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total species: 50
total photos: 93
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1. White Wagtail (2021-04-09)
2. Common Chiffchaff (2021-04-11)
4. Steppe Eagle (2021-04-18)
5. Western Marsh-Harrier (2021-04-21)
6. Common Buzzard (2021-05-03)
7. Arctic Warbler (2021-05-08)
8. Ruff (2021-05-11)
9. Sanderling (2021-05-11)
10. Caspian Gull (2021-05-12)
11. Little Stint (2021-05-15)
12. Terek Sandpiper (2021-05-20)
13. Twite (2021-05-20)
14. Greater Ringed Plover (2021-05-20)
15. Grey Plover (2021-05-20)
16. Pied Avocet (2021-05-28)
17. White-winged Tern (2021-05-28)
18. Red-necked Phalarope (2021-06-02)
19. Greater Flamingo (2021-06-05)
20. Glossy Ibis (2021-06-11)
21. Slender-billed Gull (2021-06-12)
22. Long-legged Buzzard (2021-08-03)
23. Caspian Plover (2021-08-04)
24. Turkestan Shrike (2021-08-09)
25. Pygmy Cormorant (2021-08-10)
26. Temminck's Stint (2021-08-15)
27. Yellow Wagtail (2021-08-15)
28. Common Whitethroat (2021-08-18)
29. Black-tailed Godwit (2021-08-22)
30. Montagu's Harrier (2021-08-22)
31. Northern Reed Bunting (2021-08-25)
32. Wood Warbler (2021-09-03)
33. Hume's Warbler (2021-09-07)
34. Tree Pipit (2021-09-07)
35. Whooper Swan (2021-09-12)
36. European Golden Oriole (2021-09-13)
37. Sky Lark (2021-09-16)
38. Pallid Harrier (2021-09-20)
39. Merlin (2021-09-26)
40. Common Sparrowhawk (2021-09-29)
41. Yellow-browed Warbler (2021-09-30)
42. Eurasian Woodcock (2021-09-30)
43. Redwing (2021-10-07)
44. Red-flanked Bluetail (2021-10-07)
45. Great Grey Shrike (2021-10-08)
46. White-tailed Sea-Eagle (2021-10-08)
47. Goldcrest (2021-10-10)
48. Black Redstart (2021-10-13)
49. Brambling (2021-10-15)
50. Song Thrush (2021-10-19)

recent uploads


2021-12-13. Brambling, Song Thrush.

2021-12-07. Northern Reed Bunting, Goldcrest, Great Grey Shrike, Black Redstart.

2021-12-06. Red-flanked Bluetail, Great Grey Shrike, White-tailed Sea-Eagle.

2021-12-03. Yellow-browed Warbler, Common Sparrowhawk, Eurasian Woodcock.

2021-12-02. Pygmy Cormorant, Sky Lark, Long-legged Buzzard, Pallid Harrier, Merlin, Redwing.

2021-11-26. Twite, White Wagtail, Wood Warbler, European Golden Oriole, Long-legged Buzzard, Redwing.

2021-11-25. Temminck's Stint, Black-tailed Godwit, Northern Reed Bunting.

2021-11-24. Common Whitethroat, Montagu's Harrier, Wood Warbler, Hume's Warbler, Tree Pipit.

2021-11-23. Western Marsh-Harrier, Long-legged Buzzard, Temminck's Stint, Yellow Wagtail.

2021-11-22. Glossy Ibis, Turkestan Shrike, Pygmy Cormorant.

2021-11-19. Long-legged Buzzard, Caspian Plover.

2021-11-18. Glossy Ibis, Slender-billed Gull, Little Stint.

2021-11-17. Greater Flamingo, Steppe Buzzard.

2021-11-16. Common Buzzard, Long-legged Buzzard, Whooper Swan.

2021-11-15. Little Stint, Red-necked Phalarope, Common Buzzard, Ruff, Common Buzzard.

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...