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    total species: 104
    total photos: 345
    total videos: 0
    total blogposts: 0

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    1. Eastern Buzzard (2026-01-02)
    2. Redwing (2026-01-10)
    3. Great Grey Shrike (2026-01-10)
    4. Eversmann's Redstart (2026-01-10)
    5. Long-legged Buzzard (2026-01-10)
    6. Common Kestrel (2026-01-10)
    7. Long-tailed Rosefinch (2026-01-10)
    8. Black-throated Thrush (2026-01-10)
    9. Brambling (2026-01-10)
    10. Calandra Lark (2026-01-24)
    11. Twite (2026-01-24)
    12. White-winged Lark (2026-01-24)
    13. Eurasian Wigeon (2026-01-24)
    14. Gadwall (2026-01-24)
    15. Bewick's Swan (2026-01-24)
    16. Horned Lark (2026-01-24)
    17. Lesser Short-toed Lark (2026-01-24)
    18. Smew (2026-01-24)
    19. Eurasian Linnet (2026-01-24)
    20. Rustic Bunting (2026-01-29)
    21. Northern Wren (2026-01-31)
    22. Water Rail (2026-01-31)
    23. Common Teal (2026-01-31)
    24. Red-breasted Merganser (2026-02-01)
    25. Rock Pigeon (2026-02-01)
    26. Black Redstart (2026-02-01)
    27. Guldenstadt's Redstart (2026-02-01)
    28. Caspian Gull (2026-02-01)
    29. Common Sparrowhawk (2026-02-15)
    30. Great Tit (2026-02-15)
    31. Upland Buzzard (2026-02-15)
    32. European Robin (2026-02-15)
    33. Great Cormorant (2026-02-28)
    34. Common Pochard (2026-02-28)
    35. Crested Lark (2026-02-28)
    36. Spanish Sparrow (2026-02-28)
    37. Tufted Duck (2026-02-28)
    38. Black-Necked Grebe (2026-02-28)
    39. Ring-billed Gull (2026-02-28)
    40. Common Snipe (2026-02-28)
    41. Common Chiffchaff (2026-03-01)
    42. Meadow Pipit (2026-03-01)
    43. Sky Lark (2026-03-01)
    44. Short-eared Owl (2026-03-01)
    45. Black-headed Gull (2026-03-01)
    46. Dunnock (2026-03-01)
    47. Blue Tit (2026-03-01)
    48. Hawfinch (2026-03-01)
    49. Masked Wagtail (2026-03-01)
    50. Red-crested Pochard (2026-03-01)
    51. Desert Finch (2026-03-01)
    52. Slender-billed Gull (2026-03-01)
    53. Fieldfare (2026-03-02)
    54. House Sparrow (2026-03-02)
    55. Pallas's Gull (2026-03-07)
    56. Black Kite (2026-03-07)
    57. Chukar Partridge (2026-03-07)
    58. Baraba Steppe Gull (2026-03-07)
    59. Eurasian Woodcock (2026-04-11)
    60. Turkestan Shrike (2026-04-11)
    61. Western Marsh-Harrier (2026-04-11)
    62. Common Buzzard (2026-04-18)
    63. Lesser Whitethroat (2026-04-18)
    64. Steppe Grey Shrike (2026-04-18)
    65. Pied Wheatear (2026-04-18)
    66. Savi's Warbler (2026-04-19)
    67. Osprey (2026-04-19)
    68. Moustached Warbler (2026-04-19)
    69. Tree Pipit (2026-04-19)
    70. Stock Pigeon (2026-04-19)
    71. Bearded Tit (2026-04-19)
    72. Pallas's Sandgrouse (2026-04-19)
    73. Sand Martin (2026-04-19)
    74. Bluethroat (2026-04-19)
    75. Syke's Warbler (2026-04-25)
    76. Collared Pratincole (2026-04-25)
    77. Common Raven (2026-04-26)
    78. Yellow-eyed Pigeon (2026-05-02)
    79. Eastern Imperial Eagle (2026-05-02)
    80. Eurasian Whimbrel (2026-05-02)
    81. Temminck's Stint (2026-05-02)
    82. Common Redshank (2026-05-02)
    83. Common Sandpiper (2026-05-02)
    84. Black-winged Pratincole (2026-05-02)
    85. Little Tern (2026-05-02)
    86. Isabelline Shrike (2026-05-02)
    87. Pale Sand Martin (2026-05-30)
    88. Caspian Tern (2026-05-30)
    89. Greater Sand Plover (2026-05-30)
    90. Caspian Plover (2026-05-30)
    91. Greenish Warbler (2026-05-30)
    92. Hume's Warbler (2026-05-30)
    93. Blyth's Reed Warbler (2026-05-30)
    94. Little Ringed Plover (2026-05-30)
    95. Barn Swallow (2026-05-30)
    96. Lesser Grey Shrike (2026-05-30)
    97. Greater Short-toed Lark (2026-05-30)
    98. Little Owl (2026-05-30)
    99. Isabelline Wheatear (2026-05-30)
    100. Black-Bellied Sandgrouse (2026-05-30)
    101. Brown-necked Raven (2026-05-30)
    102. Bimaculated Lark (2026-05-30)
    103. Tawny Pipit (2026-05-30)
    104. Indian Sparrow (2026-05-30)

    recent uploads

    2026-06-01. Unkown Bird, Blyth's Reed Warbler, Sand Martin, Blyth's Reed Warbler, Greenish Warbler, Little Ringed Plover, Unkown Bird, Hume's Warbler, Barn Swallow, Lesser Grey Shrike, Greater Short-toed Lark, Little Owl, Isabelline Wheatear, Black-Bellied Sandgrouse, Steppe Lesser Short-toed Lark, Calandra Lark, Unkown Bird, Steppe Lesser Short-toed Lark, Brown-necked Raven, Bimaculated Lark, Tawny Pipit, Indian Sparrow, Steppe Lesser Short-toed Lark.

    2026-05-31. Sand Martin, Unkown Bird, Unkown Bird, Pale Sand Martin, Eurasian Whimbrel, Caspian Gull, Caspian Tern, Greater Sand Plover, Caspian Plover, Greater Sand Plover, Greater Sand Plover, Calandra Lark, Greenish Warbler, Hume's Warbler.

    2026-05-03. Isabelline Shrike, Collared Pratincole.

    2026-05-02. Yellow-eyed Pigeon, Eastern Imperial Eagle, Eurasian Whimbrel, Black-headed Gull, Smew, Black-headed Gull, Collared Pratincole, Temminck's Stint, Common Redshank, Syke's Warbler, Common Sandpiper, Black-winged Pratincole, Little Tern, Common Redshank, Temminck's Stint.

    2026-05-01. Common Raven.

    2026-04-27. Syke's Warbler, Common Chiffchaff, Common Chiffchaff.

    2026-04-20. Pied Wheatear, Caspian Gull.

    2026-04-19. Savi's Warbler, Osprey, Steppe Buzzard, Pallas's Gull, Moustached Warbler, Meadow Pipit, Tree Pipit, Stock Pigeon, Bearded Tit, Pallas's Sandgrouse, Sand Martin, Tree Pipit, Bluethroat, Lesser Whitethroat, Steppe Grey Shrike, Tree Pipit.

    2026-04-12. Eurasian Woodcock, Turkestan Shrike, Western Marsh-Harrier, Turkestan Shrike, Caspian Gull, Eastern Buzzard, Common Kestrel, Turkestan Shrike, Long-legged Buzzard, Turkestan Shrike, Baraba Steppe Gull.

    2026-03-08. Common Kestrel, Dunnock, Blue Tit, Hawfinch, Masked Wagtail, Black-Necked Grebe, Spanish Sparrow, Red-crested Pochard, Tufted Duck, Meadow Pipit, Tufted Duck, Desert Finch, Slender-billed Gull, Fieldfare, Common Sparrowhawk, House Sparrow, Red-breasted Merganser, Caspian Gull.

    2026-03-07. Common Chiffchaff, Meadow Pipit, Lesser Short-toed Lark, Sky Lark, Common Kestrel, Short-eared Owl, Lesser Short-toed Lark, Lesser Short-toed Lark, Meadow Pipit, Caspian Gull, Black-headed Gull, Pallas's Gull, Black Kite, Chukar Partridge, Long-legged Buzzard, Baraba Steppe Gull.

    2026-03-06. Common Chiffchaff, Common Chiffchaff, European Black Redstart.

    2026-03-05. Common Pochard, Crested Lark, European Black Redstart, Great Cormorant, Spanish Sparrow, Tufted Duck, Red-breasted Merganser, Black-Necked Grebe, Caspian Gull, Ring-billed Gull, Common Kestrel, Common Snipe.

    2026-02-24. Eastern Buzzard.

    2026-02-22. Rustic 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...

    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...