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    map of photoshootings

    total species: 155
    total photos: 567
    total videos: 4
    total blogposts: 0

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    1. Eurasian Collared Dove (2020-01-01)
    2. Eurasian Blackbird (2020-01-01)
    3. Common Chaffinch (2020-01-01)
    4. Red-fronted Serin (2020-01-02)
    5. Grey-headed Goldfinch (2020-01-02)
    6. Eurasian Siskin (2020-01-02)
    7. Common Pheasant (2020-01-02)
    8. Guldenstadt's Redstart (2020-01-03)
    9. Red-mantled Rosefinch (2020-01-03)
    10. Azure Tit (2020-01-03)
    11. Eversmann's Redstart (2020-01-07)
    12. Brambling (2020-01-12)
    13. Bewick's Swan (2020-01-18)
    14. Mute Swan (2020-01-18)
    15. Whooper Swan (2020-01-18)
    16. Common Pochard (2020-01-18)
    17. Greater Scaup (2020-01-18)
    18. Tufted Duck (2020-01-18)
    19. Smew (2020-01-18)
    20. White-winged Scoter (2020-01-18)
    21. Ruddy Shelduck (2020-01-18)
    22. Dalmatian Pelican (2020-01-18)
    23. Great White Egret (2020-01-18)
    24. Upland Buzzard (2020-01-18)
    25. Northern Reed Bunting (2020-01-18)
    26. Yellowhammer (2020-01-18)
    27. Common Kestrel (2020-01-18)
    28. Great Rosefinch (2020-01-19)
    29. Mallard (2020-01-19)
    30. Eurasian Dipper (2020-01-19)
    31. Coal Tit (2020-01-19)
    32. Songar Tit (2020-01-19)
    33. Brown Accentor (2020-01-19)
    34. Brandt's Rosefinch (2020-01-19)
    35. Red-billed Chough (2020-01-19)
    36. White-winged Snowfinch (2020-01-19)
    37. White-tailed Sea-Eagle (2020-01-25)
    38. Yellow-breasted Tit (2020-01-26)
    39. Goldcrest (2020-01-26)
    40. White-winged Grosbeak (2020-01-26)
    41. Solitary Snipe (2020-01-26)
    42. Blyth's Rosefinch (2020-01-26)
    43. Common Buzzard (2020-01-26)
    44. Chukar Partridge (2020-01-26)
    45. Laughing Dove (2020-01-26)
    46. Pine Bunting (2020-01-26)
    47. Horned Lark (2020-01-26)
    48. Brown Dipper (2020-02-22)
    49. Northern Wren (2020-02-22)
    50. Common Sparrowhawk (2020-02-23)
    51. Carrion Crow (2020-03-22)
    52. Rock Bunting (2020-03-24)
    53. Black-throated Thrush (2020-03-24)
    54. Bluethroat (2020-03-27)
    55. Grey Wagtail (2020-05-11)
    56. Masked Wagtail (2020-05-11)
    57. Common Sandpiper (2020-05-11)
    58. Blue Whistling Thrush (2020-05-11)
    59. Wood Pigeon (2020-05-15)
    60. Common Mynah (2020-05-15)
    61. House Sparrow (2020-05-15)
    62. Great Cormorant (2020-05-26)
    63. Corn Bunting (2020-05-26)
    64. Oriental Turtle Dove (2020-05-26)
    65. Terek Sandpiper (2020-05-26)
    66. Northern Shoveler (2020-05-26)
    67. Little Ringed Plover (2020-05-26)
    68. Curlew Sandpiper (2020-05-26)
    69. Common Redshank (2020-05-26)
    70. Common Greenshank (2020-05-26)
    71. Temminck's Stint (2020-05-26)
    72. Little Stint (2020-05-26)
    73. Lesser Sand Plover (2020-05-26)
    74. Gadwall (2020-05-26)
    75. Greylag Goose (2020-05-26)
    76. Red-crested Pochard (2020-05-26)
    77. Common Shelduck (2020-05-26)
    78. Ferruginous Duck (2020-05-26)
    79. Little Bustard (2020-05-26)
    80. Northern Lapwing (2020-05-26)
    81. Black-tailed Godwit (2020-05-26)
    82. Great Crested Grebe (2020-05-26)
    83. Black-Necked Grebe (2020-05-26)
    84. White-headed Duck (2020-05-26)
    85. Black-crowned Night Heron (2020-05-26)
    86. Lesser Grey Shrike (2020-05-26)
    87. Black-headed Gull (2020-05-26)
    88. Common Tern (2020-05-26)
    89. Black-winged Stilt (2020-05-26)
    90. Common Oystercatcher (2020-05-26)
    91. Caspian Gull (2020-05-26)
    92. Rosy Starling (2020-05-26)
    93. Eurasian Roller (2020-05-26)
    94. Grey Heron (2020-05-26)
    95. Eurasian Curlew (2020-05-26)
    96. Eurasian Whimbrel (2020-05-26)
    97. Garganey (2020-05-26)
    98. Common Coot (2020-05-26)
    99. Great Tit (2020-05-30)
    100. Little Owl (2020-05-31)
    101. Pallas's Sandgrouse (2020-05-31)
    102. Black-Bellied Sandgrouse (2020-05-31)
    103. Mongolian Finch (2020-05-31)
    104. Grey-necked Bunting (2020-05-31)
    105. Eurasian Linnet (2020-05-31)
    106. Rock Sparrow (2020-05-31)
    107. Turkestan Shrike (2020-05-31)
    108. Isabelline Wheatear (2020-05-31)
    109. Hoopoe (2020-05-31)
    110. Eastern Orphean Warbler (2020-05-31)
    111. Rufous-tailed Rock Thrush (2020-05-31)
    112. Desert Wheatear (2020-05-31)
    113. Tawny Pipit (2020-05-31)
    114. Eurasian Eagle-Owl (2020-05-31)
    115. White-capped Bunting (2020-05-31)
    116. Lesser Kestrel (2020-05-31)
    117. Red-headed Bunting (2020-05-31)
    118. European Bee-eater (2020-05-31)
    119. Mistle Thrush (2020-05-31)
    120. Barn Swallow (2020-06-27)
    121. Citrine Wagtail (2020-06-27)
    122. Greater Short-toed Lark (2020-06-27)
    123. Calandra Lark (2020-06-27)
    124. Demoiselle Crane (2020-06-27)
    125. Indian Sparrow (2020-06-27)
    126. Spanish Sparrow (2020-06-27)
    127. Eastern Imperial Eagle (2020-06-27)
    128. Brown-necked Raven (2020-06-27)
    129. Green Sandpiper (2020-06-27)
    130. Alpine Swift (2020-07-03)
    131. Long-tailed Shrike (2020-07-03)
    132. Rock Pigeon (2020-07-19)
    133. Sand Martin (2020-07-20)
    134. Tree Sparrow (2020-07-22)
    135. Eurasian Hobby (2020-07-22)
    136. Black-headed Wagtail (2020-07-22)
    137. Eurasian Jackdaw (2020-07-24)
    138. Common Whitethroat (2020-08-23)
    139. White-Winged Woodpecker (2020-09-13)
    140. European Nightjar (2020-09-20)
    141. Lesser Whitethroat (2020-09-20)
    142. Hume's Warbler (2020-09-20)
    143. Siberian Stonechat (2020-09-20)
    144. Barred Warbler (2020-09-20)
    145. Long-legged Buzzard (2020-09-24)
    146. White Wagtail (2020-09-24)
    147. Common Raven (2020-09-24)
    148. Common Chiffchaff (2020-09-24)
    149. Crested Lark (2020-09-24)
    150. Northern Wheatear (2020-09-24)
    151. Black-throated Accentor (2020-10-24)
    152. Peregrine Falcon (2020-11-21)
    153. Bohemian Waxwing (2020-11-21)
    154. Fieldfare (2020-11-28)
    155. Mew Gull (2020-11-28)

    recent uploads

    2020-12-09. Red-mantled Rosefinch, Eversmann's Redstart, Red-fronted Serin, Coal Tit, Grey-headed Goldfinch, Black-throated Thrush, Azure Tit, Brown Dipper.

    2020-12-06. Bewick's Swan, Bewick's Swan, Whooper Swan, Mute Swan, Ruddy Shelduck, Caspian Gull, Mew Gull.

    2020-12-02. Carrion Crow, Black-throated Thrush, Fieldfare, Mistle Thrush, White-tailed Sea-Eagle, Great Cormorant.

    2020-11-22. Grey Wagtail, Mistle Thrush, Common Kestrel, Black-throated Thrush, Eurasian Blackbird.

    2020-11-21. Common Chaffinch, Peregrine Falcon, Bohemian Waxwing, Black-throated Thrush, Black-throated Thrush, Black-throated Thrush, Coal Tit, Azure Tit.

    2020-10-25. Altai Buzzard, Black-throated Accentor.

    2020-10-18. Azure Tit.

    2020-10-10. Eversmann's Redstart.

    2020-09-28. White Wagtail, Common Chaffinch, Northern Lapwing, Rock Sparrow, Red-billed Chough, Common Raven, Common Chiffchaff, Crested Lark, Northern Wheatear, Common Kestrel.

    2020-09-27. Long-legged Buzzard.

    2020-09-20. European Nightjar, European Nightjar, Common Whitethroat, Lesser Whitethroat, Turkestan Shrike, Turkestan Shrike, Hume's Warbler, Hume's Warbler, Siberian Stonechat, Barred Warbler.

    2020-09-13. White-Winged Woodpecker.

    2020-08-23. Eurasian Hobby, Common Whitethroat, Turkestan Shrike.

    2020-08-16. Turkestan Shrike.

    2020-08-09. Black-headed Gull, Tree Sparrow, Tawny Pipit, Common Tern, Eurasian Hobby, Rock Pigeon, Common Redshank, Turkestan Shrike, Black-winged Stilt, Black-winged Stilt, Caspian Gull, Black-headed Wagtail, Great Crested Grebe.

    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...