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total species: 89
total photos: 117
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1. Common Raven (2023-01-07)
2. Snow Bunting (2023-01-07)
3. Tree Sparrow (2023-06-17)
4. Common Tern (2023-06-17)
5. Dalmatian Pelican (2023-06-18)
6. Paddyfield Warbler (2023-06-18)
7. Caspian Gull (2023-06-18)
8. Mute Swan (2023-06-18)
9. Great Crested Grebe (2023-06-18)
10. Great Reed Warbler (2023-06-18)
11. Northern Reed Bunting (2023-06-18)
12. Yellow Wagtail (2023-06-18)
13. Bluethroat (2023-06-18)
14. Common Redshank (2023-06-18)
15. Black-winged Stilt (2023-06-18)
16. Barn Swallow (2023-06-18)
17. Common Coot (2023-06-18)
18. Greylag Goose (2023-06-18)
19. Black-tailed Godwit (2023-06-18)
20. Mallard (2023-06-18)
21. Great Cormorant (2023-06-18)
22. House Sparrow (2023-06-18)
23. Red-Necked Grebe (2023-06-18)
24. Whooper Swan (2023-06-20)
25. Slavonian Grebe (2023-06-20)
26. White-winged Tern (2023-06-20)
27. Eurasian Magpie (2023-06-20)
28. Great White Egret (2023-06-21)
29. Garganey (2023-06-21)
30. Hooded Crow (2023-06-21)
31. Black-Necked Grebe (2023-06-21)
32. Black-winged Pratincole (2023-06-21)
33. European Bee-eater (2023-06-21)
34. Northern Lapwing (2023-06-21)
35. Citrine Wagtail (2023-06-21)
36. Black-headed Gull (2023-06-21)
37. Western Marsh-Harrier (2023-06-22)
38. Northern Wheatear (2023-06-22)
39. Sky Lark (2023-06-22)
40. Little Bustard (2023-06-22)
41. Grey Heron (2023-06-22)
42. Northern Shoveler (2023-06-22)
43. Demoiselle Crane (2023-06-22)
44. Tufted Duck (2023-06-22)
45. Common Starling (2023-06-22)
46. Little Ringed Plover (2023-06-22)
47. Ruddy Shelduck (2023-06-22)
48. Green Sandpiper (2023-06-22)
49. Common Kestrel (2023-06-22)
50. Rosy Starling (2023-06-24)
51. Red-headed Bunting (2023-06-24)
52. Ortolan Bunting (2023-06-24)
53. Turkestan Shrike (2023-06-24)
54. Montagu's Harrier (2023-06-24)
55. Rufous-tailed Rock Thrush (2023-06-24)
56. Gadwall (2023-06-24)
57. Barred Warbler (2023-06-24)
58. Pied Wheatear (2023-06-25)
59. Tawny Pipit (2023-06-25)
60. Short-toed Snake-Eagle (2023-06-25)
61. Horned Lark (2023-06-25)
62. Pallas's Sandgrouse (2023-06-25)
63. Kentish Plover (2023-06-25)
64. Desert Wheatear (2023-06-25)
65. Pallas's Gull (2023-06-25)
66. Oriental Turtle Dove (2023-06-25)
67. Common Oystercatcher (2023-06-25)
68. Little Tern (2023-06-25)
69. Crested Lark (2023-06-26)
70. Eurasian Curlew (2023-06-26)
71. Eurasian Spoonbill (2023-06-26)
72. Common Moorhen (2023-06-26)
73. Glossy Ibis (2023-06-26)
74. Ferruginous Duck (2023-06-26)
75. Common Shelduck (2023-06-26)
76. Common Mynah (2023-06-26)
77. Pied Avocet (2023-06-26)
78. Rook (2023-06-26)
79. Hoopoe (2023-06-26)
80. Spotted Redshank (2023-06-26)
81. Common Pheasant (2023-06-27)
82. Wood Pigeon (2023-06-27)
83. Long-legged Buzzard (2023-06-27)
84. Eurasian Hobby (2023-07-06)
85. White Stork (2023-07-06)
86. Steppe Eagle (2023-07-07)
87. Eurasian Roller (2023-07-07)
88. Bearded Tit (2023-07-15)
89. Booted Eagle (2023-09-24)

recent uploads


2023-09-24. Booted Eagle.

2023-07-30. Wood Pigeon, Long-legged Buzzard, Eurasian Hobby, White Stork, Bearded Tit, Gadwall, Barred Warbler.

2023-07-29. Ferruginous Duck, Common Shelduck, Common Mynah, Pied Avocet, Rook, Hoopoe, Spotted Redshank.

2023-07-27. Common Pheasant, Great White Egret, Eurasian Curlew, Great Cormorant, Eurasian Spoonbill, Dalmatian Pelican, Common Moorhen, Glossy Ibis.

2023-07-21. Little Ringed Plover, Pallas's Gull, Oriental Turtle Dove, Grey Heron, Common Oystercatcher, Little Tern, Crested Lark.

2023-07-19. Pallas's Sandgrouse, Kentish Plover, Desert Wheatear.

2023-07-18. Eurasian Roller.

2023-07-14. Horned Lark, Montagu's Harrier, Rufous-tailed Rock Thrush, Steppe Eagle.

2023-07-13. Turkestan Shrike, Pied Wheatear, Tawny Pipit, Turkestan Shrike, Short-toed Snake-Eagle.

2023-07-12. Rosy Starling, Red-headed Bunting, Ortolan Bunting, Yellow Wagtail.

2023-06-23. Western Marsh-Harrier, Northern Wheatear, Sky Lark, Little Bustard, Grey Heron, Northern Shoveler, Mute Swan, Demoiselle Crane, European Bee-eater, Northern Lapwing, Citrine Wagtail, Eurasian Magpie, Tree Sparrow, Common Tern, Black-headed Gull, Tufted Duck, Common Starling, Little Ringed Plover, Sky Lark, Ruddy Shelduck, Green Sandpiper, Common Kestrel.

2023-06-21. Bluethroat, Great White Egret, Garganey, Hooded Crow, White-winged Tern, White-winged Tern, Black-Necked Grebe, Black-winged Pratincole.

2023-06-20. Whooper Swan, Slavonian Grebe, White-winged Tern.

2023-06-19. Paddyfield Warbler, Caspian Gull, Mute Swan, Great Crested Grebe, Great Reed Warbler, Northern Reed Bunting, Dalmatian Pelican, Yellow Wagtail, Bluethroat, Common Redshank, Black-winged Stilt, Barn Swallow, Common Coot, Greylag Goose, Black-tailed Godwit, Mallard, Great Cormorant, House Sparrow, Red-Necked Grebe.

2023-02-19. Dunlin, Citrine Wagtail.

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...