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    total species: 120
    total photos: 351
    total videos: 0
    total blogposts: 0

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    1. Great Spotted Woodpecker (2026-01-01)
    2. Eurasian Nuthatch (2026-01-01)
    3. Hawfinch (2026-01-01)
    4. Grey-Headed Woodpecker (2026-01-01)
    5. White-Backed Woodpecker (2026-01-02)
    6. Great Tit (2026-01-03)
    7. Northern Bullfinch (2026-01-03)
    8. Eurasian Magpie (2026-01-03)
    9. Eurasian Blackbird (2026-01-04)
    10. Carrion Crow (2026-01-04)
    11. Rock Pigeon (2026-01-09)
    12. Eurasian Dipper (2026-01-09)
    13. Black-throated Thrush (2026-01-22)
    14. Tree Sparrow (2026-01-24)
    15. Fieldfare (2026-01-25)
    16. Horned Lark (2026-01-25)
    17. Golden Eagle (2026-01-28)
    18. Willow Tit (2026-01-30)
    19. Long-tailed Rosefinch (2026-02-05)
    20. Common Treecreeper (2026-02-11)
    21. Northern Black Grouse (2026-02-18)
    22. Bohemian Waxwing (2026-02-24)
    23. Sky Lark (2026-03-14)
    24. Mallard (2026-03-14)
    25. Rook (2026-03-14)
    26. Yellowhammer (2026-03-14)
    27. Eurasian Jackdaw (2026-03-14)
    28. Hooded Crow (2026-03-14)
    29. Lapland Longspur (2026-03-21)
    30. Grey-headed Goldfinch (2026-03-22)
    31. Brambling (2026-03-22)
    32. Common Chaffinch (2026-03-24)
    33. Great Grey Shrike (2026-03-26)
    34. Masked Wagtail (2026-03-26)
    35. White Wagtail (2026-03-26)
    36. Ruddy Shelduck (2026-03-26)
    37. Rock Bunting (2026-03-28)
    38. European Greenfinch (2026-03-28)
    39. Eastern Buzzard (2026-03-29)
    40. Common Starling (2026-03-29)
    41. Black Kite (2026-03-29)
    42. Northern Reed Bunting (2026-03-30)
    43. Caspian Gull (2026-03-31)
    44. Goosander (2026-04-01)
    45. Common Chiffchaff (2026-04-01)
    47. Common Kestrel (2026-04-12)
    48. Common Pochard (2026-04-18)
    49. Common Teal (2026-04-18)
    50. Garganey (2026-04-19)
    51. Northern Pintail (2026-04-20)
    52. Yellow Wagtail (2026-04-22)
    53. Great White Egret (2026-04-22)
    54. Song Thrush (2026-04-23)
    55. Hoopoe (2026-04-23)
    56. Eurasian Linnet (2026-04-23)
    57. Meadow Bunting (2026-04-23)
    58. Isabelline Wheatear (2026-04-23)
    59. Northern Wheatear (2026-04-23)
    60. Eurasian Collared Dove (2026-04-23)
    61. Common Goldeneye (2026-04-23)
    62. Pied Wheatear (2026-04-23)
    63. Great Cormorant (2026-04-23)
    64. Tufted Duck (2026-04-23)
    65. Eurasian Redstart (2026-04-24)
    66. Grey Wagtail (2026-04-26)
    67. Common Sandpiper (2026-04-26)
    68. Tree Pipit (2026-04-26)
    69. Siberian Stonechat (2026-04-26)
    70. Northern Shoveler (2026-04-27)
    71. Eurasian Wigeon (2026-04-27)
    72. Citrine Wagtail (2026-04-28)
    73. Barn Swallow (2026-05-01)
    74. Pallas's Sandgrouse (2026-05-01)
    75. Great Crested Grebe (2026-05-03)
    76. Greylag Goose (2026-05-03)
    77. Long-legged Buzzard (2026-05-03)
    78. Crested Lark (2026-05-03)
    79. Little Ringed Plover (2026-05-04)
    80. Black Lark (2026-05-04)
    81. Demoiselle Crane (2026-05-04)
    82. Whooper Swan (2026-05-04)
    83. Turkestan Shrike (2026-05-05)
    84. Common Oystercatcher (2026-05-05)
    85. Common Coot (2026-05-06)
    86. Isabelline Shrike (2026-05-06)
    87. Common Redshank (2026-05-07)
    88. Little Tern (2026-05-07)
    89. Black-winged Stilt (2026-05-07)
    90. Great Reed Warbler (2026-05-07)
    91. Common Mynah (2026-05-07)
    92. Northern Lapwing (2026-05-07)
    93. Common Kingfisher (2026-05-07)
    94. Red-crested Pochard (2026-05-07)
    95. Northern House Martin (2026-05-08)
    96. Black-headed Wagtail (2026-05-08)
    97. Temminck's Stint (2026-05-08)
    98. Common Greenshank (2026-05-08)
    99. Eurasian Roller (2026-05-08)
    100. Black-Necked Grebe (2026-05-09)
    101. White-headed Duck (2026-05-09)
    102. Slavonian Grebe (2026-05-09)
    103. Pied Avocet (2026-05-09)
    104. Common Tern (2026-05-10)
    105. Common Whitethroat (2026-05-13)
    106. Common Cuckoo (2026-05-13)
    107. Spotted Flycatcher (2026-05-15)
    108. Red-backed Shrike (2026-05-15)
    109. Common Sparrowhawk (2026-05-15)
    110. Booted Warbler (2026-05-20)
    111. Blyth's Reed Warbler (2026-05-27)
    112. Common Rosefinch (2026-05-27)
    113. European Golden Oriole (2026-06-04)
    114. Dalmatian Pelican (2026-06-11)
    115. Azure Tit (2026-06-13)
    116. Sand Martin (2026-06-14)
    117. Rosy Starling (2026-06-14)
    118. Oriental Turtle Dove (2026-06-19)
    119. Eastern Imperial Eagle (2026-06-30)
    120. Black-headed Gull (2026-07-02)

    recent uploads

    2026-07-03. Eastern Imperial Eagle, Common Kestrel, Black-headed Gull.

    2026-06-30. Eurasian Redstart, Siberian Stonechat, Siberian Stonechat, European Greenfinch, Blyth's Reed Warbler.

    2026-06-27. Oriental Turtle Dove, Tree Sparrow, Common Kestrel, Hoopoe, Sky Lark, Masked Wagtail, Pied Wheatear.

    2026-06-19. Eurasian Blackbird.

    2026-06-14. Common Kestrel, Pied Wheatear, Caspian Gull, Dalmatian Pelican, Little Ringed Plover, Sky Lark, Siberian Common Starling, Sand Martin, Great Crested Grebe, Great Crested Grebe, Rosy Starling, Eurasian Linnet, Eurasian Linnet, Azure Tit.

    2026-06-04. Common Rosefinch, Common Rosefinch, Booted Warbler, European Golden Oriole, European Golden Oriole, Common Whitethroat, Rock Pigeon.

    2026-05-31. Common Chiffchaff, Common Whitethroat, Citrine Wagtail, Booted Warbler.

    2026-05-30. Eurasian Redstart.

    2026-05-29. Rock Pigeon, Eurasian Redstart.

    2026-05-27. Blyth's Reed Warbler, Common Rosefinch, Carrion Crow, Siberian Stonechat.

    2026-05-26. Booted Warbler, Common Whitethroat.

    2026-05-23. Black Kite, Black Kite, Common Cuckoo, Common Cuckoo.

    2026-05-21. Eurasian Redstart, Common Whitethroat, Siberian Stonechat.

    2026-05-20. Mallard, Booted Warbler, Yellow Wagtail, Common Sandpiper.

    2026-05-18. Northern Shoveler, Common Teal, Hybrid Bunting, Mallard.

    rare birds records


    Squacco Heron (Ardeola ralloides)

    © Andrey Kovalenko
    2026-06-06
    Almaty area, Sorbulak.

    Second registration of the species on Lake Sorbulak. The first was more than 40 years ago, when two birds were discovered among Grey Herons on June 30, 1982 (Erokhov, 1991). According to available data, this is the easternmost point of flight of the yellow heron from its main range.

    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.
    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

    2026-07-18

    Руслан Абутрапов: Спасибо!
    2026-07-18

    no any comments:
    2026-07-15

    Анна Ясько: Чайконосая крачка.
    2026-07-11

    Анна Ясько: Вероятно, малый канюк.
    2026-07-11

    Анна Ясько: предположу бормотушку. Хотя хотелось бы еще ракурсы.
    more unidentified birds...