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    map of photoshootings

    total species: 80
    total photos: 233
    total videos: 0
    total blogposts: 0

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    1. Eurasian Blackbird (2016-01-01)
    2. Grey-headed Goldfinch (2016-02-25)
    3. Tree Sparrow (2016-02-26)
    4. Great Tit (2016-02-26)
    5. Eurasian Nuthatch (2016-02-26)
    6. Rock Pigeon (2016-02-29)
    7. Mallard (2016-02-29)
    8. Goosander (2016-02-29)
    9. Common Goldeneye (2016-03-08)
    10. Great Spotted Woodpecker (2016-03-08)
    11. Black-throated Thrush (2016-03-19)
    12. Lesser Spotted Woodpecker (2016-03-19)
    13. Fieldfare (2016-03-21)
    14. Common Chaffinch (2016-03-21)
    15. Masked Wagtail (2016-03-31)
    16. Black-headed Gull (2016-03-31)
    17. Black Kite (2016-03-31)
    18. Willow Tit (2016-03-31)
    19. Song Thrush (2016-04-15)
    20. Common Starling (2016-04-15)
    21. Common Chiffchaff (2016-04-21)
    22. Northern Wheatear (2016-04-21)
    23. Tree Pipit (2016-04-21)
    24. Eurasian Linnet (2016-04-21)
    25. Grey Heron (2016-05-05)
    26. Bluethroat (2016-05-05)
    27. Long-tailed Rosefinch (2016-05-05)
    28. Eurasian Penduline Tit (2016-05-05)
    29. Common Pochard (2016-05-05)
    30. Northern Shoveler (2016-05-05)
    31. Northern Reed Bunting (2016-05-05)
    32. Siberian Stonechat (2016-05-05)
    33. Lesser Whitethroat (2016-05-05)
    34. Spotted Flycatcher (2016-05-15)
    35. Greenish Warbler (2016-05-16)
    36. Common Rosefinch (2016-05-16)
    37. Long-tailed Tit (2016-05-16)
    38. Booted Warbler (2016-05-16)
    39. Sand Martin (2016-05-16)
    40. Red-backed Shrike (2016-05-20)
    41. European Golden Oriole (2016-05-22)
    42. Great Crested Grebe (2016-05-26)
    43. Paddyfield Warbler (2016-05-26)
    44. Yellow Wagtail (2016-05-26)
    45. Common Whitethroat (2016-05-26)
    46. Common Tern (2016-06-06)
    48. Eurasian Hobby (2016-06-17)
    49. Steppe Eagle (2016-06-17)
    50. Thrush Nightingale (2016-06-30)
    51. Red-headed Bunting (2016-07-13)
    52. Common Kestrel (2016-07-13)
    53. Common Kingfisher (2016-08-11)
    54. Great Cormorant (2016-08-14)
    55. Common Moorhen (2016-08-17)
    56. Hume's Warbler (2016-09-18)
    57. Brambling (2016-09-20)
    58. Common Sparrowhawk (2016-09-20)
    59. Pine Bunting (2016-09-20)
    60. Dusky Thrush (2016-10-14)
    61. Grey Partridge (2016-10-16)
    62. Eurasian Goldfinch (2016-10-25)
    63. Bohemian Waxwing (2016-10-25)
    64. Hawfinch (2016-10-25)
    65. Mistle Thrush (2016-10-25)
    66. Azure Tit (2016-10-25)
    67. Eurasian Siskin (2016-11-01)
    68. Common Raven (2016-11-01)
    69. Eurasian Dipper (2016-11-01)
    70. Eurasian Jay (2016-11-01)
    71. Coal Tit (2016-11-05)
    72. White-tailed Sea-Eagle (2016-11-06)
    73. Goldcrest (2016-11-06)
    74. Grey-Headed Woodpecker (2016-11-06)
    75. Baraba Steppe Gull (2016-11-06)
    76. Great Grey Shrike (2016-11-08)
    77. Yellowhammer (2016-11-08)
    78. Ural Owl (2016-11-19)
    79. Smew (2016-12-01)
    80. Baikal Bullfinch (2016-12-07)

    recent uploads

    2016-12-26. Mallard, Goosander.

    2016-12-20. Eurasian Dipper, Fieldfare, White-tailed Sea-Eagle, Smew, Goosander.

    2016-12-08. Baikal Bullfinch.

    2016-12-03. Goosander, Common Goldeneye, Mallard, Smew, Willow Tit, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Bohemian Waxwing.

    2016-11-19. Ural Owl.

    2016-11-13. Bohemian Waxwing.

    2016-11-09. Azure Tit, Great Grey Shrike, Yellowhammer.

    2016-11-07. White-tailed Sea-Eagle.

    2016-11-06. Bohemian Waxwing, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Goldcrest, Grey-Headed Woodpecker, Grey Heron, Common Chiffchaff, Baraba Steppe Gull.

    2016-11-05. Coal Tit, Black-throated Thrush.

    2016-11-01. Eurasian Siskin, Common Raven, Eurasian Dipper, Eurasian Jay, Willow Tit.

    2016-10-27. Mistle Thrush, Azure Tit.

    2016-10-26. Dusky Thrush, Eurasian Goldfinch, Grey-headed Goldfinch, Bohemian Waxwing, Common Starling, Hawfinch.

    2016-10-25. Dusky Thrush.

    2016-10-16. Grey Partridge, Great Tit, Black-throated Thrush, Common Sparrowhawk, Great Spotted Woodpecker.

    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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    2025-10-31
    Great Cormorant
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    2025-08-31
    Spotted Flycatcher
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    2025-07-01
    Northern Hawk Owl
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    2025-06-17
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    2025-06-01
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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
    Red Crossbill
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    2025-01-07
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    2024-08-03
    Common Tern
    (Viktoriya Zvyaginceva)

    more video...

    unidentified birds

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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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