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Gaviiformes
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  • Podicipedidae
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    map of photoshootings

    total species: 199
    total photos: 1010
    total videos: 10
    total blogposts: 5

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    1. House Sparrow (2016-01-02)
    2. Eurasian Collared Dove (2016-01-02)
    3. Common Kestrel (2016-01-03)
    4. Eurasian Blackbird (2016-01-03)
    5. Yellowhammer (2016-01-03)
    6. Hawfinch (2016-01-03)
    7. Dunnock (2016-01-03)
    8. Blue Tit (2016-01-03)
    9. Long-eared Owl (2016-01-03)
    10. Long-tailed Rosefinch (2016-01-03)
    11. Mistle Thrush (2016-01-03)
    12. Northern Reed Bunting (2016-01-03)
    13. European Robin (2016-01-04)
    14. Kentish Plover (2016-01-04)
    15. Tufted Duck (2016-01-04)
    16. Black-headed Gull (2016-01-04)
    17. Mew Gull (2016-01-04)
    18. Common Goldeneye (2016-01-04)
    19. Mute Swan (2016-01-04)
    20. Eurasian Siskin (2016-01-04)
    21. Northern Bullfinch (2016-01-06)
    22. Goosander (2016-01-09)
    23. Tree Sparrow (2016-01-09)
    24. Mallard (2016-01-09)
    26. Hen Harrier (2016-01-11)
    27. Whooper Swan (2016-01-11)
    28. Greater Flamingo (2016-01-11)
    29. Western Marsh-Harrier (2016-01-11)
    30. Long-legged Buzzard (2016-01-11)
    31. Great Tit (2016-01-12)
    32. Crested Lark (2016-01-14)
    33. Common Chaffinch (2016-01-14)
    34. Black Kite (2016-01-31)
    35. Black Redstart (2016-02-21)
    36. Hooded Crow (2016-02-21)
    37. Rook (2016-03-06)
    38. Bimaculated Lark (2016-03-06)
    39. Common Raven (2016-03-06)
    40. Barn Swallow (2016-03-06)
    41. Sky Lark (2016-03-06)
    42. Grey Heron (2016-03-06)
    43. Pallas's Gull (2016-03-11)
    44. Common Coot (2016-03-11)
    45. Caspian Gull (2016-03-11)
    46. White Wagtail (2016-03-11)
    47. Baraba Steppe Gull (2016-03-11)
    48. Gadwall (2016-03-11)
    49. Jack Snipe (2016-03-11)
    50. Isabelline Wheatear (2016-03-13)
    51. Finsch's Wheatear (2016-03-13)
    52. Redwing (2016-03-19)
    53. Common Redshank (2016-03-19)
    54. Green Sandpiper (2016-03-19)
    55. Great White Egret (2016-03-19)
    56. Short-eared Owl (2016-03-20)
    57. Black-Necked Grebe (2016-03-21)
    58. Great Crested Grebe (2016-03-21)
    59. Eurasian Redstart (2016-03-26)
    60. Lesser Short-toed Lark (2016-03-27)
    61. Slender-billed Gull (2016-03-27)
    62. Dunlin (2016-03-27)
    63. Eurasian Curlew (2016-03-27)
    64. Northern Shoveler (2016-03-27)
    65. Meadow Pipit (2016-03-27)
    66. Caspian Tern (2016-03-31)
    67. Great Cormorant (2016-04-01)
    68. Common Chiffchaff (2016-04-03)
    69. Brambling (2016-04-03)
    70. Siberian Stonechat (2016-04-03)
    71. Common Kingfisher (2016-04-03)
    72. Semi-collared Flycatcher (2016-04-05)
    73. Grey Wagtail (2016-04-06)
    74. Tree Pipit (2016-04-09)
    75. Desert Finch (2016-04-09)
    76. Song Thrush (2016-04-09)
    77. Bluethroat (2016-04-09)
    78. Little Ringed Plover (2016-04-11)
    79. Citrine Wagtail (2016-04-14)
    80. Willow Warbler (2016-04-15)
    82. Red-breasted Flycatcher (2016-04-15)
    83. Common Sandpiper (2016-04-19)
    84. Northern Wheatear (2016-04-20)
    85. Collared Flycatcher (2016-04-22)
    86. Chukar Partridge (2016-04-23)
    87. Hoopoe (2016-04-23)
    88. Red-footed Falcon (2016-04-23)
    89. Gull-billed Tern (2016-04-23)
    90. Rock Sparrow (2016-04-23)
    91. Whinchat (2016-04-24)
    92. Pied Wheatear (2016-04-26)
    93. Lesser Whitethroat (2016-04-26)
    94. Syke's Warbler (2016-04-27)
    95. Spotted Flycatcher (2016-04-27)
    96. Little Bittern (2016-04-30)
    97. Eurasian Hobby (2016-04-30)
    98. Paddyfield Warbler (2016-04-30)
    99. Red-backed Shrike (2016-04-30)
    100. Barred Warbler (2016-04-30)
    101. Ruddy Shelduck (2016-04-30)
    102. Rock Pigeon (2016-04-30)
    103. Common Swift (2016-05-01)
    104. Eurasian Whimbrel (2016-05-01)
    105. European Bee-eater (2016-05-01)
    106. Greater Short-toed Lark (2016-05-01)
    107. Horned Lark (2016-05-01)
    108. Yellow Wagtail (2016-05-01)
    109. Red-throated Pipit (2016-05-01)
    110. Yellow-backed Wagtail (2016-05-01)
    111. Common Rosefinch (2016-05-02)
    112. Eurasian Wryneck (2016-05-02)
    113. Greenish Warbler (2016-05-02)
    114. Common Whitethroat (2016-05-03)
    115. White-winged Tern (2016-05-08)
    116. Whiskered Tern (2016-05-08)
    117. Common Snipe (2016-05-08)
    118. Temminck's Stint (2016-05-08)
    119. Sand Martin (2016-05-08)
    120. Curlew Sandpiper (2016-05-08)
    121. Red-necked Phalarope (2016-05-08)
    122. Common Shelduck (2016-05-08)
    123. Ruff (2016-05-08)
    124. Wood Sandpiper (2016-05-08)
    125. Terek Sandpiper (2016-05-08)
    126. Black-winged Stilt (2016-05-08)
    127. Black-headed Wagtail (2016-05-08)
    128. Greater Ringed Plover (2016-05-08)
    129. Ruddy Turnstone (2016-05-08)
    130. Little Tern (2016-05-08)
    131. Sanderling (2016-05-08)
    132. Little Stint (2016-05-08)
    133. Common Teal (2016-05-08)
    134. Lesser Grey Shrike (2016-05-08)
    135. Shikra (2016-05-08)
    136. Eastern Olivaceous Warbler (2016-05-13)
    137. Red-headed Bunting (2016-05-18)
    138. Ortolan Bunting (2016-05-18)
    139. European Golden Oriole (2016-05-18)
    140. Blyth's Reed Warbler (2016-05-18)
    141. Eurasian Reed Warbler (2016-05-18)
    142. Northern House Martin (2016-05-28)
    143. Calandra Lark (2016-06-24)
    144. Greater Sand Plover (2016-06-28)
    145. Rosy Starling (2016-06-28)
    146. Common Starling (2016-06-28)
    147. Black-Bellied Sandgrouse (2016-07-07)
    148. Common Tern (2016-07-23)
    149. Common Cuckoo (2016-07-28)
    150. Sandwich Tern (2016-07-31)
    151. Great Reed Warbler (2016-07-31)
    152. Garden Warbler (2016-08-07)
    153. Wood Warbler (2016-08-12)
    154. Booted Warbler (2016-08-12)
    155. Pied Flycatcher (2016-08-20)
    156. Eurasian Roller (2016-08-28)
    157. Thrush Nightingale (2016-09-03)
    158. Broad-billed Sandpiper (2016-09-04)
    159. Merlin (2016-09-04)
    160. Blue-cheeked Bee-eater (2016-09-04)
    161. Pallid Harrier (2016-09-04)
    162. Marsh Sandpiper (2016-09-04)
    163. Eurasian Wigeon (2016-09-04)
    164. Northern Lapwing (2016-09-04)
    165. Garganey (2016-09-04)
    166. Northern Pintail (2016-09-04)
    167. Pied Bushchat (2016-09-06)
    168. Levant Sparrowhawk (2016-09-06)
    169. Common Buzzard (2016-09-12)
    170. Steppe Eagle (2016-09-12)
    171. Water Rail (2016-09-18)
    172. Common Sparrowhawk (2016-09-18)
    173. Goldcrest (2016-09-26)
    174. Hume's Warbler (2016-10-01)
    175. Eurasian Penduline Tit (2016-10-07)
    176. Red-breasted Merganser (2016-10-13)
    177. Eurasian Woodcock (2016-10-20)
    178. Red-crested Pochard (2016-10-20)
    179. Black-throated Thrush (2016-10-22)
    180. Laughing Dove (2016-10-22)
    181. Grey Plover (2016-10-23)
    182. Little Bustard (2016-10-23)
    183. Masked Wagtail (2016-10-27)
    184. Slavonian Grebe (2016-10-28)
    185. White-tailed Sea-Eagle (2016-11-03)
    186. Menetries Warbler (2016-11-03)
    187. Long-tailed Tit (2016-11-05)
    188. Asian Desert Warbler (2016-11-05)
    189. Fieldfare (2016-11-05)
    190. Desert Wheatear (2016-11-05)
    191. Long-tailed Duck (2016-11-06)
    192. Coal Tit (2016-11-11)
    193. Pine Bunting (2016-11-14)
    194. Bohemian Waxwing (2016-11-20)
    195. Northern Wren (2016-11-24)
    196. Ring-billed Gull (2016-12-03)
    197. Herring Gull (2016-12-13)
    198. Common Pochard (2016-12-20)
    199. European Greenfinch (2016-12-20)

    recent uploads

    2017-01-09. Eurasian Redstart.

    2017-01-06. Caspian Gull.

    2017-01-03. Ring-billed Gull.

    2016-12-29. Ring-billed Gull.

    2016-12-20. Redwing, Fieldfare, Common Pochard, Mute Swan, Tufted Duck, European Greenfinch.

    2016-12-16. Crested Lark, Tree Sparrow, Northern Reed Bunting, Eurasian Siskin, Blue Tit, Grey Heron, Common Teal, Hooded Crow, Whooper Swan, Northern Wren, Hawfinch.

    2016-12-13. Herring Gull, Mallard, Mew Gull.

    2016-12-12. Great Tit, Dunnock.

    2016-12-07. Black-headed Gull, Great Cormorant, Tufted Duck, Caspian Gull, Caspian Gull, Mew Gull, Mute Swan, Redwing, Bohemian Waxwing, Fieldfare.

    2016-12-03. Ring-billed Gull, Baraba Steppe Gull.

    2016-12-02. Ring-billed Gull, Ring-billed Gull.

    2016-11-30. Great Crested Grebe, Redwing, Common Chiffchaff, Mew Gull.

    2016-11-24. Black-throated Thrush, Dunlin, Eurasian Woodcock, Greater Ringed Plover, Mistle Thrush, Northern Wren.

    2016-11-21. Bohemian Waxwing, Great Tit, Redwing, Fieldfare, Yellowhammer, Pine Bunting, Black-throated Thrush.

    2016-11-20. Bohemian Waxwing, Common Snipe.

    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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    Great Cormorant
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    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
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    2025-04-14
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    2025-03-30
    Great White Egret
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    2025-03-23
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    2025-02-07
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    2025-02-06
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    2025-01-07
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    2024-08-03
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    unidentified birds

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