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Gaviiformes
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    total species: 155
    total photos: 539
    total videos: 0
    total blogposts: 0

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    1. Bohemian Waxwing (2021-01-05)
    2. Northern Bullfinch (2021-01-05)
    3. Brambling (2021-01-05)
    4. Great Tit (2021-01-05)
    5. Mallard (2021-01-05)
    6. Great Spotted Woodpecker (2021-01-13)
    7. Rock Pigeon (2021-01-13)
    8. Hooded Crow (2021-01-29)
    9. Eurasian Nuthatch (2021-01-29)
    10. Blue Tit (2021-01-29)
    11. House Sparrow (2021-01-29)
    12. Coal Tit (2021-01-29)
    13. Fieldfare (2021-01-29)
    14. Hawfinch (2021-01-29)
    15. White-Backed Woodpecker (2021-02-12)
    16. Lesser Spotted Woodpecker (2021-02-15)
    17. Long-tailed Rosefinch (2021-02-15)
    18. Horned Lark (2021-03-14)
    19. Eurasian Goldfinch (2021-03-14)
    20. Lapland Longspur (2021-03-15)
    21. Common Redpoll (2021-03-15)
    22. Snow Bunting (2021-03-15)
    23. Eurasian Jackdaw (2021-03-21)
    24. Eurasian Collared Dove (2021-03-31)
    25. Great Grey Shrike (2021-04-10)
    26. Greylag Goose (2021-04-10)
    27. Whooper Swan (2021-04-10)
    28. Common Starling (2021-04-10)
    29. Rook (2021-04-10)
    30. Mute Swan (2021-04-10)
    31. White Wagtail (2021-04-15)
    32. Sky Lark (2021-04-15)
    33. Common Coot (2021-04-15)
    34. Northern Shoveler (2021-04-15)
    35. Common Pochard (2021-04-17)
    36. Common Shelduck (2021-04-17)
    37. Common Goldeneye (2021-04-17)
    38. Tufted Duck (2021-04-17)
    39. Common Redshank (2021-04-17)
    40. Green Sandpiper (2021-04-17)
    41. Common Greenshank (2021-04-18)
    43. Northern Reed Bunting (2021-04-18)
    44. Grey Heron (2021-04-18)
    45. Common Crane (2021-04-18)
    46. Common Snipe (2021-04-18)
    47. Common Teal (2021-04-19)
    48. Red-crested Pochard (2021-04-19)
    49. Eurasian Wigeon (2021-04-19)
    50. Marsh Sandpiper (2021-04-19)
    51. Garganey (2021-04-19)
    52. Common Chiffchaff (2021-04-19)
    53. Northern Lapwing (2021-04-19)
    54. Tree Pipit (2021-04-20)
    55. Wood Pigeon (2021-04-20)
    56. Eurasian Magpie (2021-04-20)
    57. Great White Egret (2021-04-20)
    58. Black-tailed Godwit (2021-04-23)
    59. Goosander (2021-04-25)
    60. Pallid Harrier (2021-04-25)
    61. Bean Goose (2021-04-25)
    62. Eastern Imperial Eagle (2021-04-25)
    63. Short-eared Owl (2021-04-26)
    64. Smew (2021-04-26)
    65. Black-winged Stilt (2021-04-26)
    66. Citrine Wagtail (2021-04-26)
    67. Yellow Wagtail (2021-04-30)
    68. Gadwall (2021-04-30)
    69. Baraba Steppe Gull (2021-04-30)
    70. Whinchat (2021-04-30)
    71. Common Oystercatcher (2021-04-30)
    72. Little Ringed Plover (2021-04-30)
    73. Mew Gull (2021-05-01)
    74. Red-Necked Grebe (2021-05-01)
    75. Dalmatian Pelican (2021-05-01)
    76. Eurasian Linnet (2021-05-01)
    77. Northern Wheatear (2021-05-01)
    78. Ruff (2021-05-01)
    79. Wood Sandpiper (2021-05-01)
    80. Barnacle Goose (2021-05-05)
    81. Eurasian Golden Plover (2021-05-08)
    82. Eurasian Whimbrel (2021-05-08)
    83. Western Marsh-Harrier (2021-05-08)
    84. Common Sandpiper (2021-05-09)
    85. Siberian Stonechat (2021-05-09)
    86. Slavonian Grebe (2021-05-10)
    87. Spotted Flycatcher (2021-05-10)
    88. Great Cormorant (2021-05-10)
    89. Temminck's Stint (2021-05-16)
    90. Barn Swallow (2021-05-16)
    91. Common Tern (2021-05-16)
    92. Great Crested Grebe (2021-05-16)
    93. Little Bustard (2021-05-19)
    94. Rosy Starling (2021-05-21)
    95. Blyth's Reed Warbler (2021-05-21)
    96. Thrush Nightingale (2021-05-21)
    97. Cetti's Warbler (2021-05-21)
    98. Bluethroat (2021-05-21)
    99. Common Rosefinch (2021-05-21)
    100. Booted Warbler (2021-05-21)
    101. Lesser Whitethroat (2021-05-21)
    102. Sand Martin (2021-05-22)
    103. Great Reed Warbler (2021-05-26)
    104. Oriental Turtle Dove (2021-05-29)
    105. White-winged Tern (2021-06-01)
    106. Greater Ringed Plover (2021-06-04)
    107. Little Stint (2021-06-04)
    108. Little Gull (2021-06-04)
    109. Black-headed Gull (2021-06-04)
    110. Pied Avocet (2021-06-06)
    111. Common Buzzard (2021-06-06)
    112. Ortolan Bunting (2021-06-06)
    113. Yellowhammer (2021-06-14)
    114. Spotted Redshank (2021-06-18)
    115. Eurasian Bittern (2021-06-18)
    116. Eurasian Hobby (2021-06-19)
    117. Common Cuckoo (2021-06-22)
    118. Black Kite (2021-06-22)
    119. Common Whitethroat (2021-06-22)
    120. Black-Necked Grebe (2021-06-26)
    121. Northern Goshawk (2021-06-26)
    122. Eurasian Redstart (2021-06-26)
    123. Red-backed Shrike (2021-06-26)
    124. European Bee-eater (2021-07-06)
    125. Tree Sparrow (2021-07-13)
    126. Red-necked Phalarope (2021-07-18)
    127. Western Grasshopper Warbler (2021-07-19)
    128. Common Moorhen (2021-07-19)
    129. Paddyfield Warbler (2021-07-19)
    130. Dunlin (2021-07-21)
    131. Demoiselle Crane (2021-07-21)
    132. Pallas's Gull (2021-07-26)
    133. Bearded Tit (2021-07-26)
    134. Hoopoe (2021-07-27)
    135. Common Raven (2021-07-29)
    136. White-tailed Sea-Eagle (2021-07-29)
    137. Red-footed Falcon (2021-07-31)
    138. Terek Sandpiper (2021-08-13)
    139. Common Kestrel (2021-08-13)
    140. Hen Harrier (2021-08-13)
    141. Eurasian Curlew (2021-08-19)
    142. Lesser Kestrel (2021-08-23)
    143. Northern Pintail (2021-08-23)
    144. Broad-billed Sandpiper (2021-08-23)
    145. Pine Bunting (2021-08-26)
    146. Azure Tit (2021-08-26)
    147. Bar-tailed Godwit (2021-09-12)
    148. Willow Warbler (2021-09-14)
    149. Common Chaffinch (2021-10-06)
    150. Goldcrest (2021-10-12)
    151. Redwing (2021-10-19)
    152. Song Thrush (2021-10-26)
    153. Eurasian Siskin (2021-10-29)
    154. Eurasian Woodcock (2021-10-31)
    155. Common Sparrowhawk (2021-11-30)

    recent uploads

    2021-12-29. Northern Goshawk, White-Backed Woodpecker.

    2021-11-30. Common Sparrowhawk, Mallard.

    2021-11-25. Lapland Longspur.

    2021-11-24. Eurasian Siskin, Lesser Spotted Woodpecker, Long-tailed Rosefinch.

    2021-11-09. Common Horned Lark, Lapland Longspur, Snow Bunting, Mew Gull.

    2021-10-31. Eurasian Woodcock, Great Tit.

    2021-10-29. Eurasian Siskin.

    2021-10-26. Song Thrush, Hawfinch, Common Starling.

    2021-10-19. Redwing.

    2021-10-13. Goldcrest.

    2021-10-11. Long-tailed Rosefinch.

    2021-10-10. Common Starling.

    2021-10-08. House Sparrow.

    2021-10-06. Common Chaffinch, Brambling.

    2021-09-22. Great Crested Grebe, Red-Necked Grebe, Willow Warbler.

    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
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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
    (Anna Yasko)

    2025-03-23
    Common Sparrowhawk
    (Ksenia Serbina)
    Great Tit
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    2025-02-07
    Arctic Loon
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    2025-02-06
    Red Crossbill
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    2025-01-07
    Eurasian Penduline Tit
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    2024-08-03
    Common Tern
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    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

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