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total species: 163
total photos: 359
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1. Mistle Thrush (2022-01-03)
2. Eversmann's Redstart (2022-01-03)
3. Long-legged Buzzard (2022-01-16)
4. Rook (2022-01-16)
5. Eurasian Blackbird (2022-01-16)
6. Carrion Crow (2022-01-16)
7. Hooded Crow (2022-01-16)
8. Eurasian Collared Dove (2022-01-20)
9. Brambling (2022-01-20)
10. Common Chaffinch (2022-01-20)
11. Eastern Buzzard (2022-01-22)
12. Goldcrest (2022-01-22)
13. Eurasian Siskin (2022-01-22)
14. Great Tit (2022-01-22)
15. House Sparrow (2022-02-17)
16. Brown Dipper (2022-02-20)
17. Mallard (2022-02-20)
18. Tree Sparrow (2022-02-20)
19. Azure Tit (2022-02-23)
20. Eurasian Dipper (2022-02-26)
21. Great White Egret (2022-02-26)
22. Common Sparrowhawk (2022-02-26)
23. Cinereous Vulture (2022-02-27)
24. Coal Tit (2022-02-27)
25. Northern Wren (2022-02-27)
26. Common Treecreeper (2022-02-27)
27. Great Spotted Woodpecker (2022-03-01)
28. Masked Wagtail (2022-03-20)
29. Demoiselle Crane (2022-04-08)
30. Alpine Swift (2022-04-09)
31. Wood Pigeon (2022-04-15)
32. Tree Pipit (2022-04-15)
33. Grey-headed Goldfinch (2022-04-15)
34. White-Winged Woodpecker (2022-04-16)
35. Eurasian Jackdaw (2022-04-16)
36. Common Buzzard (2022-04-16)
37. Common Kestrel (2022-04-16)
38. Common Chiffchaff (2022-04-17)
39. Black Kite (2022-04-17)
40. Common Pheasant (2022-04-18)
41. Black-throated Thrush (2022-04-18)
42. Green Sandpiper (2022-04-19)
43. Garganey (2022-04-19)
44. Common Snipe (2022-04-21)
45. Northern Lapwing (2022-04-21)
46. Grey Wagtail (2022-04-22)
47. Little Ringed Plover (2022-04-22)
48. Common Starling (2022-04-22)
49. Red-rumped Swallow (2022-05-14)
50. Blue Whistling Thrush (2022-05-15)
51. Common Swift (2022-05-20)
52. Himalayan Vulture (2022-06-12)
53. Steppe Grey Shrike (2022-06-16)
54. Red-headed Bunting (2022-06-20)
55. Calandra Lark (2022-06-25)
56. Mew Gull (2022-07-04)
57. Desert Wheatear (2022-07-05)
58. White Wagtail (2022-07-06)
59. Desert Finch (2022-07-06)
60. White-winged Tern (2022-07-10)
61. Sand Martin (2022-07-10)
62. Black-tailed Godwit (2022-07-10)
63. Glossy Ibis (2022-07-10)
64. Black-crowned Night Heron (2022-07-10)
65. Common Pochard (2022-07-10)
66. Black Tern (2022-07-10)
67. Mute Swan (2022-07-10)
68. Little Egret (2022-07-10)
69. Little Tern (2022-07-10)
70. Slender-billed Gull (2022-07-10)
71. Grey Heron (2022-07-10)
72. Black-winged Pratincole (2022-07-10)
73. Ruff (2022-07-10)
74. Hoopoe (2022-07-10)
75. Black-winged Stilt (2022-07-10)
76. Gull-billed Tern (2022-07-10)
77. Black-headed Wagtail (2022-07-10)
78. Pallas's Gull (2022-07-10)
79. Black-Necked Grebe (2022-07-10)
80. Pied Avocet (2022-07-10)
81. Red-crested Pochard (2022-07-10)
82. Great Crested Grebe (2022-07-10)
83. European Bee-eater (2022-07-10)
84. Pied Wheatear (2022-07-11)
85. Greater Short-toed Lark (2022-07-16)
86. Eurasian Stone Curlew (2022-07-18)
87. Macqueen's Bustard (2022-07-18)
88. Paddyfield Warbler (2022-07-23)
89. Syke's Warbler (2022-07-23)
90. Blyth's Reed Warbler (2022-07-23)
91. Marsh Sandpiper (2022-07-24)
92. Little Stint (2022-07-24)
93. Black-headed Gull (2022-07-24)
94. Sanderling (2022-07-24)
95. Caspian Gull (2022-07-25)
96. Isabelline Wheatear (2022-07-27)
97. Rock Pigeon (2022-07-28)
98. White-tailed Lapwing (2022-07-31)
99. Whiskered Tern (2022-07-31)
100. Common Cuckoo (2022-07-31)
101. Common Oystercatcher (2022-07-31)
102. Common Shelduck (2022-07-31)
103. Red-necked Phalarope (2022-08-04)
104. Common Tern (2022-08-04)
105. Black-Bellied Sandgrouse (2022-08-04)
106. Northern Shoveler (2022-08-04)
107. Curlew Sandpiper (2022-08-04)
108. Terek Sandpiper (2022-08-05)
109. Greater Flamingo (2022-08-05)
110. Blue-cheeked Bee-eater (2022-08-06)
111. Great Cormorant (2022-08-10)
112. Purple Heron (2022-08-10)
113. Little Bittern (2022-08-16)
114. Barn Swallow (2022-08-16)
115. Common Coot (2022-08-17)
116. Common Moorhen (2022-08-17)
117. Spotted Flycatcher (2022-08-17)
118. Eurasian Magpie (2022-08-17)
119. Red-backed Shrike (2022-08-17)
120. Common Sandpiper (2022-08-29)
121. Hume's Warbler (2022-08-31)
122. Blue-capped Redstart (2022-10-10)
123. Crested Lark (2022-10-15)
124. Black Redstart (2022-10-17)
125. European Robin (2022-10-17)
126. Northern Wheatear (2022-10-17)
127. Eurasian Redstart (2022-10-17)
128. White-tailed Sea-Eagle (2022-10-17)
129. Great Grey Shrike (2022-10-17)
130. Song Thrush (2022-10-18)
131. Northern Reed Bunting (2022-10-18)
132. Whooper Swan (2022-10-19)
133. Hen Harrier (2022-10-19)
134. Hawfinch (2022-10-22)
135. Common Goldeneye (2022-10-29)
136. Greater White-fronted Goose (2022-11-01)
137. Red-breasted Goose (2022-11-01)
138. Bewick's Swan (2022-11-02)
139. Greylag Goose (2022-11-02)
140. Laughing Dove (2022-11-03)
141. Redwing (2022-11-05)
142. Fieldfare (2022-11-05)
143. Bohemian Waxwing (2022-11-05)
144. Rough-legged Buzzard (2022-11-11)
145. Blue Tit (2022-11-11)
146. Common Teal (2022-11-11)
147. Eurasian Jay (2022-11-20)
148. White-winged Lark (2022-11-23)
149. Horned Lark (2022-11-24)
150. Ruddy Shelduck (2022-11-25)
151. Grey Partridge (2022-11-25)
152. Tufted Duck (2022-11-27)
153. Black Lark (2022-11-28)
154. Spanish Sparrow (2022-11-29)
155. Merlin (2022-11-29)
156. Western Marsh-Harrier (2022-11-30)
157. Pygmy Cormorant (2022-11-30)
158. Common Mynah (2022-11-30)
159. Eastern Imperial Eagle (2022-11-30)
160. Steppe Eagle (2022-11-30)
161. Upland Buzzard (2022-12-01)
162. Yellowhammer (2022-12-01)
163. White-winged Grosbeak (2022-12-07)

recent uploads


2022-12-25. White-tailed Sea-Eagle, Western Marsh-Harrier, Pygmy Cormorant, Caspian Gull, Common Sparrowhawk, Common Mynah, Common Starling, Eastern Imperial Eagle, Steppe Eagle, Upland Buzzard, Yellowhammer, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Steppe Eagle, Carrion Crow, White-winged Lark, Great White Egret, Mallard, Spanish Sparrow, Merlin.

2022-12-19. White-tailed Sea-Eagle, White-winged Lark, Rough-legged Buzzard, Whooper Swan, Mute Swan, Horned Lark, Ruddy Shelduck, Grey Partridge, Eurasian Jay, White-tailed Sea-Eagle, Tufted Duck, Black Lark.

2022-12-18. Common Sparrowhawk, Pallas's Gull.

2022-12-17. Redwing, Rough-legged Buzzard, Blue Tit, Red-crested Pochard, Eurasian Magpie, Common Teal, Unkown Bird, Black Kite.

2022-12-11. Redwing, Great Tit, Common Goldeneye, Fieldfare, Bohemian Waxwing, Mew Gull, Unkown Bird, Pallas's Gull.

2022-12-10. Great White Egret, Common Kestrel, Laughing Dove, Red-backed Shrike, Eurasian Blackbird, Black-headed Gull.

2022-12-09. Greater White-fronted Goose, Common Goldeneye, Mistle Thrush, Black Redstart, Northern Reed Bunting, Northern Reed Bunting, Northern Reed Bunting, Whooper Swan, Red-breasted Goose, Bewick's Swan, Northern Reed Bunting, White-tailed Sea-Eagle, Hen Harrier, Hen Harrier, Greylag Goose, Crested Lark, Northern Lapwing, Northern Lapwing.

2022-12-08. White-winged Grosbeak.

2022-12-07. Northern Reed Bunting.

2022-12-05. White Wagtail, Wood Pigeon, Hawfinch, Black Redstart, European Robin, Northern Wheatear, Steppe Buzzard, Whooper Swan, Eurasian Redstart, White-tailed Sea-Eagle, Song Thrush, Song Thrush, Great Grey Shrike, Common Starling, Crested Lark, Eurasian Blackbird, Eurasian Siskin.

2022-10-11. Blue-capped Redstart.

2022-10-04. Black-throated Thrush.

2022-09-28. Curlew Sandpiper, European Bee-eater, Steppe Grey Shrike.

2022-09-20. Terek Sandpiper, Greater Flamingo, Slender-billed Gull, Slender-billed Gull, Slender-billed Gull, Black-headed Gull, Black-headed Gull, Common Shelduck, Common Sparrowhawk, Sanderling, Isabelline Wheatear, Common Kestrel, Desert Wheatear, Common Tern, Purple Heron, Purple Heron, Blyth's Reed Warbler, Hooded Crow, Spotted Flycatcher, Grey Heron, Grey Heron, Mew Gull, Rock Pigeon, Common Starling, Eurasian Magpie, Red-backed Shrike, Black-winged Pratincole, Black-winged Pratincole, Black-winged Pratincole, Garganey, Ruff, Hoopoe, Hoopoe, Greater Flamingo, Black-winged Stilt, Black-winged Stilt, Black-winged Stilt, Black-winged Stilt, Caspian Gull, Caspian Gull, Gull-billed Tern, Black-Bellied Sandgrouse, Black-headed Wagtail, Pallas's Gull, Black-Necked Grebe, Common Swift, Green Sandpiper, Northern Lapwing, Pied Avocet, Pied Avocet, Northern Shoveler, Red-crested Pochard, Great Crested Grebe, White Wagtail, Common Sandpiper, Hume's Warbler.

2022-09-19. Calandra Lark, Calandra Lark, Calandra Lark, Greater Short-toed Lark, Red-headed Bunting, Blue-cheeked Bee-eater, Pied Wheatear, Isabelline Wheatear, Pied Wheatear, Paddyfield Warbler, Long-legged Buzzard, Glossy Ibis, Glossy Ibis, Black-crowned Night Heron, Eurasian Collared Dove, Common Pochard, Black Tern, Red-necked Phalarope, Common Cuckoo, Little Stint, Common Oystercatcher, Long-legged Buzzard, Mute Swan, Common Coot, Little Egret, Little Egret, Little Tern, Little Tern, Little Ringed Plover, Masked Wagtail, Little Ringed Plover, Common Moorhen.

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...