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    • Trip to Balkhash

    2017-12-17| Sanzhar Abdikhalyk

    На День Независимости на два дня ездили до города Балхаш с Геннадием Дякиным и Александром Беляевым.

    Главное наблюдение - белая сова. Из интересных видов - два зимняка, большие стаи жаворонков (черных, белокрылых, серых, рогатых)

    Также запомнились встречи болотной совы, травника и чибиса


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    # species number
    1Great White Egret (Egretta alba)
    2Ruddy Shelduck (Tadorna ferruginea)
    3Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos)
    4Hen Harrier (Circus cyaneus)
    5Common Sparrowhawk (Accipiter nisus)
    6Rough-legged Buzzard (Buteo lagopus)
    7Upland Buzzard (Buteo hemilasius)
    8Eastern Buzzard (Buteo japonicus)
    9White-tailed Sea-Eagle (Haliaeetus albicilla)
    10Common Kestrel (Falco tinnunculus)
    11Grey Partridge (Perdix perdix)
    12Northern Lapwing (Vanellus vanellus)
    13Green Sandpiper (Tringa ochropus)
    14Common Redshank (Tringa totanus)
    15Rock Pigeon (Columba livia)
    16Laughing Dove (Streptopelia senegalensis)
    17Snowy Owl (Nyctea scandiaca)
    18Short-eared Owl (Asio flammeus)
    19Little Owl (Athene noctua)
    20Crested Lark (Galerida cristata)
    21Lesser Short-toed Lark (Calandrella rufescens)
    22White-winged Lark (Melanocorypha leucoptera)
    23Black Lark (Melanocorypha yeltoniensis)
    24Horned Lark (Eremophila alpestris)
    25Common Mynah (Acridotheres tristis)
    26Eurasian Magpie (Pica pica)
    27Rook (Corvus frugilegus)
    28Carrion Crow (Corvus corone)
    29Hooded Crow (Corvus cornix)
    30Great Tit (Parus major)
    31Turkestan Tit (Parus bokharensis)
    32House Sparrow (Passer domesticus)
    33Tree Sparrow (Passer montanus)
    34Common Chaffinch (Fringilla coelebs)
    35Brambling (Fringilla montifringilla)
    36Eurasian Linnet (Acanthis cannabina)
    37Twite (Acanthis flavirostris)
    38Common Redpoll (Acanthis flammea)
    39Desert Finch (Rhodospiza obsoleta)
    40Long-tailed Rosefinch (Uragus sibiricus)

    comments:
    2017-12-23. Анна Ясько:

    Белая сова - это замечательно. Могу сказать, что мое желание сбылось (хотелось увидеть на сайте новые фото этой красивой птицы).

    2018-01-05. Геннадий Дякин:

    3 зимняка. Сначала 2 почти рядом, потом еще 1.


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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.
    more rarities...

    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
    more unidentified birds...