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    map of photoshootings

    total species: 84
    total photos: 392
    total videos: 0
    total blogposts: 0

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    1. Black-throated Thrush (2017-01-07)
    2. Common Pochard (2017-01-07)
    3. Tufted Duck (2017-01-07)
    4. Mallard (2017-01-07)
    5. Rough-legged Buzzard (2017-01-13)
    6. Long-legged Buzzard (2017-01-13)
    7. Black-Necked Grebe (2017-02-20)
    8. Hooded Crow (2017-02-20)
    9. Great Cormorant (2017-03-01)
    10. Black Redstart (2017-03-06)
    11. Common Chaffinch (2017-03-06)
    12. Bohemian Waxwing (2017-03-06)
    13. Caspian Gull (2017-03-19)
    14. Black-headed Gull (2017-03-19)
    15. Laughing Dove (2017-04-01)
    16. Spotted Redshank (2017-04-02)
    17. Green Sandpiper (2017-04-02)
    18. White Wagtail (2017-04-02)
    19. Citrine Wagtail (2017-04-02)
    20. Kentish Plover (2017-04-02)
    21. Ruddy Shelduck (2017-04-06)
    22. Common Kestrel (2017-04-06)
    23. Pied Avocet (2017-04-06)
    24. Ruff (2017-04-06)
    25. Dunlin (2017-04-06)
    26. Common Sandpiper (2017-04-23)
    27. Common Tern (2017-04-23)
    28. Bimaculated Lark (2017-04-26)
    29. Eurasian Collared Dove (2017-04-26)
    30. Pied Wheatear (2017-04-26)
    31. Spotted Flycatcher (2017-05-20)
    32. Common Swift (2017-05-28)
    33. Finsch's Wheatear (2017-06-02)
    34. Gull-billed Tern (2017-06-02)
    35. Red-headed Bunting (2017-06-02)
    36. Great White Egret (2017-06-02)
    37. Little Ringed Plover (2017-06-02)
    38. Black-winged Stilt (2017-06-02)
    39. Hoopoe (2017-06-04)
    40. Greater Short-toed Lark (2017-06-04)
    41. Rosy Starling (2017-06-04)
    42. House Sparrow (2017-07-03)
    43. Little Owl (2017-07-09)
    44. Common Greenshank (2017-07-10)
    45. Glossy Ibis (2017-07-10)
    46. Black-Bellied Sandgrouse (2017-07-10)
    47. Garganey (2017-07-10)
    48. Wood Sandpiper (2017-07-10)
    49. European Bee-eater (2017-07-20)
    50. Curlew Sandpiper (2017-07-20)
    51. Calandra Lark (2017-07-20)
    52. Crested Lark (2017-07-20)
    53. Steppe Eagle (2017-07-21)
    54. Ruddy Turnstone (2017-08-13)
    55. Black-headed Wagtail (2017-08-13)
    56. Barn Swallow (2017-08-16)
    57. Red-necked Phalarope (2017-08-16)
    58. Common Coot (2017-08-20)
    59. Willow Warbler (2017-08-20)
    60. Booted Warbler (2017-08-28)
    61. Sandwich Tern (2017-08-28)
    62. Common Rosefinch (2017-08-28)
    63. Little Bustard (2017-08-31)
    64. Western Marsh-Harrier (2017-09-02)
    65. Whooper Swan (2017-09-02)
    66. Montagu's Harrier (2017-09-02)
    67. Common Starling (2017-09-02)
    68. Rook (2017-09-02)
    69. Greater Ringed Plover (2017-09-26)
    70. Common Chiffchaff (2017-09-26)
    71. Black Kite (2017-09-26)
    72. Grey Heron (2017-09-26)
    73. Common Snipe (2017-09-30)
    74. Mute Swan (2017-10-09)
    75. Northern Lapwing (2017-10-11)
    76. Golden Eagle (2017-10-11)
    77. Chukar Partridge (2017-10-11)
    78. Lesser Short-toed Lark (2017-10-11)
    79. Song Thrush (2017-10-30)
    80. Eurasian Redstart (2017-10-30)
    81. Eurasian Blackbird (2017-10-30)
    82. Common Raven (2017-11-18)
    83. Great Grey Shrike (2017-12-13)
    84. White-tailed Sea-Eagle (2017-12-18)

    recent uploads

    2017-12-28. Tufted Duck, Black-headed Gull, Tufted Duck.

    2017-12-19. White-tailed Sea-Eagle.

    2017-12-15. Great Grey Shrike.

    2017-12-14. Hooded Crow, Mallard.

    2017-11-21. Common Raven, Chukar Partridge.

    2017-10-31. Common Chaffinch, Black-Necked Grebe, Great Cormorant, Mallard, Song Thrush, Eurasian Redstart, Eurasian Blackbird, Common Kestrel.

    2017-10-13. Steppe Eagle, Northern Lapwing, Long-legged Buzzard, Golden Eagle, Chukar Partridge, Black-Bellied Sandgrouse, Common Kestrel, Long-legged Buzzard, Lesser Short-toed Lark, White Wagtail.

    2017-10-09. Crested Lark, Common Chaffinch, Mallard, Great Cormorant, Black-headed Gull, Mute Swan, Caspian Gull, House Sparrow.

    2017-10-01. Grey Heron, Great White Egret, Common Snipe.

    2017-09-27. Greater Ringed Plover, Common Chiffchaff, Black-headed Gull, Black Kite, Crested Lark, Grey Heron, Ruff, Great Cormorant, House Sparrow, Mallard.

    2017-09-20. Common Kestrel, Little Bustard, Western Marsh-Harrier, Whooper Swan, Montagu's Harrier, Montagu's Harrier, Montagu's Harrier, Common Starling, Hooded Crow, Rook.

    2017-09-18. Eurasian Collared Dove, Wood Sandpiper, Booted Warbler, Sandwich Tern, Common Sandpiper, Spotted Flycatcher, Common Rosefinch, Mallard.

    2017-08-22. Common Coot, Black-headed Gull, Pied Wheatear, Ruddy Turnstone, Willow Warbler.

    2017-08-19. Ruddy Turnstone, White Wagtail, Hooded Crow, Barn Swallow, Red-necked Phalarope, Little Ringed Plover.

    2017-08-16. Ruddy Turnstone, Black-headed Wagtail, White Wagtail, Common Tern, Black-headed Gull, Caspian Gull.

    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
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    2025-06-17
    Great White Egret
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    2025-06-01
    Blyth's Reed Warbler
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    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...