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    total species: 80
    total photos: 221
    total videos: 0
    total blogposts: 0

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    1. Upland Buzzard (2019-01-02)
    2. Golden Eagle (2019-01-02)
    3. Common Raven (2019-01-02)
    4. Rough-legged Buzzard (2019-01-02)
    5. Mistle Thrush (2019-01-02)
    6. Eurasian Collared Dove (2019-01-02)
    7. Eastern Imperial Eagle (2019-01-02)
    8. White-tailed Sea-Eagle (2019-01-02)
    9. Common Pheasant (2019-01-02)
    10. Peregrine Falcon (2019-01-02)
    11. Whooper Swan (2019-01-07)
    12. Mute Swan (2019-01-07)
    13. Long-eared Owl (2019-01-07)
    14. Eastern Buzzard (2019-01-07)
    15. Rock Pigeon (2019-01-07)
    16. Goosander (2019-01-07)
    17. Northern Wren (2019-01-07)
    18. Hooded Crow (2019-01-12)
    19. Common Sparrowhawk (2019-01-12)
    20. Common Kestrel (2019-01-12)
    21. Great White Egret (2019-01-19)
    22. European Greenfinch (2019-01-19)
    23. Long-tailed Rosefinch (2019-01-19)
    24. Corn Bunting (2019-01-19)
    25. Black-throated Thrush (2019-01-19)
    26. Mallard (2019-01-19)
    27. Long-legged Buzzard (2019-01-19)
    28. Black Lark (2019-01-26)
    29. Grey Partridge (2019-01-27)
    30. Northern Goshawk (2019-01-27)
    31. Great Spotted Woodpecker (2019-02-23)
    32. Great Tit (2019-02-23)
    33. Bohemian Waxwing (2019-02-23)
    34. Horned Lark (2019-02-23)
    35. Carrion Crow (2019-03-01)
    36. Caspian Gull (2019-03-02)
    37. Ruddy Shelduck (2019-03-02)
    38. Common Buzzard (2019-03-08)
    39. Black Kite (2019-03-09)
    40. Rock Bunting (2019-03-09)
    41. Yellowhammer (2019-03-09)
    42. Pine Bunting (2019-03-09)
    43. Griffon Vulture (2019-03-16)
    44. Isabelline Wheatear (2019-03-16)
    45. Rock Sparrow (2019-03-16)
    46. Tree Sparrow (2019-03-16)
    47. Cinereous Vulture (2019-03-16)
    48. Pied Wheatear (2019-03-16)
    49. Common Chaffinch (2019-03-23)
    50. Meadow Bunting (2019-03-23)
    51. Grey-necked Bunting (2019-05-05)
    52. Booted Eagle (2019-05-05)
    53. Black Stork (2019-05-05)
    54. Turkestan Shrike (2019-05-06)
    55. Rosy Starling (2019-05-06)
    56. Red-headed Bunting (2019-05-06)
    57. Long-tailed Shrike (2019-05-07)
    58. Common Nightingale (2019-05-25)
    59. Lesser Grey Shrike (2019-05-28)
    60. White-winged Lark (2019-05-28)
    61. Eastern Rock Nuthatch (2019-05-28)
    62. Little Ringed Plover (2019-05-28)
    63. Bimaculated Lark (2019-05-28)
    64. Eurasian Roller (2019-05-28)
    65. Barn Swallow (2019-05-28)
    66. Crested Lark (2019-05-28)
    67. Black-Bellied Sandgrouse (2019-05-28)
    68. Spotted Flycatcher (2019-05-28)
    69. Willow Warbler (2019-05-28)
    70. Northern Lapwing (2019-05-29)
    71. Spanish Sparrow (2019-05-29)
    72. Little Owl (2019-05-29)
    73. Fieldfare (2019-07-10)
    74. White Wagtail (2019-07-10)
    75. Willow Tit (2019-07-10)
    76. Northern Bullfinch (2019-07-10)
    77. Western Marsh-Harrier (2019-07-11)
    78. Pallid Harrier (2019-07-11)
    79. Greater Spotted Eagle (2019-07-11)
    80. Siberian Stonechat (2019-07-11)

    recent uploads

    2019-08-12. Pied Wheatear, Isabelline Wheatear.

    2019-07-13. Western Marsh-Harrier, Pallid Harrier, Greater Spotted Eagle, Fieldfare, Hooded Crow, White Wagtail, Willow Tit, Northern Bullfinch, Common Chaffinch, Siberian Stonechat, Great Spotted Woodpecker.

    2019-06-09. Lesser Grey Shrike, White-winged Lark, Eastern Rock Nuthatch, Little Ringed Plover, Bimaculated Lark, Eurasian Roller, Long-legged Buzzard, Barn Swallow, Crested Lark, Long-legged Buzzard, Black-Bellied Sandgrouse, Cinereous Vulture, Lesser Grey Shrike, Little Ringed Plover, Spotted Flycatcher, Common Kestrel, Willow Warbler, Turkestan Shrike, Spotted Flycatcher, Northern Lapwing, Spanish Sparrow, Little Owl.

    2019-05-26. Grey-necked Bunting, Rosy Starling, Red-headed Bunting, Booted Eagle, Black Stork.

    2019-05-25. Long-tailed Shrike, Turkestan Shrike, Common Nightingale.

    2019-03-23. Common Chaffinch, Meadow Bunting, Northern Goshawk.

    2019-03-20. Eurasian Collared Dove, Ring-necked Pheasant, Caspian Gull, White-tailed Sea-Eagle, Ruddy Shelduck, Eastern Imperial Eagle, Mute Swan, Common Sparrowhawk, Great Tit, Golden Eagle, Griffon Vulture, Common Raven, Isabelline Wheatear, Rock Sparrow, Tree Sparrow, Long-legged Buzzard, Cinereous Vulture, Northern Goshawk.

    2019-03-09. Common Buzzard, Black Kite, Rock Bunting, Yellowhammer, Pine Bunting, Pine Bunting, Common Kestrel, Yellowhammer, Carrion Crow.

    2019-03-08. Peregrine Falcon.

    2019-03-05. Great Spotted Woodpecker, Great Tit, Bohemian Waxwing, Steppe Horned Lark, Black Lark, Grey Partridge.

    2019-02-11. Great White Egret, European Greenfinch, Long-tailed Rosefinch, Corn Bunting, Black-throated Thrush, Mallard, White-tailed Sea-Eagle, Common Kestrel, Common Sparrowhawk, Long-legged Buzzard, Black Lark, Grey Partridge, Northern Goshawk.

    2019-01-13. Rock Pigeon, Goosander, Northern Wren, Hooded Crow, Hybrid Crow, Common Sparrowhawk, Common Kestrel, Mistle Thrush.

    2019-01-12. White-tailed Sea-Eagle, Mute Swan, Long-eared Owl, Eastern Buzzard.

    2019-01-11. Whooper Swan.

    2019-01-04. Upland Buzzard, Golden Eagle, Common Raven, Rough-legged Buzzard, Mistle Thrush, Rough-legged Buzzard, Eurasian Collared Dove, Eastern Imperial Eagle, White-tailed Sea-Eagle, Ring-necked Pheasant, Peregrine Falcon.

    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...