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Gaviiformes
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    map of photoshootings

    total species: 73
    total photos: 211
    total videos: 0
    total blogposts: 0

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    1. Pander's Ground-Jay (2023-02-10)
    2. Northern Reed Bunting (2023-03-18)
    3. Mute Swan (2023-03-18)
    4. Stock Pigeon (2023-03-18)
    5. Western Marsh-Harrier (2023-03-18)
    6. Common Teal (2023-03-18)
    7. Rook (2023-03-18)
    8. Common Goldeneye (2023-03-18)
    9. Greylag Goose (2023-03-18)
    10. Common Pochard (2023-03-18)
    11. Northern Shoveler (2023-03-18)
    12. Northern Pintail (2023-03-18)
    13. Hoopoe (2023-03-18)
    14. Desert Finch (2023-03-20)
    15. Hen Harrier (2023-03-20)
    16. Caspian Gull (2023-03-21)
    17. Lesser Short-toed Lark (2023-03-22)
    18. Black Redstart (2023-03-22)
    19. Common Chiffchaff (2023-03-22)
    20. Long-legged Buzzard (2023-03-27)
    21. Citrine Wagtail (2023-04-01)
    22. Red-necked Phalarope (2023-04-01)
    23. Bluethroat (2023-04-01)
    24. Black-winged Stilt (2023-05-02)
    25. Lesser Grey Shrike (2023-05-04)
    26. Steppe Grey Shrike (2023-05-05)
    27. Great White Egret (2023-05-06)
    28. Mallard (2023-05-06)
    29. Wood Sandpiper (2023-05-06)
    30. Short-eared Owl (2023-05-11)
    31. Eurasian Whimbrel (2023-05-12)
    32. Collared Pratincole (2023-05-13)
    33. White-winged Tern (2023-05-13)
    34. Common Shelduck (2023-05-13)
    35. Ruddy Shelduck (2023-05-13)
    36. Black-tailed Godwit (2023-05-13)
    37. White-headed Duck (2023-05-13)
    38. Blue-cheeked Bee-eater (2023-05-16)
    39. Red-headed Bunting (2023-05-19)
    40. Red-backed Shrike (2023-05-19)
    41. Desert Wheatear (2023-05-19)
    42. Eurasian Roller (2023-05-19)
    43. Spotted Flycatcher (2023-05-19)
    44. Common Cuckoo (2023-05-19)
    45. Curlew Sandpiper (2023-05-20)
    46. Purple Heron (2023-05-20)
    47. Grey Heron (2023-05-20)
    48. Cattle Egret (2023-05-27)
    49. Glossy Ibis (2023-05-27)
    50. Black-Bellied Sandgrouse (2023-05-27)
    51. Little Stint (2023-05-27)
    52. Red-crested Pochard (2023-05-27)
    53. Great Crested Grebe (2023-05-27)
    54. Red Phalarope (2023-05-27)
    55. Common Rosefinch (2023-08-07)
    56. Dalmatian Pelican (2023-08-07)
    57. Northern Wheatear (2023-08-08)
    58. Turkestan Shrike (2023-08-08)
    59. Common Starling (2023-08-08)
    60. Temminck's Stint (2023-08-08)
    61. Tree Sparrow (2023-08-09)
    62. Caspian Tern (2023-08-09)
    63. Lesser Whitethroat (2023-08-09)
    64. Syke's Warbler (2023-08-22)
    65. Levant Sparrowhawk (2023-08-25)
    66. Common Whitethroat (2023-08-26)
    67. Great Spotted Woodpecker (2023-08-26)
    68. Willow Warbler (2023-08-26)
    69. Dunlin (2023-08-26)
    70. Common Redshank (2023-09-02)
    71. Greater Ringed Plover (2023-09-02)
    72. Little Gull (2023-09-02)
    73. Ruff (2023-09-02)

    recent uploads

    2023-09-02. Western Marsh-Harrier, Little Stint, Common Redshank, White-winged Tern, Greater Ringed Plover, Great White Egret, Little Gull, Ruff.

    2023-08-31. Northern Reed Bunting, Dalmatian Pelican, Common Rosefinch, Temminck's Stint, Common Starling, Northern Wheatear, Great White Egret, Turkestan Shrike, Western Marsh-Harrier, Tree Sparrow, Caspian Tern, Wood Sandpiper, Lesser Whitethroat, Ruddy Shelduck, Greylag Goose, Hen Harrier, Red-backed Shrike.

    2023-08-26. Great Spotted Woodpecker, Northern Shoveler, Syke's Warbler, Willow Warbler, Common Whitethroat, Dunlin.

    2023-08-25. Levant Sparrowhawk.

    2023-05-27. Western Marsh-Harrier, Great White Egret, Mallard, Wood Sandpiper, Black-winged Stilt, Eurasian Whimbrel, White-headed Duck, Black-tailed Godwit, Ruddy Shelduck, Common Shelduck, White-winged Tern, Collared Pratincole, Grey Heron, Curlew Sandpiper, Purple Heron, Great Crested Grebe, Red-crested Pochard, Little Stint, Red-necked Phalarope, Black-Bellied Sandgrouse, Glossy Ibis, Cattle Egret, Red Phalarope, Common Cuckoo, Red-headed Bunting, Blue-cheeked Bee-eater, Citrine Wagtail, Steppe Grey Shrike, Lesser Grey Shrike, Spotted Flycatcher, Eurasian Roller, Desert Wheatear, Red-backed Shrike, Short-eared Owl.

    2023-04-01. Long-legged Buzzard, Citrine Wagtail, Bluethroat, Red-necked Phalarope.

    2023-03-29. European Black Redstart, Common Chiffchaff.

    2023-03-23. Hen Harrier, Caspian Gull, Lesser Short-toed Lark.

    2023-03-20. Desert Finch.

    2023-03-19. Mute Swan, Northern Reed Bunting.

    2023-03-18. Northern Reed Bunting, Hoopoe, Northern Pintail, Northern Shoveler, Common Pochard, Greylag Goose, Common Goldeneye, Rook, Common Teal, Western Marsh-Harrier, Stock Pigeon.

    2023-03-10. Ile Pander's Ground-Jay, Blue-capped Redstart, Grey Wagtail.

    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...