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    total species: 232
    total photos: 3502
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    1. Little Grebe (2021-01-01)
    2. Saker Falcon (2021-01-03)
    3. Crested Lark (2021-01-04)
    4. Black-Necked Grebe (2021-01-04)
    5. Red-breasted Merganser (2021-01-04)
    6. Tufted Duck (2021-01-04)
    7. Great Grey Shrike (2021-01-05)
    8. Eurasian Blackbird (2021-01-05)
    9. Redwing (2021-01-05)
    10. Song Thrush (2021-01-05)
    11. European Robin (2021-01-05)
    12. Hen Harrier (2021-01-05)
    13. Common Chaffinch (2021-01-11)
    14. Common Sparrowhawk (2021-01-11)
    15. Common Kestrel (2021-01-11)
    16. Dunnock (2021-01-15)
    17. Eastern Imperial Eagle (2021-01-16)
    18. Black Kite (2021-01-16)
    19. Hawfinch (2021-01-17)
    20. Brambling (2021-01-17)
    21. European Greenfinch (2021-01-17)
    22. Blue Tit (2021-01-17)
    23. Meadow Pipit (2021-01-19)
    24. Wood Pigeon (2021-01-19)
    25. Long-eared Owl (2021-01-20)
    26. Eurasian Collared Dove (2021-01-20)
    27. Northern Reed Bunting (2021-01-20)
    28. White-tailed Sea-Eagle (2021-01-20)
    29. Spanish Sparrow (2021-01-26)
    30. Tree Sparrow (2021-01-26)
    31. Caspian Gull (2021-01-27)
    32. Mute Swan (2021-01-30)
    33. Black Redstart (2021-01-30)
    34. Golden Eagle (2021-01-31)
    35. House Sparrow (2021-02-01)
    36. Fieldfare (2021-02-03)
    37. Common Goldeneye (2021-02-05)
    38. Great Cormorant (2021-02-19)
    39. Common Coot (2021-02-19)
    40. Eurasian Wigeon (2021-02-19)
    41. Eurasian Goldfinch (2021-02-19)
    42. Mallard (2021-02-25)
    43. Northern Shoveler (2021-02-26)
    44. Common Pochard (2021-02-27)
    45. Yellowhammer (2021-02-28)
    46. Great Black-backed Gull (2021-03-01)
    47. Great Spotted Woodpecker (2021-03-05)
    48. Northern Bullfinch (2021-03-05)
    49. Eurasian Magpie (2021-03-05)
    50. Bohemian Waxwing (2021-03-08)
    51. Great Tit (2021-03-08)
    52. Common Redpoll (2021-03-08)
    53. Northern Wren (2021-03-11)
    54. White Wagtail (2021-03-11)
    55. Gadwall (2021-03-12)
    56. Black-headed Gull (2021-03-12)
    57. Common Teal (2021-03-12)
    58. Greater Sand Plover (2021-03-12)
    59. Eurasian Golden Plover (2021-03-12)
    60. Peregrine Falcon (2021-03-13)
    61. Menetries Warbler (2021-03-19)
    62. Isabelline Wheatear (2021-03-19)
    63. Siberian Stonechat (2021-03-21)
    64. Greater Flamingo (2021-03-21)
    65. Northern House Martin (2021-03-22)
    66. Hoopoe (2021-03-24)
    67. Bluethroat (2021-03-25)
    68. Greater Scaup (2021-03-25)
    69. Masked Wagtail (2021-03-25)
    70. Green Sandpiper (2021-03-26)
    71. Slender-billed Gull (2021-03-28)
    72. Grey Heron (2021-03-28)
    73. Great Crested Grebe (2021-03-28)
    74. Common Chiffchaff (2021-03-28)
    75. Spotted Crake (2021-03-29)
    76. Northern Wheatear (2021-03-31)
    77. Red-necked Phalarope (2021-03-31)
    78. Red-crested Pochard (2021-04-01)
    79. Citrine Wagtail (2021-04-01)
    80. Ruff (2021-04-01)
    81. Rock Pigeon (2021-04-02)
    82. Pallas's Gull (2021-04-02)
    83. Water Rail (2021-04-04)
    84. Little Ringed Plover (2021-04-06)
    85. Black-winged Stilt (2021-04-06)
    86. Garganey (2021-04-07)
    87. Little Egret (2021-04-07)
    88. Pied Avocet (2021-04-08)
    89. Western Marsh-Harrier (2021-04-08)
    90. Calandra Lark (2021-04-09)
    91. Common Shelduck (2021-04-09)
    92. Semi-collared Flycatcher (2021-04-11)
    93. Pied Wheatear (2021-04-12)
    94. Dunlin (2021-04-12)
    95. Chukar Partridge (2021-04-13)
    96. Grey Wagtail (2021-04-13)
    97. Yellow Wagtail (2021-04-17)
    99. Glossy Ibis (2021-04-19)
    100. Eurasian Siskin (2021-04-22)
    101. Cinereous Vulture (2021-04-22)
    102. Lammergeier (2021-04-22)
    103. Common Pheasant (2021-04-22)
    104. Rock Bunting (2021-04-22)
    105. Blue Whistling Thrush (2021-04-23)
    106. Laughing Dove (2021-04-24)
    107. Eurasian Jackdaw (2021-04-24)
    108. Common Mynah (2021-04-24)
    109. Common Starling (2021-04-24)
    110. Mistle Thrush (2021-04-25)
    111. Griffon Vulture (2021-04-25)
    112. Yellow-breasted Tit (2021-04-25)
    113. Barn Swallow (2021-04-26)
    114. Great White Egret (2021-04-27)
    115. Clamorous Reed Warbler (2021-04-27)
    116. Blue-cheeked Bee-eater (2021-04-27)
    117. Common Rosefinch (2021-04-27)
    118. Ruddy Shelduck (2021-04-27)
    119. Turkestan Shrike (2021-04-27)
    120. Isabelline Shrike (2021-04-27)
    121. Great White Pelican (2021-04-27)
    122. Dalmatian Pelican (2021-04-27)
    123. Eurasian Redstart (2021-04-30)
    124. Wood Sandpiper (2021-05-01)
    125. Common Tern (2021-05-02)
    126. Red-backed Shrike (2021-05-03)
    127. Long-legged Buzzard (2021-05-04)
    128. Willow Warbler (2021-05-04)
    129. Common Sandpiper (2021-05-04)
    130. Spotted Flycatcher (2021-05-06)
    131. Paddyfield Warbler (2021-05-06)
    132. Common Whitethroat (2021-05-07)
    133. Blyth's Reed Warbler (2021-05-07)
    134. Red-breasted Flycatcher (2021-05-07)
    135. Syke's Warbler (2021-05-07)
    136. Whinchat (2021-05-07)
    137. Bar-tailed Godwit (2021-05-07)
    138. Little Stint (2021-05-07)
    139. Little Tern (2021-05-07)
    140. Ruddy Turnstone (2021-05-07)
    141. Little Owl (2021-05-08)
    142. Rufous-tailed Rock Thrush (2021-05-08)
    143. Steppe Eagle (2021-05-08)
    144. Great Reed Warbler (2021-05-11)
    145. European Golden Oriole (2021-05-12)
    146. Oriental Cuckoo (2021-05-12)
    147. Lesser Grey Shrike (2021-05-13)
    148. Black-crowned Night Heron (2021-05-13)
    149. Squacco Heron (2021-05-13)
    150. Grey Plover (2021-05-16)
    151. Rosy Starling (2021-05-16)
    152. Ortolan Bunting (2021-05-19)
    153. Common Raven (2021-05-19)
    154. Finsch's Wheatear (2021-05-19)
    155. Rock Sparrow (2021-05-19)
    156. Red-headed Bunting (2021-05-20)
    157. Eurasian Roller (2021-05-27)
    158. Purple Heron (2021-05-27)
    159. Whiskered Tern (2021-05-28)
    160. Woodchat Shrike (2021-05-29)
    161. Desert Wheatear (2021-06-01)
    162. Little Bittern (2021-06-01)
    163. White-headed Duck (2021-06-02)
    164. Sand Martin (2021-06-02)
    165. Black-headed Wagtail (2021-06-20)
    166. Kentish Plover (2021-06-20)
    167. Eurasian Hobby (2021-06-21)
    168. Shikra (2021-06-22)
    169. Desert Finch (2021-06-23)
    170. Tawny Pipit (2021-06-24)
    171. White-winged Tern (2021-07-09)
    172. Bearded Tit (2021-07-12)
    173. Hooded Crow (2021-07-13)
    174. Common Oystercatcher (2021-07-15)
    175. Curlew Sandpiper (2021-07-17)
    176. Caspian Tern (2021-07-17)
    177. Sandwich Tern (2021-07-17)
    178. Black-winged Pratincole (2021-07-17)
    179. Common Greenshank (2021-07-18)
    180. Common Redshank (2021-07-19)
    181. Booted Warbler (2021-07-28)
    182. Marsh Warbler (2021-07-28)
    183. Black Tern (2021-07-28)
    184. Common Kingfisher (2021-07-30)
    185. Little Crake (2021-08-02)
    186. European Bee-eater (2021-08-04)
    187. Eurasian Wryneck (2021-08-10)
    188. Sanderling (2021-08-11)
    189. Red-Necked Grebe (2021-08-15)
    190. Egyptian Vulture (2021-08-15)
    191. Black-Bellied Sandgrouse (2021-08-15)
    192. Pallid Harrier (2021-08-15)
    193. Horned Lark (2021-08-15)
    194. Northern Lapwing (2021-08-17)
    195. Lesser Whitethroat (2021-08-22)
    196. Eurasian Reed Warbler (2021-08-23)
    197. Steppe Grey Shrike (2021-08-25)
    198. Eurasian Eagle-Owl (2021-08-27)
    199. Garden Warbler (2021-09-05)
    200. Common Snipe (2021-09-05)
    201. Levant Sparrowhawk (2021-09-08)
    202. Black-tailed Godwit (2021-09-08)
    203. Spotted Redshank (2021-09-09)
    204. Tree Pipit (2021-09-09)
    205. Common Cuckoo (2021-09-09)
    206. Blackcap (2021-09-11)
    207. Common Buzzard (2021-09-14)
    208. Osprey (2021-09-14)
    209. Eurasian Honey-Buzzard (2021-09-14)
    210. Oriental Turtle Dove (2021-09-18)
    211. Northern Goshawk (2021-09-24)
    212. European Nightjar (2021-10-05)
    213. Whooper Swan (2021-10-05)
    214. Common Quail (2021-10-08)
    215. Montagu's Harrier (2021-10-09)
    216. Eurasian Woodcock (2021-10-10)
    217. Rook (2021-10-12)
    218. Sky Lark (2021-10-16)
    219. Pygmy Cormorant (2021-10-18)
    220. Greater White-fronted Goose (2021-10-18)
    221. Bewick's Swan (2021-10-19)
    222. Little Bustard (2021-10-20)
    223. Eastern Rock Nuthatch (2021-10-29)
    224. Black-throated Thrush (2021-10-29)
    225. Turkestan Tit (2021-10-30)
    226. Hume's Warbler (2021-10-30)
    227. Carrion Crow (2021-10-31)
    228. Mew Gull (2021-11-04)
    229. Northern Pintail (2021-11-13)
    230. Pine Bunting (2021-12-06)
    231. Bean Goose (2021-12-22)
    232. Ring-billed Gull (2021-12-23)

    recent uploads

    2022-01-01. Red-breasted Merganser, Common Kestrel, Hooded Crow, Eurasian Goldfinch, Eurasian Golden Plover.

    2021-12-29. Common Kestrel, Red-breasted Merganser, Western Marsh-Harrier, Hen Harrier, White-tailed Sea-Eagle, Bearded Tit, Tufted Duck, Common Coot.

    2021-12-27. Little Egret, Red-breasted Merganser, Common Pochard, Dalmatian Pelican, Common Coot, Common Snipe, Common Redshank, Dunlin, Common Teal.

    2021-12-25. Western Tundra Bean Goose, Pygmy Cormorant, Great Cormorant, Ring-billed Gull, European Robin, European Black Redstart, White-tailed Sea-Eagle, Pygmy Cormorant, White-tailed Sea-Eagle, Common Snipe, Black-Necked Grebe, Tufted Duck, Common Kestrel, Caspian Gull, Eurasian Golden Plover, Great Grey Shrike.

    2021-12-21. Pine Bunting, Water Rail, Common Starling, Great Crested Grebe, Little Owl, European Black Redstart, Common Starling, White-winged Tern, Tufted Duck, Crested Lark, Caspian Gull, Mew Gull, Red-breasted Merganser, Common Kestrel, Eurasian Golden Plover, Desert Finch.

    2021-12-10. White-tailed Sea-Eagle, Eurasian Eagle-Owl.

    2021-12-07. White Wagtail, Tufted Duck, Caspian Gull, Great Cormorant, Red-breasted Merganser, Hen Harrier, Common Kestrel, Dalmatian Pelican, Common Sparrowhawk, Little Owl, Mallard.

    2021-12-05. Eurasian Eagle-Owl, Calandra Lark, Bearded Tit, Northern Reed Bunting, Bearded Tit, Meadow Pipit, Caspian Gull, White Wagtail, White Wagtail, Common Sparrowhawk.

    2021-12-01. Peregrine Falcon, Grey Heron, Little Grebe.

    2021-11-28. Little Owl, Common Chiffchaff, Common Teal, Red-breasted Merganser, Great Cormorant, Red-breasted Merganser, Greater Scaup, Mew Gull, Black-Necked Grebe, Little Grebe.

    2021-11-26. Grey Heron, Common Greenshank, White-tailed Sea-Eagle, Northern Reed Bunting, White-tailed Sea-Eagle.

    2021-11-23. European Black Redstart, Meadow Pipit, Desert Finch, Western Marsh-Harrier, European Black Redstart.

    2021-11-14. Greater White-fronted Goose, Mute Swan, Northern Pintail, Common Kestrel, European Black Redstart, Common Chiffchaff, Water Rail.

    2021-11-10. Fieldfare, Bluethroat, Eurasian Siskin, Great White Egret, Grey Heron, Caspian Gull, Great Cormorant, Greater White-fronted Goose, Water Rail.

    2021-11-06. Water Rail, Caspian Gull.

    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...