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    total species: 42
    total photos: 140
    total videos: 0
    total blogposts: 2

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    1. Lesser Sand Plover (2014-05-23)
    2. European Bee-eater (2014-05-23)
    3. Black Stork (2014-05-23)
    4. Common Moorhen (2014-05-23)
    5. Black-winged Stilt (2014-05-23)
    6. Little Stint (2014-05-23)
    7. Spotted Redshank (2014-05-23)
    8. Eurasian Roller (2014-05-23)
    9. Eurasian Whimbrel (2014-05-23)
    10. Whooper Swan (2014-05-23)
    11. Mute Swan (2014-05-23)
    12. Terek Sandpiper (2014-05-23)
    13. Isabelline Wheatear (2014-05-24)
    14. Black-Bellied Sandgrouse (2014-05-24)
    15. Red-headed Bunting (2014-05-24)
    16. Short-toed Snake-Eagle (2014-05-24)
    17. Spotted Flycatcher (2014-05-24)
    18. Lesser Whitethroat (2014-05-24)
    19. Baraba Steppe Gull (2014-05-24)
    20. Common Kingfisher (2014-05-24)
    21. Hume's Warbler (2014-05-24)
    22. Little Owl (2014-05-24)
    23. Long-legged Buzzard (2014-05-24)
    24. Pied Wheatear (2014-05-24)
    25. Bluethroat (2014-05-24)
    26. Rufous-tailed Rock Thrush (2014-05-24)
    27. Hoopoe (2014-05-24)
    28. Greater Sand Plover (2014-05-24)
    29. Spanish Sparrow (2014-05-24)
    30. Bimaculated Lark (2014-05-24)
    31. Caspian Plover (2014-05-24)
    32. Eurasian Hobby (2014-05-24)
    33. Little Ringed Plover (2014-05-24)
    34. Barn Swallow (2014-05-24)
    35. White Wagtail (2014-05-24)
    36. Crested Honey-Buzzard (2014-05-24)
    37. Temminck's Stint (2014-05-24)
    38. Grey Wagtail (2014-05-24)
    39. Pallas's Sandgrouse (2014-05-24)
    40. Brown-necked Raven (2014-05-24)
    41. Ruff (2014-05-24)
    42. Greater Short-toed Lark (2014-05-25)

    recent uploads

    2014-06-23. Black-Bellied Sandgrouse.

    2014-06-22. Black-winged Stilt, Common Moorhen, Black Stork, European Bee-eater, Brown-necked Raven, Greater Short-toed Lark, Pallas's Sandgrouse, Grey Wagtail, Temminck's Stint, Crested Honey-Buzzard, White Wagtail, Barn Swallow, Little Ringed Plover, Eurasian Hobby, Caspian Plover, Bimaculated Lark, Spanish Sparrow, Long-legged Buzzard, Greater Sand Plover, Isabelline Wheatear, Red-headed Bunting, Short-toed Snake-Eagle, Spotted Flycatcher, Lesser Whitethroat, Baraba Steppe Gull, Common Kingfisher, Hume's Warbler, Little Owl, Long-legged Buzzard, Hybrid Shrike, Pied Wheatear, Bluethroat, Rufous-tailed Rock Thrush, Hoopoe.

    2014-06-15. Lesser Sand Plover, Lesser Sand Plover, Terek Sandpiper, Mute Swan, Whooper Swan, Eurasian Whimbrel, Eurasian Roller, Spotted Redshank, Ruff, Little Stint.

    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...