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    total species: 35
    total photos: 188
    total videos: 0
    total blogposts: 0

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    1. Northern Bullfinch (2015-01-01)
    2. Eurasian Blackbird (2015-01-01)
    3. Fieldfare (2015-01-01)
    4. Goosander (2015-01-01)
    6. Eurasian Dipper (2015-01-01)
    7. Bohemian Waxwing (2015-01-01)
    8. Azure Tit (2015-01-01)
    9. Great Tit (2015-01-04)
    10. Mallard (2015-01-04)
    11. Great Spotted Woodpecker (2015-01-04)
    12. Goldcrest (2015-02-07)
    14. Eurasian Jay (2015-02-08)
    15. Long-tailed Tit (2015-02-08)
    16. Willow Tit (2015-02-08)
    17. Black-throated Thrush (2015-02-14)
    18. Baikal Bullfinch (2015-02-14)
    19. Common Goldeneye (2015-02-20)
    20. Long-tailed Rosefinch (2015-02-21)
    21. Grey-Headed Woodpecker (2015-02-21)
    22. Grey-headed Goldfinch (2015-02-21)
    23. Black-tailed Godwit (2015-04-03)
    24. Great White Egret (2015-04-03)
    25. Mew Gull (2015-04-03)
    26. Common Chaffinch (2015-04-03)
    27. Black Kite (2015-04-11)
    28. Great Cormorant (2015-04-11)
    29. Eurasian Nuthatch (2015-04-11)
    30. White-Backed Woodpecker (2015-04-18)
    31. Common Starling (2015-04-18)
    32. Eurasian Jackdaw (2015-04-25)
    33. Northern Wheatear (2015-04-25)
    34. Yellowhammer (2015-04-25)
    35. Common Kestrel (2015-04-25)

    recent uploads

    2015-05-08. Hybrid Bunting, Hybrid Bunting.

    2015-04-27. Eurasian Jackdaw, Northern Wheatear, Yellowhammer, Common Kestrel.

    2015-04-22. Azure Tit, White-Backed Woodpecker, Siberian Common Starling, Fieldfare.

    2015-04-16. Great Cormorant, Mallard.

    2015-04-15. Black-eared Kite, Eurasian Nuthatch, Great Spotted Woodpecker.

    2015-04-06. Mew Gull, Great White Egret, Black-tailed Godwit.

    2015-04-03. Azure Tit, Common Chaffinch, Hybrid Wagtail.

    2015-03-27. Bohemian Waxwing.

    2015-02-23. Long-tailed Rosefinch, Grey-Headed Woodpecker, Grey-headed Goldfinch.

    2015-02-20. Common Goldeneye.

    2015-02-16. Great Spotted Woodpecker, Eurasian Dipper, Fieldfare, Bohemian Waxwing, Baikal Bullfinch, Black-throated Thrush.

    2015-02-10. Eurasian Three-Toed Woodpecker, Eurasian Jay, Long-tailed Tit, Willow Tit, Goldcrest.

    2015-02-03. Northern Bullfinch, Bohemian Waxwing.

    2015-01-14. Great Tit, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Mallard.

    2015-01-13. Mallard, Fieldfare, Bohemian Waxwing.

    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
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    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...