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    map of photoshootings

    total species: 155
    total photos: 567
    total videos: 4
    total blogposts: 0

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    1. Eurasian Collared Dove (2020-01-01)
    2. Eurasian Blackbird (2020-01-01)
    3. Common Chaffinch (2020-01-01)
    4. Red-fronted Serin (2020-01-02)
    5. Grey-headed Goldfinch (2020-01-02)
    6. Eurasian Siskin (2020-01-02)
    7. Common Pheasant (2020-01-02)
    8. Guldenstadt's Redstart (2020-01-03)
    9. Red-mantled Rosefinch (2020-01-03)
    10. Azure Tit (2020-01-03)
    11. Eversmann's Redstart (2020-01-07)
    12. Brambling (2020-01-12)
    13. Bewick's Swan (2020-01-18)
    14. Mute Swan (2020-01-18)
    15. Whooper Swan (2020-01-18)
    16. Common Pochard (2020-01-18)
    17. Greater Scaup (2020-01-18)
    18. Tufted Duck (2020-01-18)
    19. Smew (2020-01-18)
    20. White-winged Scoter (2020-01-18)
    21. Ruddy Shelduck (2020-01-18)
    22. Dalmatian Pelican (2020-01-18)
    23. Great White Egret (2020-01-18)
    24. Upland Buzzard (2020-01-18)
    25. Northern Reed Bunting (2020-01-18)
    26. Yellowhammer (2020-01-18)
    27. Common Kestrel (2020-01-18)
    28. Great Rosefinch (2020-01-19)
    29. Mallard (2020-01-19)
    30. Eurasian Dipper (2020-01-19)
    31. Coal Tit (2020-01-19)
    32. Songar Tit (2020-01-19)
    33. Brown Accentor (2020-01-19)
    34. Brandt's Rosefinch (2020-01-19)
    35. Red-billed Chough (2020-01-19)
    36. White-winged Snowfinch (2020-01-19)
    37. White-tailed Sea-Eagle (2020-01-25)
    38. Yellow-breasted Tit (2020-01-26)
    39. Goldcrest (2020-01-26)
    40. White-winged Grosbeak (2020-01-26)
    41. Solitary Snipe (2020-01-26)
    42. Blyth's Rosefinch (2020-01-26)
    43. Common Buzzard (2020-01-26)
    44. Chukar Partridge (2020-01-26)
    45. Laughing Dove (2020-01-26)
    46. Pine Bunting (2020-01-26)
    47. Horned Lark (2020-01-26)
    48. Brown Dipper (2020-02-22)
    49. Northern Wren (2020-02-22)
    50. Common Sparrowhawk (2020-02-23)
    51. Carrion Crow (2020-03-22)
    52. Rock Bunting (2020-03-24)
    53. Black-throated Thrush (2020-03-24)
    54. Bluethroat (2020-03-27)
    55. Grey Wagtail (2020-05-11)
    56. Masked Wagtail (2020-05-11)
    57. Common Sandpiper (2020-05-11)
    58. Blue Whistling Thrush (2020-05-11)
    59. Wood Pigeon (2020-05-15)
    60. Common Mynah (2020-05-15)
    61. House Sparrow (2020-05-15)
    62. Great Cormorant (2020-05-26)
    63. Corn Bunting (2020-05-26)
    64. Oriental Turtle Dove (2020-05-26)
    65. Terek Sandpiper (2020-05-26)
    66. Northern Shoveler (2020-05-26)
    67. Little Ringed Plover (2020-05-26)
    68. Curlew Sandpiper (2020-05-26)
    69. Common Redshank (2020-05-26)
    70. Common Greenshank (2020-05-26)
    71. Temminck's Stint (2020-05-26)
    72. Little Stint (2020-05-26)
    73. Lesser Sand Plover (2020-05-26)
    74. Gadwall (2020-05-26)
    75. Greylag Goose (2020-05-26)
    76. Red-crested Pochard (2020-05-26)
    77. Common Shelduck (2020-05-26)
    78. Ferruginous Duck (2020-05-26)
    79. Little Bustard (2020-05-26)
    80. Northern Lapwing (2020-05-26)
    81. Black-tailed Godwit (2020-05-26)
    82. Great Crested Grebe (2020-05-26)
    83. Black-Necked Grebe (2020-05-26)
    84. White-headed Duck (2020-05-26)
    85. Black-crowned Night Heron (2020-05-26)
    86. Lesser Grey Shrike (2020-05-26)
    87. Black-headed Gull (2020-05-26)
    88. Common Tern (2020-05-26)
    89. Black-winged Stilt (2020-05-26)
    90. Common Oystercatcher (2020-05-26)
    91. Caspian Gull (2020-05-26)
    92. Rosy Starling (2020-05-26)
    93. Eurasian Roller (2020-05-26)
    94. Grey Heron (2020-05-26)
    95. Eurasian Curlew (2020-05-26)
    96. Eurasian Whimbrel (2020-05-26)
    97. Garganey (2020-05-26)
    98. Common Coot (2020-05-26)
    99. Great Tit (2020-05-30)
    100. Little Owl (2020-05-31)
    101. Pallas's Sandgrouse (2020-05-31)
    102. Black-Bellied Sandgrouse (2020-05-31)
    103. Mongolian Finch (2020-05-31)
    104. Grey-necked Bunting (2020-05-31)
    105. Eurasian Linnet (2020-05-31)
    106. Rock Sparrow (2020-05-31)
    107. Turkestan Shrike (2020-05-31)
    108. Isabelline Wheatear (2020-05-31)
    109. Hoopoe (2020-05-31)
    110. Eastern Orphean Warbler (2020-05-31)
    111. Rufous-tailed Rock Thrush (2020-05-31)
    112. Desert Wheatear (2020-05-31)
    113. Tawny Pipit (2020-05-31)
    114. Eurasian Eagle-Owl (2020-05-31)
    115. White-capped Bunting (2020-05-31)
    116. Lesser Kestrel (2020-05-31)
    117. Red-headed Bunting (2020-05-31)
    118. European Bee-eater (2020-05-31)
    119. Mistle Thrush (2020-05-31)
    120. Barn Swallow (2020-06-27)
    121. Citrine Wagtail (2020-06-27)
    122. Greater Short-toed Lark (2020-06-27)
    123. Calandra Lark (2020-06-27)
    124. Demoiselle Crane (2020-06-27)
    125. Indian Sparrow (2020-06-27)
    126. Spanish Sparrow (2020-06-27)
    127. Eastern Imperial Eagle (2020-06-27)
    128. Brown-necked Raven (2020-06-27)
    129. Green Sandpiper (2020-06-27)
    130. Alpine Swift (2020-07-03)
    131. Long-tailed Shrike (2020-07-03)
    132. Rock Pigeon (2020-07-19)
    133. Sand Martin (2020-07-20)
    134. Tree Sparrow (2020-07-22)
    135. Eurasian Hobby (2020-07-22)
    136. Black-headed Wagtail (2020-07-22)
    137. Eurasian Jackdaw (2020-07-24)
    138. Common Whitethroat (2020-08-23)
    139. White-Winged Woodpecker (2020-09-13)
    140. European Nightjar (2020-09-20)
    141. Lesser Whitethroat (2020-09-20)
    142. Hume's Warbler (2020-09-20)
    143. Siberian Stonechat (2020-09-20)
    144. Barred Warbler (2020-09-20)
    145. Long-legged Buzzard (2020-09-24)
    146. White Wagtail (2020-09-24)
    147. Common Raven (2020-09-24)
    148. Common Chiffchaff (2020-09-24)
    149. Crested Lark (2020-09-24)
    150. Northern Wheatear (2020-09-24)
    151. Black-throated Accentor (2020-10-24)
    152. Peregrine Falcon (2020-11-21)
    153. Bohemian Waxwing (2020-11-21)
    154. Fieldfare (2020-11-28)
    155. Mew Gull (2020-11-28)

    recent uploads

    2020-12-09. Red-mantled Rosefinch, Eversmann's Redstart, Red-fronted Serin, Coal Tit, Grey-headed Goldfinch, Black-throated Thrush, Azure Tit, Brown Dipper.

    2020-12-06. Bewick's Swan, Bewick's Swan, Whooper Swan, Mute Swan, Ruddy Shelduck, Caspian Gull, Mew Gull.

    2020-12-02. Carrion Crow, Black-throated Thrush, Fieldfare, Mistle Thrush, White-tailed Sea-Eagle, Great Cormorant.

    2020-11-22. Grey Wagtail, Mistle Thrush, Common Kestrel, Black-throated Thrush, Eurasian Blackbird.

    2020-11-21. Common Chaffinch, Peregrine Falcon, Bohemian Waxwing, Black-throated Thrush, Black-throated Thrush, Black-throated Thrush, Coal Tit, Azure Tit.

    2020-10-25. Altai Buzzard, Black-throated Accentor.

    2020-10-18. Azure Tit.

    2020-10-10. Eversmann's Redstart.

    2020-09-28. White Wagtail, Common Chaffinch, Northern Lapwing, Rock Sparrow, Red-billed Chough, Common Raven, Common Chiffchaff, Crested Lark, Northern Wheatear, Common Kestrel.

    2020-09-27. Long-legged Buzzard.

    2020-09-20. European Nightjar, European Nightjar, Common Whitethroat, Lesser Whitethroat, Turkestan Shrike, Turkestan Shrike, Hume's Warbler, Hume's Warbler, Siberian Stonechat, Barred Warbler.

    2020-09-13. White-Winged Woodpecker.

    2020-08-23. Eurasian Hobby, Common Whitethroat, Turkestan Shrike.

    2020-08-16. Turkestan Shrike.

    2020-08-09. Black-headed Gull, Tree Sparrow, Tawny Pipit, Common Tern, Eurasian Hobby, Rock Pigeon, Common Redshank, Turkestan Shrike, Black-winged Stilt, Black-winged Stilt, Caspian Gull, Black-headed Wagtail, Great Crested Grebe.

    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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    2026-01-18
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    Great Cormorant
    (Raouf Bairashev)

    2025-08-31
    Spotted Flycatcher
    (Anna Yasko)

    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
    Grey-Headed Woodpecker
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    2025-03-30
    Great White Egret
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    Common Kestrel
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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
    Eurasian Penduline Tit
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    2024-08-03
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