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2015-11-01| Natali Kim

Сегодня, если я не ошибаюсь, у Василия Федоренко День рождения! Василий, поздравляю Вас с праздником! Пусть на Вашем пути будут только редкие и интересные встречи, а рядом с Вами верные друзья! Удачи во всех начинаниях и спасибо за то, что радуете нас своими фото шедеврами!

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2015-11-01. Аскар Исабеков:

Присоединяюсь к поздравлениям! Всего хорошего в жизни! Радости от фотоудач, прежде всего, самому!


2015-11-01. Александр Беляев:

Василий! Присоединяюсь к поздравлениям и пожеланиям.


2015-11-01. Василий Федоренко:

Большое спасибо всем за поздравления! :)


2015-11-03. Даурен Омаров:

Василий, примите мои поздние поздравления! Здоровья и новых встреч!



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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.

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Bassel Abi Jummaa: OK great . Thanks Anna

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