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    map of photoshootings

    total species: 133
    total photos: 478
    total videos: 6
    total blogposts: 2

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    1. Eurasian Nuthatch (2021-01-16)
    2. Willow Tit (2021-01-16)
    3. Black Woodpecker (2021-01-27)
    4. Bohemian Waxwing (2021-01-27)
    5. Northern Bullfinch (2021-03-03)
    6. Common Redpoll (2021-03-13)
    7. Eurasian Jackdaw (2021-03-13)
    8. Rook (2021-03-13)
    9. House Sparrow (2021-03-16)
    10. Long-tailed Rosefinch (2021-03-16)
    11. Fieldfare (2021-03-16)
    12. Meadow Bunting (2021-03-21)
    13. Hawfinch (2021-03-21)
    14. Horned Lark (2021-04-03)
    15. Isabelline Wheatear (2021-04-04)
    16. Masked Wagtail (2021-04-05)
    17. Black Redstart (2021-04-06)
    18. Common Buzzard (2021-04-06)
    19. Northern Wheatear (2021-04-06)
    20. Greater Short-toed Lark (2021-04-06)
    21. Desert Wheatear (2021-04-07)
    22. Asian Desert Warbler (2021-04-08)
    23. Black Kite (2021-04-09)
    24. Northern Lapwing (2021-04-18)
    25. Northern Reed Bunting (2021-04-18)
    26. Common Crane (2021-04-18)
    27. Green Sandpiper (2021-04-18)
    28. Little Ringed Plover (2021-04-18)
    29. Western Marsh-Harrier (2021-04-18)
    30. Common Pochard (2021-04-18)
    31. Tree Pipit (2021-04-18)
    32. Citrine Wagtail (2021-04-18)
    33. Black-headed Gull (2021-04-18)
    34. Caspian Gull (2021-04-18)
    35. Demoiselle Crane (2021-04-18)
    36. Eurasian Penduline Tit (2021-04-18)
    37. Ruddy Shelduck (2021-04-18)
    38. Black-winged Stilt (2021-04-18)
    39. Common Shelduck (2021-04-18)
    40. Bluethroat (2021-04-18)
    41. Tree Sparrow (2021-04-18)
    42. Common Coot (2021-04-18)
    43. Common Oystercatcher (2021-04-18)
    44. Common Redshank (2021-04-18)
    45. Marsh Sandpiper (2021-04-18)
    46. Pallid Harrier (2021-04-18)
    47. Tufted Duck (2021-04-18)
    48. Northern Shoveler (2021-04-18)
    49. Common Starling (2021-04-18)
    50. Common Chiffchaff (2021-04-24)
    51. Gadwall (2021-04-24)
    52. Garganey (2021-04-24)
    53. Red-crested Pochard (2021-04-24)
    54. Common Sparrowhawk (2021-04-25)
    55. Goosander (2021-04-25)
    56. Great Cormorant (2021-04-25)
    57. White Wagtail (2021-04-25)
    58. Mallard (2021-04-25)
    59. Hoopoe (2021-04-25)
    60. Azure Tit (2021-04-25)
    61. Siberian Stonechat (2021-04-30)
    62. Lesser Whitethroat (2021-04-30)
    63. Common Chaffinch (2021-04-30)
    64. Great Spotted Woodpecker (2021-05-03)
    65. Eurasian Wryneck (2021-05-07)
    66. Common Kestrel (2021-05-07)
    67. Greenish Warbler (2021-05-07)
    68. Grey Wagtail (2021-05-07)
    69. Common Sandpiper (2021-05-07)
    70. Yellow Wagtail (2021-05-07)
    71. Red-backed Shrike (2021-05-08)
    72. Sky Lark (2021-05-08)
    73. Common Moorhen (2021-05-08)
    74. Pale Sand Martin (2021-05-08)
    75. Black-tailed Godwit (2021-05-08)
    76. Common Teal (2021-05-09)
    77. Tawny Pipit (2021-05-09)
    78. Mute Swan (2021-05-09)
    79. Pied Avocet (2021-05-09)
    80. Red-necked Phalarope (2021-05-09)
    81. Mew Gull (2021-05-09)
    82. Greater Ringed Plover (2021-05-09)
    83. Kentish Plover (2021-05-09)
    84. Curlew Sandpiper (2021-05-09)
    85. Dunlin (2021-05-09)
    86. Gull-billed Tern (2021-05-09)
    87. Little Stint (2021-05-09)
    88. Spotted Redshank (2021-05-09)
    89. Spotted Flycatcher (2021-05-10)
    90. Pied Wheatear (2021-05-10)
    91. Oriental Turtle Dove (2021-05-10)
    92. Hooded Crow (2021-05-10)
    93. Thrush Nightingale (2021-05-10)
    94. Bearded Tit (2021-05-22)
    95. Red-headed Bunting (2021-05-22)
    96. Grey Heron (2021-05-22)
    97. Rosy Starling (2021-05-22)
    98. Booted Warbler (2021-05-22)
    99. Turkestan Shrike (2021-05-22)
    100. Black-Necked Grebe (2021-05-22)
    101. Paddyfield Warbler (2021-05-22)
    102. European Bee-eater (2021-06-08)
    103. Common Rosefinch (2021-06-19)
    104. European Golden Oriole (2021-06-19)
    105. Common Tern (2021-06-20)
    106. Common Swift (2021-06-20)
    107. Lesser Grey Shrike (2021-06-21)
    108. Common Whitethroat (2021-06-26)
    109. Montagu's Harrier (2021-06-26)
    110. Eurasian Honey-Buzzard (2021-07-27)
    111. Yellowhammer (2021-07-28)
    112. Great Tit (2021-07-29)
    113. Wood Sandpiper (2021-08-06)
    114. Long-legged Buzzard (2021-08-15)
    115. Barn Swallow (2021-08-15)
    116. Temminck's Stint (2021-08-15)
    117. Steppe Eagle (2021-08-15)
    118. Eurasian Collared Dove (2021-08-21)
    119. Crested Lark (2021-08-21)
    120. Common Kingfisher (2021-08-21)
    121. Blue-cheeked Bee-eater (2021-08-21)
    122. European Nightjar (2021-08-24)
    123. Eurasian Roller (2021-08-24)
    124. Common Snipe (2021-08-25)
    125. Baillon's Crake (2021-08-25)
    126. Common Mynah (2021-08-25)
    127. Ruff (2021-08-25)
    128. Northern House Martin (2021-10-24)
    129. Grey Partridge (2021-10-30)
    130. Eurasian Linnet (2021-11-12)
    131. Lesser Spotted Woodpecker (2021-11-12)
    132. Eurasian Goldfinch (2021-11-12)
    133. Eurasian Magpie (2021-11-26)

    recent uploads

    2021-12-08. Black Woodpecker.

    2021-11-28. Long-tailed Rosefinch, Long-tailed Rosefinch, Eurasian Nuthatch.

    2021-11-26. Common Chaffinch, Rook, House Sparrow, Long-tailed Rosefinch, Eurasian Magpie, Hooded Crow.

    2021-11-12. Eurasian Linnet, Hawfinch, Lesser Spotted Woodpecker, Common Starling, Common Chaffinch, Eurasian Goldfinch.

    2021-10-31. Grey Partridge, Barn Swallow.

    2021-10-27. Barn Swallow, Northern House Martin.

    2021-09-28. Black-headed Gull, Great Cormorant.

    2021-09-08. Green Sandpiper, Temminck's Stint, Green Sandpiper.

    2021-09-05. Wood Sandpiper, Common Sandpiper, Black-winged Stilt, Common Kingfisher, Grey Heron, Blue-cheeked Bee-eater, Garganey, Citrine Wagtail, Western Marsh-Harrier, Pale Sand Martin, Barn Swallow, Common Moorhen, Siberian Stonechat, Spotted Flycatcher, Wood Sandpiper, Common Sparrowhawk, House Sparrow, Booted Warbler, Pied Wheatear, Western Marsh-Harrier, Booted Warbler, Western Marsh-Harrier.

    2021-08-29. Eurasian Collared Dove, European Bee-eater, Blue-cheeked Bee-eater, Common Snipe, Baillon's Crake, Common Kingfisher, Common Mynah, European Nightjar, Hoopoe, Bluethroat, Eurasian Roller, Red-backed Shrike, Spotted Flycatcher, Crested Lark, Rook, Grey Wagtail, Tawny Pipit, Booted Warbler, Ruff.

    2021-08-16. Red-backed Shrike, Long-legged Buzzard, Black-winged Stilt, Black-tailed Godwit, Common Whitethroat, Common Coot, Ruddy Shelduck, Spotted Flycatcher, Grey Heron, Great Cormorant, Barn Swallow, Wood Sandpiper, Temminck's Stint, Citrine Wagtail, Tree Sparrow, Mallard, European Bee-eater, Yellow Wagtail, Common Teal, Black Kite, Steppe Eagle.

    2021-08-07. Mallard, Common Coot, Common Coot, Caspian Gull, Mallard, Caspian Gull, Black Kite, Caspian Gull, Siberian Stonechat, Yellow Wagtail, Red-headed Bunting, Caspian Gull, Wood Sandpiper.

    2021-08-02. Meadow Bunting, Meadow Bunting, Eurasian Honey-Buzzard, Steppe Buzzard, Goosander, Goosander, Willow Tit, Grey Wagtail, Red-backed Shrike, Red-backed Shrike, Common Chaffinch, Yellowhammer, Yellowhammer, Willow Tit, Lesser Whitethroat, Great Tit, Common Chaffinch, Greenish Warbler.

    2021-06-29. Yellow Wagtail, Northern Wheatear, Black-winged Stilt, Common Redshank, Black-winged Stilt, Green Sandpiper, Rosy Starling.

    2021-06-28. Meadow Bunting, Pied Wheatear, Pied Wheatear, Common Whitethroat, Common Whitethroat, Common Kestrel, Montagu's Harrier.

    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...