested Lark (2026-05-10)
    106. Isabelline Wheatear (2026-05-10)
    107. Merlin (2026-05-14)
    108. Common Rosefinch (2026-05-16)
    109. Common Whitethroat (2026-05-18)
    110. Blyth's Reed Warbler (2026-05-20)
    111. Yellow-billed Chough (2026-05-21)
    112. Steppe Eagle (2026-05-21)
    113. Common Nightingale (2026-05-23)
    114. Barred Warbler (2026-05-23)
    115. Egyptian Vulture (2026-05-25)
    116. Rock Sparrow (2026-05-25)
    117. Red-billed Chough (2026-05-27)
    118. Water Pipit (2026-05-27)
    119. Laughing Dove (2026-05-29)
    120. Black-Necked Grebe (2026-05-29)
    121. Indian Sparrow (2026-05-29)
    122. Tree Sparrow (2026-05-29)
    123. Ferruginous Duck (2026-05-30)
    124. Black-tailed Godwit (2026-05-30)
    125. Common Shelduck (2026-05-30)
    126. Black-winged Stilt (2026-05-30)
    127. Northern Shoveler (2026-05-30)
    128. European Bee-eater (2026-05-30)
    129. Sand Martin (2026-06-07)
    130. Himalayan Rubythroat (2026-06-11)
    131. Greenish Warbler (2026-06-13)
    132. Black-crowned Night Heron (2026-06-19)

    recent uploads

    2026-06-21. Coal Tit, Grey-headed Goldfinch, Indian Golden Oriole, Black-crowned Night Heron.

    2026-06-18. Common Kingfisher.

    2026-06-15. Common Kingfisher, Common Kingfisher.

    2026-06-14. Common Sparrowhawk, Greenish Warbler.

    2026-06-13. Common Sparrowhawk.

    2026-06-12. Himalayan Rubythroat.

    2026-06-08. Pied Wheatear, Red-headed Bunting, Long-legged Buzzard, Sand Martin, Long-legged Buzzard.

    2026-06-07. Eurasian Hobby, Common Kestrel, Long-legged Buzzard, Tree Sparrow.

    2026-06-05. Long-legged Buzzard, Brown Dipper.

    2026-06-03. Siberian Stonechat, Siberian Stonechat, Common Rosefinch.

    2026-05-31. Western Marsh-Harrier, Caspian Gull, Black-backed Masked Wagtail, Western Marsh-Harrier, Ferruginous Duck, Black-tailed Godwit, Common Shelduck, Black-winged Stilt, Northern Shoveler, European Bee-eater, Booted Eagle, Common Rosefinch.

    2026-05-30. Calandra Lark.

    2026-05-29. Laughing Dove, Black-Necked Grebe, Caspian Gull, Great Crested Grebe, Great Crested Grebe, Indian Sparrow, Tree Sparrow.

    2026-05-28. Grey-headed Goldfinch, Red-billed Chough, Plain Mountain Finch, Eversmann's Redstart, Blue-capped Redstart, Blue Whistling Thrush, Water Pipit.

    2026-05-25. Egyptian Vulture, Blyth's Reed Warbler, Rock Sparrow, Black Kite, Black Kite, Lesser Grey Shrike.

    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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    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
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    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
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    unidentified birds

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    2026-06-21

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    2026-06-18

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