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    map of photoshootings

    total species: 69
    total photos: 189
    total videos: 1
    total blogposts: 0

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    1. Rock Pigeon (2017-01-01)
    2. Coal Tit (2017-01-01)
    3. Long-tailed Rosefinch (2017-01-15)
    4. Grey Partridge (2017-01-15)
    5. Peregrine Falcon (2017-01-20)
    6. Rook (2017-01-20)
    7. Great Spotted Woodpecker (2017-01-20)
    8. Common Goldeneye (2017-01-20)
    9. Hooded Crow (2017-01-20)
    10. Bohemian Waxwing (2017-01-20)
    11. Mallard (2017-01-20)
    12. Eurasian Dipper (2017-01-20)
    13. Great Tit (2017-01-20)
    14. Goosander (2017-01-20)
    15. White-tailed Sea-Eagle (2017-01-27)
    16. Smew (2017-01-27)
    17. Fieldfare (2017-02-04)
    18. Carrion Crow (2017-02-04)
    19. Common Pochard (2017-02-23)
    20. Eurasian Magpie (2017-02-23)
    21. Harlequin Duck (2017-02-26)
    22. Grey-headed Goldfinch (2017-03-17)
    23. Eurasian Siskin (2017-03-17)
    24. Caspian Gull (2017-03-17)
    25. Ruddy Shelduck (2017-03-17)
    26. Mew Gull (2017-03-24)
    27. Grey Heron (2017-03-26)
    28. White Wagtail (2017-03-26)
    29. Masked Wagtail (2017-03-26)
    30. Common Chiffchaff (2017-04-26)
    31. Booted Warbler (2017-05-22)
    32. Common Whitethroat (2017-05-22)
    33. Eurasian Hobby (2017-05-22)
    34. Yellow Wagtail (2017-06-06)
    35. Common Rosefinch (2017-06-06)
    36. Great Crested Grebe (2017-06-06)
    37. Common Coot (2017-06-06)
    38. Eurasian Curlew (2017-06-26)
    39. Black-tailed Godwit (2017-06-26)
    40. Red-headed Bunting (2017-06-26)
    41. Oriental Turtle Dove (2017-07-03)
    42. Common Oystercatcher (2017-07-03)
    43. Siberian Stonechat (2017-07-03)
    44. Eurasian Penduline Tit (2017-07-03)
    45. Bluethroat (2017-07-03)
    46. Black-headed Gull (2017-07-08)
    47. Common Kingfisher (2017-08-14)
    48. Blyth's Reed Warbler (2017-08-14)
    49. Great Cormorant (2017-08-14)
    50. Spotted Flycatcher (2017-08-14)
    52. Steppe Eagle (2017-08-14)
    53. Common Kestrel (2017-08-14)
    54. Red-backed Shrike (2017-08-14)
    55. Common Sparrowhawk (2017-08-19)
    56. Tree Pipit (2017-08-26)
    57. Meadow Bunting (2017-08-26)
    58. Eurasian Nuthatch (2017-08-28)
    59. Common Chaffinch (2017-09-03)
    60. Yellowhammer (2017-09-16)
    61. Black-throated Thrush (2017-10-07)
    62. Northern Bullfinch (2017-10-22)
    63. European Greenfinch (2017-10-22)
    64. Northern Reed Bunting (2017-11-23)
    65. Common Starling (2017-11-23)
    66. Common Redpoll (2017-11-23)
    67. Azure Tit (2017-11-23)
    68. Grey-Headed Woodpecker (2017-12-10)
    69. Eurasian Blackbird (2017-12-10)

    recent uploads

    2017-12-31. Common Redpoll.

    2017-12-23. Common Goldeneye, Goosander, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Smew.

    2017-12-10. Grey-Headed Woodpecker, Eurasian Blackbird, Northern Bullfinch, Black-throated Thrush, Great Spotted Woodpecker.

    2017-11-23. Northern Reed Bunting, Common Starling, Northern Reed Bunting, Northern Reed Bunting, Common Redpoll, Azure Tit, Bohemian Waxwing, European Greenfinch.

    2017-11-17. Yellowhammer.

    2017-11-05. Black-throated Thrush.

    2017-10-22. Long-tailed Rosefinch, Meadow Bunting, Northern Bullfinch, European Greenfinch.

    2017-10-21. Blyth's Reed Warbler.

    2017-10-10. Black-throated Thrush.

    2017-10-02. Blyth's Reed Warbler.

    2017-09-16. Caspian Gull, Common Kestrel, Yellowhammer.

    2017-09-03. Common Kestrel, Common Chaffinch.

    2017-08-30. Eurasian Nuthatch.

    2017-08-26. Spotted Flycatcher, Tree Pipit, Meadow Bunting.

    2017-08-20. Common Sparrowhawk.

    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...