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    total species: 74
    total photos: 222
    total videos: 0
    total blogposts: 0

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    1. Hawfinch (2019-01-01)
    2. Northern Bullfinch (2019-01-01)
    3. Fieldfare (2019-01-01)
    4. Hooded Crow (2019-01-01)
    5. White-tailed Sea-Eagle (2019-01-07)
    6. Eurasian Blackbird (2019-01-08)
    7. Great Spotted Woodpecker (2019-01-08)
    8. Goosander (2019-01-08)
    9. Mallard (2019-01-08)
    10. White-Backed Woodpecker (2019-01-11)
    11. Eurasian Siskin (2019-01-14)
    12. Eurasian Magpie (2019-01-18)
    13. Little Grebe (2019-01-19)
    14. Tree Sparrow (2019-01-20)
    15. Rook (2019-01-21)
    16. Grey-Headed Woodpecker (2019-01-23)
    17. Bean Goose (2019-01-23)
    18. Carrion Crow (2019-02-04)
    19. Smew (2019-02-04)
    20. Eurasian Nuthatch (2019-02-12)
    21. Eurasian Dipper (2019-02-12)
    22. Common Goldeneye (2019-02-12)
    23. Grey-headed Goldfinch (2019-02-17)
    24. Great Tit (2019-02-17)
    25. House Sparrow (2019-02-21)
    26. Long-tailed Rosefinch (2019-02-21)
    27. Common Treecreeper (2019-02-24)
    28. Black-throated Thrush (2019-02-26)
    29. Willow Tit (2019-03-14)
    30. Great Cormorant (2019-03-21)
    31. Black Kite (2019-03-23)
    32. Caspian Gull (2019-03-23)
    33. Mew Gull (2019-03-23)
    34. Common Chaffinch (2019-03-23)
    35. European Greenfinch (2019-03-24)
    36. Coal Tit (2019-03-25)
    37. Black-headed Gull (2019-04-11)
    38. Gadwall (2019-04-11)
    39. Northern Shoveler (2019-04-11)
    40. Dalmatian Pelican (2019-04-16)
    41. Tree Pipit (2019-04-20)
    42. White Wagtail (2019-04-20)
    43. Masked Wagtail (2019-04-20)
    44. Common Chiffchaff (2019-04-22)
    45. Common Teal (2019-04-22)
    46. Hume's Warbler (2019-04-23)
    47. Garganey (2019-04-28)
    48. Eastern Imperial Eagle (2019-04-29)
    49. Eurasian Redstart (2019-05-20)
    50. Spotted Flycatcher (2019-05-20)
    51. Common Cuckoo (2019-05-23)
    52. Eurasian Jackdaw (2019-06-08)
    53. Greenish Warbler (2019-07-23)
    54. Common Kestrel (2019-07-23)
    55. Long-legged Buzzard (2019-07-28)
    56. Grey Wagtail (2019-08-07)
    57. Common Tern (2019-08-07)
    58. Yellow Wagtail (2019-08-07)
    59. European Golden Oriole (2019-08-15)
    60. Lesser Whitethroat (2019-08-25)
    61. Blyth's Reed Warbler (2019-08-25)
    62. Meadow Bunting (2019-09-05)
    63. Great White Egret (2019-09-06)
    64. Lesser Spotted Woodpecker (2019-09-13)
    65. Common Kingfisher (2019-09-16)
    66. Common Rosefinch (2019-09-17)
    67. Brambling (2019-09-17)
    68. Northern Reed Bunting (2019-09-20)
    69. Barn Swallow (2019-09-20)
    70. Northern Wheatear (2019-10-05)
    71. Eurasian Wigeon (2019-10-14)
    72. Baikal Bullfinch (2019-12-02)
    73. Bohemian Waxwing (2019-12-02)
    74. Common Redpoll (2019-12-02)

    recent uploads

    2019-12-04. Baikal Bullfinch.

    2019-12-02. Northern Bullfinch, Baikal Bullfinch, Bohemian Waxwing, Common Redpoll.

    2019-10-23. Mew Gull.

    2019-10-14. Eurasian Wigeon.

    2019-10-12. Tree Sparrow, Brambling, Meadow Bunting.

    2019-10-10. Black-throated Thrush, Fieldfare, Hybrid (Black-throated x Naumann's) Thrush, Lesser Spotted Woodpecker, Meadow Bunting.

    2019-10-05. Northern Wheatear.

    2019-10-04. Eurasian Siskin.

    2019-09-24. Barn Swallow.

    2019-09-21. Northern Reed Bunting.

    2019-09-17. Black-throated Thrush, Common Kingfisher, Common Rosefinch, Brambling.

    2019-09-13. Lesser Spotted Woodpecker, Common Kestrel.

    2019-09-10. Tree Pipit.

    2019-09-08. Grey-Headed Woodpecker.

    2019-09-06. Mallard, Coal Tit, Meadow Bunting, Great White Egret, Masked Wagtail.

    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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    2025-02-07
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    2025-02-06
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    2025-01-07
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    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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