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total species: 90
total photos: 146
total videos: 0
total blogposts: 0

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1. Grey-headed Goldfinch (2018-01-21)
2. Common Sparrowhawk (2018-02-12)
3. Spanish Sparrow (2018-02-12)
4. Great Tit (2018-02-17)
5. Goldcrest (2018-02-17)
6. Eurasian Siskin (2018-02-17)
7. Western Marsh-Harrier (2018-03-12)
8. Water Pipit (2018-03-12)
9. Isabelline Wheatear (2018-03-12)
10. Ruddy Shelduck (2018-03-12)
11. Great White Egret (2018-03-12)
12. Hoopoe (2018-03-13)
13. Eurasian Magpie (2018-03-13)
14. Northern Reed Bunting (2018-03-13)
15. Eurasian Blackbird (2018-03-13)
16. Common Chaffinch (2018-03-13)
17. White-Winged Woodpecker (2018-03-13)
18. Eversmann's Redstart (2018-03-13)
19. Turkestan Tit (2018-03-13)
20. Black-headed Gull (2018-03-13)
21. Common Mynah (2018-03-13)
22. Eurasian Collared Dove (2018-03-13)
23. Isabelline Shrike (2018-03-13)
24. Water Rail (2018-03-13)
25. Yellow-breasted Tit (2018-03-13)
26. Masked Wagtail (2018-03-13)
27. Eastern Imperial Eagle (2018-03-13)
28. Common Pheasant (2018-03-24)
29. Common Starling (2018-05-12)
30. Eurasian Roller (2018-05-12)
31. Booted Eagle (2018-05-12)
32. Long-tailed Shrike (2018-05-12)
33. Lesser Grey Shrike (2018-05-12)
34. Common Cuckoo (2018-05-12)
35. Laughing Dove (2018-05-12)
36. Barn Swallow (2018-05-12)
37. Red-footed Falcon (2018-05-27)
38. Dalmatian Pelican (2018-05-27)
39. Yellow Wagtail (2018-05-27)
40. Black Lark (2018-05-27)
41. Northern Wheatear (2018-05-27)
42. White-winged Tern (2018-05-27)
43. Long-legged Buzzard (2018-05-27)
44. Rook (2018-05-27)
45. Gadwall (2018-05-27)
46. Demoiselle Crane (2018-05-27)
47. Greater Flamingo (2018-05-27)
48. Great Cormorant (2018-05-27)
49. Caspian Gull (2018-05-27)
50. Sky Lark (2018-05-27)
51. Grey Heron (2018-05-27)
52. Red-Necked Grebe (2018-05-27)
53. Tawny Pipit (2018-05-27)
54. Siberian Stonechat (2018-05-27)
55. Common Kestrel (2018-05-27)
56. Pallid Harrier (2018-05-27)
57. Eurasian Hobby (2018-06-04)
58. European Bee-eater (2018-06-04)
59. Common Whitethroat (2018-06-06)
60. Himalayan Rubythroat (2018-06-06)
61. Sulphur-bellied Warbler (2018-06-06)
62. Black-throated Accentor (2018-06-06)
63. Common Rosefinch (2018-06-07)
64. Chukar Partridge (2018-06-07)
65. Rock Bunting (2018-06-07)
66. Tree Pipit (2018-06-07)
67. Blue Whistling Thrush (2018-06-07)
68. Rosy Starling (2018-06-07)
69. Oriental Turtle Dove (2018-06-07)
70. Black Kite (2018-06-11)
71. Turkestan Shrike (2018-06-11)
72. Red-headed Bunting (2018-06-11)
73. Calandra Lark (2018-06-11)
74. Corn Bunting (2018-06-11)
75. White Stork (2018-06-11)
76. Common Swift (2018-06-18)
77. Northern House Martin (2018-06-18)
78. Common Moorhen (2018-06-18)
79. Lesser Kestrel (2018-06-20)
80. Common Tern (2018-06-20)
81. Common Redshank (2018-06-20)
82. Great Crested Grebe (2018-06-20)
83. Northern Lapwing (2018-06-20)
84. Black-winged Stilt (2018-06-20)
85. Little Ringed Plover (2018-06-24)
86. Barbary Falcon (2018-06-25)
87. Asian Paradise Flycatcher (2018-06-26)
88. Indian Golden Oriole (2018-06-26)
89. Spotted Flycatcher (2018-06-26)
90. Wood Pigeon (2018-06-26)

recent uploads


2018-09-28. Eurasian Hobby.

2018-09-06. Siberian Stonechat, Black Kite, Common Sparrowhawk, Spotted Flycatcher.

2018-06-29. Eurasian Hobby, Barbary Falcon, Asian Paradise Flycatcher, Indian Golden Oriole, Spotted Flycatcher, Oriental Turtle Dove, Little Ringed Plover, Wood Pigeon.

2018-06-23. Lesser Kestrel, Common Tern, Common Redshank, Black Kite, Eurasian Hobby, Western Marsh-Harrier, Rosy Starling, Gadwall, Great Crested Grebe, Northern Lapwing, Black-winged Stilt, Black-headed Gull, Ruddy Shelduck, Masked Wagtail.

2018-06-19. Common Swift, Northern House Martin, Barn Swallow, Common Cuckoo, Common Moorhen.

2018-06-18. Black Kite, Turkestan Shrike, Red-headed Bunting, Calandra Lark, Corn Bunting, White Stork, Spanish Sparrow.

2018-06-17. Eurasian Hobby, European Bee-eater, Common Whitethroat, Himalayan Rubythroat, Sulphur-bellied Warbler, Black-throated Accentor, Common Rosefinch, Chukar Partridge, Rock Bunting, Tree Pipit, Blue Whistling Thrush, Common Sparrowhawk, Rosy Starling, Lesser Grey Shrike, Oriental Turtle Dove, Eurasian Roller.

2018-06-15. Long-legged Buzzard, Rook, Gadwall, Demoiselle Crane, Greater Flamingo, Great Cormorant, Caspian Gull, Sky Lark, Grey Heron, Caspian Gull, Red-Necked Grebe, Tawny Pipit, Siberian Stonechat, Common Kestrel, Western Marsh-Harrier, Pallid Harrier.

2018-06-14. Red-footed Falcon, Dalmatian Pelican, Yellow Wagtail, Black Lark, Black Lark, Northern Wheatear, White-winged Tern.

2018-05-13. Common Starling, Eurasian Roller, Booted Eagle, Long-tailed Shrike, Lesser Grey Shrike, Common Cuckoo, Laughing Dove, Long-tailed Shrike, Barn Swallow.

2018-03-25. Great Tit, Eversmann's Redstart, Common Pheasant.

2018-03-18. Great Tit, Goldcrest, Eurasian Siskin.

2018-03-17. Grey-headed Goldfinch, Common Sparrowhawk, Spanish Sparrow.

2018-03-15. Western Marsh-Harrier, Water Pipit, Isabelline Wheatear, Ruddy Shelduck, Great White Egret, Hybrid Tit, Hoopoe, Eurasian Magpie, Northern Reed Bunting, Eurasian Blackbird, Common Chaffinch, Goldcrest, White-Winged Woodpecker, Eversmann's Redstart, Turkestan Tit, Black-headed Gull, Common Mynah, Eurasian Collared Dove, Daurian Shrike, Water Rail, Yellow-breasted Tit, Masked Wagtail, Eastern Imperial 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...