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Gaviiformes
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    total species: 69
    total photos: 215
    total videos: 0
    total blogposts: 4

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    1. Eurasian Redstart (2021-04-25)
    2. Common Chaffinch (2021-04-25)
    3. Tree Pipit (2021-04-25)
    4. Sedge Warbler (2021-04-26)
    6. Whinchat (2021-04-27)
    7. Lesser Whitethroat (2021-04-27)
    8. Common Swift (2021-04-28)
    9. House Sparrow (2021-04-28)
    10. Yellow Wagtail (2021-04-28)
    11. Pied Flycatcher (2021-04-29)
    12. Common Chiffchaff (2021-04-29)
    13. Ruddy Shelduck (2021-04-29)
    14. Gull-billed Tern (2021-04-29)
    15. Caspian Gull (2021-04-29)
    16. Ortolan Bunting (2021-04-29)
    18. Willow Warbler (2021-04-30)
    19. Paddyfield Warbler (2021-04-30)
    20. Red-breasted Flycatcher (2021-05-01)
    21. Bluethroat (2021-05-02)
    22. Common Rosefinch (2021-05-03)
    23. Blyth's Reed Warbler (2021-05-03)
    24. Black-headed Gull (2021-05-06)
    26. Common Tern (2021-05-08)
    27. Glossy Ibis (2021-05-11)
    28. Black-legged Kittiwake (2021-05-12)
    29. Long-tailed Duck (2021-05-12)
    30. Arctic Loon (2021-05-12)
    31. Arctic Skua (2021-05-13)
    32. Caspian Tern (2021-05-14)
    33. Pallas's Gull (2021-05-22)
    34. Grey Heron (2021-05-23)
    35. Purple Heron (2021-05-26)
    36. Woodchat Shrike (2021-05-29)
    37. Red-necked Phalarope (2021-05-29)
    38. Terek Sandpiper (2021-05-29)
    39. Shikra (2021-05-30)
    40. Black-winged Stilt (2021-06-02)
    41. Little Ringed Plover (2021-06-02)
    42. White-headed Duck (2021-06-02)
    43. Mallard (2021-06-02)
    44. Great Reed Warbler (2021-06-06)
    45. Garden Warbler (2021-06-14)
    46. Marsh Warbler (2021-06-14)
    47. Crested Lark (2021-06-20)
    48. Hoopoe (2021-06-20)
    49. Pied Wheatear (2021-06-23)
    50. White Wagtail (2021-10-15)
    51. Slender-billed Gull (2021-10-15)
    52. Osprey (2021-10-16)
    53. Northern Reed Bunting (2021-10-18)
    54. Goldcrest (2021-10-19)
    55. White-tailed Sea-Eagle (2021-10-21)
    56. Mute Swan (2021-10-22)
    57. Blue Tit (2021-10-22)
    58. Calandra Lark (2021-10-22)
    59. Great Cormorant (2021-10-22)
    60. Common Sparrowhawk (2021-10-28)
    61. Black Redstart (2021-10-28)
    62. Long-eared Owl (2021-10-29)
    63. Brambling (2021-10-29)
    64. Peregrine Falcon (2021-10-31)
    65. Great Tit (2021-11-01)
    66. Water Rail (2021-11-05)
    67. White-browed Tit-Warbler (2021-11-21)
    68. Rook (2021-11-21)
    69. Eurasian Blackbird (2021-11-21)

    recent uploads

    2021-12-13. Great Cormorant.

    2021-11-22. Goldcrest, Mallard, White-browed Tit-Warbler, White-browed Tit-Warbler, White-browed Tit-Warbler, Rook, Eurasian Blackbird.

    2021-11-06. Water Rail.

    2021-11-04. Goldcrest, Black-headed Gull, Mute Swan, Blue Tit, Pallas's Gull, Calandra Lark, Great Cormorant, Great Cormorant, European Black Redstart, Great Cormorant, Long-eared Owl, Brambling, Great Tit, Northern Reed Bunting, White Wagtail, Slender-billed Gull, Osprey.

    2021-11-03. Peregrine Falcon, Common Sparrowhawk, Peregrine Falcon, White-tailed Sea-Eagle.

    2021-06-24. Eastern Black-eared Wheatear, Pied Wheatear.

    2021-06-22. Eastern Common Swift.

    2021-06-21. Crested Lark, Hoopoe, Eastern Black-eared Wheatear, Garden Warbler, Marsh Warbler, Eurasian Redstart, Sedge Warbler, Tree Pipit, House Sparrow.

    2021-06-20. Eastern Common Swift, Eastern Black-eared Wheatear.

    2021-06-16. Eastern Black-eared Wheatear.

    2021-06-13. Great Reed Warbler, Eastern Black-eared Wheatear, Sedge Warbler.

    2021-06-08. Black-headed Wagtail, Yellow Wagtail.

    2021-06-02. Black-winged Stilt, Little Ringed Plover, Glossy Ibis, White-headed Duck, Mallard, Purple Heron.

    2021-05-31. Shikra.

    2021-05-30. Woodchat Shrike, Sedge Warbler, Red-necked Phalarope, Terek Sandpiper.

    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

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