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Gaviiformes
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    map of photoshootings

    total species: 82
    total photos: 351
    total videos: 1
    total blogposts: 2

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    1. Eurasian Jay (2023-02-11)
    2. Hooded Crow (2023-02-11)
    3. Blue Whistling Thrush (2023-04-30)
    4. Blue-capped Redstart (2023-04-30)
    5. Brown Dipper (2023-04-30)
    6. Eastern Buzzard (2023-04-30)
    7. Grey Wagtail (2023-05-04)
    8. Common Buzzard (2023-05-04)
    9. Eurasian Blackbird (2023-05-06)
    10. Himalayan Rubythroat (2023-05-19)
    11. Himalayan Accentor (2023-05-19)
    12. Brown Accentor (2023-05-19)
    13. White-winged Grosbeak (2023-05-20)
    14. Red-mantled Rosefinch (2023-05-20)
    15. White-browed Tit-Warbler (2023-05-20)
    16. Black-throated Accentor (2023-05-20)
    17. Mistle Thrush (2023-05-20)
    18. Common Treecreeper (2023-05-20)
    19. Eurasian Jackdaw (2023-05-21)
    20. Black Kite (2023-05-21)
    21. Asian Desert Warbler (2023-05-21)
    22. Long-legged Buzzard (2023-05-21)
    23. Pallas's Sandgrouse (2023-05-23)
    24. Booted Eagle (2023-05-23)
    25. Caspian Plover (2023-05-23)
    27. Little Owl (2023-05-24)
    28. Saxaul Sparrow (2023-05-24)
    29. Tree Sparrow (2023-05-24)
    30. Western Marsh-Harrier (2023-05-24)
    31. Eurasian Hobby (2023-05-24)
    32. Black-Bellied Sandgrouse (2023-05-25)
    33. Eurasian Linnet (2023-05-25)
    34. Grey-necked Bunting (2023-05-25)
    35. Mongolian Finch (2023-05-25)
    36. Yellow-eyed Pigeon (2023-05-26)
    37. Desert Wheatear (2023-05-26)
    38. Steppe Eagle (2023-05-26)
    39. Pine Bunting (2023-05-27)
    40. Rock Bunting (2023-05-27)
    41. Common Starling (2023-05-27)
    42. Egyptian Vulture (2023-05-27)
    43. Rosy Starling (2023-05-27)
    44. Isabelline Wheatear (2023-05-27)
    45. Red-headed Bunting (2023-06-07)
    46. Common Kestrel (2023-06-07)
    47. Common Whitethroat (2023-06-07)
    48. Ruddy Shelduck (2023-06-08)
    49. Sky Lark (2023-06-08)
    50. Wood Pigeon (2023-06-09)
    52. Siberian Stonechat (2023-06-09)
    53. Common Snipe (2023-06-10)
    54. Common Nightingale (2023-06-10)
    55. Eurasian Roller (2023-06-11)
    56. Lesser Kestrel (2023-06-11)
    57. Chukar Partridge (2023-06-11)
    58. Meadow Bunting (2023-06-11)
    59. Azure Tit (2023-06-11)
    60. Calandra Lark (2023-06-11)
    61. European Golden Oriole (2023-06-12)
    62. Common Chiffchaff (2023-06-12)
    63. Common Rosefinch (2023-06-12)
    64. Green Sandpiper (2023-06-12)
    65. Common Kingfisher (2023-07-02)
    66. House Sparrow (2023-07-06)
    67. Blyth's Reed Warbler (2023-07-06)
    68. Saker Falcon (2023-08-25)
    69. Peregrine Falcon (2023-09-23)
    70. Yellow-billed Chough (2023-09-26)
    71. Rook (2023-11-18)
    72. Great Tit (2023-11-18)
    73. Goldcrest (2023-11-18)
    74. Little Gull (2023-11-26)
    75. Merlin (2023-11-26)
    76. Himalayan Vulture (2023-11-26)
    77. Upland Buzzard (2023-12-03)
    78. Bean Goose (2023-12-03)
    79. Bewick's Swan (2023-12-03)
    80. Great Spotted Woodpecker (2023-12-21)
    81. Great Grey Shrike (2023-12-21)
    82. European Robin (2023-12-21)

    recent uploads

    2023-12-25. Eurasian Jay, Eurasian Jay.

    2023-12-24. Eurasian Jay, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Great Grey Shrike, European Robin.

    2023-12-05. Upland Buzzard, Common Chiffchaff, Peregrine Falcon, Bean Goose, Bewick's Swan.

    2023-11-27. Little Gull, Eurasian Linnet, Merlin, Himalayan Vulture.

    2023-11-22. Rook, Great Tit, Goldcrest, White-browed Tit-Warbler, White-browed Tit-Warbler.

    2023-09-27. White-browed Tit-Warbler, Yellow-billed Chough.

    2023-09-25. Peregrine Falcon, Peregrine Falcon.

    2023-08-26. Eastern Olivaceous Warbler, Saker Falcon, Saker Falcon.

    2023-07-27. Red-headed Bunting, House Sparrow, Common Nightingale, Blyth's Reed Warbler, Black-eared Kite, Long-legged Buzzard, Central Asia Starling, Western Grasshopper Warbler, Eurasian Linnet, Lesser Kestrel.

    2023-07-09. Western Grasshopper Warbler.

    2023-07-05. Lesser Kestrel, Lesser Kestrel.

    2023-07-03. Common Kingfisher.

    2023-06-28. Sky Lark, Siberian Stonechat, Siberian Stonechat, Common Snipe, Common Nightingale, Common Nightingale, Meadow Bunting, White-crowned Penduline Tit, Azure Tit, Meadow Bunting, Calandra Lark, Siberian Stonechat, Rosy Starling, Common Chiffchaff, Common Rosefinch, Green Sandpiper, Chukar Partridge.

    2023-06-23. Western Grasshopper Warbler, Chukar Partridge, European Golden Oriole, Ruddy Shelduck.

    2023-06-22. White-crowned Penduline Tit, Common Whitethroat, Booted Eagle, Common Kestrel, Wood Pigeon, Black-eared Kite, Steppe Buzzard, Lesser Kestrel.

    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...