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    map of photoshootings

    total species: 143
    total photos: 1640
    total videos: 0
    total blogposts: 1

    sort by:

    1. Whooper Swan (2013-01-22)
    2. Eurasian Nuthatch (2013-01-22)
    3. Eurasian Jay (2013-01-22)
    4. Fieldfare (2013-01-22)
    5. Northern Bullfinch (2013-01-22)
    6. Goosander (2013-01-22)
    7. Mallard (2013-01-22)
    8. Great Tit (2013-01-22)
    9. Hooded Crow (2013-01-24)
    10. Common Goldeneye (2013-01-24)
    11. Tree Sparrow (2013-01-24)
    12. Eurasian Blackbird (2013-02-03)
    13. House Sparrow (2013-02-03)
    14. Hawfinch (2013-02-11)
    15. Bohemian Waxwing (2013-02-16)
    16. Smew (2013-02-17)
    17. Great Spotted Woodpecker (2013-02-19)
    18. Eurasian Dipper (2013-02-20)
    19. Grey-headed Goldfinch (2013-02-21)
    20. Black-throated Thrush (2013-02-23)
    21. Brambling (2013-02-23)
    22. Baikal Bullfinch (2013-02-25)
    23. White-Backed Woodpecker (2013-02-26)
    24. Rock Pigeon (2013-03-10)
    25. Eurasian Jackdaw (2013-03-11)
    26. Rook (2013-03-11)
    27. Eurasian Siskin (2013-03-13)
    28. Carrion Crow (2013-03-14)
    29. Lesser Spotted Woodpecker (2013-03-14)
    30. Eurasian Magpie (2013-03-15)
    31. Common Starling (2013-03-16)
    32. Grey-Headed Woodpecker (2013-03-18)
    33. Common Chaffinch (2013-03-19)
    34. Caspian Gull (2013-03-20)
    35. Yellowhammer (2013-03-20)
    36. Great White Egret (2013-03-20)
    37. Azure Tit (2013-03-24)
    38. White Wagtail (2013-03-25)
    39. Masked Wagtail (2013-03-25)
    40. European Greenfinch (2013-03-26)
    41. Black Kite (2013-03-26)
    42. Common Kestrel (2013-03-29)
    43. Black-headed Gull (2013-03-30)
    44. Tree Pipit (2013-04-01)
    45. Common Teal (2013-04-01)
    46. Great Cormorant (2013-04-01)
    47. Black-throated Accentor (2013-04-07)
    48. Northern Wheatear (2013-04-08)
    49. Long-tailed Rosefinch (2013-04-10)
    50. Common Chiffchaff (2013-04-10)
    51. Rock Bunting (2013-04-13)
    52. Northern Shoveler (2013-04-13)
    53. Tufted Duck (2013-04-13)
    54. Common Coot (2013-04-17)
    55. Garganey (2013-04-17)
    56. Eurasian Bittern (2013-04-17)
    57. Gadwall (2013-04-17)
    58. Eurasian Wigeon (2013-04-17)
    59. Great Crested Grebe (2013-04-17)
    60. Common Pochard (2013-04-17)
    61. Eurasian Penduline Tit (2013-04-18)
    62. Montagu's Harrier (2013-04-20)
    63. Siberian Stonechat (2013-04-25)
    64. Common Sandpiper (2013-04-25)
    65. Black-Necked Grebe (2013-04-27)
    66. Eurasian Redstart (2013-04-28)
    67. Pallid Harrier (2013-04-28)
    68. Common Sparrowhawk (2013-05-01)
    69. Common Tern (2013-05-02)
    70. Lesser Whitethroat (2013-05-06)
    71. Spotted Flycatcher (2013-05-09)
    72. European Golden Oriole (2013-05-09)
    73. Booted Warbler (2013-05-14)
    74. Paddyfield Warbler (2013-05-14)
    75. Barn Swallow (2013-05-14)
    76. Common Rosefinch (2013-05-14)
    77. Common Cuckoo (2013-05-17)
    78. Greenish Warbler (2013-05-18)
    79. Red-backed Shrike (2013-05-20)
    80. Common Whitethroat (2013-05-20)
    81. Blyth's Reed Warbler (2013-05-20)
    82. Pale Sand Martin (2013-05-22)
    83. Pied Wheatear (2013-05-23)
    84. Barred Warbler (2013-06-06)
    85. Thrush Nightingale (2013-06-08)
    86. Oriental Turtle Dove (2013-06-11)
    87. Sedge Warbler (2013-06-11)
    88. Water Rail (2013-06-20)
    89. Moustached Warbler (2013-06-20)
    90. Great Reed Warbler (2013-06-21)
    91. Black-winged Stilt (2013-06-21)
    92. Northern Reed Bunting (2013-06-21)
    93. Rosy Starling (2013-06-21)
    94. Red-headed Bunting (2013-06-21)
    95. Eurasian Roller (2013-06-21)
    96. Bearded Tit (2013-06-21)
    97. Little Bittern (2013-06-21)
    98. Grey Heron (2013-06-21)
    99. Northern Lapwing (2013-06-21)
    100. Savi's Warbler (2013-06-21)
    101. Bluethroat (2013-06-21)
    102. Turkestan Shrike (2013-06-21)
    103. Common Nightingale (2013-06-21)
    104. Northern House Martin (2013-06-21)
    105. Common Redshank (2013-06-21)
    106. Desert Finch (2013-06-21)
    107. Hoopoe (2013-06-21)
    108. Citrine Wagtail (2013-06-21)
    109. Black-headed Wagtail (2013-06-21)
    110. Dalmatian Pelican (2013-06-21)
    111. Pallas's Gull (2013-06-21)
    112. Little Ringed Plover (2013-06-21)
    113. Greater Short-toed Lark (2013-06-21)
    114. Eurasian Wryneck (2013-06-26)
    115. White-crowned Penduline Tit (2013-06-27)
    116. Ruff (2013-06-27)
    117. Common Oystercatcher (2013-06-27)
    118. Meadow Bunting (2013-07-03)
    119. Green Sandpiper (2013-07-03)
    120. Demoiselle Crane (2013-07-25)
    121. Eurasian Curlew (2013-07-25)
    122. Yellow Wagtail (2013-07-25)
    123. Black Stork (2013-07-26)
    124. Eurasian Hobby (2013-07-29)
    125. Wood Sandpiper (2013-08-17)
    126. Black-tailed Godwit (2013-08-17)
    127. Common Kingfisher (2013-08-17)
    128. Eurasian Linnet (2013-08-25)
    129. Eastern Imperial Eagle (2013-08-25)
    130. Grey Wagtail (2013-08-28)
    131. Lesser Kestrel (2013-08-28)
    132. Yellow-browed Warbler (2013-09-02)
    133. Willow Tit (2013-09-06)
    134. Common Buzzard (2013-09-06)
    135. Golden Eagle (2013-09-18)
    136. Hen Harrier (2013-09-18)
    137. Sky Lark (2013-09-19)
    138. Ruddy Shelduck (2013-09-24)
    139. Grey Partridge (2013-09-25)
    140. Wood Pigeon (2013-09-30)
    141. Osprey (2013-09-30)
    142. Common Redpoll (2013-10-07)
    143. Pine Bunting (2013-10-09)

    recent uploads

    2013-12-27. Common Redpoll, Brambling, Long-tailed Rosefinch.

    2013-12-20. Moustached Warbler.

    2013-12-18. Barred Warbler.

    2013-11-26. Mallard.

    2013-11-25. Smew.

    2013-11-22. Eurasian Dipper, Tree Sparrow, Lesser Spotted Woodpecker.

    2013-11-17. Eurasian Nuthatch.

    2013-11-16. Northern Bullfinch.

    2013-11-12. Azure Tit.

    2013-11-11. European Greenfinch.

    2013-11-09. White-Backed Woodpecker.

    2013-11-07. Long-tailed Rosefinch, Common Redpoll.

    2013-11-02. Northern Bullfinch, Yellow-browed Warbler.

    2013-10-26. Great Cormorant, Tree Sparrow, Mallard.

    2013-10-25. Eurasian Siskin, Azure Tit.

    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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    unidentified birds

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