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Gaviiformes
  • Gaviidae
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    map of photoshootings

    total species: 53
    total photos: 178
    total videos: 0
    total blogposts: 0

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    1. Black-headed Gull (2018-01-20)
    2. Mallard (2018-01-20)
    3. Common Chaffinch (2018-01-20)
    4. Red-breasted Merganser (2018-01-20)
    5. Caspian Gull (2018-01-23)
    6. Mew Gull (2018-01-23)
    7. Common Kestrel (2018-01-23)
    8. Fieldfare (2018-01-24)
    9. Great Cormorant (2018-03-17)
    10. Greater Flamingo (2018-03-17)
    11. Common Coot (2018-03-17)
    12. Eurasian Wigeon (2018-03-23)
    13. Common Snipe (2018-04-24)
    14. Kentish Plover (2018-04-24)
    15. Little Ringed Plover (2018-04-24)
    16. Red-necked Phalarope (2018-06-04)
    17. Black-winged Stilt (2018-06-04)
    18. Pied Avocet (2018-06-04)
    19. Common Shelduck (2018-06-04)
    20. Black-winged Pratincole (2018-06-04)
    21. Common Redshank (2018-06-04)
    22. Green Sandpiper (2018-06-04)
    23. Common Pochard (2018-06-21)
    24. Pied Wheatear (2018-06-21)
    25. Barn Swallow (2018-06-21)
    26. Horned Lark (2018-06-25)
    27. Rosy Starling (2018-06-28)
    28. Steppe Grey Shrike (2018-06-28)
    29. Little Owl (2018-06-28)
    30. Long-legged Buzzard (2018-06-28)
    31. Hoopoe (2018-06-28)
    32. Red-backed Shrike (2018-08-30)
    33. Spotted Flycatcher (2018-08-30)
    34. Eurasian Reed Warbler (2018-08-30)
    35. Grey Wagtail (2018-09-12)
    36. Citrine Wagtail (2018-09-12)
    37. Greater Ringed Plover (2018-09-13)
    38. Crested Lark (2018-10-19)
    39. House Sparrow (2018-10-19)
    40. Eurasian Blackbird (2018-10-22)
    41. Song Thrush (2018-10-22)
    42. Common Chiffchaff (2018-10-22)
    43. Black-Necked Grebe (2018-10-27)
    44. Great White Egret (2018-10-27)
    45. Common Starling (2018-10-28)
    46. Northern Reed Bunting (2018-10-31)
    47. White Wagtail (2018-10-31)
    48. Golden Eagle (2018-11-07)
    49. Great Crested Grebe (2018-11-07)
    50. Rock Pigeon (2018-11-28)
    51. Goosander (2018-12-07)
    52. Rook (2018-12-07)
    53. Hooded Crow (2018-12-07)

    recent uploads

    2018-12-14. Crested Lark, Black-headed Gull, Caspian Gull.

    2018-12-08. Goosander, Rook, Northern Reed Bunting, Common Starling, Hooded Crow.

    2018-12-01. Rock Pigeon, Black-headed Gull.

    2018-11-30. Mallard.

    2018-11-24. Common Starling, Common Starling, Black-headed Gull, Black-Necked Grebe, Red-breasted Merganser, Mallard, Great White Egret, Common Pochard.

    2018-11-15. Caspian Gull, Fieldfare, Common Chaffinch, Great Crested Grebe, Mallard, Black-headed Gull.

    2018-11-10. House Sparrow.

    2018-11-09. Black-headed Gull.

    2018-11-08. Golden Eagle, Great Crested Grebe, Black-Necked Grebe, White Wagtail.

    2018-11-02. Black-Necked Grebe, Northern Reed Bunting, Common Chiffchaff, Black-headed Gull, White Wagtail, Mallard, Black-Necked Grebe, Caspian Gull, Crested Lark.

    2018-10-29. Common Starling, Common Starling, Common Starling, Common Starling, Great White Egret, Great White Egret, Great White Egret.

    2018-10-28. Common Coot.

    2018-10-27. Black-Necked Grebe, Black-Necked Grebe, Great Cormorant, Black-headed Gull, Great White Egret, Great White Egret.

    2018-10-23. Great Cormorant, Mallard, Eurasian Blackbird, Song Thrush, Common Chaffinch, Common Chiffchaff.

    2018-10-19. Mallard, Black-headed Gull, Great Cormorant, Crested Lark, House Sparrow.

    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...