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    map of photoshootings

    total species: 80
    total photos: 233
    total videos: 0
    total blogposts: 0

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    1. Eurasian Blackbird (2016-01-01)
    2. Grey-headed Goldfinch (2016-02-25)
    3. Tree Sparrow (2016-02-26)
    4. Great Tit (2016-02-26)
    5. Eurasian Nuthatch (2016-02-26)
    6. Rock Pigeon (2016-02-29)
    7. Mallard (2016-02-29)
    8. Goosander (2016-02-29)
    9. Common Goldeneye (2016-03-08)
    10. Great Spotted Woodpecker (2016-03-08)
    11. Black-throated Thrush (2016-03-19)
    12. Lesser Spotted Woodpecker (2016-03-19)
    13. Fieldfare (2016-03-21)
    14. Common Chaffinch (2016-03-21)
    15. Masked Wagtail (2016-03-31)
    16. Black-headed Gull (2016-03-31)
    17. Black Kite (2016-03-31)
    18. Willow Tit (2016-03-31)
    19. Song Thrush (2016-04-15)
    20. Common Starling (2016-04-15)
    21. Common Chiffchaff (2016-04-21)
    22. Northern Wheatear (2016-04-21)
    23. Tree Pipit (2016-04-21)
    24. Eurasian Linnet (2016-04-21)
    25. Grey Heron (2016-05-05)
    26. Bluethroat (2016-05-05)
    27. Long-tailed Rosefinch (2016-05-05)
    28. Eurasian Penduline Tit (2016-05-05)
    29. Common Pochard (2016-05-05)
    30. Northern Shoveler (2016-05-05)
    31. Northern Reed Bunting (2016-05-05)
    32. Siberian Stonechat (2016-05-05)
    33. Lesser Whitethroat (2016-05-05)
    34. Spotted Flycatcher (2016-05-15)
    35. Greenish Warbler (2016-05-16)
    36. Common Rosefinch (2016-05-16)
    37. Long-tailed Tit (2016-05-16)
    38. Booted Warbler (2016-05-16)
    39. Sand Martin (2016-05-16)
    40. Red-backed Shrike (2016-05-20)
    41. European Golden Oriole (2016-05-22)
    42. Great Crested Grebe (2016-05-26)
    43. Paddyfield Warbler (2016-05-26)
    44. Yellow Wagtail (2016-05-26)
    45. Common Whitethroat (2016-05-26)
    46. Common Tern (2016-06-06)
    48. Eurasian Hobby (2016-06-17)
    49. Steppe Eagle (2016-06-17)
    50. Thrush Nightingale (2016-06-30)
    51. Red-headed Bunting (2016-07-13)
    52. Common Kestrel (2016-07-13)
    53. Common Kingfisher (2016-08-11)
    54. Great Cormorant (2016-08-14)
    55. Common Moorhen (2016-08-17)
    56. Hume's Warbler (2016-09-18)
    57. Brambling (2016-09-20)
    58. Common Sparrowhawk (2016-09-20)
    59. Pine Bunting (2016-09-20)
    60. Dusky Thrush (2016-10-14)
    61. Grey Partridge (2016-10-16)
    62. Eurasian Goldfinch (2016-10-25)
    63. Bohemian Waxwing (2016-10-25)
    64. Hawfinch (2016-10-25)
    65. Mistle Thrush (2016-10-25)
    66. Azure Tit (2016-10-25)
    67. Eurasian Siskin (2016-11-01)
    68. Common Raven (2016-11-01)
    69. Eurasian Dipper (2016-11-01)
    70. Eurasian Jay (2016-11-01)
    71. Coal Tit (2016-11-05)
    72. White-tailed Sea-Eagle (2016-11-06)
    73. Goldcrest (2016-11-06)
    74. Grey-Headed Woodpecker (2016-11-06)
    75. Baraba Steppe Gull (2016-11-06)
    76. Great Grey Shrike (2016-11-08)
    77. Yellowhammer (2016-11-08)
    78. Ural Owl (2016-11-19)
    79. Smew (2016-12-01)
    80. Baikal Bullfinch (2016-12-07)

    recent uploads

    2016-12-26. Mallard, Goosander.

    2016-12-20. Eurasian Dipper, Fieldfare, White-tailed Sea-Eagle, Smew, Goosander.

    2016-12-08. Baikal Bullfinch.

    2016-12-03. Goosander, Common Goldeneye, Mallard, Smew, Willow Tit, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Bohemian Waxwing.

    2016-11-19. Ural Owl.

    2016-11-13. Bohemian Waxwing.

    2016-11-09. Azure Tit, Great Grey Shrike, Yellowhammer.

    2016-11-07. White-tailed Sea-Eagle.

    2016-11-06. Bohemian Waxwing, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Goldcrest, Grey-Headed Woodpecker, Grey Heron, Common Chiffchaff, Baraba Steppe Gull.

    2016-11-05. Coal Tit, Black-throated Thrush.

    2016-11-01. Eurasian Siskin, Common Raven, Eurasian Dipper, Eurasian Jay, Willow Tit.

    2016-10-27. Mistle Thrush, Azure Tit.

    2016-10-26. Dusky Thrush, Eurasian Goldfinch, Grey-headed Goldfinch, Bohemian Waxwing, Common Starling, Hawfinch.

    2016-10-25. Dusky Thrush.

    2016-10-16. Grey Partridge, Great Tit, Black-throated Thrush, Common Sparrowhawk, Great Spotted Woodpecker.

    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...