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    total species: 125
    total photos: 859
    total videos: 0
    total blogposts: 0

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    1. Griffon Vulture (2020-01-19)
    2. Golden Eagle (2020-01-31)
    3. Long-legged Buzzard (2020-01-31)
    4. Great Grey Shrike (2020-02-02)
    5. Black Redstart (2020-02-02)
    6. White-tailed Sea-Eagle (2020-02-04)
    7. Common Teal (2020-02-06)
    8. Common Raven (2020-02-07)
    9. Northern Reed Bunting (2020-02-07)
    10. Pallas's Sandgrouse (2020-02-07)
    11. Dalmatian Pelican (2020-02-11)
    12. Black-throated Thrush (2020-02-12)
    13. Mistle Thrush (2020-02-14)
    14. Greater Flamingo (2020-02-15)
    15. Blue Tit (2020-02-17)
    16. Brambling (2020-02-17)
    17. Common Kestrel (2020-02-17)
    18. Chukar Partridge (2020-02-24)
    19. Great Cormorant (2020-02-26)
    20. Peregrine Falcon (2020-02-26)
    21. Hoopoe (2020-03-10)
    22. White Wagtail (2020-03-13)
    23. Isabelline Wheatear (2020-03-13)
    24. Common Shelduck (2020-03-13)
    25. Grey Heron (2020-03-13)
    26. Steppe Grey Shrike (2020-03-17)
    27. Common Starling (2020-03-17)
    28. Great White Egret (2020-03-21)
    29. Glossy Ibis (2020-03-21)
    30. Calandra Lark (2020-03-22)
    31. Northern Wheatear (2020-03-22)
    32. Hawfinch (2020-03-24)
    33. Mute Swan (2020-03-24)
    34. Common Chiffchaff (2020-04-10)
    35. Purple Heron (2020-04-13)
    36. Eurasian Redstart (2020-04-24)
    37. Whinchat (2020-04-27)
    38. Red-backed Shrike (2020-04-28)
    39. Song Thrush (2020-04-28)
    40. European Golden Oriole (2020-04-29)
    41. Black-crowned Night Heron (2020-04-30)
    42. Corn Bunting (2020-05-03)
    43. Finsch's Wheatear (2020-05-03)
    44. Alpine Swift (2020-05-03)
    45. Lesser Grey Shrike (2020-05-09)
    46. Common Cuckoo (2020-05-11)
    47. Little Egret (2020-05-13)
    48. Woodchat Shrike (2020-05-14)
    49. Black-headed Bunting (2020-05-14)
    50. Red-headed Bunting (2020-05-14)
    51. European Nightjar (2020-05-14)
    52. Eurasian Whimbrel (2020-05-16)
    53. Kentish Plover (2020-05-16)
    54. Spotted Flycatcher (2020-05-17)
    55. Indian Sparrow (2020-05-17)
    56. Eurasian Roller (2020-05-21)
    57. Ruddy Shelduck (2020-05-25)
    58. Blue-cheeked Bee-eater (2020-05-25)
    59. European Bee-eater (2020-05-26)
    60. Eurasian Magpie (2020-05-30)
    61. Common Rosefinch (2020-05-31)
    62. Oriental Turtle Dove (2020-05-31)
    63. Northern Lapwing (2020-05-31)
    64. Black-winged Pratincole (2020-05-31)
    65. Northern Shoveler (2020-05-31)
    66. Bluethroat (2020-05-31)
    67. Little Bustard (2020-05-31)
    68. Azure Tit (2020-05-31)
    69. Mallard (2020-06-02)
    70. Greater Spotted Eagle (2020-06-04)
    71. Lesser Kestrel (2020-06-04)
    72. Grey Partridge (2020-06-04)
    73. Sociable Lapwing (2020-06-04)
    74. Northern Black Grouse (2020-06-04)
    75. Siberian Stonechat (2020-06-04)
    76. Short-toed Snake-Eagle (2020-06-11)
    77. Pallas's Gull (2020-06-19)
    78. Western Marsh-Harrier (2020-06-19)
    79. Eurasian Collared Dove (2020-06-21)
    80. Crested Lark (2020-06-24)
    81. Little Owl (2020-06-28)
    82. Common Redshank (2020-06-29)
    83. Black-headed Gull (2020-07-01)
    84. Shikra (2020-07-03)
    85. Spotted Crake (2020-08-16)
    86. Black Kite (2020-08-23)
    87. Blue Rock Thrush (2020-08-23)
    88. Common Kingfisher (2020-08-25)
    89. Pied Wheatear (2020-08-26)
    90. Pied Flycatcher (2020-08-27)
    91. Ruff (2020-08-29)
    92. Common Sparrowhawk (2020-09-10)
    93. Ortolan Bunting (2020-09-14)
    94. Eastern Imperial Eagle (2020-09-16)
    95. Cinereous Vulture (2020-09-16)
    96. Common Buzzard (2020-09-17)
    97. Osprey (2020-09-18)
    98. Eurasian Hobby (2020-09-26)
    99. House Sparrow (2020-10-01)
    100. Rock Pigeon (2020-10-01)
    101. Common Snipe (2020-10-13)
    102. Slender-billed Gull (2020-10-13)
    103. Merlin (2020-10-15)
    104. Eurasian Spoonbill (2020-10-15)
    105. Coal Tit (2020-10-20)
    106. Turkestan Shrike (2020-10-23)
    107. Caspian Gull (2020-10-26)
    108. Redwing (2020-10-28)
    109. Blyth's Reed Warbler (2020-10-28)
    110. European Robin (2020-11-01)
    111. Bohemian Waxwing (2020-11-01)
    112. Common Pheasant (2020-11-02)
    113. Water Rail (2020-11-05)
    114. Fieldfare (2020-11-15)
    115. Red-breasted Merganser (2020-11-19)
    116. Eurasian Woodcock (2020-11-23)
    117. Northern Wren (2020-11-24)
    118. Spanish Sparrow (2020-11-24)
    119. Common Goldeneye (2020-11-28)
    120. Macqueen's Bustard (2020-12-04)
    121. Common Greenshank (2020-12-06)
    122. Greater Ringed Plover (2020-12-08)
    123. Black-Necked Grebe (2020-12-11)
    124. Tufted Duck (2020-12-14)
    125. Eurasian Eagle-Owl (2020-12-25)

    recent uploads

    2020-12-26. Eurasian Eagle-Owl, Eurasian Eagle-Owl, Eurasian Eagle-Owl, Eurasian Eagle-Owl, Eurasian Eagle-Owl, Eurasian Eagle-Owl, Eurasian Eagle-Owl, Pygmy Cormorant, Dalmatian Pelican, Dalmatian Pelican, Glossy Ibis.

    2020-12-25. Eurasian Eagle-Owl.

    2020-12-21. Mute Swan, Mute Swan, Tufted Duck, Common Kestrel.

    2020-12-15. Tufted Duck.

    2020-12-11. Northern Wren, Black-Necked Grebe, Red-breasted Merganser, Mute Swan.

    2020-12-10. White-tailed Sea-Eagle.

    2020-12-08. Greater Ringed Plover, Northern Reed Bunting.

    2020-12-07. Common Greenshank.

    2020-12-06. Macqueen's Bustard.

    2020-12-05. Common Sparrowhawk, Common Sparrowhawk.

    2020-12-01. Greater Flamingo.

    2020-11-29. Common Goldeneye.

    2020-11-24. Great Grey Shrike, European Black Redstart, European Black Redstart, Northern Wren, Spanish Sparrow.

    2020-11-23. Eurasian Woodcock.

    2020-11-20. Red-breasted Merganser.

    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
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    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)

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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

    Анна Ясько: Кряквы.
    2026-06-02

    Bassel Abi Jummaa: Blyth's reed warbler ( Acrocephalus Dometurum )
    more unidentified birds...