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    total species: 20
    total photos: 34
    total videos: 0
    total blogposts: 0

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    1. Northern Reed Bunting (2020-01-09)
    2. Fieldfare (2020-01-09)
    3. Black-headed Gull (2020-01-24)
    4. Mallard (2020-01-24)
    5. Red-breasted Merganser (2020-02-24)
    6. Caspian Gull (2020-03-17)
    7. Crested Lark (2020-03-17)
    8. Northern Wheatear (2020-03-17)
    9. House Sparrow (2020-04-18)
    10. Northern Pintail (2020-04-25)
    11. Kentish Plover (2020-04-27)
    12. Citrine Wagtail (2020-04-27)
    13. White Wagtail (2020-04-27)
    14. Red-necked Phalarope (2020-04-27)
    15. Pied Avocet (2020-04-27)
    16. Barn Swallow (2020-04-27)
    17. Little Ringed Plover (2020-05-04)
    18. Great Cormorant (2020-05-04)
    19. Common Tern (2020-05-04)
    20. Red-Necked Grebe (2020-11-07)

    recent uploads

    2020-11-07. Red-Necked Grebe, Mallard.

    2020-05-06. Common Tern.

    2020-05-05. Little Ringed Plover, Little Ringed Plover, Kentish Plover, Great Cormorant, Barn Swallow, Common Tern.

    2020-04-29. Northern Pintail, Northern Pintail, Kentish Plover, Citrine Wagtail, White Wagtail, Red-necked Phalarope, Pied Avocet, Barn Swallow.

    2020-04-18. House Sparrow.

    2020-03-31. Northern Wheatear, Northern Wheatear.

    2020-03-17. Caspian Gull, Crested Lark.

    2020-02-26. Red-breasted Merganser, Red-breasted Merganser, Mallard.

    2020-02-07. Black-headed Gull, Mallard, Mallard.

    2020-01-24. Black-headed Gull, Black-headed Gull, Mallard, Mallard.

    2020-01-11. Macqueen's Bustard, Macqueen's Bustard, Macqueen's Bustard.

    2020-01-09. Mistle Thrush, Fieldfare, Northern Reed Bunting.

    2020-01-04. Black-headed 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
    (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...