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Gaviiformes
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    map of photoshootings

    total species: 130
    total photos: 693
    total videos: 2
    total blogposts: 2

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    1. European Robin (2014-01-01)
    2. Lesser Whitethroat (2014-01-01)
    3. Black-throated Thrush (2014-01-01)
    4. Redwing (2014-01-01)
    5. White-winged Grosbeak (2014-01-01)
    6. Goldcrest (2014-01-01)
    7. Great Tit (2014-01-01)
    8. Red-throated Thrush (2014-01-01)
    9. Brambling (2014-01-01)
    10. Common Chaffinch (2014-01-01)
    11. Eurasian Siskin (2014-01-01)
    12. Eurasian Blackbird (2014-01-01)
    13. Water Pipit (2014-01-11)
    14. White-tailed Sea-Eagle (2014-01-11)
    15. Yellow-breasted Tit (2014-01-18)
    16. Great Rosefinch (2014-01-18)
    17. Glaucous Gull (2014-01-21)
    18. Eurasian Jackdaw (2014-01-22)
    19. Lammergeier (2014-02-01)
    20. Yellow-billed Chough (2014-02-02)
    21. Brandt's Rosefinch (2014-02-02)
    22. Red-billed Chough (2014-02-02)
    23. Red-breasted Rosefinch (2014-02-02)
    24. White-winged Snowfinch (2014-02-02)
    25. White-browed Tit-Warbler (2014-02-02)
    26. Blyth's Rosefinch (2014-02-09)
    27. Meadow Pipit (2014-03-01)
    28. Crested Lark (2014-03-23)
    29. Great White Egret (2014-03-25)
    30. Common Swift (2014-03-25)
    31. Bewick's Swan (2014-03-29)
    32. Peregrine Falcon (2014-03-29)
    33. Eversmann's Redstart (2014-03-29)
    34. Northern Pintail (2014-03-29)
    35. Common Shelduck (2014-03-29)
    36. Eurasian Stone Curlew (2014-04-09)
    37. Citrine Wagtail (2014-04-09)
    38. Pallid Scops Owl (2014-04-10)
    39. Finsch's Wheatear (2014-04-10)
    40. Menetries Warbler (2014-04-10)
    41. Eurasian Curlew (2014-04-11)
    42. Pied Wheatear (2014-04-12)
    43. Macqueen's Bustard (2014-04-15)
    44. Pin-Tailed Sandgrouse (2014-04-18)
    45. Pallas's Sandgrouse (2014-04-18)
    46. Whinchat (2014-04-26)
    47. Golden Eagle (2014-04-26)
    48. Red-headed Bunting (2014-04-28)
    49. Common Quail (2014-05-07)
    50. Hume's Warbler (2014-05-21)
    51. Grey-headed Goldfinch (2014-05-22)
    52. Booted Eagle (2014-05-22)
    53. Short-toed Snake-Eagle (2014-05-25)
    55. Northern Reed Bunting (2014-05-26)
    56. Black-winged Stilt (2014-05-27)
    57. Eurasian Wigeon (2014-05-27)
    58. Black-Bellied Sandgrouse (2014-06-01)
    59. Brown-necked Raven (2014-06-01)
    60. Turkestan Shrike (2014-06-01)
    61. Spanish Sparrow (2014-06-01)
    62. Yellow Wagtail (2014-06-01)
    63. Greater Short-toed Lark (2014-06-01)
    64. Caspian Plover (2014-06-01)
    65. Indian Sparrow (2014-06-01)
    66. Hooded Crow (2014-06-01)
    67. Eurasian Eagle-Owl (2014-06-01)
    68. Hoopoe (2014-06-01)
    69. Eurasian Roller (2014-06-01)
    70. Whooper Swan (2014-06-01)
    71. Great White Pelican (2014-06-01)
    72. European Turtle Dove (2014-06-01)
    73. Barbary Falcon (2014-06-07)
    74. Pale Sand Martin (2014-06-07)
    75. Wood Warbler (2014-06-14)
    76. Corn Bunting (2014-06-14)
    78. Pallas's Sea-Eagle (2014-06-21)
    79. Demoiselle Crane (2014-06-22)
    80. Black-crowned Night Heron (2014-06-22)
    81. Little Bittern (2014-06-22)
    82. Common Chiffchaff (2014-06-28)
    83. Black-throated Accentor (2014-06-28)
    84. Common Rosefinch (2014-06-28)
    85. Himalayan Rubythroat (2014-06-28)
    86. Common Cuckoo (2014-06-28)
    87. Red-mantled Rosefinch (2014-06-28)
    88. Sulphur-bellied Warbler (2014-06-28)
    89. Sand Martin (2014-06-29)
    90. Eurasian Scops-Owl (2014-07-18)
    91. Common Kingfisher (2014-07-19)
    92. Eurasian Hobby (2014-07-19)
    93. Black Kite (2014-07-20)
    94. Tawny Pipit (2014-07-20)
    95. Gull-billed Tern (2014-07-20)
    96. Sedge Warbler (2014-07-22)
    97. Red-footed Falcon (2014-07-23)
    98. Upland Buzzard (2014-07-23)
    99. Barn Swallow (2014-07-23)
    100. Common Kestrel (2014-07-24)
    101. European Golden Oriole (2014-07-25)
    102. Guldenstadt's Redstart (2014-08-03)
    103. Baillon's Crake (2014-08-10)
    104. Eurasian Collared Dove (2014-08-10)
    105. Azure Tit (2014-08-10)
    106. Clamorous Reed Warbler (2014-08-10)
    107. Siberian Jay (2014-08-20)
    108. Purple Heron (2014-09-04)
    109. Pander's Ground-Jay (2014-09-08)
    110. Streaked Scrub Warbler (2014-09-08)
    111. Long-legged Buzzard (2014-09-08)
    112. Common Sparrowhawk (2014-09-10)
    113. Eurasian Honey-Buzzard (2014-09-10)
    114. Common Raven (2014-09-24)
    115. Yellow-browed Warbler (2014-09-25)
    116. Greater Flamingo (2014-09-26)
    117. Saker Falcon (2014-09-27)
    118. Greater Ringed Plover (2014-10-05)
    119. Isabelline Shrike (2014-10-05)
    120. Asian Desert Warbler (2014-10-05)
    121. Greater Spotted Eagle (2014-10-11)
    122. Eurasian Golden Plover (2014-10-11)
    123. Asian Short-toed Lark (2014-11-02)
    124. Saxaul Sparrow (2014-11-02)
    125. Great Cormorant (2014-11-02)
    126. Steppe Eagle (2014-11-02)
    127. Mongolian Finch (2014-11-02)
    128. Northern Wren (2014-11-08)
    129. Merlin (2014-12-27)
    130. Long-tailed Rosefinch (2014-12-27)

    recent uploads

    2014-12-28. Merlin, Great White Pelican, Long-tailed Rosefinch, Long-tailed Rosefinch, Northern Wren.

    2014-12-22. Northern Wren, Northern Wren.

    2014-11-08. Northern Wren.

    2014-11-03. Asian Short-toed Lark, Saxaul Sparrow, Great Cormorant, Steppe Eagle, Mongolian Finch, White-tailed Sea-Eagle, Asian Short-toed Lark.

    2014-10-15. White-crowned Penduline Tit.

    2014-10-12. Greater Spotted Eagle, Eurasian Golden Plover, Common Sparrowhawk.

    2014-10-11. Meadow Pipit.

    2014-10-08. Yellow-browed Warbler, Common Raven.

    2014-10-07. Greater Ringed Plover, Hybrid Azure Tit, Azure Tit, Isabelline Shrike, Asian Desert Warbler.

    2014-10-01. Greater Flamingo, Greater Flamingo, Finsch's Wheatear.

    2014-09-29. Saker Falcon.

    2014-09-14. Pallid Scops Owl, Pallid Scops Owl, Purple Heron, Brown-necked Raven.

    2014-09-12. Pander's Ground-Jay, Streaked Scrub Warbler, Long-legged Buzzard, Common Sparrowhawk, Booted Eagle, Eurasian Honey-Buzzard, Common Kingfisher.

    2014-08-23. Siberian Jay.

    2014-08-14. Eurasian Roller, Common Kingfisher.

    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

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

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