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    total species: 151
    total photos: 244
    total videos: 0
    total blogposts: 0

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    1. Eurasian Jackdaw (2023-03-27)
    2. Ruddy Shelduck (2023-03-29)
    3. Brown Accentor (2023-03-29)
    4. Red-mantled Rosefinch (2023-03-29)
    5. Lammergeier (2023-03-29)
    6. Carrion Crow (2023-03-29)
    7. Black Redstart (2023-03-29)
    8. Eversmann's Redstart (2023-03-29)
    9. Brown Dipper (2023-03-29)
    10. Common Chaffinch (2023-03-29)
    11. White-winged Grosbeak (2023-03-29)
    12. Upland Buzzard (2023-04-02)
    13. Grey-headed Goldfinch (2023-04-02)
    14. Great Tit (2023-04-02)
    15. Demoiselle Crane (2023-04-09)
    16. Wood Pigeon (2023-04-09)
    17. Great Crested Grebe (2023-04-09)
    18. Common Shelduck (2023-04-09)
    19. Dalmatian Pelican (2023-04-09)
    20. Peregrine Falcon (2023-04-09)
    21. Eurasian Magpie (2023-04-09)
    22. Northern Pintail (2023-04-09)
    23. White-headed Duck (2023-04-09)
    24. Caspian Gull (2023-04-09)
    25. Common Coot (2023-04-09)
    26. Common Moorhen (2023-04-09)
    27. Greater Sand Plover (2023-04-09)
    28. Calandra Lark (2023-04-09)
    29. Sociable Lapwing (2023-04-10)
    30. Rook (2023-04-10)
    31. Black Kite (2023-04-10)
    32. Green Sandpiper (2023-04-10)
    33. Hoopoe (2023-04-10)
    34. Hooded Crow (2023-04-10)
    35. Common Chiffchaff (2023-04-10)
    36. Montagu's Harrier (2023-04-10)
    37. Isabelline Shrike (2023-04-10)
    38. Masked Wagtail (2023-04-10)
    39. Eurasian Wryneck (2023-04-10)
    40. Eurasian Redstart (2023-04-10)
    41. Turkestan Tit (2023-04-11)
    42. Northern Lapwing (2023-04-11)
    43. Black-winged Stilt (2023-04-11)
    44. Booted Eagle (2023-04-11)
    45. Yellow-eyed Pigeon (2023-04-12)
    46. White-Winged Woodpecker (2023-04-12)
    47. Common Buzzard (2023-04-12)
    48. House Sparrow (2023-04-12)
    49. Saxaul Sparrow (2023-04-12)
    50. Black-headed Wagtail (2023-04-12)
    51. Osprey (2023-04-12)
    52. Bluethroat (2023-04-12)
    53. Common Starling (2023-04-12)
    54. Barn Swallow (2023-04-12)
    55. Common Teal (2023-04-13)
    56. Great White Egret (2023-04-13)
    57. Pallas's Sandgrouse (2023-04-13)
    58. Oriental Turtle Dove (2023-04-14)
    59. Isabelline Wheatear (2023-04-14)
    60. Siberian Stonechat (2023-04-14)
    61. Black-Bellied Sandgrouse (2023-04-14)
    62. Gull-billed Tern (2023-04-14)
    63. Brown-necked Raven (2023-04-14)
    64. Yellow Wagtail (2023-04-14)
    65. Rufous-tailed Rock Thrush (2023-04-15)
    66. Eurasian Collared Dove (2023-04-15)
    67. Little Bustard (2023-04-15)
    68. Garganey (2023-04-15)
    69. Rock Pigeon (2023-04-15)
    70. Long-legged Buzzard (2023-04-16)
    71. Crested Lark (2023-04-16)
    72. Pied Wheatear (2023-04-16)
    73. White Wagtail (2023-04-16)
    74. Little Ringed Plover (2023-04-16)
    75. Citrine Wagtail (2023-04-17)
    76. Common Redshank (2023-04-17)
    77. Tawny Pipit (2023-04-17)
    78. Common Sparrowhawk (2023-04-17)
    79. Caspian Plover (2023-04-18)
    80. Lesser Whitethroat (2023-04-21)
    81. Common Pheasant (2023-04-21)
    82. Azure Tit (2023-04-22)
    83. Tree Sparrow (2023-04-22)
    84. Northern Wheatear (2023-04-22)
    85. Grey Heron (2023-04-23)
    86. Greylag Goose (2023-04-23)
    87. White-tailed Sea-Eagle (2023-04-23)
    88. Great White Pelican (2023-04-23)
    89. Northern Shoveler (2023-04-23)
    90. Red-crested Pochard (2023-04-23)
    91. Mute Swan (2023-04-23)
    92. Chukar Partridge (2023-04-28)
    93. Horned Lark (2023-04-28)
    94. Eurasian Scops-Owl (2023-04-28)
    95. Mongolian Finch (2023-04-29)
    96. Corn Bunting (2023-04-29)
    97. Rock Bunting (2023-04-29)
    98. White-capped Bunting (2023-04-29)
    99. Sky Lark (2023-04-29)
    100. Cinereous Vulture (2023-04-29)
    101. Steppe Eagle (2023-04-29)
    102. Indian Golden Oriole (2023-05-10)
    103. Eurasian Blackbird (2023-05-10)
    104. Long-tailed Shrike (2023-05-10)
    105. Eurasian Roller (2023-05-12)
    106. Common Mynah (2023-05-12)
    107. Common Cuckoo (2023-05-14)
    108. Meadow Bunting (2023-05-14)
    109. Blyth's Reed Warbler (2023-05-25)
    110. Blue Whistling Thrush (2023-05-29)
    111. Shikra (2023-05-29)
    112. Grey Wagtail (2023-05-29)
    113. Rosy Starling (2023-05-29)
    114. Red-headed Bunting (2023-05-29)
    115. Blue-cheeked Bee-eater (2023-05-31)
    116. Asian Desert Warbler (2023-05-31)
    117. Pander's Ground-Jay (2023-06-01)
    118. Common Treecreeper (2023-06-11)
    119. Rufous Bush Robin (2023-06-17)
    120. Steppe Grey Shrike (2023-06-17)
    121. Pygmy Cormorant (2023-06-17)
    122. Black Tern (2023-06-17)
    123. Lesser Short-toed Lark (2023-06-18)
    124. Great Reed Warbler (2023-06-18)
    125. Purple Heron (2023-06-18)
    126. Common Kingfisher (2023-06-18)
    127. Rock Sparrow (2023-06-20)
    128. Sand Martin (2023-06-20)
    129. Black-tailed Godwit (2023-06-20)
    130. Richard's Pipit (2023-06-20)
    131. Lesser Kestrel (2023-06-21)
    132. Laughing Dove (2023-06-21)
    133. White-crowned Penduline Tit (2023-06-21)
    134. Little Bittern (2023-06-24)
    135. Clamorous Reed Warbler (2023-06-24)
    136. Short-toed Snake-Eagle (2023-06-24)
    137. Lesser Grey Shrike (2023-07-30)
    138. Coal Tit (2023-07-31)
    139. European Greenfinch (2023-08-01)
    140. Indian Sparrow (2023-08-04)
    141. Common Whitethroat (2023-08-05)
    142. Red-fronted Serin (2023-08-05)
    143. Blue-capped Redstart (2023-08-05)
    144. Sulphur-bellied Warbler (2023-08-05)
    145. Black-throated Accentor (2023-08-05)
    146. Golden Eagle (2023-08-05)
    147. Common Sandpiper (2023-08-05)
    148. White-browed Tit-Warbler (2023-08-05)
    149. Wallcreeper (2023-10-26)
    150. Saker Falcon (2023-10-26)
    151. Northern Wren (2023-10-26)

    recent uploads

    2023-11-16. Northern Wren.

    2023-10-27. Wallcreeper, Saker Falcon.

    2023-08-21. Common Treecreeper, Blue-cheeked Bee-eater.

    2023-08-16. Coal Tit, Tawny Pipit, Meadow Bunting, Lesser Grey Shrike, Masked Wagtail.

    2023-08-14. European Greenfinch.

    2023-08-11. Common Whitethroat, Red-fronted Serin, Blue-capped Redstart, Sulphur-bellied Warbler, Eversmann's Redstart, White-winged Grosbeak, Black-throated Accentor, Golden Eagle, Common Sandpiper, Siberian Stonechat, Eversmann's Redstart, White-browed Tit-Warbler, Tree Sparrow, Indian Sparrow.

    2023-07-13. Steppe Eagle, Black-tailed Godwit, Richard's Pipit, Common Redshank, Short-toed Snake-Eagle, Shikra, Siberian Stonechat, Lesser Kestrel, Mongolian Finch, Laughing Dove, White-crowned Penduline Tit.

    2023-07-12. Tawny Pipit, Booted Eagle, Rosy Starling, Rock Sparrow, Isabelline Wheatear, Sand Martin.

    2023-07-07. Pygmy Cormorant, Mute Swan, Black Tern, Asian Desert Warbler, Isabelline Wheatear, Lesser Short-toed Lark, Great Reed Warbler, Purple Heron, Black-headed Wagtail, Common Kingfisher.

    2023-07-06. Little Bittern, Clamorous Reed Warbler, Long-tailed Shrike, Rufous Bush Robin, Steppe Grey Shrike, Shikra.

    2023-06-16. Shikra, Grey Wagtail, Brown Dipper, Rosy Starling, Long-legged Buzzard, Red-headed Bunting, Common Cuckoo.

    2023-06-15. Blue-cheeked Bee-eater, Ile Pander's Ground-Jay, Asian Desert Warbler, Blue Whistling Thrush.

    2023-06-14. Unkown Bird.

    2023-05-27. Blyth's Reed Warbler, Eurasian Blackbird.

    2023-05-19. Eversmann's Redstart.

    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...

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    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
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    2025-06-17
    Great White Egret
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    2025-06-01
    Blyth's Reed Warbler
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    2025-04-14
    Grey-Headed Woodpecker
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    2025-03-30
    Great White Egret
    (Anna Yasko)
    Common Kestrel
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    2025-03-23
    Common Sparrowhawk
    (Ksenia Serbina)
    Great Tit
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    2025-02-07
    Arctic Loon
    (Irina Kuryanova)

    2025-02-06
    Red Crossbill
    (Viktoriya Zvyaginceva)

    2025-01-07
    Eurasian Penduline Tit
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    2024-08-03
    Common Tern
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    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

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    Bassel Abi Jummaa: Blyth's reed warbler ( Acrocephalus Dometurum )
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