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    total species: 231
    total photos: 825
    total videos: 0
    total blogposts: 10

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    1. Himalayan Snowcock (2019-01-13)
    2. Red-billed Chough (2019-01-13)
    3. Northern Pintail (2019-01-13)
    4. Solitary Snipe (2019-01-13)
    5. Eurasian Dipper (2019-01-13)
    6. Whooper Swan (2019-01-19)
    7. Mute Swan (2019-01-19)
    8. Greylag Goose (2019-01-19)
    9. Common Goldeneye (2019-01-19)
    10. Red-crested Pochard (2019-01-19)
    11. Goosander (2019-01-19)
    12. Mallard (2019-01-19)
    13. Smew (2019-01-19)
    14. Common Pochard (2019-01-19)
    15. Tufted Duck (2019-01-19)
    16. White-tailed Sea-Eagle (2019-01-19)
    17. Caspian Gull (2019-01-19)
    18. Mew Gull (2019-01-19)
    19. Ruddy Shelduck (2019-01-19)
    20. Merlin (2019-01-19)
    21. Common Buzzard (2019-01-19)
    22. Upland Buzzard (2019-01-19)
    23. Rough-legged Buzzard (2019-01-19)
    24. Eurasian Linnet (2019-01-19)
    25. Steppe Eagle (2019-01-19)
    26. Common Sparrowhawk (2019-01-19)
    27. Corn Bunting (2019-01-19)
    28. Long-eared Owl (2019-01-19)
    29. Grey-headed Goldfinch (2019-01-19)
    30. Carrion Crow (2019-01-19)
    31. Eurasian Siskin (2019-01-30)
    32. Mistle Thrush (2019-02-02)
    33. Eastern Buzzard (2019-02-02)
    34. Eurasian Magpie (2019-02-02)
    35. Red-breasted Rosefinch (2019-02-03)
    36. Brambling (2019-02-10)
    37. Coal Tit (2019-02-10)
    38. Great Tit (2019-02-10)
    39. Common Chaffinch (2019-02-10)
    40. Rook (2019-02-10)
    41. Hooded Crow (2019-02-10)
    42. Red-fronted Serin (2019-03-02)
    43. Long-tailed Tit (2019-03-07)
    44. European Greenfinch (2019-03-07)
    45. Tree Sparrow (2019-03-16)
    46. Eurasian Wigeon (2019-03-17)
    47. Common Teal (2019-03-17)
    48. Grey Heron (2019-03-17)
    49. Western Marsh-Harrier (2019-03-17)
    50. Great White Egret (2019-03-17)
    51. Eurasian Goldfinch (2019-03-17)
    52. Pallas's Gull (2019-03-17)
    53. Common Coot (2019-03-17)
    54. Black-throated Thrush (2019-03-17)
    55. Common Shelduck (2019-03-17)
    56. Sky Lark (2019-03-17)
    57. Ferruginous Duck (2019-03-17)
    58. Northern Shoveler (2019-03-17)
    59. Gadwall (2019-03-17)
    60. Masked Wagtail (2019-03-17)
    61. Citrine Wagtail (2019-03-17)
    62. Northern Lapwing (2019-03-17)
    63. Eurasian Blackbird (2019-03-17)
    64. Great Cormorant (2019-03-17)
    65. Great Crested Grebe (2019-03-17)
    66. Dalmatian Pelican (2019-03-17)
    67. Northern Reed Bunting (2019-03-17)
    68. Rock Bunting (2019-03-17)
    69. Pine Bunting (2019-03-17)
    70. Black Kite (2019-03-21)
    71. Demoiselle Crane (2019-03-21)
    72. Little Bustard (2019-03-21)
    73. Great Bustard (2019-03-21)
    74. Isabelline Wheatear (2019-03-21)
    75. Pied Wheatear (2019-03-21)
    76. Grey Partridge (2019-03-22)
    77. Hoopoe (2019-03-22)
    78. Chukar Partridge (2019-03-22)
    79. Cinereous Vulture (2019-03-22)
    80. Water Pipit (2019-03-22)
    81. Eastern Rock Nuthatch (2019-03-22)
    82. Common Raven (2019-03-22)
    83. Calandra Lark (2019-03-22)
    84. Black Redstart (2019-03-22)
    85. Isabelline Shrike (2019-03-22)
    86. Steppe Grey Shrike (2019-03-22)
    87. Little Owl (2019-03-23)
    88. Eurasian Penduline Tit (2019-03-23)
    89. Common Chiffchaff (2019-03-23)
    90. White Wagtail (2019-03-23)
    91. White-tailed Lapwing (2019-03-23)
    92. Meadow Pipit (2019-03-23)
    93. Pygmy Cormorant (2019-03-23)
    94. Lesser Short-toed Lark (2019-03-23)
    95. Dunlin (2019-03-23)
    96. Little Stint (2019-03-23)
    98. Eurasian Curlew (2019-03-23)
    99. Black-tailed Godwit (2019-03-23)
    100. Hen Harrier (2019-03-23)
    101. Pied Avocet (2019-03-23)
    102. Common Crane (2019-03-23)
    103. Greater Short-toed Lark (2019-03-23)
    104. Desert Wheatear (2019-03-23)
    105. Variable Wheatear (2019-03-24)
    106. Northern Wheatear (2019-03-24)
    107. Common Mynah (2019-03-24)
    108. Common Kestrel (2019-03-24)
    109. Turkestan Shrike (2019-03-24)
    110. Crested Lark (2019-03-24)
    111. Black-breasted Tit (2019-03-24)
    112. House Sparrow (2019-03-25)
    113. Common Starling (2019-03-25)
    114. Common Redshank (2019-03-25)
    115. Black-headed Gull (2019-03-25)
    116. Garganey (2019-03-25)
    117. White Stork (2019-03-25)
    118. White-headed Duck (2019-03-30)
    119. Black-Necked Grebe (2019-03-30)
    120. Common Pheasant (2019-03-30)
    121. Little Ringed Plover (2019-03-30)
    122. Green Sandpiper (2019-03-30)
    123. Common Oystercatcher (2019-03-30)
    124. Brown-necked Raven (2019-04-06)
    125. Common Snipe (2019-04-06)
    126. Jack Snipe (2019-04-06)
    127. Long-legged Buzzard (2019-04-06)
    128. White-winged Lark (2019-04-06)
    129. Macqueen's Bustard (2019-04-06)
    130. Greater Sand Plover (2019-04-06)
    131. Black-Bellied Sandgrouse (2019-04-06)
    132. Pallas's Sandgrouse (2019-04-06)
    133. Caspian Plover (2019-04-06)
    134. Eurasian Eagle-Owl (2019-04-13)
    135. Lesser Kestrel (2019-04-13)
    136. Northern Goshawk (2019-04-13)
    137. Black Stork (2019-04-13)
    138. Siberian Stonechat (2019-04-13)
    139. Black-winged Stilt (2019-04-13)
    140. Hume's Warbler (2019-04-13)
    141. Northern Hawk Owl (2019-04-20)
    142. Northern Black Grouse (2019-04-20)
    143. Blue Whistling Thrush (2019-04-20)
    144. Red-mantled Rosefinch (2019-04-27)
    145. Lesser Sand Plover (2019-05-01)
    146. Spotted Redshank (2019-05-01)
    147. Common Greenshank (2019-05-01)
    148. Eurasian Whimbrel (2019-05-01)
    149. Common Sandpiper (2019-05-01)
    150. Temminck's Stint (2019-05-01)
    151. Common Tern (2019-05-01)
    152. Black Tern (2019-05-01)
    153. White-winged Tern (2019-05-01)
    154. Common Moorhen (2019-05-01)
    155. Little Bittern (2019-05-01)
    156. Tree Pipit (2019-05-01)
    157. Long-tailed Shrike (2019-05-07)
    158. Yellow Wagtail (2019-05-07)
    159. Rufous-tailed Rock Thrush (2019-05-07)
    160. Purple Heron (2019-05-07)
    161. Slender-billed Gull (2019-05-07)
    162. Little Tern (2019-05-07)
    163. Great Reed Warbler (2019-05-07)
    164. Paddyfield Warbler (2019-05-07)
    165. Great White Pelican (2019-05-07)
    166. Grey Wagtail (2019-05-07)
    167. Sulphur-bellied Warbler (2019-05-07)
    168. European Bee-eater (2019-05-10)
    169. Lesser Whitethroat (2019-05-10)
    170. Syke's Warbler (2019-05-10)
    171. Laughing Dove (2019-05-10)
    172. Bearded Tit (2019-05-10)
    173. Savi's Warbler (2019-05-10)
    174. Shikra (2019-05-11)
    175. Eurasian Stone Curlew (2019-05-11)
    176. Himalayan Vulture (2019-05-11)
    177. Lammergeier (2019-05-11)
    178. Booted Eagle (2019-05-11)
    179. Yellow-billed Chough (2019-05-11)
    180. Eurasian Roller (2019-05-11)
    181. Bluethroat (2019-05-11)
    182. Clamorous Reed Warbler (2019-05-11)
    183. Oriental Turtle Dove (2019-07-27)
    184. Brown Dipper (2019-08-09)
    185. Greenish Warbler (2019-08-09)
    186. Peregrine Falcon (2019-08-24)
    187. Short-toed Snake-Eagle (2019-08-24)
    188. Spotted Flycatcher (2019-08-24)
    189. Red-necked Phalarope (2019-08-24)
    190. Ruff (2019-08-24)
    191. Gull-billed Tern (2019-08-24)
    192. Wood Sandpiper (2019-08-24)
    193. Curlew Sandpiper (2019-08-24)
    194. Greater Ringed Plover (2019-08-24)
    195. Marsh Sandpiper (2019-08-24)
    196. Blyth's Reed Warbler (2019-08-24)
    197. Common Kingfisher (2019-08-24)
    198. Little Grebe (2019-08-24)
    199. White-crowned Penduline Tit (2019-08-24)
    200. Common Rosefinch (2019-08-24)
    201. Rosy Starling (2019-08-24)
    202. Pacific Golden Plover (2019-09-22)
    203. Eastern Imperial Eagle (2019-09-22)
    204. Eurasian Hobby (2019-10-05)
    205. Great Grey Shrike (2019-10-05)
    206. Eversmann's Redstart (2019-10-05)
    207. Red-flanked Bluetail (2019-10-05)
    208. Buff-bellied Pipit (2019-10-05)
    209. Red-throated Pipit (2019-10-05)
    210. Red-Necked Grebe (2019-10-12)
    211. Whiskered Tern (2019-10-12)
    212. Little Gull (2019-10-12)
    213. Desert Finch (2019-10-12)
    214. Sanderling (2019-10-12)
    215. Grey Plover (2019-10-12)
    216. Red-breasted Goose (2019-10-12)
    217. Slavonian Grebe (2019-10-12)
    218. Bean Goose (2019-10-27)
    219. Bohemian Waxwing (2019-12-01)
    220. Common Redpoll (2019-12-01)
    221. European Robin (2019-12-02)
    222. Long-tailed Rosefinch (2019-12-02)
    223. Bewick's Swan (2019-12-02)
    224. Twite (2019-12-02)
    225. Water Rail (2019-12-02)
    226. Eurasian Collared Dove (2019-12-08)
    227. Saker Falcon (2019-12-16)
    228. Yellowhammer (2019-12-16)
    229. White-Winged Woodpecker (2019-12-17)
    230. Turkestan Tit (2019-12-17)
    231. Saxaul Sparrow (2019-12-17)

    recent uploads

    2019-12-19. Saker Falcon, Yellowhammer, White-Winged Woodpecker, Tree Sparrow, Turkestan Tit, Long-tailed Rosefinch, Saxaul Sparrow, Chukar Partridge.

    2019-12-18. White-tailed Sea-Eagle, Bean Goose, Corn Bunting, Upland Buzzard.

    2019-12-10. Eurasian Collared Dove.

    2019-12-09. Long-tailed Rosefinch, Eversmann's Redstart.

    2019-12-06. Twite, Northern Reed Bunting, Eurasian Linnet, Common Kestrel, Green Sandpiper, Water Rail.

    2019-12-05. Dalmatian Pelican, Whooper Swan, Mew Gull, Bewick's Swan, Bewick's Swan.

    2019-12-04. Goosander, Pallas's Gull, Common Shelduck, Common Redpoll, Common Starling, Grey Partridge, European Robin, Long-tailed Rosefinch, Common Redpoll.

    2019-12-02. Eastern Buzzard, Steppe Eagle, Great Grey Shrike.

    2019-12-01. Bohemian Waxwing, European Greenfinch, Common Redpoll, Red-fronted Serin, Eurasian Siskin.

    2019-11-03. Common Sparrowhawk, Grey-headed Goldfinch.

    2019-10-30. Whooper Swan.

    2019-10-29. Bean Goose.

    2019-10-28. Hen Harrier, Northern Reed Bunting.

    2019-10-27. Great Grey Shrike, Red-breasted Goose, White-headed Duck, Mute Swan, Eurasian Curlew, Grey Plover, Merlin, Eastern Imperial Eagle, Common Greenshank, Eurasian Wigeon, Whooper Swan.

    2019-10-18. Slavonian Grebe, Slavonian 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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    Spotted Flycatcher
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    Northern Hawk Owl
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    2025-06-17
    Great White Egret
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    Blyth's Reed Warbler
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    2025-04-14
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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
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    2025-01-07
    Eurasian Penduline Tit
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    2024-08-03
    Common Tern
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    unidentified birds

    2026-06-22

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    Андрей Коваленко: По фото вряд ли, но в это время там только луговые...
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    Юрий Малков: Спасибо Анна и Андрей.
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    Юрий Малков: Спасибо Анна.
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