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Gaviiformes
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  • Podicipedidae
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    map of photoshootings

    total species: 75
    total photos: 169
    total videos: 0
    total blogposts: 0

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    1. Brambling (2020-01-03)
    2. Willow Tit (2020-01-07)
    3. Blue Tit (2020-01-08)
    4. Crested Lark (2020-01-19)
    5. Long-tailed Tit (2020-01-23)
    6. Great Spotted Woodpecker (2020-01-29)
    7. Grey-Headed Woodpecker (2020-01-30)
    8. Black Woodpecker (2020-01-30)
    9. Northern Bullfinch (2020-02-15)
    10. Hawfinch (2020-02-20)
    11. European Greenfinch (2020-04-01)
    12. House Sparrow (2020-04-05)
    13. Rock Pigeon (2020-04-07)
    14. White Wagtail (2020-04-14)
    15. Tree Sparrow (2020-04-27)
    16. Common Chaffinch (2020-05-02)
    17. Willow Warbler (2020-05-07)
    18. Thrush Nightingale (2020-05-11)
    19. Wood Pigeon (2020-05-11)
    20. Eurasian Redstart (2020-05-13)
    21. Greenish Warbler (2020-05-15)
    22. Red-backed Shrike (2020-05-16)
    23. Yellow Wagtail (2020-05-16)
    24. Spotted Flycatcher (2020-05-16)
    25. Paddyfield Warbler (2020-05-16)
    26. European Bee-eater (2020-05-21)
    27. Marsh Warbler (2020-05-21)
    28. Great Crested Grebe (2020-05-24)
    29. Blyth's Reed Warbler (2020-05-24)
    30. Tree Pipit (2020-05-26)
    31. Eurasian Goldfinch (2020-05-27)
    32. Booted Warbler (2020-05-28)
    33. Ortolan Bunting (2020-05-28)
    34. Sky Lark (2020-06-01)
    35. Dalmatian Pelican (2020-06-03)
    36. Common Shelduck (2020-06-03)
    37. Eurasian Hobby (2020-06-04)
    38. Great Reed Warbler (2020-06-06)
    39. Sedge Warbler (2020-06-09)
    40. Barred Warbler (2020-06-10)
    41. Hoopoe (2020-06-11)
    42. Grey Heron (2020-06-13)
    43. Purple Heron (2020-06-13)
    44. Caspian Gull (2020-06-13)
    45. Long-legged Buzzard (2020-06-13)
    46. Black Kite (2020-06-13)
    47. Steppe Eagle (2020-06-13)
    48. Bearded Tit (2020-06-13)
    49. Common Tern (2020-06-13)
    50. Great Cormorant (2020-06-15)
    51. Bluethroat (2020-06-16)
    52. Red-footed Falcon (2020-06-16)
    53. Common Kestrel (2020-06-16)
    54. Common Oystercatcher (2020-06-16)
    55. Water Rail (2020-06-23)
    56. Little Bittern (2020-06-23)
    57. Savi's Warbler (2020-07-04)
    58. Black-winged Pratincole (2020-07-05)
    59. Ruddy Shelduck (2020-07-05)
    60. Common Greenshank (2020-07-05)
    61. Montagu's Harrier (2020-07-08)
    62. European Golden Oriole (2020-07-21)
    63. Common Moorhen (2020-07-22)
    64. Peregrine Falcon (2020-08-21)
    65. Little Stint (2020-08-21)
    66. Black-winged Stilt (2020-08-23)
    67. Red-breasted Flycatcher (2020-09-20)
    68. Eurasian Siskin (2020-09-28)
    69. European Robin (2020-10-21)
    70. Common Starling (2020-10-21)
    71. Eurasian Nuthatch (2020-10-22)
    72. Goldcrest (2020-10-27)
    73. Azure Tit (2020-10-27)
    74. Common Treecreeper (2020-10-28)
    75. Long-tailed Rosefinch (2020-11-30)

    recent uploads

    2020-12-15. Hawfinch.

    2020-12-03. Great Spotted Woodpecker.

    2020-11-30. Long-tailed Rosefinch.

    2020-11-22. Long-tailed Tit.

    2020-11-18. Tree Sparrow, Blue Tit, Great Spotted Woodpecker.

    2020-11-17. Crested Lark.

    2020-11-12. Great Spotted Woodpecker, Eurasian Nuthatch.

    2020-11-02. Eurasian Nuthatch.

    2020-11-01. Great Spotted Woodpecker.

    2020-10-29. Great Spotted Woodpecker, Common Treecreeper, Grey-Headed Woodpecker.

    2020-10-27. Goldcrest, Azure Tit.

    2020-10-25. Eurasian Nuthatch.

    2020-10-24. Blue Tit.

    2020-10-23. Eurasian Nuthatch.

    2020-10-22. Eurasian Nuthatch.

    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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    unidentified birds

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