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Sorbulak.

2012-09-30| Askar Isabekov

Overcast and quite cold day, the rain began in morning and regularly renewed. There were no any important events but there were Ducks in a large number. Number of Ruddy Shelducks decreased, but number of Coots increased. We surprisingly noticed waders, mostly Dunlins and Little Stints. The large raptor (which was identified either White-tailed Sea-Eagle or Pallas’s Sea-Eagle by reason of broad dark terminal band on white tail) was Greater Spotted Eagle, the big surprise to us. We saw Black-winged Stilt but when we come back to home only Sanjar Abdikhalyk noticed that the latest photo of Stilt on site is dated by 9th of September but one from Sorbulak is dated by 2nd of September. We had to shoot.

1. Azure Tit (Parus cyanus)

2. Black-Necked Grebe (Podiceps nigricollis)

3. Greater Spotted Eagle (Aquila clanga)

4. Little Ringed Plover (Charadrius dubius)

5. Little Stint (Calidris minuta)

6. Dunlin (Calidris alpina)

7. Greater Ringed Plover (Charadrius hiaticula)


#	species	number

1	Black-Necked Grebe (Podiceps nigricollis)

2	Great Crested Grebe (Podiceps cristatus)

3	Great Cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo)

4	Great White Egret (Egretta alba)

5	Grey Heron (Ardea cinerea)

6	Mute Swan (Cygnus olor)

7	Ruddy Shelduck (Tadorna ferruginea)

8	Common Shelduck (Tadorna tadorna)

9	Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos)

10	Common Teal (Anas crecca)

11	Gadwall (Anas strepera)

12	Eurasian Wigeon (Anas penelope)

13	Northern Pintail (Anas acuta)

14	Ferruginous Duck (Aythya nyroca)

15	Montagu's Harrier (Circus pygargus)

16	Western Marsh-Harrier (Circus aeruginosus)

17	Common Sparrowhawk (Accipiter nisus)

18	Shikra (Accipiter badius)

19	Long-legged Buzzard (Buteo rufinus)

20	Greater Spotted Eagle (Aquila clanga)

21	Common Moorhen (Gallinula chloropus)

22	Common Coot (Fulica atra)

23	Greater Ringed Plover (Charadrius hiaticula)

24	Little Ringed Plover (Charadrius dubius)

25	Kentish Plover (Charadrius alexandrinus)

26	Northern Lapwing (Vanellus vanellus)

27	Black-winged Stilt (Himantopus himantopus)

28	Pied Avocet (Recurvirostra avosetta)

29	Green Sandpiper (Tringa ochropus)

30	Common Sandpiper (Actitis hypoleucos)

31	Ruff (Philomachus pugnax)

32	Little Stint (Calidris minuta)

33	Dunlin (Calidris alpina)

34	Black-tailed Godwit (Limosa limosa)

35	Black-headed Gull (Larus ridibundus)

36	Caspian Gull (Larus cachinnans)

37	Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica)

38	Yellow Wagtail (Motacilla flava)

39	White Wagtail (Motacilla alba)

40	Masked Wagtail (Motacilla personata)

41	Common Starling (Sturnus vulgaris)

42	Eurasian Magpie (Pica pica)

43	Carrion Crow (Corvus corone)

44	Hume's Warbler (Phylloscopus humei)

45	Desert Wheatear (Oenanthe deserti)

46	Eurasian Redstart (Phoenicurus phoenicurus)

47	Black-throated Thrush (Turdus atrogularis)

48	Azure Tit (Parus cyanus)

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