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    total species: 203
    total photos: 270
    total videos: 0
    total blogposts: 1

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    1. Yellowhammer (2014-01-01)
    2. Great Grey Shrike (2014-01-01)
    3. White-Backed Woodpecker (2014-01-05)
    4. Bohemian Waxwing (2014-01-05)
    5. Long-tailed Rosefinch (2014-01-05)
    6. Eurasian Goldfinch (2014-01-05)
    8. Great Spotted Woodpecker (2014-01-06)
    9. Fieldfare (2014-01-06)
    10. Northern Bullfinch (2014-01-06)
    11. Common Treecreeper (2014-01-10)
    12. Great Tit (2014-01-10)
    13. Eurasian Nuthatch (2014-01-11)
    14. Red Crossbill (2014-01-15)
    15. Eurasian Magpie (2014-01-15)
    16. Eurasian Siskin (2014-01-15)
    17. Rock Pigeon (2014-01-15)
    18. House Sparrow (2014-01-16)
    19. Common Raven (2014-01-16)
    20. Hooded Crow (2014-01-16)
    21. Mistle Thrush (2014-01-19)
    22. Tree Sparrow (2014-01-19)
    23. Eurasian Jackdaw (2014-02-06)
    24. Common Redpoll (2014-02-07)
    25. Coal Tit (2014-03-01)
    26. Rook (2014-03-06)
    27. Smew (2014-04-02)
    28. Common Oystercatcher (2014-04-02)
    29. Whooper Swan (2014-04-04)
    30. Common Chaffinch (2014-04-05)
    31. White Wagtail (2014-04-11)
    32. European Greenfinch (2014-04-11)
    33. Common Starling (2014-04-12)
    34. Wood Pigeon (2014-04-13)
    35. Azure Tit (2014-04-13)
    36. Pallid Harrier (2014-04-13)
    37. Baraba Steppe Gull (2014-04-13)
    38. Common Coot (2014-04-19)
    39. Northern Lapwing (2014-04-20)
    40. Common Chiffchaff (2014-04-25)
    41. Black-tailed Godwit (2014-04-28)
    42. Marsh Sandpiper (2014-04-28)
    43. Common Redshank (2014-04-28)
    44. Red-Necked Grebe (2014-04-30)
    45. Horned Lark (2014-04-30)
    46. Mallard (2014-05-01)
    47. Pallas's Gull (2014-05-01)
    48. Gadwall (2014-05-01)
    49. Great Crested Grebe (2014-05-01)
    50. White-tailed Sea-Eagle (2014-05-01)
    51. Dalmatian Pelican (2014-05-01)
    52. Black-winged Stilt (2014-05-01)
    53. Yellow Wagtail (2014-05-01)
    54. Northern Pintail (2014-05-01)
    55. Slavonian Grebe (2014-05-01)
    56. Mew Gull (2014-05-01)
    58. Common Kestrel (2014-05-01)
    59. Caspian Gull (2014-05-01)
    60. Common Crane (2014-05-01)
    61. Common Pochard (2014-05-01)
    62. Grey Heron (2014-05-01)
    63. Little Ringed Plover (2014-05-01)
    64. Tree Pipit (2014-05-01)
    65. Bluethroat (2014-05-01)
    66. Northern Shoveler (2014-05-01)
    67. Eurasian Bittern (2014-05-02)
    68. Red-breasted Goose (2014-05-02)
    69. Eurasian Whimbrel (2014-05-02)
    70. Eurasian Redstart (2014-05-05)
    71. Black Kite (2014-05-06)
    72. Common Sandpiper (2014-05-06)
    73. Northern Wheatear (2014-05-06)
    74. Garganey (2014-05-06)
    75. Mute Swan (2014-05-06)
    76. Lesser Whitethroat (2014-05-07)
    78. Ruff (2014-05-08)
    79. Short-eared Owl (2014-05-08)
    80. Tufted Duck (2014-05-08)
    81. Black-Necked Grebe (2014-05-08)
    82. Eurasian Wryneck (2014-05-10)
    83. Common Whitethroat (2014-05-12)
    84. Hawfinch (2014-05-13)
    85. White-winged Tern (2014-05-17)
    86. Great White Egret (2014-05-17)
    87. Black-headed Gull (2014-05-17)
    88. Greylag Goose (2014-05-17)
    89. Spotted Flycatcher (2014-05-17)
    90. Oriental Turtle Dove (2014-05-17)
    91. Common Tern (2014-05-18)
    92. Common Cuckoo (2014-05-18)
    93. Wood Sandpiper (2014-05-24)
    94. Barn Swallow (2014-05-29)
    95. Common Rosefinch (2014-05-30)
    96. Temminck's Stint (2014-05-30)
    97. Sedge Warbler (2014-05-31)
    98. Sand Martin (2014-06-01)
    99. Blyth's Reed Warbler (2014-06-01)
    100. European Golden Oriole (2014-06-01)
    101. Pine Bunting (2014-06-04)
    102. Red-crested Pochard (2014-06-05)
    103. Thrush Nightingale (2014-06-05)
    104. Eurasian Hobby (2014-06-09)
    105. Tawny Pipit (2014-06-09)
    106. Pied Wheatear (2014-06-09)
    107. Black-Bellied Sandgrouse (2014-06-10)
    108. Desert Finch (2014-06-10)
    109. Demoiselle Crane (2014-06-10)
    110. Little Bustard (2014-06-10)
    111. Indian Sparrow (2014-06-10)
    112. White-winged Lark (2014-06-10)
    113. Sky Lark (2014-06-10)
    114. Greater Short-toed Lark (2014-06-10)
    115. Isabelline Wheatear (2014-06-10)
    116. Pin-Tailed Sandgrouse (2014-06-11)
    117. Pallas's Sandgrouse (2014-06-11)
    118. Kentish Plover (2014-06-11)
    119. Turkestan Shrike (2014-06-11)
    120. Blue-cheeked Bee-eater (2014-06-11)
    121. Spanish Sparrow (2014-06-11)
    122. Rufous Bush Robin (2014-06-11)
    123. Eastern Imperial Eagle (2014-06-11)
    124. Rosy Starling (2014-06-11)
    125. Black-headed Wagtail (2014-06-11)
    126. Montagu's Harrier (2014-06-11)
    127. Caspian Plover (2014-06-12)
    128. Syke's Warbler (2014-06-12)
    129. Long-legged Buzzard (2014-06-12)
    130. Red-headed Bunting (2014-06-13)
    131. Hoopoe (2014-06-13)
    132. Desert Wheatear (2014-06-13)
    133. Asian Desert Warbler (2014-06-13)
    134. Ruddy Shelduck (2014-06-13)
    135. Clamorous Reed Warbler (2014-06-15)
    136. Eurasian Reed Warbler (2014-06-15)
    137. Steppe Grey Shrike (2014-06-15)
    138. Calandra Lark (2014-06-16)
    139. Bimaculated Lark (2014-06-16)
    140. Steppe Eagle (2014-06-16)
    141. European Nightjar (2014-06-17)
    142. Black Lark (2014-06-19)
    143. Lesser Short-toed Lark (2014-06-19)
    144. Pied Avocet (2014-06-21)
    145. Masked Wagtail (2014-06-21)
    146. Common Shelduck (2014-06-21)
    147. Macqueen's Bustard (2014-06-23)
    148. Griffon Vulture (2014-06-23)
    149. Citrine Wagtail (2014-07-02)
    150. Siberian Stonechat (2014-07-02)
    151. Paddyfield Warbler (2014-07-02)
    152. Common Buzzard (2014-07-09)
    153. Northern Reed Bunting (2014-07-10)
    154. Little Stint (2014-07-10)
    155. Great Reed Warbler (2014-07-10)
    156. Red-necked Phalarope (2014-07-22)
    157. Little Gull (2014-07-22)
    158. Spotted Redshank (2014-07-22)
    159. Lesser Grey Shrike (2014-07-22)
    160. Common Swift (2014-07-23)
    161. Great Cormorant (2014-07-25)
    162. Black-winged Pratincole (2014-07-25)
    163. Red-footed Falcon (2014-07-25)
    164. Common Sparrowhawk (2014-07-31)
    165. Dunlin (2014-08-01)
    166. Ruddy Turnstone (2014-08-01)
    167. Green Sandpiper (2014-08-01)
    168. Willow Tit (2014-08-11)
    169. Eurasian Curlew (2014-08-22)
    170. Curlew Sandpiper (2014-08-22)
    171. Eurasian Wigeon (2014-08-22)
    172. Grey Wagtail (2014-08-27)
    173. Eurasian Roller (2014-09-05)
    174. Blue Whistling Thrush (2014-09-06)
    175. Grey Partridge (2014-09-06)
    176. Brown Dipper (2014-09-06)
    177. Ortolan Bunting (2014-09-06)
    178. Pale Sand Martin (2014-09-06)
    179. Booted Eagle (2014-09-07)
    180. Eurasian Spoonbill (2014-09-07)
    181. Indian Golden Oriole (2014-09-07)
    182. Carrion Crow (2014-09-07)
    183. Laughing Dove (2014-09-08)
    184. Common Mynah (2014-09-08)
    185. European Bee-eater (2014-09-08)
    186. Yellow-breasted Tit (2014-09-09)
    187. Black-throated Thrush (2014-09-09)
    188. Eurasian Collared Dove (2014-09-10)
    189. Cinereous Vulture (2014-09-10)
    190. Crested Lark (2014-09-10)
    191. European Robin (2014-09-28)
    192. Eurasian Blackbird (2014-09-28)
    193. Song Thrush (2014-09-28)
    194. Eurasian Golden Plover (2014-09-28)
    195. Red-breasted Flycatcher (2014-09-28)
    196. Saker Falcon (2014-10-01)
    197. Hen Harrier (2014-10-02)
    198. Brambling (2014-10-04)
    199. White-headed Duck (2014-10-06)
    200. Bearded Tit (2014-10-07)
    201. Long-tailed Tit (2014-10-22)
    202. Grey-Headed Woodpecker (2014-11-08)
    203. Pine Grosbeak (2014-11-08)

    recent uploads

    2014-12-15. Pine Grosbeak.

    2014-11-10. Pine Grosbeak.

    2014-11-08. Grey-Headed Woodpecker.

    2014-10-30. Coal Tit.

    2014-10-28. European Robin.

    2014-10-22. Long-tailed Tit, Eurasian Nuthatch.

    2014-10-20. Red-breasted Flycatcher.

    2014-10-16. Saker Falcon, Eurasian Golden Plover, Hen Harrier.

    2014-10-12. Bearded Tit, Brambling, White-headed Duck.

    2014-10-11. Eurasian Blackbird, Common Starling, Song Thrush, Northern Reed Bunting.

    2014-09-28. European Robin.

    2014-09-13. Eurasian Collared Dove, Laughing Dove, Masked Wagtail, Common Mynah, Booted Eagle, Little Stint, Eurasian Spoonbill, Indian Golden Oriole, Blue Whistling Thrush, Carrion Crow, Cinereous Vulture, Eurasian Roller, Grey Partridge, Yellow-breasted Tit, Brown Dipper, European Bee-eater, Ortolan Bunting, Pale Sand Martin, Black-throated Thrush, Crested Lark, Common Chiffchaff.

    2014-09-01. Blyth's Reed Warbler, Common Chiffchaff.

    2014-08-27. Grey Wagtail.

    2014-08-24. Spotted Redshank, Pallas's Gull, Eurasian Curlew, Curlew Sandpiper, Eurasian Wigeon.

    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...