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    total species: 307
    total photos: 4075
    total videos: 6
    total blogposts: 73

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    1. Bohemian Waxwing (2017-01-01)
    2. Eurasian Blackbird (2017-01-01)
    3. White-tailed Sea-Eagle (2017-01-03)
    5. Eurasian Dipper (2017-01-04)
    6. Goosander (2017-01-05)
    7. Smew (2017-01-05)
    8. Common Goldeneye (2017-01-05)
    9. Wood Pigeon (2017-01-08)
    10. Baikal Bullfinch (2017-01-08)
    11. Grey Heron (2017-01-08)
    12. Great Spotted Woodpecker (2017-01-08)
    13. Northern Bullfinch (2017-01-08)
    14. Long-tailed Rosefinch (2017-01-09)
    15. Grey Partridge (2017-01-09)
    16. Mallard (2017-01-09)
    17. Peregrine Falcon (2017-01-09)
    18. Fieldfare (2017-01-11)
    19. Red Crossbill (2017-01-16)
    20. Northern Goshawk (2017-01-18)
    21. Rook (2017-01-20)
    22. Grey-headed Goldfinch (2017-01-21)
    23. Goldcrest (2017-01-25)
    24. Brambling (2017-01-25)
    25. White-browed Tit-Warbler (2017-01-26)
    26. Eurasian Magpie (2017-01-30)
    27. Eastern Buzzard (2017-02-02)
    28. Azure Tit (2017-02-02)
    29. Red-mantled Rosefinch (2017-02-02)
    30. Eversmann's Redstart (2017-02-02)
    31. White-winged Grosbeak (2017-02-05)
    32. Common Sparrowhawk (2017-02-05)
    33. Common Chaffinch (2017-02-06)
    34. Common Mynah (2017-02-13)
    35. Eurasian Siskin (2017-02-14)
    36. Black-throated Thrush (2017-02-17)
    37. Northern Pintail (2017-02-19)
    38. Eurasian Wigeon (2017-02-19)
    39. Gadwall (2017-02-19)
    40. Common Teal (2017-02-19)
    41. Caspian Gull (2017-02-19)
    42. Horned Lark (2017-02-19)
    43. Common Kestrel (2017-02-19)
    44. Mute Swan (2017-02-19)
    45. Whooper Swan (2017-02-19)
    46. Crested Lark (2017-02-19)
    47. Corn Bunting (2017-02-19)
    48. Steppe Eagle (2017-02-19)
    49. Common Starling (2017-02-26)
    50. Eurasian Linnet (2017-02-26)
    51. Great Tit (2017-02-26)
    52. Common Pheasant (2017-03-09)
    53. Pine Bunting (2017-03-09)
    54. Yellowhammer (2017-03-09)
    55. Mistle Thrush (2017-03-11)
    56. Rock Bunting (2017-03-16)
    57. Great Grey Shrike (2017-03-17)
    58. Water Pipit (2017-03-17)
    59. Western Marsh-Harrier (2017-03-17)
    60. Northern House Martin (2017-03-17)
    61. Northern Reed Bunting (2017-03-17)
    62. Red-fronted Serin (2017-03-17)
    63. Masked Wagtail (2017-03-17)
    64. Citrine Wagtail (2017-03-17)
    65. Ferruginous Duck (2017-03-17)
    66. Red-crested Pochard (2017-03-17)
    67. Dalmatian Pelican (2017-03-17)
    68. Northern Shoveler (2017-03-17)
    69. Tufted Duck (2017-03-17)
    70. Black-headed Gull (2017-03-17)
    71. Northern Lapwing (2017-03-17)
    72. Black Kite (2017-03-17)
    73. Pied Wheatear (2017-03-17)
    74. Long-legged Buzzard (2017-03-17)
    75. Carrion Crow (2017-03-17)
    76. Greater Short-toed Lark (2017-03-18)
    77. Common Chiffchaff (2017-03-21)
    78. Isabelline Shrike (2017-03-21)
    79. Turkestan Shrike (2017-03-21)
    80. Black Stork (2017-03-22)
    81. Saker Falcon (2017-03-22)
    82. Garganey (2017-03-22)
    83. White Wagtail (2017-03-22)
    84. Common Oystercatcher (2017-03-22)
    85. Hen Harrier (2017-03-22)
    86. Great Cormorant (2017-03-22)
    87. Great White Egret (2017-03-22)
    88. Common Coot (2017-03-22)
    89. Common Pochard (2017-03-22)
    90. White-Winged Woodpecker (2017-03-22)
    91. Upland Buzzard (2017-03-22)
    92. Rough-legged Buzzard (2017-03-22)
    93. Bearded Tit (2017-03-22)
    94. Ruddy Shelduck (2017-03-23)
    95. Guldenstadt's Redstart (2017-03-23)
    96. Isabelline Wheatear (2017-03-23)
    97. Common Redshank (2017-03-23)
    98. Common Shelduck (2017-03-25)
    99. European Greenfinch (2017-03-25)
    100. Desert Finch (2017-03-25)
    101. Little Ringed Plover (2017-03-25)
    102. Black-Bellied Sandgrouse (2017-03-25)
    103. Great Crested Grebe (2017-03-25)
    104. Pied Avocet (2017-03-25)
    105. Ruff (2017-03-25)
    106. Common Snipe (2017-03-25)
    107. Black Redstart (2017-03-25)
    108. Pallas's Gull (2017-03-25)
    109. Northern Wheatear (2017-03-26)
    110. Black-throated Accentor (2017-03-27)
    111. Black-Necked Grebe (2017-03-29)
    112. Siberian Stonechat (2017-03-29)
    113. Steppe Grey Shrike (2017-03-29)
    114. White-headed Duck (2017-03-29)
    115. Dunlin (2017-03-29)
    116. Desert Wheatear (2017-03-29)
    117. Bluethroat (2017-03-31)
    118. Tree Sparrow (2017-03-31)
    119. Asian Desert Warbler (2017-03-31)
    120. Golden Eagle (2017-04-02)
    121. Eurasian Crag Martin (2017-04-02)
    122. Chukar Partridge (2017-04-02)
    123. Eastern Rock Nuthatch (2017-04-02)
    124. Wallcreeper (2017-04-07)
    125. Blue Whistling Thrush (2017-04-07)
    126. Brown Dipper (2017-04-07)
    127. Northern Wren (2017-04-07)
    128. Blue-capped Redstart (2017-04-07)
    129. Grey Wagtail (2017-04-08)
    130. Tawny Pipit (2017-04-09)
    131. Lesser Kestrel (2017-04-09)
    132. Hoopoe (2017-04-09)
    133. Calandra Lark (2017-04-09)
    134. Sky Lark (2017-04-09)
    135. Green Sandpiper (2017-04-09)
    136. Barn Swallow (2017-04-12)
    137. Hume's Warbler (2017-04-14)
    138. Black-headed Wagtail (2017-04-15)
    139. Black-winged Stilt (2017-04-15)
    140. Demoiselle Crane (2017-04-15)
    141. Common Buzzard (2017-04-15)
    142. Lesser Short-toed Lark (2017-04-15)
    143. Hooded Crow (2017-04-15)
    144. Black-tailed Godwit (2017-04-15)
    145. Eurasian Wryneck (2017-04-19)
    146. Lesser Whitethroat (2017-04-23)
    147. Common Nightingale (2017-04-23)
    148. White Stork (2017-04-26)
    149. Marsh Sandpiper (2017-04-26)
    150. Eastern Imperial Eagle (2017-04-26)
    151. Baraba Steppe Gull (2017-04-26)
    152. Eurasian Collared Dove (2017-04-26)
    153. European Bee-eater (2017-04-26)
    154. Menetries Warbler (2017-04-27)
    155. Purple Heron (2017-04-27)
    156. Short-toed Snake-Eagle (2017-04-27)
    157. Common Tern (2017-04-27)
    158. White-crowned Penduline Tit (2017-04-27)
    159. Common Sandpiper (2017-04-27)
    160. Little Stint (2017-04-27)
    161. Temminck's Stint (2017-04-27)
    162. Osprey (2017-04-27)
    163. Black Lark (2017-04-28)
    164. Kentish Plover (2017-04-28)
    165. Collared Pratincole (2017-04-28)
    166. Pallas's Sandgrouse (2017-04-28)
    167. Eurasian Whimbrel (2017-04-28)
    168. Eurasian Redstart (2017-04-28)
    169. Stock Pigeon (2017-04-29)
    170. Pallid Harrier (2017-04-29)
    171. Short-eared Owl (2017-04-29)
    172. House Sparrow (2017-04-29)
    173. Montagu's Harrier (2017-04-29)
    175. Gull-billed Tern (2017-05-02)
    176. Slender-billed Gull (2017-05-03)
    177. Common Cuckoo (2017-05-03)
    178. Common Swift (2017-05-03)
    179. Bar-tailed Godwit (2017-05-04)
    180. Black-winged Pratincole (2017-05-04)
    181. White-winged Tern (2017-05-04)
    182. Syke's Warbler (2017-05-04)
    183. Eurasian Golden Plover (2017-05-05)
    184. Common Rosefinch (2017-05-05)
    185. Rosy Starling (2017-05-05)
    186. Blue-cheeked Bee-eater (2017-05-05)
    187. Willow Warbler (2017-05-06)
    188. Red-backed Shrike (2017-05-06)
    189. Eurasian Penduline Tit (2017-05-06)
    190. Blyth's Reed Warbler (2017-05-06)
    191. Spotted Flycatcher (2017-05-07)
    192. Whinchat (2017-05-07)
    193. Curlew Sandpiper (2017-05-09)
    194. Red-necked Phalarope (2017-05-09)
    195. Glossy Ibis (2017-05-09)
    196. Spotted Redshank (2017-05-09)
    197. Wood Sandpiper (2017-05-09)
    198. Eurasian Roller (2017-05-10)
    199. Red-headed Bunting (2017-05-10)
    200. Lesser Grey Shrike (2017-05-10)
    201. Red-footed Falcon (2017-05-11)
    202. Eurasian Dotterel (2017-05-12)
    203. Rock Pigeon (2017-05-12)
    204. Little Owl (2017-05-12)
    205. Paddyfield Warbler (2017-05-12)
    206. Greenish Warbler (2017-05-12)
    207. Common Greenshank (2017-05-12)
    208. Red-breasted Flycatcher (2017-05-12)
    209. Rock Sparrow (2017-05-12)
    210. Garden Warbler (2017-05-12)
    211. Black Tern (2017-05-14)
    212. Little Egret (2017-05-14)
    213. Whiskered Tern (2017-05-15)
    214. Eurasian Stone Curlew (2017-05-16)
    215. Great Reed Warbler (2017-05-17)
    216. Greylag Goose (2017-05-17)
    217. Red-Necked Grebe (2017-05-17)
    218. Little Gull (2017-05-17)
    219. Eurasian Hobby (2017-05-18)
    220. Ruddy Turnstone (2017-05-20)
    221. Greater Ringed Plover (2017-05-20)
    222. Grey Plover (2017-05-20)
    223. Terek Sandpiper (2017-05-20)
    224. Eurasian Honey-Buzzard (2017-05-22)
    225. Sand Martin (2017-05-23)
    226. European Golden Oriole (2017-05-27)
    227. White-winged Lark (2017-05-27)
    228. Indian Sparrow (2017-05-28)
    229. Blue Tit (2017-05-28)
    230. Booted Eagle (2017-05-29)
    231. Eurasian Goldfinch (2017-05-29)
    232. Mew Gull (2017-05-29)
    233. Eurasian Jackdaw (2017-05-29)
    234. Yellow Wagtail (2017-05-31)
    235. Eurasian Curlew (2017-06-01)
    236. Black-crowned Night Heron (2017-06-06)
    237. Pygmy Cormorant (2017-06-06)
    238. Caspian Tern (2017-06-06)
    239. Common Moorhen (2017-06-06)
    240. Asian Short-toed Lark (2017-06-08)
    241. Caspian Plover (2017-06-08)
    242. White-tailed Lapwing (2017-06-09)
    243. Rufous Bush Robin (2017-06-09)
    244. Laughing Dove (2017-06-09)
    245. Pied Bushchat (2017-06-09)
    246. Common Whitethroat (2017-06-17)
    247. Long-eared Owl (2017-06-17)
    248. Songar Tit (2017-06-18)
    249. Coal Tit (2017-06-18)
    250. Oriental Turtle Dove (2017-06-20)
    251. Red-rumped Swallow (2017-06-20)
    252. Long-tailed Shrike (2017-06-27)
    253. Lammergeier (2017-07-02)
    254. Yellow-billed Chough (2017-07-02)
    255. Red-billed Chough (2017-07-02)
    256. Common Raven (2017-07-02)
    257. Himalayan Accentor (2017-07-02)
    258. Variable Wheatear (2017-07-07)
    259. Egyptian Vulture (2017-07-07)
    260. Great White Pelican (2017-07-07)
    261. Shikra (2017-07-07)
    262. Turkestan Tit (2017-07-07)
    263. Upcher's Warbler (2017-07-08)
    264. Finsch's Wheatear (2017-07-08)
    265. Streaked Scrub Warbler (2017-07-08)
    266. Greater Sand Plover (2017-07-09)
    267. Pin-Tailed Sandgrouse (2017-07-09)
    268. Booted Warbler (2017-07-09)
    269. Clamorous Reed Warbler (2017-07-09)
    270. Macqueen's Bustard (2017-07-09)
    271. Pander's Ground-Jay (2017-07-09)
    272. Asian Paradise Flycatcher (2017-07-11)
    273. Indian Golden Oriole (2017-07-11)
    274. Barbary Falcon (2017-07-21)
    275. Himalayan Vulture (2017-07-30)
    276. Daurian Partridge (2017-07-30)
    277. Rufous-tailed Rock Thrush (2017-07-30)
    278. Griffon Vulture (2017-07-30)
    279. Grey-necked Bunting (2017-07-30)
    280. Meadow Bunting (2017-07-30)
    281. Cinereous Vulture (2017-08-06)
    282. Black-breasted Tit (2017-08-07)
    283. Barred Warbler (2017-08-13)
    284. Broad-billed Sandpiper (2017-08-26)
    285. Pacific Golden Plover (2017-08-26)
    286. Little Grebe (2017-08-26)
    287. Common Kingfisher (2017-08-26)
    288. Yellow-backed Wagtail (2017-08-26)
    289. Crested Honey-Buzzard (2017-09-16)
    290. European Nightjar (2017-09-22)
    291. Brown Accentor (2017-09-22)
    292. Sandwich Tern (2017-10-01)
    293. Red-breasted Merganser (2017-10-01)
    294. Tree Pipit (2017-10-02)
    295. Bimaculated Lark (2017-10-02)
    296. European Robin (2017-10-02)
    297. Eurasian Eagle-Owl (2017-10-02)
    298. Merlin (2017-10-03)
    299. Song Thrush (2017-10-03)
    300. Eurasian Woodcock (2017-10-04)
    301. Greater Flamingo (2017-10-04)
    302. Water Rail (2017-10-05)
    303. Slavonian Grebe (2017-10-05)
    304. Blackcap (2017-10-06)
    305. Greater Scaup (2017-10-07)
    306. Buff-bellied Pipit (2017-10-14)
    307. Common Redpoll (2017-12-23)

    recent uploads

    2017-12-31. Lesser Whitethroat, Mallard, Eurasian Siskin, Red-fronted Serin, Common Redpoll.

    2017-12-30. Carrion Crow, Mistle Thrush, Brambling.

    2017-12-29. Coal Tit.

    2017-12-28. Goldcrest, Common Chaffinch, Black-throated Thrush.

    2017-12-27. Eurasian Siskin, Red-fronted Serin, Carrion Crow.

    2017-12-26. Mistle Thrush, Brown Accentor, Wallcreeper.

    2017-12-25. Black-throated Thrush, Mistle Thrush, Eurasian Blackbird, Brambling, Himalayan Lammergeier, Himalayan Golden Eagle, White-winged Grosbeak.

    2017-12-24. Common Sparrowhawk, Mallard, Black-throated Thrush, Mistle Thrush.

    2017-12-23. Common Redpoll, Goldcrest, Common Sparrowhawk, Coal Tit.

    2017-12-19. Caspian Gull, Lesser Whitethroat, Red-fronted Serin, Common Sparrowhawk, Eurasian Siskin, Brambling, Eurasian Blackbird, Hybrid (Black-throated x Naumann's) Thrush.

    2017-12-17. Black-throated Thrush, Mistle Thrush.

    2017-10-21. Peregrine Falcon.

    2017-10-20. Eurasian Curlew.

    2017-10-19. Siberian Pipit, Water Pipit, Great White Egret, Pine Bunting, White-tailed Sea-Eagle, White-tailed Sea-Eagle, Desert Finch, Black-headed Gull, Black-Bellied Sandgrouse, Black-tailed Godwit, Great Cormorant, Northern Lapwing, Central Asia Starling, Black-throated Thrush, Marsh Sandpiper, Mute Swan, Eversmann's Redstart.

    2017-10-18. Eversmann's Redstart, Brambling, Northern Pintail, Northern Shoveler, Mallard, Garganey, Gadwall, Common Pochard, Tufted Duck, Ferruginous Duck, Red-crested Pochard, Ruddy Shelduck, Great White Pelican, Dalmatian Pelican, Great Grey Shrike, Eversmann's Redstart, Common Kestrel, Turkestan Black Redstart, Hen Harrier, Western Marsh-Harrier.

    rare birds records


    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.

    Northern Bullfinch (Pyrrhula pyrrhula)

    © Margarita Davydova
    2021-04-02
    First president's park, Almaty

    The first photo recording of a Northern Bullfinch in Almaty on the website is a rare sighting for a region where they were previously observed during wintering in the mid-20th century and have now become only occasionally encountered.
    more rarities...

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    Great Cormorant
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    2025-08-31
    Spotted Flycatcher
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    Northern Hawk Owl
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    2025-06-17
    Great White Egret
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    2025-06-01
    Blyth's Reed Warbler
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    2025-04-14
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    2025-03-30
    Great White Egret
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    Common Kestrel
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    2025-03-23
    Common Sparrowhawk
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    Great Tit
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    2025-02-07
    Arctic Loon
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    2025-02-06
    Red Crossbill
    (Viktoriya Zvyaginceva)

    2025-01-07
    Eurasian Penduline Tit
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    2024-08-03
    Common Tern
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    more video...

    unidentified birds

    2026-06-02

    Bassel Abi Jummaa: booted eagle (Hieraaetus pennatus)
    2026-06-02

    Bassel Abi Jummaa: Mostly a sedge warbler Anna . (Acro schoenobaenus )
    2026-06-02

    Bassel Abi Jummaa: OK great . Thanks Anna
    2026-06-02

    Анна Ясько: Кряквы.
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    Bassel Abi Jummaa: Blyth's reed warbler ( Acrocephalus Dometurum )
    more unidentified birds...