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    total species: 226
    total photos: 1701
    total videos: 6
    total blogposts: 16

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    1. Great White Egret (2021-01-02)
    2. Brown Dipper (2021-01-02)
    3. Mallard (2021-01-02)
    4. Red-fronted Serin (2021-01-03)
    5. Brambling (2021-01-03)
    6. Eurasian Blackbird (2021-01-03)
    7. Eurasian Siskin (2021-01-04)
    8. Great Tit (2021-01-04)
    9. Eurasian Dipper (2021-01-07)
    10. Pygmy Cormorant (2021-01-10)
    11. Grey Wagtail (2021-01-16)
    12. Eurasian Collared Dove (2021-01-17)
    13. Water Rail (2021-01-19)
    14. White Wagtail (2021-01-19)
    15. Eastern Buzzard (2021-01-19)
    16. Water Pipit (2021-01-19)
    17. Northern Reed Bunting (2021-01-19)
    18. Whooper Swan (2021-01-19)
    19. Mute Swan (2021-01-19)
    20. Little Grebe (2021-01-19)
    21. Yellowhammer (2021-01-19)
    22. Common Kestrel (2021-01-19)
    23. White-tailed Sea-Eagle (2021-01-19)
    24. Peregrine Falcon (2021-01-19)
    25. Green Sandpiper (2021-01-19)
    26. Common Sparrowhawk (2021-01-19)
    27. Grey-headed Goldfinch (2021-01-24)
    28. Chukar Partridge (2021-01-24)
    29. Common Goldeneye (2021-01-24)
    30. Long-legged Buzzard (2021-01-24)
    31. Meadow Pipit (2021-01-24)
    32. Common Pheasant (2021-01-24)
    33. Rook (2021-02-02)
    34. Hooded Crow (2021-02-02)
    35. Carrion Crow (2021-02-02)
    36. European Greenfinch (2021-02-14)
    37. Pallas's Gull (2021-02-18)
    38. Caspian Gull (2021-02-18)
    39. Mew Gull (2021-02-18)
    40. Eastern Imperial Eagle (2021-02-18)
    41. Rough-legged Buzzard (2021-02-18)
    42. Ruddy Shelduck (2021-02-18)
    43. Smew (2021-02-18)
    44. Tufted Duck (2021-02-18)
    45. Common Shelduck (2021-02-18)
    46. Northern Pintail (2021-02-18)
    47. Crested Lark (2021-02-18)
    48. Northern Lapwing (2021-02-18)
    49. Black-headed Gull (2021-02-18)
    50. Common Starling (2021-02-18)
    51. Eurasian Magpie (2021-02-18)
    52. Dusky Thrush (2021-02-28)
    53. Red-throated Thrush (2021-02-28)
    54. Fieldfare (2021-02-28)
    55. Black-throated Thrush (2021-02-28)
    56. Corn Bunting (2021-02-28)
    57. Common Chaffinch (2021-02-28)
    58. Eversmann's Redstart (2021-02-28)
    59. Pine Bunting (2021-02-28)
    60. Calandra Lark (2021-02-28)
    61. Laughing Dove (2021-02-28)
    62. Common Buzzard (2021-02-28)
    63. Redwing (2021-03-06)
    64. Black-throated Accentor (2021-03-07)
    65. Meadow Bunting (2021-03-20)
    66. White Stork (2021-03-20)
    67. Cinereous Vulture (2021-03-20)
    68. Common Raven (2021-03-20)
    69. Demoiselle Crane (2021-03-20)
    70. Steppe Eagle (2021-03-20)
    71. Gadwall (2021-03-20)
    72. Yellow-breasted Tit (2021-03-20)
    73. Turkestan Tit (2021-03-20)
    74. Isabelline Shrike (2021-03-20)
    75. Masked Wagtail (2021-03-20)
    76. Great Crested Grebe (2021-03-20)
    77. Steppe Grey Shrike (2021-03-21)
    78. Black Redstart (2021-03-21)
    79. Great Grey Shrike (2021-03-21)
    81. Pied Wheatear (2021-03-21)
    82. Citrine Wagtail (2021-03-21)
    83. Isabelline Wheatear (2021-03-21)
    84. Bearded Tit (2021-03-22)
    85. Northern Shoveler (2021-03-22)
    86. Desert Finch (2021-03-22)
    87. Common Crane (2021-03-22)
    88. Northern Wheatear (2021-03-22)
    89. Short-toed Snake-Eagle (2021-03-22)
    90. Hoopoe (2021-03-22)
    91. Desert Wheatear (2021-03-22)
    92. Finsch's Wheatear (2021-03-22)
    93. Little Owl (2021-03-22)
    94. Greater Short-toed Lark (2021-03-22)
    95. Common Pochard (2021-03-23)
    96. Red-crested Pochard (2021-03-23)
    97. Slender-billed Gull (2021-03-23)
    98. Common Coot (2021-03-23)
    99. Dalmatian Pelican (2021-03-23)
    100. Great White Pelican (2021-03-23)
    101. Western Marsh-Harrier (2021-03-23)
    102. Common Teal (2021-03-23)
    103. Tawny Pipit (2021-03-23)
    104. Osprey (2021-03-23)
    105. Greater White-fronted Goose (2021-03-23)
    106. Cetti's Warbler (2021-03-24)
    107. Common Chiffchaff (2021-03-24)
    108. Eastern Rock Nuthatch (2021-03-24)
    109. Rufous-tailed Rock Thrush (2021-03-24)
    110. Black Kite (2021-03-24)
    111. Common Snipe (2021-03-24)
    112. Pied Avocet (2021-04-08)
    113. Garganey (2021-04-08)
    114. Common Redshank (2021-04-08)
    115. Eurasian Wigeon (2021-04-08)
    116. White-headed Duck (2021-04-08)
    117. Black-Necked Grebe (2021-04-08)
    118. Black-winged Stilt (2021-04-08)
    119. Yellow Wagtail (2021-04-08)
    120. Little Ringed Plover (2021-04-08)
    121. Bluethroat (2021-04-08)
    122. Common Moorhen (2021-04-08)
    123. Siberian Stonechat (2021-04-08)
    124. Grey Heron (2021-04-08)
    125. Black-tailed Godwit (2021-04-08)
    126. Turkestan Shrike (2021-04-08)
    127. Eurasian Curlew (2021-04-08)
    128. Tree Pipit (2021-04-08)
    129. Eurasian Eagle-Owl (2021-04-17)
    130. Black Stork (2021-04-17)
    131. Sky Lark (2021-04-17)
    132. Eurasian Jackdaw (2021-04-17)
    133. Little Bustard (2021-04-17)
    134. Common Greenshank (2021-04-17)
    135. Black-headed Wagtail (2021-04-17)
    136. Blue Whistling Thrush (2021-04-18)
    137. Wood Pigeon (2021-04-18)
    138. Blue-capped Redstart (2021-04-24)
    139. Greenish Warbler (2021-04-24)
    140. Shikra (2021-05-03)
    141. Lesser Grey Shrike (2021-05-03)
    142. Common Cuckoo (2021-05-03)
    143. Eurasian Roller (2021-05-03)
    144. Temminck's Stint (2021-05-03)
    145. Common Oystercatcher (2021-05-03)
    146. Rosy Starling (2021-05-03)
    147. White-winged Tern (2021-05-03)
    148. Common Tern (2021-05-03)
    149. Black Tern (2021-05-03)
    150. Pale Sand Martin (2021-05-03)
    151. Hume's Warbler (2021-05-03)
    152. Oriental Turtle Dove (2021-05-03)
    153. Eurasian Hobby (2021-05-07)
    154. Common Mynah (2021-05-10)
    155. Lesser Whitethroat (2021-05-10)
    156. Eurasian Scops-Owl (2021-05-13)
    157. Egyptian Vulture (2021-05-15)
    158. Clamorous Reed Warbler (2021-05-15)
    159. Red-headed Bunting (2021-05-15)
    160. Eurasian Whimbrel (2021-05-15)
    161. Little Stint (2021-05-15)
    162. Terek Sandpiper (2021-05-15)
    163. Spotted Redshank (2021-05-15)
    164. Grey-necked Bunting (2021-05-15)
    165. Ferruginous Duck (2021-05-15)
    166. Dunlin (2021-05-15)
    167. Barn Swallow (2021-05-15)
    168. European Nightjar (2021-05-20)
    169. Spotted Flycatcher (2021-05-22)
    170. Common Kingfisher (2021-05-22)
    171. Common Rosefinch (2021-05-22)
    172. Indian Sparrow (2021-05-22)
    173. Black-Bellied Sandgrouse (2021-05-22)
    174. European Bee-eater (2021-05-22)
    175. Spanish Sparrow (2021-05-22)
    176. Pallas's Sandgrouse (2021-05-22)
    177. Northern House Martin (2021-05-22)
    178. Lesser Sand Plover (2021-05-22)
    179. Great Cormorant (2021-05-22)
    180. Ortolan Bunting (2021-05-29)
    181. Common Nightingale (2021-05-29)
    182. Long-eared Owl (2021-06-02)
    183. White-crowned Penduline Tit (2021-06-12)
    184. Tree Sparrow (2021-06-12)
    185. Mistle Thrush (2021-06-13)
    186. White-winged Grosbeak (2021-06-13)
    187. Asian Paradise Flycatcher (2021-06-17)
    188. Collared Pratincole (2021-06-17)
    189. Black-crowned Night Heron (2021-06-18)
    190. Rock Pigeon (2021-06-18)
    191. Indian Golden Oriole (2021-06-18)
    192. Common Whitethroat (2021-06-26)
    193. Coal Tit (2021-06-26)
    194. Northern Black Grouse (2021-07-11)
    195. Spotted Nutcracker (2021-07-11)
    196. Common Treecreeper (2021-07-11)
    197. Relict Gull (2021-07-21)
    198. Little Tern (2021-07-21)
    199. Common Sandpiper (2021-07-21)
    200. House Sparrow (2021-07-23)
    201. Ruddy Turnstone (2021-07-27)
    202. Songar Tit (2021-07-31)
    203. Curlew Sandpiper (2021-08-07)
    204. Pacific Golden Plover (2021-08-07)
    205. Gull-billed Tern (2021-08-07)
    206. Wood Sandpiper (2021-08-07)
    207. Ruff (2021-08-07)
    208. Red-necked Phalarope (2021-08-07)
    209. Blyth's Reed Warbler (2021-08-21)
    210. Grey Plover (2021-08-29)
    211. Kentish Plover (2021-08-29)
    212. Azure Tit (2021-09-04)
    214. Goldcrest (2021-09-11)
    215. Northern Wren (2021-09-18)
    216. Eurasian Redstart (2021-10-17)
    217. Bewick's Swan (2021-10-31)
    218. Eurasian Linnet (2021-10-31)
    219. Alpine Accentor (2021-11-03)
    220. White-browed Tit-Warbler (2021-11-03)
    221. Yellow-billed Chough (2021-11-07)
    222. Lammergeier (2021-11-07)
    223. Golden Eagle (2021-11-07)
    224. Red-billed Chough (2021-11-21)
    225. Red Crossbill (2021-11-28)
    226. European Robin (2021-12-05)

    recent uploads

    2021-12-29. Azure Tit, Eurasian Blackbird, Grey-headed Goldfinch.

    2021-12-26. Golden Eagle.

    2021-12-20. White-browed Tit-Warbler, Red-fronted Serin, Common Starling, Northern Reed Bunting, Long-legged Buzzard, White-tailed Sea-Eagle.

    2021-12-18. Hooded Crow, Eurasian Blackbird, White-browed Tit-Warbler, Common Pheasant, Common Sparrowhawk, Common Kestrel.

    2021-12-15. Common Buzzard, Common Chaffinch, Great Tit, Eurasian Jackdaw, Mistle Thrush, Brambling, Tree Sparrow, Mistle Thrush, European Greenfinch, Common Chaffinch, Azure Tit, Eversmann's Redstart, Black-throated Thrush, Eurasian Blackbird, Long-legged Buzzard, Hooded Crow, European Greenfinch, Carrion Crow, Common Buzzard, European Greenfinch.

    2021-12-06. Eurasian Collared Dove, European Robin, White-browed Tit-Warbler, Lesser Whitethroat, Turkestan Tit, Grey-headed Goldfinch, Brambling, Common Chaffinch, Northern Reed Bunting, Azure Tit, Grey-headed Goldfinch, Whooper Swan, Northern Lapwing, Long-legged Buzzard.

    2021-12-04. Hooded Crow, Eurasian Blackbird, Eurasian Siskin, White-browed Tit-Warbler.

    2021-12-01. Coal Tit, Carrion Crow, Spotted Nutcracker, Red-fronted Serin, Goldcrest, Azure Tit, Common Treecreeper.

    2021-11-28. Red Crossbill, Red Crossbill, Common Chaffinch, Brambling, Eurasian Blackbird, Carrion Crow.

    2021-11-27. Common Buzzard, Mistle Thrush, Great Tit, Rook, Eurasian Dipper.

    2021-11-21. Azure Tit, Red-fronted Serin, Cinereous Vulture, Carrion Crow, Alpine Accentor, Red-billed Chough, Lammergeier.

    2021-11-20. Ring-necked Pheasant, White-browed Tit-Warbler, Common Chaffinch, Goldcrest, Azure Tit, Mallard.

    2021-11-14. Black-throated Thrush, Eurasian Blackbird, Chukar Partridge, Common Kestrel, White-tailed Sea-Eagle, Cinereous Vulture.

    2021-11-11. Goldcrest, Eurasian Blackbird, Greater Short-toed Lark, Common Kestrel, White-browed Tit-Warbler, Black-throated Thrush, Yellowhammer.

    2021-11-08. Yellow-billed Chough, Alpine Accentor, Alpine Accentor, Azure Tit, Lammergeier, Golden Eagle, Red-fronted Serin, White-browed Tit-Warbler, Grey-headed Goldfinch, Carrion Crow.

    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...