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total species: 102
total photos: 777
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1. Merlin (2013-01-13)
2. Red-throated Thrush (2013-01-19)
3. Long-tailed Rosefinch (2013-01-26)
4. Eurasian Goldfinch (2013-01-26)
5. White-tailed Sea-Eagle (2013-01-26)
6. Mallard (2013-01-26)
7. Common Kestrel (2013-01-26)
8. Hen Harrier (2013-01-27)
9. Corn Bunting (2013-01-27)
10. Black-throated Thrush (2013-01-27)
11. Eurasian Linnet (2013-01-27)
12. Common Starling (2013-01-27)
13. Rough-legged Buzzard (2013-01-27)
14. Caspian Gull (2013-01-27)
15. Great White Egret (2013-01-27)
16. Grey Heron (2013-01-28)
17. Wallcreeper (2013-01-28)
18. Greylag Goose (2013-01-28)
19. Rock Sparrow (2013-01-28)
20. Smew (2013-01-28)
21. Black-headed Gull (2013-01-28)
23. Calandra Lark (2013-01-29)
24. Eastern Imperial Eagle (2013-01-29)
25. Steppe Eagle (2013-01-29)
26. Cinereous Vulture (2013-01-29)
27. Yellow-billed Chough (2013-02-10)
28. Eastern Buzzard (2013-02-10)
29. Golden Eagle (2013-02-10)
30. Great Tit (2013-02-23)
31. Mistle Thrush (2013-02-23)
32. European Greenfinch (2013-02-23)
33. Azure Tit (2013-02-23)
34. Common Sparrowhawk (2013-02-23)
35. Fieldfare (2013-02-23)
36. Bohemian Waxwing (2013-02-23)
37. White Stork (2013-03-21)
38. Eurasian Blackbird (2013-03-22)
39. Common Chiffchaff (2013-03-22)
40. Osprey (2013-03-22)
41. Bearded Tit (2013-03-23)
42. Cetti's Warbler (2013-03-23)
43. Black-breasted Tit (2013-03-24)
44. Tawny Owl (2013-03-24)
45. Rock Bunting (2013-03-24)
46. Peregrine Falcon (2013-03-25)
47. Common Oystercatcher (2013-03-25)
48. Long-tailed Tit (2013-04-06)
49. Red-throated Pipit (2013-05-11)
50. Wood Sandpiper (2013-05-13)
51. Red-headed Bunting (2013-05-17)
52. White-tailed Lapwing (2013-05-19)
53. Eurasian Penduline Tit (2013-05-20)
54. Pine Bunting (2013-06-20)
55. Rufous-tailed Rock Thrush (2013-06-20)
56. Red-fronted Serin (2013-06-20)
57. Mongolian Finch (2013-06-22)
58. Brandt's Rosefinch (2013-07-28)
59. Water Rail (2013-08-24)
60. Little Crake (2013-08-24)
61. Savi's Warbler (2013-08-24)
62. Moustached Warbler (2013-08-24)
63. Common Pochard (2013-08-24)
64. Common Kingfisher (2013-08-24)
65. Barred Warbler (2013-08-24)
66. Long-legged Buzzard (2013-08-31)
67. Pacific Golden Plover (2013-09-02)
68. Slavonian Grebe (2013-09-08)
69. Sulphur-bellied Warbler (2013-09-08)
71. Rustic Bunting (2013-10-13)
72. Northern Reed Bunting (2013-10-13)
73. Saxaul Sparrow (2013-10-14)
74. Pygmy Cormorant (2013-10-14)
75. Buff-bellied Pipit (2013-10-20)
76. Meadow Pipit (2013-10-20)
77. Water Pipit (2013-10-20)
78. Black-throated Accentor (2013-10-26)
79. Common Treecreeper (2013-10-26)
80. Goldcrest (2013-10-26)
81. Songar Tit (2013-10-26)
82. Coal Tit (2013-10-26)
83. Eurasian Magpie (2013-10-26)
84. Carrion Crow (2013-10-26)
85. Northern Wren (2013-10-26)
86. Eurasian Dipper (2013-10-26)
87. Rook (2013-10-26)
88. Whooper Swan (2013-11-23)
89. Bean Goose (2013-11-23)
90. White-winged Lark (2013-11-23)
91. Pallas's Sandgrouse (2013-11-23)
92. Common Raven (2013-12-07)
93. Upland Buzzard (2013-12-07)
94. Brown Accentor (2013-12-07)
95. European Robin (2013-12-14)
96. Spanish Sparrow (2013-12-14)
97. Little Grebe (2013-12-14)
98. Great Grey Shrike (2013-12-14)
99. Black-tailed Godwit (2013-12-14)
100. Great Spotted Woodpecker (2013-12-15)
101. Brambling (2013-12-20)
102. Common Chaffinch (2013-12-20)

recent uploads


2013-12-21. Brambling, Eurasian Blackbird, European Greenfinch, Great Tit, Goldcrest, Common Chaffinch, European Robin, Black-throated Thrush.

2013-12-16. Long-legged Buzzard, European Robin, Spanish Sparrow, Common Starling, Northern Reed Bunting, Water Rail, European Greenfinch, Common Sparrowhawk, Little Grebe, Grey Heron, White-tailed Sea-Eagle, Hen Harrier, Peregrine Falcon, Great Grey Shrike, Black-tailed Godwit, Hen Harrier, White-tailed Sea-Eagle.

2013-12-15. Coal Tit, Long-tailed Rosefinch, Goldcrest, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Common Sparrowhawk.

2013-12-09. Water Rail.

2013-12-08. Eastern Buzzard, Common Raven, Upland Buzzard, Brown Accentor.

2013-11-24. Greater White-fronted Goose, Whooper Swan, White-tailed Sea-Eagle, Bean Goose, Merlin, White-winged Lark, Pallas's Sandgrouse.

2013-11-19. Steppe Eagle, Azure Tit.

2013-10-27. Black-throated Thrush, Black-throated Accentor, Common Treecreeper, Goldcrest, Common Chiffchaff, Songar Tit, Coal Tit, Great Tit, Coal Tit, Eurasian Magpie, Carrion Crow, Northern Wren, White-bellied Dipper, Eastern Buzzard, Azure Tit, Eastern Buzzard, Rook, Hybrid (Black-throated x Red-throated) Thrush.

2013-10-24. Black-headed Penduline Tit, Black-headed Penduline Tit, Black-headed Penduline Tit, Black-headed Penduline Tit, Black-headed Penduline Tit, Black-headed Penduline Tit, Black-headed Penduline Tit, Black-headed Penduline Tit, Black-headed Penduline Tit, Black-headed Penduline Tit.

2013-10-21. Steppe Eagle.

2013-10-20. Siberian Pipit, Meadow Pipit, Water Pipit, Eastern Imperial Eagle.

2013-10-18. Eurasian Penduline Tit, Eurasian Penduline Tit.

2013-10-17. Black-headed Penduline Tit.

2013-10-15. Rustic Bunting, Black-headed Penduline Tit, Northern Reed Bunting, Northern Reed Bunting, Saxaul Sparrow, Pygmy Cormorant.

2013-09-18. Slavonian Grebe, Slavonian Grebe, Sulphur-bellied Warbler.

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...