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    total species: 89
    total photos: 113
    total videos: 0
    total blogposts: 0

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    1. Horned Lark (2021-01-06)
    2. Lesser Short-toed Lark (2021-01-06)
    3. Long-tailed Rosefinch (2021-01-07)
    4. Brambling (2021-01-07)
    5. Common Chaffinch (2021-01-07)
    6. Rough-legged Buzzard (2021-01-07)
    7. Short-eared Owl (2021-01-07)
    8. White-tailed Sea-Eagle (2021-01-08)
    9. Corn Bunting (2021-01-08)
    10. Black-throated Thrush (2021-01-10)
    11. Common Starling (2021-01-10)
    12. Eurasian Collared Dove (2021-01-10)
    13. Eurasian Blackbird (2021-01-11)
    14. Common Sparrowhawk (2021-01-11)
    15. Green Sandpiper (2021-01-11)
    16. Ibisbill (2021-01-11)
    17. Mallard (2021-01-11)
    18. Ruddy Shelduck (2021-01-11)
    19. Eversmann's Redstart (2021-01-11)
    20. Carrion Crow (2021-01-11)
    21. European Robin (2021-01-11)
    22. Hen Harrier (2021-01-16)
    23. Yellow-billed Chough (2021-01-16)
    24. Lammergeier (2021-01-16)
    25. Himalayan Snowcock (2021-01-16)
    26. Red-breasted Rosefinch (2021-01-16)
    27. Common Pheasant (2021-01-19)
    28. Bohemian Waxwing (2021-01-19)
    29. Red-mantled Rosefinch (2021-01-19)
    30. Yellowhammer (2021-01-19)
    31. Red-fronted Serin (2021-01-22)
    32. Grey-headed Goldfinch (2021-01-23)
    33. Calandra Lark (2021-02-17)
    34. Chukar Partridge (2021-02-17)
    35. Long-legged Buzzard (2021-02-17)
    36. Whooper Swan (2021-02-28)
    37. Ferruginous Duck (2021-02-28)
    38. Northern Pintail (2021-02-28)
    39. Caspian Gull (2021-02-28)
    40. Smew (2021-02-28)
    41. Northern Reed Bunting (2021-02-28)
    42. Black-throated Accentor (2021-03-05)
    43. Common Pochard (2021-03-11)
    44. Tufted Duck (2021-03-11)
    45. Isabelline Wheatear (2021-03-11)
    46. Eurasian Jackdaw (2021-03-11)
    47. Eurasian Siskin (2021-04-07)
    48. Blue Whistling Thrush (2021-04-11)
    49. Eastern Imperial Eagle (2021-04-16)
    50. Yellow-backed Wagtail (2021-04-17)
    51. Black-winged Stilt (2021-04-17)
    52. Black-headed Gull (2021-04-17)
    53. Mew Gull (2021-04-17)
    54. Great Cormorant (2021-04-17)
    55. Black Kite (2021-04-17)
    56. Common Redshank (2021-04-17)
    57. Common Oystercatcher (2021-04-17)
    58. Isabelline Shrike (2021-04-18)
    59. Plain Mountain Finch (2021-04-24)
    60. Hume's Warbler (2021-04-24)
    61. Spotted Nutcracker (2021-04-24)
    62. Long-tailed Tit (2021-04-24)
    63. Siberian Stonechat (2021-04-25)
    64. Great Crested Grebe (2021-04-25)
    65. Common Moorhen (2021-04-25)
    66. Eurasian Scops-Owl (2021-05-04)
    67. Azure Tit (2021-05-04)
    68. Tawny Pipit (2021-05-08)
    69. Pied Wheatear (2021-05-08)
    70. Common Kestrel (2021-05-08)
    71. Turkestan Shrike (2021-05-08)
    72. Eurasian Roller (2021-05-08)
    73. Rosy Starling (2021-05-08)
    74. Barn Swallow (2021-05-08)
    75. Yellow Wagtail (2021-05-08)
    76. Little Ringed Plover (2021-05-08)
    77. Grey Wagtail (2021-05-21)
    78. Spotted Flycatcher (2021-05-23)
    79. Spanish Sparrow (2021-05-23)
    80. Rufous-tailed Rock Thrush (2021-05-23)
    81. Lesser Grey Shrike (2021-05-23)
    82. European Bee-eater (2021-05-23)
    83. Common Chiffchaff (2021-05-23)
    84. Red-headed Bunting (2021-05-23)
    85. Mute Swan (2021-05-24)
    86. Common Rosefinch (2021-05-24)
    87. Montagu's Harrier (2021-05-24)
    88. Meadow Bunting (2021-05-30)
    89. Common Kingfisher (2021-05-30)

    recent uploads

    2021-06-07. Meadow Bunting, Common Kingfisher.

    2021-05-26. Plain Mountain Finch, Hume's Warbler, Spotted Nutcracker, Long-tailed Tit, Eurasian Scops-Owl, Azure Tit, Grey Wagtail, Blue Whistling Thrush, Siberian Stonechat, Great Crested Grebe, Common Moorhen, Common Sparrowhawk, Tawny Pipit, Pied Wheatear, Common Kestrel, Turkestan Shrike, Eurasian Roller, Rosy Starling, Barn Swallow, Grey-headed Wagtail, Little Ringed Plover, Spotted Flycatcher, Hume's Warbler, Spanish Sparrow, Rufous-tailed Rock Thrush, Lesser Grey Shrike, European Bee-eater, Common Chiffchaff, Red-headed Bunting, Mute Swan, Common Rosefinch, Montagu's Harrier.

    2021-04-22. Black-throated Accentor, Eurasian Siskin, Blue Whistling Thrush, Common Starling, Common Pochard, Tufted Duck, Isabelline Wheatear, Eurasian Jackdaw, Eastern Imperial Eagle, Yellow-backed Wagtail, Black-winged Stilt, Black-headed Gull, Mew Gull, Eurasian Collared Dove, Great Cormorant, Black Kite, Common Redshank, Common Oystercatcher, White-tailed Sea-Eagle, Isabelline Shrike, Ring-necked Pheasant.

    2021-03-02. Whooper Swan, Ferruginous Duck, Northern Pintail, Caspian Gull, Smew, Northern Reed Bunting.

    2021-02-19. Brambling, Grey-headed Goldfinch, Yellowhammer, Calandra Lark, Chukar Partridge, Long-legged Buzzard.

    2021-01-22. Hen Harrier, Yellow-billed Chough, Lammergeier, Himalayan Snowcock, Red-breasted Rosefinch, Ring-necked Pheasant, Bohemian Waxwing, Red-mantled Rosefinch, Yellowhammer, Red-fronted Serin.

    2021-01-12. Common Starling, Eurasian Collared Dove, Corn Bunting, Eurasian Blackbird, Common Sparrowhawk, Green Sandpiper, Ibisbill, Mallard, Ruddy Shelduck, Eversmann's Redstart, Carrion Crow, Black-throated Thrush, European Robin.

    2021-01-10. Black-throated Thrush.

    2021-01-09. White-tailed Sea-Eagle, Corn Bunting, Common Chaffinch.

    2021-01-07. Horned Lark, Long-tailed Rosefinch, Brambling, Common Chaffinch, Rough-legged Buzzard, Short-eared Owl, Lesser Short-toed Lark.

    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...