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    map of photoshootings

    total species: 138
    total photos: 906
    total videos: 0
    total blogposts: 0

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    1. Common Treecreeper (2022-02-05)
    2. Hooded Crow (2022-02-05)
    3. Mistle Thrush (2022-02-05)
    4. Common Chaffinch (2022-02-05)
    5. Rook (2022-02-05)
    6. Brambling (2022-02-05)
    7. Eastern Buzzard (2022-02-05)
    8. Great Spotted Woodpecker (2022-02-05)
    9. Azure Tit (2022-02-06)
    10. Goldcrest (2022-02-06)
    11. Cinereous Vulture (2022-02-06)
    13. Golden Eagle (2022-02-06)
    14. White-winged Grosbeak (2022-02-06)
    15. Eurasian Collared Dove (2022-02-13)
    16. Eurasian Blackbird (2022-02-13)
    17. Great Tit (2022-02-17)
    18. Rock Pigeon (2022-02-17)
    19. Eurasian Siskin (2022-02-19)
    20. Red-fronted Serin (2022-02-19)
    21. Coal Tit (2022-02-20)
    22. Common Kestrel (2022-02-20)
    23. White-browed Tit-Warbler (2022-02-22)
    24. Mallard (2022-02-22)
    25. Common Raven (2022-02-27)
    26. Carrion Crow (2022-02-28)
    27. Long-tailed Tit (2022-02-28)
    28. Brown Dipper (2022-03-07)
    29. Black-headed Gull (2022-03-12)
    30. Green Sandpiper (2022-03-20)
    31. Wallcreeper (2022-03-20)
    32. Masked Wagtail (2022-03-20)
    33. House Sparrow (2022-03-20)
    34. Water Pipit (2022-03-20)
    35. Wood Pigeon (2022-03-21)
    36. Turkestan Tit (2022-03-21)
    37. Common Pheasant (2022-03-21)
    38. Common Swift (2022-03-21)
    39. Eversmann's Redstart (2022-03-22)
    40. Black-throated Thrush (2022-03-22)
    41. Laughing Dove (2022-03-22)
    42. Eurasian Jackdaw (2022-03-25)
    43. Demoiselle Crane (2022-03-25)
    44. White-Winged Woodpecker (2022-03-25)
    45. Citrine Wagtail (2022-03-25)
    46. Common Coot (2022-03-25)
    47. White Wagtail (2022-03-25)
    48. Common Mynah (2022-03-25)
    49. Grey Wagtail (2022-03-30)
    50. Alpine Swift (2022-03-30)
    51. European Greenfinch (2022-03-30)
    52. Blue-capped Redstart (2022-04-02)
    53. Western Marsh-Harrier (2022-04-02)
    54. Isabelline Shrike (2022-04-02)
    55. Great Crested Grebe (2022-04-02)
    56. Garganey (2022-04-02)
    57. Common Chiffchaff (2022-04-02)
    58. Black-Necked Grebe (2022-04-02)
    59. Grey-headed Goldfinch (2022-04-02)
    60. Northern Reed Bunting (2022-04-03)
    61. Little Ringed Plover (2022-04-03)
    62. Common Oystercatcher (2022-04-03)
    63. Caspian Gull (2022-04-03)
    64. Great Cormorant (2022-04-03)
    65. Common Moorhen (2022-04-03)
    66. Bluethroat (2022-04-03)
    67. Common Snipe (2022-04-03)
    68. Tree Sparrow (2022-04-03)
    69. Blue Whistling Thrush (2022-04-08)
    70. Turkestan Shrike (2022-04-08)
    71. Siberian Stonechat (2022-04-08)
    72. Black-winged Stilt (2022-04-16)
    74. Common Tern (2022-04-16)
    75. Common Sandpiper (2022-04-25)
    76. Barn Swallow (2022-04-25)
    77. Common Kingfisher (2022-04-25)
    78. Common Sparrowhawk (2022-04-25)
    79. Paddyfield Warbler (2022-04-25)
    80. Tree Pipit (2022-05-01)
    81. Long-eared Owl (2022-05-01)
    82. Black Kite (2022-05-02)
    83. Indian Sparrow (2022-05-02)
    84. Little Grebe (2022-05-02)
    85. Black Tern (2022-05-02)
    86. Common Cuckoo (2022-05-02)
    87. Little Bittern (2022-05-02)
    88. Great Reed Warbler (2022-05-02)
    89. Spotted Flycatcher (2022-05-07)
    90. Shikra (2022-05-07)
    91. Long-tailed Shrike (2022-05-07)
    92. Common Whitethroat (2022-05-07)
    93. Lesser Whitethroat (2022-05-07)
    94. Eurasian Roller (2022-05-07)
    95. Booted Eagle (2022-05-07)
    96. Long-legged Buzzard (2022-05-07)
    97. Chukar Partridge (2022-05-07)
    98. Common Starling (2022-05-07)
    99. Isabelline Wheatear (2022-05-07)
    100. Lesser Grey Shrike (2022-05-07)
    101. Northern Wheatear (2022-05-07)
    102. Pied Wheatear (2022-05-07)
    103. Ortolan Bunting (2022-05-07)
    104. Rufous-tailed Rock Thrush (2022-05-07)
    105. European Bee-eater (2022-05-07)
    106. Grey-necked Bunting (2022-05-07)
    107. Oriental Turtle Dove (2022-05-15)
    108. Common Nightingale (2022-06-01)
    109. Northern House Martin (2022-07-15)
    110. Hume's Warbler (2022-07-24)
    111. Greenish Warbler (2022-08-06)
    112. Eurasian Hobby (2022-08-06)
    113. Blyth's Reed Warbler (2022-08-06)
    114. Spotted Nutcracker (2022-08-07)
    115. Common Rosefinch (2022-08-07)
    116. Northern Wren (2022-08-07)
    117. Crested Honey-Buzzard (2022-08-11)
    118. Black-throated Accentor (2022-08-13)
    119. Upland Buzzard (2022-08-13)
    120. Red-mantled Rosefinch (2022-08-13)
    121. Ibisbill (2022-08-13)
    122. Grey Heron (2022-08-20)
    123. Great White Egret (2022-08-20)
    124. Black-crowned Night Heron (2022-08-20)
    125. Common Buzzard (2022-08-28)
    126. Sulphur-bellied Warbler (2022-08-28)
    127. Songar Tit (2022-08-30)
    128. Yellow-billed Chough (2022-08-30)
    129. Black Redstart (2022-08-30)
    130. Guldenstadt's Redstart (2022-08-30)
    131. Red-billed Chough (2022-08-30)
    132. Rock Bunting (2022-09-24)
    133. Lammergeier (2022-09-25)
    134. Alpine Accentor (2022-12-03)
    135. Plain Mountain Finch (2022-12-03)
    136. Great Grey Shrike (2022-12-03)
    137. Red-crested Pochard (2022-12-30)
    138. Crested Lark (2022-12-30)

    recent uploads

    2022-12-30. Wallcreeper, Water Pipit, Common Starling, Masked Wagtail, Red-crested Pochard, Green Sandpiper, Great White Egret, Crested Lark, Grey Heron, Great White Egret, Black-headed Gull, Water Pipit, Great White Egret, Black-headed Gull, Black-headed Gull.

    2022-12-14. Eversmann's Redstart, Red-mantled Rosefinch, Azure Tit, Black-throated Accentor, Red-mantled Rosefinch, Lammergeier, Golden Eagle, Black-throated Accentor, Alpine Accentor, Chukar Partridge, Alpine Accentor, Mistle Thrush, Plain Mountain Finch, Plain Mountain Finch, Red-fronted Serin, Common Kestrel, Eversmann's Redstart, Red-billed Chough, Red-billed Chough, Spotted Nutcracker, Spotted Nutcracker, White-browed Tit-Warbler, White-winged Grosbeak, Great Grey Shrike.

    2022-12-06. Great White Egret, Eastern Buzzard.

    2022-11-20. Mistle Thrush, Blue Whistling Thrush, Eurasian Siskin, Red-fronted Serin, White-browed Tit-Warbler.

    2022-10-20. Lesser Whitethroat, Wood Pigeon, Long-tailed Tit, Long-tailed Tit, Black-throated Accentor, Common Sparrowhawk, Blue-capped Redstart.

    2022-10-05. Black-throated Thrush, Common Pheasant.

    2022-09-29. Blue-capped Redstart, Lammergeier, Guldenstadt's Redstart.

    2022-09-28. Rock Pigeon, Mallard, Coal Tit, Common Sparrowhawk, Yellow-billed Chough, Wood Pigeon, Rock Bunting, Rock Bunting.

    2022-09-09. Steppe Buzzard.

    2022-09-08. Common Kestrel, Water Pipit, Water Pipit, White-browed Tit-Warbler, Siberian Stonechat, Common Kestrel, Siberian Stonechat, Common Kestrel, Long-legged Buzzard, Oriental Turtle Dove.

    2022-09-07. Siberian Stonechat, Black Redstart, Yellow-billed Chough, Guldenstadt's Redstart, Yellow-billed Chough, Red-billed Chough.

    2022-09-06. Yellow-billed Chough, Siberian Stonechat, Yellow-billed Chough, Grey Wagtail, Common Kestrel.

    2022-09-05. Siberian Stonechat, Siberian Stonechat, Spotted Nutcracker, Sulphur-bellied Warbler, Eurasian Hobby, Blue Whistling Thrush, Eurasian Hobby, Coal Tit, Hume's Warbler, Mistle Thrush, Songar Tit.

    2022-09-02. Blue Whistling Thrush, Common Buzzard, Booted Eagle, Common Kestrel, Siberian Stonechat, Northern Wren.

    2022-09-01. Grey Heron, Great White Egret, Long-tailed Shrike, Grey Heron, Mallard, Western Marsh-Harrier, Common Moorhen, Great White Egret, Grey Heron, Long-tailed Shrike, Grey-headed Goldfinch, European Bee-eater, Common Rosefinch, European Bee-eater, Grey-headed Goldfinch, Black-crowned Night Heron, Grey-necked 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
    (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...