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    total species: 38
    total photos: 58
    total videos: 0
    total blogposts: 0

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    1. Bohemian Waxwing (2015-01-02)
    2. Eurasian Blackbird (2015-01-04)
    3. Green Sandpiper (2015-01-05)
    4. Carrion Crow (2015-01-05)
    5. Hooded Crow (2015-01-05)
    6. Lammergeier (2015-01-06)
    7. Yellowhammer (2015-01-06)
    8. European Greenfinch (2015-01-22)
    9. Common Mynah (2015-01-25)
    10. Common Pheasant (2015-02-02)
    11. Black-throated Thrush (2015-02-02)
    12. Long-tailed Rosefinch (2015-02-02)
    13. Northern Goshawk (2015-02-03)
    14. Grey-headed Goldfinch (2015-02-03)
    15. Laughing Dove (2015-02-12)
    16. Great White Egret (2015-02-14)
    17. White-tailed Sea-Eagle (2015-02-14)
    18. Eurasian Jackdaw (2015-02-14)
    19. Yellow-breasted Tit (2015-02-15)
    20. Eurasian Collared Dove (2015-02-17)
    21. Eurasian Magpie (2015-02-20)
    22. Common Starling (2015-02-20)
    23. Brambling (2015-02-20)
    24. Turkestan Tit (2015-02-26)
    25. Common Buzzard (2015-03-01)
    26. Black Kite (2015-03-29)
    27. Blue-capped Redstart (2015-03-29)
    28. Black Redstart (2015-03-29)
    29. White-Winged Woodpecker (2015-03-30)
    30. Rock Bunting (2015-03-30)
    31. Booted Eagle (2015-04-10)
    32. Isabelline Shrike (2015-04-10)
    33. Greenish Warbler (2015-04-24)
    34. Eurasian Hobby (2015-04-27)
    35. Red-headed Bunting (2015-05-07)
    36. Spotted Flycatcher (2015-05-12)
    37. Eurasian Roller (2015-05-22)
    38. Siberian Stonechat (2015-05-27)

    recent uploads

    2015-06-07. Red-headed Bunting, Spotted Flycatcher, Eurasian Roller, Siberian Stonechat.

    2015-06-03. Turkestan Tit, Greenish Warbler.

    2015-05-02. Eurasian Hobby.

    2015-04-11. Blue-capped Redstart.

    2015-04-10. Black Kite, White-Winged Woodpecker, Blue-capped Redstart, Rock Bunting, Daurian Shrike, Booted Eagle, Turkestan Black Redstart.

    2015-03-01. Turkestan Tit, Common Buzzard.

    2015-02-24. Eurasian Collared Dove, Common Starling, Brambling, Eurasian Magpie, Grey-headed Goldfinch.

    2015-02-17. White-tailed Sea-Eagle, Eurasian Jackdaw, Eurasian Collared Dove.

    2015-02-16. Great White Egret, Yellow-breasted Tit.

    2015-02-12. Long-tailed Rosefinch, Ring-necked Pheasant, Black-throated Thrush, Northern Goshawk, Grey-headed Goldfinch, Laughing Dove.

    2015-01-30. Carrion Crow, Hooded Crow, Hybrid Tit, Common Mynah.

    2015-01-24. Lammergeier, European Greenfinch, Green Sandpiper.

    2015-01-07. Lammergeier, Yellowhammer.

    2015-01-05. Hoopoe, Red-fronted Serin, Corn Bunting, Carrion Crow, Northern Wren, Blue-capped Redstart, Turkestan Shrike, Black Kite, Crested Lark, Himalayan Snowcock.

    2015-01-04. Bohemian Waxwing, Eurasian Blackbird, White-tailed Sea-Eagle, Himalayan Snowcock, Common Chaffinch, Hume's Warbler, Red-mantled Rosefinch.

    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
    (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

    2026-06-02

    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...