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    total species: 52
    total photos: 159
    total videos: 0
    total blogposts: 0

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    1. Northern Lapwing (2019-08-12)
    2. Black-headed Gull (2019-08-12)
    3. Common Pochard (2019-08-12)
    4. Common Sandpiper (2019-08-12)
    5. Whooper Swan (2019-08-12)
    6. Common Coot (2019-08-12)
    7. Slavonian Grebe (2019-08-12)
    8. Black-winged Stilt (2019-08-13)
    9. Cetti's Warbler (2019-08-13)
    10. Sedge Warbler (2019-08-13)
    11. Great White Egret (2019-08-14)
    12. Siberian Stonechat (2019-08-14)
    13. Rook (2019-08-14)
    14. Bluethroat (2019-08-14)
    15. Tree Pipit (2019-08-14)
    16. Lesser Kestrel (2019-08-14)
    17. Paddyfield Warbler (2019-08-15)
    18. Barn Swallow (2019-08-15)
    19. Fieldfare (2019-08-15)
    20. Red-backed Shrike (2019-08-15)
    21. Common Sparrowhawk (2019-08-17)
    22. Greater Spotted Eagle (2019-08-17)
    23. Northern Reed Bunting (2019-08-17)
    24. Yellow Wagtail (2019-08-17)
    25. Western Marsh-Harrier (2019-08-17)
    26. Dalmatian Pelican (2019-08-18)
    27. Mallard (2019-08-18)
    28. Common Kestrel (2019-08-18)
    29. Booted Warbler (2019-08-18)
    30. Lesser Whitethroat (2019-08-18)
    31. Tree Sparrow (2019-08-18)
    32. Baraba Steppe Gull (2019-08-18)
    33. Oriental Turtle Dove (2019-08-18)
    34. Hooded Crow (2019-08-18)
    35. Red-footed Falcon (2019-08-18)
    36. Great Crested Grebe (2019-08-18)
    37. Grey Heron (2019-08-18)
    38. Eurasian Goldfinch (2019-08-18)
    39. Isabelline Wheatear (2019-08-22)
    40. Demoiselle Crane (2019-08-22)
    41. Greater Flamingo (2019-08-22)
    42. European Bee-eater (2019-08-22)
    43. Eurasian Jackdaw (2019-08-22)
    44. Eurasian Curlew (2019-08-22)
    45. Common Snipe (2019-08-22)
    46. Mute Swan (2019-08-22)
    47. Little Stint (2019-08-22)
    48. Black Lark (2019-08-22)
    49. Steppe Eagle (2019-08-22)
    50. Long-legged Buzzard (2019-08-22)
    51. Common Buzzard (2019-08-23)
    52. Temminck's Stint (2019-08-23)

    recent uploads

    2019-09-21. Greater Flamingo, Demoiselle Crane, Common Kestrel, Common Kestrel.

    2019-09-13. European Bee-eater.

    2019-09-12. Eurasian Curlew, Grey Heron, Great White Egret, Eurasian Jackdaw.

    2019-09-11. Mute Swan, Northern Lapwing, Great Crested Grebe, Common Snipe.

    2019-09-10. Little Stint, Western Marsh-Harrier.

    2019-09-09. Common Pochard.

    2019-09-08. Dalmatian Pelican, Steppe Eagle, Siberian Stonechat, Temminck's Stint, Black Lark, Whooper Swan, Whooper Swan, Common Buzzard.

    2019-09-07. Sedge Warbler, Cetti's Warbler, Siberian Stonechat, Red-backed Shrike, Booted Warbler, Cetti's Warbler, Mallard.

    2019-09-04. Isabelline Wheatear, Long-legged Buzzard.

    2019-09-01. Lesser Whitethroat, Tree Sparrow, Red-backed Shrike, Greater Spotted Eagle, Tree Pipit, Baraba Steppe Gull, Rook, Oriental Turtle Dove, Hooded Crow, Common Pochard, Red-footed Falcon, Great Crested Grebe, Grey Heron, Western Marsh-Harrier, Common Sandpiper.

    2019-08-31. Whooper Swan, Common Sparrowhawk, Western Marsh-Harrier, Yellow Wagtail, Northern Reed Bunting, Paddyfield Warbler.

    2019-08-30. Siberian Stonechat, Barn Swallow, Siberian Stonechat, Red-backed Shrike, Siberian Stonechat, Eurasian Goldfinch, Fieldfare.

    2019-08-29. Great White Egret, Tree Pipit, Bluethroat.

    2019-08-28. Lesser Kestrel.

    2019-08-17. Common Sandpiper, Whooper Swan, Common Coot, Slavonian Grebe.

    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...