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total species: 114
total photos: 223
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1. Chukar Partridge (2021-01-06)
2. White-tailed Sea-Eagle (2021-01-06)
3. Common Mynah (2021-01-21)
4. European Robin (2021-01-25)
5. Eurasian Collared Dove (2021-01-26)
6. Great Tit (2021-01-26)
7. Tree Sparrow (2021-01-26)
8. Azure Tit (2021-02-24)
9. Black-throated Accentor (2021-02-25)
10. Eurasian Siskin (2021-03-05)
11. Red-fronted Serin (2021-03-15)
12. Rook (2021-03-16)
13. Mallard (2021-03-16)
14. Common Coot (2021-03-24)
15. Great Cormorant (2021-03-24)
16. Great Crested Grebe (2021-03-24)
17. Black-headed Gull (2021-03-24)
18. Whooper Swan (2021-03-25)
19. Red-crested Pochard (2021-03-25)
20. Common Oystercatcher (2021-03-25)
21. Eurasian Goldfinch (2021-03-25)
22. Black Kite (2021-03-25)
23. Common Pochard (2021-03-25)
24. White Wagtail (2021-03-25)
25. Common Kestrel (2021-03-25)
26. Citrine Wagtail (2021-03-25)
27. Black Stork (2021-03-25)
28. Common Sparrowhawk (2021-04-12)
29. Grey Wagtail (2021-04-17)
30. Siberian Stonechat (2021-04-17)
31. Carrion Crow (2021-04-17)
32. Mistle Thrush (2021-04-21)
33. Masked Wagtail (2021-04-21)
34. Grey-headed Goldfinch (2021-04-22)
35. Yellow Wagtail (2021-04-22)
36. Common Chiffchaff (2021-04-22)
37. Barn Swallow (2021-04-22)
38. Common Snipe (2021-04-22)
39. Black-winged Stilt (2021-04-22)
40. Osprey (2021-04-23)
41. Little Ringed Plover (2021-04-23)
42. Kentish Plover (2021-04-23)
43. Common Redshank (2021-04-23)
44. Northern Lapwing (2021-04-23)
45. Common Sandpiper (2021-04-23)
46. Long-legged Buzzard (2021-04-23)
47. Steppe Grey Shrike (2021-04-23)
48. Tawny Pipit (2021-04-23)
49. Tree Pipit (2021-04-23)
50. Demoiselle Crane (2021-04-24)
51. Eurasian Hobby (2021-05-01)
52. Yellow-breasted Tit (2021-05-01)
53. Common Swift (2021-05-25)
54. Red-rumped Swallow (2021-06-03)
55. Ruddy Shelduck (2021-06-05)
56. Northern House Martin (2021-06-05)
57. Common Starling (2021-06-05)
58. Alpine Swift (2021-06-11)
59. Blue Whistling Thrush (2021-06-12)
60. Greater Short-toed Lark (2021-07-26)
61. Black-headed Wagtail (2021-07-26)
62. Brown-necked Raven (2021-07-26)
63. Sand Martin (2021-07-26)
64. Spotted Flycatcher (2021-07-26)
65. Common Tern (2021-07-26)
66. Desert Wheatear (2021-07-27)
67. Caspian Gull (2021-07-27)
68. Pallas's Gull (2021-07-27)
69. Asian Desert Warbler (2021-07-28)
70. Steppe Eagle (2021-07-28)
71. Pallas's Sandgrouse (2021-07-29)
72. Little Tern (2021-07-29)
73. Crested Lark (2021-09-18)
74. Ruff (2021-09-19)
75. Great White Egret (2021-09-20)
76. Common Raven (2021-09-20)
77. Common Rosefinch (2021-09-20)
78. Little Bunting (2021-09-24)
79. Brambling (2021-10-03)
80. White-browed Tit-Warbler (2021-10-26)
81. Yellowhammer (2021-11-04)
82. Black Redstart (2021-11-05)
83. Hen Harrier (2021-11-08)
84. Horned Lark (2021-11-10)
85. Goosander (2021-11-12)
86. Arctic Loon (2021-11-12)
87. Blue Tit (2021-11-12)
88. Mute Swan (2021-11-12)
89. Northern Reed Bunting (2021-11-12)
90. Little Bustard (2021-11-15)
91. Great Spotted Woodpecker (2021-11-15)
92. Great Grey Shrike (2021-11-16)
93. Northern Bullfinch (2021-11-16)
94. Hawfinch (2021-11-16)
95. Rough-legged Buzzard (2021-11-17)
96. Desert Finch (2021-11-22)
97. Hooded Crow (2021-11-23)
98. House Sparrow (2021-11-23)
99. Mew Gull (2021-11-23)
100. Lesser Whitethroat (2021-11-23)
101. Snow Bunting (2021-11-25)
102. Black Lark (2021-11-25)
103. White-winged Lark (2021-11-25)
104. Redwing (2021-11-27)
105. Common Chaffinch (2021-11-27)
106. Spanish Sparrow (2021-11-28)
107. Turkestan Tit (2021-11-29)
108. Grey Heron (2021-11-29)
109. Black-throated Thrush (2021-11-29)
110. Little Owl (2021-11-29)
111. Calandra Lark (2021-11-29)
112. Pygmy Cormorant (2021-11-29)
113. Brown Dipper (2021-12-12)
114. Common Treecreeper (2021-12-21)

recent uploads


2021-12-28. Booted Warbler, Blyth's Reed Warbler, Desert Wheatear, Syke's Warbler, Black-headed Gull, Red-Necked Grebe, Grey Heron, Common Sandpiper, Great Cormorant, Northern Pintail, Ruddy Turnstone, Red-necked Phalarope, Common Teal, Sandwich Tern, Kentish Plover, Common Tern, Pallas's Gull, Little Tern, Caspian Gull, European Bee-eater, Long-tailed Duck, Red-breasted Merganser, Common Pochard.

2021-12-27. Common Sandpiper, Dalmatian Pelican, Great White Pelican, Common Greenshank, Greater Ringed Plover, Bar-tailed Godwit, Blyth's Reed Warbler, Greater Flamingo, Terek Sandpiper, Curlew Sandpiper, Red-headed Bunting, Rosy Starling, Pied Avocet, Caspian Tern, Pallas's Gull, Grey Plover, Lesser Whitethroat, Ortolan Bunting, Eurasian Curlew, Booted Warbler, Sanderling.

2021-12-24. Desert Wheatear.

2021-12-23. Greater Short-toed Lark, Tawny Pipit, Asian Desert Warbler, Steppe Eagle, Desert Wheatear, Tawny Pipit, Desert Wheatear, Pallas's Sandgrouse, Eurasian Hobby, Little Tern, Caspian Gull, Masked Wagtail, Common Redshank, Black-headed Wagtail, Red-crested Pochard, Brown-necked Raven, Ruddy Shelduck, Sand Martin, Spotted Flycatcher, Common Tern, Caspian Gull, Pallas's Gull, Desert Wheatear, Tufted Duck, Common Shelduck, Common Quail, Northern Pintail, Red-footed Falcon, Smew, Eurasian Wryneck, Demoiselle Crane, Western Grasshopper Warbler, Common Teal, Eurasian Penduline Tit, Willow Tit, Green Sandpiper, Grey Heron, Whooper Swan, Little Bustard.

2021-12-21. Brown Dipper, Common Treecreeper.

2021-12-10. Eurasian Linnet, Eurasian Linnet.

2021-12-01. Redwing, Common Chaffinch, Horned Lark, White-winged Lark, Common Kestrel, Hen Harrier, Spanish Sparrow, Eurasian Collared Dove, Crested Lark, Great White Egret, Common Chaffinch, Turkestan Tit, Grey Heron, Black-throated Thrush, Little Owl, White-winged Lark, Calandra Lark, Pygmy Cormorant.

2021-11-26. Snow Bunting, Black Lark, White-winged Lark, Mute Swan, Hen Harrier, Black Lark, Common Horned Lark.

2021-11-25. Ruff, Little Bunting, Great White Egret, White Wagtail, Common Raven, Crested Lark, Common Rosefinch, Brambling.

2021-11-24. Caspian Gull, Desert Finch, Tree Sparrow, House Sparrow, Hooded Crow, Black-headed Gull, Common Sparrowhawk, Mew Gull, Common Chiffchaff, Blue Tit, Lesser Whitethroat, European Robin, Great Crested Grebe.

2021-11-17. Great Grey Shrike, Great Tit, Northern Bullfinch, Hawfinch, Rough-legged Buzzard.

2021-11-15. Common Sparrowhawk, Yellowhammer, European Black Redstart, White-tailed Sea-Eagle, Common Horned Lark, Goosander, Arctic Loon, Blue Tit, Mute Swan, Northern Reed Bunting, Hen Harrier, Little Bustard, Great Spotted Woodpecker.

2021-10-26. White-browed Tit-Warbler.

2021-06-14. Ruddy Shelduck, Red-rumped Swallow, Northern House Martin, Common Starling, Little Ringed Plover, Alpine Swift, Red-rumped Swallow, Common Swift, Blue Whistling Thrush, Demoiselle Crane, Eurasian Hobby, Yellow-breasted Tit, Common Chiffchaff.

2021-06-12. Steppe Grey Shrike, Tawny Pipit, Tree Pipit, Demoiselle Crane.

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...