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    total species: 237
    total photos: 1043
    total videos: 0
    total blogposts: 22

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

    recent uploads

    2021-12-18. Amur (White) Wagtail, Citrine Wagtail, European Robin, Common Chiffchaff, Ibisbill, Eastern Buzzard, White-Winged Woodpecker, Long-tailed Rosefinch, Northern Wren, Red-mantled Rosefinch, Long-tailed Tit, Turkestan Tit, Great White Egret.

    2021-12-05. White-browed Tit-Warbler.

    2021-12-04. Rook, Rock Pigeon, Eurasian Blackbird.

    2021-12-01. Goldcrest.

    2021-11-29. Whooper Swan, Smew, Caspian Gull, Common Goldeneye, White-tailed Sea-Eagle, Common Teal, Common Shelduck, Steppe Horned Lark, Mute Swan, Wood Pigeon, Green Sandpiper, White-browed Tit-Warbler, Northern Wren, Mallard, Little Grebe, Eastern Buzzard, Grey Heron, Long-legged Buzzard, Long-legged Buzzard.

    2021-11-13. Cinereous Vulture, Golden Eagle, White-tailed Sea-Eagle, Common Kestrel, Common Raven, Yellow-billed Chough, White-browed Tit-Warbler, Black-throated Thrush, Chukar Partridge, Coal Tit.

    2021-11-03. Northern Reed Bunting, Northern Reed Bunting.

    2021-11-02. White-headed Duck, Mute Swan, Long-legged Buzzard, Bewick's Swan, White-browed Tit-Warbler, Northern Wren.

    2021-11-01. Great Tit, Azure Tit, Caspian Gull, Siberian Black-backed Gull, Pallas's Gull, Common Starling, Ruddy Shelduck, Red-fronted Serin, Eurasian Jackdaw, Whooper Swan, Northern Lapwing, Grey Plover, Slavonian Grebe.

    2021-09-08. Little Stint, Temminck's Stint.

    2021-09-01. Common Snipe.

    2021-08-31. White-headed Duck, Gadwall, Pallid Harrier, Black-tailed Godwit, Eurasian Curlew, Grey Plover, Pacific Golden Plover, Kentish Plover, Ruddy Shelduck, Common Greenshank, Eurasian Curlew, Garganey, White-tailed Sea-Eagle, Little Stint.

    2021-08-30. Great Cormorant, Yellow Wagtail, Turkestan Shrike, Hume's Warbler, Blyth's Reed Warbler, Blyth's Reed Warbler, Spotted Flycatcher, Lesser Whitethroat, Greenish Warbler, Blyth's Reed Warbler, Red-backed Shrike, Eastern Imperial Eagle.

    2021-08-11. Little Grebe, Ferruginous Duck, Citrine Wagtail, Wood Sandpiper, Common Snipe, Black-crowned Night Heron, Common Kingfisher, Dalmatian Pelican, Little Stint, Black-winged Stilt, White-winged Tern, Common Sandpiper, Red-necked Phalarope, Western Marsh-Harrier, Blyth's Reed Warbler, Greenish Warbler, Long-eared Owl.

    2021-08-10. Pacific Golden Plover, Gull-billed Tern, Terek Sandpiper, Common Redshank, Dalmatian Pelican, Caspian Gull, Common Shelduck, Common Greenshank, White-tailed Sea-Eagle, Eurasian Curlew, Wood Sandpiper, Wood Sandpiper, Green Sandpiper, Temminck's Stint, Ruff, Northern Lapwing, Common Kingfisher, Grey Heron, Little Ringed Plover, Citrine Wagtail, Green Sandpiper, Wood Sandpiper, Common Redshank, Common Shelduck.

    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...