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    map of photoshootings

    total species: 129
    total photos: 489
    total videos: 3
    total blogposts: 0

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    1. Fieldfare (2021-01-03)
    2. Goosander (2021-01-03)
    3. Mallard (2021-01-03)
    4. European Greenfinch (2021-01-03)
    5. Hawfinch (2021-01-05)
    6. Blue Tit (2021-01-06)
    7. White-tailed Sea-Eagle (2021-01-07)
    8. Crested Lark (2021-01-09)
    9. Rough-legged Buzzard (2021-01-19)
    10. Eurasian Linnet (2021-01-19)
    11. Eurasian Nuthatch (2021-02-03)
    12. Great Grey Shrike (2021-02-03)
    13. Common Sparrowhawk (2021-02-03)
    14. Great Spotted Woodpecker (2021-02-03)
    15. Long-tailed Tit (2021-02-03)
    16. Tree Sparrow (2021-02-13)
    17. Grey Partridge (2021-02-20)
    18. Lesser Spotted Woodpecker (2021-03-06)
    19. Horned Lark (2021-03-13)
    20. Eurasian Goldfinch (2021-03-23)
    21. Eurasian Jackdaw (2021-03-23)
    22. Yellowhammer (2021-04-01)
    23. Black Kite (2021-04-05)
    24. Wood Pigeon (2021-04-05)
    25. Common Buzzard (2021-04-08)
    26. Pine Bunting (2021-04-08)
    27. White Wagtail (2021-04-16)
    28. Montagu's Harrier (2021-04-16)
    30. Green Sandpiper (2021-04-17)
    31. Yellow Wagtail (2021-04-17)
    32. Bluethroat (2021-04-17)
    33. Mute Swan (2021-04-17)
    34. Tufted Duck (2021-04-17)
    35. Great Crested Grebe (2021-04-17)
    36. Black-headed Gull (2021-04-17)
    37. Song Thrush (2021-04-17)
    38. Western Marsh-Harrier (2021-04-17)
    39. Common Kestrel (2021-04-17)
    40. Little Bustard (2021-04-17)
    41. Northern Wheatear (2021-04-17)
    42. Garganey (2021-04-17)
    43. Brambling (2021-04-17)
    44. Tree Pipit (2021-04-27)
    45. Common Oystercatcher (2021-04-27)
    46. Common Starling (2021-04-28)
    47. Common Chiffchaff (2021-04-28)
    48. Willow Warbler (2021-04-28)
    49. Hoopoe (2021-04-29)
    50. Whinchat (2021-04-29)
    51. Isabelline Wheatear (2021-04-29)
    52. Ortolan Bunting (2021-04-29)
    53. Common Sandpiper (2021-05-01)
    54. Common Chaffinch (2021-05-01)
    55. Red-footed Falcon (2021-05-04)
    56. Common Tern (2021-05-08)
    57. Spotted Flycatcher (2021-05-11)
    58. European Bee-eater (2021-05-18)
    59. Common Rosefinch (2021-05-18)
    60. Common Kingfisher (2021-05-21)
    61. Common Whitethroat (2021-05-25)
    62. Red-backed Shrike (2021-05-26)
    63. Red-headed Bunting (2021-05-26)
    64. Barred Warbler (2021-05-27)
    65. Lesser Grey Shrike (2021-05-29)
    66. Eurasian Roller (2021-06-10)
    67. Smew (2021-06-10)
    68. Common Goldeneye (2021-06-10)
    69. Northern Lapwing (2021-06-10)
    70. Great Cormorant (2021-06-12)
    71. Grey Heron (2021-06-17)
    72. Eurasian Collared Dove (2021-07-04)
    73. Long-eared Owl (2021-07-04)
    74. Steppe Eagle (2021-07-17)
    75. Caspian Gull (2021-07-19)
    76. Mew Gull (2021-07-19)
    77. Rock Pigeon (2021-07-19)
    78. Rook (2021-07-22)
    79. Ruddy Shelduck (2021-07-22)
    80. Wood Sandpiper (2021-07-22)
    81. Common Teal (2021-07-22)
    82. Ruff (2021-07-22)
    83. Long-legged Buzzard (2021-07-24)
    84. Black-winged Pratincole (2021-07-24)
    85. Kentish Plover (2021-07-24)
    86. Black-tailed Godwit (2021-07-24)
    87. Curlew Sandpiper (2021-07-24)
    88. Common Redshank (2021-07-24)
    89. Common Pochard (2021-07-24)
    90. Greater Short-toed Lark (2021-07-24)
    91. Black-winged Stilt (2021-07-24)
    92. Marsh Sandpiper (2021-07-24)
    93. Little Stint (2021-07-24)
    94. Temminck's Stint (2021-07-24)
    95. Little Ringed Plover (2021-07-24)
    96. Booted Warbler (2021-07-24)
    97. White-winged Tern (2021-07-24)
    98. Black-Necked Grebe (2021-07-24)
    99. Gadwall (2021-07-24)
    100. Booted Eagle (2021-07-24)
    101. Dunlin (2021-07-24)
    102. Black Tern (2021-07-24)
    103. Lesser Short-toed Lark (2021-07-24)
    104. Great White Egret (2021-08-04)
    105. Red-crested Pochard (2021-08-04)
    106. Blue-cheeked Bee-eater (2021-08-05)
    107. Pallid Harrier (2021-08-05)
    108. Calandra Lark (2021-08-05)
    109. Barn Swallow (2021-08-05)
    110. Sanderling (2021-08-05)
    111. Little Tern (2021-08-05)
    112. Eurasian Spoonbill (2021-08-05)
    113. Eurasian Hobby (2021-08-07)
    114. Pied Flycatcher (2021-08-07)
    115. Eastern Imperial Eagle (2021-08-07)
    116. Spotted Redshank (2021-08-17)
    117. Common Moorhen (2021-08-31)
    118. Eurasian Honey-Buzzard (2021-09-02)
    119. Common Snipe (2021-09-11)
    120. Eurasian Wigeon (2021-09-11)
    121. Eurasian Redstart (2021-09-11)
    122. Sky Lark (2021-09-13)
    123. Great Tit (2021-09-18)
    124. Goldcrest (2021-10-01)
    125. Mistle Thrush (2021-10-01)
    126. Common Coot (2021-10-02)
    127. Northern Reed Bunting (2021-10-15)
    128. Common Treecreeper (2021-10-25)
    129. Redwing (2021-10-25)

    recent uploads

    2021-10-27. Song Thrush.

    2021-10-25. Great Spotted Woodpecker, Common Treecreeper, Redwing, Fieldfare.

    2021-10-17. Northern Wheatear.

    2021-10-16. Grey Heron, Northern Reed Bunting, Common Starling, Brambling, Tree Sparrow, Northern Reed Bunting, Ruddy Shelduck, Mistle Thrush.

    2021-10-03. Grey Heron, Caspian Gull, Common Coot, Steppe Eagle, Steppe Eagle, White-tailed Sea-Eagle, Long-legged Buzzard.

    2021-10-02. Great Cormorant.

    2021-10-01. Rook, Common Starling, Blue Tit, Goldcrest, Great Tit, Great Grey Shrike, Mistle Thrush, Yellowhammer.

    2021-09-30. Mallard, Mute Swan, Great Crested Grebe, Common Sparrowhawk, Common Chiffchaff, Common Chaffinch, Spotted Flycatcher, Whinchat, Eurasian Redstart.

    2021-09-28. Eastern Imperial Eagle, Great Crested Grebe, Mute Swan, Eastern Imperial Eagle, Rough-legged Buzzard, Common Kestrel, Eurasian Redstart.

    2021-09-27. White Wagtail, Common Kestrel, Common Kestrel.

    2021-09-21. Common Chaffinch, Great Tit, Blue Tit, Grey Partridge.

    2021-09-13. White Wagtail, Western Marsh-Harrier, Sky Lark, Common Sparrowhawk, Yellow Wagtail, Grey Heron, Tree Pipit, Common Chaffinch.

    2021-09-12. Northern Lapwing, White Wagtail, Willow Warbler, Eurasian Redstart, Willow Warbler.

    2021-09-11. Bluethroat, Common Snipe, Long-legged Buzzard, Great Crested Grebe, Eurasian Wigeon, Caspian Gull.

    2021-09-04. Eurasian Hobby, Grey Heron, Caspian Gull, Northern Lapwing, Montagu's Harrier.

    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...