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Gaviiformes
  • Gaviidae
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    • Valkenburg Machiel

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    total species: 69
    total photos: 70
    total videos: 0
    total blogposts: 0

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

    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...

    recent video

    2026-01-18
    Common Kestrel
    (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)

    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.
    2026-06-02

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