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Gaviiformes
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    total species: 69
    total photos: 188
    total videos: 0
    total blogposts: 0

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    1. Hawfinch (2022-01-02)
    2. Eurasian Magpie (2022-01-02)
    3. Black-throated Thrush (2022-01-02)
    4. Fieldfare (2022-01-02)
    5. Eurasian Blackbird (2022-01-02)
    6. Brambling (2022-01-02)
    7. Rock Pigeon (2022-01-16)
    8. Common Goldeneye (2022-01-30)
    9. Redwing (2022-01-30)
    10. Eurasian Nuthatch (2022-01-30)
    11. Smew (2022-02-14)
    12. Goosander (2022-02-14)
    13. Grey-headed Goldfinch (2022-02-15)
    14. Peregrine Falcon (2022-02-18)
    15. Mistle Thrush (2022-02-21)
    16. Eurasian Siskin (2022-02-21)
    17. Hooded Crow (2022-02-21)
    18. Great Tit (2022-02-21)
    19. Eurasian Dipper (2022-02-22)
    20. Azure Tit (2022-02-24)
    21. Great Spotted Woodpecker (2022-02-24)
    22. Willow Tit (2022-02-24)
    23. Common Treecreeper (2022-02-24)
    24. House Sparrow (2022-02-27)
    25. White-tailed Sea-Eagle (2022-03-01)
    26. Common Chaffinch (2022-03-01)
    27. Northern Pintail (2022-03-09)
    28. Mallard (2022-03-09)
    29. Carrion Crow (2022-03-09)
    30. Ruddy Shelduck (2022-03-14)
    31. Caspian Gull (2022-03-14)
    32. Great White Egret (2022-03-17)
    33. Red Crossbill (2022-03-18)
    34. Rook (2022-03-19)
    35. Masked Wagtail (2022-04-03)
    36. Black-headed Gull (2022-04-03)
    37. Eurasian Jackdaw (2022-04-03)
    38. Black Kite (2022-04-03)
    39. Northern Shoveler (2022-04-07)
    40. White Wagtail (2022-04-07)
    41. Tree Sparrow (2022-04-07)
    42. Citrine Wagtail (2022-04-09)
    43. Garganey (2022-04-09)
    44. Common Teal (2022-04-09)
    45. Grey Heron (2022-04-12)
    46. Great Cormorant (2022-04-12)
    47. Common Starling (2022-04-28)
    48. Eurasian Redstart (2022-04-28)
    49. Common Sandpiper (2022-04-28)
    50. Greenish Warbler (2022-05-13)
    51. Common Tern (2022-05-21)
    52. Ortolan Bunting (2022-05-22)
    53. Siberian Stonechat (2022-05-22)
    54. Common Kestrel (2022-05-22)
    55. Yellow Wagtail (2022-05-26)
    56. Paddyfield Warbler (2022-05-26)
    57. Booted Warbler (2022-05-26)
    58. Sedge Warbler (2022-06-08)
    59. Common Chiffchaff (2022-07-27)
    60. Blyth's Reed Warbler (2022-07-27)
    61. Lesser Whitethroat (2022-08-25)
    62. Red-breasted Goose (2022-10-05)
    63. Common Pochard (2022-10-11)
    64. Lesser Spotted Woodpecker (2022-10-17)
    65. Coal Tit (2022-10-19)
    66. Hume's Warbler (2022-10-25)
    67. Black Woodpecker (2022-11-04)
    68. Long-tailed Tit (2022-11-04)
    69. Tufted Duck (2022-11-14)

    recent uploads

    2022-11-21. Common Treecreeper, Smew, Long-tailed Tit.

    2022-11-14. Goosander, Tufted Duck, Tree Sparrow.

    2022-11-10. Peregrine Falcon, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Eurasian Dipper, Eurasian Magpie.

    2022-11-04. Eurasian Magpie, Common Treecreeper, Black Woodpecker, Eurasian Nuthatch, Long-tailed Tit.

    2022-10-29. Great Spotted Woodpecker, Eurasian Dipper, Azure Tit.

    2022-10-25. Peregrine Falcon, Hume's Warbler.

    2022-10-19. Eurasian Dipper, Coal Tit.

    2022-10-17. Lesser Spotted Woodpecker, Mallard, White-tailed Sea-Eagle.

    2022-10-11. Common Pochard, Great Cormorant, White-tailed Sea-Eagle.

    2022-10-05. Red-breasted Goose, Great Cormorant, White-tailed Sea-Eagle.

    2022-08-26. White Wagtail, Masked Wagtail, Blyth's Reed Warbler, Lesser Whitethroat, Yellow Wagtail, Grey Heron.

    2022-07-31. Grey Heron, Great Cormorant, Common Chiffchaff, Blyth's Reed Warbler.

    2022-06-09. Sedge Warbler.

    2022-05-26. Yellow Wagtail, Paddyfield Warbler, Booted Warbler.

    2022-05-23. Common Tern, Ortolan Bunting, Siberian Stonechat, Common Kestrel, Mallard, Caspian Gull.

    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...