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total species: 90
total photos: 286
total videos: 0
total blogposts: 1

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1. Common Pheasant (2015-10-11)
2. Black-throated Thrush (2016-09-24)
3. Wallcreeper (2016-09-24)
4. Northern Wren (2016-09-24)
5. Brown Accentor (2016-09-24)
6. Red-mantled Rosefinch (2016-09-24)
7. Eversmann's Redstart (2016-09-24)
8. Spotted Nutcracker (2016-09-24)
9. Mistle Thrush (2016-09-24)
10. Plain Mountain Finch (2016-09-24)
11. Ruddy Shelduck (2016-09-24)
12. Black Redstart (2016-09-24)
13. Common Kestrel (2016-09-24)
14. Common Sparrowhawk (2016-09-24)
15. Yellow-billed Chough (2016-09-24)
16. Black-throated Accentor (2016-09-24)
17. Water Pipit (2016-09-24)
18. Carrion Crow (2016-09-24)
19. White-browed Tit-Warbler (2016-09-24)
20. Blue-capped Redstart (2016-09-24)
21. Songar Tit (2016-09-24)
22. Red Crossbill (2016-09-24)
23. Coal Tit (2016-09-24)
24. Chukar Partridge (2016-09-25)
25. Hume's Warbler (2016-09-25)
26. Oriental Turtle Dove (2016-09-25)
27. Black Kite (2016-09-27)
28. Masked Wagtail (2016-09-28)
29. Blue Whistling Thrush (2016-09-28)
30. Grey Wagtail (2016-09-28)
31. Eurasian Magpie (2016-09-28)
32. Booted Eagle (2016-09-28)
33. Turkestan Shrike (2017-04-22)
34. Long-legged Buzzard (2017-11-26)
35. Upland Buzzard (2017-11-26)
36. Eurasian Linnet (2017-11-26)
37. Yellowhammer (2017-11-26)
38. Corn Bunting (2017-11-26)
39. Turkestan Tit (2017-11-26)
40. Ibisbill (2017-11-26)
41. White-Winged Woodpecker (2017-11-26)
42. Long-tailed Rosefinch (2017-11-26)
43. Rook (2019-10-05)
44. Lammergeier (2019-10-05)
45. Common Chiffchaff (2019-10-05)
46. Bluethroat (2019-10-05)
47. Northern Goshawk (2019-10-05)
48. Eurasian Crag Martin (2019-10-05)
49. Brambling (2019-10-05)
50. Barn Swallow (2019-10-06)
51. Rock Bunting (2019-10-06)
52. Hooded Crow (2019-10-06)
53. Eastern Buzzard (2019-10-06)
54. Crested Honey-Buzzard (2019-10-06)
55. Hen Harrier (2019-10-06)
56. Cinereous Vulture (2019-10-06)
57. Golden Eagle (2019-10-06)
58. Common Buzzard (2019-10-10)
59. Dalmatian Pelican (2019-10-10)
60. Red-Necked Grebe (2019-10-10)
61. Common Teal (2019-10-10)
62. Arctic Loon (2019-10-10)
63. Black-Necked Grebe (2019-10-10)
64. Eurasian Curlew (2019-10-10)
65. Great Crested Grebe (2019-10-10)
66. White Wagtail (2019-10-10)
67. Greater Ringed Plover (2019-10-10)
68. Little Stint (2019-10-10)
69. Common Redshank (2019-10-10)
70. Ferruginous Duck (2019-10-10)
71. Pacific Golden Plover (2019-10-10)
72. Kentish Plover (2019-10-10)
73. Peregrine Falcon (2019-10-10)
74. Little Ringed Plover (2019-10-10)
75. Buff-bellied Pipit (2019-10-10)
76. Caspian Gull (2019-10-10)
77. Black-headed Gull (2019-10-10)
78. Spotted Redshank (2019-10-10)
79. Short-toed Snake-Eagle (2019-10-10)
80. Great White Egret (2019-10-10)
81. Merlin (2019-10-10)
82. Red-breasted Goose (2019-10-10)
83. Steppe Eagle (2019-10-10)
84. Grey Heron (2019-10-10)
85. Common Tern (2019-10-10)
86. Whiskered Tern (2019-10-10)
87. Little Bustard (2019-10-10)
88. Azure Tit (2019-10-12)
89. Himalayan Accentor (2019-10-12)
90. Great Tit (2019-10-12)

recent uploads


2020-09-27. Black Redstart, Altai Buzzard, Dalmatian Pelican, Red-Necked Grebe, Common Teal, Arctic Loon, Black-Necked Grebe, Eurasian Curlew, Great Crested Grebe, White Wagtail, Greater Ringed Plover, Little Stint, Common Redshank, Ferruginous Duck, Pacific Golden Plover, Kentish Plover, Peregrine Falcon, Little Ringed Plover, Buff-bellied Pipit, Ruddy Shelduck, Caspian Gull, Black-headed Gull, Spotted Redshank, Water Pipit, Eurasian Curlew, Unkown Bird, Buff-bellied Pipit, Short-toed Snake-Eagle, Great White Egret, Merlin, Red-breasted Goose, Water Pipit, Long-legged Buzzard, Steppe Eagle, Grey Heron, Common Tern, Whiskered Tern, Little Bustard.

2020-07-28. Rock Bunting, Golden Eagle, White-browed Tit-Warbler, Black-throated Accentor, Common Kestrel, Lammergeier, Blue-capped Redstart, Azure Tit, Eversmann's Redstart, Common Kestrel, Azure Tit, White-browed Tit-Warbler, Eversmann's Redstart, Blue-capped Redstart, Azure Tit, Black-throated Thrush, Northern Goshawk, Eurasian Magpie, Brambling, Himalayan Accentor, Hen Harrier, Black-throated Accentor, Black Redstart, Great Tit.

2019-10-08. Common Kestrel, Eversmann's Redstart, Black-throated Thrush, Common Sparrowhawk, Common Pheasant.

2019-10-07. Hen Harrier, Cinereous Vulture, Common Kestrel, Brambling, Golden Eagle, Blue-capped Redstart, Eversmann's Redstart, White-browed Tit-Warbler, Blue-capped Redstart.

2019-10-06. Barn Swallow, Black-throated Thrush, Common Pheasant, Rock Bunting, Hooded Crow, Common Sparrowhawk, Eurasian Magpie, Eastern Buzzard, Crested Honey-Buzzard, Common Sparrowhawk, Northern Goshawk, Unkown Bird, Northern Goshawk.

2019-10-05. Rook, Spotted Nutcracker, Yellow-billed Chough, Wallcreeper, Lammergeier, Common Chiffchaff, Brown Accentor, Common Chiffchaff, Hume's Warbler, Hume's Warbler, Eversmann's Redstart, Common Sparrowhawk, Coal Tit, Common Sparrowhawk, Bluethroat, Northern Goshawk, Eurasian Crag Martin, Northern Goshawk, Plain Mountain Finch, Black-throated Accentor, Carrion Crow, Eversmann's Redstart, Brambling, Red-mantled Rosefinch, Brown Accentor.

2017-11-29. Ibisbill, White-Winged Woodpecker, Common Sparrowhawk, Long-tailed Rosefinch.

2017-11-28. Long-legged Buzzard, Turkestan Tit.

2017-11-27. Upland Buzzard, Chukar Partridge, Eurasian Linnet, Yellowhammer, Yellowhammer, Corn Bunting.

2017-04-23. Turkestan Shrike.

2016-09-29. Booted Eagle.

2016-09-28. Ring-necked Pheasant, Masked Wagtail, Blue Whistling Thrush, Grey Wagtail, Eurasian Magpie.

2016-09-27. Oriental Turtle Dove, Black Kite.

2016-09-26. Black-throated Thrush, Brown Accentor, White-browed Tit-Warbler, Blue-capped Redstart, Songar Tit, Eversmann's Redstart, Red Crossbill, Coal Tit, Chukar Partridge, Hume's Warbler, Oriental Turtle Dove, Common Kestrel, Common Sparrowhawk.

2016-09-24. Wallcreeper, Northern Wren, Red-mantled Rosefinch, Eversmann's Redstart, Red-mantled Rosefinch, Spotted Nutcracker, Mistle Thrush, Plain Mountain Finch, Ruddy Shelduck, Red-mantled Rosefinch, Turkestan Black Redstart, Brown Accentor, Black Redstart, Common Kestrel, Brown Accentor, Common Sparrowhawk, Yellow-billed Chough, Eversmann's Redstart, Common Sparrowhawk, Black-throated Accentor, Red-mantled Rosefinch, Eversmann's Redstart, Water Pipit, Water Pipit, Carrion Crow.

2015-10-14. Common Pheasant.

recent comments


2020-11-16. to photo # 03780014701 (Altai Buzzard)

Аскар Исабеков: Вы правы, Михаил, птица похожа на курганника, даже хвост красноватый. Но октябрь - это поздновато для курганника. У нас в это время бывает вот [....]


2020-11-16. to photo # 03780014701 (Altai Buzzard)

Михаил Невский: Курганник.


2020-10-02. to photo # 03780015701 (Little Stint)

И.Фефелов: Вторая бровь, похоже, "искусственная", перья так встали. К-воробей.


2020-09-28. to photo # 03780015101 (Arctic Loon)

Геннадий Дякин: Андрiй, вот Вы везучий! Я на Сорбулаке был больше 130 раз, а гагару там не видел. А Вы вот наездом и такое везение.Вообще смотрю за эту поездку [....]


2020-09-28. to photo # 03780014601 (Black Redstart)

Николай Балацкий: Горихвостка-чернушка, самка.


2020-09-27. to photo # 03780016401 (Buff-bellied Pipit)

Аскар Исабеков: а это гольцовый конек


2020-09-27. to photo # 03780017701 (Water Pipit)

Аскар Исабеков: Уже почти год прошел, как быстро время летит. Андрей, это горный конек.


2020-09-27. to photo # 03780017401 (Great White Egret)

Анна Ясько: Тут вроде все белые цапли.


2020-09-27. to photo # 03780015701 (Little Stint)

Анна Ясько: По-моему, на воробья похож. У грязовика клюв длиннее, ноги светлые, на груди есть пестрины.


2020-07-29. to photo # 03780013801 (Northern Goshawk)

Анна Ясько: Похоже, что да.


2020-07-28. to photo # 03780013801 (Northern Goshawk)

Андрій Сімон: Тетеревятник?


2019-11-01. to photo # 03780010201 (Crested Honey-Buzzard)

Аскар Исабеков: перенес в хохлатого осоеда


2019-10-28. to photo # 03780010101 (Eastern Buzzard)

Аскар Исабеков: я думаю, что в этой серии та же самая особь, что здесь (фото).


2019-10-28. to photo # 03780010201 (Crested Honey-Buzzard)

Аскар Исабеков: предположить-то можно, что, в общем-то Андрей и сделал. вот похожая птица (фото) - крылья держит похоже, темная морфа, без широких полос по хвосту, [....]


2019-10-14. to photo # 03780010201 (Crested Honey-Buzzard)

Алдияр Сапарбаев: А можно предположить хохлатого осоеда?
6 пальцев и длинный хвост.


2019-10-14. to photo # 03780010201 (Crested Honey-Buzzard)

Аскар Исабеков: честно говоря, затрудняюсь с определением.


2019-10-07. to photo # 03780010701 (Hen Harrier)

Анна Ясько: Пальцев пять. Полевой.


2019-10-07. to photo # 03780009401 (Barn Swallow)

Анна Ясько: Деревенские ласточки.


2019-10-07. to photo # 03780010701 (Hen Harrier)

Шевцов Дмитрий: Полевой


2019-10-07. to photo # 03780010201 (Crested Honey-Buzzard)

Андрей Симон: Хохлатый осоед? Если бы не пальцы "орлиные", то точно подумал бы на осоеда. А так пока сомневаюсь...


2019-10-07. to photo # 03780010701 (Hen Harrier)

Андрей Симон: Степной молодой?


2019-10-06. to photo # 03780007801 (Hume's Warbler)

Олег Белялов: и эта тоже тусклая зарничка


2019-10-06. to photo # 03780007703 (Hume's Warbler)

Олег Белялов: Phylloscopus humei


2017-11-28. to photo # 03780006102 (Yellowhammer)

Андрей Симон: Да, фото у меня, как правило, не на высоте! :-) Против этого не попрёшь! В любом случае, если есть подозрение на примеси - лучше подождать другую [....]


2017-11-28. to photo # 03780006102 (Yellowhammer)

Сергей Л. Волков: Одна-то белошапочная здесь есть. Просто мы не можем точно сказать, есть ли в ней примесь обыкновенной. Качество фото не позволяет.


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...

recent video

2026-01-18
Common Kestrel
(Ruslan Abutrapov)

2025-10-31
Great Cormorant
(Raouf Bairashev)

2025-08-31
Spotted Flycatcher
(Anna Yasko)

2025-07-01
Northern Hawk Owl
(Tungysh Zaparkulov)

2025-06-17
Great White Egret
(Irina Kuryanova)

2025-06-01
Blyth's Reed Warbler
(Irina Kuryanova)

2025-04-14
Grey-Headed Woodpecker
(sergey izoya)

2025-03-30
Great White Egret
(Anna Yasko)
Common Kestrel
(Anna Yasko)

2025-03-23
Common Sparrowhawk
(Ksenia Serbina)
Great Tit
(Ksenia Serbina)

2025-02-07
Arctic Loon
(Irina Kuryanova)

2025-02-06
Red Crossbill
(Viktoriya Zvyaginceva)

2025-01-07
Eurasian Penduline Tit
(sergey izoya)

2024-08-03
Common Tern
(Viktoriya Zvyaginceva)

more video...

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.

2026-06-02

Bassel Abi Jummaa: Blyth's reed warbler ( Acrocephalus Dometurum )

more unidentified birds...