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    total species: 247
    total photos: 1144
    total videos: 0
    total blogposts: 2

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    1. Eurasian Magpie (2015-01-02)
    2. Brambling (2015-01-02)
    3. Common Chaffinch (2015-01-02)
    4. Eurasian Blackbird (2015-01-02)
    5. Common Pheasant (2015-01-02)
    6. Common Sparrowhawk (2015-01-04)
    7. Goldcrest (2015-01-04)
    8. Blue Tit (2015-01-08)
    9. Red-breasted Merganser (2015-01-08)
    10. Eurasian Collared Dove (2015-01-09)
    11. Common Pochard (2015-01-09)
    12. Common Goldeneye (2015-01-09)
    13. Smew (2015-01-09)
    14. Common Raven (2015-01-09)
    15. Tree Sparrow (2015-01-10)
    16. European Robin (2015-01-10)
    17. House Sparrow (2015-01-10)
    18. Great Tit (2015-01-10)
    19. White-tailed Sea-Eagle (2015-01-11)
    20. Rook (2015-01-11)
    21. Eurasian Jackdaw (2015-01-11)
    22. Hooded Crow (2015-01-11)
    23. Grey Heron (2015-01-12)
    24. Common Coot (2015-01-12)
    25. Mew Gull (2015-01-12)
    26. Eurasian Eagle-Owl (2015-01-12)
    27. Northern Reed Bunting (2015-01-12)
    28. Bearded Tit (2015-01-12)
    29. Pygmy Cormorant (2015-01-12)
    30. Northern Pintail (2015-01-12)
    31. Fieldfare (2015-01-12)
    32. Northern Lapwing (2015-01-12)
    33. Common Kestrel (2015-01-12)
    34. Laughing Dove (2015-01-12)
    35. Whooper Swan (2015-01-13)
    36. Red-crested Pochard (2015-01-13)
    37. Mute Swan (2015-01-13)
    38. Lesser Short-toed Lark (2015-01-13)
    39. Rock Pigeon (2015-01-14)
    40. European Greenfinch (2015-01-14)
    41. Desert Finch (2015-01-14)
    42. Tufted Duck (2015-01-14)
    43. Mallard (2015-01-14)
    44. Caspian Gull (2015-01-14)
    45. Black-headed Gull (2015-01-14)
    46. Black-Necked Grebe (2015-01-14)
    47. Bohemian Waxwing (2015-01-14)
    48. Great Grey Shrike (2015-01-14)
    49. Long-legged Buzzard (2015-02-10)
    50. Common Starling (2015-02-10)
    51. Crested Lark (2015-02-10)
    52. Steppe Eagle (2015-02-10)
    53. Greater Flamingo (2015-02-11)
    54. Eurasian Wigeon (2015-02-11)
    55. Glaucous Gull (2015-02-12)
    56. Lapland Longspur (2015-02-13)
    57. Gadwall (2015-02-14)
    58. Greater Scaup (2015-02-14)
    59. Hawfinch (2015-02-14)
    60. White-winged Lark (2015-02-16)
    61. Horned Lark (2015-02-16)
    62. Black Lark (2015-02-16)
    63. Eurasian Siskin (2015-02-21)
    64. Eastern Buzzard (2015-02-28)
    65. Northern Goshawk (2015-02-28)
    66. Black-throated Accentor (2015-02-28)
    67. Eurasian Goldfinch (2015-03-07)
    68. Red Crossbill (2015-03-07)
    69. Mistle Thrush (2015-03-07)
    70. Common Buzzard (2015-03-07)
    71. Eurasian Linnet (2015-03-07)
    72. Black Kite (2015-03-22)
    73. Meadow Bunting (2015-03-22)
    74. Carrion Crow (2015-03-22)
    75. Masked Wagtail (2015-03-22)
    76. Eurasian Dipper (2015-03-22)
    77. Red-fronted Serin (2015-03-22)
    78. Bean Goose (2015-03-23)
    79. Citrine Wagtail (2015-03-23)
    80. Little Ringed Plover (2015-03-23)
    81. Corn Bunting (2015-03-23)
    82. Great Cormorant (2015-03-23)
    83. Greater Short-toed Lark (2015-03-23)
    84. Common Redshank (2015-03-23)
    85. Isabelline Wheatear (2015-03-23)
    86. Grey-headed Goldfinch (2015-03-23)
    87. Great Crested Grebe (2015-03-23)
    88. White Wagtail (2015-03-23)
    89. Water Pipit (2015-03-23)
    90. Common Shelduck (2015-03-23)
    91. Pallas's Gull (2015-03-23)
    92. Pied Wheatear (2015-03-23)
    93. Black Redstart (2015-03-23)
    94. Isabelline Shrike (2015-03-23)
    95. Common Mynah (2015-03-23)
    96. Black-throated Thrush (2015-03-23)
    97. Rock Bunting (2015-03-23)
    98. Pine Bunting (2015-03-23)
    99. Eversmann's Redstart (2015-03-23)
    100. Calandra Lark (2015-03-23)
    101. Ferruginous Duck (2015-03-23)
    102. Northern Shoveler (2015-03-23)
    103. Ruddy Shelduck (2015-03-23)
    104. Wood Pigeon (2015-03-24)
    105. Great Spotted Woodpecker (2015-03-24)
    106. Blue-capped Redstart (2015-04-02)
    107. Grey Wagtail (2015-04-07)
    108. Common Teal (2015-04-10)
    109. Garganey (2015-04-10)
    110. Western Marsh-Harrier (2015-04-10)
    111. Turkestan Shrike (2015-04-10)
    112. Common Chiffchaff (2015-04-19)
    113. Hume's Warbler (2015-04-20)
    114. Barn Swallow (2015-04-25)
    115. Tree Pipit (2015-04-25)
    116. Pied Bushchat (2015-04-25)
    117. Black-headed Wagtail (2015-04-25)
    118. Siberian Stonechat (2015-04-25)
    119. Oriental Turtle Dove (2015-04-25)
    120. Eurasian Spoonbill (2015-04-25)
    121. Purple Heron (2015-04-25)
    122. Great White Egret (2015-04-25)
    123. Glossy Ibis (2015-04-25)
    124. Little Egret (2015-04-25)
    125. Greenish Warbler (2015-04-25)
    126. Demoiselle Crane (2015-04-25)
    127. Green Sandpiper (2015-04-25)
    128. Common Snipe (2015-04-25)
    129. White-tailed Lapwing (2015-04-25)
    130. Paddyfield Warbler (2015-04-25)
    131. Sand Martin (2015-04-25)
    132. Dalmatian Pelican (2015-04-25)
    133. Ruff (2015-04-25)
    134. Common Cuckoo (2015-04-25)
    135. Black-winged Stilt (2015-04-25)
    136. Spotted Flycatcher (2015-04-25)
    137. Hoopoe (2015-04-25)
    138. Syke's Warbler (2015-04-25)
    139. Rufous Bush Robin (2015-04-25)
    140. Bluethroat (2015-04-25)
    141. Osprey (2015-04-26)
    142. Red-backed Shrike (2015-04-26)
    143. Booted Warbler (2015-04-26)
    144. Lesser Whitethroat (2015-04-26)
    145. Eurasian Roller (2015-04-26)
    146. Rosy Starling (2015-04-26)
    147. Eurasian Curlew (2015-04-26)
    148. Red-headed Bunting (2015-04-26)
    149. Common Greenshank (2015-04-30)
    150. Red-necked Phalarope (2015-04-30)
    151. Pied Avocet (2015-04-30)
    152. Lesser Kestrel (2015-04-30)
    153. Kentish Plover (2015-04-30)
    154. Northern Wheatear (2015-04-30)
    155. Northern House Martin (2015-05-03)
    156. Rufous-tailed Rock Thrush (2015-05-03)
    157. White-headed Duck (2015-05-03)
    158. Lesser Grey Shrike (2015-05-03)
    159. Grey-necked Bunting (2015-05-03)
    160. Common Tern (2015-05-03)
    161. Common Sandpiper (2015-05-03)
    162. Little Bittern (2015-05-03)
    163. Common Kingfisher (2015-05-03)
    164. Great White Pelican (2015-05-03)
    165. Common Oystercatcher (2015-05-03)
    166. Eurasian Whimbrel (2015-05-03)
    167. Long-tailed Shrike (2015-05-03)
    168. Common Moorhen (2015-05-03)
    169. Blyth's Reed Warbler (2015-05-11)
    170. Little Stint (2015-05-16)
    171. Common Whitethroat (2015-05-16)
    172. Temminck's Stint (2015-05-16)
    173. Azure Tit (2015-05-16)
    174. Black-crowned Night Heron (2015-05-16)
    175. Common Rosefinch (2015-05-16)
    176. European Turtle Dove (2015-05-16)
    177. Common Nightingale (2015-05-16)
    178. Spotted Redshank (2015-05-16)
    179. Terek Sandpiper (2015-05-16)
    180. Black Tern (2015-05-16)
    181. Little Tern (2015-05-16)
    182. Black-tailed Godwit (2015-05-16)
    183. Indian Sparrow (2015-05-16)
    184. Spanish Sparrow (2015-05-16)
    185. Blue Whistling Thrush (2015-05-24)
    186. Brown Dipper (2015-05-24)
    187. European Bee-eater (2015-05-30)
    188. Yellow Wagtail (2015-05-30)
    189. Grey Plover (2015-05-30)
    190. Slender-billed Gull (2015-05-30)
    191. Whiskered Tern (2015-05-30)
    192. Common Swift (2015-05-31)
    193. Eastern Olivaceous Warbler (2015-05-31)
    194. Eurasian Penduline Tit (2015-05-31)
    195. Great Reed Warbler (2015-05-31)
    196. Blue-cheeked Bee-eater (2015-05-31)
    197. Red-footed Falcon (2015-06-06)
    198. White-winged Tern (2015-06-07)
    199. Desert Wheatear (2015-06-12)
    200. Steppe Grey Shrike (2015-06-12)
    201. Red-Necked Grebe (2015-06-15)
    202. Marsh Sandpiper (2015-06-15)
    203. Black-winged Pratincole (2015-06-15)
    204. Cattle Egret (2015-06-15)
    205. Moustached Warbler (2015-06-15)
    206. Eurasian Hobby (2015-06-18)
    207. European Golden Oriole (2015-06-18)
    208. Collared Pratincole (2015-06-19)
    209. Eurasian Reed Warbler (2015-06-19)
    210. Eurasian Stone Curlew (2015-06-20)
    211. Montagu's Harrier (2015-07-02)
    212. Plain Mountain Finch (2015-07-11)
    213. Himalayan Snowcock (2015-07-11)
    214. Guldenstadt's Redstart (2015-07-11)
    215. Red-billed Chough (2015-07-11)
    216. Himalayan Vulture (2015-07-11)
    217. Coal Tit (2015-07-11)
    218. Red-mantled Rosefinch (2015-07-11)
    219. White-winged Grosbeak (2015-07-11)
    220. Curlew Sandpiper (2015-07-25)
    221. Pale Sand Martin (2015-07-25)
    222. Sharp-tailed Sandpiper (2015-07-25)
    223. Broad-billed Sandpiper (2015-07-25)
    224. Wood Sandpiper (2015-07-25)
    225. Eurasian Wryneck (2015-08-23)
    226. Barred Warbler (2015-08-23)
    227. Yellow-billed Chough (2015-08-29)
    228. Lammergeier (2015-08-29)
    229. Spotted Nutcracker (2015-08-29)
    230. Black-Bellied Sandgrouse (2015-08-31)
    231. Sulphur-bellied Warbler (2015-08-31)
    232. Eastern Imperial Eagle (2015-08-31)
    233. Stock Pigeon (2015-09-20)
    234. Red-breasted Flycatcher (2015-09-20)
    235. Eurasian Redstart (2015-09-23)
    236. Eurasian Golden Plover (2015-09-24)
    237. Dunlin (2015-09-24)
    238. Common Crane (2015-09-29)
    239. Whinchat (2015-10-03)
    240. Northern Bullfinch (2015-10-22)
    241. Little Grebe (2015-10-24)
    242. Yellowhammer (2015-10-24)
    243. Black Stork (2015-10-24)
    244. Turkestan Tit (2015-10-24)
    245. Ibisbill (2015-10-24)
    246. Northern Wren (2015-12-01)
    247. Long-tailed Rosefinch (2015-12-05)

    recent uploads

    2015-12-24. House Sparrow.

    2015-12-23. Azure Tit, Eversmann's Redstart, Great Tit, Red-fronted Serin.

    2015-12-05. Guldenstadt's Redstart, Red-fronted Serin, Brown Dipper, Ring-necked Pheasant, Azure Tit, Red-fronted Serin, Red-mantled Rosefinch, Long-tailed Rosefinch, Grey-headed Goldfinch, Great Tit, Eversmann's Redstart.

    2015-12-02. Lammergeier.

    2015-12-01. Eurasian Blackbird, Eversmann's Redstart, Carrion Crow, Yellow-billed Chough, Northern Wren.

    2015-11-22. Guldenstadt's Redstart.

    2015-11-21. Northern Bullfinch.

    2015-11-15. European Greenfinch, Common Chaffinch, Eurasian Magpie, Black-throated Thrush.

    2015-10-28. Yellowhammer, Pine Bunting.

    2015-10-26. Eversmann's Redstart, Common Chiffchaff, Common Sparrowhawk, Grey-headed Goldfinch, Tufted Duck, Oriental Turtle Dove, Little Grebe, Common Chiffchaff, Tree Sparrow, Siberian Stonechat, Yellowhammer, Pine Bunting, Yellowhammer, Azure Tit, Azure Tit, Pine Bunting, Black Stork, Yellowhammer, Pine Bunting, Common Chiffchaff, Isabelline Shrike, Rock Bunting, Hybrid Bunting, Turkestan Tit, Common Starling, Ibisbill.

    2015-10-19. Black-throated Thrush, Common Buzzard, Eversmann's Redstart, Common Chiffchaff, Common Sparrowhawk, Common Chaffinch, Eurasian Blackbird, Ring-necked Pheasant, Eversmann's Redstart.

    2015-10-06. White Wagtail.

    2015-10-04. Tree Sparrow, Great Grey Shrike, Whinchat, Pallas's Gull.

    2015-09-30. Common Crane, Lesser Short-toed Lark, Northern Wheatear.

    2015-09-28. Steppe Horned Lark, Eurasian Redstart.

    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
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    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
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    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
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    Bassel Abi Jummaa: Blyth's reed warbler ( Acrocephalus Dometurum )
    more unidentified birds...