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    map of photoshootings

    total species: 204
    total photos: 317
    total videos: 0
    total blogposts: 0

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    1. Eurasian Blackbird (2013-01-17)
    2. Grey Partridge (2013-01-28)
    3. Snow Bunting (2013-01-28)
    4. Great Tit (2013-03-02)
    5. Northern Bullfinch (2013-03-02)
    6. House Sparrow (2013-03-09)
    7. Fieldfare (2013-03-23)
    8. Rook (2013-03-23)
    9. Hawfinch (2013-03-23)
    10. Tree Sparrow (2013-03-23)
    11. Bohemian Waxwing (2013-03-23)
    12. Hooded Crow (2013-03-23)
    13. Rock Pigeon (2013-03-23)
    14. Eurasian Magpie (2013-03-23)
    15. Great Spotted Woodpecker (2013-03-30)
    16. Eurasian Nuthatch (2013-03-30)
    17. Long-tailed Tit (2013-03-30)
    18. White Wagtail (2013-04-06)
    19. Great White Egret (2013-04-06)
    20. Great Cormorant (2013-04-06)
    21. Citrine Wagtail (2013-04-06)
    22. Mallard (2013-04-06)
    23. Black-headed Gull (2013-04-06)
    24. Common Teal (2013-04-06)
    25. Grey Heron (2013-04-06)
    26. Eurasian Jay (2013-04-06)
    27. Northern Reed Bunting (2013-04-06)
    28. Long-tailed Rosefinch (2013-04-06)
    30. Black Kite (2013-04-06)
    31. Northern Lapwing (2013-04-06)
    32. Baraba Steppe Gull (2013-04-06)
    33. Common Kestrel (2013-04-06)
    34. Western Marsh-Harrier (2013-04-06)
    35. Eurasian Jackdaw (2013-04-07)
    36. Common Chaffinch (2013-04-07)
    37. Northern Wheatear (2013-04-07)
    38. Sky Lark (2013-04-07)
    39. Common Starling (2013-04-07)
    40. Common Redshank (2013-04-07)
    41. Ural Owl (2013-04-10)
    42. European Greenfinch (2013-04-10)
    43. Greylag Goose (2013-04-10)
    44. Common Sparrowhawk (2013-04-10)
    45. Great White Pelican (2013-04-13)
    46. Goosander (2013-04-14)
    47. Common Buzzard (2013-04-14)
    48. Northern Shoveler (2013-04-14)
    49. Whooper Swan (2013-04-14)
    50. Common Coot (2013-04-14)
    51. Demoiselle Crane (2013-04-14)
    52. Black-winged Stilt (2013-04-17)
    53. Common Raven (2013-04-17)
    55. Short-eared Owl (2013-04-17)
    56. Tree Pipit (2013-04-17)
    57. Pallid Harrier (2013-04-17)
    58. Common Crane (2013-04-17)
    59. Bearded Tit (2013-04-17)
    60. Green Sandpiper (2013-04-17)
    61. Great Grey Shrike (2013-04-19)
    62. Willow Ptarmigan (2013-04-20)
    63. Northern Pintail (2013-04-20)
    64. Tufted Duck (2013-04-20)
    66. Rough-legged Buzzard (2013-04-20)
    67. Red-crested Pochard (2013-04-21)
    68. Black-tailed Godwit (2013-04-24)
    69. Common Snipe (2013-04-24)
    70. Bluethroat (2013-04-24)
    71. Wood Pigeon (2013-04-24)
    72. Little Ringed Plover (2013-04-24)
    73. Marsh Sandpiper (2013-04-24)
    74. Garganey (2013-04-24)
    75. Mute Swan (2013-04-24)
    76. Eurasian Curlew (2013-04-27)
    77. Merlin (2013-04-27)
    78. Yellow Wagtail (2013-04-27)
    79. Caspian Gull (2013-04-27)
    80. Eurasian Hobby (2013-04-27)
    81. Siberian Stonechat (2013-04-27)
    82. Ruff (2013-05-01)
    83. Common Shelduck (2013-05-01)
    84. Common Pochard (2013-05-01)
    85. Eastern Imperial Eagle (2013-05-07)
    86. Great Crested Grebe (2013-05-12)
    87. Gadwall (2013-05-12)
    88. Pine Bunting (2013-05-12)
    89. Peregrine Falcon (2013-05-17)
    90. Eurasian Redstart (2013-05-17)
    91. Common Whitethroat (2013-05-17)
    92. Grey Plover (2013-05-17)
    93. Long-eared Owl (2013-05-17)
    94. Lesser Whitethroat (2013-05-17)
    95. Little Gull (2013-05-23)
    96. Wood Sandpiper (2013-05-23)
    97. Red-Necked Grebe (2013-05-23)
    98. Common Tern (2013-05-23)
    99. Temminck's Stint (2013-05-23)
    100. Curlew Sandpiper (2013-05-23)
    101. White-winged Tern (2013-05-23)
    102. Greater Ringed Plover (2013-05-29)
    103. Red-breasted Goose (2013-05-29)
    104. Ruddy Turnstone (2013-05-29)
    105. Little Stint (2013-05-29)
    106. Bar-tailed Godwit (2013-05-29)
    107. Red-necked Phalarope (2013-05-29)
    108. Dunlin (2013-05-29)
    109. Pied Avocet (2013-05-29)
    110. Common Rosefinch (2013-06-03)
    111. Common Mynah (2013-06-04)
    112. Laughing Dove (2013-06-04)
    113. Little Bittern (2013-06-04)
    114. Blue-cheeked Bee-eater (2013-06-06)
    115. Cetti's Warbler (2013-06-06)
    116. Caspian Tern (2013-06-06)
    117. Hoopoe (2013-06-06)
    118. Moustached Warbler (2013-06-06)
    119. Purple Heron (2013-06-06)
    120. Rosy Starling (2013-06-06)
    121. Little Egret (2013-06-06)
    122. Pygmy Cormorant (2013-06-06)
    123. Black-crowned Night Heron (2013-06-06)
    124. Barn Swallow (2013-06-06)
    125. Ferruginous Duck (2013-06-06)
    126. Ruddy Shelduck (2013-06-06)
    127. Booted Warbler (2013-06-07)
    128. European Bee-eater (2013-06-08)
    129. Common Kingfisher (2013-06-08)
    130. Red-headed Bunting (2013-06-08)
    131. Glossy Ibis (2013-06-08)
    132. Northern House Martin (2013-06-09)
    133. White-tailed Lapwing (2013-06-09)
    134. Eurasian Bittern (2013-06-09)
    135. Common Moorhen (2013-06-09)
    136. White-headed Duck (2013-06-09)
    137. Slender-billed Gull (2013-06-09)
    138. Black-Necked Grebe (2013-06-09)
    139. Pallas's Gull (2013-06-09)
    140. Black-headed Wagtail (2013-06-09)
    141. Black Tern (2013-06-09)
    142. Gull-billed Tern (2013-06-09)
    143. Crested Lark (2013-06-09)
    144. Eurasian Reed Warbler (2013-06-09)
    145. Common Goldeneye (2013-06-09)
    146. Kentish Plover (2013-06-09)
    147. Red-footed Falcon (2013-06-09)
    148. Common Swift (2013-06-09)
    149. Common Cuckoo (2013-06-09)
    150. Whiskered Tern (2013-06-09)
    151. Black-winged Pratincole (2013-06-09)
    152. Lesser Grey Shrike (2013-06-11)
    153. Eurasian Roller (2013-06-11)
    154. Greater Flamingo (2013-06-11)
    155. Eurasian Penduline Tit (2013-06-11)
    156. Isabelline Wheatear (2013-06-11)
    157. Pied Wheatear (2013-06-11)
    159. Sandwich Tern (2013-06-12)
    160. Little Tern (2013-06-12)
    161. Dalmatian Pelican (2013-06-12)
    162. Yellowhammer (2013-06-18)
    163. Garden Warbler (2013-06-18)
    164. Willow Tit (2013-06-19)
    165. Blyth's Reed Warbler (2013-06-19)
    166. Common Sandpiper (2013-06-20)
    167. Thrush Nightingale (2013-06-20)
    168. Spotted Flycatcher (2013-06-23)
    169. Eurasian Goldfinch (2013-06-27)
    170. Oriental Turtle Dove (2013-06-27)
    171. White-tailed Sea-Eagle (2013-07-12)
    172. Stock Pigeon (2013-07-16)
    173. Paddyfield Warbler (2013-07-16)
    174. Arctic Loon (2013-07-17)
    175. Terek Sandpiper (2013-07-17)
    176. Hen Harrier (2013-07-18)
    177. Slavonian Grebe (2013-07-18)
    178. Common Greenshank (2013-08-25)
    179. White-Backed Woodpecker (2013-08-26)
    180. Greater Spotted Eagle (2013-09-13)
    181. Brambling (2013-09-29)
    182. Steppe Eagle (2013-09-29)
    183. Long-legged Buzzard (2013-09-29)
    184. Black Lark (2013-09-29)
    185. Common Chiffchaff (2013-09-29)
    186. Bean Goose (2013-10-01)
    187. Red Crossbill (2013-10-22)
    188. Mistle Thrush (2013-10-27)
    189. Eurasian Wigeon (2013-11-02)
    190. Red-breasted Merganser (2013-11-05)
    191. Azure Tit (2013-11-11)
    192. Northern Black Grouse (2013-11-17)
    193. Eurasian Collared Dove (2013-12-07)
    194. Blue Tit (2013-12-07)
    195. Lesser Short-toed Lark (2013-12-07)
    196. Redwing (2013-12-09)
    197. Little Grebe (2013-12-09)
    198. Song Thrush (2013-12-09)
    199. Horned Lark (2013-12-10)
    200. Greater Scaup (2013-12-11)
    201. Eurasian Siskin (2013-12-16)
    202. European Robin (2013-12-17)
    203. White-winged Crossbill (2013-12-18)
    204. Common Redpoll (2013-12-30)

    recent uploads

    2013-12-31. Common Redpoll.

    2013-12-26. Caspian Gull.

    2013-12-20. Hybrid Crow.

    2013-12-18. White-winged Crossbill.

    2013-12-17. Eurasian Siskin, Continental Cormorant, Redwing, European Robin, Common Chaffinch, Wood Pigeon, Eurasian Collared Dove, Blue Tit, Little Grebe, Greater Scaup, Song Thrush, Steppe Horned Lark, Lesser Short-toed Lark, Red-breasted Merganser, Crested Lark.

    2013-11-24. Northern Black Grouse, Mute Swan.

    2013-11-12. Lesser White-fronted Goose.

    2013-10-29. Pied Wheatear.

    2013-10-27. Mistle Thrush.

    2013-10-24. Red Crossbill, Red Crossbill.

    2013-10-23. Red Crossbill.

    2013-10-22. Common Chiffchaff.

    2013-10-20. Red-breasted Merganser, Azure Tit, Eurasian Wigeon, Common Chiffchaff.

    2013-10-11. Brambling, Northern Reed Bunting, Steppe Eagle, Long-legged Buzzard, Black Lark, White-Backed Woodpecker, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Red-crested Pochard, Black-headed Gull, Whooper Swan, Greylag Goose, Whooper Swan, Grey Plover, Sky Lark.

    2013-10-09. Lesser White-fronted Goose, Lesser White-fronted Goose, Eurasian Curlew.

    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...

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    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
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    2025-06-01
    Blyth's Reed Warbler
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    2025-04-14
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    2025-03-30
    Great White Egret
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    2025-03-23
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    2025-02-07
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    2025-02-06
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    2025-01-07
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    2024-08-03
    Common Tern
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    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
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    Bassel Abi Jummaa: Blyth's reed warbler ( Acrocephalus Dometurum )
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