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Ashyozek river, between Volga and Ural rivers.


2017-05-29| Askar Isabekov
duration 30 минут
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equipment Бинокль Штурман 10х50
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# species number comment

1Common Shelduck (Tadorna tadorna)8

2Greater Ringed Plover (Charadrius hiaticula)2

3Black-winged Stilt (Himantopus himantopus)84 гнезда

4Pied Avocet (Recurvirostra avosetta)42 гнезда

5Common Redshank (Tringa totanus)2

6Red-necked Phalarope (Phalaropus lobatus)30

7Little Stint (Calidris minuta)1

8Dunlin (Calidris alpina)15

9Black-winged Pratincole (Glareola nordmanni)4

10Slender-billed Gull (Larus genei)6

11Mew Gull (Larus canus)1

12Gull-billed Tern (Gelochelidon nilotica)30около 15 гнезд

13Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica)2

14White Wagtail (Motacilla alba)1

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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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