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Sorbulak. Almaty oblast.


2017-02-19| Askar Isabekov
duration 7 часов
weather снег, памурно
rout малый Сорбулак - Большой Сорбулак
equipment
notes с Олегом Беляловым


# species number comment

1Great White Egret (Egretta alba)4шлюз 1вдхр

2Mute Swan (Cygnus olor)10

3Whooper Swan (Cygnus cygnus)30

4Ruddy Shelduck (Tadorna ferruginea)10

5Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos)150

6Common Teal (Anas crecca)2

7Gadwall (Anas strepera)2

8Eurasian Wigeon (Anas penelope)2

9Northern Pintail (Anas acuta)20

10Northern Shoveler (Anas clypeata)5

11Common Pochard (Aythya ferina)30

12Tufted Duck (Aythya fuligula)

13Goosander (Mergus merganser)25

14Common Sparrowhawk (Accipiter nisus)1Караой

15Eastern Buzzard (Buteo japonicus)2

16Steppe Eagle (Aquila nipalensis)2

17White-tailed Sea-Eagle (Haliaeetus albicilla)35

18Common Kestrel (Falco tinnunculus)1

19Green Sandpiper (Tringa ochropus)1

20Caspian Gull (Larus cachinnans)5

21Rock Pigeon (Columba livia)

22Eurasian Collared Dove (Streptopelia decaocto)

23Crested Lark (Galerida cristata)10

24Horned Lark (Eremophila alpestris)10

25Water Pipit (Anthus spinoletta)1

26Eurasian Magpie (Pica pica)

27Eurasian Jackdaw (Corvus monedula)

28Rook (Corvus frugilegus)

29Carrion Crow (Corvus corone)

30Hooded Crow (Corvus cornix)

31Black-throated Thrush (Turdus atrogularis)1

32Fieldfare (Turdus pilaris)3

33Eurasian Blackbird (Turdus merula)7

34Great Tit (Parus major)5

35House Sparrow (Passer domesticus)

36Tree Sparrow (Passer montanus)

37Common Chaffinch (Fringilla coelebs)30

38Grey-headed Goldfinch (Carduelis caniceps)20

39Corn Bunting (Emberiza calandra)150

40Northern Reed Bunting (Emberiza schoeniclus)10

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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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