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total species: 93
total photos: 191
total videos: 0
total blogposts: 14

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1. Red-fronted Serin (2015-01-21)
2. Eurasian Siskin (2015-01-21)
3. Eurasian Goldfinch (2015-01-24)
4. Mistle Thrush (2015-01-30)
5. Mallard (2015-01-30)
6. Common Sparrowhawk (2015-03-04)
7. Common Chaffinch (2015-04-03)
8. Masked Wagtail (2015-04-03)
9. Turkestan Shrike (2015-04-04)
10. Pied Wheatear (2015-04-04)
11. Siberian Stonechat (2015-04-04)
12. Little Ringed Plover (2015-04-04)
13. Hoopoe (2015-04-04)
14. Isabelline Shrike (2015-04-04)
15. Water Pipit (2015-04-04)
16. Greater Short-toed Lark (2015-04-04)
17. Kentish Plover (2015-04-04)
18. Eurasian Curlew (2015-04-04)
19. Black Redstart (2015-04-04)
20. Common Kestrel (2015-04-04)
21. Yellow Wagtail (2015-04-04)
22. Barn Swallow (2015-04-11)
23. Bluethroat (2015-04-11)
24. Citrine Wagtail (2015-04-11)
25. Glossy Ibis (2015-04-11)
26. Black-headed Wagtail (2015-04-12)
27. Osprey (2015-04-12)
28. Ruff (2015-04-12)
29. Northern House Martin (2015-05-03)
30. White-headed Duck (2015-05-03)
31. Black-headed Gull (2015-05-03)
32. Eurasian Jackdaw (2015-05-03)
33. Calandra Lark (2015-05-03)
34. Grey-necked Bunting (2015-05-03)
35. Common Chiffchaff (2015-05-03)
36. Common Kingfisher (2015-05-03)
37. Great Cormorant (2015-05-03)
38. Great White Pelican (2015-05-03)
39. Dalmatian Pelican (2015-05-03)
40. Common Sandpiper (2015-05-03)
41. Black-winged Stilt (2015-05-03)
42. Eurasian Roller (2015-05-03)
43. Common Oystercatcher (2015-05-03)
44. Common Starling (2015-05-03)
45. Common Shelduck (2015-05-03)
46. Common Redshank (2015-05-03)
47. Eurasian Whimbrel (2015-05-03)
48. Garganey (2015-05-03)
49. Oriental Turtle Dove (2015-05-03)
50. Great White Egret (2015-05-03)
51. White Wagtail (2015-05-03)
52. Grey Heron (2015-05-03)
53. Great Crested Grebe (2015-05-03)
54. Rufous-tailed Rock Thrush (2015-05-03)
55. Black Kite (2015-05-03)
56. Grey-headed Goldfinch (2015-05-04)
57. Wood Pigeon (2015-05-05)
58. Long-eared Owl (2015-05-05)
59. Eurasian Collared Dove (2015-05-08)
60. Common Pheasant (2015-05-08)
61. Temminck's Stint (2015-05-16)
62. Azure Tit (2015-05-16)
63. Black-crowned Night Heron (2015-05-16)
64. Blyth's Reed Warbler (2015-05-16)
65. Common Tern (2015-05-16)
66. Little Tern (2015-05-16)
67. Black Tern (2015-05-16)
68. Pallas's Sea-Eagle (2015-05-16)
69. Whooper Swan (2015-05-16)
70. Indian Sparrow (2015-05-16)
71. Ruddy Shelduck (2015-05-16)
72. Common Teal (2015-05-16)
73. Little Stint (2015-05-16)
74. Pied Avocet (2015-05-16)
75. European Nightjar (2015-05-17)
77. Blue Whistling Thrush (2015-06-02)
78. Black-throated Accentor (2015-06-02)
79. Songar Tit (2015-06-02)
80. Coal Tit (2015-06-02)
81. Tree Pipit (2015-06-02)
82. Plain Mountain Finch (2015-06-02)
83. Himalayan Rubythroat (2015-06-02)
84. Lammergeier (2015-06-02)
85. Blue-capped Redstart (2015-06-02)
86. Brown Dipper (2015-06-02)
87. Eurasian Dipper (2015-06-02)
88. Sulphur-bellied Warbler (2015-06-13)
89. Northern Wren (2015-06-13)
90. Golden Eagle (2015-06-13)
91. Himalayan Snowcock (2015-06-13)
92. Eurasian Magpie (2015-06-16)
93. Booted Eagle (2015-06-20)

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2015-06-22. Eurasian Magpie, Blue Whistling Thrush, Booted Eagle, Sulphur-bellied Warbler.

2015-06-15. Blue Whistling Thrush, Sulphur-bellied Warbler, Northern Wren, Himalayan Golden Eagle, Himalayan Snowcock, Eurasian Three-Toed Woodpecker, Blue Whistling Thrush, Black-throated Accentor, Songar Tit, Coal Tit, Tree Pipit, Plain Mountain Finch, Himalayan Rubythroat, Himalayan Lammergeier, Blue-capped Redstart, Brown Dipper, White-bellied Dipper, Mistle Thrush.

2015-06-01. Common Sparrowhawk.

2015-05-30. European Nightjar, Common Kestrel, Long-eared Owl, Temminck's Stint, Azure Tit, Black-crowned Night Heron, Great White Pelican, Blyth's Reed Warbler, Common Tern, Little Tern, Black Tern, Pallas's Sea-Eagle, Whooper Swan, Grey-necked Bunting, Black-backed Citrine Wagtail, Turkestan Shrike, Common Oystercatcher, Indian Sparrow, Black-winged Stilt, Ruddy Shelduck, Common Teal, Little Ringed Plover, Little Stint, Pied Avocet.

2015-05-10. Eurasian Collared Dove, Eurasian Collared Dove, Common Pheasant, Wood Pigeon.

2015-05-07. Turkestan Shrike, Pied Wheatear, Siberian Stonechat, Little Ringed Plover, Hoopoe, Daurian Shrike, Water Pipit, Steppe Greater Short-toed Lark, Steppe Greater Short-toed Lark, Kentish Plover, Eurasian Curlew, Turkestan Black Redstart, Common Kestrel, Grey-headed Wagtail, Barn Swallow, Bluethroat, Citrine Wagtail, Black-headed Wagtail, Hoopoe, Glossy Ibis, Turkestan Shrike, Osprey, Ruff, Pied Wheatear.

2015-05-06. Calandra Lark, Grey-necked Bunting, Common Chiffchaff, Common Kingfisher, Great Cormorant, Great White Pelican, Dalmatian Pelican, Common Sandpiper, Black-winged Stilt, Eurasian Roller, Black-winged Stilt, Little Ringed Plover, Common Oystercatcher, Common Starling, Common Shelduck, Common Redshank, Eurasian Whimbrel, Garganey, Oriental Turtle Dove, Great White Egret, White Wagtail, Grey Heron, Great Crested Grebe, Rufous-tailed Rock Thrush, Turkestan Shrike, Black Kite, Wood Pigeon, Long-eared Owl, Grey-headed Goldfinch.

2015-05-05. Barn Swallow, Northern House Martin, White-headed Duck, Black-headed Gull, Eurasian Jackdaw.

2015-04-03. Common Sparrowhawk, Mistle Thrush, Common Chaffinch, Masked Wagtail.

2015-02-14. Red-fronted Serin, Eurasian Siskin, Eurasian Goldfinch, Mistle Thrush, Eurasian Goldfinch, Mallard.

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...