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total species: 41
total photos: 82
total videos: 0
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1. Common Treecreeper (2026-01-01)
2. Goldcrest (2026-01-01)
3. Brambling (2026-01-02)
4. Tree Sparrow (2026-01-02)
5. Great Spotted Woodpecker (2026-01-02)
6. Common Goldeneye (2026-01-02)
7. White-tailed Sea-Eagle (2026-01-02)
8. White-Backed Woodpecker (2026-01-03)
9. Fieldfare (2026-01-03)
10. Redwing (2026-01-03)
11. Long-tailed Rosefinch (2026-01-03)
12. Rock Pigeon (2026-01-05)
13. Eurasian Nuthatch (2026-01-05)
14. Eurasian Siskin (2026-01-05)
15. Bewick's Swan (2026-01-09)
16. Northern Bullfinch (2026-01-09)
17. Goosander (2026-01-09)
18. Whooper Swan (2026-01-09)
19. Great Tit (2026-01-09)
20. Azure Tit (2026-01-11)
21. House Sparrow (2026-01-17)
22. Bohemian Waxwing (2026-01-17)
23. Baikal Bullfinch (2026-01-19)
24. Common Redpoll (2026-01-21)
25. Grey-Headed Woodpecker (2026-01-21)
26. Hooded Crow (2026-01-21)
27. Eurasian Blackbird (2026-01-22)
28. Long-eared Owl (2026-01-22)
29. Hawfinch (2026-01-23)
30. Mallard (2026-02-01)
31. Eurasian Magpie (2026-02-01)
32. Grey-headed Goldfinch (2026-02-03)
33. Common Chaffinch (2026-03-21)
34. Masked Wagtail (2026-03-26)
35. White Wagtail (2026-03-26)
36. Rook (2026-03-26)
37. Northern Reed Bunting (2026-03-27)
38. Black-throated Thrush (2026-03-27)
39. Great White Egret (2026-04-01)
40. Great Cormorant (2026-04-01)
41. Caspian Gull (2026-04-01)

recent uploads


2026-04-01. Northern Reed Bunting, Black-throated Thrush, Long-tailed Rosefinch, Great White Egret, Great Cormorant, Azure Tit, Caspian Gull.

2026-03-26. Eurasian Nuthatch, Common Chaffinch, Bewick's Swan, Masked Wagtail, White Wagtail, Masked Wagtail, Rook.

2026-03-01. Grey-Headed Woodpecker, House Sparrow, Bohemian Waxwing.

2026-02-22. Eurasian Siskin, Long-tailed Rosefinch, Eurasian Blackbird, Fieldfare.

2026-02-04. Baikal Bullfinch, Eurasian Blackbird, Grey-Headed Woodpecker, Grey-headed Goldfinch, Eurasian Siskin, Great Spotted Woodpecker, White-tailed Sea-Eagle.

2026-02-02. Eurasian Siskin, Long-tailed Rosefinch, Mallard, Eurasian Magpie.

2026-01-25. Bewick's Swan, Hawfinch, Long-tailed Rosefinch, Eurasian Siskin.

2026-01-22. Eurasian Blackbird, Long-eared Owl.

2026-01-21. Grey-Headed Woodpecker, Common Redpoll, Hooded Crow.

2026-01-19. White-tailed Sea-Eagle, Fieldfare, Baikal Bullfinch, Northern Bullfinch.

2026-01-17. Redwing, Bohemian Waxwing, House Sparrow.

2026-01-11. Azure Tit, Northern Bullfinch, Goldcrest.

2026-01-09. Fieldfare, Whooper Swan, Goosander, Common Goldeneye, Great Tit, Northern Bullfinch, Eurasian Siskin, Eurasian Nuthatch, Rock Pigeon, White-tailed Sea-Eagle.

2026-01-03. White-Backed Woodpecker, Long-tailed Rosefinch, Redwing, Fieldfare.

2026-01-02. Brambling, Tree Sparrow, Common Treecreeper, Goldcrest, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Common Goldeneye, White-tailed Sea-Eagle.

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...