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    total species: 157
    total photos: 373
    total videos: 0
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    1. Tree Sparrow (2021-01-02)
    2. Eurasian Blackbird (2021-01-02)
    3. Common Chaffinch (2021-01-02)
    4. Turkestan Tit (2021-01-02)
    5. Laughing Dove (2021-01-02)
    6. Eurasian Magpie (2021-01-02)
    7. Mistle Thrush (2021-01-03)
    8. Eurasian Collared Dove (2021-01-03)
    9. Common Mynah (2021-01-08)
    10. Great Tit (2021-01-08)
    11. Rock Pigeon (2021-01-08)
    12. Brambling (2021-01-08)
    13. Black-throated Thrush (2021-01-19)
    14. Common Starling (2021-01-21)
    15. Eurasian Jackdaw (2021-01-24)
    16. White-Winged Woodpecker (2021-01-26)
    17. Carrion Crow (2021-01-26)
    18. Bohemian Waxwing (2021-01-26)
    19. Common Kestrel (2021-02-17)
    20. Corn Bunting (2021-02-17)
    21. Rook (2021-02-17)
    22. Ruddy Shelduck (2021-02-17)
    23. Crested Lark (2021-02-17)
    24. Common Coot (2021-02-17)
    25. Calandra Lark (2021-02-17)
    26. House Sparrow (2021-02-18)
    27. Rock Sparrow (2021-02-22)
    28. Eurasian Siskin (2021-03-05)
    29. Common Pochard (2021-03-06)
    30. Tufted Duck (2021-03-06)
    31. Ferruginous Duck (2021-03-06)
    32. Common Teal (2021-03-06)
    33. Bearded Tit (2021-03-09)
    34. Common Chiffchaff (2021-03-09)
    35. Black-headed Gull (2021-03-09)
    36. Yellow-breasted Tit (2021-03-09)
    37. Masked Wagtail (2021-03-09)
    38. Citrine Wagtail (2021-03-09)
    39. Northern Reed Bunting (2021-03-09)
    40. Common Buzzard (2021-03-09)
    41. Long-legged Buzzard (2021-03-09)
    42. Eversmann's Redstart (2021-03-15)
    43. Grey Wagtail (2021-03-16)
    44. Northern Wren (2021-03-16)
    45. Golden Eagle (2021-03-16)
    46. Little Ringed Plover (2021-03-17)
    47. White Wagtail (2021-03-17)
    48. Water Pipit (2021-03-17)
    49. Isabelline Shrike (2021-03-17)
    50. Stock Pigeon (2021-03-17)
    51. Eastern Imperial Eagle (2021-03-17)
    52. Steppe Grey Shrike (2021-03-17)
    53. Pied Wheatear (2021-03-17)
    54. Ruff (2021-03-17)
    55. Pallas's Gull (2021-03-17)
    56. Caspian Gull (2021-03-17)
    57. Western Marsh-Harrier (2021-03-17)
    58. Great White Egret (2021-03-17)
    59. Northern Pintail (2021-03-17)
    60. Hooded Crow (2021-03-18)
    61. Chukar Partridge (2021-03-19)
    62. Great Cormorant (2021-03-19)
    63. Isabelline Wheatear (2021-03-19)
    64. Bluethroat (2021-03-19)
    65. Desert Wheatear (2021-03-19)
    66. Great White Pelican (2021-03-19)
    67. Northern Lapwing (2021-03-21)
    68. Sky Lark (2021-03-21)
    69. Mute Swan (2021-03-21)
    71. Red-crested Pochard (2021-03-21)
    72. Common Redshank (2021-03-21)
    73. Wood Pigeon (2021-03-21)
    74. Northern Shoveler (2021-03-21)
    75. Common Crane (2021-04-03)
    76. Pied Avocet (2021-04-03)
    77. Black-winged Stilt (2021-04-03)
    78. Eastern Rock Nuthatch (2021-04-03)
    79. Black Redstart (2021-04-03)
    80. Hoopoe (2021-04-03)
    81. Yellow Wagtail (2021-04-03)
    82. Little Grebe (2021-04-03)
    83. Demoiselle Crane (2021-04-03)
    84. Green Sandpiper (2021-04-03)
    85. Siberian Stonechat (2021-04-03)
    86. Common Snipe (2021-04-03)
    87. Blue-capped Redstart (2021-04-05)
    88. Turkestan Shrike (2021-04-07)
    89. Greater Short-toed Lark (2021-04-07)
    90. Northern Wheatear (2021-04-09)
    91. Slender-billed Gull (2021-04-11)
    92. Eurasian Scops-Owl (2021-04-14)
    93. Long-tailed Shrike (2021-04-18)
    94. Common Raven (2021-04-18)
    95. Common Sandpiper (2021-04-19)
    96. Eurasian Curlew (2021-04-22)
    97. Little Stint (2021-04-22)
    98. Collared Pratincole (2021-04-22)
    99. Marsh Sandpiper (2021-04-22)
    100. Tawny Pipit (2021-04-22)
    101. Osprey (2021-04-22)
    102. Gull-billed Tern (2021-04-22)
    103. Caspian Tern (2021-04-22)
    104. Barn Swallow (2021-05-07)
    105. Indian Sparrow (2021-05-07)
    106. Common Rosefinch (2021-05-08)
    107. Cetti's Warbler (2021-05-10)
    108. Common Nightingale (2021-05-10)
    109. Lesser Grey Shrike (2021-05-10)
    110. European Turtle Dove (2021-05-10)
    111. Common Tern (2021-05-10)
    112. Garganey (2021-05-10)
    113. Spotted Flycatcher (2021-05-10)
    114. Eurasian Roller (2021-05-13)
    115. Great Crested Grebe (2021-05-13)
    116. European Bee-eater (2021-05-13)
    117. Rosy Starling (2021-05-13)
    118. Common Cuckoo (2021-05-13)
    119. Ortolan Bunting (2021-05-13)
    120. Egyptian Vulture (2021-05-13)
    121. Hume's Warbler (2021-05-16)
    122. Lesser Whitethroat (2021-05-17)
    123. Red-headed Bunting (2021-05-20)
    124. Red-rumped Swallow (2021-05-21)
    125. Common Oystercatcher (2021-07-09)
    126. Black Stork (2021-07-09)
    127. Black-winged Pratincole (2021-07-09)
    128. Greater Flamingo (2021-07-21)
    129. Glossy Ibis (2021-07-21)
    130. Little Tern (2021-07-21)
    131. Blue-cheeked Bee-eater (2021-07-22)
    132. Common Whitethroat (2021-08-19)
    133. Little Bustard (2021-08-24)
    134. Syke's Warbler (2021-08-24)
    135. Wood Sandpiper (2021-08-24)
    136. Common Shelduck (2021-08-24)
    137. Curlew Sandpiper (2021-08-24)
    138. Terek Sandpiper (2021-08-24)
    139. Kentish Plover (2021-08-24)
    140. Common Kingfisher (2021-08-25)
    141. Temminck's Stint (2021-08-25)
    142. Dunlin (2021-08-25)
    143. Grey Heron (2021-08-25)
    144. Common Greenshank (2021-08-25)
    145. Tree Pipit (2021-08-25)
    146. Blyth's Reed Warbler (2021-09-18)
    147. Black-tailed Godwit (2021-09-24)
    148. White-tailed Sea-Eagle (2021-09-24)
    149. Pygmy Cormorant (2021-09-24)
    150. Mallard (2021-09-25)
    151. White-headed Duck (2021-09-25)
    152. Cinereous Vulture (2021-10-12)
    153. Steppe Eagle (2021-10-12)
    154. Lammergeier (2021-10-12)
    155. Black-throated Accentor (2021-10-21)
    156. European Robin (2021-10-27)
    157. Grey-headed Goldfinch (2021-12-07)

    recent uploads

    2021-12-31. Common Pochard.

    2021-12-30. Common Kingfisher, Common Shelduck, Mallard, Northern Pintail, Tufted Duck, White-headed Duck, Black-throated Thrush, Hume's Warbler, Cinereous Vulture, Steppe Eagle, Lammergeier, Blue-capped Redstart, Common Starling, Brambling, Common Chiffchaff, Black-throated Accentor, European Robin, Northern Wren, Common Chaffinch, Grey-headed Goldfinch, Blyth's Reed Warbler, Cetti's Warbler, Common Whitethroat, Common Coot.

    2021-12-29. White Wagtail, Black-headed Gull, Common Starling, Yellow Wagtail, Common Pochard, Ruff, Demoiselle Crane, Black-tailed Godwit, White-tailed Sea-Eagle, Pygmy Cormorant, Bluethroat, Pied Avocet.

    2021-09-09. Blue-cheeked Bee-eater, Blue-cheeked Bee-eater.

    2021-09-04. Greater Short-toed Lark, Crested Lark, Bluethroat, Calandra Lark, Yellow Wagtail, Syke's Warbler, Wood Sandpiper, Little Stint, Ruddy Shelduck, Common Shelduck, Marsh Sandpiper, Mute Swan, Ruff, Black-headed Gull, Curlew Sandpiper, Northern Lapwing, Western Marsh-Harrier, Common Coot, Terek Sandpiper, Demoiselle Crane, Common Starling, Kentish Plover, Little Ringed Plover, Common Kingfisher, Spotted Flycatcher, Little Stint, Temminck's Stint, Great Cormorant, Blue-cheeked Bee-eater, Dunlin, Turkestan Shrike, Grey Heron, Caspian Tern, Common Snipe, Common Greenshank, Collared Pratincole, Common Redshank, Tree Pipit.

    2021-08-27. Little Bustard.

    2021-08-20. Spotted Flycatcher, Lesser Whitethroat.

    2021-07-31. Black-winged Pratincole.

    2021-07-30. Collared Pratincole, Collared Pratincole.

    2021-07-29. Black Stork.

    2021-07-28. Caspian Tern, Greater Flamingo, Glossy Ibis, Slender-billed Gull, Gull-billed Tern, Little Tern, Blue-cheeked Bee-eater, Great Cormorant, Eurasian Curlew, Tawny Pipit, Common Oystercatcher, Common Oystercatcher, Mute Swan.

    2021-05-22. Red-rumped Swallow, Red-headed Bunting.

    2021-05-17. Hume's Warbler, Spotted Flycatcher, Lesser Whitethroat.

    2021-05-14. Eurasian Roller, Great Crested Grebe, European Bee-eater, Rosy Starling, Common Cuckoo, Ortolan Bunting, Egyptian Vulture.

    2021-05-12. European Turtle Dove, Common Tern, Garganey, Lesser Grey Shrike, Spotted Flycatcher.

    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...