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Gaviiformes
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    map of photoshootings

    total species: 127
    total photos: 638
    total videos: 0
    total blogposts: 2

    sort by:

    1. Coal Tit (2023-01-24)
    2. Northern Bullfinch (2023-01-24)
    3. Azure Tit (2023-02-01)
    4. Common Redpoll (2023-02-01)
    5. Eurasian Goldfinch (2023-02-01)
    6. Long-tailed Rosefinch (2023-02-05)
    7. Hawfinch (2023-02-05)
    8. Yellowhammer (2023-02-05)
    9. Fieldfare (2023-02-05)
    10. Great Tit (2023-02-06)
    11. House Sparrow (2023-02-06)
    12. Red Crossbill (2023-02-17)
    13. Great Spotted Woodpecker (2023-02-21)
    14. Blue Tit (2023-02-23)
    15. Bohemian Waxwing (2023-03-12)
    16. Snow Bunting (2023-03-21)
    17. Horned Lark (2023-03-21)
    18. European Greenfinch (2023-03-21)
    19. Eurasian Siskin (2023-03-21)
    20. Rock Pigeon (2023-03-23)
    21. Common Chaffinch (2023-03-25)
    22. Pallid Harrier (2023-03-25)
    23. Common Starling (2023-03-25)
    24. Black Redstart (2023-03-29)
    25. Tree Sparrow (2023-03-29)
    26. Stock Pigeon (2023-04-02)
    27. White Wagtail (2023-04-04)
    28. Bluethroat (2023-04-06)
    29. Wood Pigeon (2023-04-06)
    30. Whooper Swan (2023-04-06)
    31. Common Crane (2023-04-06)
    32. Eurasian Magpie (2023-04-06)
    33. Brambling (2023-04-06)
    34. European Robin (2023-04-08)
    35. Northern Reed Bunting (2023-04-08)
    36. Demoiselle Crane (2023-04-10)
    37. Song Thrush (2023-04-10)
    38. Tree Pipit (2023-04-11)
    39. Common Kestrel (2023-04-12)
    40. Black Kite (2023-04-12)
    41. Baraba Steppe Gull (2023-04-16)
    42. Common Buzzard (2023-04-20)
    43. Common Chiffchaff (2023-04-20)
    44. Red-Necked Grebe (2023-04-20)
    45. Great Crested Grebe (2023-04-20)
    46. Rough-legged Buzzard (2023-04-24)
    47. Merlin (2023-04-25)
    48. Eurasian Redstart (2023-04-25)
    49. Common Sandpiper (2023-04-30)
    50. Pied Flycatcher (2023-05-01)
    51. Whinchat (2023-05-02)
    52. Siberian Stonechat (2023-05-02)
    53. Long-tailed Duck (2023-05-04)
    54. Common Cuckoo (2023-05-04)
    55. Common Sparrowhawk (2023-05-04)
    56. Common Raven (2023-05-05)
    57. Grey Wagtail (2023-05-06)
    58. Eurasian Hobby (2023-05-08)
    59. Lesser Whitethroat (2023-05-08)
    60. Oriental Turtle Dove (2023-05-10)
    61. Grey Heron (2023-05-12)
    63. European Golden Oriole (2023-05-13)
    64. Common Tern (2023-05-16)
    65. Caspian Tern (2023-05-16)
    66. Common Rosefinch (2023-05-20)
    67. Spotted Flycatcher (2023-05-21)
    68. Booted Warbler (2023-05-22)
    69. Yellow Wagtail (2023-05-22)
    70. Northern Wheatear (2023-05-22)
    71. Common Shelduck (2023-05-22)
    72. Little Bustard (2023-05-22)
    73. Mute Swan (2023-05-23)
    74. Montagu's Harrier (2023-05-23)
    75. Lesser Grey Shrike (2023-05-26)
    76. Mallard (2023-05-26)
    77. Blyth's Reed Warbler (2023-05-26)
    78. Common Whitethroat (2023-05-27)
    79. Sand Martin (2023-05-28)
    80. Paddyfield Warbler (2023-05-28)
    81. Long-eared Owl (2023-05-29)
    82. Hooded Crow (2023-05-31)
    83. Black-headed Gull (2023-06-13)
    84. Pallas's Gull (2023-06-13)
    85. Sky Lark (2023-06-17)
    86. Cetti's Warbler (2023-06-23)
    87. Eurasian Penduline Tit (2023-06-23)
    88. Barn Swallow (2023-06-25)
    89. Caspian Gull (2023-07-05)
    90. Rook (2023-07-21)
    91. Wood Warbler (2023-07-31)
    92. Eurasian Jackdaw (2023-08-02)
    93. Tawny Pipit (2023-08-02)
    94. Hoopoe (2023-08-02)
    95. Gadwall (2023-08-02)
    96. Willow Warbler (2023-08-10)
    97. Black-tailed Godwit (2023-08-14)
    98. Common Greenshank (2023-08-14)
    99. Wood Sandpiper (2023-08-14)
    100. Great White Egret (2023-08-14)
    101. Common Coot (2023-08-14)
    102. Pacific Golden Plover (2023-08-16)
    103. Red-necked Phalarope (2023-08-20)
    104. Little Stint (2023-08-20)
    105. Citrine Wagtail (2023-08-20)
    106. Dunlin (2023-08-20)
    107. Western Marsh-Harrier (2023-08-21)
    108. Great Cormorant (2023-08-21)
    109. Greater Ringed Plover (2023-08-26)
    110. Little Ringed Plover (2023-08-26)
    111. Northern Lapwing (2023-08-26)
    112. White-tailed Sea-Eagle (2023-09-17)
    113. Rustic Bunting (2023-09-27)
    114. Eurasian Nuthatch (2023-09-27)
    115. Goldcrest (2023-09-29)
    116. Red-flanked Bluetail (2023-10-09)
    117. Red-breasted Flycatcher (2023-10-09)
    118. Arctic Loon (2023-10-15)
    119. Long-tailed Tit (2023-10-15)
    120. Spotted Nutcracker (2023-10-19)
    121. Eurasian Jay (2023-10-19)
    122. Mistle Thrush (2023-10-19)
    123. Bearded Tit (2023-10-27)
    124. Redwing (2023-10-27)
    125. Red-breasted Merganser (2023-11-02)
    126. Northern Wren (2023-11-04)
    127. Common Treecreeper (2023-11-04)

    recent uploads

    2023-12-19. White-tailed Sea-Eagle, Common Redpoll.

    2023-12-11. Red Crossbill, Goldcrest, Eurasian Nuthatch, Common Treecreeper, Coal Tit, Great Tit, House Sparrow.

    2023-11-30. Azure Tit, Hawfinch, Goldcrest, Eurasian Nuthatch.

    2023-11-29. Redwing, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Common Redpoll, Northern Bullfinch.

    2023-11-23. Coal Tit, Fieldfare, Northern Bullfinch, Eurasian Magpie, Whooper Swan.

    2023-11-13. Goldcrest.

    2023-11-10. European Robin, Goldcrest, Northern Bullfinch, Long-tailed Rosefinch.

    2023-11-09. Long-tailed Rosefinch, Red-breasted Merganser, Whooper Swan, Arctic Loon.

    2023-11-07. Mistle Thrush, Northern Wren, Spotted Nutcracker, Coal Tit, Common Treecreeper, Eurasian Nuthatch, Bohemian Waxwing, Common Chiffchaff.

    2023-11-05. Azure Tit, Common Redpoll, Red-breasted Merganser, Great Spotted Woodpecker.

    2023-11-01. Spotted Nutcracker, Long-tailed Tit, Bearded Tit, Common Chiffchaff, Redwing, Mistle Thrush, Coal Tit, Mute Swan.

    2023-10-30. Fieldfare, Spotted Nutcracker.

    2023-10-22. Fieldfare, Mistle Thrush.

    2023-10-21. Spotted Nutcracker, Northern Bullfinch, Coal Tit, Eurasian Jay, Eurasian Nuthatch, Eurasian Siskin.

    2023-10-17. Arctic Loon, Goldcrest, European Robin, Long-tailed Tit.

    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...