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    map of photoshootings

    total species: 84
    total photos: 392
    total videos: 0
    total blogposts: 0

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    1. Black-throated Thrush (2017-01-07)
    2. Common Pochard (2017-01-07)
    3. Tufted Duck (2017-01-07)
    4. Mallard (2017-01-07)
    5. Rough-legged Buzzard (2017-01-13)
    6. Long-legged Buzzard (2017-01-13)
    7. Black-Necked Grebe (2017-02-20)
    8. Hooded Crow (2017-02-20)
    9. Great Cormorant (2017-03-01)
    10. Black Redstart (2017-03-06)
    11. Common Chaffinch (2017-03-06)
    12. Bohemian Waxwing (2017-03-06)
    13. Caspian Gull (2017-03-19)
    14. Black-headed Gull (2017-03-19)
    15. Laughing Dove (2017-04-01)
    16. Spotted Redshank (2017-04-02)
    17. Green Sandpiper (2017-04-02)
    18. White Wagtail (2017-04-02)
    19. Citrine Wagtail (2017-04-02)
    20. Kentish Plover (2017-04-02)
    21. Ruddy Shelduck (2017-04-06)
    22. Common Kestrel (2017-04-06)
    23. Pied Avocet (2017-04-06)
    24. Ruff (2017-04-06)
    25. Dunlin (2017-04-06)
    26. Common Sandpiper (2017-04-23)
    27. Common Tern (2017-04-23)
    28. Bimaculated Lark (2017-04-26)
    29. Eurasian Collared Dove (2017-04-26)
    30. Pied Wheatear (2017-04-26)
    31. Spotted Flycatcher (2017-05-20)
    32. Common Swift (2017-05-28)
    33. Finsch's Wheatear (2017-06-02)
    34. Gull-billed Tern (2017-06-02)
    35. Red-headed Bunting (2017-06-02)
    36. Great White Egret (2017-06-02)
    37. Little Ringed Plover (2017-06-02)
    38. Black-winged Stilt (2017-06-02)
    39. Hoopoe (2017-06-04)
    40. Greater Short-toed Lark (2017-06-04)
    41. Rosy Starling (2017-06-04)
    42. House Sparrow (2017-07-03)
    43. Little Owl (2017-07-09)
    44. Common Greenshank (2017-07-10)
    45. Glossy Ibis (2017-07-10)
    46. Black-Bellied Sandgrouse (2017-07-10)
    47. Garganey (2017-07-10)
    48. Wood Sandpiper (2017-07-10)
    49. European Bee-eater (2017-07-20)
    50. Curlew Sandpiper (2017-07-20)
    51. Calandra Lark (2017-07-20)
    52. Crested Lark (2017-07-20)
    53. Steppe Eagle (2017-07-21)
    54. Ruddy Turnstone (2017-08-13)
    55. Black-headed Wagtail (2017-08-13)
    56. Barn Swallow (2017-08-16)
    57. Red-necked Phalarope (2017-08-16)
    58. Common Coot (2017-08-20)
    59. Willow Warbler (2017-08-20)
    60. Booted Warbler (2017-08-28)
    61. Sandwich Tern (2017-08-28)
    62. Common Rosefinch (2017-08-28)
    63. Little Bustard (2017-08-31)
    64. Western Marsh-Harrier (2017-09-02)
    65. Whooper Swan (2017-09-02)
    66. Montagu's Harrier (2017-09-02)
    67. Common Starling (2017-09-02)
    68. Rook (2017-09-02)
    69. Greater Ringed Plover (2017-09-26)
    70. Common Chiffchaff (2017-09-26)
    71. Black Kite (2017-09-26)
    72. Grey Heron (2017-09-26)
    73. Common Snipe (2017-09-30)
    74. Mute Swan (2017-10-09)
    75. Northern Lapwing (2017-10-11)
    76. Golden Eagle (2017-10-11)
    77. Chukar Partridge (2017-10-11)
    78. Lesser Short-toed Lark (2017-10-11)
    79. Song Thrush (2017-10-30)
    80. Eurasian Redstart (2017-10-30)
    81. Eurasian Blackbird (2017-10-30)
    82. Common Raven (2017-11-18)
    83. Great Grey Shrike (2017-12-13)
    84. White-tailed Sea-Eagle (2017-12-18)

    recent uploads

    2017-12-28. Tufted Duck, Black-headed Gull, Tufted Duck.

    2017-12-19. White-tailed Sea-Eagle.

    2017-12-15. Great Grey Shrike.

    2017-12-14. Hooded Crow, Mallard.

    2017-11-21. Common Raven, Chukar Partridge.

    2017-10-31. Common Chaffinch, Black-Necked Grebe, Great Cormorant, Mallard, Song Thrush, Eurasian Redstart, Eurasian Blackbird, Common Kestrel.

    2017-10-13. Steppe Eagle, Northern Lapwing, Long-legged Buzzard, Golden Eagle, Chukar Partridge, Black-Bellied Sandgrouse, Common Kestrel, Long-legged Buzzard, Lesser Short-toed Lark, White Wagtail.

    2017-10-09. Crested Lark, Common Chaffinch, Mallard, Great Cormorant, Black-headed Gull, Mute Swan, Caspian Gull, House Sparrow.

    2017-10-01. Grey Heron, Great White Egret, Common Snipe.

    2017-09-27. Greater Ringed Plover, Common Chiffchaff, Black-headed Gull, Black Kite, Crested Lark, Grey Heron, Ruff, Great Cormorant, House Sparrow, Mallard.

    2017-09-20. Common Kestrel, Little Bustard, Western Marsh-Harrier, Whooper Swan, Montagu's Harrier, Montagu's Harrier, Montagu's Harrier, Common Starling, Hooded Crow, Rook.

    2017-09-18. Eurasian Collared Dove, Wood Sandpiper, Booted Warbler, Sandwich Tern, Common Sandpiper, Spotted Flycatcher, Common Rosefinch, Mallard.

    2017-08-22. Common Coot, Black-headed Gull, Pied Wheatear, Ruddy Turnstone, Willow Warbler.

    2017-08-19. Ruddy Turnstone, White Wagtail, Hooded Crow, Barn Swallow, Red-necked Phalarope, Little Ringed Plover.

    2017-08-16. Ruddy Turnstone, Black-headed Wagtail, White Wagtail, Common Tern, Black-headed Gull, Caspian Gull.

    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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