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Gaviiformes
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    total species: 110
    total photos: 280
    total videos: 0
    total blogposts: 0

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    1. Fieldfare (2026-01-01)
    2. Hooded Crow (2026-01-02)
    3. Great Tit (2026-01-02)
    4. Northern Bullfinch (2026-01-02)
    5. Rock Pigeon (2026-01-02)
    6. Bohemian Waxwing (2026-01-02)
    8. White-tailed Sea-Eagle (2026-01-10)
    9. Common Sparrowhawk (2026-01-19)
    10. Long-tailed Tit (2026-01-27)
    11. White-Backed Woodpecker (2026-02-07)
    12. Eurasian Goldfinch (2026-02-07)
    13. Eurasian Jackdaw (2026-02-07)
    14. Brambling (2026-02-07)
    15. Long-tailed Rosefinch (2026-02-07)
    16. Eurasian Linnet (2026-03-27)
    17. Common Starling (2026-03-30)
    18. Mute Swan (2026-04-08)
    19. Whooper Swan (2026-04-08)
    20. Sky Lark (2026-04-08)
    21. Greater Scaup (2026-04-08)
    22. Common Shelduck (2026-04-08)
    23. Tufted Duck (2026-04-08)
    24. Common Goldeneye (2026-04-08)
    25. Greylag Goose (2026-04-08)
    26. Common Coot (2026-04-08)
    27. Common Redshank (2026-04-08)
    28. Great Crested Grebe (2026-04-08)
    30. Red-crested Pochard (2026-04-08)
    31. Common Pochard (2026-04-08)
    32. White-headed Duck (2026-04-08)
    33. Bewick's Swan (2026-04-08)
    34. Bean Goose (2026-04-16)
    35. Black-headed Gull (2026-04-16)
    36. Pied Avocet (2026-04-16)
    37. White Wagtail (2026-04-16)
    38. Little Ringed Plover (2026-04-16)
    39. Marsh Sandpiper (2026-04-16)
    40. Northern Wheatear (2026-04-16)
    41. Green Sandpiper (2026-04-16)
    42. Ruff (2026-04-16)
    43. Red-Necked Grebe (2026-04-16)
    44. Black-winged Stilt (2026-04-17)
    45. Yellowhammer (2026-04-17)
    46. Common Chaffinch (2026-04-17)
    47. Garganey (2026-04-22)
    48. Northern Pintail (2026-04-22)
    49. Rook (2026-04-24)
    50. Northern Shoveler (2026-04-25)
    51. Black-Necked Grebe (2026-04-25)
    52. Barnacle Goose (2026-04-27)
    53. Great Cormorant (2026-04-27)
    54. Common Chiffchaff (2026-05-02)
    55. Black-tailed Godwit (2026-05-02)
    56. Lesser Whitethroat (2026-05-06)
    57. Common Sandpiper (2026-05-07)
    58. Yellow Wagtail (2026-05-07)
    59. Siberian Stonechat (2026-05-07)
    60. Northern Lapwing (2026-05-07)
    61. Eurasian Redstart (2026-05-15)
    62. Terek Sandpiper (2026-05-16)
    63. Wood Sandpiper (2026-05-16)
    64. Wood Pigeon (2026-05-16)
    65. European Greenfinch (2026-05-16)
    66. Spotted Flycatcher (2026-05-16)
    67. Common Crane (2026-05-17)
    68. Slavonian Grebe (2026-05-17)
    69. Common Teal (2026-05-17)
    70. Gadwall (2026-05-17)
    71. Dunlin (2026-05-17)
    72. Temminck's Stint (2026-05-17)
    73. Greater Ringed Plover (2026-05-17)
    74. Demoiselle Crane (2026-05-19)
    75. Curlew Sandpiper (2026-05-19)
    76. Little Stint (2026-05-19)
    77. Baraba Steppe Gull (2026-05-19)
    78. Great Reed Warbler (2026-05-19)
    79. Barn Swallow (2026-05-19)
    80. White-winged Tern (2026-05-19)
    81. Black Tern (2026-05-19)
    82. Eurasian Magpie (2026-05-19)
    83. Eastern Imperial Eagle (2026-05-19)
    84. Grey Plover (2026-05-21)
    85. Common Tern (2026-05-21)
    86. Ruddy Turnstone (2026-05-24)
    87. Little Gull (2026-05-26)
    88. Mallard (2026-06-01)
    89. Tree Pipit (2026-06-13)
    90. Grey Heron (2026-06-14)
    91. Common Raven (2026-06-14)
    92. Oriental Turtle Dove (2026-06-16)
    93. Eurasian Wigeon (2026-06-16)
    94. House Sparrow (2026-06-19)
    95. Tree Sparrow (2026-06-20)
    96. Bluethroat (2026-06-20)
    97. Booted Warbler (2026-06-20)
    98. Ortolan Bunting (2026-06-20)
    99. Sand Martin (2026-06-20)
    100. Common Oystercatcher (2026-06-25)
    101. Eurasian Collared Dove (2026-06-25)
    102. Northern Goshawk (2026-06-26)
    103. Great Spotted Woodpecker (2026-06-26)
    104. Red-necked Phalarope (2026-06-29)
    105. Common Kestrel (2026-06-29)
    106. Grey Partridge (2026-06-29)
    107. Common Buzzard (2026-07-08)
    108. Black-winged Pratincole (2026-07-13)
    109. Citrine Wagtail (2026-07-13)
    110. Hoopoe (2026-07-13)

    recent uploads

    2026-07-18. Black-winged Stilt.

    2026-07-16. Greylag Goose, Little Gull, Red-necked Phalarope, Common Chaffinch, Northern Goshawk, Garganey.

    2026-07-14. Wood Sandpiper, Curlew Sandpiper, Terek Sandpiper, Dunlin, Black-winged Stilt, Black-winged Pratincole, Baraba Steppe Gull, Citrine Wagtail, White Wagtail, Yellow Wagtail, Hoopoe, Northern Lapwing.

    2026-07-08. Lesser Whitethroat, Great Cormorant, Northern Goshawk, Steppe Buzzard, Tree Pipit.

    2026-07-06. Lesser Whitethroat.

    2026-07-03. White-winged Tern, Booted Warbler, Bluethroat, Siberian Stonechat, Mallard.

    2026-07-02. Terek Sandpiper, Marsh Sandpiper, White-winged Tern, Little Stint, Black-winged Stilt, Yellow Wagtail, Common Starling, Northern Goshawk.

    2026-06-29. Red-necked Phalarope, Ruff, Common Kestrel, Grey Partridge.

    2026-06-27. Common Redshank, Black-winged Stilt.

    2026-06-26. Northern Goshawk, Great Spotted Woodpecker.

    2026-06-25. Common Oystercatcher, Eurasian Collared Dove.

    2026-06-21. Ortolan Bunting, Sand Martin.

    2026-06-20. Siberian Stonechat, Tree Sparrow, Bluethroat, Booted Warbler, Booted Warbler.

    2026-06-19. House Sparrow, Mute Swan.

    2026-06-17. Yellow Wagtail, Yellow Wagtail, Eastern Imperial Eagle, Oriental Turtle Dove, Oriental Turtle Dove, Siberian Stonechat, Eurasian Wigeon, Bewick's Swan.

    rare birds records


    Squacco Heron (Ardeola ralloides)

    © Andrey Kovalenko
    2026-06-06
    Almaty area, Sorbulak.

    Second registration of the species on Lake Sorbulak. The first was more than 40 years ago, when two birds were discovered among Grey Herons on June 30, 1982 (Erokhov, 1991). According to available data, this is the easternmost point of flight of the yellow heron from its main range.

    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.
    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

    2026-07-18

    Руслан Абутрапов: Спасибо!
    2026-07-18

    no any comments:
    2026-07-15

    Анна Ясько: Чайконосая крачка.
    2026-07-11

    Анна Ясько: Вероятно, малый канюк.
    2026-07-11

    Анна Ясько: предположу бормотушку. Хотя хотелось бы еще ракурсы.
    more unidentified birds...