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Saura, Mangystau


2017-05-08| Anna Yasko
duration 2 часа
weather +25С, облачно с прояснениями
rout ущелье Саура и окрестности
equipment фотоаппарат
notes


# species number comment

1Great Cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo)7пролетали вдоль береговой линии

2Common Kestrel (Falco tinnunculus)1сидела на скалах

3Eurasian Whimbrel (Numenius phaeopus)2пролетали над ущельем

4Black-Bellied Sandgrouse (Pterocles orientalis)2пролетали над ущельем

5Eurasian Collared Dove (Streptopelia decaocto)2

6European Bee-eater (Merops apiaster)пролетали над ущельем

7Hoopoe (Upupa epops)в окрестностях ущелья (наверху)

8Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica)в окрестностях ущелья (наверху)

9Crested Lark (Galerida cristata)в окрестностях ущелья (наверху)

10Calandra Lark (Melanocorypha calandra)в окрестностях ущелья (наверху)

11Horned Lark (Eremophila alpestris)1в окрестностях ущелья (наверху)

12Yellow Wagtail (Motacilla flava)5в окрестностях ущелья (наверху)

13Turkestan Shrike (Lanius phoenicuroides)1

14Rosy Starling (Sturnus roseus)в окрестностях ущелья (наверху)

15Paddyfield Warbler (Acrocephalus agricola)

16Blyth's Reed Warbler (Acrocephalus dumetorum)

17Syke's Warbler (Hippolais rama)

18Willow Warbler (Phylloscopus trochilus)

19Spotted Flycatcher (Muscicapa striata)2

20Pied Wheatear (Oenanthe pleschanka)

21Eastern Black-eared Wheatear (Oenanthe melanoleuca)1самец

22Finsch's Wheatear (Oenanthe finschii)со слетками

23Eurasian Redstart (Phoenicurus phoenicurus)самки

24Common Nightingale (Luscinia megarhynchos)2

25House Sparrow (Passer domesticus)в окрестностях ущелья (наверху)

26Common Rosefinch (Carpodacus erythrinus)небольшие стайки

27Ortolan Bunting (Emberiza hortulana)1

28Red-headed Bunting (Emberiza bruniceps)

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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.

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