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    total species: 169
    total photos: 654
    total videos: 0
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    1. Cinereous Vulture (2024-01-07)
    2. Blue Whistling Thrush (2024-01-09)
    3. Great White Egret (2024-01-09)
    4. Common Sparrowhawk (2024-02-28)
    5. Laughing Dove (2024-03-01)
    6. Grey-headed Goldfinch (2024-03-04)
    7. Eastern Buzzard (2024-03-10)
    8. Pygmy Cormorant (2024-03-10)
    9. Black-headed Gull (2024-03-10)
    10. Great Cormorant (2024-03-16)
    11. Grey Heron (2024-03-16)
    12. Ferruginous Duck (2024-03-16)
    13. Gadwall (2024-03-16)
    15. Black Kite (2024-03-24)
    16. Common Crane (2024-03-24)
    17. Ruddy Shelduck (2024-03-24)
    18. Common Mynah (2024-03-24)
    19. Pied Wheatear (2024-03-24)
    20. Isabelline Shrike (2024-03-24)
    21. Eurasian Jackdaw (2024-03-24)
    22. Rock Bunting (2024-03-26)
    23. Isabelline Wheatear (2024-03-31)
    24. Long-legged Buzzard (2024-03-31)
    25. Short-toed Snake-Eagle (2024-03-31)
    26. Turkestan Shrike (2024-03-31)
    27. Common Moorhen (2024-04-06)
    28. Corn Bunting (2024-04-13)
    29. European Greenfinch (2024-04-13)
    30. Red-throated Thrush (2024-04-13)
    31. Black-throated Thrush (2024-04-13)
    32. Red-rumped Swallow (2024-04-13)
    33. Rook (2024-04-13)
    34. Siberian Stonechat (2024-04-13)
    35. Egyptian Vulture (2024-04-20)
    36. Lesser Kestrel (2024-04-20)
    37. Common Kestrel (2024-04-20)
    38. Common Chaffinch (2024-04-20)
    39. Chukar Partridge (2024-04-20)
    40. Hoopoe (2024-04-29)
    41. Brambling (2024-04-29)
    42. Eurasian Collared Dove (2024-04-30)
    43. Azure Tit (2024-04-30)
    44. Common Tern (2024-04-30)
    45. Lesser Whitethroat (2024-04-30)
    46. Green Sandpiper (2024-04-30)
    47. Mallard (2024-05-05)
    48. Booted Eagle (2024-05-09)
    49. Calandra Lark (2024-05-10)
    50. Red-headed Bunting (2024-05-10)
    51. Spotted Flycatcher (2024-05-10)
    52. Common Sandpiper (2024-05-10)
    53. Rufous-tailed Rock Thrush (2024-05-10)
    54. Eurasian Roller (2024-05-10)
    55. Northern Wheatear (2024-05-10)
    56. Little Ringed Plover (2024-05-10)
    57. Barn Swallow (2024-05-10)
    58. White-tailed Sea-Eagle (2024-05-10)
    59. Demoiselle Crane (2024-05-10)
    60. Great Crested Grebe (2024-05-10)
    61. European Nightjar (2024-05-18)
    62. Spanish Sparrow (2024-05-18)
    63. Lesser Grey Shrike (2024-05-18)
    64. Pied Avocet (2024-05-18)
    65. Black-winged Stilt (2024-05-18)
    66. Black-headed Wagtail (2024-05-18)
    67. European Bee-eater (2024-05-18)
    68. Common Redshank (2024-05-18)
    69. Northern House Martin (2024-05-18)
    70. Western Marsh-Harrier (2024-05-18)
    71. Collared Pratincole (2024-05-18)
    72. Garganey (2024-05-18)
    73. Common Teal (2024-05-18)
    74. Northern Shoveler (2024-05-18)
    75. Spotted Redshank (2024-05-18)
    76. Oriental Turtle Dove (2024-05-18)
    77. Rosy Starling (2024-05-18)
    78. Northern Lapwing (2024-05-18)
    79. Eastern Rock Nuthatch (2024-05-18)
    80. Grey Wagtail (2024-05-18)
    81. Eurasian Hobby (2024-05-18)
    82. Golden Eagle (2024-05-18)
    83. Eastern Imperial Eagle (2024-05-18)
    84. Temminck's Stint (2024-05-18)
    85. Common Swift (2024-05-25)
    86. Clamorous Reed Warbler (2024-05-25)
    87. Himalayan Vulture (2024-06-01)
    88. Himalayan Rubythroat (2024-06-01)
    89. Bohemian Waxwing (2024-06-01)
    90. Eversmann's Redstart (2024-06-01)
    91. Common Whitethroat (2024-06-02)
    92. Tree Pipit (2024-06-16)
    93. Water Pipit (2024-06-16)
    94. Plain Mountain Finch (2024-06-16)
    95. Eurasian Crag Martin (2024-06-22)
    96. Tree Sparrow (2024-06-22)
    97. Carrion Crow (2024-06-22)
    98. Black-throated Accentor (2024-06-23)
    99. Red-fronted Serin (2024-06-23)
    100. Black Stork (2024-06-30)
    101. Northern Goshawk (2024-07-14)
    102. Common Buzzard (2024-07-14)
    103. Common Cuckoo (2024-07-20)
    104. Spotted Nutcracker (2024-07-20)
    105. Mistle Thrush (2024-07-20)
    106. Lammergeier (2024-07-28)
    107. Himalayan Accentor (2024-07-28)
    108. Shikra (2024-08-10)
    109. Guldenstadt's Redstart (2024-08-11)
    110. Greenish Warbler (2024-08-18)
    111. Little Bittern (2024-08-18)
    112. Common Kingfisher (2024-08-18)
    113. Ortolan Bunting (2024-08-24)
    114. House Sparrow (2024-08-25)
    115. Black-tailed Godwit (2024-09-01)
    116. Wood Sandpiper (2024-09-01)
    117. Ruff (2024-09-01)
    118. Citrine Wagtail (2024-09-01)
    119. Dalmatian Pelican (2024-09-01)
    120. Bar-tailed Godwit (2024-09-01)
    121. Common Coot (2024-09-01)
    122. Red Crossbill (2024-09-08)
    123. Steppe Eagle (2024-09-14)
    124. White Wagtail (2024-09-14)
    125. Yellow Wagtail (2024-09-14)
    126. Grey-necked Bunting (2024-09-15)
    127. Common Pheasant (2024-10-05)
    128. Common Starling (2024-10-05)
    129. Eurasian Curlew (2024-10-05)
    130. Crested Lark (2024-10-05)
    131. Mute Swan (2024-10-05)
    132. Common Shelduck (2024-10-05)
    133. Dunlin (2024-10-05)
    134. Black-Necked Grebe (2024-10-05)
    135. Little Grebe (2024-10-05)
    136. Whooper Swan (2024-10-05)
    137. Greylag Goose (2024-10-05)
    138. Buff-bellied Pipit (2024-10-05)
    139. Northern Pintail (2024-10-05)
    140. Eurasian Wigeon (2024-10-05)
    141. Solitary Snipe (2024-10-13)
    142. Great Grey Shrike (2024-10-13)
    143. Horned Lark (2024-11-03)
    144. Hen Harrier (2024-11-03)
    145. Alpine Accentor (2024-11-04)
    146. Coal Tit (2024-11-04)
    147. Yellow-billed Chough (2024-11-04)
    148. White-browed Tit-Warbler (2024-11-04)
    149. Brown Accentor (2024-11-10)
    150. Northern Hawk Owl (2024-11-16)
    151. Brown Dipper (2024-11-16)
    152. White-winged Grosbeak (2024-11-16)
    153. Long-eared Owl (2024-11-17)
    154. Northern Reed Bunting (2024-11-17)
    155. Smew (2024-11-17)
    156. Hooded Crow (2024-11-24)
    157. Northern Wren (2024-11-27)
    158. Goldcrest (2024-12-07)
    159. Common Raven (2024-12-07)
    160. Eurasian Blackbird (2024-12-08)
    161. Great Tit (2024-12-14)
    162. White-crowned Penduline Tit (2024-12-21)
    163. Bearded Tit (2024-12-21)
    164. Water Rail (2024-12-21)
    165. Red-mantled Rosefinch (2024-12-31)
    166. Long-tailed Rosefinch (2024-12-31)
    167. Fieldfare (2024-12-31)
    168. Common Pochard (2024-12-31)
    169. Red-crested Pochard (2024-12-31)

    recent uploads

    2025-01-01. Hen Harrier.

    2024-12-31. Red-mantled Rosefinch, Long-tailed Rosefinch, Fieldfare, Great Grey Shrike, White-tailed Sea-Eagle, White-tailed Sea-Eagle, Crested Lark, Great White Egret, Mute Swan, Common Pochard, Bearded Tit, Bearded Tit, Red-fronted Serin, Azure Tit, Crested Lark, Common Kestrel, Red-crested Pochard, Whooper Swan, Common Moorhen, Smew, Northern Reed Bunting, Pygmy Cormorant.

    2024-12-23. Common Raven.

    2024-12-21. Little Grebe, White-tailed Sea-Eagle, White-tailed Sea-Eagle, White-tailed Sea-Eagle, Green Sandpiper, Northern Reed Bunting, Grey-headed Goldfinch, Northern Reed Bunting, White-crowned Penduline Tit, Bearded Tit, White-crowned Penduline Tit, Water Rail, Common Moorhen, Horned Lark, Whooper Swan, Ruddy Shelduck, Steppe Eagle.

    2024-12-14. Great Tit, Black-throated Thrush, Black-throated Thrush, Common Sparrowhawk.

    2024-12-08. Common Raven, Pygmy Cormorant, Eurasian Blackbird, Eastern Buzzard, Common Chaffinch, Common Pheasant, Common Pheasant.

    2024-12-07. Goldcrest.

    2024-11-30. Golden Eagle, Common Sparrowhawk, Yellow-billed Chough, Mistle Thrush, Common Kestrel, White-winged Grosbeak, Lammergeier, White-winged Grosbeak, Black-throated Thrush.

    2024-11-27. Northern Wren.

    2024-11-24. Carrion Crow, Eurasian Wigeon, Carrion Crow, Hooded Crow, Pygmy Cormorant, Common Pheasant, Mallard, Common Moorhen, Common Teal, Eastern Buzzard, Great White Egret, Common Sparrowhawk.

    2024-11-18. Great Grey Shrike.

    2024-11-17. Long-eared Owl, Brown Dipper, White-winged Grosbeak, Western Marsh-Harrier, Northern Reed Bunting, Smew, Common Starling, Black-throated Thrush, Eastern Buzzard, Eastern Buzzard, Chukar Partridge, Mistle Thrush, Tree Sparrow, Grey-headed Goldfinch, Great Grey Shrike.

    2024-11-16. Northern Hawk Owl.

    2024-11-10. Azure Tit, Brown Accentor.

    2024-11-04. White-tailed Sea-Eagle, Great Grey Shrike, Horned Lark, Chukar Partridge, Golden Eagle, Long-legged Buzzard, Hen Harrier, Alpine Accentor, Coal Tit, Yellow-billed Chough, White-browed Tit-Warbler.

    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...