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    total species: 225
    total photos: 819
    total videos: 0
    total blogposts: 9

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    1. Ruddy Shelduck (2025-01-11)
    2. Smew (2025-01-11)
    3. Tufted Duck (2025-01-11)
    4. Mute Swan (2025-01-11)
    5. Whooper Swan (2025-01-11)
    6. Red-crested Pochard (2025-01-11)
    7. Common Pochard (2025-01-11)
    8. Water Rail (2025-01-11)
    9. Great White Egret (2025-01-11)
    10. Steppe Eagle (2025-01-11)
    11. Eastern Buzzard (2025-01-11)
    12. Horned Lark (2025-01-11)
    13. Corn Bunting (2025-01-11)
    14. Yellowhammer (2025-01-11)
    15. Northern Reed Bunting (2025-01-11)
    17. European Robin (2025-01-11)
    18. Rock Bunting (2025-01-11)
    19. Tree Sparrow (2025-01-11)
    20. Pine Bunting (2025-01-11)
    21. Pygmy Cormorant (2025-01-12)
    22. Mew Gull (2025-01-12)
    23. Caspian Gull (2025-01-12)
    24. Goosander (2025-01-12)
    25. Common Goldeneye (2025-01-12)
    26. Common Sparrowhawk (2025-01-12)
    27. Meadow Bunting (2025-01-12)
    28. White-tailed Sea-Eagle (2025-01-12)
    29. Turkestan Tit (2025-01-12)
    30. Long-legged Buzzard (2025-01-12)
    31. Red-fronted Serin (2025-01-12)
    32. Hen Harrier (2025-01-12)
    33. Eurasian Blackbird (2025-02-08)
    34. White-winged Grosbeak (2025-02-08)
    35. Brambling (2025-02-08)
    36. Goldcrest (2025-02-08)
    37. Mallard (2025-02-08)
    38. Eurasian Siskin (2025-02-09)
    39. Mistle Thrush (2025-02-09)
    40. Common Chaffinch (2025-02-09)
    41. Eurasian Dipper (2025-02-15)
    42. Coal Tit (2025-02-15)
    43. Black-throated Thrush (2025-02-15)
    44. Eversmann's Redstart (2025-02-15)
    45. Cinereous Vulture (2025-02-15)
    46. Wallcreeper (2025-02-15)
    47. Common Kestrel (2025-02-15)
    48. White-browed Tit-Warbler (2025-02-15)
    49. Northern Goshawk (2025-02-15)
    50. Alpine Accentor (2025-02-15)
    51. Black-throated Accentor (2025-02-15)
    52. Yellow-billed Chough (2025-02-15)
    53. Long-tailed Tit (2025-02-15)
    54. Azure Tit (2025-02-15)
    55. Common Teal (2025-03-02)
    56. Grey Heron (2025-03-02)
    57. Northern Wren (2025-03-02)
    58. Siberian Stonechat (2025-04-06)
    59. Golden Eagle (2025-04-06)
    60. Black Kite (2025-04-06)
    61. Common Pheasant (2025-04-06)
    62. Pied Wheatear (2025-04-13)
    63. White-headed Duck (2025-04-13)
    64. Northern Wheatear (2025-04-13)
    65. Turkestan Shrike (2025-04-13)
    66. Isabelline Shrike (2025-04-13)
    67. Black Redstart (2025-04-13)
    68. Common Redshank (2025-04-13)
    69. Citrine Wagtail (2025-04-13)
    70. Little Ringed Plover (2025-04-13)
    71. Green Sandpiper (2025-04-13)
    72. Dalmatian Pelican (2025-04-13)
    73. Great Cormorant (2025-04-13)
    74. Great White Pelican (2025-04-13)
    75. Little Bustard (2025-04-13)
    76. Demoiselle Crane (2025-04-13)
    77. Common Sandpiper (2025-04-13)
    78. Great Crested Grebe (2025-04-13)
    79. Rook (2025-04-13)
    80. Gull-billed Tern (2025-04-13)
    81. Brown Dipper (2025-04-26)
    82. Blue Whistling Thrush (2025-04-26)
    83. Common Mynah (2025-04-26)
    84. Eurasian Magpie (2025-04-26)
    85. Wood Pigeon (2025-04-26)
    86. Eurasian Collared Dove (2025-04-26)
    87. Crested Lark (2025-04-27)
    88. Glossy Ibis (2025-05-03)
    89. Eurasian Roller (2025-05-03)
    90. Western Marsh-Harrier (2025-05-03)
    91. Lesser Sand Plover (2025-05-03)
    92. Common Greenshank (2025-05-03)
    93. Lesser Whitethroat (2025-05-03)
    94. Oriental Turtle Dove (2025-05-03)
    95. Grey Wagtail (2025-05-03)
    96. Common Tern (2025-05-03)
    97. Black-headed Gull (2025-05-03)
    98. Black Tern (2025-05-03)
    99. Kentish Plover (2025-05-03)
    100. Common Oystercatcher (2025-05-03)
    101. Little Stint (2025-05-03)
    102. Spotted Redshank (2025-05-03)
    103. Chukar Partridge (2025-05-03)
    104. Rosy Starling (2025-05-03)
    105. Black-tailed Godwit (2025-05-03)
    106. Common Snipe (2025-05-03)
    107. Collared Pratincole (2025-05-03)
    108. Little Tern (2025-05-03)
    109. Hume's Warbler (2025-05-03)
    110. Syke's Warbler (2025-05-03)
    111. Short-toed Snake-Eagle (2025-05-07)
    112. Red-headed Bunting (2025-05-07)
    113. Black-Bellied Sandgrouse (2025-05-07)
    114. Greater Short-toed Lark (2025-05-07)
    115. Isabelline Wheatear (2025-05-07)
    116. Rufous-tailed Rock Thrush (2025-05-07)
    117. Calandra Lark (2025-05-07)
    118. Lesser Short-toed Lark (2025-05-07)
    119. Spanish Sparrow (2025-05-07)
    120. Spotted Flycatcher (2025-05-07)
    121. Long-toed Stint (2025-05-10)
    122. Paddyfield Warbler (2025-05-10)
    123. Common Swift (2025-05-10)
    124. Long-tailed Shrike (2025-05-10)
    125. Black Stork (2025-05-10)
    126. European Bee-eater (2025-05-10)
    127. Common Cuckoo (2025-05-10)
    128. Crested Honey-Buzzard (2025-05-10)
    129. Common Kingfisher (2025-05-10)
    130. Osprey (2025-05-10)
    131. Common Starling (2025-05-10)
    132. Pied Avocet (2025-05-10)
    133. Temminck's Stint (2025-05-10)
    134. White Wagtail (2025-05-10)
    135. Wood Sandpiper (2025-05-10)
    136. Indian Sparrow (2025-05-10)
    137. Barn Swallow (2025-05-10)
    138. Blyth's Reed Warbler (2025-05-18)
    139. Common Whitethroat (2025-05-18)
    140. Northern House Martin (2025-05-18)
    141. Grey Plover (2025-05-18)
    142. Terek Sandpiper (2025-05-18)
    143. Eurasian Whimbrel (2025-05-18)
    144. Brown-necked Raven (2025-05-18)
    145. European Nightjar (2025-05-18)
    146. Rufous Bush Robin (2025-05-18)
    147. Greater Sand Plover (2025-05-18)
    148. Caspian Plover (2025-05-18)
    149. Yellow Wagtail (2025-05-18)
    150. Black-winged Stilt (2025-05-18)
    151. Desert Finch (2025-05-18)
    152. Lesser Grey Shrike (2025-05-18)
    153. Common Coot (2025-06-01)
    154. Garganey (2025-06-01)
    155. Sky Lark (2025-06-01)
    156. Eurasian Linnet (2025-06-01)
    157. Pale Sand Martin (2025-06-01)
    158. Himalayan Vulture (2025-06-01)
    159. Red-billed Chough (2025-06-01)
    160. Tawny Pipit (2025-06-01)
    161. Long-eared Owl (2025-06-07)
    162. Daurian Partridge (2025-06-08)
    163. Carrion Crow (2025-06-08)
    164. Masked Wagtail (2025-06-08)
    165. Northern Lapwing (2025-06-08)
    166. Greenish Warbler (2025-06-08)
    167. Red-mantled Rosefinch (2025-06-08)
    168. Black-Necked Grebe (2025-06-08)
    169. Grey-necked Bunting (2025-06-08)
    170. European Greenfinch (2025-07-05)
    171. Eurasian Jackdaw (2025-07-07)
    172. Brown Accentor (2025-07-08)
    173. Guldenstadt's Redstart (2025-07-09)
    174. Water Pipit (2025-07-09)
    175. Plain Mountain Finch (2025-07-09)
    176. Grey-headed Goldfinch (2025-07-09)
    177. Eurasian Hobby (2025-07-09)
    178. Himalayan Accentor (2025-07-09)
    179. Himalayan Rubythroat (2025-07-09)
    180. Black-crowned Night Heron (2025-08-09)
    181. Gadwall (2025-08-09)
    182. Pacific Golden Plover (2025-08-09)
    183. Ruddy Turnstone (2025-08-09)
    184. Eurasian Curlew (2025-08-09)
    185. Caspian Tern (2025-08-09)
    186. Marsh Sandpiper (2025-08-09)
    187. Red-necked Phalarope (2025-08-09)
    188. Tree Pipit (2025-08-23)
    189. Eurasian Scops-Owl (2025-08-24)
    190. Eastern Rock Nuthatch (2025-08-24)
    191. White-Winged Woodpecker (2025-08-24)
    192. Eurasian Stone Curlew (2025-08-24)
    193. Northern Pintail (2025-08-24)
    194. Barred Warbler (2025-08-24)
    195. Eurasian Wryneck (2025-08-24)
    196. Booted Eagle (2025-08-24)
    197. Shikra (2025-08-24)
    198. Lesser Kestrel (2025-09-06)
    199. Curlew Sandpiper (2025-09-06)
    200. Dunlin (2025-09-06)
    201. Sanderling (2025-09-06)
    202. Ruff (2025-09-06)
    203. Little Grebe (2025-09-06)
    204. Ferruginous Duck (2025-09-06)
    205. Slavonian Grebe (2025-09-06)
    206. Eastern Imperial Eagle (2025-09-06)
    207. Blue-capped Redstart (2025-09-13)
    208. Red Crossbill (2025-09-13)
    209. Spotted Nutcracker (2025-09-13)
    210. Meadow Pipit (2025-10-11)
    211. Common Chiffchaff (2025-10-11)
    212. Greylag Goose (2025-10-11)
    213. Common Moorhen (2025-10-19)
    214. Common Crane (2025-11-02)
    215. Hoopoe (2025-11-02)
    216. Lammergeier (2025-11-09)
    217. Great Grey Shrike (2025-11-09)
    219. Long-tailed Rosefinch (2025-11-15)
    220. Bearded Tit (2025-11-15)
    221. Bewick's Swan (2025-11-15)
    222. Common Raven (2025-12-06)
    223. Bohemian Waxwing (2025-12-13)
    224. Ibisbill (2025-12-16)
    225. Great Spotted Woodpecker (2025-12-21)

    recent uploads

    2025-12-29. Bohemian Waxwing.

    2025-12-24. Bohemian Waxwing.

    2025-12-21. Long-eared Owl, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Azure Tit.

    2025-12-18. Long-tailed Rosefinch, Northern Wren, Common Sparrowhawk, Eversmann's Redstart, Black-throated Thrush, Himalayan Vulture.

    2025-12-16. Ibisbill, Eurasian Dipper, Green Sandpiper, Common Pheasant, Northern Wren, Pygmy Cormorant.

    2025-12-14. Carrion Crow.

    2025-12-13. Mistle Thrush, Bohemian Waxwing, Black-throated Thrush, Common Kestrel.

    2025-12-07. Eastern Buzzard.

    2025-12-06. Cinereous Vulture, Golden Eagle, Common Raven, Lammergeier, Himalayan Vulture.

    2025-11-29. Mistle Thrush.

    2025-11-24. Lapland Longspur.

    2025-11-22. Great White Egret, Mallard.

    2025-11-16. Pygmy Cormorant, Greylag Goose, Western Marsh-Harrier, Long-tailed Rosefinch, Common Chiffchaff, Great Grey Shrike, Common Crane, Long-legged Buzzard, Common Pheasant, Hybrid Bunting, Steppe Eagle, Rook.

    2025-11-15. Long-tailed Rosefinch, Bearded Tit, Dalmatian Pelican, Bewick's Swan, Whooper Swan, Mute Swan, Grey-headed Goldfinch, Northern Lapwing.

    2025-11-09. Lammergeier, Great Grey Shrike, Common Sparrowhawk, Chukar Partridge, Eurasian Three-Toed Woodpecker, Golden Eagle.

    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...

    recent video

    2026-01-18
    Common Kestrel
    (Ruslan Abutrapov)

    2025-10-31
    Great Cormorant
    (Raouf Bairashev)

    2025-08-31
    Spotted Flycatcher
    (Anna Yasko)

    2025-07-01
    Northern Hawk Owl
    (Tungysh Zaparkulov)

    2025-06-17
    Great White Egret
    (Irina Kuryanova)

    2025-06-01
    Blyth's Reed Warbler
    (Irina Kuryanova)

    2025-04-14
    Grey-Headed Woodpecker
    (sergey izoya)

    2025-03-30
    Great White Egret
    (Anna Yasko)
    Common Kestrel
    (Anna Yasko)

    2025-03-23
    Common Sparrowhawk
    (Ksenia Serbina)
    Great Tit
    (Ksenia Serbina)

    2025-02-07
    Arctic Loon
    (Irina Kuryanova)

    2025-02-06
    Red Crossbill
    (Viktoriya Zvyaginceva)

    2025-01-07
    Eurasian Penduline Tit
    (sergey izoya)

    2024-08-03
    Common Tern
    (Viktoriya Zvyaginceva)

    more video...

    unidentified birds

    2026-06-22

    Андрей Коваленко: Вопрос - что он тут потерял в июне... Когда снимал, думал что снимаю курганника...
    2026-06-21

    Андрей Коваленко: По фото вряд ли, но в это время там только луговые...
    2026-06-18

    Игорь Фефелов: Галка
    2026-06-18

    Юрий Малков: Спасибо Анна и Андрей.
    2026-06-17

    Юрий Малков: Спасибо Анна.
    more unidentified birds...