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    map of photoshootings

    total species: 119
    total photos: 700
    total videos: 7
    total blogposts: 3

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    1. Redwing (2020-01-03)
    2. Azure Tit (2020-01-03)
    3. Hawfinch (2020-01-03)
    4. Great Tit (2020-01-03)
    5. Common Redpoll (2020-01-03)
    6. Long-tailed Rosefinch (2020-01-03)
    7. Meadow Bunting (2020-01-04)
    9. Bohemian Waxwing (2020-01-04)
    10. Brambling (2020-01-04)
    11. Eurasian Blackbird (2020-01-08)
    12. Willow Tit (2020-01-08)
    13. Northern Bullfinch (2020-01-08)
    14. Baikal Bullfinch (2020-01-08)
    15. Fieldfare (2020-01-26)
    16. Black-throated Thrush (2020-01-26)
    17. Common Kestrel (2020-03-23)
    18. Northern Reed Bunting (2020-03-26)
    19. Common Chaffinch (2020-03-26)
    20. Hooded Crow (2020-03-26)
    21. Rook (2020-03-26)
    22. Mute Swan (2020-04-08)
    23. Northern Wheatear (2020-05-09)
    24. Ruddy Shelduck (2020-05-09)
    25. Common Greenshank (2020-05-09)
    26. Black-winged Stilt (2020-05-09)
    27. Little Ringed Plover (2020-05-09)
    28. Common Sandpiper (2020-05-09)
    29. Terek Sandpiper (2020-05-09)
    30. Common Shelduck (2020-05-09)
    31. Sky Lark (2020-05-09)
    32. Gadwall (2020-05-09)
    33. Yellow Wagtail (2020-05-09)
    34. Pied Avocet (2020-05-09)
    35. Green Sandpiper (2020-05-09)
    36. Common Pochard (2020-05-09)
    37. Caspian Gull (2020-05-11)
    38. Eurasian Redstart (2020-05-11)
    39. Common Tern (2020-05-12)
    40. Eurasian Magpie (2020-05-12)
    41. Bearded Tit (2020-05-14)
    42. Spotted Flycatcher (2020-05-14)
    43. Black-tailed Godwit (2020-05-14)
    44. Marsh Sandpiper (2020-05-14)
    45. Northern Lapwing (2020-05-14)
    46. Citrine Wagtail (2020-05-14)
    47. Siberian Stonechat (2020-05-14)
    48. Northern Shoveler (2020-05-14)
    49. Slavonian Grebe (2020-05-14)
    50. Black-Necked Grebe (2020-05-14)
    51. Red-crested Pochard (2020-05-14)
    52. Mallard (2020-05-14)
    53. Common Moorhen (2020-05-14)
    54. Bluethroat (2020-05-14)
    55. Common Coot (2020-05-14)
    56. Black Kite (2020-05-14)
    57. White-winged Tern (2020-05-14)
    58. Common Redshank (2020-05-14)
    59. Ruff (2020-05-14)
    60. Blyth's Reed Warbler (2020-05-18)
    61. Common Rosefinch (2020-05-18)
    62. European Golden Oriole (2020-05-18)
    63. Common Cuckoo (2020-05-21)
    64. Paddyfield Warbler (2020-05-21)
    65. Black-headed Gull (2020-05-21)
    66. Demoiselle Crane (2020-05-21)
    67. Western Marsh-Harrier (2020-05-21)
    68. Eurasian Linnet (2020-05-21)
    69. Oriental Turtle Dove (2020-05-21)
    70. Booted Warbler (2020-05-21)
    71. Red-backed Shrike (2020-05-21)
    72. Tawny Pipit (2020-05-21)
    73. Temminck's Stint (2020-05-21)
    74. Common Nightingale (2020-05-24)
    75. Eurasian Nuthatch (2020-05-24)
    76. Common Starling (2020-06-21)
    77. Great White Egret (2020-06-21)
    78. Pale Sand Martin (2020-07-05)
    79. Red-headed Bunting (2020-07-05)
    80. Turkestan Shrike (2020-07-05)
    81. Arctic Loon (2020-07-26)
    82. Grey Wagtail (2020-07-28)
    83. Water Pipit (2020-07-30)
    84. Golden Eagle (2020-07-30)
    85. Olive-backed Pipit (2020-07-30)
    86. Black Redstart (2020-08-01)
    87. Eversmann's Redstart (2020-08-01)
    88. Spotted Nutcracker (2020-08-02)
    89. Siberian Rubythroat (2020-08-02)
    90. Common Chiffchaff (2020-08-02)
    91. Tree Pipit (2020-08-03)
    92. Hume's Warbler (2020-08-03)
    93. Dusky Warbler (2020-08-03)
    94. Common Buzzard (2020-08-08)
    95. Tree Sparrow (2020-08-09)
    96. Ortolan Bunting (2020-08-09)
    97. Twite (2020-08-09)
    98. Hoopoe (2020-08-09)
    99. Masked Wagtail (2020-08-09)
    100. Great Cormorant (2020-08-22)
    101. White Wagtail (2020-08-22)
    102. Great Spotted Woodpecker (2020-08-22)
    103. Eurasian Hobby (2020-08-29)
    104. European Bee-eater (2020-08-29)
    105. Common Kingfisher (2020-09-04)
    106. White-tailed Sea-Eagle (2020-09-04)
    107. Grey Heron (2020-09-04)
    108. Lesser Whitethroat (2020-09-04)
    109. Eurasian Goldfinch (2020-10-06)
    110. Eurasian Siskin (2020-11-06)
    111. Common Sparrowhawk (2020-11-13)
    112. European Robin (2020-11-27)
    113. Black Woodpecker (2020-11-27)
    114. Grey-Headed Woodpecker (2020-11-28)
    115. White-Backed Woodpecker (2020-11-28)
    116. Black Lark (2020-11-30)
    117. Rock Pigeon (2020-12-03)
    118. Long-tailed Tit (2020-12-11)
    119. Carrion Crow (2020-12-16)

    recent uploads

    2020-12-17. Fieldfare, Eurasian Siskin, Long-tailed Rosefinch, Common Redpoll, Bohemian Waxwing, White-tailed Sea-Eagle, Carrion Crow.

    2020-12-13. Bohemian Waxwing, Mallard, Long-tailed Tit.

    2020-12-03. Rook, Lesser Spotted Woodpecker, Rock Pigeon.

    2020-11-30. Black Lark.

    2020-11-28. Mallard, Grey-Headed Woodpecker, White-Backed Woodpecker, Mallard, Long-tailed Rosefinch, Azure Tit, Eurasian Siskin.

    2020-11-27. European Robin, Eurasian Blackbird, Black Woodpecker, Hawfinch, Northern Bullfinch, Brambling.

    2020-11-19. Northern Bullfinch, Eurasian Blackbird, Fieldfare, Hawfinch, Bohemian Waxwing, Mallard, Baikal Bullfinch.

    2020-11-13. Long-tailed Rosefinch, Common Starling, Hybrid Bunting, Azure Tit, Common Chaffinch, Northern Bullfinch, Eurasian Nuthatch, Hawfinch, Long-tailed Rosefinch, Common Sparrowhawk.

    2020-11-08. Eurasian Siskin, Long-tailed Rosefinch, Long-tailed Rosefinch, Long-tailed Rosefinch.

    2020-11-06. Long-tailed Rosefinch, Eurasian Siskin, Northern Lapwing, Common Starling, Azure Tit, Lesser Spotted Woodpecker, Eurasian Siskin, Long-tailed Rosefinch.

    2020-10-07. Eurasian Goldfinch.

    2020-09-05. Common Kingfisher, Great Cormorant, White-tailed Sea-Eagle, Mallard, Tree Pipit, Grey Heron, Common Kingfisher, Mallard, Great White Egret, White-tailed Sea-Eagle, Tree Pipit, Caspian Gull, Lesser Whitethroat, Grey Heron.

    2020-08-29. Oriental Turtle Dove, Eurasian Hobby, European Bee-eater, Common Kestrel, Black Kite, Spotted Flycatcher.

    2020-08-22. Great Cormorant, Common Chaffinch, White Wagtail, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Spotted Flycatcher.

    2020-08-21. Siberian Rubythroat.

    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)

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    unidentified birds

    2026-06-22

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    2026-06-21

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    2026-06-18

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    2026-06-18

    Юрий Малков: Спасибо Анна и Андрей.
    2026-06-17

    Юрий Малков: Спасибо Анна.
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