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Gaviiformes
  • Gaviidae
    • Podicipediformes
  • Podicipedidae
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    map of photoshootings

    total species: 202
    total photos: 744
    total videos: 1
    total blogposts: 5

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    1. White-browed Tit-Warbler (2025-01-01)
    2. Common Chaffinch (2025-01-01)
    3. Red-fronted Serin (2025-01-01)
    4. Brambling (2025-01-01)
    5. Eurasian Blackbird (2025-01-01)
    6. Common Pheasant (2025-01-01)
    7. Hooded Crow (2025-01-01)
    8. Eurasian Siskin (2025-01-02)
    9. Long-tailed Tit (2025-01-02)
    10. Azure Tit (2025-01-03)
    11. White-winged Grosbeak (2025-01-03)
    12. Pygmy Cormorant (2025-01-03)
    13. Mallard (2025-01-03)
    14. Common Treecreeper (2025-01-07)
    15. Common Kestrel (2025-01-07)
    16. Yellow-billed Chough (2025-01-07)
    17. Golden Eagle (2025-01-07)
    18. Cinereous Vulture (2025-01-07)
    19. Eastern Buzzard (2025-01-11)
    20. Black-throated Thrush (2025-01-11)
    21. Goldcrest (2025-01-11)
    22. Coal Tit (2025-01-12)
    23. Songar Tit (2025-01-12)
    24. Eurasian Dipper (2025-01-12)
    25. Great Tit (2025-01-18)
    26. European Robin (2025-01-25)
    27. Great White Egret (2025-01-26)
    28. Red Crossbill (2025-02-01)
    29. Rook (2025-02-02)
    30. Alpine Accentor (2025-02-09)
    31. Northern Goshawk (2025-02-15)
    32. Black-throated Accentor (2025-02-15)
    33. Mistle Thrush (2025-02-22)
    34. Wallcreeper (2025-02-23)
    35. Lammergeier (2025-02-23)
    36. Common Moorhen (2025-03-02)
    37. Eurasian Collared Dove (2025-03-02)
    38. Laughing Dove (2025-03-10)
    39. Gadwall (2025-03-10)
    40. Northern Wren (2025-03-10)
    41. Ferruginous Duck (2025-04-13)
    42. Red-crested Pochard (2025-04-13)
    43. Common Pochard (2025-04-13)
    44. White-headed Duck (2025-04-13)
    45. Black-Necked Grebe (2025-04-13)
    46. Great Crested Grebe (2025-04-13)
    47. Northern Shoveler (2025-04-13)
    48. Pied Wheatear (2025-04-13)
    49. Northern Wheatear (2025-04-13)
    50. Turkestan Shrike (2025-04-13)
    51. Isabelline Shrike (2025-04-13)
    52. Bluethroat (2025-04-13)
    53. Common Redshank (2025-04-13)
    54. Citrine Wagtail (2025-04-13)
    55. Little Ringed Plover (2025-04-13)
    56. Great White Pelican (2025-04-13)
    57. Dalmatian Pelican (2025-04-13)
    58. Common Shelduck (2025-04-13)
    59. Little Bustard (2025-04-13)
    60. Corn Bunting (2025-04-13)
    61. Calandra Lark (2025-04-13)
    62. Common Sandpiper (2025-04-13)
    63. Northern Pintail (2025-04-13)
    64. Green Sandpiper (2025-04-13)
    65. Eurasian Curlew (2025-04-13)
    66. Western Marsh-Harrier (2025-04-13)
    67. Pied Avocet (2025-04-13)
    68. Gull-billed Tern (2025-04-13)
    69. Mute Swan (2025-04-13)
    70. White-tailed Sea-Eagle (2025-04-13)
    71. Chukar Partridge (2025-04-27)
    72. White-capped Bunting (2025-04-27)
    73. Black Kite (2025-04-27)
    74. Eastern Orphean Warbler (2025-04-27)
    75. Long-legged Buzzard (2025-04-27)
    76. Common Chiffchaff (2025-04-27)
    77. Tawny Pipit (2025-04-27)
    78. Hoopoe (2025-04-27)
    79. Eurasian Jackdaw (2025-04-27)
    80. Isabelline Wheatear (2025-04-27)
    81. Eurasian Linnet (2025-04-27)
    82. Mongolian Finch (2025-04-27)
    83. Lesser Whitethroat (2025-05-01)
    84. Greenish Warbler (2025-05-01)
    85. Siberian Stonechat (2025-05-01)
    86. Wood Pigeon (2025-05-01)
    87. Grey Wagtail (2025-05-01)
    88. Masked Wagtail (2025-05-01)
    89. Blue Whistling Thrush (2025-05-01)
    90. Eurasian Roller (2025-05-03)
    91. Common Greenshank (2025-05-03)
    92. Black-headed Gull (2025-05-03)
    93. Common Tern (2025-05-03)
    94. Black Tern (2025-05-03)
    95. Kentish Plover (2025-05-03)
    96. Common Oystercatcher (2025-05-03)
    97. Lesser Sand Plover (2025-05-03)
    98. White Wagtail (2025-05-03)
    99. Spotted Redshank (2025-05-03)
    100. Demoiselle Crane (2025-05-03)
    101. Glossy Ibis (2025-05-03)
    102. Rosy Starling (2025-05-03)
    103. Black-tailed Godwit (2025-05-03)
    104. Common Snipe (2025-05-03)
    105. Black-winged Stilt (2025-05-03)
    106. Hume's Warbler (2025-05-03)
    107. Spotted Flycatcher (2025-05-03)
    108. Syke's Warbler (2025-05-03)
    109. Common Nightingale (2025-05-09)
    110. Black Stork (2025-05-10)
    111. Long-tailed Shrike (2025-05-10)
    112. European Bee-eater (2025-05-10)
    113. Rufous-tailed Rock Thrush (2025-05-10)
    114. Common Cuckoo (2025-05-10)
    115. Grey Heron (2025-05-10)
    116. Osprey (2025-05-10)
    117. Common Starling (2025-05-10)
    118. Little Tern (2025-05-10)
    119. Caspian Gull (2025-05-10)
    120. Wood Sandpiper (2025-05-10)
    121. Collared Pratincole (2025-05-10)
    122. Temminck's Stint (2025-05-10)
    123. Barn Swallow (2025-05-10)
    124. House Sparrow (2025-05-10)
    125. Tree Sparrow (2025-05-10)
    126. Blyth's Reed Warbler (2025-05-18)
    127. Northern House Martin (2025-05-18)
    128. Black-Bellied Sandgrouse (2025-05-18)
    129. Terek Sandpiper (2025-05-18)
    130. Grey Plover (2025-05-18)
    131. Brown-necked Raven (2025-05-18)
    132. European Nightjar (2025-05-18)
    133. Indian Sparrow (2025-05-18)
    134. Spanish Sparrow (2025-05-18)
    135. Red-headed Bunting (2025-05-18)
    136. Greater Sand Plover (2025-05-18)
    137. Lesser Short-toed Lark (2025-05-18)
    138. Caspian Plover (2025-05-18)
    139. Eurasian Whimbrel (2025-05-18)
    140. Yellow Wagtail (2025-05-18)
    141. Lesser Grey Shrike (2025-05-18)
    142. Rufous Bush Robin (2025-05-18)
    143. Little Stint (2025-06-01)
    144. Sky Lark (2025-06-01)
    145. Ruddy Shelduck (2025-06-01)
    146. Common Coot (2025-06-01)
    147. Sand Martin (2025-06-01)
    148. Rock Bunting (2025-06-01)
    149. Himalayan Vulture (2025-06-01)
    150. Meadow Bunting (2025-06-01)
    151. Long-eared Owl (2025-06-06)
    152. Eversmann's Redstart (2025-07-12)
    153. Plain Mountain Finch (2025-07-12)
    154. Blue-capped Redstart (2025-07-12)
    155. Brown Dipper (2025-07-19)
    156. Common Whitethroat (2025-07-19)
    157. Great Spotted Woodpecker (2025-07-19)
    158. Spotted Nutcracker (2025-07-19)
    159. Common Rosefinch (2025-07-19)
    160. Booted Eagle (2025-07-26)
    161. Common Buzzard (2025-07-26)
    162. Garganey (2025-08-09)
    163. Great Cormorant (2025-08-09)
    164. Caspian Tern (2025-08-09)
    165. Ruddy Turnstone (2025-08-09)
    166. Marsh Sandpiper (2025-08-09)
    167. Shikra (2025-08-24)
    168. Baillon's Crake (2025-08-31)
    169. Barred Warbler (2025-08-31)
    170. Curlew Sandpiper (2025-09-06)
    171. Pacific Golden Plover (2025-09-06)
    172. Red-necked Phalarope (2025-09-06)
    173. Steppe Eagle (2025-09-06)
    174. Common Teal (2025-09-06)
    175. Ruff (2025-09-06)
    176. Northern Lapwing (2025-09-06)
    177. Little Grebe (2025-09-06)
    178. Greater Short-toed Lark (2025-09-06)
    179. Eastern Imperial Eagle (2025-09-06)
    180. Slavonian Grebe (2025-09-06)
    181. Red-mantled Rosefinch (2025-09-13)
    182. Eurasian Hobby (2025-09-13)
    183. Grey-headed Goldfinch (2025-09-13)
    184. Common Kingfisher (2025-09-20)
    185. Crested Lark (2025-09-20)
    186. Water Pipit (2025-10-11)
    187. Meadow Pipit (2025-10-11)
    188. Greylag Goose (2025-10-11)
    189. Dunlin (2025-11-02)
    190. Horned Lark (2025-11-02)
    191. Great Grey Shrike (2025-11-09)
    193. Common Raven (2025-12-06)
    194. Brandt's Rosefinch (2025-12-11)
    195. White-winged Snowfinch (2025-12-11)
    196. Red-billed Chough (2025-12-11)
    197. Brown Accentor (2025-12-11)
    198. Peregrine Falcon (2025-12-11)
    199. Bohemian Waxwing (2025-12-14)
    200. Ibisbill (2025-12-16)
    201. Long-tailed Rosefinch (2025-12-16)
    202. European Greenfinch (2025-12-16)

    recent uploads

    2025-12-31. Ruddy Turnstone, Marsh Sandpiper, Curlew Sandpiper, Pacific Golden Plover, Red-necked Phalarope, Marsh Sandpiper, Steppe Eagle, Common Teal, Ruff, Northern Lapwing, Little Grebe, Greater Short-toed Lark, Eastern Imperial Eagle, Slavonian Grebe, Steppe Eagle, Red-mantled Rosefinch, Eurasian Hobby, Grey-headed Goldfinch, Common Kingfisher, Great Cormorant, Crested Lark, Northern Lapwing, Water Pipit, Meadow Pipit, Ruff, Greylag Goose, Dunlin, Horned Lark, Lesser Short-toed Lark, Little Grebe, Northern Lapwing, Steppe Eagle, Great Grey Shrike, Eurasian Three-Toed Woodpecker, Common Raven.

    2025-12-30. Garganey, Great Cormorant, Caspian Tern.

    2025-12-29. Pied Wheatear, Red-fronted Serin, Ruddy Shelduck, Isabelline Wheatear, Masked Wagtail, Isabelline Wheatear, Ruddy Shelduck, Blue Whistling Thrush, Booted Eagle, Common Buzzard, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Black Kite, Greenish Warbler.

    2025-12-28. Long-tailed Rosefinch, Eversmann's Redstart.

    2025-12-25. Long-eared Owl.

    2025-12-23. Rufous-tailed Rock Thrush, Little Stint, Sky Lark, Ruddy Shelduck, Common Coot, Northern Wheatear, Sand Martin, Northern Wheatear, Rock Bunting, Corn Bunting, Calandra Lark, Himalayan Vulture, Isabelline Wheatear, Siberian Stonechat, Meadow Bunting, Meadow Bunting.

    2025-12-22. Mistle Thrush, Bohemian Waxwing, Black-throated Thrush, Common Chaffinch, Eastern Buzzard, Brambling, Goldcrest, Bohemian Waxwing, Long-eared Owl, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Common Chaffinch, Common Kestrel.

    2025-12-21. Himalayan Vulture, Black-throated Thrush, Eversmann's Redstart, European Greenfinch, Azure Tit.

    2025-12-18. Ibisbill, Eurasian Dipper, Long-tailed Rosefinch, Northern Wren, Himalayan Vulture.

    2025-12-15. Brandt's Rosefinch, White-winged Snowfinch, Red-billed Chough, Brown Accentor, Bohemian Waxwing, Mistle Thrush, Common Kestrel, Long-eared Owl, Peregrine Falcon.

    2025-10-27. Mallard, Citrine Wagtail, Grey Wagtail, Black-winged Stilt, Grey Plover, White Wagtail, Rosy Starling, Barn Swallow, Spotted Flycatcher, Lesser Whitethroat, Eurasian Roller, Lesser Grey Shrike, Rufous Bush Robin, Wood Pigeon, Glossy Ibis, Dalmatian Pelican.

    2025-10-26. Eurasian Whimbrel, Grey-headed Wagtail, Terek Sandpiper, Temminck's Stint, Red-headed Bunting.

    2025-09-29. Mallard, Blue-capped Redstart, Hume's Warbler, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Common Treecreeper, Goldcrest, Azure Tit, Common Treecreeper, Rock Bunting, Blue-capped Redstart.

    2025-09-05. Isabelline Wheatear, Indian Sparrow, Spanish Sparrow, Red-headed Bunting, Greater Sand Plover, Greater Sand Plover, Temminck's Stint, Long-legged Buzzard, Greater Sand Plover, Lesser Short-toed Lark, Caspian Plover.

    2025-08-31. Baillon's Crake, Barred Warbler, Common Nightingale, Barred Warbler, Lesser Whitethroat, Turkestan Shrike, Lesser Whitethroat, Siberian Stonechat, Turkestan Shrike, Common Whitethroat, Lesser Whitethroat.

    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...