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Almaty, Samal.

2012-06-30 | Askar Isabekov

Male Scops Owl change its day location from chestnut tree to wild apricot near my door what means the flight chicks out of the nest occurred or are proposed. Owl didn’t pay attention to passed people but opened the eyes and fluffed one’s feathers when the cat appeared. [...... read more ]


Sorbulak, Akterek.

2012-06-23 | Askar Isabekov

On the Little Sorbulak lakes I watched Mute Swans, one Dalmatian Pelican, many Ducks unidentified in morning light, the pair of Black-bellied Sandgrouses flew to watering-place, Great Crested Grebes, Grey Herons and White Egrets. On the Big Sorbulak the birds were much more, I noticed Pintails, Wigeons, Shovelers, Gadwalls, Ruddy Shelducks, Dalmatian nad Great White Pelicans. Garganeys, Common Redshank, Black-winged Stilts, one Kentish Plover, both Common and Rosy Starlings, one Black Tern, a lot of Sand Martins, Great Crested Grebes, several Lapwings; raptors: Marsh Harrier, White-tailed Sea-Eagle, Hobby.On the way to Akterek (Bishkek highway) noticed the Lesser Grey Shrike, two Long-legged Buzzards, several Rollers. The absence of European Bee-eater and Long-tailed Shrike was surprising; the small number of the Rollers and Buzzards too. In Akterek there were a lot of Black-headed Penduline Tits; I saw also one Paradise Flycatcher and the family of Chukars. [...... read more ]


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Almaty.

2012-06-14 | Askar Isabekov

Male Scops Owl continues to sleep all day on the chestnut. Near Botanical Garden on the tree I noticed the Wood Pigeon. [...... read more ]


Big Almaty Lake.

2012-06-10 | Askar Isabekov

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Bura, Akkol, Southern Trans-Balkhash area.

2012-06-02 | Askar Isabekov

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A Pavel
Abdikhalyk Sanzhar
Aleinikova Svetlana
Amirekul Kudaibergen
Andryuchshenko Artem
Artyushina Svetlana
Babalyk Yelbossyn
Bairashev Raouf
Balykin Alexandr
Barbosa Armando
Baskakova Svetlana
Batyrkhanuly Kanat
Belousov Yevgeny
Belyaev Alexandr
Belyaev Ivan
Belyalov Oleg
Bolbotov Gleb
Borovaya Natalya
Buhl Johannes
Chapurin Vladimir
Dyachenko Egor
Dyakin Gennadiy
Dyussebayeva Madina
Fedorenko Vassiliy
Feldman Aleksandr
Flechtner Georg Stephan
Fokina Antonina
Gavrilov Andrey
Gubin Boris
Guskov Aleksandr
Isabekov Askar
Isabekova Anar
Isakul Elnur
Ivanova Maria
izoya sergey
Kalashnikov Miphail
Kalashnikova Irina
Kalistratov Sergey
Kalyuzhnov Viktor
Kanunnikov Nikita
Karassev Vladilen
Karimbay Amir
Karyakin Igor
Katuncev Alexandr
Kazenas Vladimir
Kenzhegulov Qanatbek
Khalitov Ildar
Khasanov Grigory
Kim Natali
Klasan Steve
Klyubina Yuliya
Kolenov Sergey
Kolesnikov Viktor
Kondratenko Galina
Korshikov Leonid
Koshkin Aleksey
Koshkina Alyona
Kovalenko Andrey
Kovalev Konstantin
Kuderinova Svetlana
Kurochkin Alexey
Kuryashkin Andrei
Makhnina Alexandra
Malkov Yuriy
Meek Albert
Motyshev Nursultan
Muravskiy Vladimir
Naizagarin Aidar
Nukusbekov Malik
Omarov Dauren
Ongarbayev Nurlan
Ortlieb Leon
Plotnikova Olga
Rekuts Irina
Rosenberg Galina
Roux Jean Paul
Saparbayev Aldiyar
Shakula Fedor
Shapira Michael
Shatalov Andrey
Shefer Vladimir
Shmygalev Sergei
Silan Serg
Simon Andrew
Sofronov Evgeniy
Telegin Ruslan
Timoshenko Alexey
Turkovskiy ivan
Ukolov Ilya
Urazaliyev Ruslan
Vilyayev Andrey
Volkov Sergey L.
Voronova Vera
Yasko Anna
Zenkov Valentin
Zharilkasin Sirimbet
Zotova Anastassiya
Zvyaginceva Viktoriya

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

2026-06-02

Анна Ясько: Кряквы.

more unidentified birds...