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total species: 25
total photos: 33
total videos: 1
total blogposts: 0

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1. Desert Finch (2019-03-09)
2. Common Shelduck (2019-05-06)
3. Greater Flamingo (2019-05-06)
4. Northern Lapwing (2019-05-07)
5. Demoiselle Crane (2019-05-07)
6. Arctic Loon (2019-05-08)
7. Mute Swan (2019-05-08)
8. Bluethroat (2019-09-12)
9. Common Kestrel (2019-09-12)
10. Black-headed Gull (2019-09-12)
11. Booted Warbler (2019-09-12)
12. White Wagtail (2019-09-13)
13. Great Crested Grebe (2019-09-13)
14. Dunlin (2019-09-13)
15. Wood Sandpiper (2019-09-13)
16. Common Sandpiper (2019-09-13)
17. Ruff (2019-09-19)
18. Western Marsh-Harrier (2019-09-19)
19. Northern Wheatear (2019-09-19)
20. Great Cormorant (2019-09-19)
21. Greater Spotted Eagle (2019-09-19)
22. Eurasian Jackdaw (2019-09-19)
23. Little Bustard (2019-09-19)
24. Eurasian Curlew (2019-09-19)
25. Spotted Flycatcher (2019-09-20)

recent uploads


2019-11-18. Arctic Loon.

2019-11-02. Ruff, Western Marsh-Harrier, Western Marsh-Harrier, Northern Wheatear, Great Cormorant, Greater Spotted Eagle, Eurasian Jackdaw, Booted Warbler, Black-headed Gull, Mute Swan, White Wagtail, Common Kestrel, Dunlin, Wood Sandpiper.

2019-10-29. Common Shelduck.

2019-10-28. Desert Finch.

2019-10-17. Demoiselle Crane, Mute Swan, Greater Flamingo.

2019-10-16. White Wagtail.

2019-10-15. Bluethroat, Common Sandpiper, Great Crested Grebe, Eurasian Curlew, Little Bustard, Spotted Flycatcher.

2019-10-14. Northern Lapwing.

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...