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    total species: 147
    total photos: 897
    total videos: 0
    total blogposts: 0

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    1. Common Chaffinch (2021-01-02)
    2. House Sparrow (2021-01-02)
    3. Common Mynah (2021-01-02)
    4. Green Sandpiper (2021-01-06)
    5. European Robin (2021-01-06)
    6. Wood Pigeon (2021-01-09)
    7. Eurasian Blackbird (2021-01-09)
    8. Eurasian Magpie (2021-01-09)
    9. Common Pheasant (2021-01-09)
    10. Eurasian Woodcock (2021-01-09)
    11. Turkestan Tit (2021-01-10)
    12. Mallard (2021-01-24)
    13. European Greenfinch (2021-02-06)
    14. Brambling (2021-02-06)
    15. Eurasian Dipper (2021-02-07)
    16. Great White Egret (2021-02-07)
    17. Rook (2021-02-07)
    18. Brown Dipper (2021-02-07)
    19. Eurasian Jackdaw (2021-02-13)
    20. Corn Bunting (2021-02-13)
    21. Grey-headed Goldfinch (2021-02-13)
    22. Yellowhammer (2021-02-13)
    23. Eversmann's Redstart (2021-02-13)
    24. Eurasian Collared Dove (2021-02-13)
    25. Pine Bunting (2021-02-13)
    26. White-tailed Sea-Eagle (2021-02-13)
    27. Great Tit (2021-02-14)
    28. Red-fronted Serin (2021-03-06)
    29. Eurasian Siskin (2021-03-06)
    30. Long-legged Buzzard (2021-03-06)
    31. Tree Sparrow (2021-03-06)
    32. Grey Heron (2021-03-06)
    33. Upland Buzzard (2021-03-06)
    34. Black-throated Thrush (2021-03-07)
    35. Common Kestrel (2021-03-08)
    36. Mistle Thrush (2021-03-08)
    37. White-winged Grosbeak (2021-03-08)
    38. Black-throated Accentor (2021-03-08)
    39. Ruddy Shelduck (2021-03-20)
    40. Northern Pintail (2021-03-20)
    41. Pallas's Gull (2021-03-20)
    42. Citrine Wagtail (2021-03-20)
    43. White Stork (2021-03-20)
    44. Eastern Imperial Eagle (2021-03-20)
    45. Cinereous Vulture (2021-03-20)
    46. Demoiselle Crane (2021-03-20)
    47. Steppe Eagle (2021-03-20)
    48. Yellow-breasted Tit (2021-03-20)
    49. Northern Reed Bunting (2021-03-20)
    50. Tufted Duck (2021-03-20)
    51. Great Cormorant (2021-03-20)
    52. Pygmy Cormorant (2021-03-20)
    53. Mute Swan (2021-03-21)
    54. Fieldfare (2021-03-21)
    55. Great Bustard (2021-03-21)
    56. Western Marsh-Harrier (2021-03-21)
    57. Caspian Gull (2021-03-21)
    59. Great Grey Shrike (2021-03-21)
    60. Black Redstart (2021-03-21)
    61. White Wagtail (2021-03-21)
    62. Isabelline Shrike (2021-03-21)
    63. Gadwall (2021-03-21)
    64. Common Shelduck (2021-03-21)
    65. Northern Shoveler (2021-03-22)
    66. Common Teal (2021-03-22)
    67. Steppe Grey Shrike (2021-03-22)
    68. Desert Finch (2021-03-22)
    69. Isabelline Wheatear (2021-03-22)
    70. Common Starling (2021-03-22)
    71. Northern Wheatear (2021-03-22)
    72. Short-toed Snake-Eagle (2021-03-22)
    73. Crested Lark (2021-03-22)
    74. Finsch's Wheatear (2021-03-22)
    75. Masked Wagtail (2021-03-22)
    76. Dalmatian Pelican (2021-03-23)
    77. Great White Pelican (2021-03-23)
    78. Common Pochard (2021-03-23)
    79. Bearded Tit (2021-03-23)
    80. Red-crested Pochard (2021-03-23)
    81. Slender-billed Gull (2021-03-23)
    82. Osprey (2021-03-23)
    84. Little Grebe (2021-03-23)
    85. Common Coot (2021-03-23)
    86. Great Crested Grebe (2021-03-23)
    87. Common Chiffchaff (2021-03-23)
    88. Black-headed Gull (2021-03-24)
    89. Siberian Stonechat (2021-03-24)
    90. Turkestan Shrike (2021-03-24)
    91. Laughing Dove (2021-04-03)
    92. Barn Swallow (2021-04-17)
    93. Common Kingfisher (2021-04-17)
    94. Grey Wagtail (2021-04-17)
    95. Little Ringed Plover (2021-04-17)
    96. Common Sandpiper (2021-04-17)
    97. Lesser Whitethroat (2021-05-03)
    98. Common Tern (2021-05-04)
    99. Common Swift (2021-05-04)
    100. Bluethroat (2021-05-04)
    101. Paddyfield Warbler (2021-05-04)
    102. Blyth's Reed Warbler (2021-05-04)
    103. Eurasian Hobby (2021-05-05)
    104. Eurasian Roller (2021-05-08)
    105. Spotted Flycatcher (2021-05-08)
    106. Blue Whistling Thrush (2021-05-08)
    107. Shikra (2021-05-08)
    108. Indian Golden Oriole (2021-05-08)
    109. Booted Eagle (2021-05-08)
    110. Oriental Turtle Dove (2021-05-15)
    111. Common Cuckoo (2021-05-16)
    112. Black-Necked Grebe (2021-05-16)
    113. European Bee-eater (2021-05-16)
    114. Common Moorhen (2021-05-16)
    115. Black Tern (2021-05-16)
    116. Lesser Grey Shrike (2021-05-22)
    117. Common Rosefinch (2021-05-22)
    118. Clamorous Reed Warbler (2021-05-22)
    119. Black-crowned Night Heron (2021-05-22)
    120. Black Kite (2021-05-23)
    121. Common Whitethroat (2021-05-23)
    122. Little Bittern (2021-05-29)
    123. Ferruginous Duck (2021-05-29)
    124. Himalayan Vulture (2021-05-30)
    125. Blue-capped Redstart (2021-05-30)
    126. Hume's Warbler (2021-05-30)
    127. Western Grasshopper Warbler (2021-05-30)
    128. Coal Tit (2021-05-30)
    129. Carrion Crow (2021-05-30)
    130. Azure Tit (2021-06-05)
    131. Long-eared Owl (2021-06-05)
    132. Greenish Warbler (2021-06-06)
    133. Rock Pigeon (2021-06-07)
    134. Northern House Martin (2021-06-09)
    135. Eurasian Scops-Owl (2021-06-24)
    136. Spotted Nutcracker (2021-07-18)
    137. Common Buzzard (2021-07-18)
    138. Long-tailed Shrike (2021-07-31)
    139. Rosy Starling (2021-08-07)
    140. Red-backed Shrike (2021-08-29)
    142. Northern Wren (2021-08-30)
    143. Common Sparrowhawk (2021-09-18)
    144. Great Spotted Woodpecker (2021-09-30)
    145. Hooded Crow (2021-10-24)
    146. Eastern Buzzard (2021-11-21)
    147. Goldcrest (2021-12-18)

    recent uploads

    2021-12-28. Mallard, Grey-headed Goldfinch, Grey-headed Goldfinch, Common Chaffinch, Great White Egret, Mallard, Grey-headed Goldfinch, Eurasian Jackdaw, Green Sandpiper, Little Grebe, Goldcrest, Great White Egret, Eastern Buzzard, Common Oystercatcher, Common Redshank, Sand Martin, Northern Lapwing, Pallas's Gull, Relict Gull.

    2021-12-23. Rook, Great Tit, Eurasian Siskin, Rook, Common Kestrel, Red-fronted Serin, Carrion Crow, Black-throated Accentor, Coal Tit.

    2021-12-15. Mallard, Mallard, Red-fronted Serin, Brambling, European Greenfinch.

    2021-12-09. Eurasian Dipper, Brown Dipper.

    2021-11-30. Mallard, Mallard, Rock Pigeon, Brambling, Eastern Buzzard, Eurasian Magpie, Common Pheasant.

    2021-11-29. Grey Heron, Eurasian Collared Dove.

    2021-10-29. Eurasian Blackbird, Eurasian Blackbird, Common Chiffchaff, Eurasian Blackbird, Laughing Dove, Common Chaffinch.

    2021-10-24. Great White Egret, Laughing Dove, Hooded Crow, Common Chiffchaff, Masked Wagtail.

    2021-10-22. Common Chaffinch, Common Pheasant, Black-throated Accentor, Eurasian Blackbird, Brambling, Mistle Thrush.

    2021-10-21. Wood Pigeon, Wood Pigeon, Wood Pigeon, Long-legged Buzzard, Eurasian Jackdaw, Rook.

    2021-10-07. Eurasian Collared Dove, Common Mynah, Eurasian Blackbird.

    2021-10-03. Great Spotted Woodpecker, Laughing Dove, Common Mynah, Laughing Dove, Great Spotted Woodpecker.

    2021-09-30. Laughing Dove, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Eurasian Magpie.

    2021-09-29. Rook, Eurasian Jackdaw, White Wagtail.

    2021-09-27. White Wagtail, Laughing Dove, Common Kingfisher, Common Starling, Bluethroat, House Sparrow, Long-legged Buzzard, Green Sandpiper.

    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
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    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

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    Bassel Abi Jummaa: Blyth's reed warbler ( Acrocephalus Dometurum )
    more unidentified birds...