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total species: 24
total photos: 73
total videos: 0
total blogposts: 0

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1. Eurasian Blackbird (2018-01-13)
2. Hawfinch (2018-01-13)
3. Baikal Bullfinch (2018-01-13)
4. Northern Bullfinch (2018-01-13)
5. Bohemian Waxwing (2018-01-13)
6. Eurasian Nuthatch (2018-01-13)
7. Redwing (2018-01-13)
8. Eurasian Dipper (2018-01-18)
9. Great Spotted Woodpecker (2018-01-19)
10. White-tailed Sea-Eagle (2018-01-20)
11. Eurasian Siskin (2018-01-20)
12. Common Redpoll (2018-01-20)
13. Goosander (2018-01-20)
14. Mallard (2018-01-20)
15. Brambling (2018-01-31)
16. Common Goldeneye (2018-04-12)
17. Citrine Wagtail (2018-04-12)
18. Black-headed Gull (2018-04-12)
19. Tree Pipit (2018-04-21)
20. Common Chaffinch (2018-04-24)
21. Fieldfare (2018-04-24)
22. Spotted Flycatcher (2018-05-13)
23. Lesser Whitethroat (2018-05-15)
24. Common Rosefinch (2018-05-15)

recent uploads


2018-05-16. Common Chaffinch.

2018-05-15. Lesser Whitethroat, Lesser Whitethroat, Spotted Flycatcher, Common Rosefinch, Common Chaffinch.

2018-04-24. Common Chaffinch, Fieldfare.

2018-04-23. Tree Pipit.

2018-04-18. Common Redpoll, Eurasian Siskin, Eurasian Blackbird, Goosander, Common Goldeneye, Citrine Wagtail, Black-headed Gull.

2018-02-06. Northern Bullfinch, Brambling.

2018-01-24. Goosander, Mallard.

2018-01-22. White-tailed Sea-Eagle, Eurasian Siskin, Common Redpoll, Northern Bullfinch.

2018-01-19. Great Spotted Woodpecker.

2018-01-18. Eurasian Dipper.

2018-01-15. Baikal Bullfinch, Northern Bullfinch, Bohemian Waxwing, Eurasian Nuthatch.

2018-01-14. Redwing, Eurasian Blackbird, Hawfinch.

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...