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    total species: 274
    total photos: 1235
    total videos: 0
    total blogposts: 22

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    1. Greater Scaup (2020-01-18)
    2. Long-tailed Duck (2020-01-18)
    3. Mute Swan (2020-01-18)
    4. Whooper Swan (2020-01-18)
    5. Ruddy Shelduck (2020-01-18)
    6. Common Shelduck (2020-01-18)
    7. Smew (2020-01-18)
    8. Tufted Duck (2020-01-18)
    9. White-winged Scoter (2020-01-18)
    10. Eastern Buzzard (2020-01-18)
    11. Common Kestrel (2020-01-18)
    12. Songar Tit (2020-01-19)
    13. Eversmann's Redstart (2020-01-19)
    14. Goldcrest (2020-01-19)
    15. Coal Tit (2020-01-19)
    16. Great Rosefinch (2020-01-19)
    17. Mallard (2020-01-19)
    18. Eurasian Dipper (2020-01-19)
    19. White-winged Grosbeak (2020-01-19)
    20. Red-billed Chough (2020-01-19)
    21. White-winged Snowfinch (2020-01-19)
    22. Brandt's Rosefinch (2020-01-19)
    23. Common Pochard (2020-01-26)
    24. Pine Bunting (2020-01-26)
    25. Yellowhammer (2020-01-26)
    26. Corn Bunting (2020-01-26)
    27. Caspian Gull (2020-01-26)
    28. Common Sparrowhawk (2020-01-26)
    29. Little Grebe (2020-01-26)
    30. Upland Buzzard (2020-02-01)
    31. Common Buzzard (2020-02-01)
    32. Fieldfare (2020-02-01)
    33. Bohemian Waxwing (2020-02-01)
    34. European Robin (2020-02-01)
    35. Eurasian Goldfinch (2020-02-01)
    36. Ibisbill (2020-02-01)
    37. Long-tailed Rosefinch (2020-02-02)
    38. Common Chiffchaff (2020-02-02)
    39. Long-tailed Tit (2020-02-02)
    40. Bearded Tit (2020-02-02)
    41. Eurasian Siskin (2020-02-02)
    42. Baikal Bullfinch (2020-02-02)
    43. Red-fronted Serin (2020-02-02)
    45. Black-throated Thrush (2020-02-08)
    46. Horned Lark (2020-02-08)
    47. Merlin (2020-02-08)
    48. Green Sandpiper (2020-02-08)
    49. Great White Egret (2020-02-08)
    50. Common Moorhen (2020-02-08)
    51. Common Pheasant (2020-02-08)
    52. Common Redpoll (2020-02-08)
    53. Twite (2020-02-08)
    54. Eurasian Linnet (2020-02-08)
    55. European Greenfinch (2020-03-14)
    56. Northern Bullfinch (2020-03-14)
    57. Masked Wagtail (2020-03-22)
    58. Blue Whistling Thrush (2020-03-22)
    59. Eurasian Blackbird (2020-03-22)
    60. Wood Pigeon (2020-03-22)
    61. Rock Bunting (2020-03-24)
    62. Grey Wagtail (2020-03-24)
    63. Northern Wren (2020-03-24)
    64. Brambling (2020-03-24)
    65. Water Pipit (2020-03-24)
    66. Common Chaffinch (2020-03-24)
    67. Common Mynah (2020-04-07)
    68. Great Tit (2020-04-07)
    69. Rock Pigeon (2020-04-07)
    70. Demoiselle Crane (2020-04-23)
    71. House Sparrow (2020-04-29)
    72. Laughing Dove (2020-04-29)
    73. Azure Tit (2020-05-09)
    74. Northern House Martin (2020-05-09)
    75. Siberian Stonechat (2020-05-12)
    76. Eurasian Roller (2020-05-12)
    77. Hume's Warbler (2020-05-12)
    78. Tree Sparrow (2020-05-12)
    79. Little Ringed Plover (2020-05-12)
    80. Long-legged Buzzard (2020-05-12)
    81. Barn Swallow (2020-05-12)
    82. Common Sandpiper (2020-05-12)
    83. Common Swift (2020-05-12)
    84. Common Kingfisher (2020-05-12)
    85. Common Whitethroat (2020-05-18)
    86. Alpine Swift (2020-05-18)
    87. Red-headed Bunting (2020-05-22)
    88. Eurasian Jackdaw (2020-05-22)
    89. Eurasian Collared Dove (2020-05-22)
    90. Lesser Grey Shrike (2020-05-22)
    91. Little Bittern (2020-05-22)
    92. Indian Golden Oriole (2020-05-22)
    93. Long-eared Owl (2020-05-24)
    94. Oriental Turtle Dove (2020-05-26)
    95. Little Bustard (2020-05-26)
    96. Dalmatian Pelican (2020-05-26)
    97. Grey Heron (2020-05-26)
    98. Rook (2020-05-26)
    99. Curlew Sandpiper (2020-05-26)
    100. Common Redshank (2020-05-26)
    101. Greylag Goose (2020-05-26)
    102. Common Greenshank (2020-05-26)
    103. Eurasian Hobby (2020-05-26)
    104. Northern Shoveler (2020-05-26)
    105. Blyth's Reed Warbler (2020-05-26)
    106. Temminck's Stint (2020-05-26)
    107. Black-winged Stilt (2020-05-26)
    108. Terek Sandpiper (2020-05-26)
    109. Common Tern (2020-05-26)
    110. Little Stint (2020-05-26)
    111. Lesser Sand Plover (2020-05-26)
    112. Garganey (2020-05-26)
    113. Black-tailed Godwit (2020-05-26)
    114. White-headed Duck (2020-05-26)
    115. Black-Necked Grebe (2020-05-26)
    116. Common Coot (2020-05-26)
    117. Ferruginous Duck (2020-05-26)
    118. Common Teal (2020-05-26)
    119. Black-headed Gull (2020-05-26)
    120. Common Starling (2020-05-26)
    121. Common Oystercatcher (2020-05-26)
    122. Northern Lapwing (2020-05-26)
    123. Eurasian Curlew (2020-05-26)
    124. Great Cormorant (2020-05-26)
    125. Eurasian Whimbrel (2020-05-26)
    126. White-tailed Sea-Eagle (2020-05-26)
    127. Red-crested Pochard (2020-05-26)
    128. Gadwall (2020-05-26)
    129. Northern Pintail (2020-05-26)
    130. Great Crested Grebe (2020-05-26)
    131. Black-crowned Night Heron (2020-05-26)
    132. Little Tern (2020-05-26)
    133. Western Marsh-Harrier (2020-05-26)
    134. Rosy Starling (2020-05-26)
    135. Little Owl (2020-05-31)
    136. Black-Bellied Sandgrouse (2020-05-31)
    137. Mongolian Finch (2020-05-31)
    138. Grey-necked Bunting (2020-05-31)
    139. Greater Short-toed Lark (2020-05-31)
    140. Rock Sparrow (2020-05-31)
    141. Turkestan Shrike (2020-05-31)
    142. Isabelline Wheatear (2020-05-31)
    143. Lammergeier (2020-05-31)
    144. Pallas's Sandgrouse (2020-05-31)
    145. Hoopoe (2020-05-31)
    146. Eastern Orphean Warbler (2020-05-31)
    147. Rufous-tailed Rock Thrush (2020-05-31)
    148. Chukar Partridge (2020-05-31)
    149. Asian Desert Warbler (2020-05-31)
    150. Desert Wheatear (2020-05-31)
    151. Tawny Pipit (2020-05-31)
    152. Golden Eagle (2020-05-31)
    153. White-capped Bunting (2020-05-31)
    154. Stock Pigeon (2020-05-31)
    155. Lesser Kestrel (2020-05-31)
    156. European Bee-eater (2020-05-31)
    157. Long-tailed Shrike (2020-05-31)
    158. Mistle Thrush (2020-05-31)
    159. Brown Dipper (2020-06-06)
    160. Short-eared Owl (2020-06-13)
    161. Red-footed Falcon (2020-06-13)
    162. Eurasian Magpie (2020-06-13)
    163. Greater Flamingo (2020-06-13)
    164. Pallas's Gull (2020-06-13)
    165. White-winged Lark (2020-06-13)
    166. Black-winged Pratincole (2020-06-13)
    167. Sky Lark (2020-06-13)
    168. Black Lark (2020-06-13)
    169. Caspian Tern (2020-06-13)
    170. White-winged Tern (2020-06-13)
    171. Ruff (2020-06-13)
    172. Mew Gull (2020-06-14)
    173. Pied Avocet (2020-06-14)
    174. Yellow Wagtail (2020-06-14)
    175. Sand Martin (2020-06-14)
    176. Northern Wheatear (2020-06-14)
    177. Pallid Harrier (2020-06-14)
    178. Common Quail (2020-06-14)
    179. White Wagtail (2020-06-14)
    180. Citrine Wagtail (2020-06-14)
    181. Bluethroat (2020-06-14)
    182. Hooded Crow (2020-06-14)
    183. Common Raven (2020-06-15)
    184. Baraba Steppe Gull (2020-06-15)
    185. Great Reed Warbler (2020-06-15)
    186. Paddyfield Warbler (2020-06-15)
    187. Marsh Sandpiper (2020-06-15)
    188. Black Tern (2020-06-15)
    189. Little Gull (2020-06-15)
    190. Eurasian Wigeon (2020-06-16)
    191. Slavonian Grebe (2020-06-16)
    192. Common Goldeneye (2020-06-16)
    193. Eurasian Redstart (2020-06-16)
    194. Lesser Whitethroat (2020-06-17)
    195. Black Kite (2020-06-17)
    196. Common Rosefinch (2020-06-17)
    197. Goosander (2020-06-17)
    198. Calandra Lark (2020-06-27)
    199. Brown-necked Raven (2020-06-27)
    200. Spanish Sparrow (2020-06-27)
    201. Indian Sparrow (2020-06-27)
    202. Eastern Imperial Eagle (2020-06-27)
    203. Black-headed Wagtail (2020-06-30)
    204. Turkestan Tit (2020-06-30)
    205. Pied Wheatear (2020-06-30)
    206. Blue-cheeked Bee-eater (2020-06-30)
    207. Crested Lark (2020-06-30)
    208. Shikra (2020-06-30)
    209. Northern Reed Bunting (2020-06-30)
    210. Common Nightingale (2020-06-30)
    211. Syke's Warbler (2020-06-30)
    212. Cetti's Warbler (2020-06-30)
    213. Savi's Warbler (2020-06-30)
    214. Richard's Pipit (2020-07-01)
    215. Common Snipe (2020-07-01)
    216. Booted Eagle (2020-07-01)
    217. Eurasian Crag Martin (2020-07-01)
    218. Common Cuckoo (2020-07-03)
    219. Egyptian Vulture (2020-07-10)
    220. Spotted Flycatcher (2020-07-10)
    221. Asian Paradise Flycatcher (2020-07-10)
    222. Glossy Ibis (2020-07-11)
    223. Clamorous Reed Warbler (2020-07-11)
    224. Eurasian Reed Warbler (2020-07-11)
    225. Purple Heron (2020-07-11)
    226. White-tailed Lapwing (2020-07-11)
    227. Little Egret (2020-07-11)
    228. Collared Pratincole (2020-07-11)
    229. Eurasian Spoonbill (2020-07-11)
    230. Kentish Plover (2020-07-11)
    231. Great White Pelican (2020-07-11)
    232. Oriental Lark (2020-07-11)
    233. Lesser Short-toed Lark (2020-07-11)
    234. Wood Sandpiper (2020-07-11)
    235. Spotted Redshank (2020-07-11)
    236. Gull-billed Tern (2020-07-11)
    237. Rufous Bush Robin (2020-07-11)
    238. Streaked Scrub Warbler (2020-07-12)
    239. Menetries Warbler (2020-07-12)
    240. Macqueen's Bustard (2020-07-12)
    241. Pander's Ground-Jay (2020-07-12)
    242. Steppe Grey Shrike (2020-07-12)
    243. Greater Sand Plover (2020-07-12)
    244. Desert Finch (2020-07-12)
    245. Pied Bushchat (2020-07-13)
    246. Black Stork (2020-07-13)
    247. Pygmy Cormorant (2020-07-21)
    248. Grey Partridge (2020-07-21)
    249. Ruddy Turnstone (2020-07-21)
    250. Greenish Warbler (2020-08-02)
    251. Montagu's Harrier (2020-08-02)
    252. European Golden Oriole (2020-08-20)
    253. Carrion Crow (2020-08-22)
    254. White-Winged Woodpecker (2020-09-06)
    255. Common Crane (2020-09-06)
    256. Yellow-eyed Pigeon (2020-09-06)
    257. Isabelline Shrike (2020-09-06)
    258. Greater Spotted Eagle (2020-09-06)
    259. Red-backed Shrike (2020-09-06)
    260. Red-necked Phalarope (2020-09-13)
    261. Baillon's Crake (2020-09-13)
    262. Red-Necked Grebe (2020-09-13)
    263. Steppe Eagle (2020-09-13)
    264. Black-throated Accentor (2020-10-17)
    265. Rustic Bunting (2020-10-25)
    266. Solitary Snipe (2020-10-25)
    267. Hen Harrier (2020-10-25)
    268. Meadow Pipit (2020-10-25)
    269. Red-throated Thrush (2020-11-26)
    270. Bewick's Swan (2020-11-28)
    271. Peregrine Falcon (2020-12-10)
    272. White-browed Tit-Warbler (2020-12-10)
    273. Rough-legged Buzzard (2020-12-22)
    274. Buff-bellied Pipit (2020-12-22)

    recent uploads

    2020-12-26. Little Grebe.

    2020-12-25. Long-tailed Rosefinch, Rough-legged Buzzard, Rough-legged Buzzard, Pied Avocet, Northern Reed Bunting, Water Pipit, Common Kingfisher, Eastern Buzzard, Little Grebe, Black-headed Gull, Green Sandpiper, Buff-bellied Pipit, Yellowhammer, Masked Wagtail, Meadow Pipit, Grey Heron, Great White Egret.

    2020-12-24. Ruddy Shelduck, Mallard, Goosander, Corn Bunting, Whooper Swan.

    2020-12-14. Black-throated Thrush, Hybrid (Black-throated x Red-throated) Thrush.

    2020-12-10. Peregrine Falcon, Eastern Buzzard, Red-fronted Serin, Eversmann's Redstart, White-browed Tit-Warbler, Goldcrest.

    2020-12-07. Caspian Gull.

    2020-12-03. Bewick's Swan, Bewick's Swan, Bewick's Swan, Whooper Swan, Mute Swan, Whooper Swan, Common Goldeneye, Goosander, Smew, White-tailed Sea-Eagle, Ruddy Shelduck, Caspian Gull, Mew Gull, Fieldfare, Mistle Thrush, Black-throated Thrush.

    2020-11-30. Long-tailed Duck.

    2020-11-27. Red-throated Thrush, Black-throated Thrush, Eurasian Blackbird, Common Pheasant, Red-fronted Serin.

    2020-11-22. Bohemian Waxwing, Long-eared Owl, Great Tit, Common Sparrowhawk, Mistle Thrush, Common Kestrel, Altai Buzzard, Black-throated Thrush, Black-throated Thrush, Black-throated Thrush, Black-throated Thrush, Black-throated Thrush, Black-throated Thrush, Black-throated Thrush, Black-throated Thrush, Black-throated Thrush.

    2020-10-30. Long-legged Buzzard, Great White Pelican.

    2020-10-29. Meadow Pipit, Meadow Pipit, Meadow Pipit, Meadow Pipit, Meadow Pipit, Meadow Pipit, Meadow Pipit.

    2020-10-28. Hen Harrier, Common Chaffinch, Brambling, Mongolian Finch, Eurasian Linnet, Twite, Desert Wheatear, Red-fronted Serin, Steppe Horned Lark, White Wagtail, Masked Wagtail, Northern Reed Bunting, Pine Bunting, Water Pipit, Water Pipit.

    2020-10-27. Solitary Snipe, Merlin.

    2020-10-26. Rustic Bunting.

    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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