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Big Almaty Lake, Big Almaty Peak.

2013-08-31 | Askar Isabekov

August 30-31. Two days trip to Big Almaty Lake area with Madina Dyusebayeva and three her friends. We started from the city close to lunch time of 30th of August. Mountains from the city looked as full covered by clouds. But system was not static; clouds were moving all the time and we was in the mist not all time. During the serpentine road we saw Blue Whistling Thrush, Wallcreeper, Kestrel and Nutcracker. After we arrived to the Lake and took the permission we go to the mouth of the river. On this road we saw brood of Eversmann’s Redstart, Red-fronted Serin, Golden Eagle, and one Merlin which was in front of us all time. In the mouth of river two Hobbies unsuccessfully tried to catch one Grey Wagtail. Ibisbills in first time were not visible but later Madina found the couple at about 100 meters from the lake. Ibisbills flushed and crying moved to the marsh part of the coast. Then we moved to juniper bushes near Observatory when we watched some Stonechats, Norhtern Wheatear, Black-throated [...... read more ]


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За фламинго в Кургальжино!

2013-08-30 | Vassiliy Fedorenko

За фламинго в Кургальжино! (30 августа - 2 сентября 2013)Сначала хотел написать дневник по дням, но уже которую неделю нет времени написать даже кратенько. Поэтому решил все за один раз, тем более некоторые дни были скудными на улов. ---------------------------------------------------------- День 1 ------------------------------------------------------------- Итак, выехали в 4 утра 30 августа в составе Тоня Фокина, Андрей Коваленко, Геннадий Дякин и я. Первая остановка по плану на Каншенгеле. Заехали на лужу у поселка, тут бегают кулики-воробьи, белохвостики и малые зуйки. В общем, ничего особенного, на второй [...... read more ]


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Сорбулак

2013-08-25 | Askar Isabekov

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Almaty. Republic Square.

2013-08-24 | Askar Isabekov

Day is rather overcast. The weddings are quite a bit, birds are present. In the bushes I saw Warblers, mostly Common and Lesser Whitethroats but I twice saw also juvenile Barred Warblers. In different sides of Square I watched two Turkestan Shrikes, one of them was calm juvenile, another one was very shy adult male. I noticed the latter in my last visit, in first time I noticed only reddish tail, then a long time it hid in the bushes but finally left it and I could to watch Shrike but from a far. I was lucky because I could identify bird. Also I watch the flock of Stonechats, seven birds, all are females and juveniles, no one adult male. All birds were in the locations of Cornus sanguinea berries of which will be the main food for birds even until the end of December when birds finish to eat all of food in Square. The berries of hawthorn are ripen too, but I didn’t see birds eating it. [...... read more ]


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Сорбулак

2013-08-24 | Vassiliy Fedorenko

Поездка на космостанцию в связи с погодой обломилась и мы сразу чухнули на Сорбулак. На этот раз решили просчитать маршрут по солнцу, поэтому начали с Малого Сорбулака. Коршунов полно повсюду, но в районе навозных кучь перед каналом их вообще тьма. Заехали посмотреть на кучи в поисках и других хищников, но там только коршуны. Вдоль дороги на проводах множество больших горлиц, а вот клинтухов встретили всего пару и они бродили по дроге. До приличного снимка так и не подпустили. На озере за мечетью несколько бекасов, черныши и плавунчики.У первого [...... read more ]


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Almaty. Republic Square.

2013-08-19 | Askar Isabekov

In spite of many people, birds appeared in the Square. I saw 4-5 Common Whitethroats, 1-2 juvenile Barred Warblers, 2 Lesser Whitethroats, 1 Turkestan Shrike, 1 Hume's Warbler. [...... read more ]


Lesser Almaty Gorge

2013-08-18 | Sanzhar Abdikhalyk

Решил сделать запись не за один день, а за три сразу. Весь прошлый уикенд и воскресенье позапрошлой недели провел в Малом Алматинском Ущелье, так что здесь больше как trip report ...Последний месяц очень хотел увидеть жемчужного вьюрка, после того, как в день альпиниады жена Аскара увидела его на Чимбулачке. Однако повторные два похода через Чимбулачку и Кимасар также как и переход в Чертово Ущелье результатов не дали, поэтому решил что надо все же дойти до Т-1, станции гляциологов в самом верху Малого Алматинского Ущелья. Этот пункт, также называемый [...... read more ]


БАО - Сорбулак

2013-08-18 | Vassiliy Fedorenko

В пятницу мы отправились за грибами на БАО и я умышленно оставил телевик дома. Птицы как знали. В лесу сразу стали попадаться горихвостки, пара джунгарских гаичек прыгали прям перед лицом, кедровки, дубоносы и пеночки. Один раз батя спугнул с земли вальдшнепа и тот тихо улетел, я даже его не увидел. Но такое случается, и тут ничего не поделаешь. Но вот мы уже направлялись обратно и почти на выходе из леса не далеко от тропы снова взлетел вальдшнеп. Но полетел он медленно, тяжело, поджимая хвост и «упал» метрах в 20. К сожалению, тогда я не знал, что это [...... read more ]


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Tuyuksu glacier. Ile Alatau National Park.

2013-08-18 | Askar Isabekov

Previous day Andrei Kovalenko and Gennady Dyakin proposed me to join them in trip to Tuyuksu glacier for Brandt’s Mountain Finch. Of course I agreed. To the destination we arrived not early but in right time. Firstly we met Sanzhar who spent the night here and already watched Finch. After Sanzhar gave us information about location of Brandt’s Finch and other birds too, we went to search them in the mountain tundra. However birds are absent, we saw only one from time to time flying by Kestrel and two Common Wheatears in the next rocks. Among the houses of station we noticed male of Guldenstadt’s Redstart which immediately flew away. Birds were so few that Andrei decided to wait Redstart. Then we went to explore the moraine. The absence of birds frightened but not a long time because Andrei found Himalayan Accantors and went to make photos of them, but I and Gennady went to another side and after a short time by the sound found several broods of Brandt’s Mountain Finches and one brood [...... read more ]


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Сорбулак: несколько штрихов

2013-08-11 | Raouf Bairashev

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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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