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    total species: 154
    total photos: 776
    total videos: 0
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    1. Bewick's Swan (2019-01-18)
    2. Peregrine Falcon (2019-01-18)
    3. Wallcreeper (2019-01-18)
    4. Common Chiffchaff (2019-01-19)
    5. White-tailed Sea-Eagle (2019-01-19)
    6. Caspian Gull (2019-01-19)
    7. Northern Reed Bunting (2019-02-02)
    8. Hooded Crow (2019-02-02)
    9. Blue Tit (2019-02-02)
    10. Brambling (2019-02-02)
    11. Tree Sparrow (2019-02-02)
    12. Common Sparrowhawk (2019-02-09)
    13. Common Chaffinch (2019-02-09)
    14. Great Tit (2019-02-09)
    15. Rook (2019-02-09)
    16. Black-Necked Grebe (2019-02-15)
    17. Mallard (2019-02-15)
    18. Long-tailed Duck (2019-02-16)
    19. Mew Gull (2019-02-16)
    20. Whooper Swan (2019-02-16)
    21. Crested Lark (2019-02-18)
    22. Mute Swan (2019-03-02)
    23. Common Buzzard (2019-03-02)
    24. Long-tailed Rosefinch (2019-03-02)
    25. Steppe Eagle (2019-03-02)
    26. Masked Wagtail (2019-03-02)
    27. Eurasian Magpie (2019-03-02)
    28. Chukar Partridge (2019-03-02)
    29. Eastern Imperial Eagle (2019-03-02)
    30. Calandra Lark (2019-03-02)
    31. Long-legged Buzzard (2019-03-16)
    32. Black Kite (2019-03-16)
    33. Rock Sparrow (2019-03-16)
    34. Horned Lark (2019-03-16)
    35. Common Raven (2019-03-16)
    36. Northern Goshawk (2019-03-16)
    37. Eurasian Eagle-Owl (2019-03-16)
    38. Grey-headed Goldfinch (2019-03-23)
    39. European Greenfinch (2019-03-23)
    40. Black-headed Gull (2019-03-23)
    41. Isabelline Wheatear (2019-03-23)
    42. Pine Bunting (2019-03-23)
    43. Corn Bunting (2019-03-23)
    44. Rock Bunting (2019-03-23)
    45. Garganey (2019-03-23)
    46. Western Marsh-Harrier (2019-03-23)
    47. Pallas's Gull (2019-03-23)
    48. Grey Heron (2019-03-23)
    49. Citrine Wagtail (2019-03-23)
    50. White Wagtail (2019-03-23)
    51. Common Coot (2019-03-23)
    52. Northern Pintail (2019-03-23)
    53. Little Ringed Plover (2019-03-23)
    54. Bluethroat (2019-03-23)
    55. Common Starling (2019-03-25)
    56. Baraba Steppe Gull (2019-03-25)
    57. Isabelline Shrike (2019-03-25)
    58. White-headed Duck (2019-04-06)
    59. Turkestan Shrike (2019-04-06)
    60. Steppe Grey Shrike (2019-04-06)
    61. Common Snipe (2019-04-06)
    62. Brown-necked Raven (2019-04-06)
    63. Jack Snipe (2019-04-06)
    64. Eurasian Redstart (2019-04-06)
    65. Tree Pipit (2019-04-06)
    66. Northern Wheatear (2019-04-06)
    67. Little Bustard (2019-04-06)
    68. Macqueen's Bustard (2019-04-06)
    69. Black-Bellied Sandgrouse (2019-04-06)
    70. Caspian Plover (2019-04-06)
    71. Greater Sand Plover (2019-04-06)
    72. Lesser Kestrel (2019-04-13)
    73. Common Pheasant (2019-04-13)
    74. Common Kestrel (2019-04-13)
    75. Water Pipit (2019-04-13)
    76. Pied Wheatear (2019-04-13)
    77. Sky Lark (2019-04-13)
    78. Siberian Stonechat (2019-04-13)
    79. Eurasian Curlew (2019-04-13)
    80. Ruddy Shelduck (2019-04-13)
    81. Black Stork (2019-04-13)
    82. Hoopoe (2019-04-13)
    83. Common Shelduck (2019-04-13)
    84. Dalmatian Pelican (2019-04-13)
    85. Green Sandpiper (2019-04-13)
    86. Common Oystercatcher (2019-04-13)
    87. Black-winged Stilt (2019-04-13)
    88. Yellow Wagtail (2019-04-13)
    89. Hume's Warbler (2019-04-13)
    90. Northern Hawk Owl (2019-04-27)
    91. Black-throated Accentor (2019-04-27)
    92. Eurasian Whimbrel (2019-05-09)
    93. Garden Warbler (2019-05-14)
    94. Red-backed Shrike (2019-05-14)
    95. Eurasian Penduline Tit (2019-05-14)
    96. Eurasian Collared Dove (2019-05-14)
    97. Booted Warbler (2019-05-14)
    98. Syke's Warbler (2019-05-14)
    99. European Bee-eater (2019-05-14)
    100. Glossy Ibis (2019-05-20)
    101. Purple Heron (2019-05-20)
    102. Whiskered Tern (2019-05-20)
    103. White-tailed Lapwing (2019-05-20)
    104. Common Pochard (2019-05-20)
    105. Bearded Tit (2019-05-20)
    106. Savi's Warbler (2019-05-25)
    107. Desert Finch (2019-05-26)
    109. Black-headed Wagtail (2019-05-27)
    110. Barred Warbler (2019-05-27)
    111. Sedge Warbler (2019-05-28)
    112. Blyth's Reed Warbler (2019-05-28)
    113. Red-footed Falcon (2019-05-31)
    114. Greater Flamingo (2019-05-31)
    115. White-winged Tern (2019-05-31)
    116. Pied Avocet (2019-05-31)
    117. Sociable Lapwing (2019-06-01)
    118. Pygmy Cormorant (2019-06-01)
    119. Common Nightingale (2019-06-01)
    120. Black Tern (2019-06-01)
    121. White-winged Lark (2019-06-01)
    122. Great White Egret (2019-06-01)
    123. Paddyfield Warbler (2019-06-01)
    124. Gadwall (2019-06-01)
    125. Red-Necked Grebe (2019-06-01)
    126. Demoiselle Crane (2019-06-01)
    127. Fieldfare (2019-06-01)
    128. Common Swift (2019-07-08)
    129. Barbary Falcon (2019-08-14)
    130. Spotted Flycatcher (2019-09-09)
    131. Goldcrest (2019-09-11)
    132. Eurasian Siskin (2019-09-27)
    133. Spanish Sparrow (2019-09-28)
    134. Red-throated Pipit (2019-10-05)
    135. Buff-bellied Pipit (2019-10-05)
    136. Pacific Golden Plover (2019-10-05)
    137. European Robin (2019-10-10)
    138. Black Redstart (2019-10-17)
    139. Common Treecreeper (2019-10-17)
    140. Eurasian Blackbird (2019-10-17)
    141. Dunnock (2019-10-17)
    142. Northern Wren (2019-10-21)
    143. Cetti's Warbler (2019-10-26)
    144. Willow Warbler (2019-10-26)
    145. Black-throated Thrush (2019-10-26)
    146. Lesser Whitethroat (2019-10-26)
    147. Wood Pigeon (2019-10-28)
    148. Song Thrush (2019-10-28)
    149. Arctic Loon (2019-10-31)
    150. Spotted Crake (2019-11-04)
    151. Redwing (2019-11-04)
    152. Slavonian Grebe (2019-11-04)
    153. Great Grey Shrike (2019-11-04)
    154. Grey Partridge (2019-12-28)

    recent uploads

    2019-12-31. Water Pipit, Common Chaffinch, White-tailed Sea-Eagle, Eurasian Magpie, White-tailed Sea-Eagle, Hybrid Crow, Whooper Swan, Great Grey Shrike, Dalmatian Pelican, Whooper Swan, Mute Swan, Grey Partridge, White-tailed Sea-Eagle.

    2019-11-04. Spotted Crake, Redwing, Slavonian Grebe, Black-Necked Grebe, Northern Reed Bunting, Great Grey Shrike, Eurasian Penduline Tit, Arctic Loon.

    2019-10-29. Wood Pigeon, Northern Reed Bunting, Eurasian Blackbird, Common Chiffchaff, Pine Bunting, Song Thrush.

    2019-10-27. Paddyfield Warbler, Cetti's Warbler, Willow Warbler, Little Ringed Plover, Pine Bunting, Black-throated Thrush, Lesser Whitethroat, Common Kestrel.

    2019-10-26. Dunnock.

    2019-10-24. Common Treecreeper, Eurasian Blackbird, Northern Reed Bunting, European Robin, Eurasian Redstart, Blue Tit.

    2019-10-22. Northern Wren, Goldcrest, European Black Redstart.

    2019-10-14. Peregrine Falcon.

    2019-10-10. West Caspian Common Pheasant.

    2019-10-06. Red-throated Pipit, Buff-bellied Pipit, Water Pipit, Pacific Golden Plover.

    2019-09-30. Goldcrest, Spanish Sparrow, Great Tit, Eurasian Siskin, Blue Tit, Eurasian Siskin.

    2019-09-28. Blue Tit.

    2019-09-21. Goldcrest, Spotted Flycatcher, Grey Heron, Black Kite, Steppe Eagle.

    2019-08-15. Barbary Falcon.

    2019-07-09. Eastern Common Swift.

    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.
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