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    map of photoshootings

    total species: 216
    total photos: 906
    total videos: 0
    total blogposts: 2

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    1. Red-fronted Serin (2016-01-03)
    2. Lesser Whitethroat (2016-01-03)
    3. Great Tit (2016-01-03)
    4. Eurasian Siskin (2016-01-03)
    5. Eurasian Blackbird (2016-01-03)
    6. Azure Tit (2016-01-03)
    7. Great Spotted Woodpecker (2016-01-03)
    8. Eurasian Magpie (2016-01-03)
    9. Rook (2016-01-03)
    10. Rock Pigeon (2016-01-03)
    11. Brambling (2016-01-03)
    12. European Robin (2016-01-03)
    13. White-tailed Sea-Eagle (2016-01-09)
    14. House Sparrow (2016-01-09)
    15. Hooded Crow (2016-01-09)
    16. Caspian Gull (2016-01-10)
    17. Mew Gull (2016-01-10)
    18. Mallard (2016-01-10)
    19. Greater Ringed Plover (2016-01-10)
    20. Common Snipe (2016-01-10)
    21. Common Chaffinch (2016-01-10)
    22. Common Coot (2016-01-10)
    23. Great Cormorant (2016-01-10)
    24. Common Shelduck (2016-01-10)
    25. Greater Flamingo (2016-01-10)
    26. Great Crested Grebe (2016-01-10)
    27. Pygmy Cormorant (2016-01-10)
    28. Western Marsh-Harrier (2016-01-10)
    29. Crested Lark (2016-01-11)
    30. Whooper Swan (2016-01-11)
    31. Common Pochard (2016-01-11)
    32. Little Grebe (2016-01-11)
    33. Common Raven (2016-01-11)
    34. Horned Lark (2016-01-11)
    35. Common Goldeneye (2016-01-12)
    36. Red-crested Pochard (2016-01-12)
    37. Mute Swan (2016-01-12)
    38. Hen Harrier (2016-01-12)
    39. Black-Necked Grebe (2016-01-12)
    40. Rock Sparrow (2016-01-12)
    41. Eurasian Jackdaw (2016-01-12)
    42. Common Greenshank (2016-01-12)
    43. Great Grey Shrike (2016-01-12)
    44. Common Kestrel (2016-01-12)
    45. Tufted Duck (2016-01-12)
    46. Red-breasted Merganser (2016-01-15)
    47. Common Sparrowhawk (2016-01-15)
    48. Grey Heron (2016-01-15)
    49. Great White Egret (2016-01-15)
    50. Eurasian Eagle-Owl (2016-01-19)
    51. Hawfinch (2016-01-19)
    52. Black-headed Gull (2016-01-19)
    53. Black Lark (2016-01-19)
    54. White-winged Lark (2016-01-19)
    55. Rough-legged Buzzard (2016-01-22)
    56. Northern Reed Bunting (2016-01-24)
    57. Bearded Tit (2016-01-24)
    58. Grey Partridge (2016-01-30)
    59. Calandra Lark (2016-01-30)
    60. Blue Tit (2016-01-30)
    61. Spanish Sparrow (2016-01-30)
    62. Carrion Crow (2016-02-07)
    63. Eversmann's Redstart (2016-02-07)
    64. Guldenstadt's Redstart (2016-02-07)
    65. Red-mantled Rosefinch (2016-02-07)
    66. Grey-headed Goldfinch (2016-02-14)
    67. Eurasian Goldfinch (2016-02-14)
    68. European Greenfinch (2016-02-14)
    69. Lammergeier (2016-02-21)
    70. Common Mynah (2016-02-25)
    71. Dalmatian Pelican (2016-02-27)
    72. Northern Pintail (2016-02-27)
    73. Northern Lapwing (2016-02-27)
    74. Eurasian Collared Dove (2016-02-27)
    75. Yellowhammer (2016-02-27)
    76. Goosander (2016-02-27)
    77. Ferruginous Duck (2016-02-27)
    78. Ruddy Shelduck (2016-02-27)
    79. Gadwall (2016-02-27)
    80. Little Ringed Plover (2016-03-07)
    81. Masked Wagtail (2016-03-07)
    82. Citrine Wagtail (2016-03-07)
    83. Isabelline Shrike (2016-03-07)
    84. Desert Finch (2016-03-07)
    85. Upland Buzzard (2016-03-07)
    86. Eurasian Linnet (2016-03-07)
    87. Common Starling (2016-03-07)
    88. Long-legged Buzzard (2016-03-07)
    89. Rock Bunting (2016-03-13)
    90. Pine Bunting (2016-03-13)
    91. Common Teal (2016-03-13)
    92. Pied Wheatear (2016-03-13)
    93. Isabelline Wheatear (2016-03-18)
    94. Sky Lark (2016-03-18)
    95. Little Owl (2016-03-18)
    96. Common Pheasant (2016-03-18)
    97. Steppe Eagle (2016-03-20)
    98. White Wagtail (2016-03-20)
    99. Pallas's Gull (2016-03-20)
    100. Pied Avocet (2016-03-20)
    101. Corn Bunting (2016-03-20)
    102. Water Pipit (2016-03-20)
    103. Desert Wheatear (2016-03-20)
    104. Hoopoe (2016-03-20)
    105. Common Chiffchaff (2016-03-20)
    106. Tree Sparrow (2016-03-31)
    107. Grey Wagtail (2016-04-03)
    108. Blue Whistling Thrush (2016-04-03)
    109. Brown Dipper (2016-04-03)
    110. Eurasian Dipper (2016-04-03)
    111. Black Kite (2016-04-04)
    112. Great White Pelican (2016-04-10)
    113. Northern Wheatear (2016-04-10)
    114. Turkestan Shrike (2016-04-10)
    115. Demoiselle Crane (2016-04-10)
    116. Garganey (2016-04-10)
    117. Common Redshank (2016-04-10)
    118. Tawny Pipit (2016-04-17)
    119. Green Sandpiper (2016-04-17)
    120. Eastern Imperial Eagle (2016-04-17)
    121. Black-winged Stilt (2016-04-17)
    122. Common Sandpiper (2016-04-17)
    123. Common Tern (2016-04-17)
    124. Common Swift (2016-04-17)
    125. Wood Pigeon (2016-04-17)
    126. Willow Warbler (2016-04-17)
    127. White-tailed Lapwing (2016-04-17)
    128. Marsh Sandpiper (2016-04-17)
    129. Kentish Plover (2016-04-17)
    130. Greylag Goose (2016-04-17)
    131. Barn Swallow (2016-04-17)
    132. European Bee-eater (2016-05-02)
    133. Common Cuckoo (2016-05-02)
    134. Eurasian Redstart (2016-05-02)
    135. Red-Necked Grebe (2016-05-02)
    136. Slender-billed Gull (2016-05-02)
    137. Gull-billed Tern (2016-05-02)
    138. Whinchat (2016-05-02)
    139. Temminck's Stint (2016-05-03)
    140. Syke's Warbler (2016-05-03)
    141. Spotted Flycatcher (2016-05-03)
    142. Lesser Short-toed Lark (2016-05-03)
    143. Eurasian Whimbrel (2016-05-03)
    144. Greater Short-toed Lark (2016-05-03)
    145. Northern Shoveler (2016-05-03)
    146. Eurasian Hobby (2016-05-03)
    147. Red-footed Falcon (2016-05-03)
    148. Collared Pratincole (2016-05-03)
    149. White-headed Duck (2016-05-03)
    150. Whiskered Tern (2016-05-03)
    151. Booted Warbler (2016-05-03)
    152. Red-backed Shrike (2016-05-03)
    153. Common Rosefinch (2016-05-03)
    154. Blyth's Reed Warbler (2016-05-03)
    155. Eurasian Roller (2016-05-03)
    156. Steppe Grey Shrike (2016-05-21)
    157. Glossy Ibis (2016-05-22)
    158. Indian Sparrow (2016-05-28)
    159. Rosy Starling (2016-05-28)
    160. Bluethroat (2016-05-28)
    161. Yellow Wagtail (2016-05-30)
    162. Black-tailed Godwit (2016-05-30)
    163. Siberian Stonechat (2016-06-08)
    164. Common Whitethroat (2016-06-09)
    165. Pallid Harrier (2016-06-09)
    166. Red-headed Bunting (2016-06-09)
    167. Eurasian Reed Warbler (2016-06-20)
    168. Great Reed Warbler (2016-06-20)
    169. Little Gull (2016-06-21)
    170. Black-headed Wagtail (2016-06-22)
    171. Eurasian Spoonbill (2016-06-22)
    172. Purple Heron (2016-06-22)
    173. Little Egret (2016-06-22)
    174. Black-crowned Night Heron (2016-06-22)
    175. Blue-cheeked Bee-eater (2016-06-22)
    176. Black-winged Pratincole (2016-06-24)
    177. Ruff (2016-06-24)
    178. Black-headed Penduline Tit (2016-06-26)
    179. Little Bittern (2016-06-26)
    180. Greenish Warbler (2016-07-10)
    181. Lesser Grey Shrike (2016-08-07)
    182. Montagu's Harrier (2016-08-07)
    183. Sanderling (2016-08-07)
    184. Red-necked Phalarope (2016-08-07)
    185. Common Kingfisher (2016-08-07)
    186. Hume's Warbler (2016-08-23)
    187. Sandwich Tern (2016-08-28)
    188. Tree Pipit (2016-08-28)
    189. Garden Warbler (2016-08-28)
    190. Dunlin (2016-09-12)
    191. Eurasian Honey-Buzzard (2016-09-12)
    192. Wood Sandpiper (2016-09-12)
    193. Little Stint (2016-09-12)
    194. Red-breasted Flycatcher (2016-09-12)
    195. Eurasian Curlew (2016-09-24)
    196. European Nightjar (2016-09-26)
    197. Coal Tit (2016-10-16)
    198. Fieldfare (2016-10-24)
    199. Eurasian Jay (2016-10-24)
    200. Black-throated Thrush (2016-10-24)
    201. Spotted Redshank (2016-11-05)
    202. Bean Goose (2016-11-12)
    203. Long-tailed Rosefinch (2016-11-12)
    204. Greater White-fronted Goose (2016-11-12)
    205. Smew (2016-11-12)
    206. Goldcrest (2016-12-01)
    207. Red Crossbill (2016-12-01)
    208. Laughing Dove (2016-12-05)
    209. Mistle Thrush (2016-12-16)
    210. Northern Wren (2016-12-16)
    211. Eastern Rock Nuthatch (2016-12-16)
    212. Chukar Partridge (2016-12-16)
    213. Ibisbill (2016-12-16)
    214. Long-tailed Tit (2016-12-16)
    215. Baikal Bullfinch (2016-12-16)
    216. White-winged Grosbeak (2016-12-25)

    recent uploads

    2016-12-25. Goldcrest, Eurasian Blackbird, White-winged Grosbeak, Eurasian Siskin.

    2016-12-18. Mistle Thrush, Northern Wren, Great White Egret, Water Pipit, Long-tailed Rosefinch, Hen Harrier, Eastern Rock Nuthatch, Chukar Partridge, Ibisbill, Long-tailed Tit, Baikal Bullfinch.

    2016-12-05. Common Mynah, Laughing Dove.

    2016-12-01. Great Tit, House Sparrow, Tree Sparrow, Common Sparrowhawk, Azure Tit, Goldcrest, Brambling, Eurasian Blackbird, Red Crossbill.

    2016-11-17. Bean Goose, Long-tailed Rosefinch, Eurasian Linnet, Greater White-fronted Goose, Whooper Swan, Goosander, Smew, Great Cormorant, Hen Harrier, Pied Avocet, Mallard, Common Kestrel, Lesser Short-toed Lark, Yellowhammer, Ring-necked Pheasant.

    2016-11-16. Steppe Eagle, White-tailed Sea-Eagle, White-tailed Sea-Eagle, Great Grey Shrike, Ruddy Shelduck, Grey-headed Goldfinch.

    2016-11-05. Eurasian Blackbird, House Sparrow, Ring-necked Pheasant, Eurasian Collared Dove, Steppe Eagle, White-tailed Sea-Eagle, European Greenfinch, Brambling, Northern Lapwing, Black-headed Gull, Northern Reed Bunting, Spotted Redshank, Caspian Gull, Steppe Eagle, Crested Lark, Crested Lark, White-tailed Sea-Eagle, Northern Reed Bunting, Greater Short-toed Lark.

    2016-11-02. Black-throated Thrush, Eurasian Blackbird, Great Tit.

    2016-10-26. Blue Tit, Eurasian Goldfinch, Eurasian Jay, Common Teal, Tree Sparrow, Rook, Grey Partridge, Hooded Crow.

    2016-10-25. Hooded Crow, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Northern Reed Bunting, Fieldfare, Common Chiffchaff, Caspian Gull, Common Goldeneye, Black-headed Gull, Common Chaffinch, Pallas's Gull.

    2016-10-16. Coal Tit.

    2016-10-11. Common Mynah, Great Tit.

    2016-09-30. Brown Dipper, Northern Lapwing, Grey Heron, Steppe Eagle, Common Starling, Common Cuckoo, Hume's Warbler, Common Coot, Dunlin, Eurasian Curlew, White-bellied Dipper.

    2016-09-28. Red-backed Shrike, Bluethroat, European Nightjar.

    2016-09-25. Blue Whistling Thrush.

    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
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    2025-06-17
    Great White Egret
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    2025-06-01
    Blyth's Reed Warbler
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    2025-04-14
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    2025-03-30
    Great White Egret
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    Common Kestrel
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    2025-03-23
    Common Sparrowhawk
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    Great Tit
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    2025-02-07
    Arctic Loon
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    2025-02-06
    Red Crossbill
    (Viktoriya Zvyaginceva)

    2025-01-07
    Eurasian Penduline Tit
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    2024-08-03
    Common Tern
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    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

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