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    map of photoshootings

    total species: 154
    total photos: 776
    total videos: 0
    total blogposts: 0

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    1. Bewick's Swan (2019-01-18)
    2. Peregrine Falcon (2019-01-18)
    3. Wallcreeper (2019-01-18)
    4. Common Chiffchaff (2019-01-19)
    5. White-tailed Sea-Eagle (2019-01-19)
    6. Caspian Gull (2019-01-19)
    7. Northern Reed Bunting (2019-02-02)
    8. Hooded Crow (2019-02-02)
    9. Blue Tit (2019-02-02)
    10. Brambling (2019-02-02)
    11. Tree Sparrow (2019-02-02)
    12. Common Sparrowhawk (2019-02-09)
    13. Common Chaffinch (2019-02-09)
    14. Great Tit (2019-02-09)
    15. Rook (2019-02-09)
    16. Black-Necked Grebe (2019-02-15)
    17. Mallard (2019-02-15)
    18. Long-tailed Duck (2019-02-16)
    19. Mew Gull (2019-02-16)
    20. Whooper Swan (2019-02-16)
    21. Crested Lark (2019-02-18)
    22. Mute Swan (2019-03-02)
    23. Common Buzzard (2019-03-02)
    24. Long-tailed Rosefinch (2019-03-02)
    25. Steppe Eagle (2019-03-02)
    26. Masked Wagtail (2019-03-02)
    27. Eurasian Magpie (2019-03-02)
    28. Chukar Partridge (2019-03-02)
    29. Eastern Imperial Eagle (2019-03-02)
    30. Calandra Lark (2019-03-02)
    31. Long-legged Buzzard (2019-03-16)
    32. Black Kite (2019-03-16)
    33. Rock Sparrow (2019-03-16)
    34. Horned Lark (2019-03-16)
    35. Common Raven (2019-03-16)
    36. Northern Goshawk (2019-03-16)
    37. Eurasian Eagle-Owl (2019-03-16)
    38. Grey-headed Goldfinch (2019-03-23)
    39. European Greenfinch (2019-03-23)
    40. Black-headed Gull (2019-03-23)
    41. Isabelline Wheatear (2019-03-23)
    42. Pine Bunting (2019-03-23)
    43. Corn Bunting (2019-03-23)
    44. Rock Bunting (2019-03-23)
    45. Garganey (2019-03-23)
    46. Western Marsh-Harrier (2019-03-23)
    47. Pallas's Gull (2019-03-23)
    48. Grey Heron (2019-03-23)
    49. Citrine Wagtail (2019-03-23)
    50. White Wagtail (2019-03-23)
    51. Common Coot (2019-03-23)
    52. Northern Pintail (2019-03-23)
    53. Little Ringed Plover (2019-03-23)
    54. Bluethroat (2019-03-23)
    55. Common Starling (2019-03-25)
    56. Baraba Steppe Gull (2019-03-25)
    57. Isabelline Shrike (2019-03-25)
    58. White-headed Duck (2019-04-06)
    59. Turkestan Shrike (2019-04-06)
    60. Steppe Grey Shrike (2019-04-06)
    61. Common Snipe (2019-04-06)
    62. Brown-necked Raven (2019-04-06)
    63. Jack Snipe (2019-04-06)
    64. Eurasian Redstart (2019-04-06)
    65. Tree Pipit (2019-04-06)
    66. Northern Wheatear (2019-04-06)
    67. Little Bustard (2019-04-06)
    68. Macqueen's Bustard (2019-04-06)
    69. Black-Bellied Sandgrouse (2019-04-06)
    70. Caspian Plover (2019-04-06)
    71. Greater Sand Plover (2019-04-06)
    72. Lesser Kestrel (2019-04-13)
    73. Common Pheasant (2019-04-13)
    74. Common Kestrel (2019-04-13)
    75. Water Pipit (2019-04-13)
    76. Pied Wheatear (2019-04-13)
    77. Sky Lark (2019-04-13)
    78. Siberian Stonechat (2019-04-13)
    79. Eurasian Curlew (2019-04-13)
    80. Ruddy Shelduck (2019-04-13)
    81. Black Stork (2019-04-13)
    82. Hoopoe (2019-04-13)
    83. Common Shelduck (2019-04-13)
    84. Dalmatian Pelican (2019-04-13)
    85. Green Sandpiper (2019-04-13)
    86. Common Oystercatcher (2019-04-13)
    87. Black-winged Stilt (2019-04-13)
    88. Yellow Wagtail (2019-04-13)
    89. Hume's Warbler (2019-04-13)
    90. Northern Hawk Owl (2019-04-27)
    91. Black-throated Accentor (2019-04-27)
    92. Eurasian Whimbrel (2019-05-09)
    93. Garden Warbler (2019-05-14)
    94. Red-backed Shrike (2019-05-14)
    95. Eurasian Penduline Tit (2019-05-14)
    96. Eurasian Collared Dove (2019-05-14)
    97. Booted Warbler (2019-05-14)
    98. Syke's Warbler (2019-05-14)
    99. European Bee-eater (2019-05-14)
    100. Glossy Ibis (2019-05-20)
    101. Purple Heron (2019-05-20)
    102. Whiskered Tern (2019-05-20)
    103. White-tailed Lapwing (2019-05-20)
    104. Common Pochard (2019-05-20)
    105. Bearded Tit (2019-05-20)
    106. Savi's Warbler (2019-05-25)
    107. Desert Finch (2019-05-26)
    109. Black-headed Wagtail (2019-05-27)
    110. Barred Warbler (2019-05-27)
    111. Sedge Warbler (2019-05-28)
    112. Blyth's Reed Warbler (2019-05-28)
    113. Red-footed Falcon (2019-05-31)
    114. Greater Flamingo (2019-05-31)
    115. White-winged Tern (2019-05-31)
    116. Pied Avocet (2019-05-31)
    117. Sociable Lapwing (2019-06-01)
    118. Pygmy Cormorant (2019-06-01)
    119. Common Nightingale (2019-06-01)
    120. Black Tern (2019-06-01)
    121. White-winged Lark (2019-06-01)
    122. Great White Egret (2019-06-01)
    123. Paddyfield Warbler (2019-06-01)
    124. Gadwall (2019-06-01)
    125. Red-Necked Grebe (2019-06-01)
    126. Demoiselle Crane (2019-06-01)
    127. Fieldfare (2019-06-01)
    128. Common Swift (2019-07-08)
    129. Barbary Falcon (2019-08-14)
    130. Spotted Flycatcher (2019-09-09)
    131. Goldcrest (2019-09-11)
    132. Eurasian Siskin (2019-09-27)
    133. Spanish Sparrow (2019-09-28)
    134. Red-throated Pipit (2019-10-05)
    135. Buff-bellied Pipit (2019-10-05)
    136. Pacific Golden Plover (2019-10-05)
    137. European Robin (2019-10-10)
    138. Black Redstart (2019-10-17)
    139. Common Treecreeper (2019-10-17)
    140. Eurasian Blackbird (2019-10-17)
    141. Dunnock (2019-10-17)
    142. Northern Wren (2019-10-21)
    143. Cetti's Warbler (2019-10-26)
    144. Willow Warbler (2019-10-26)
    145. Black-throated Thrush (2019-10-26)
    146. Lesser Whitethroat (2019-10-26)
    147. Wood Pigeon (2019-10-28)
    148. Song Thrush (2019-10-28)
    149. Arctic Loon (2019-10-31)
    150. Spotted Crake (2019-11-04)
    151. Redwing (2019-11-04)
    152. Slavonian Grebe (2019-11-04)
    153. Great Grey Shrike (2019-11-04)
    154. Grey Partridge (2019-12-28)

    recent uploads

    2019-12-31. Water Pipit, Common Chaffinch, White-tailed Sea-Eagle, Eurasian Magpie, White-tailed Sea-Eagle, Hybrid Crow, Whooper Swan, Great Grey Shrike, Dalmatian Pelican, Whooper Swan, Mute Swan, Grey Partridge, White-tailed Sea-Eagle.

    2019-11-04. Spotted Crake, Redwing, Slavonian Grebe, Black-Necked Grebe, Northern Reed Bunting, Great Grey Shrike, Eurasian Penduline Tit, Arctic Loon.

    2019-10-29. Wood Pigeon, Northern Reed Bunting, Eurasian Blackbird, Common Chiffchaff, Pine Bunting, Song Thrush.

    2019-10-27. Paddyfield Warbler, Cetti's Warbler, Willow Warbler, Little Ringed Plover, Pine Bunting, Black-throated Thrush, Lesser Whitethroat, Common Kestrel.

    2019-10-26. Dunnock.

    2019-10-24. Common Treecreeper, Eurasian Blackbird, Northern Reed Bunting, European Robin, Eurasian Redstart, Blue Tit.

    2019-10-22. Northern Wren, Goldcrest, European Black Redstart.

    2019-10-14. Peregrine Falcon.

    2019-10-10. West Caspian Common Pheasant.

    2019-10-06. Red-throated Pipit, Buff-bellied Pipit, Water Pipit, Pacific Golden Plover.

    2019-09-30. Goldcrest, Spanish Sparrow, Great Tit, Eurasian Siskin, Blue Tit, Eurasian Siskin.

    2019-09-28. Blue Tit.

    2019-09-21. Goldcrest, Spotted Flycatcher, Grey Heron, Black Kite, Steppe Eagle.

    2019-08-15. Barbary Falcon.

    2019-07-09. Eastern Common Swift.

    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...

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    2025-08-31
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    2025-03-23
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    2025-02-07
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    2025-02-06
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    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
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    Bassel Abi Jummaa: Blyth's reed warbler ( Acrocephalus Dometurum )
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