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    map of photoshootings

    total species: 226
    total photos: 1701
    total videos: 6
    total blogposts: 16

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    1. Great White Egret (2021-01-02)
    2. Brown Dipper (2021-01-02)
    3. Mallard (2021-01-02)
    4. Red-fronted Serin (2021-01-03)
    5. Brambling (2021-01-03)
    6. Eurasian Blackbird (2021-01-03)
    7. Eurasian Siskin (2021-01-04)
    8. Great Tit (2021-01-04)
    9. Eurasian Dipper (2021-01-07)
    10. Pygmy Cormorant (2021-01-10)
    11. Grey Wagtail (2021-01-16)
    12. Eurasian Collared Dove (2021-01-17)
    13. Water Rail (2021-01-19)
    14. White Wagtail (2021-01-19)
    15. Eastern Buzzard (2021-01-19)
    16. Water Pipit (2021-01-19)
    17. Northern Reed Bunting (2021-01-19)
    18. Whooper Swan (2021-01-19)
    19. Mute Swan (2021-01-19)
    20. Little Grebe (2021-01-19)
    21. Yellowhammer (2021-01-19)
    22. Common Kestrel (2021-01-19)
    23. White-tailed Sea-Eagle (2021-01-19)
    24. Peregrine Falcon (2021-01-19)
    25. Green Sandpiper (2021-01-19)
    26. Common Sparrowhawk (2021-01-19)
    27. Grey-headed Goldfinch (2021-01-24)
    28. Chukar Partridge (2021-01-24)
    29. Common Goldeneye (2021-01-24)
    30. Long-legged Buzzard (2021-01-24)
    31. Meadow Pipit (2021-01-24)
    32. Common Pheasant (2021-01-24)
    33. Rook (2021-02-02)
    34. Hooded Crow (2021-02-02)
    35. Carrion Crow (2021-02-02)
    36. European Greenfinch (2021-02-14)
    37. Pallas's Gull (2021-02-18)
    38. Caspian Gull (2021-02-18)
    39. Mew Gull (2021-02-18)
    40. Eastern Imperial Eagle (2021-02-18)
    41. Rough-legged Buzzard (2021-02-18)
    42. Ruddy Shelduck (2021-02-18)
    43. Smew (2021-02-18)
    44. Tufted Duck (2021-02-18)
    45. Common Shelduck (2021-02-18)
    46. Northern Pintail (2021-02-18)
    47. Crested Lark (2021-02-18)
    48. Northern Lapwing (2021-02-18)
    49. Black-headed Gull (2021-02-18)
    50. Common Starling (2021-02-18)
    51. Eurasian Magpie (2021-02-18)
    52. Dusky Thrush (2021-02-28)
    53. Red-throated Thrush (2021-02-28)
    54. Fieldfare (2021-02-28)
    55. Black-throated Thrush (2021-02-28)
    56. Corn Bunting (2021-02-28)
    57. Common Chaffinch (2021-02-28)
    58. Eversmann's Redstart (2021-02-28)
    59. Pine Bunting (2021-02-28)
    60. Calandra Lark (2021-02-28)
    61. Laughing Dove (2021-02-28)
    62. Common Buzzard (2021-02-28)
    63. Redwing (2021-03-06)
    64. Black-throated Accentor (2021-03-07)
    65. Meadow Bunting (2021-03-20)
    66. White Stork (2021-03-20)
    67. Cinereous Vulture (2021-03-20)
    68. Common Raven (2021-03-20)
    69. Demoiselle Crane (2021-03-20)
    70. Steppe Eagle (2021-03-20)
    71. Gadwall (2021-03-20)
    72. Yellow-breasted Tit (2021-03-20)
    73. Turkestan Tit (2021-03-20)
    74. Isabelline Shrike (2021-03-20)
    75. Masked Wagtail (2021-03-20)
    76. Great Crested Grebe (2021-03-20)
    77. Steppe Grey Shrike (2021-03-21)
    78. Black Redstart (2021-03-21)
    79. Great Grey Shrike (2021-03-21)
    81. Pied Wheatear (2021-03-21)
    82. Citrine Wagtail (2021-03-21)
    83. Isabelline Wheatear (2021-03-21)
    84. Bearded Tit (2021-03-22)
    85. Northern Shoveler (2021-03-22)
    86. Desert Finch (2021-03-22)
    87. Common Crane (2021-03-22)
    88. Northern Wheatear (2021-03-22)
    89. Short-toed Snake-Eagle (2021-03-22)
    90. Hoopoe (2021-03-22)
    91. Desert Wheatear (2021-03-22)
    92. Finsch's Wheatear (2021-03-22)
    93. Little Owl (2021-03-22)
    94. Greater Short-toed Lark (2021-03-22)
    95. Common Pochard (2021-03-23)
    96. Red-crested Pochard (2021-03-23)
    97. Slender-billed Gull (2021-03-23)
    98. Common Coot (2021-03-23)
    99. Dalmatian Pelican (2021-03-23)
    100. Great White Pelican (2021-03-23)
    101. Western Marsh-Harrier (2021-03-23)
    102. Common Teal (2021-03-23)
    103. Tawny Pipit (2021-03-23)
    104. Osprey (2021-03-23)
    105. Greater White-fronted Goose (2021-03-23)
    106. Cetti's Warbler (2021-03-24)
    107. Common Chiffchaff (2021-03-24)
    108. Eastern Rock Nuthatch (2021-03-24)
    109. Rufous-tailed Rock Thrush (2021-03-24)
    110. Black Kite (2021-03-24)
    111. Common Snipe (2021-03-24)
    112. Pied Avocet (2021-04-08)
    113. Garganey (2021-04-08)
    114. Common Redshank (2021-04-08)
    115. Eurasian Wigeon (2021-04-08)
    116. White-headed Duck (2021-04-08)
    117. Black-Necked Grebe (2021-04-08)
    118. Black-winged Stilt (2021-04-08)
    119. Yellow Wagtail (2021-04-08)
    120. Little Ringed Plover (2021-04-08)
    121. Bluethroat (2021-04-08)
    122. Common Moorhen (2021-04-08)
    123. Siberian Stonechat (2021-04-08)
    124. Grey Heron (2021-04-08)
    125. Black-tailed Godwit (2021-04-08)
    126. Turkestan Shrike (2021-04-08)
    127. Eurasian Curlew (2021-04-08)
    128. Tree Pipit (2021-04-08)
    129. Eurasian Eagle-Owl (2021-04-17)
    130. Black Stork (2021-04-17)
    131. Sky Lark (2021-04-17)
    132. Eurasian Jackdaw (2021-04-17)
    133. Little Bustard (2021-04-17)
    134. Common Greenshank (2021-04-17)
    135. Black-headed Wagtail (2021-04-17)
    136. Blue Whistling Thrush (2021-04-18)
    137. Wood Pigeon (2021-04-18)
    138. Blue-capped Redstart (2021-04-24)
    139. Greenish Warbler (2021-04-24)
    140. Shikra (2021-05-03)
    141. Lesser Grey Shrike (2021-05-03)
    142. Common Cuckoo (2021-05-03)
    143. Eurasian Roller (2021-05-03)
    144. Temminck's Stint (2021-05-03)
    145. Common Oystercatcher (2021-05-03)
    146. Rosy Starling (2021-05-03)
    147. White-winged Tern (2021-05-03)
    148. Common Tern (2021-05-03)
    149. Black Tern (2021-05-03)
    150. Pale Sand Martin (2021-05-03)
    151. Hume's Warbler (2021-05-03)
    152. Oriental Turtle Dove (2021-05-03)
    153. Eurasian Hobby (2021-05-07)
    154. Common Mynah (2021-05-10)
    155. Lesser Whitethroat (2021-05-10)
    156. Eurasian Scops-Owl (2021-05-13)
    157. Egyptian Vulture (2021-05-15)
    158. Clamorous Reed Warbler (2021-05-15)
    159. Red-headed Bunting (2021-05-15)
    160. Eurasian Whimbrel (2021-05-15)
    161. Little Stint (2021-05-15)
    162. Terek Sandpiper (2021-05-15)
    163. Spotted Redshank (2021-05-15)
    164. Grey-necked Bunting (2021-05-15)
    165. Ferruginous Duck (2021-05-15)
    166. Dunlin (2021-05-15)
    167. Barn Swallow (2021-05-15)
    168. European Nightjar (2021-05-20)
    169. Spotted Flycatcher (2021-05-22)
    170. Common Kingfisher (2021-05-22)
    171. Common Rosefinch (2021-05-22)
    172. Indian Sparrow (2021-05-22)
    173. Black-Bellied Sandgrouse (2021-05-22)
    174. European Bee-eater (2021-05-22)
    175. Spanish Sparrow (2021-05-22)
    176. Pallas's Sandgrouse (2021-05-22)
    177. Northern House Martin (2021-05-22)
    178. Lesser Sand Plover (2021-05-22)
    179. Great Cormorant (2021-05-22)
    180. Ortolan Bunting (2021-05-29)
    181. Common Nightingale (2021-05-29)
    182. Long-eared Owl (2021-06-02)
    183. White-crowned Penduline Tit (2021-06-12)
    184. Tree Sparrow (2021-06-12)
    185. Mistle Thrush (2021-06-13)
    186. White-winged Grosbeak (2021-06-13)
    187. Asian Paradise Flycatcher (2021-06-17)
    188. Collared Pratincole (2021-06-17)
    189. Black-crowned Night Heron (2021-06-18)
    190. Rock Pigeon (2021-06-18)
    191. Indian Golden Oriole (2021-06-18)
    192. Common Whitethroat (2021-06-26)
    193. Coal Tit (2021-06-26)
    194. Northern Black Grouse (2021-07-11)
    195. Spotted Nutcracker (2021-07-11)
    196. Common Treecreeper (2021-07-11)
    197. Relict Gull (2021-07-21)
    198. Little Tern (2021-07-21)
    199. Common Sandpiper (2021-07-21)
    200. House Sparrow (2021-07-23)
    201. Ruddy Turnstone (2021-07-27)
    202. Songar Tit (2021-07-31)
    203. Curlew Sandpiper (2021-08-07)
    204. Pacific Golden Plover (2021-08-07)
    205. Gull-billed Tern (2021-08-07)
    206. Wood Sandpiper (2021-08-07)
    207. Ruff (2021-08-07)
    208. Red-necked Phalarope (2021-08-07)
    209. Blyth's Reed Warbler (2021-08-21)
    210. Grey Plover (2021-08-29)
    211. Kentish Plover (2021-08-29)
    212. Azure Tit (2021-09-04)
    214. Goldcrest (2021-09-11)
    215. Northern Wren (2021-09-18)
    216. Eurasian Redstart (2021-10-17)
    217. Bewick's Swan (2021-10-31)
    218. Eurasian Linnet (2021-10-31)
    219. Alpine Accentor (2021-11-03)
    220. White-browed Tit-Warbler (2021-11-03)
    221. Yellow-billed Chough (2021-11-07)
    222. Lammergeier (2021-11-07)
    223. Golden Eagle (2021-11-07)
    224. Red-billed Chough (2021-11-21)
    225. Red Crossbill (2021-11-28)
    226. European Robin (2021-12-05)

    recent uploads

    2021-12-29. Azure Tit, Eurasian Blackbird, Grey-headed Goldfinch.

    2021-12-26. Golden Eagle.

    2021-12-20. White-browed Tit-Warbler, Red-fronted Serin, Common Starling, Northern Reed Bunting, Long-legged Buzzard, White-tailed Sea-Eagle.

    2021-12-18. Hooded Crow, Eurasian Blackbird, White-browed Tit-Warbler, Common Pheasant, Common Sparrowhawk, Common Kestrel.

    2021-12-15. Common Buzzard, Common Chaffinch, Great Tit, Eurasian Jackdaw, Mistle Thrush, Brambling, Tree Sparrow, Mistle Thrush, European Greenfinch, Common Chaffinch, Azure Tit, Eversmann's Redstart, Black-throated Thrush, Eurasian Blackbird, Long-legged Buzzard, Hooded Crow, European Greenfinch, Carrion Crow, Common Buzzard, European Greenfinch.

    2021-12-06. Eurasian Collared Dove, European Robin, White-browed Tit-Warbler, Lesser Whitethroat, Turkestan Tit, Grey-headed Goldfinch, Brambling, Common Chaffinch, Northern Reed Bunting, Azure Tit, Grey-headed Goldfinch, Whooper Swan, Northern Lapwing, Long-legged Buzzard.

    2021-12-04. Hooded Crow, Eurasian Blackbird, Eurasian Siskin, White-browed Tit-Warbler.

    2021-12-01. Coal Tit, Carrion Crow, Spotted Nutcracker, Red-fronted Serin, Goldcrest, Azure Tit, Common Treecreeper.

    2021-11-28. Red Crossbill, Red Crossbill, Common Chaffinch, Brambling, Eurasian Blackbird, Carrion Crow.

    2021-11-27. Common Buzzard, Mistle Thrush, Great Tit, Rook, Eurasian Dipper.

    2021-11-21. Azure Tit, Red-fronted Serin, Cinereous Vulture, Carrion Crow, Alpine Accentor, Red-billed Chough, Lammergeier.

    2021-11-20. Ring-necked Pheasant, White-browed Tit-Warbler, Common Chaffinch, Goldcrest, Azure Tit, Mallard.

    2021-11-14. Black-throated Thrush, Eurasian Blackbird, Chukar Partridge, Common Kestrel, White-tailed Sea-Eagle, Cinereous Vulture.

    2021-11-11. Goldcrest, Eurasian Blackbird, Greater Short-toed Lark, Common Kestrel, White-browed Tit-Warbler, Black-throated Thrush, Yellowhammer.

    2021-11-08. Yellow-billed Chough, Alpine Accentor, Alpine Accentor, Azure Tit, Lammergeier, Golden Eagle, Red-fronted Serin, White-browed Tit-Warbler, Grey-headed Goldfinch, Carrion Crow.

    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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    Great Cormorant
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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
    Grey-Headed Woodpecker
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    2025-03-30
    Great White Egret
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    Common Kestrel
    (Anna Yasko)

    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
    (sergey izoya)

    2024-08-03
    Common Tern
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    more video...

    unidentified birds

    2026-06-22

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