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    total species: 231
    total photos: 831
    total videos: 2
    total blogposts: 5

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    1. Brandt's Rosefinch (2014-02-01)
    2. Yellow-billed Chough (2014-02-01)
    3. Red-billed Chough (2014-02-01)
    4. Red-mantled Rosefinch (2014-02-01)
    5. Eurasian Dipper (2014-02-01)
    6. Brown Accentor (2014-02-01)
    7. White-winged Snowfinch (2014-02-02)
    8. Red-breasted Rosefinch (2014-02-02)
    9. Wallcreeper (2014-02-02)
    10. Solitary Snipe (2014-02-02)
    11. Great Spotted Woodpecker (2014-03-01)
    12. Azure Tit (2014-03-01)
    13. Eurasian Siskin (2014-03-01)
    14. Bohemian Waxwing (2014-03-01)
    15. Long-legged Buzzard (2014-03-02)
    16. White-tailed Sea-Eagle (2014-03-02)
    17. Common Kestrel (2014-03-02)
    18. Common Starling (2014-03-02)
    19. Great Grey Shrike (2014-03-02)
    20. Fieldfare (2014-03-02)
    21. Black-throated Thrush (2014-03-02)
    22. Eastern Buzzard (2014-03-02)
    23. Little Owl (2014-03-02)
    24. Water Rail (2014-03-02)
    25. Northern Wren (2014-03-02)
    26. European Robin (2014-03-02)
    27. Eversmann's Redstart (2014-03-02)
    28. Hen Harrier (2014-03-02)
    29. Upland Buzzard (2014-03-02)
    30. Northern Bullfinch (2014-03-07)
    31. Eurasian Linnet (2014-03-07)
    32. Rock Bunting (2014-03-21)
    33. Eastern Imperial Eagle (2014-03-21)
    34. Common Buzzard (2014-03-21)
    35. Tufted Duck (2014-03-21)
    36. Common Pochard (2014-03-21)
    37. Ferruginous Duck (2014-03-21)
    38. Greater Spotted Eagle (2014-03-21)
    39. Stock Pigeon (2014-03-21)
    40. Pygmy Cormorant (2014-03-21)
    41. Black-headed Gull (2014-03-21)
    42. White Stork (2014-03-21)
    43. Black-throated Accentor (2014-03-21)
    44. Corn Bunting (2014-03-21)
    45. Peregrine Falcon (2014-03-21)
    46. Black Stork (2014-03-21)
    47. Turkestan Tit (2014-03-21)
    48. Common Chaffinch (2014-03-21)
    49. Yellowhammer (2014-03-21)
    50. Pallas's Gull (2014-03-21)
    51. Common Crane (2014-03-21)
    52. Demoiselle Crane (2014-03-21)
    53. Common Teal (2014-03-22)
    54. Yellow-breasted Tit (2014-03-22)
    55. Steppe Eagle (2014-03-22)
    56. Isabelline Shrike (2014-03-22)
    57. White Wagtail (2014-03-22)
    58. Little Ringed Plover (2014-03-22)
    59. Short-toed Snake-Eagle (2014-03-22)
    60. Eastern Rock Nuthatch (2014-03-22)
    61. Steppe Grey Shrike (2014-03-22)
    62. Ruddy Shelduck (2014-03-22)
    63. Golden Eagle (2014-03-22)
    64. Greater Short-toed Lark (2014-03-23)
    65. Masked Wagtail (2014-03-23)
    66. Dunlin (2014-03-23)
    67. Kentish Plover (2014-03-23)
    68. Black-Bellied Sandgrouse (2014-03-23)
    69. Common Snipe (2014-03-23)
    70. Pallid Harrier (2014-03-23)
    71. Lesser Short-toed Lark (2014-03-23)
    72. Sky Lark (2014-03-23)
    73. Bimaculated Lark (2014-03-23)
    74. Macqueen's Bustard (2014-03-23)
    75. Calandra Lark (2014-03-23)
    76. Northern Wheatear (2014-03-24)
    77. Common Raven (2014-03-24)
    78. Merlin (2014-03-24)
    79. Green Sandpiper (2014-03-24)
    80. Northern Reed Bunting (2014-03-24)
    81. Little Grebe (2014-03-24)
    82. Greylag Goose (2014-03-24)
    83. Mute Swan (2014-03-25)
    84. Great Cormorant (2014-03-25)
    85. Black Redstart (2014-03-25)
    86. Eurasian Spoonbill (2014-03-25)
    87. Bearded Tit (2014-03-25)
    88. White-tailed Lapwing (2014-03-25)
    89. Common Redshank (2014-03-25)
    90. Ruff (2014-03-25)
    91. Common Swift (2014-03-25)
    92. White-Winged Woodpecker (2014-03-25)
    93. Pine Bunting (2014-03-25)
    94. Long-eared Owl (2014-03-25)
    95. Bewick's Swan (2014-03-29)
    96. White-headed Duck (2014-03-29)
    97. Common Shelduck (2014-03-29)
    98. Caspian Gull (2014-03-29)
    99. Grey-headed Goldfinch (2014-03-29)
    100. Common Sparrowhawk (2014-03-30)
    101. Common Moorhen (2014-04-19)
    102. Dalmatian Pelican (2014-04-19)
    103. Gadwall (2014-04-19)
    104. Northern Pintail (2014-04-19)
    105. Black-Necked Grebe (2014-04-19)
    106. Northern Shoveler (2014-04-19)
    107. Black-tailed Godwit (2014-04-19)
    108. Yellow Wagtail (2014-04-19)
    109. Great Crested Grebe (2014-04-19)
    110. Turkestan Shrike (2014-04-19)
    111. Grey Wagtail (2014-04-19)
    112. Osprey (2014-04-27)
    113. Syke's Warbler (2014-05-08)
    114. Hume's Warbler (2014-05-08)
    115. Booted Eagle (2014-05-08)
    116. Saxaul Sparrow (2014-05-08)
    117. Tree Sparrow (2014-05-08)
    118. Indian Sparrow (2014-05-08)
    119. Lesser Whitethroat (2014-05-08)
    120. Common Rosefinch (2014-05-08)
    121. Isabelline Wheatear (2014-05-09)
    122. Ortolan Bunting (2014-05-09)
    123. Rufous Bush Robin (2014-05-09)
    124. Desert Wheatear (2014-05-09)
    125. Spotted Flycatcher (2014-05-09)
    126. Oriental Turtle Dove (2014-05-09)
    127. Red-crested Pochard (2014-05-09)
    128. Common Sandpiper (2014-05-09)
    129. Temminck's Stint (2014-05-09)
    130. Common Oystercatcher (2014-05-09)
    131. Great Reed Warbler (2014-05-17)
    132. Spotted Redshank (2014-05-17)
    133. Great White Pelican (2014-05-17)
    134. White-winged Grosbeak (2014-05-18)
    135. Red-fronted Serin (2014-05-18)
    136. Boreal Owl (2014-05-18)
    137. Blue Rock Thrush (2014-05-25)
    138. Grey-necked Bunting (2014-05-25)
    139. Tawny Pipit (2014-05-25)
    140. Mongolian Finch (2014-05-25)
    141. Horned Lark (2014-05-25)
    142. Lesser Grey Shrike (2014-05-25)
    143. Pale Sand Martin (2014-05-25)
    144. Mistle Thrush (2014-05-25)
    145. European Golden Oriole (2014-05-25)
    146. Lesser Kestrel (2014-05-25)
    147. European Bee-eater (2014-05-25)
    148. Rosy Starling (2014-05-25)
    149. Eurasian Roller (2014-05-25)
    150. Pallas's Sandgrouse (2014-06-01)
    151. Red-headed Bunting (2014-06-01)
    152. Spanish Sparrow (2014-06-01)
    153. Brown-necked Raven (2014-06-01)
    154. Caspian Plover (2014-06-01)
    155. Eurasian Eagle-Owl (2014-06-01)
    156. Northern House Martin (2014-06-01)
    157. Red-necked Phalarope (2014-06-01)
    158. Whooper Swan (2014-06-01)
    159. White-capped Bunting (2014-06-07)
    160. Hume's Whitethroat (2014-06-07)
    161. Rock Sparrow (2014-06-07)
    162. Cinereous Vulture (2014-06-07)
    163. Rufous-tailed Rock Thrush (2014-06-07)
    164. Common Whitethroat (2014-06-07)
    165. Barbary Falcon (2014-06-07)
    166. Griffon Vulture (2014-06-07)
    167. Himalayan Vulture (2014-06-07)
    168. Black-headed Wagtail (2014-06-14)
    169. Eurasian Blackbird (2014-06-14)
    170. European Turtle Dove (2014-06-14)
    171. Eurasian Collared Dove (2014-06-14)
    172. Crested Lark (2014-06-14)
    173. Lammergeier (2014-06-14)
    174. Red-rumped Swallow (2014-06-14)
    175. White-crowned Penduline Tit (2014-06-14)
    176. Barn Swallow (2014-06-21)
    177. Northern Lapwing (2014-06-21)
    178. Black-crowned Night Heron (2014-06-21)
    179. Whiskered Tern (2014-06-21)
    180. Pied Avocet (2014-06-21)
    181. Pallas's Sea-Eagle (2014-06-21)
    182. Greater Sand Plover (2014-06-21)
    183. Common Chiffchaff (2014-06-28)
    184. Himalayan Rubythroat (2014-06-28)
    185. Common Cuckoo (2014-06-28)
    186. Sulphur-bellied Warbler (2014-06-28)
    187. White-browed Tit-Warbler (2014-06-28)
    188. House Sparrow (2014-07-01)
    189. Carrion Crow (2014-07-01)
    190. Black-winged Stilt (2014-07-01)
    191. Bar-tailed Godwit (2014-07-01)
    192. Grey Heron (2014-08-10)
    193. Little Bittern (2014-08-10)
    194. Shikra (2014-08-10)
    195. Wood Sandpiper (2014-08-10)
    196. Paddyfield Warbler (2014-08-10)
    197. Curlew Sandpiper (2014-08-10)
    198. Western Marsh-Harrier (2014-08-10)
    199. Greenish Warbler (2014-08-10)
    200. Baillon's Crake (2014-08-10)
    201. Marsh Sandpiper (2014-08-10)
    202. Eurasian Magpie (2014-08-10)
    203. Common Greenshank (2014-08-10)
    204. Common Kingfisher (2014-08-10)
    205. Long-billed Dowitcher (2014-09-07)
    206. Eurasian Curlew (2014-09-07)
    207. Sanderling (2014-09-07)
    208. Pacific Golden Plover (2014-09-07)
    209. Hoopoe (2014-09-07)
    210. Siberian Stonechat (2014-09-07)
    211. Bluethroat (2014-09-07)
    212. Little Stint (2014-09-07)
    213. Common Coot (2014-09-14)
    214. Ruddy Turnstone (2014-09-14)
    215. Caspian Tern (2014-09-14)
    216. Greater Ringed Plover (2014-09-14)
    217. Grey Plover (2014-09-28)
    218. Great White Egret (2014-09-28)
    219. Desert Finch (2014-10-11)
    220. Eurasian Golden Plover (2014-10-11)
    221. Pied Wheatear (2014-10-11)
    222. Buff-bellied Pipit (2014-10-11)
    223. Water Pipit (2014-10-11)
    224. Mallard (2014-10-11)
    225. Eurasian Wigeon (2014-10-11)
    226. Slavonian Grebe (2014-10-11)
    227. Bean Goose (2014-10-11)
    228. Twite (2014-10-18)
    229. Brambling (2014-10-18)
    230. Hooded Crow (2014-10-18)
    231. Goldcrest (2014-11-16)

    recent uploads

    2014-11-24. Turkestan Tit, Brambling, Common Chaffinch, Common Chiffchaff, Common Sparrowhawk, Long-legged Buzzard, Goldcrest.

    2014-10-21. Steppe Eagle.

    2014-10-20. Hen Harrier, Brambling, Desert Finch, Eurasian Linnet, Water Pipit, Northern Lapwing, Hooded Crow, Common Starling.

    2014-10-19. Twite, White-headed Duck, Black-winged Stilt, Whooper Swan, Dunlin, White-tailed Sea-Eagle, Bean Goose.

    2014-10-15. Bean Goose.

    2014-10-14. Greater Ringed Plover, Desert Wheatear, Buff-bellied Pipit, Water Pipit, Common Sparrowhawk, Horned Lark, White-headed Duck, Black Redstart, Mallard, Mute Swan, Whooper Swan, Common Pochard, Ruddy Shelduck, White-crowned Penduline Tit, Eurasian Wigeon, Slavonian Grebe.

    2014-10-13. Pallas's Gull, Desert Finch, Eurasian Golden Plover, Grey Plover, Black-Bellied Sandgrouse, Pied Wheatear, Eurasian Curlew.

    2014-10-12. Northern Reed Bunting.

    2014-10-01. Common Greenshank.

    2014-09-30. White-headed Duck, Tufted Duck, Common Coot, Curlew Sandpiper.

    2014-09-29. Grey Plover, Great White Egret, Wood Sandpiper, White Wagtail, Great Cormorant, Grey Plover, Grey Plover, White-tailed Sea-Eagle, Common Greenshank, Spotted Redshank, Spotted Redshank, Ruff, Red-necked Phalarope, Calandra Lark.

    2014-09-16. Dunlin, Dunlin, Little Grebe, Black-Necked Grebe, Great Crested Grebe, Common Coot, Common Snipe, Ruff, Ruddy Turnstone, Marsh Sandpiper, Caspian Tern, Hen Harrier, Eurasian Curlew, Greater Ringed Plover, Greater Spotted Eagle.

    2014-09-11. White Wagtail, Yellow Wagtail.

    2014-09-09. Red-necked Phalarope, Pacific Golden Plover, Northern Lapwing, Common Teal, Hoopoe, Dunlin, Common Snipe, Paddyfield Warbler, Siberian Stonechat, Northern Pintail, Northern Shoveler, Black-Bellied Sandgrouse, Bluethroat, Temminck's Stint, Little Stint, Little Stint.

    2014-09-08. Long-billed Dowitcher, Spotted Redshank, Wood Sandpiper, Common Snipe, Yellow Wagtail, White Wagtail, Eurasian Curlew, Sanderling, Ruff.

    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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    2025-02-07
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