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    total species: 269
    total photos: 1336
    total videos: 0
    total blogposts: 2

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    1. Common Snipe (2021-01-01)
    2. Redwing (2021-01-01)
    3. Common Starling (2021-01-01)
    4. Rock Pigeon (2021-01-01)
    5. Merlin (2021-01-01)
    6. Hen Harrier (2021-01-01)
    7. White-tailed Sea-Eagle (2021-01-04)
    8. Ibisbill (2021-01-04)
    9. Solitary Snipe (2021-01-04)
    10. Black-throated Thrush (2021-01-07)
    11. Mistle Thrush (2021-01-07)
    12. Eurasian Blackbird (2021-01-07)
    13. Northern Reed Bunting (2021-01-07)
    14. Great White Egret (2021-01-11)
    15. Grey Partridge (2021-01-11)
    16. Bearded Tit (2021-01-11)
    17. Azure Tit (2021-01-11)
    18. Eurasian Collared Dove (2021-02-06)
    19. White-Winged Woodpecker (2021-02-06)
    20. Eastern Buzzard (2021-02-06)
    21. Long-tailed Tit (2021-02-06)
    22. Hawfinch (2021-02-06)
    23. Long-tailed Rosefinch (2021-02-14)
    24. Black-throated Accentor (2021-02-14)
    25. Brambling (2021-02-14)
    26. Western Marsh-Harrier (2021-02-27)
    27. Eurasian Siskin (2021-02-27)
    28. Great Grey Shrike (2021-02-27)
    29. Eurasian Wigeon (2021-03-06)
    30. Tufted Duck (2021-03-06)
    31. Common Kestrel (2021-03-06)
    32. Fieldfare (2021-03-06)
    33. Steppe Eagle (2021-03-06)
    34. Baraba Steppe Gull (2021-03-06)
    35. Red-fronted Serin (2021-03-06)
    36. Sky Lark (2021-03-06)
    37. Masked Wagtail (2021-03-07)
    38. Cetti's Warbler (2021-03-13)
    39. Common Oystercatcher (2021-03-13)
    40. Citrine Wagtail (2021-03-13)
    41. Water Pipit (2021-03-14)
    42. Yellowhammer (2021-03-14)
    43. Pine Bunting (2021-03-14)
    44. Northern Pintail (2021-03-14)
    45. Northern Lapwing (2021-03-14)
    46. Common Redshank (2021-03-14)
    47. Upland Buzzard (2021-03-20)
    48. Eastern Imperial Eagle (2021-03-20)
    49. European Greenfinch (2021-03-20)
    50. Garganey (2021-03-20)
    51. Common Chaffinch (2021-03-20)
    52. Eversmann's Redstart (2021-03-20)
    53. Pallas's Gull (2021-03-20)
    54. White Stork (2021-03-20)
    55. Cinereous Vulture (2021-03-20)
    56. Long-legged Buzzard (2021-03-20)
    57. Demoiselle Crane (2021-03-20)
    58. Yellow-breasted Tit (2021-03-20)
    59. Common Pochard (2021-03-20)
    60. Pygmy Cormorant (2021-03-20)
    61. Common Teal (2021-03-21)
    62. Steppe Grey Shrike (2021-03-21)
    63. Great Bustard (2021-03-21)
    65. Greylag Goose (2021-03-21)
    66. Isabelline Shrike (2021-03-21)
    67. Black Redstart (2021-03-21)
    68. White Wagtail (2021-03-21)
    69. Hoopoe (2021-03-21)
    70. Isabelline Wheatear (2021-03-21)
    71. Mute Swan (2021-03-21)
    72. Desert Finch (2021-03-22)
    73. Common Sparrowhawk (2021-03-22)
    74. Turkestan Tit (2021-03-22)
    75. Northern Wheatear (2021-03-22)
    76. Water Rail (2021-03-22)
    77. Short-toed Snake-Eagle (2021-03-22)
    78. Turkestan Shrike (2021-03-22)
    79. Chukar Partridge (2021-03-22)
    80. Rock Bunting (2021-03-22)
    81. Blue Rock Thrush (2021-03-22)
    82. Little Owl (2021-03-22)
    83. Finsch's Wheatear (2021-03-22)
    84. Macqueen's Bustard (2021-03-22)
    85. Red-crested Pochard (2021-03-23)
    86. Dalmatian Pelican (2021-03-23)
    87. Great White Pelican (2021-03-23)
    88. Slender-billed Gull (2021-03-23)
    89. Osprey (2021-03-23)
    90. Common Crane (2021-03-23)
    92. Northern Shoveler (2021-03-24)
    93. Goosander (2021-03-24)
    94. Corn Bunting (2021-03-24)
    95. Eastern Rock Nuthatch (2021-03-24)
    96. Rufous-tailed Rock Thrush (2021-03-24)
    97. Northern Wren (2021-03-24)
    98. Great Crested Grebe (2021-03-24)
    99. Common Chiffchaff (2021-03-24)
    100. Gadwall (2021-03-27)
    101. Bluethroat (2021-03-27)
    102. Crested Lark (2021-03-27)
    103. Great Cormorant (2021-03-27)
    104. Green Sandpiper (2021-03-27)
    105. Little Ringed Plover (2021-03-27)
    106. Mallard (2021-03-28)
    107. Wood Pigeon (2021-03-28)
    108. Northern Bullfinch (2021-03-28)
    109. European Robin (2021-03-28)
    110. Black Kite (2021-03-28)
    111. Little Grebe (2021-04-03)
    112. Northern Goshawk (2021-04-03)
    113. Common Buzzard (2021-04-03)
    114. Ferruginous Duck (2021-04-03)
    115. Eurasian Goldfinch (2021-04-03)
    116. Black-headed Gull (2021-04-03)
    117. Calandra Lark (2021-04-03)
    118. Eurasian Linnet (2021-04-03)
    119. Common Coot (2021-04-03)
    120. Common Moorhen (2021-04-04)
    121. Pied Wheatear (2021-04-04)
    122. Lesser Kestrel (2021-04-04)
    123. Siberian Stonechat (2021-04-09)
    124. Booted Eagle (2021-04-09)
    125. Black-winged Stilt (2021-04-09)
    126. Common Mynah (2021-04-10)
    127. Eurasian Curlew (2021-04-11)
    128. Common Shelduck (2021-04-11)
    129. White-headed Duck (2021-04-11)
    130. Black-Necked Grebe (2021-04-11)
    131. Tree Pipit (2021-04-11)
    132. Caspian Gull (2021-04-11)
    133. Kentish Plover (2021-04-11)
    134. Caspian Tern (2021-04-11)
    135. Pied Avocet (2021-04-11)
    136. Common Sandpiper (2021-04-11)
    137. Black-headed Wagtail (2021-04-11)
    138. Yellow Wagtail (2021-04-11)
    139. Black-tailed Godwit (2021-04-11)
    140. Common Pheasant (2021-04-11)
    141. Northern House Martin (2021-04-14)
    142. Barn Swallow (2021-04-14)
    143. Greater Scaup (2021-04-14)
    144. Meadow Pipit (2021-04-14)
    145. Ruddy Shelduck (2021-04-16)
    146. Desert Wheatear (2021-04-16)
    147. Black Stork (2021-04-17)
    148. Lesser Whitethroat (2021-04-17)
    149. Grey Wagtail (2021-04-17)
    150. Eurasian Eagle-Owl (2021-04-17)
    151. Eurasian Jackdaw (2021-04-17)
    152. Whooper Swan (2021-04-17)
    153. Little Bustard (2021-04-17)
    154. Common Greenshank (2021-04-17)
    155. Eurasian Redstart (2021-04-18)
    156. White-crowned Penduline Tit (2021-04-18)
    157. Paddyfield Warbler (2021-04-18)
    158. Common Tern (2021-04-18)
    159. Pale Sand Martin (2021-04-22)
    160. Sand Martin (2021-04-22)
    161. Red-rumped Swallow (2021-04-22)
    162. Wood Sandpiper (2021-04-22)
    163. Great Reed Warbler (2021-04-22)
    164. Buff-bellied Pipit (2021-04-22)
    165. Eurasian Wryneck (2021-04-22)
    166. Greater Spotted Eagle (2021-04-22)
    167. Hume's Warbler (2021-04-24)
    168. Eurasian Scops-Owl (2021-04-24)
    169. Oriental Turtle Dove (2021-04-29)
    170. Greenish Warbler (2021-04-29)
    171. Western Grasshopper Warbler (2021-04-29)
    172. Common Cuckoo (2021-04-29)
    173. Crested Honey-Buzzard (2021-04-29)
    174. Common Nightingale (2021-04-29)
    175. European Bee-eater (2021-05-01)
    176. Savi's Warbler (2021-05-01)
    177. Slavonian Grebe (2021-05-03)
    178. Grey Heron (2021-05-03)
    179. Baillon's Crake (2021-05-03)
    180. Little Bittern (2021-05-03)
    181. Common Rosefinch (2021-05-03)
    182. Eurasian Roller (2021-05-03)
    183. Tawny Pipit (2021-05-03)
    184. Ortolan Bunting (2021-05-03)
    185. Blyth's Reed Warbler (2021-05-03)
    186. Common Kingfisher (2021-05-04)
    187. Eurasian Hobby (2021-05-04)
    188. Grey-headed Goldfinch (2021-05-04)
    189. Little Crake (2021-05-05)
    190. Booted Warbler (2021-05-07)
    191. Common Whitethroat (2021-05-07)
    192. Grey-necked Bunting (2021-05-07)
    193. White-winged Tern (2021-05-08)
    194. Black Tern (2021-05-08)
    195. Hume's Whitethroat (2021-05-09)
    196. White-capped Bunting (2021-05-09)
    197. Pallas's Sandgrouse (2021-05-09)
    198. Rock Sparrow (2021-05-09)
    199. Eastern Orphean Warbler (2021-05-09)
    200. Crimson-winged Finch (2021-05-09)
    201. Mongolian Finch (2021-05-09)
    202. Lesser Grey Shrike (2021-05-09)
    203. Long-tailed Shrike (2021-05-09)
    204. Indian Golden Oriole (2021-05-09)
    205. Red-headed Bunting (2021-05-09)
    206. Egyptian Vulture (2021-05-15)
    207. Rosy Starling (2021-05-15)
    208. Black-crowned Night Heron (2021-05-15)
    209. Clamorous Reed Warbler (2021-05-15)
    210. Little Stint (2021-05-15)
    211. Terek Sandpiper (2021-05-15)
    212. Spotted Redshank (2021-05-15)
    213. Common Swift (2021-05-15)
    214. Eurasian Whimbrel (2021-05-15)
    215. Dunlin (2021-05-15)
    216. Temminck's Stint (2021-05-15)
    217. Common Quail (2021-05-22)
    218. Spotted Flycatcher (2021-05-22)
    219. Indian Sparrow (2021-05-22)
    220. Black-Bellied Sandgrouse (2021-05-22)
    221. Syke's Warbler (2021-05-22)
    222. Greater Short-toed Lark (2021-05-22)
    223. Spanish Sparrow (2021-05-22)
    224. Lesser Sand Plover (2021-05-22)
    225. Blue Whistling Thrush (2021-05-23)
    226. Asian Desert Warbler (2021-05-30)
    227. Lesser Short-toed Lark (2021-05-30)
    228. Montagu's Harrier (2021-05-30)
    229. Red-backed Shrike (2021-05-31)
    230. Thrush Nightingale (2021-05-31)
    231. European Golden Oriole (2021-06-01)
    232. Collared Pratincole (2021-06-02)
    233. Eurasian Reed Warbler (2021-06-02)
    234. Black-headed Penduline Tit (2021-06-02)
    235. Tree Sparrow (2021-06-23)
    236. Pacific Swift (2021-06-24)
    237. Eurasian Nuthatch (2021-07-18)
    238. Common Raven (2021-07-18)
    239. Spotted Nutcracker (2021-07-20)
    240. Willow Tit (2021-07-20)
    242. Pallas's Reed Bunting (2021-07-26)
    243. Dusky Warbler (2021-07-26)
    244. White-winged Scoter (2021-07-26)
    245. Short-eared Owl (2021-07-26)
    246. Song Thrush (2021-07-28)
    247. Taiga Flycatcher (2021-07-30)
    248. Great Tit (2021-07-30)
    249. Peregrine Falcon (2021-07-31)
    251. Arctic Loon (2021-08-07)
    252. Coal Tit (2021-08-10)
    253. House Sparrow (2021-08-11)
    254. Siberian Flycatcher (2021-08-16)
    255. Carrion Crow (2021-08-16)
    256. Goldcrest (2021-08-16)
    257. Common Treecreeper (2021-08-16)
    258. Red-necked Phalarope (2021-08-21)
    259. Moustached Warbler (2021-09-11)
    260. European Nightjar (2021-09-12)
    261. Great Spotted Woodpecker (2021-11-20)
    262. Rough-legged Buzzard (2021-11-27)
    263. Smew (2021-11-28)
    264. Common Goldeneye (2021-11-28)
    265. Horned Lark (2021-11-28)
    266. White-browed Tit-Warbler (2021-11-28)
    267. Barbary Falcon (2021-12-04)
    268. Eurasian Dipper (2021-12-16)
    269. Red-mantled Rosefinch (2021-12-18)

    recent uploads

    2021-12-27. Upland Buzzard, Black-throated Accentor, Great White Egret, Long-tailed Rosefinch, Eversmann's Redstart, Mistle Thrush, Ibisbill.

    2021-12-18. Red-mantled Rosefinch, Common Chiffchaff.

    2021-12-17. Goldcrest, European Robin, Amur (White) Wagtail, Citrine Wagtail, Common Chiffchaff, Eurasian Dipper, Northern Wren, Long-tailed Rosefinch.

    2021-12-15. Solitary Snipe, Ibisbill, Carrion Crow, Common Chiffchaff, White Wagtail, Amur (White) Wagtail, Hen Harrier, Hen Harrier, Rough-legged Buzzard, Common Teal.

    2021-12-08. Eversmann's Redstart, Water Rail, Northern Wren, Cetti's Warbler, Citrine Wagtail, European Robin, White Wagtail, Amur (White) Wagtail, Common Chiffchaff, Eurasian Blackbird, Carrion Crow, Ibisbill.

    2021-12-07. Barbary Falcon, Ibisbill, Eastern Buzzard.

    2021-12-02. Whooper Swan, Smew, Common Goldeneye, White-tailed Sea-Eagle, Horned Lark, Mute Swan, Wood Pigeon, Green Sandpiper, Northern Wren, White-browed Tit-Warbler, Little Grebe, Long-legged Buzzard, Western Marsh-Harrier, Long-legged Buzzard.

    2021-12-01. Cetti's Warbler, Amur (White) Wagtail, Amur (White) Wagtail.

    2021-11-30. Bearded Tit, Common Teal, Northern Reed Bunting, European Greenfinch, Rough-legged Buzzard, Northern Reed Bunting, Common Chiffchaff, Citrine Wagtail, Goldcrest.

    2021-11-23. Upland Buzzard, Goldcrest, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Water Pipit, Eversmann's Redstart, Azure Tit, Northern Lapwing, Ibisbill.

    2021-11-14. Goldcrest, Eurasian Siskin, Eastern Buzzard, Common Chiffchaff, Northern Wren, Water Pipit, White Wagtail, Citrine Wagtail, Hybrid Bunting.

    2021-11-13. Citrine Wagtail, Water Rail, Steppe Eagle, Eastern Buzzard, Northern Reed Bunting, Northern Reed Bunting, Great White Egret, Black-throated Accentor, Black-headed Penduline Tit, Long-tailed Tit, Bearded Tit, Bearded Tit, European Robin.

    2021-09-28. Blyth's Reed Warbler, Eurasian Reed Warbler.

    2021-09-18. Great Crested Grebe, Common Snipe, Moustached Warbler, Baillon's Crake, Eurasian Hobby, Black Kite.

    2021-09-12. European Nightjar, Black-Bellied Sandgrouse, Ortolan Bunting.

    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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    Common Kestrel
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    Great Cormorant
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    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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    2025-04-14
    Grey-Headed Woodpecker
    (sergey izoya)

    2025-03-30
    Great White Egret
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    Common Kestrel
    (Anna Yasko)

    2025-03-23
    Common Sparrowhawk
    (Ksenia Serbina)
    Great Tit
    (Ksenia Serbina)

    2025-02-07
    Arctic Loon
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    2025-02-06
    Red Crossbill
    (Viktoriya Zvyaginceva)

    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

    Анна Ясько: Кряквы.
    2026-06-02

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