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    • Balykin Alexandr

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    map of photoshootings

    total species: 37
    total photos: 45
    total videos: 0
    total blogposts: 0

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    1. Northern Reed Bunting (2020-01-11)
    2. Short-eared Owl (2020-01-11)
    3. Hooded Crow (2020-03-16)
    4. Eversmann's Redstart (2020-03-16)
    5. Pine Bunting (2020-03-16)
    6. Pied Wheatear (2020-03-17)
    7. Bohemian Waxwing (2020-04-11)
    8. Eurasian Blackbird (2020-04-12)
    9. Black Kite (2020-05-09)
    10. Little Ringed Plover (2020-05-12)
    11. Eurasian Collared Dove (2020-06-14)
    12. Corn Bunting (2020-07-31)
    13. Turkestan Shrike (2020-07-31)
    14. Hoopoe (2020-07-31)
    15. Laughing Dove (2020-08-06)
    16. Wood Pigeon (2020-08-06)
    17. European Greenfinch (2020-08-09)
    18. Common Pheasant (2020-08-09)
    19. Spotted Flycatcher (2020-08-18)
    20. Common Raven (2020-08-19)
    21. Black Redstart (2020-08-19)
    22. Greenish Warbler (2020-08-19)
    23. Common Kestrel (2020-08-19)
    24. Grey-necked Bunting (2020-08-19)
    25. Himalayan Accentor (2020-08-19)
    26. Water Pipit (2020-08-19)
    27. Plain Mountain Finch (2020-08-19)
    28. Wallcreeper (2020-08-22)
    29. Spotted Nutcracker (2020-08-23)
    30. Blue Whistling Thrush (2020-09-12)
    31. Blue-capped Redstart (2020-09-12)
    32. Tree Pipit (2020-09-12)
    33. White-browed Tit-Warbler (2020-09-12)
    34. Black-throated Accentor (2020-09-12)
    35. Yellow-billed Chough (2020-09-12)
    36. Azure Tit (2020-10-10)
    37. Great Cormorant (2020-10-18)

    recent uploads

    2020-11-13. Wallcreeper, Spotted Nutcracker.

    2020-10-20. Great Cormorant.

    2020-10-13. Azure Tit.

    2020-09-14. Little Ringed Plover, Black Kite, Spotted Flycatcher, Eurasian Collared Dove, Blue Whistling Thrush, Blue-capped Redstart, Tree Pipit, White-browed Tit-Warbler, Black-throated Accentor, Yellow-billed Chough.

    2020-09-07. Plain Mountain Finch, Water Pipit, Common Raven, Himalayan Accentor, Grey-necked Bunting, Common Kestrel, Greenish Warbler, Black Redstart.

    2020-08-21. European Greenfinch, Common Pheasant, Turkestan Shrike.

    2020-08-07. Wood Pigeon, Laughing Dove.

    2020-08-01. Hoopoe, Turkestan Shrike, Corn Bunting.

    2020-04-22. Eurasian Blackbird.

    2020-04-17. Bohemian Waxwing, Eurasian Blackbird.

    2020-03-25. Hooded Crow, Eversmann's Redstart, Pine Bunting, Pied Wheatear.

    2020-01-13. Long-eared Owl, Short-eared Owl, Northern Reed Bunting.

    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
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    2025-06-17
    Great White Egret
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    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...