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    map of photoshootings

    total species: 99
    total photos: 173
    total videos: 0
    total blogposts: 8

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    1. Dalmatian Pelican (2017-01-02)
    2. Steppe Eagle (2017-01-02)
    3. Ibisbill (2017-01-21)
    4. Eurasian Blackbird (2017-02-05)
    5. House Sparrow (2017-02-05)
    6. Brambling (2017-02-05)
    7. Black-throated Thrush (2017-02-09)
    8. Northern Reed Bunting (2017-03-26)
    9. Great Cormorant (2017-03-26)
    10. Isabelline Shrike (2017-03-26)
    11. White-headed Duck (2017-03-31)
    12. Masked Wagtail (2017-04-26)
    13. Merlin (2017-04-26)
    14. Demoiselle Crane (2017-05-04)
    15. Ruddy Shelduck (2017-05-05)
    16. Common Crane (2017-05-08)
    17. Horned Lark (2017-05-09)
    18. Citrine Wagtail (2017-05-10)
    19. Caspian Gull (2017-05-10)
    20. Temminck's Stint (2017-05-20)
    21. Greater Sand Plover (2017-05-20)
    22. Common Cuckoo (2017-05-20)
    23. Pied Wheatear (2017-05-29)
    24. Booted Eagle (2017-05-29)
    25. Pallid Scops Owl (2017-05-31)
    26. Little Owl (2017-06-01)
    27. Northern House Martin (2017-06-03)
    28. White-winged Lark (2017-06-25)
    29. Little Ringed Plover (2017-06-25)
    30. Asian Short-toed Lark (2017-07-03)
    31. Eastern Imperial Eagle (2017-07-03)
    32. Black-winged Stilt (2017-07-03)
    33. Calandra Lark (2017-07-03)
    34. Bimaculated Lark (2017-07-03)
    35. Short-toed Snake-Eagle (2017-07-04)
    36. Lesser Grey Shrike (2017-07-04)
    37. Brown-necked Raven (2017-07-04)
    38. Steppe Grey Shrike (2017-07-05)
    39. Black Kite (2017-07-05)
    40. Lesser Short-toed Lark (2017-07-05)
    41. Long-legged Buzzard (2017-07-05)
    42. Grey-necked Bunting (2017-07-06)
    43. Mongolian Finch (2017-07-06)
    44. Golden Eagle (2017-07-06)
    45. Turkestan Shrike (2017-07-06)
    46. Common Sparrowhawk (2017-07-30)
    47. Daurian Partridge (2017-07-30)
    48. Himalayan Vulture (2017-07-30)
    49. Chukar Partridge (2017-07-30)
    50. Black-Bellied Sandgrouse (2017-07-30)
    51. Rufous-tailed Rock Thrush (2017-07-30)
    52. Pallas's Sandgrouse (2017-07-30)
    53. Peregrine Falcon (2017-08-13)
    54. Sanderling (2017-08-13)
    55. Eurasian Roller (2017-08-13)
    56. Long-tailed Shrike (2017-08-13)
    57. Black-headed Gull (2017-08-27)
    58. Coal Tit (2017-08-28)
    59. Rosy Starling (2017-08-28)
    60. Pale Sand Martin (2017-08-28)
    61. Hill Pigeon (2017-08-29)
    62. Water Pipit (2017-08-29)
    63. Red-fronted Serin (2017-08-29)
    64. Common Buzzard (2017-09-04)
    65. Northern Wheatear (2017-09-04)
    66. Sky Lark (2017-09-04)
    67. Tawny Pipit (2017-09-04)
    68. Black Stork (2017-09-05)
    69. Ruff (2017-09-15)
    70. Pacific Golden Plover (2017-09-15)
    71. Dunlin (2017-09-16)
    72. Wood Sandpiper (2017-09-16)
    73. Hume's Warbler (2017-09-16)
    74. Common Starling (2017-09-16)
    75. Siberian Stonechat (2017-09-16)
    76. Pallid Harrier (2017-09-16)
    77. Guldenstadt's Redstart (2017-09-23)
    78. Red-billed Chough (2017-09-23)
    79. Carrion Crow (2017-09-23)
    80. Common Kestrel (2017-09-24)
    81. Northern Lapwing (2017-09-24)
    82. Mute Swan (2017-09-24)
    83. Common Coot (2017-09-24)
    84. Mallard (2017-09-24)
    85. Grey Wagtail (2017-09-24)
    86. White Wagtail (2017-09-24)
    87. Eurasian Hobby (2017-09-30)
    88. Western Marsh-Harrier (2017-09-30)
    89. Common Redshank (2017-09-30)
    90. Black-tailed Godwit (2017-10-13)
    91. Little Grebe (2017-10-13)
    92. Rook (2017-10-13)
    93. Common Pochard (2017-10-13)
    94. Crested Lark (2017-10-13)
    95. Eversmann's Redstart (2017-10-13)
    96. Eurasian Curlew (2017-10-13)
    97. White-tailed Sea-Eagle (2017-11-21)
    98. Green Sandpiper (2017-12-16)
    99. Whooper Swan (2017-12-16)

    recent uploads

    2017-12-25. White-tailed Sea-Eagle.

    2017-12-17. Green Sandpiper, Continental Cormorant, Whooper Swan, Mute Swan.

    2017-11-29. Himalayan Vulture, Little Owl.

    2017-11-28. Black Stork.

    2017-10-23. Red-necked Phalarope.

    2017-10-22. Red-necked Phalarope.

    2017-10-17. Eurasian Curlew.

    2017-10-15. Eversmann's Redstart.

    2017-10-14. Water Pipit, Siberian Common Starling, Black-tailed Godwit, White-headed Duck, Hume's Warbler, Little Grebe, Rook, White Wagtail, Common Pochard, Black-Bellied Sandgrouse, Crested Lark.

    2017-10-10. Hume's Warbler, Hume's Warbler.

    2017-10-01. Western Marsh-Harrier, Common Redshank, Mute Swan.

    2017-09-30. Eurasian Hobby, Calandra Lark, White Wagtail.

    2017-09-25. Steppe Eagle, Common Kestrel, Common Sparrowhawk, Ruff, Northern Lapwing, Little Ringed Plover, Dunlin, Mute Swan, Common Coot, Mallard, Grey Wagtail, White Wagtail, Masked Wagtail, Pied Wheatear, Pallid Harrier.

    2017-09-24. Dunlin.

    2017-09-23. Guldenstadt's Redstart, Red-billed Chough, Carrion Crow.

    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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    2026-01-18
    Common Kestrel
    (Ruslan Abutrapov)

    2025-10-31
    Great Cormorant
    (Raouf Bairashev)

    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
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    2025-03-30
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    2025-03-23
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    2025-02-07
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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
    2026-06-02

    Анна Ясько: Кряквы.
    2026-06-02

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