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total species: 87
total photos: 185
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1. Crested Lark (2026-01-04)
2. Water Rail (2026-01-04)
3. Eurasian Blackbird (2026-01-04)
4. Black-Necked Grebe (2026-01-04)
5. Fieldfare (2026-01-21)
6. Blue Tit (2026-01-21)
7. Hen Harrier (2026-01-24)
8. Steppe Eagle (2026-01-24)
9. Mute Swan (2026-01-24)
10. Northern Reed Bunting (2026-02-05)
11. Wood Pigeon (2026-02-11)
12. Rook (2026-02-12)
13. Eurasian Jackdaw (2026-02-12)
14. Long-eared Owl (2026-02-14)
15. Common Chiffchaff (2026-02-14)
16. Black Redstart (2026-02-14)
17. Lesser Whitethroat (2026-02-14)
18. Common Coot (2026-03-07)
19. Bohemian Waxwing (2026-03-07)
20. Garganey (2026-03-14)
21. Grey Heron (2026-03-14)
22. Greater Flamingo (2026-03-15)
23. Great Cormorant (2026-03-15)
24. Great Grey Shrike (2026-03-15)
25. Ruff (2026-03-15)
26. Western Marsh-Harrier (2026-03-21)
27. Black-headed Gull (2026-03-25)
28. White Wagtail (2026-03-30)
29. Glossy Ibis (2026-04-07)
30. Eurasian Bittern (2026-04-07)
31. Bearded Tit (2026-04-07)
32. Common Kestrel (2026-04-17)
33. Purple Heron (2026-04-17)
34. Song Thrush (2026-04-17)
35. Eurasian Siskin (2026-04-17)
36. Little Tern (2026-04-17)
37. Greater Ringed Plover (2026-04-17)
38. Dunlin (2026-04-17)
39. Marsh Sandpiper (2026-04-17)
40. Black-winged Stilt (2026-04-17)
41. Kentish Plover (2026-04-17)
42. Sanderling (2026-04-17)
43. Bar-tailed Godwit (2026-04-17)
44. Grey Plover (2026-04-17)
45. Slender-billed Gull (2026-04-17)
46. Little Ringed Plover (2026-04-17)
47. Common Tern (2026-04-17)
48. Green Sandpiper (2026-04-17)
49. Red-necked Phalarope (2026-04-21)
50. Red-crested Pochard (2026-04-21)
51. Broad-billed Sandpiper (2026-04-21)
52. Little Stint (2026-04-21)
53. Pied Avocet (2026-04-21)
54. Northern Shoveler (2026-04-21)
55. Common Redshank (2026-04-21)
56. Ruddy Turnstone (2026-04-21)
57. Common Shelduck (2026-04-21)
58. Citrine Wagtail (2026-04-21)
60. Common Sandpiper (2026-04-23)
61. Eurasian Whimbrel (2026-04-23)
62. White-winged Tern (2026-04-23)
63. Tufted Duck (2026-04-23)
64. Whinchat (2026-04-23)
65. Common Greenshank (2026-04-23)
66. White-tailed Lapwing (2026-04-23)
67. Eurasian Roller (2026-04-23)
68. Steppe Grey Shrike (2026-04-23)
69. Common Snipe (2026-04-23)
70. Black-headed Wagtail (2026-04-23)
71. Great White Egret (2026-04-23)
72. Wood Sandpiper (2026-04-23)
73. Eurasian Collared Dove (2026-04-25)
74. Little Egret (2026-04-25)
75. Sand Martin (2026-04-26)
76. Yellow-backed Wagtail (2026-04-26)
77. Great Snipe (2026-05-08)
78. Hoopoe (2026-05-08)
79. Blue-cheeked Bee-eater (2026-05-08)
80. Eurasian Redstart (2026-05-08)
81. Pallas's Gull (2026-05-08)
82. Great Crested Grebe (2026-05-08)
83. Whiskered Tern (2026-05-08)
84. Common Cuckoo (2026-05-12)
85. Spotted Flycatcher (2026-05-19)
86. Caspian Tern (2026-05-20)
87. Northern House Martin (2026-05-20)

recent uploads


2026-05-22. Black-winged Stilt.

2026-05-21. Little Ringed Plover, Wood Sandpiper, Common Greenshank, Slender-billed Gull, Caspian Tern, Northern House Martin, Pied Avocet, Common Cuckoo, Spotted Flycatcher.

2026-05-12. Common Cuckoo, Blue-cheeked Bee-eater, Eurasian Redstart, Black-headed Wagtail, Pallas's Gull, Western Marsh-Harrier, White-winged Tern, Great Crested Grebe, Whiskered Tern, Glossy Ibis.

2026-05-08. Great Snipe, Hoopoe.

2026-04-27. Whinchat, Common Kestrel, Mute Swan, Little Ringed Plover, Broad-billed Sandpiper, Ruff, Black-headed Gull, Kentish Plover, Slender-billed Gull, Dunlin, Sand Martin, Grey Plover, Glossy Ibis, Citrine Wagtail, Black-headed Wagtail, Yellow-backed Wagtail, Black-winged Stilt, Common Greenshank, Little Ringed Plover, Greater Ringed Plover, Common Kestrel, Hybrid Wagtail, Eurasian Collared Dove, Little Egret, Glossy Ibis.

2026-04-24. Bar-tailed Godwit, Grey Plover, Green Sandpiper, Common Sandpiper, Grey Heron, Grey Heron, Eurasian Whimbrel, Little Ringed Plover, Mute Swan, White-winged Tern, Tufted Duck, Bar-tailed Godwit, Whinchat, Whinchat, Black-winged Stilt, Glossy Ibis, Common Greenshank, Ruff, Great Cormorant, White-tailed Lapwing, Western Marsh-Harrier, Eurasian Roller, Steppe Grey Shrike, Common Snipe, Black-headed Wagtail, Marsh Sandpiper, Little Tern, Purple Heron, Great White Egret, Green Sandpiper, Wood Sandpiper, Great Cormorant, Common Redshank.

2026-04-21. Common Tern, Little Tern, Little Ringed Plover, Dunlin, Red-necked Phalarope, Red-crested Pochard, Broad-billed Sandpiper, Little Stint, Bar-tailed Godwit, Pied Avocet, Northern Shoveler, Common Redshank, Garganey, Ruddy Turnstone, Glossy Ibis, Dunlin, Common Shelduck, Bar-tailed Godwit, Western Marsh-Harrier, Purple Heron, Citrine Wagtail, Eastern Black-eared Wheatear.

2026-04-20. Little Tern, Greater Ringed Plover, Dunlin, Marsh Sandpiper, Black-winged Stilt, Kentish Plover, Sanderling, Bar-tailed Godwit, Grey Plover, Slender-billed Gull, Little Ringed Plover, Common Tern, Green Sandpiper, Great Cormorant, Grey Plover.

2026-04-17. Common Chiffchaff, Common Kestrel, Purple Heron, Wood Pigeon, Song Thrush, Eurasian Siskin.

2026-04-10. Great Cormorant, Glossy Ibis, Mute Swan, Grey Heron, Eurasian Bittern, Great Cormorant, Bearded Tit, Lesser Whitethroat.

2026-04-03. Common Coot, Mute Swan, Hybrid Wagtail, Black-headed Gull, Wood Pigeon, White Wagtail, Bohemian Waxwing.

2026-03-22. Great Cormorant, Western Marsh-Harrier.

2026-03-20. Greater Flamingo, Great Cormorant, Greater Flamingo, Great Grey Shrike, Ruff, Garganey, Grey Heron.

2026-02-18. Wood Pigeon, Long-eared Owl, Rook, Mute Swan, Wood Pigeon, Common Chiffchaff, European Black Redstart, Lesser Whitethroat, Rook, Eurasian Jackdaw.

2026-02-05. Northern Reed Bunting, Fieldfare.

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...