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Gaviiformes
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    • Podicipediformes
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  • Phalacrocoracidae
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    total species: 72
    total photos: 971
    total videos: 0
    total blogposts: 4

    sort by:

    1. Great Tit (2013-01-02)
    2. Eurasian Nuthatch (2013-01-02)
    3. Common Goldeneye (2013-01-03)
    4. Smew (2013-01-03)
    5. Goosander (2013-01-03)
    6. Mallard (2013-01-03)
    7. Great Spotted Woodpecker (2013-01-08)
    8. White-Backed Woodpecker (2013-01-10)
    9. Eurasian Dipper (2013-01-12)
    10. Fieldfare (2013-01-12)
    11. Eurasian Magpie (2013-01-14)
    12. Tree Sparrow (2013-01-14)
    13. Carrion Crow (2013-01-14)
    14. Baikal Bullfinch (2013-01-14)
    15. Northern Bullfinch (2013-01-14)
    16. House Sparrow (2013-01-16)
    17. Long-tailed Rosefinch (2013-01-20)
    18. Hooded Crow (2013-01-20)
    19. Lesser Spotted Woodpecker (2013-01-20)
    20. Whooper Swan (2013-01-22)
    21. Peregrine Falcon (2013-01-24)
    22. Common Treecreeper (2013-01-29)
    23. Rock Pigeon (2013-01-29)
    24. Grey-headed Goldfinch (2013-01-30)
    25. White-tailed Sea-Eagle (2013-01-30)
    26. Bohemian Waxwing (2013-01-31)
    27. Eurasian Jay (2013-02-04)
    28. Hawfinch (2013-03-14)
    29. Azure Tit (2013-03-14)
    30. Great White Egret (2013-03-19)
    31. Common Starling (2013-03-19)
    32. Masked Wagtail (2013-03-25)
    33. Common Chaffinch (2013-03-25)
    34. Caspian Gull (2013-03-26)
    35. Black Kite (2013-03-29)
    36. Great Cormorant (2013-03-31)
    37. Black-headed Gull (2013-03-31)
    38. Willow Tit (2013-03-31)
    39. Long-eared Owl (2013-03-31)
    40. Common Teal (2013-03-31)
    41. Tree Pipit (2013-04-03)
    42. Brambling (2013-04-03)
    43. White Wagtail (2013-04-11)
    44. Sky Lark (2013-04-13)
    45. European Greenfinch (2013-04-17)
    46. Eurasian Wryneck (2013-04-25)
    47. Green Sandpiper (2013-04-25)
    48. Common Chiffchaff (2013-04-25)
    49. Eurasian Jackdaw (2013-04-25)
    50. Common Kestrel (2013-05-08)
    51. Lesser Whitethroat (2013-05-14)
    52. Siberian Stonechat (2013-06-01)
    53. Yellow Wagtail (2013-06-01)
    54. European Golden Oriole (2013-06-29)
    55. Eurasian Redstart (2013-07-31)
    56. Meadow Bunting (2013-08-02)
    57. Long-tailed Tit (2013-08-06)
    58. Common Sandpiper (2013-08-06)
    59. Common Tern (2013-08-06)
    60. Red-backed Shrike (2013-08-07)
    61. Common Whitethroat (2013-08-13)
    62. Common Swift (2013-08-15)
    63. Yellowhammer (2013-08-19)
    64. Hume's Warbler (2013-08-19)
    65. Spotted Flycatcher (2013-08-19)
    66. Blyth's Reed Warbler (2013-08-21)
    67. Rook (2013-08-31)
    68. Hoopoe (2013-09-02)
    69. Black-throated Thrush (2013-09-13)
    70. Bluethroat (2013-09-19)
    71. Grey-Headed Woodpecker (2013-10-03)
    72. Eurasian Siskin (2013-11-11)

    recent uploads

    2013-11-11. Eurasian Siskin, Common Goldeneye, Mallard, Northern Bullfinch, Caspian Gull, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Common Kestrel, Lesser Whitethroat.

    2013-11-09. Eurasian Dipper, Great Spotted Woodpecker.

    2013-11-03. Blyth's Reed Warbler, Bluethroat.

    2013-10-31. Lesser Whitethroat.

    2013-10-29. Common Swift.

    2013-10-28. Common Chaffinch, Eurasian Redstart.

    2013-10-27. Spotted Flycatcher, European Golden Oriole, Eurasian Redstart, Common Kestrel.

    2013-10-25. Rook, Great Tit.

    2013-10-24. Red-backed Shrike, Lesser Whitethroat, Meadow Bunting, Great Cormorant, Common Kestrel.

    2013-10-23. Tree Pipit, Masked Wagtail, Eurasian Redstart, Yellowhammer, Eurasian Magpie, Lesser Whitethroat, Common Whitethroat, Hume's Warbler.

    2013-10-22. Common Chiffchaff, Hume's Warbler, Meadow Bunting.

    2013-10-21. Common Sandpiper, European Golden Oriole, Lesser Whitethroat, Caspian Gull, Common Whitethroat, Grey-headed Goldfinch, Yellowhammer.

    2013-10-20. Hawfinch, Meadow Bunting, Eurasian Redstart, Common Chaffinch, Black-throated Thrush, Tree Pipit, Yellow Wagtail, Spotted Flycatcher, Common Tern.

    2013-10-17. Grey-Headed Woodpecker, Willow Tit, Lesser Whitethroat, Fieldfare.

    2013-10-11. Long-tailed Tit.

    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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    2026-01-18
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    Great Cormorant
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    2025-08-31
    Spotted Flycatcher
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    2025-07-01
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    2025-06-17
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    2025-06-01
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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
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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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    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.
    2026-06-02

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