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Valkenburg Machiel

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total species: 79
total photos: 85
total videos: 0
total blogposts: 0

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1. White Wagtail (2009-05-13)
2. Eurasian Honey-Buzzard (2011-05-06)
3. Crested Honey-Buzzard (2011-05-06)
4. Steppe Grey Shrike (2012-05-15)
5. Shikra (2012-05-15)
6. Eurasian Bittern (2012-05-15)
7. European Nightjar (2012-05-15)
8. White-browed Tit-Warbler (2012-07-15)
9. Rufous-necked Stint (2012-09-23)
10. Spotted Nutcracker (2012-09-29)
11. Black-throated Accentor (2012-09-29)
12. Great White Egret (2022-01-20)
13. White-tailed Sea-Eagle (2022-01-20)
14. Tree Sparrow (2022-01-20)
15. Eversmann's Redstart (2022-01-20)
16. Northern Reed Bunting (2022-01-20)
17. Green Sandpiper (2022-01-20)
18. European Greenfinch (2022-01-20)
19. Northern Wren (2022-01-20)
20. Grey-headed Goldfinch (2022-01-20)
21. Brambling (2022-01-20)
22. Black-throated Thrush (2022-01-20)
23. Azure Tit (2022-01-21)
24. Great Tit (2022-01-21)
25. Hooded Crow (2022-01-21)
26. Whooper Swan (2022-01-22)
27. Eurasian Blackbird (2022-01-22)
28. Common Chaffinch (2022-01-22)
29. Eurasian Jackdaw (2022-01-22)
30. Eurasian Magpie (2022-01-22)
31. Eurasian Goldfinch (2022-01-22)
32. European Robin (2022-01-22)
33. Rock Pigeon (2022-01-22)
34. Yellowhammer (2022-01-22)
35. Mew Gull (2022-01-22)
36. Ruddy Shelduck (2022-01-22)
37. Smew (2022-01-22)
38. Black-headed Gull (2022-01-22)
39. Carrion Crow (2022-01-22)
40. Caspian Gull (2022-01-22)
41. Goosander (2022-01-22)
42. Eurasian Collared Dove (2022-01-22)
43. Common Kestrel (2022-01-22)
44. Common Sparrowhawk (2022-01-22)
45. Mallard (2022-01-22)
46. Mute Swan (2022-01-22)
47. Common Pheasant (2022-01-26)
48. Eastern Buzzard (2022-01-26)
49. Rook (2022-01-26)
50. Common Mynah (2022-01-27)
51. Twite (2022-01-27)
52. Red-crested Pochard (2022-01-27)
53. Pied Avocet (2022-01-27)
54. Long-tailed Duck (2022-01-27)
55. Little Grebe (2022-01-27)
56. Horned Lark (2022-01-27)
57. Red-fronted Serin (2022-01-27)
58. Eurasian Linnet (2022-01-27)
59. Corn Bunting (2022-01-27)
60. Common Shelduck (2022-01-27)
61. Common Goldeneye (2022-01-27)
62. Calandra Lark (2022-01-27)
63. Great Crested Grebe (2022-01-27)
64. Common Raven (2022-02-04)
65. Tufted Duck (2022-02-04)
66. Wallcreeper (2022-02-04)
67. Eastern Imperial Eagle (2022-03-01)
68. Pallas's Gull (2022-03-01)
69. Long-legged Buzzard (2022-03-01)
70. Sky Lark (2022-03-01)
71. Great Spotted Woodpecker (2022-03-05)
72. House Sparrow (2022-03-05)
73. Redwing (2022-03-05)
74. Common Treecreeper (2022-03-05)
75. Eurasian Jay (2022-03-07)
76. Eurasian Siskin (2022-03-07)
77. Fieldfare (2022-03-07)
78. Grey-Headed Woodpecker (2022-03-07)
79. Hawfinch (2022-03-07)

recent uploads


2022-03-07. Sky Lark, Eastern Imperial Eagle, Long-legged Buzzard, Pallas's Gull, Great Spotted Woodpecker, House Sparrow, Redwing, Common Treecreeper, Eurasian Jay, Eurasian Siskin, Fieldfare, Grey-Headed Woodpecker, Hawfinch.

2022-02-05. Common Raven, Tufted Duck, Wallcreeper.

2022-01-27. Calandra Lark, Common Goldeneye, Common Shelduck, Corn Bunting, Eurasian Linnet, Red-fronted Serin, Great Crested Grebe, Steppe Horned Lark, Little Grebe, Long-tailed Duck, Pied Avocet, Red-crested Pochard, Twite, Common Mynah.

2022-01-26. Ring-necked Pheasant, Eastern Buzzard, Rook.

2022-01-22. Black-headed Gull, Carrion Crow, Caspian Gull, Goosander, Eurasian Collared Dove, Common Kestrel, Common Sparrowhawk, Mallard, Mute Swan, Ruddy Shelduck, Smew, Whooper Swan, Common Chaffinch, Eurasian Blackbird, Eurasian Jackdaw, Eurasian Magpie, Eurasian Goldfinch, European Robin, Rock Pigeon, Yellowhammer, Mew Gull.

2022-01-21. Azure Tit, Great Tit, Hooded Crow.

2022-01-20. Black-throated Thrush, Black-throated Accentor, Brambling, Grey-headed Goldfinch, Northern Wren, European Greenfinch, Great White Egret, Green Sandpiper, Northern Reed Bunting, Eversmann's Redstart, Tree Sparrow, White-tailed Sea-Eagle.

2012-10-04. Crested Honey-Buzzard, Crested Honey-Buzzard, Eurasian Honey-Buzzard.

2012-10-03. Eurasian Bittern, European Nightjar.

2012-09-30. Rufous-necked Stint.

2012-09-29. Black-throated Accentor, Spotted Nutcracker.

2012-09-28. White-browed Tit-Warbler, Steppe Grey Shrike, Shikra.

2011-11-18. East Siberian White Wagtail.

recent comments


2022-02-06. to photo # 01280006701 (Common Raven)

Анна Ясько: Мне тоже показался черной вороной. Но может клюв кажется "слабым" из-за того, что голова повернута.


2022-02-06. to photo # 01280006701 (Common Raven)

Андрей Коваленко: Клюв смотрится слабым...


2022-02-06. to photo # 01280006701 (Common Raven)

Machiel Valkenburg: зов, размер и парикообразный хвост


2022-02-06. to photo # 01280006701 (Common Raven)

Андрей Коваленко: Махил, а что сразу ворон...?


2022-01-26. to photo # 01280005101 (Eastern Buzzard)

Малик Нукусбеков: Хвост мохноногого курганника, и общий габитусу тоже.


2012-10-17. to photo # 01280000701 (Rufous-necked Stint)

Олег Белялов: Аскар, это очень важно, когда после полемики принимается решение основанное на мнении авторитетной фаунистической комиссии или такого специалиста, [....]


2012-10-16. to photo # 01280000701 (Rufous-necked Stint)

Исабеков Аскар: Олег, я отправлял запрос в конференцию. Получал ответы на свою почту, которые не стал публиковать, но которые, однако, убедили меня в том, что [....]


2012-10-04. to photo # 01280000702 (Rufous-necked Stint)

Валерий Хроков: На Сорбулаке мы его впервые и ловили в 80-х гг.


2012-10-04. to photo # 01280000702 (Rufous-necked Stint)

Хроков Валерий: Похож!


2012-10-03. to photo # 01280000801 (Eurasian Bittern)

Machiel: Thanks))


2012-10-03. to photo # 01280000801 (Eurasian Bittern)

Aisaghali: Лирика!..


2012-09-30. to photo # 01280000701 (Rufous-necked Stint)

Федоренко Василий: Here is my awful photo) https://kz.birding.day/bkphoto.php?l=ru&s=003000220&n=1


2012-09-30. to photo # 01280000701 (Rufous-necked Stint)

Fedorenko Vassiliy: Machiel, thanks for the explanation! Now I see.


2012-09-30. to photo # 01280000701 (Rufous-necked Stint)

Valkenburg Machiel: Vasily; the birds in your link are both adults - this is a juvenile. https://orientalbirdimages.org/search.php?Bird_ID=1241&Bird_Image_ID=31982&Bird_Family_ID=&p=17


2012-09-30. to photo # 01280000701 (Rufous-necked Stint)

Федоренко Василий: Аскар, я уже изучил птичку в сети, согласен, что это она. https://www.biodiversityexplorer.org/birds/scolopacidae/calidris_ruficollis.htm Мне казалось я таких видел, но наверно [....]


2012-09-30. to photo # 01280000701 (Rufous-necked Stint)

Valkenburg Machiel: 1. Rather short and stump bill. 2. Relatively long primary projection for a Stint. 3. Short legs. 4. Rather strong contrast between dark mantle and upper scaps and pale grey lower scaps and coverts - in Little they are with rufous fringes. 5. Mantle [....]


2012-09-30. to photo # 01280000701 (Rufous-necked Stint)

Fedorenko Vassiliy: Nope, all my birds have a light neck. But I think I found a photo of an adult bird.


2012-09-30. to photo # 01280000701 (Rufous-necked Stint)

Исабеков Аскар: Василий, я вчера смотрел книжку по куликам северной Палеарктики. Кулик Махила, конечно, очень похож на молодого красношейку. Вечером выложу [....]


2012-09-30. to photo # 01280000701 (Rufous-necked Stint)

Федоренко Василий: Machiel, why do you think it's a Calidris ruficollis? I saw this bird several times, but considered her as a juvenile Calidris minuta.


2012-09-30. to photo # 01280000701 (Rufous-necked Stint)

Valkenburg Machiel: It is a juvenile RED-NECKED STINT but there is no entry for the species. Askar please change it in Red-necked Stint Calidris ruficollis.


2012-09-28. to photo # 01280000301 (Shikra)

Дякин Геннадий: вот и еще красноглазый


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
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(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)

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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...