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    total species: 90
    total photos: 136
    total videos: 0
    total blogposts: 0

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    1. Common Chaffinch (2024-03-11)
    2. Great Tit (2024-03-11)
    3. Goldcrest (2024-03-11)
    4. Common Pheasant (2024-03-11)
    5. Eurasian Magpie (2024-03-11)
    6. Brown Dipper (2024-03-11)
    7. Eurasian Blackbird (2024-03-11)
    8. Carrion Crow (2024-03-11)
    9. Yellowhammer (2024-03-20)
    10. Rock Bunting (2024-03-20)
    11. Steppe Eagle (2024-03-20)
    12. Masked Wagtail (2024-03-20)
    13. Caspian Gull (2024-03-20)
    14. Northern Reed Bunting (2024-03-20)
    15. Red-crested Pochard (2024-03-20)
    16. Isabelline Shrike (2024-03-20)
    17. Black-headed Gull (2024-03-20)
    18. Great Cormorant (2024-03-20)
    19. Isabelline Wheatear (2024-03-20)
    20. Hoopoe (2024-03-20)
    21. Tree Sparrow (2024-03-20)
    22. Common Kestrel (2024-03-27)
    23. Greater Spotted Eagle (2024-03-27)
    24. Long-legged Buzzard (2024-03-27)
    25. Pied Wheatear (2024-03-27)
    26. Goosander (2024-03-27)
    27. Coal Tit (2024-03-27)
    28. Common Treecreeper (2024-03-27)
    29. Lammergeier (2024-03-27)
    30. Bohemian Waxwing (2024-03-27)
    31. Demoiselle Crane (2024-03-27)
    32. Common Chiffchaff (2024-04-05)
    33. Common Moorhen (2024-04-05)
    34. Rook (2024-04-05)
    35. Blue-capped Redstart (2024-04-05)
    36. Garganey (2024-04-05)
    37. Ferruginous Duck (2024-04-05)
    38. Black-winged Stilt (2024-04-05)
    39. Common Redshank (2024-04-05)
    40. Eurasian Curlew (2024-04-05)
    41. Great White Pelican (2024-04-05)
    42. Dalmatian Pelican (2024-04-05)
    43. Whooper Swan (2024-04-05)
    44. Grey Heron (2024-04-05)
    45. Great White Egret (2024-04-05)
    46. White-headed Duck (2024-04-05)
    47. Common Pochard (2024-04-05)
    48. Greylag Goose (2024-04-05)
    49. Turkestan Shrike (2024-04-05)
    50. Western Marsh-Harrier (2024-04-05)
    51. Northern Shoveler (2024-04-05)
    52. Common Coot (2024-04-05)
    53. Little Bustard (2024-04-08)
    54. Northern Wheatear (2024-04-08)
    55. Common Shelduck (2024-04-08)
    56. Common Oystercatcher (2024-04-08)
    57. Mute Swan (2024-04-08)
    58. Northern Pintail (2024-04-08)
    59. Mallard (2024-04-08)
    60. Water Pipit (2024-04-08)
    61. Black-Bellied Sandgrouse (2024-04-08)
    62. Citrine Wagtail (2024-04-08)
    63. Lesser Short-toed Lark (2024-04-08)
    64. Lesser Whitethroat (2024-04-08)
    65. Rock Pigeon (2024-04-08)
    66. Black Redstart (2024-04-08)
    67. Little Ringed Plover (2024-04-08)
    68. Black-headed Wagtail (2024-04-08)
    69. Crested Lark (2024-04-08)
    70. Northern Lapwing (2024-04-08)
    71. Eurasian Stone Curlew (2024-04-09)
    72. Oriental Turtle Dove (2024-05-08)
    73. Common Sparrowhawk (2024-05-08)
    74. Corn Bunting (2024-05-08)
    75. Rufous-tailed Rock Thrush (2024-05-08)
    76. Syke's Warbler (2024-05-08)
    77. Siberian Stonechat (2024-05-08)
    78. Rosy Starling (2024-05-08)
    79. Grey Wagtail (2024-05-08)
    80. Common Sandpiper (2024-05-08)
    81. Gadwall (2024-05-08)
    82. Marsh Sandpiper (2024-05-08)
    83. Black-tailed Godwit (2024-05-08)
    84. Wood Pigeon (2024-05-08)
    85. Eurasian Whimbrel (2024-05-08)
    86. Common Greenshank (2024-05-08)
    87. Lesser Sand Plover (2024-05-08)
    88. Great Crested Grebe (2024-05-08)
    89. Desert Finch (2024-05-08)
    90. Ortolan Bunting (2024-05-08)

    recent uploads

    2024-07-08. Western Marsh-Harrier, White-headed Duck, Ortolan Bunting.

    2024-06-24. Lesser Sand Plover, Great Crested Grebe, Desert Finch.

    2024-06-07. Common Greenshank, Eurasian Whimbrel, Dalmatian Pelican, Great White Pelican.

    2024-05-24. Long-legged Buzzard, Little Bustard, Rosy Starling, Grey Wagtail, Common Sandpiper, Caspian Gull, Gadwall, Common Shelduck, Red-crested Pochard, Ferruginous Duck, Mallard, Common Kestrel, Rock Pigeon, Gadwall, Marsh Sandpiper, Mute Swan, Common Oystercatcher, Black-tailed Godwit, Dalmatian Pelican, Wood Pigeon, Eurasian Whimbrel.

    2024-05-22. Oriental Turtle Dove, Common Sparrowhawk, Corn Bunting, Common Kestrel, Rufous-tailed Rock Thrush, Syke's Warbler, Lesser Whitethroat, Siberian Stonechat.

    2024-04-18. Black Redstart, Long-legged Buzzard, Little Ringed Plover, Black-headed Wagtail, Crested Lark, Northern Lapwing.

    2024-04-14. Little Bustard, Northern Wheatear, Common Shelduck, Common Oystercatcher, Eurasian Curlew, Unkown Bird, Mute Swan, Northern Pintail, Mallard, Water Pipit, Black-Bellied Sandgrouse, Citrine Wagtail, Lesser Short-toed Lark, Lesser Whitethroat, Rock Pigeon.

    2024-04-10. Eurasian Stone Curlew.

    2024-04-06. Common Chiffchaff, Common Moorhen, Rook, Blue-capped Redstart, Garganey, Ferruginous Duck, Ferruginous Duck, Black-winged Stilt, Common Redshank, Goosander, Great Cormorant, Eurasian Curlew, Great White Pelican, Dalmatian Pelican, Whooper Swan, Grey Heron, Great White Egret, White-headed Duck, Common Pochard, Greylag Goose, Turkestan Shrike, Western Marsh-Harrier, Northern Shoveler, Common Coot.

    2024-04-05. Demoiselle Crane.

    2024-03-31. Bohemian Waxwing.

    2024-03-30. Steppe Eagle, Masked Wagtail, Caspian Gull, Northern Reed Bunting, Red-crested Pochard, Isabelline Shrike, Black-headed Gull, Great Cormorant, Isabelline Wheatear, Hoopoe, Tree Sparrow, Common Kestrel, Greater Spotted Eagle, Long-legged Buzzard, Pied Wheatear, Goosander, Coal Tit, Common Treecreeper, Rock Bunting, Lammergeier.

    2024-03-20. Common Chaffinch, Goldcrest, Yellowhammer, Rock Bunting.

    2024-03-11. Great Tit, Common Pheasant, Eurasian Magpie, Brown Dipper, Eurasian Blackbird, Carrion Crow.

    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...