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    total species: 207
    total photos: 656
    total videos: 0
    total blogposts: 22

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    1. Eurasian Blackbird (2017-01-05)
    2. White-winged Grosbeak (2017-01-05)
    3. Great Rosefinch (2017-01-21)
    4. Horned Lark (2017-01-21)
    5. Goldcrest (2017-02-12)
    6. Guldenstadt's Redstart (2017-02-19)
    7. Black-throated Thrush (2017-02-19)
    8. Smew (2017-02-19)
    9. Pine Bunting (2017-02-19)
    10. Northern Reed Bunting (2017-02-19)
    12. Great Grey Shrike (2017-03-20)
    13. Isabelline Wheatear (2017-03-20)
    14. Greater Sand Plover (2017-03-20)
    15. Kentish Plover (2017-03-20)
    16. Lesser Short-toed Lark (2017-03-20)
    17. Caspian Gull (2017-03-20)
    18. Greater Short-toed Lark (2017-03-20)
    19. Dunlin (2017-03-20)
    20. Common Crane (2017-03-20)
    21. Pander's Ground-Jay (2017-03-20)
    22. Golden Eagle (2017-03-20)
    23. Finsch's Wheatear (2017-03-20)
    24. Crested Lark (2017-03-20)
    25. Streaked Scrub Warbler (2017-03-20)
    26. Hen Harrier (2017-03-21)
    27. Steppe Grey Shrike (2017-03-21)
    28. Pallas's Gull (2017-03-21)
    30. Northern Lapwing (2017-03-21)
    31. Lesser Black-backed Gull (2017-03-21)
    32. Turkestan Shrike (2017-03-21)
    33. Little Owl (2017-03-21)
    34. Common Coot (2017-03-21)
    35. Pygmy Cormorant (2017-03-22)
    36. Cetti's Warbler (2017-03-22)
    37. Eurasian Bittern (2017-03-22)
    38. Mute Swan (2017-03-22)
    39. Greylag Goose (2017-03-22)
    40. Black-headed Wagtail (2017-03-22)
    41. White Wagtail (2017-03-22)
    42. Water Pipit (2017-03-22)
    43. Desert Wheatear (2017-03-22)
    44. Purple Heron (2017-03-22)
    45. Common Snipe (2017-03-22)
    46. Northern Goshawk (2017-03-22)
    47. Hoopoe (2017-03-22)
    48. Common Chiffchaff (2017-03-22)
    49. Black Redstart (2017-03-22)
    50. Black-throated Accentor (2017-03-22)
    51. Common Kingfisher (2017-03-22)
    52. Citrine Wagtail (2017-03-22)
    53. Water Rail (2017-03-22)
    54. White-tailed Lapwing (2017-03-22)
    55. Great White Egret (2017-03-22)
    56. Slender-billed Gull (2017-03-22)
    57. Gadwall (2017-03-22)
    58. Booted Eagle (2017-03-22)
    59. Eurasian Penduline Tit (2017-03-22)
    60. Eurasian Wigeon (2017-03-22)
    61. Little Ringed Plover (2017-03-22)
    62. Bearded Tit (2017-03-22)
    63. Macqueen's Bustard (2017-03-22)
    64. Eurasian Stone Curlew (2017-03-22)
    65. Isabelline Shrike (2017-03-22)
    66. Common Teal (2017-03-22)
    67. Common Pheasant (2017-03-26)
    68. Pied Wheatear (2017-03-26)
    69. Common Redshank (2017-04-02)
    70. White-tailed Sea-Eagle (2017-04-02)
    71. Long-legged Buzzard (2017-04-02)
    72. Common Kestrel (2017-04-02)
    73. Dalmatian Pelican (2017-04-02)
    74. Black-Bellied Sandgrouse (2017-04-02)
    75. Common Oystercatcher (2017-04-02)
    76. Western Marsh-Harrier (2017-04-02)
    77. Pied Avocet (2017-04-02)
    78. Great Cormorant (2017-04-02)
    79. White-headed Duck (2017-04-08)
    80. Rock Bunting (2017-04-08)
    81. Common Moorhen (2017-04-08)
    82. Common Chaffinch (2017-04-15)
    83. Black Kite (2017-04-15)
    84. Rook (2017-04-19)
    85. Eurasian Magpie (2017-04-19)
    86. Hooded Crow (2017-04-19)
    87. Common Sparrowhawk (2017-04-19)
    88. Fieldfare (2017-04-19)
    89. Lesser Spotted Woodpecker (2017-04-20)
    90. Great Spotted Woodpecker (2017-04-20)
    91. Great Tit (2017-04-20)
    92. Blue Tit (2017-04-20)
    93. Azure Tit (2017-04-20)
    94. Common Starling (2017-04-20)
    95. Eastern Imperial Eagle (2017-04-20)
    96. Tree Sparrow (2017-04-20)
    97. House Sparrow (2017-04-20)
    98. Wood Pigeon (2017-04-20)
    99. European Greenfinch (2017-04-20)
    100. Green Sandpiper (2017-04-20)
    101. Baraba Steppe Gull (2017-04-20)
    102. Great Crested Grebe (2017-04-20)
    103. Mallard (2017-04-20)
    104. Bluethroat (2017-04-20)
    105. Common Sandpiper (2017-04-23)
    106. Long-eared Owl (2017-04-23)
    107. Common Greenshank (2017-04-23)
    108. Common Tern (2017-04-23)
    109. Eurasian Curlew (2017-04-23)
    110. Gull-billed Tern (2017-04-23)
    111. Common Shelduck (2017-04-23)
    112. Black-tailed Godwit (2017-04-23)
    113. Grey Wagtail (2017-04-23)
    114. Little Bustard (2017-05-01)
    115. Demoiselle Crane (2017-05-01)
    116. Common Quail (2017-05-01)
    117. Rosy Starling (2017-05-06)
    118. Red-headed Bunting (2017-05-06)
    119. Eurasian Hobby (2017-05-06)
    120. Lesser Whitethroat (2017-05-06)
    121. Saxaul Sparrow (2017-05-06)
    122. Asian Desert Warbler (2017-05-07)
    123. Pale Sand Martin (2017-05-07)
    124. Sand Martin (2017-05-07)
    125. Blue-cheeked Bee-eater (2017-05-07)
    126. Temminck's Stint (2017-05-07)
    127. Red-billed Chough (2017-05-14)
    128. White-browed Tit-Warbler (2017-05-14)
    129. Blue Rock Thrush (2017-05-21)
    130. Eurasian Crag Martin (2017-05-21)
    131. Barn Swallow (2017-05-21)
    132. Eurasian Linnet (2017-05-21)
    133. Rock Sparrow (2017-05-21)
    134. Grey-necked Bunting (2017-05-21)
    135. Mongolian Finch (2017-05-21)
    136. Variable Wheatear (2017-06-03)
    137. Common Mynah (2017-06-03)
    138. Egyptian Vulture (2017-06-03)
    139. Eurasian Roller (2017-06-04)
    140. Slavonian Grebe (2017-06-25)
    141. Northern Wheatear (2017-07-01)
    142. Wood Sandpiper (2017-08-05)
    143. Little Stint (2017-08-05)
    144. Marsh Sandpiper (2017-08-05)
    145. Ruff (2017-08-05)
    146. Blyth's Reed Warbler (2017-08-06)
    147. Great Reed Warbler (2017-08-06)
    148. Montagu's Harrier (2017-08-06)
    149. Greenish Warbler (2017-08-06)
    150. Broad-billed Sandpiper (2017-08-19)
    151. Siberian Stonechat (2017-08-19)
    152. Common Buzzard (2017-08-19)
    153. Terek Sandpiper (2017-08-19)
    154. Stock Pigeon (2017-08-19)
    155. Curlew Sandpiper (2017-08-19)
    156. Spotted Flycatcher (2017-08-19)
    157. Sharp-tailed Sandpiper (2017-08-19)
    158. Red-necked Phalarope (2017-08-19)
    159. Lesser Kestrel (2017-08-19)
    160. Spotted Redshank (2017-08-19)
    161. Shikra (2017-08-19)
    162. Black-Necked Grebe (2017-08-19)
    163. Yellow Wagtail (2017-08-19)
    164. Black-winged Stilt (2017-08-20)
    165. Red-crested Pochard (2017-08-30)
    166. Ortolan Bunting (2017-08-30)
    167. Masked Wagtail (2017-08-30)
    168. Little Grebe (2017-08-30)
    169. Greater Ringed Plover (2017-08-30)
    170. Calandra Lark (2017-08-30)
    171. Collared Pratincole (2017-08-30)
    172. Pacific Golden Plover (2017-09-02)
    173. Hume's Warbler (2017-09-02)
    174. Tree Pipit (2017-09-02)
    175. Ruddy Turnstone (2017-09-02)
    176. Barbary Falcon (2017-09-02)
    177. Blue Whistling Thrush (2017-09-09)
    178. Brown Dipper (2017-09-09)
    179. Coal Tit (2017-09-09)
    180. Ferruginous Duck (2017-09-23)
    181. White-crowned Penduline Tit (2017-09-23)
    182. Whooper Swan (2017-09-23)
    183. Steppe Eagle (2017-09-23)
    184. Carrion Crow (2017-09-23)
    185. Indian Sparrow (2017-09-23)
    186. Oriental Turtle Dove (2017-09-23)
    187. European Nightjar (2017-09-24)
    188. Buff-bellied Pipit (2017-10-15)
    189. Goosander (2017-10-15)
    190. Turkestan Tit (2017-10-15)
    191. Red-fronted Serin (2017-10-15)
    192. Mistle Thrush (2017-10-28)
    193. Red-mantled Rosefinch (2017-10-28)
    194. Grey-headed Goldfinch (2017-10-28)
    195. Long-tailed Rosefinch (2017-10-28)
    196. Eurasian Dipper (2017-10-28)
    197. Upland Buzzard (2017-11-26)
    198. Yellowhammer (2017-11-26)
    199. White-Winged Woodpecker (2017-11-26)
    200. Ibisbill (2017-11-26)
    201. Rough-legged Buzzard (2017-12-17)
    202. Black Lark (2017-12-17)
    203. Snowy Owl (2017-12-18)
    204. Twite (2017-12-18)
    205. Grey Partridge (2017-12-18)
    206. White-winged Lark (2017-12-18)
    207. Short-eared Owl (2017-12-18)

    recent uploads

    2017-12-20. Rough-legged Buzzard, Hen Harrier, Black Lark, Snowy Owl, Twite, Grey Partridge, Common Mynah, White-winged Lark, Short-eared Owl.

    2017-12-19. Great White Egret, Mallard, Northern Lapwing, Lesser Short-toed Lark, Common Redshank, Great Tit, Turkestan Tit, Horned Lark, Little Owl, Lesser Short-toed Lark, Little Owl, Little Owl.

    2017-12-10. Rook, Hooded Crow.

    2017-11-29. Upland Buzzard, Yellowhammer, Eurasian Linnet, Upland Buzzard, White-Winged Woodpecker, Long-tailed Rosefinch, Ibisbill.

    2017-10-29. Red-billed Chough, Mistle Thrush, Red-mantled Rosefinch, Grey-headed Goldfinch, Long-tailed Rosefinch, White-bellied Dipper.

    2017-10-21. Great Cormorant, Rook.

    2017-10-19. Lesser Whitethroat, Common Chiffchaff, Hume's Warbler, Long-eared Owl, White-tailed Sea-Eagle.

    2017-10-18. Red-fronted Serin, Lesser Short-toed Lark.

    2017-10-17. Turkestan Black Redstart.

    2017-10-16. Steppe Eagle, Northern Reed Bunting, Black-throated Accentor, Great Grey Shrike, Buff-bellied Pipit, Goosander, Common Sparrowhawk, Turkestan Tit, Turkestan Black Redstart.

    2017-09-28. Little Ringed Plover, Calandra Lark, Hoopoe, European Nightjar.

    2017-09-27. Little Stint, Little Stint, Temminck's Stint.

    2017-09-26. Dunlin, Greater Ringed Plover, Oriental Turtle Dove.

    2017-09-25. White-headed Duck, White-crowned Penduline Tit, Bluethroat, Northern Lapwing, Long-legged Buzzard, Whooper Swan, Mute Swan, Western Marsh-Harrier, Eastern Imperial Eagle, Steppe Eagle, White Wagtail, Carrion Crow, Indian Sparrow.

    2017-09-24. Ferruginous Duck, Desert Wheatear, Azure Tit, Common Coot.

    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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