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2021-05-12| Andrey Kovalenko

12 мая вышли в море. По дороге начали встречаться северные виды птиц... А утром следующего дня старпом сообщил, что на рубку садилась белая сова. По описанию как-будто белая и есть. Большая, белая с черным чешуйчатым рисунком. Вертела головой на присаде. Он хотел снят на телефон, стал поднимать солнцезащитную штору, и она улетела... Я как раз был на завтраке и не успел её увидеть...(


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# species number

1Arctic Loon (Gavia arctica)3

2Red-Necked Grebe (Podiceps grisegena)10

3Great Cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo)10

4Mute Swan (Cygnus olor)2

5Ruddy Shelduck (Tadorna ferruginea)2

6Long-tailed Duck (Clangula hyemalis)3

7Arctic Skua (Stercorarius parasiticus)3

8Pallas's Gull (Larus ichthyaetus)5

9Little Gull (Larus minutus)100

10Black-headed Gull (Larus ridibundus)5

11Caspian Gull (Larus cachinnans)4

12Black-legged Kittiwake (Rissa tridactyla)5

13Black Tern (Chlidonias nigra)2

14Caspian Tern (Hydroprogne caspia)2

15Sandwich Tern (Sterna sandvicensis)4

16Common Tern (Sterna hirundo)20

17Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica)2

18Yellow Wagtail (Motacilla flava)2

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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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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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