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total species: 29
total photos: 98
total videos: 0
total blogposts: 0

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1. Black Lark (2018-06-04)
2. Demoiselle Crane (2018-06-04)
3. Common Crane (2018-06-04)
4. Caspian Gull (2018-06-05)
5. Rosy Starling (2018-06-05)
6. White-winged Lark (2018-06-05)
7. Glossy Ibis (2018-06-05)
8. Great White Pelican (2018-06-05)
9. Mute Swan (2018-06-05)
10. Steppe Eagle (2018-06-05)
11. Pallas's Gull (2018-06-05)
12. Eastern Imperial Eagle (2018-06-05)
13. Pallid Harrier (2018-06-05)
14. Ruddy Shelduck (2018-06-05)
15. Pallas's Sandgrouse (2018-06-05)
16. Tawny Pipit (2018-06-05)
17. Common Kestrel (2018-06-06)
18. Cinereous Vulture (2018-06-06)
19. Eurasian Roller (2018-06-06)
20. Bimaculated Lark (2018-06-06)
21. Red-headed Bunting (2018-06-07)
22. Black-Bellied Sandgrouse (2018-06-07)
23. Lesser Short-toed Lark (2018-06-07)
24. Indian Sparrow (2018-06-07)
25. Short-eared Owl (2018-06-07)
27. Kentish Plover (2018-06-14)
28. Finsch's Wheatear (2018-06-15)
29. Desert Wheatear (2018-06-15)

recent uploads


2018-09-27. Short-eared Owl.

2018-09-24. Black Lark, Eurasian Roller, Steppe Eagle, Cinereous Vulture, Common Kestrel, Red-headed Bunting, Black-Bellied Sandgrouse, Lesser Short-toed Lark, Lesser Short-toed Lark, Red-headed Bunting, Indian Sparrow.

2018-09-07. Eastern Imperial Eagle, Pallas's Gull, Steppe Eagle, White-winged Lark, Mute Swan, Caspian Gull, Great White Pelican, Glossy Ibis, White-winged Lark, Rosy Starling.

2018-08-29. Black Lark, Demoiselle Crane, Demoiselle Crane, Common Crane, Black Lark, Pallas's Sandgrouse, Ruddy Shelduck, Tawny Pipit, Pallid Harrier.

2018-07-15. Caspian Gull, Bimaculated Lark, Tawny Pipit, Eastern Black-eared Wheatear, Kentish Plover, Finsch's Wheatear, Desert Wheatear.

2018-07-13. Pallas's Sandgrouse.

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...