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Gaviiformes
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    map of photoshootings

    total species: 144
    total photos: 439
    total videos: 0
    total blogposts: 0

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    1. Northern Bullfinch (2023-02-04)
    2. Eurasian Magpie (2023-02-04)
    3. Rock Pigeon (2023-03-12)
    4. Common Redpoll (2023-03-16)
    5. Bohemian Waxwing (2023-03-20)
    6. Common Sparrowhawk (2023-03-24)
    7. Great Spotted Woodpecker (2023-03-24)
    8. Tree Sparrow (2023-03-24)
    9. European Greenfinch (2023-03-26)
    10. Eurasian Collared Dove (2023-03-26)
    11. Azure Tit (2023-03-26)
    12. Great Tit (2023-03-26)
    13. Common Starling (2023-04-01)
    14. Sky Lark (2023-04-05)
    15. Whooper Swan (2023-04-05)
    16. Eurasian Wigeon (2023-04-05)
    17. Gadwall (2023-04-05)
    18. White-tailed Sea-Eagle (2023-04-05)
    19. Bewick's Swan (2023-04-05)
    21. Common Crane (2023-04-05)
    22. Mute Swan (2023-04-05)
    23. Bean Goose (2023-04-05)
    24. Northern Lapwing (2023-04-09)
    25. Baraba Steppe Gull (2023-04-09)
    26. Common Shelduck (2023-04-11)
    27. Mallard (2023-04-11)
    28. Common Pochard (2023-04-11)
    29. Tufted Duck (2023-04-11)
    30. Black-headed Gull (2023-04-20)
    31. Common Coot (2023-04-20)
    32. Garganey (2023-04-20)
    33. White Wagtail (2023-04-20)
    34. Hooded Crow (2023-04-20)
    35. Common Sandpiper (2023-04-25)
    36. Northern Shoveler (2023-04-27)
    37. Red-Necked Grebe (2023-04-27)
    38. Pied Flycatcher (2023-04-29)
    39. Bluethroat (2023-05-02)
    40. Whinchat (2023-05-07)
    41. Yellow Wagtail (2023-05-08)
    42. Slavonian Grebe (2023-05-13)
    43. Common Greenshank (2023-05-13)
    44. Little Ringed Plover (2023-05-13)
    45. Common Goldeneye (2023-05-13)
    46. Common Teal (2023-05-13)
    47. Ruff (2023-05-13)
    48. Little Bustard (2023-05-13)
    49. Red-crested Pochard (2023-05-14)
    50. Marsh Sandpiper (2023-05-14)
    51. Black-winged Stilt (2023-05-14)
    52. Temminck's Stint (2023-05-14)
    53. Wood Sandpiper (2023-05-14)
    54. Siberian Stonechat (2023-05-14)
    55. Northern Wheatear (2023-05-14)
    56. Hoopoe (2023-05-14)
    57. Rook (2023-05-14)
    58. Barn Swallow (2023-05-15)
    59. Greater Scaup (2023-05-16)
    60. Common Kestrel (2023-05-16)
    61. Eurasian Jackdaw (2023-05-17)
    62. Greater Ringed Plover (2023-05-17)
    63. Bar-tailed Godwit (2023-05-17)
    64. Little Gull (2023-05-17)
    65. Dunlin (2023-05-17)
    66. Black Tern (2023-05-17)
    67. White-winged Tern (2023-05-17)
    68. Eurasian Whimbrel (2023-05-17)
    69. Eurasian Golden Plover (2023-05-17)
    70. Common Tern (2023-05-17)
    71. Spotted Redshank (2023-05-17)
    72. Common Whitethroat (2023-05-22)
    73. Common Rosefinch (2023-05-22)
    74. Thrush Nightingale (2023-05-22)
    75. Common Cuckoo (2023-05-22)
    76. Booted Warbler (2023-05-22)
    77. Common Chaffinch (2023-05-23)
    78. Yellowhammer (2023-05-24)
    79. Cetti's Warbler (2023-05-25)
    80. Great Reed Warbler (2023-05-25)
    81. Blyth's Reed Warbler (2023-05-25)
    82. Oriental Turtle Dove (2023-05-25)
    83. Common Chiffchaff (2023-05-25)
    84. Black Kite (2023-05-26)
    85. Black-Necked Grebe (2023-05-26)
    86. Sand Martin (2023-05-26)
    87. Eastern Imperial Eagle (2023-05-27)
    88. Ortolan Bunting (2023-05-27)
    89. Black-tailed Godwit (2023-05-30)
    90. Terek Sandpiper (2023-05-30)
    91. Red-necked Phalarope (2023-05-30)
    92. Little Stint (2023-05-30)
    93. Curlew Sandpiper (2023-05-30)
    94. Citrine Wagtail (2023-05-30)
    95. Greylag Goose (2023-06-06)
    96. Pied Avocet (2023-06-06)
    97. European Bee-eater (2023-06-09)
    98. Wood Pigeon (2023-06-16)
    99. Eurasian Hobby (2023-06-16)
    100. Long-eared Owl (2023-06-17)
    101. Western Grasshopper Warbler (2023-06-17)
    102. Common Oystercatcher (2023-06-24)
    103. Grey Heron (2023-06-28)
    104. Demoiselle Crane (2023-06-28)
    105. Red-backed Shrike (2023-06-30)
    106. Black-winged Pratincole (2023-07-01)
    107. Spotted Flycatcher (2023-07-01)
    108. Tree Pipit (2023-07-01)
    109. Black Woodpecker (2023-07-02)
    110. Grey Partridge (2023-07-02)
    111. European Golden Oriole (2023-07-02)
    112. Eurasian Curlew (2023-07-12)
    113. House Sparrow (2023-07-17)
    114. Common Buzzard (2023-07-21)
    115. Willow Tit (2023-07-21)
    116. Mistle Thrush (2023-07-23)
    117. Northern Black Grouse (2023-07-28)
    118. Ruddy Turnstone (2023-07-28)
    119. Sanderling (2023-07-28)
    120. Grey Plover (2023-07-28)
    121. Green Sandpiper (2023-08-03)
    122. Blue Tit (2023-08-04)
    123. Lesser Whitethroat (2023-08-12)
    124. Red-footed Falcon (2023-08-17)
    125. Lesser Spotted Woodpecker (2023-08-31)
    126. Great White Egret (2023-09-06)
    127. Western Marsh-Harrier (2023-09-06)
    128. Great Crested Grebe (2023-10-03)
    129. Stock Pigeon (2023-10-11)
    130. Brambling (2023-10-11)
    131. Eurasian Nuthatch (2023-10-12)
    132. White-Backed Woodpecker (2023-10-12)
    133. Eurasian Siskin (2023-10-13)
    134. Pallas's Gull (2023-10-15)
    135. Hen Harrier (2023-10-15)
    136. Rough-legged Buzzard (2023-10-15)
    137. Pallid Harrier (2023-10-15)
    138. Eurasian Linnet (2023-10-15)
    139. Great Grey Shrike (2023-10-19)
    140. Red-breasted Merganser (2023-10-19)
    141. Fieldfare (2023-10-27)
    142. Snowy Owl (2023-11-05)
    143. Long-tailed Rosefinch (2023-12-06)
    144. Coal Tit (2023-12-27)

    recent uploads

    2023-12-27. Coal Tit.

    2023-12-21. Bohemian Waxwing, Red-crested Pochard, Mallard.

    2023-12-17. Eurasian Nuthatch.

    2023-12-06. Willow Tit, Eurasian Nuthatch, Long-tailed Rosefinch.

    2023-11-18. Bohemian Waxwing.

    2023-11-16. Snowy Owl.

    2023-11-05. Snowy Owl.

    2023-10-27. Mute Swan, Northern Bullfinch, Fieldfare, Mute Swan.

    2023-10-24. Eastern Imperial Eagle, Great Spotted Woodpecker.

    2023-10-20. Great Grey Shrike, White-tailed Sea-Eagle, Sky Lark, Rough-legged Buzzard, Common Teal, Red-breasted Merganser.

    2023-10-18. Rough-legged Buzzard, Whooper Swan, Common Teal.

    2023-10-16. Pallid Harrier, Pallid Harrier, Pallid Harrier, Eurasian Linnet, Great Tit, Tree Sparrow, Brambling, Eurasian Magpie.

    2023-10-15. Pallas's Gull, Hen Harrier, Rough-legged Buzzard.

    2023-10-13. Eurasian Siskin.

    2023-10-12. Eurasian Nuthatch, Blue Tit, White-Backed Woodpecker.

    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...

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    Great Cormorant
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    2025-08-31
    Spotted Flycatcher
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    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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    2025-03-30
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    2025-03-23
    Common Sparrowhawk
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    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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    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
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    Bassel Abi Jummaa: Blyth's reed warbler ( Acrocephalus Dometurum )
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