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    map of photoshootings

    total species: 89
    total photos: 219
    total videos: 0
    total blogposts: 0

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    1. Eurasian Jay (2020-01-04)
    2. Long-tailed Rosefinch (2020-01-04)
    3. Bohemian Waxwing (2020-01-08)
    4. Hawfinch (2020-01-08)
    5. Northern Bullfinch (2020-01-08)
    6. Pine Grosbeak (2020-01-13)
    7. Common Redpoll (2020-01-13)
    8. Eurasian Siskin (2020-01-13)
    9. Eurasian Blackbird (2020-01-13)
    10. Fieldfare (2020-01-14)
    11. Smew (2020-01-15)
    12. Goosander (2020-01-15)
    13. Common Goldeneye (2020-01-15)
    14. White-tailed Sea-Eagle (2020-01-15)
    15. Redwing (2020-01-15)
    16. Eurasian Goldfinch (2020-01-22)
    17. Grey-headed Goldfinch (2020-01-22)
    18. Mistle Thrush (2020-01-22)
    19. Baikal Bullfinch (2020-01-22)
    20. Tree Sparrow (2020-01-22)
    21. Pallas's Rosefinch (2020-01-25)
    22. Eurasian Magpie (2020-01-26)
    23. Eurasian Dipper (2020-01-26)
    24. Common Chaffinch (2020-02-05)
    25. Common Treecreeper (2020-02-09)
    26. Great Spotted Woodpecker (2020-02-09)
    27. European Greenfinch (2020-02-15)
    28. Brambling (2020-02-16)
    29. Black-throated Thrush (2020-02-18)
    30. Great Tit (2020-02-24)
    31. Rock Pigeon (2020-02-24)
    32. Peregrine Falcon (2020-03-03)
    33. Hooded Crow (2020-03-03)
    34. Mallard (2020-03-09)
    35. Grey-Headed Woodpecker (2020-03-15)
    36. Lesser Spotted Woodpecker (2020-03-15)
    37. Red Crossbill (2020-03-23)
    38. Willow Tit (2020-03-24)
    39. Coal Tit (2020-03-24)
    40. Eurasian Nuthatch (2020-03-24)
    41. Black Kite (2020-03-25)
    42. Eastern Imperial Eagle (2020-03-25)
    43. Azure Tit (2020-04-06)
    44. Great White Egret (2020-04-06)
    45. Great Cormorant (2020-04-12)
    46. Eurasian Jackdaw (2020-04-12)
    47. Bluethroat (2020-05-02)
    48. Common Starling (2020-05-05)
    49. Black-headed Gull (2020-05-17)
    50. Pale Sand Martin (2020-05-20)
    51. Blyth's Reed Warbler (2020-05-20)
    52. Siberian Stonechat (2020-05-20)
    53. European Golden Oriole (2020-05-21)
    54. Northern Wheatear (2020-06-13)
    55. Yellowhammer (2020-06-14)
    57. Common Cuckoo (2020-06-21)
    58. Common Whitethroat (2020-06-21)
    59. Grey Heron (2020-06-21)
    60. Common Moorhen (2020-06-21)
    61. Common Sandpiper (2020-06-21)
    62. Booted Warbler (2020-06-28)
    63. Masked Wagtail (2020-06-28)
    64. Oriental Turtle Dove (2020-07-05)
    65. Eurasian Linnet (2020-07-05)
    66. Hoopoe (2020-07-05)
    67. Pied Wheatear (2020-07-06)
    68. Meadow Bunting (2020-07-06)
    69. Barn Swallow (2020-07-06)
    70. Common Kestrel (2020-07-07)
    71. Eurasian Redstart (2020-07-09)
    72. Eurasian Hobby (2020-07-12)
    73. Green Sandpiper (2020-07-12)
    74. Grey Wagtail (2020-07-19)
    75. Tree Pipit (2020-07-31)
    76. Ruddy Shelduck (2020-07-31)
    77. Spotted Flycatcher (2020-08-19)
    78. Lesser Whitethroat (2020-08-25)
    79. House Sparrow (2020-09-06)
    80. White Wagtail (2020-09-06)
    81. Common Kingfisher (2020-09-08)
    82. Rook (2020-09-10)
    83. Caspian Gull (2020-09-10)
    84. Steppe Eagle (2020-09-20)
    85. Crested Honey-Buzzard (2020-10-03)
    86. Long-tailed Tit (2020-10-24)
    87. Eastern Buzzard (2020-10-25)
    88. Garganey (2020-11-13)
    89. Upland Buzzard (2020-11-28)

    recent uploads

    2020-12-17. Grey-headed Goldfinch, Northern Bullfinch, Bohemian Waxwing.

    2020-11-29. Lesser Spotted Woodpecker, Upland Buzzard.

    2020-11-23. Goosander, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Eurasian Siskin.

    2020-11-22. Northern Bullfinch, Fieldfare, Eurasian Blackbird.

    2020-11-13. Garganey, Common Treecreeper, Great Spotted Woodpecker.

    2020-11-09. Common Treecreeper, Eurasian Nuthatch.

    2020-11-08. Long-tailed Rosefinch, Black-headed Gull.

    2020-11-03. Eurasian Nuthatch, House Sparrow, Lesser Spotted Woodpecker.

    2020-10-25. Eastern Buzzard, Fieldfare, Black-throated Thrush.

    2020-10-24. Long-tailed Tit.

    2020-10-20. Great Spotted Woodpecker, Eurasian Jay.

    2020-10-16. Black-throated Thrush, Eurasian Blackbird, Grey-Headed Woodpecker, Lesser Spotted Woodpecker.

    2020-10-15. Goosander, White Wagtail, Tree Sparrow, Great Tit.

    2020-10-04. Crested Honey-Buzzard, Willow Tit.

    2020-09-20. Common Kestrel, Steppe Eagle, Northern Wheatear.

    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...

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    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
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    Bassel Abi Jummaa: Blyth's reed warbler ( Acrocephalus Dometurum )
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