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    total species: 144
    total photos: 349
    total videos: 0
    total blogposts: 0

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    1. Mute Swan (2022-02-05)
    2. Whooper Swan (2022-02-05)
    3. Northern Reed Bunting (2022-02-05)
    4. Ruddy Shelduck (2022-02-05)
    5. White-tailed Sea-Eagle (2022-02-05)
    6. Mallard (2022-02-05)
    7. House Sparrow (2022-02-16)
    8. Great Tit (2022-02-20)
    9. Brown Dipper (2022-02-20)
    10. Eurasian Jackdaw (2022-04-04)
    11. Rock Pigeon (2022-04-04)
    12. Black Kite (2022-04-04)
    13. Black Redstart (2022-04-05)
    14. Masked Wagtail (2022-04-05)
    15. Mistle Thrush (2022-04-05)
    16. Eurasian Dipper (2022-04-05)
    17. Common Pheasant (2022-04-10)
    18. Northern Wheatear (2022-04-10)
    19. Great Cormorant (2022-04-10)
    20. Red-crested Pochard (2022-04-10)
    21. Tree Pipit (2022-04-10)
    22. Black-winged Stilt (2022-04-10)
    23. Black-headed Gull (2022-04-10)
    24. Common Kestrel (2022-04-10)
    25. Common Chiffchaff (2022-04-10)
    26. Turkestan Tit (2022-04-10)
    27. Pied Wheatear (2022-04-10)
    28. Steppe Eagle (2022-04-10)
    29. Crested Lark (2022-04-10)
    30. Isabelline Shrike (2022-04-10)
    31. Common Redshank (2022-04-10)
    32. Citrine Wagtail (2022-04-10)
    33. Little Ringed Plover (2022-04-10)
    34. Sky Lark (2022-04-10)
    35. Caspian Plover (2022-04-10)
    36. Black-Bellied Sandgrouse (2022-04-10)
    37. Green Sandpiper (2022-04-10)
    38. Long-legged Buzzard (2022-04-10)
    39. Northern Lapwing (2022-04-10)
    40. Grey Heron (2022-04-10)
    41. Great White Egret (2022-04-10)
    42. White Wagtail (2022-04-10)
    43. Northern Shoveler (2022-04-10)
    44. Demoiselle Crane (2022-04-11)
    45. Hoopoe (2022-04-11)
    46. Garganey (2022-04-11)
    47. Saxaul Sparrow (2022-04-11)
    48. Chukar Partridge (2022-04-11)
    49. Horned Lark (2022-04-19)
    50. Isabelline Wheatear (2022-04-19)
    51. Rock Bunting (2022-04-19)
    52. Black-throated Thrush (2022-04-19)
    54. Common Moorhen (2022-04-19)
    55. Calandra Lark (2022-04-19)
    56. Corn Bunting (2022-04-19)
    57. Blue Whistling Thrush (2022-04-23)
    58. Grey Wagtail (2022-04-23)
    59. Azure Tit (2022-04-23)
    60. Black-Necked Grebe (2022-05-07)
    61. White-headed Duck (2022-05-07)
    62. Great Crested Grebe (2022-05-07)
    63. Common Kingfisher (2022-05-07)
    64. Caspian Gull (2022-05-07)
    65. Common Rosefinch (2022-05-07)
    66. Common Coot (2022-05-07)
    67. Temminck's Stint (2022-05-07)
    68. Common Shelduck (2022-05-07)
    69. Common Oystercatcher (2022-05-07)
    70. Western Marsh-Harrier (2022-05-07)
    71. Eurasian Roller (2022-05-07)
    72. Ferruginous Duck (2022-05-07)
    73. White-browed Tit-Warbler (2022-05-08)
    74. Red-fronted Serin (2022-05-08)
    75. Hume's Warbler (2022-05-08)
    76. Blue-capped Redstart (2022-05-08)
    77. Ibisbill (2022-05-08)
    78. Eversmann's Redstart (2022-05-08)
    79. Indian Golden Oriole (2022-05-09)
    80. Long-tailed Shrike (2022-05-09)
    81. Oriental Turtle Dove (2022-05-14)
    82. Bluethroat (2022-05-14)
    83. Wood Pigeon (2022-05-14)
    84. Eurasian Redstart (2022-05-14)
    85. Eurasian Collared Dove (2022-05-14)
    86. Little Stint (2022-05-14)
    87. Spotted Flycatcher (2022-05-14)
    88. Rufous-tailed Rock Thrush (2022-05-14)
    89. Rosy Starling (2022-05-14)
    90. Greater Sand Plover (2022-05-14)
    91. Turkestan Shrike (2022-05-14)
    92. White-Winged Woodpecker (2022-05-15)
    93. Yellow-eyed Pigeon (2022-05-15)
    94. Red-headed Bunting (2022-05-15)
    95. Common Tern (2022-05-15)
    96. Lesser Whitethroat (2022-05-15)
    97. Crested Honey-Buzzard (2022-05-15)
    98. Black Tern (2022-05-15)
    99. Black-headed Wagtail (2022-05-15)
    100. Himalayan Rubythroat (2022-05-15)
    101. Black Stork (2022-05-15)
    102. Syke's Warbler (2022-05-15)
    103. Rock Sparrow (2022-05-16)
    104. Sand Martin (2022-05-16)
    105. Montagu's Harrier (2022-05-16)
    106. Eastern Rock Nuthatch (2022-05-16)
    107. Red-rumped Swallow (2022-05-16)
    108. Common Buzzard (2022-05-16)
    109. Rufous Bush Robin (2022-05-16)
    110. Common Nightingale (2022-05-16)
    111. Golden Eagle (2022-05-17)
    112. European Bee-eater (2022-05-17)
    113. Grey-necked Bunting (2022-05-17)
    114. Eastern Imperial Eagle (2022-05-17)
    115. White-capped Bunting (2022-05-17)
    116. Desert Wheatear (2022-05-17)
    117. Pallas's Sandgrouse (2022-05-17)
    118. Blue Rock Thrush (2022-05-17)
    119. White-winged Grosbeak (2022-05-18)
    120. Common Sparrowhawk (2022-05-18)
    121. Himalayan Snowcock (2022-05-18)
    122. Red-mantled Rosefinch (2022-05-19)
    123. Red-billed Chough (2022-05-19)
    124. Grey-headed Goldfinch (2022-05-19)
    125. Guldenstadt's Redstart (2022-05-19)
    126. Brown Accentor (2022-05-19)
    127. Himalayan Accentor (2022-05-19)
    128. Laughing Dove (2022-05-20)
    129. Eurasian Magpie (2022-05-20)
    130. Eurasian Blackbird (2022-05-20)
    131. Shikra (2022-05-24)
    132. Short-toed Snake-Eagle (2022-05-29)
    133. Dalmatian Pelican (2022-05-29)
    134. Cinereous Vulture (2022-05-30)
    135. Steppe Grey Shrike (2022-05-30)
    136. Pallid Scops Owl (2022-05-31)
    137. Blue-cheeked Bee-eater (2022-05-31)
    138. Common Cuckoo (2022-05-31)
    139. Pygmy Cormorant (2022-05-31)
    140. Eurasian Hobby (2022-05-31)
    141. Little Bustard (2022-06-01)
    142. Lesser Grey Shrike (2022-06-02)
    143. Common Mynah (2022-06-02)
    144. Tawny Pipit (2022-06-02)

    recent uploads

    2022-09-22. Eurasian Hobby.

    2022-06-10. Saxaul Sparrow, House Sparrow, Isabelline Wheatear, Black-Bellied Sandgrouse.

    2022-06-09. Hoopoe.

    2022-06-07. Turkestan Shrike, Tawny Pipit, Desert Wheatear, Pygmy Cormorant.

    2022-06-06. European Bee-eater, Dalmatian Pelican, Common Cuckoo, Azure Tit, White-tailed Sea-Eagle, Saxaul Sparrow, Steppe Grey Shrike, Common Mynah.

    2022-06-05. Short-toed Snake-Eagle, Great Cormorant, White-Winged Woodpecker, Pallid Scops Owl, Blue-cheeked Bee-eater.

    2022-06-04. Guldenstadt's Redstart, Brown Accentor, Guldenstadt's Redstart, Himalayan Accentor, Northern Wheatear, Northern Wheatear, Brown Accentor, Cinereous Vulture, Little Bustard.

    2022-06-03. Himalayan Rubythroat, Lesser Grey Shrike, Black Stork, Eurasian Blackbird, Grey-headed Goldfinch, Syke's Warbler, Common Nightingale.

    2022-05-27. Rosy Starling, Red-rumped Swallow, Black-Bellied Sandgrouse, Pallas's Sandgrouse, Saxaul Sparrow, Blue Rock Thrush, Blue Whistling Thrush, Lesser Whitethroat, Eurasian Magpie, Calandra Lark, Common Buzzard, Greater Sand Plover, Rufous Bush Robin, Turkestan Shrike, Shikra, Hoopoe, Himalayan Snowcock, Common Pheasant, Crested Honey-Buzzard, Black Tern, Black-headed Wagtail.

    2022-05-26. Common Tern.

    2022-05-25. Red-billed Chough, Azure Tit, Eurasian Collared Dove, Little Stint, Sand Martin, Montagu's Harrier, Laughing Dove, Little Ringed Plover, Eastern Imperial Eagle, Spotted Flycatcher, White-capped Bunting, Common Rosefinch, Common Sparrowhawk, Rufous-tailed Rock Thrush, Eastern Rock Nuthatch, Desert Wheatear, White-browed Tit-Warbler.

    2022-05-23. Wood Pigeon, Eurasian Redstart, Oriental Turtle Dove, Grey Wagtail, Mistle Thrush, Black-backed Citrine Wagtail, Red-headed Bunting, Common Kingfisher, European Bee-eater, Isabelline Wheatear, Rock Sparrow, Grey-necked Bunting.

    2022-05-22. Red-mantled Rosefinch, White-winged Grosbeak, White-Winged Woodpecker, Temminck's Stint, Golden Eagle, Great Tit, Brown Dipper, Yellow-eyed Pigeon, Turkestan Tit, Bluethroat.

    2022-05-11. Tree Pipit, Eversmann's Redstart, Mute Swan, Common Moorhen, Ferruginous Duck, Mallard, Corn Bunting, Chukar Partridge.

    2022-05-10. White-browed Tit-Warbler, Red-fronted Serin, Common Kingfisher, Hume's Warbler, Common Chiffchaff, Caspian Gull, Northern Lapwing, Black-winged Stilt, Common Rosefinch, Common Coot, Temminck's Stint, Common Shelduck, Common Oystercatcher, European Bee-eater, Western Marsh-Harrier, Tree Pipit, Blue-capped Redstart, Ibisbill, Eurasian Roller.

    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...