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    map of photoshootings

    total species: 103
    total photos: 473
    total videos: 0
    total blogposts: 0

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    1. Greater Flamingo (2016-02-20)
    2. Mallard (2016-02-20)
    3. Great Tit (2016-02-24)
    4. Rook (2016-02-24)
    5. Eurasian Blackbird (2016-02-24)
    6. Common Mynah (2016-02-24)
    7. House Sparrow (2016-02-24)
    8. Citrine Wagtail (2016-03-26)
    9. Hoopoe (2016-03-26)
    10. Common Kestrel (2016-03-26)
    11. Green Sandpiper (2016-03-26)
    12. Common Redshank (2016-03-26)
    13. Kentish Plover (2016-03-26)
    14. White Wagtail (2016-03-26)
    15. Common Shelduck (2016-03-26)
    16. Sky Lark (2016-03-26)
    17. White-tailed Lapwing (2016-03-26)
    18. Garganey (2016-03-26)
    19. Northern Shoveler (2016-03-26)
    20. Great Cormorant (2016-04-02)
    21. Grey Heron (2016-04-02)
    22. Caspian Gull (2016-04-02)
    23. Slender-billed Gull (2016-04-02)
    24. Caspian Plover (2016-04-16)
    25. Black-Bellied Sandgrouse (2016-04-16)
    26. Greater Short-toed Lark (2016-04-16)
    27. Eurasian Whimbrel (2016-04-16)
    28. Barn Swallow (2016-04-16)
    29. Crested Lark (2016-04-19)
    30. Song Thrush (2016-04-19)
    31. Common Swift (2016-04-19)
    32. Glossy Ibis (2016-04-19)
    33. Common Crane (2016-04-19)
    34. Common Chiffchaff (2016-05-02)
    35. Bar-tailed Godwit (2016-05-02)
    36. Red-crested Pochard (2016-05-02)
    37. Eurasian Redstart (2016-05-03)
    38. Long-legged Buzzard (2016-05-03)
    39. Rosy Starling (2016-05-03)
    40. Hooded Crow (2016-05-13)
    41. Ruddy Turnstone (2016-05-13)
    42. White-winged Tern (2016-05-13)
    43. Little Tern (2016-05-13)
    44. Red-headed Bunting (2016-05-16)
    45. Lesser Grey Shrike (2016-05-16)
    46. Little Ringed Plover (2016-05-16)
    47. Isabelline Wheatear (2016-05-16)
    48. Pied Wheatear (2016-05-16)
    49. Chukar Partridge (2016-05-28)
    50. European Bee-eater (2016-05-28)
    51. Rock Sparrow (2016-05-28)
    52. Bimaculated Lark (2016-06-03)
    53. Greater Sand Plover (2016-06-03)
    54. Syke's Warbler (2016-06-23)
    55. Common Tern (2016-06-25)
    56. Calandra Lark (2016-06-28)
    57. Finsch's Wheatear (2016-06-28)
    58. Steppe Grey Shrike (2016-06-28)
    59. Golden Eagle (2016-07-03)
    60. Black-headed Gull (2016-07-18)
    61. Red-necked Phalarope (2016-07-18)
    62. Baraba Steppe Gull (2016-07-18)
    63. Mew Gull (2016-07-18)
    64. Slavonian Grebe (2016-07-19)
    65. Black-winged Stilt (2016-08-01)
    66. Rock Pigeon (2016-08-03)
    67. Ruff (2016-08-25)
    68. Little Stint (2016-08-25)
    69. Wood Sandpiper (2016-08-25)
    70. Eurasian Collared Dove (2016-08-26)
    71. Common Whitethroat (2016-09-02)
    72. Red-backed Shrike (2016-09-07)
    73. Willow Warbler (2016-09-07)
    74. Common Snipe (2016-09-10)
    75. Garden Warbler (2016-09-10)
    76. Horned Lark (2016-09-10)
    77. Common Teal (2016-09-10)
    78. Spotted Flycatcher (2016-09-10)
    79. Common Buzzard (2016-09-10)
    80. Red-breasted Flycatcher (2016-09-10)
    81. Gadwall (2016-09-10)
    82. Pallid Harrier (2016-09-17)
    83. Northern Wheatear (2016-09-23)
    84. Common Chaffinch (2016-10-08)
    85. Common Raven (2016-10-08)
    86. Common Sparrowhawk (2016-10-08)
    87. Common Starling (2016-10-08)
    88. Western Marsh-Harrier (2016-10-08)
    89. Northern Pintail (2016-10-08)
    90. Greater Ringed Plover (2016-10-13)
    91. Great Crested Grebe (2016-10-29)
    92. European Robin (2016-10-29)
    93. Little Bustard (2016-10-29)
    94. Dunlin (2016-10-29)
    95. Common Coot (2016-10-29)
    96. White-headed Duck (2016-11-04)
    97. Mistle Thrush (2016-11-10)
    98. Tufted Duck (2016-11-14)
    99. Mute Swan (2016-11-14)
    100. Hawfinch (2016-12-04)
    101. Fieldfare (2016-12-20)
    102. Redwing (2016-12-20)
    103. Black-Necked Grebe (2016-12-20)

    recent uploads

    2016-12-22. Fieldfare, Redwing, Tufted Duck, Mallard, Black-Necked Grebe.

    2016-12-13. Mistle Thrush, European Robin, Common Chaffinch, Rook, Mew Gull.

    2016-12-06. Great Crested Grebe, Hawfinch, European Robin.

    2016-11-24. Dunlin, Black-headed Gull, Common Teal, Mistle Thrush, Dunlin, Hooded Crow, Tufted Duck, Mute Swan, Common Chaffinch.

    2016-11-09. White-headed Duck.

    2016-11-02. Great Crested Grebe, European Robin, Common Chaffinch, Little Bustard, Dunlin, Common Starling, Common Coot.

    2016-10-19. Mallard, Black-headed Gull, Caspian Gull.

    2016-10-15. Western Marsh-Harrier, Ruddy Turnstone, Greater Ringed Plover.

    2016-10-12. Western Marsh-Harrier, Northern Pintail, Pallid Harrier, White Wagtail, Ruff.

    2016-10-11. Common Kestrel, Common Sparrowhawk, Common Starling, Common Snipe.

    2016-10-10. Great Cormorant, Long-legged Buzzard, Common Kestrel, House Sparrow, Common Chaffinch, Common Raven.

    2016-09-28. Ruff.

    2016-09-27. Wood Sandpiper, Ruff, Red-breasted Flycatcher, Northern Shoveler, Common Teal, Gadwall, Horned Lark, Calandra Lark, Spotted Flycatcher, Pied Wheatear.

    2016-09-26. Red-necked Phalarope, Black-winged Stilt, Common Snipe, Ruff, Garden Warbler, Eurasian Redstart, Crested Lark, Common Buzzard, Steppe Buzzard, Glossy Ibis, Long-legged Buzzard, Pallid Harrier, Northern Wheatear, Mallard.

    2016-09-09. Little Tern.

    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
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    (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

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    2026-06-21

    Андрей Коваленко: По фото вряд ли, но в это время там только луговые...
    2026-06-18

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    Юрий Малков: Спасибо Анна и Андрей.
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