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    total species: 53
    total photos: 78
    total videos: 0
    total blogposts: 0

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    1. Long-tailed Tit (2023-01-04)
    2. White-Backed Woodpecker (2023-01-04)
    3. Eurasian Nuthatch (2023-01-04)
    4. Willow Tit (2023-01-04)
    5. Tree Sparrow (2023-01-04)
    6. Northern Bullfinch (2023-01-06)
    7. Great Tit (2023-01-07)
    8. Eurasian Magpie (2023-01-07)
    9. Grey-headed Goldfinch (2023-01-11)
    10. Ural Owl (2023-01-12)
    11. Rock Pigeon (2023-01-17)
    12. House Sparrow (2023-01-17)
    13. Lesser Spotted Woodpecker (2023-01-21)
    14. Eurasian Blackbird (2023-01-30)
    15. Mallard (2023-01-30)
    16. Common Goldeneye (2023-01-30)
    17. Eurasian Dipper (2023-01-30)
    18. Carrion Crow (2023-01-30)
    19. Fieldfare (2023-02-08)
    20. Horned Lark (2023-02-14)
    21. Goosander (2023-02-17)
    22. Pallas's Rosefinch (2023-02-25)
    23. Common Chaffinch (2023-03-26)
    24. Black Kite (2023-04-01)
    25. Hooded Crow (2023-04-03)
    26. Black-throated Thrush (2023-04-17)
    27. Common Starling (2023-04-17)
    28. Black Redstart (2023-04-22)
    29. Grey Wagtail (2023-05-01)
    30. Meadow Bunting (2023-05-09)
    31. Pallid Harrier (2023-05-09)
    32. Northern Wheatear (2023-05-09)
    33. Common Rosefinch (2023-05-13)
    34. Masked Wagtail (2023-05-17)
    35. Spotted Flycatcher (2023-05-17)
    36. Common Kingfisher (2023-05-27)
    37. Great Cormorant (2023-06-19)
    38. Caspian Gull (2023-06-19)
    39. Barn Swallow (2023-08-17)
    40. Red-backed Shrike (2023-08-17)
    41. Common Sparrowhawk (2023-08-27)
    42. Common Raven (2023-08-27)
    43. Siberian Stonechat (2023-08-27)
    44. Coal Tit (2023-10-13)
    45. Common Treecreeper (2023-11-05)
    46. Grey-Headed Woodpecker (2023-12-02)
    47. Bohemian Waxwing (2023-12-05)
    48. Eurasian Siskin (2023-12-06)
    49. Hawfinch (2023-12-07)
    50. Common Redpoll (2023-12-12)
    51. Eurasian Jay (2023-12-19)
    52. Brambling (2023-12-23)
    53. Great Spotted Woodpecker (2023-12-24)

    recent uploads

    2023-12-24. Pallas's Rosefinch, Great Spotted Woodpecker.

    2023-12-23. Brambling.

    2023-12-22. Grey-Headed Woodpecker.

    2023-12-19. Eurasian Jay.

    2023-12-12. Common Redpoll.

    2023-12-09. Bohemian Waxwing.

    2023-12-07. Eurasian Siskin, Hawfinch, Fieldfare.

    2023-12-06. Eurasian Siskin.

    2023-12-05. Bohemian Waxwing.

    2023-12-02. Grey-Headed Woodpecker.

    2023-11-05. Common Treecreeper.

    2023-10-16. Common Kingfisher.

    2023-10-13. Coal Tit.

    2023-08-27. Common Raven, Common Sparrowhawk, Siberian Stonechat.

    2023-08-17. Barn Swallow, Grey Wagtail, Red-backed Shrike, Spotted Flycatcher, Black Kite.

    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...