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    map of photoshootings

    total species: 158
    total photos: 961
    total videos: 2
    total blogposts: 0

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    1. Common Chaffinch (2018-01-01)
    2. Eurasian Blackbird (2018-01-01)
    3. Red-fronted Serin (2018-01-01)
    4. Eurasian Siskin (2018-01-01)
    5. Brambling (2018-01-01)
    6. Coal Tit (2018-01-02)
    7. House Sparrow (2018-01-03)
    8. Mistle Thrush (2018-01-06)
    9. Black-throated Thrush (2018-01-06)
    10. Mallard (2018-01-06)
    11. Goldcrest (2018-01-06)
    12. Carrion Crow (2018-01-07)
    13. Azure Tit (2018-01-14)
    14. Rook (2018-01-14)
    15. Hooded Crow (2018-01-21)
    16. Common Redpoll (2018-01-27)
    17. Grey-headed Goldfinch (2018-01-28)
    18. Rock Pigeon (2018-02-04)
    19. White-winged Grosbeak (2018-02-04)
    20. Eastern Buzzard (2018-02-10)
    21. Pine Bunting (2018-02-11)
    22. Yellowhammer (2018-02-11)
    23. Corn Bunting (2018-02-11)
    24. Little Grebe (2018-02-11)
    25. Long-eared Owl (2018-02-11)
    26. Rough-legged Buzzard (2018-02-11)
    27. Crested Lark (2018-02-11)
    28. White-tailed Sea-Eagle (2018-02-11)
    29. Common Kestrel (2018-02-11)
    30. Eurasian Jackdaw (2018-03-10)
    31. Rock Bunting (2018-03-10)
    32. Northern Reed Bunting (2018-03-10)
    33. Eversmann's Redstart (2018-03-10)
    34. European Greenfinch (2018-03-10)
    35. Tree Sparrow (2018-03-10)
    36. Black-throated Accentor (2018-03-10)
    37. Long-tailed Rosefinch (2018-03-10)
    38. Pied Wheatear (2018-03-18)
    39. Great Grey Shrike (2018-03-18)
    40. Common Redshank (2018-03-18)
    41. Desert Finch (2018-03-18)
    42. Northern Lapwing (2018-03-18)
    43. Isabelline Shrike (2018-03-18)
    44. Ruddy Shelduck (2018-03-18)
    45. Common Snipe (2018-03-18)
    46. Black-headed Gull (2018-03-18)
    47. Sky Lark (2018-03-18)
    48. Masked Wagtail (2018-03-18)
    49. Grey Heron (2018-03-18)
    50. Northern Pintail (2018-03-18)
    51. Eurasian Curlew (2018-03-18)
    52. Common Starling (2018-03-18)
    53. Rock Sparrow (2018-03-18)
    54. Isabelline Wheatear (2018-03-22)
    55. Common Pheasant (2018-03-24)
    56. Turkestan Shrike (2018-03-31)
    57. Common Chiffchaff (2018-03-31)
    59. Blue Whistling Thrush (2018-04-01)
    60. Grey Wagtail (2018-04-06)
    61. Blue-capped Redstart (2018-04-08)
    62. Tree Pipit (2018-04-14)
    63. Eurasian Roller (2018-04-30)
    64. Lesser Whitethroat (2018-04-30)
    65. Hoopoe (2018-04-30)
    66. Common Sparrowhawk (2018-05-01)
    67. Wood Pigeon (2018-05-09)
    68. Siberian Stonechat (2018-05-13)
    69. Eurasian Magpie (2018-05-26)
    70. Common Nightingale (2018-05-27)
    71. Common Rosefinch (2018-05-27)
    72. Eurasian Collared Dove (2018-06-13)
    73. Common Mynah (2018-06-13)
    74. Laughing Dove (2018-06-23)
    75. Red-rumped Swallow (2018-06-24)
    76. Barn Swallow (2018-07-07)
    77. Rosy Starling (2018-07-07)
    78. Indian Golden Oriole (2018-07-08)
    79. Common Cuckoo (2018-07-15)
    80. Common Coot (2018-07-15)
    81. Common Tern (2018-07-15)
    82. Common Moorhen (2018-07-15)
    83. Little Ringed Plover (2018-07-16)
    84. Caspian Gull (2018-07-16)
    85. Black-headed Wagtail (2018-07-17)
    86. Great Crested Grebe (2018-07-17)
    87. Temminck's Stint (2018-07-18)
    88. Lesser Grey Shrike (2018-07-18)
    89. Great Tit (2018-07-19)
    90. Desert Wheatear (2018-07-19)
    91. Booted Warbler (2018-07-19)
    92. Black-winged Stilt (2018-07-19)
    93. Tawny Pipit (2018-07-20)
    94. Eurasian Hobby (2018-07-21)
    95. Pale Sand Martin (2018-07-22)
    96. Great Cormorant (2018-07-22)
    97. Common Whitethroat (2018-07-25)
    98. Black Kite (2018-07-28)
    99. Common Treecreeper (2018-07-29)
    100. Common Kingfisher (2018-07-31)
    101. Common Sandpiper (2018-07-31)
    102. Green Sandpiper (2018-07-31)
    103. Shikra (2018-07-31)
    104. Great Reed Warbler (2018-07-31)
    105. Northern House Martin (2018-08-04)
    106. Long-legged Buzzard (2018-08-04)
    107. Syke's Warbler (2018-08-04)
    108. Spotted Flycatcher (2018-08-04)
    109. European Bee-eater (2018-08-04)
    110. Little Stint (2018-08-04)
    111. Lesser Short-toed Lark (2018-08-04)
    112. Greater Short-toed Lark (2018-08-04)
    113. Rufous Bush Robin (2018-08-04)
    114. Black-Bellied Sandgrouse (2018-08-04)
    115. White-winged Lark (2018-08-04)
    116. Calandra Lark (2018-08-04)
    117. Eastern Imperial Eagle (2018-08-04)
    118. Golden Eagle (2018-08-04)
    119. Upland Buzzard (2018-08-04)
    120. Brown-necked Raven (2018-08-04)
    121. Red-backed Shrike (2018-08-19)
    122. Bluethroat (2018-08-26)
    123. Greenish Warbler (2018-08-26)
    124. Lesser Kestrel (2018-08-30)
    125. Wood Sandpiper (2018-08-30)
    126. Pied Avocet (2018-08-30)
    127. Ruff (2018-08-30)
    128. Red-necked Phalarope (2018-08-30)
    129. Western Marsh-Harrier (2018-08-30)
    130. Citrine Wagtail (2018-08-30)
    131. Yellow Wagtail (2018-08-30)
    132. Black-Necked Grebe (2018-08-30)
    133. Common Greenshank (2018-08-30)
    134. Marsh Sandpiper (2018-08-30)
    135. Red-crested Pochard (2018-08-30)
    136. Red-headed Bunting (2018-08-30)
    137. Great White Egret (2018-08-30)
    138. Northern Wheatear (2018-09-16)
    139. Common Buzzard (2018-10-13)
    140. Steppe Eagle (2018-10-21)
    141. Cinereous Vulture (2018-10-21)
    142. Hume's Warbler (2018-10-21)
    143. Godlewski's Bunting (2018-10-27)
    144. Alpine Accentor (2018-10-27)
    145. White-browed Tit-Warbler (2018-10-27)
    146. Lammergeier (2018-10-27)
    147. Brown Accentor (2018-11-04)
    148. Common Raven (2018-11-04)
    149. Himalayan Accentor (2018-11-04)
    150. Plain Mountain Finch (2018-11-04)
    151. Red-billed Chough (2018-11-04)
    152. Greater Flamingo (2018-11-10)
    153. Bearded Tit (2018-11-10)
    154. Ibisbill (2018-11-10)
    155. Northern Wren (2018-11-10)
    156. Red-mantled Rosefinch (2018-12-09)
    157. Eurasian Dipper (2018-12-09)
    158. Brown Dipper (2018-12-29)

    recent uploads

    2018-12-29. Red-mantled Rosefinch, Brown Dipper, Northern Wren, Red-fronted Serin, Coal Tit, Eurasian Dipper.

    2018-12-28. Red-fronted Serin, Eurasian Siskin, Mallard.

    2018-12-25. European Greenfinch, Grey-headed Goldfinch, Brambling.

    2018-12-18. Grey-headed Goldfinch.

    2018-12-17. Red-fronted Serin, Eurasian Siskin, Mallard, Red-mantled Rosefinch, Northern Wren, Red-fronted Serin, White-bellied Dipper, Common Pheasant.

    2018-12-09. Red-mantled Rosefinch, Coal Tit, Eurasian Dipper, Eastern Buzzard, Long-tailed Rosefinch.

    2018-12-03. Lesser Whitethroat, Brambling, Coal Tit, Eurasian Siskin.

    2018-12-01. Red-fronted Serin, Eurasian Siskin, Brambling, Carrion Crow.

    2018-11-25. Rook, Eurasian Blackbird, Common Chaffinch, Lesser Whitethroat, Hooded Crow, Coal Tit, Brambling.

    2018-11-24. Red-fronted Serin, Eurasian Siskin, Hooded Crow, Coal Tit.

    2018-11-18. Red-fronted Serin.

    2018-11-11. Northern Wren, Goldcrest, European Greenfinch, Northern Reed Bunting.

    2018-11-10. Greater Flamingo, Bearded Tit, Ibisbill.

    2018-11-04. Alpine Accentor, Brown Accentor, Common Raven, Himalayan Accentor, Plain Mountain Finch, Common Chaffinch, Red-billed Chough.

    2018-10-27. Godlewski's Bunting, Alpine Accentor, Black-throated Accentor, White-browed Tit-Warbler, Lammergeier.

    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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    2025-08-31
    Spotted Flycatcher
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    2025-07-01
    Northern Hawk Owl
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    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
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    2025-03-23
    Common Sparrowhawk
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    Great Tit
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    2025-02-07
    Arctic Loon
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    2025-02-06
    Red Crossbill
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    2025-01-07
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    2024-08-03
    Common Tern
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