Ile river valley.

Today I with Raufael Bairashev made trip to Ile valley in Kapchagay area. During all time we saw many Black Kites both in flocks of about 30 birds and singles. Twice we saw flocks of Demoiselle Cranes. There are a lot of Coots, Crested Grebes in the small lakes; we saw Common Pochards and one Eurasian Bittern too. On the roadsides we noticed one Hoopoe, one Black Redstart, dozens of Pied Wheatears, one Isabelline Wheatear, Chaffinches, Azure Tits, Great Tits, one Corn Bunting, one Stonechat, Turkestan Shrike, Isabelline Shrike, Water Pipit, Tree Pipit, and a lot of Rooks, Jackdaws, Carrion Crows. On one meadow we observed the large mixed flock of different Wagtails. There were White, Masked, Yellow, Citrine and Black-headed Wagtails.

1. Water Pipit (Anthus spinoletta blakistoni)

2. Isabelline Shrike (Lanius isabellinus isabellinus)

3. White Wagtail (Motacilla alba dukhunensis)

4. Citrine Wagtail (Motacilla citreola quassatrix)

5. Black-headed Wagtail (Motacilla feldegg melanogrisea)

6. Yellow Wagtail (Motacilla flava thunbergi)

7. Azure Tit (Parus cyanus koktalensis)