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total species: 22
total photos: 26
total videos: 0
total blogposts: 0

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1. Black-throated Thrush (2016-05-02)
2. Greater Spotted Eagle (2016-05-03)
3. Whinchat (2016-05-03)
4. Tree Pipit (2016-05-06)
5. Eurasian Hobby (2016-05-25)
6. Ortolan Bunting (2016-08-03)
7. White Wagtail (2016-08-03)
8. Common Nightingale (2016-08-03)
9. Eurasian Redstart (2016-08-03)
10. Barred Warbler (2016-08-03)
11. Griffon Vulture (2016-08-05)
13. Northern Reed Bunting (2016-09-07)
14. Black-throated Accentor (2016-09-07)
15. Greater Flamingo (2016-10-06)
17. Eurasian Siskin (2016-10-07)
18. Long-tailed Tit (2016-10-08)
19. Black Redstart (2016-10-15)
20. Great Crested Grebe (2016-10-15)
21. Eurasian Nuthatch (2016-10-18)
22. Common Sparrowhawk (2016-10-19)

recent uploads


2016-11-25. Great Crested Grebe, Eurasian Nuthatch, Common Sparrowhawk.

2016-11-22. Greater White-fronted Goose, Eurasian Siskin, Long-tailed Tit.

2016-11-19. European Black Redstart, Greater Flamingo, Greater White-fronted Goose.

2016-11-11. Barred Warbler, Griffon Vulture, Northern Reed Bunting, Black-throated Accentor.

2016-11-09. White Wagtail, Common Nightingale, Eurasian Redstart.

2016-11-06. Siberian Black-backed Gull.

2016-11-05. Tree Pipit.

2016-11-04. Ortolan Bunting.

2016-11-01. Eurasian Hobby, Eurasian Hobby.

2016-10-30. Black-throated Thrush, Greater Spotted Eagle, Whinchat.

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...