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Almatinskaja obl.. g. Taldykorgan


2017-03-27| Alexandr Belyaev
duration 6 часов
weather пасмурно с прояснениями, порывистый ветер
rout заросли лоха узколистного, пруды-отстойники, поле, р. Каратал
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# species number comment

1Little Grebe (Tachybaptus ruficollis)4

2Great Crested Grebe (Podiceps cristatus)2

3Great Cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo)

4Pygmy Cormorant (Phalacrocorax pygmaeus)9

5Grey Heron (Ardea cinerea)1

6Ruddy Shelduck (Tadorna ferruginea)2

7Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos)

8Common Teal (Anas crecca)

9Gadwall (Anas strepera)

10Garganey (Anas querquedula)

11Common Pochard (Aythya ferina)

12Tufted Duck (Aythya fuligula)

13Common Goldeneye (Bucephala clangula)1

14Smew (Mergellus albellus)1

15Black Kite (Milvus migrans)4

16Long-legged Buzzard (Buteo rufinus)2

17Common Buzzard (Buteo buteo)1

18Common Kestrel (Falco tinnunculus)4

19Common Coot (Fulica atra)50

20Little Ringed Plover (Charadrius dubius)6

21Northern Lapwing (Vanellus vanellus)8

22Common Redshank (Tringa totanus)4

23Black-headed Gull (Larus ridibundus)

24Baraba Steppe Gull (Larus barabensis)1?

25Wood Pigeon (Columba palumbus)1

26Rock Pigeon (Columba livia)

27Eurasian Collared Dove (Streptopelia decaocto)2

28Long-eared Owl (Asio otus)1

29Hoopoe (Upupa epops)2

30Calandra Lark (Melanocorypha calandra)2

31Black-headed Wagtail (Motacilla feldegg)

32Masked Wagtail (Motacilla personata)

33Water Pipit (Anthus spinoletta)

34Great Grey Shrike (Lanius excubitor)1

35Eurasian Magpie (Pica pica)

36Carrion Crow (Corvus corone)

37Hooded Crow (Corvus cornix)

38Cetti's Warbler (Cettia cetti)5

39Common Chiffchaff (Phylloscopus collybita)10

40Desert Wheatear (Oenanthe deserti)2

41Isabelline Wheatear (Oenanthe isabellina)1

42Eversmann's Redstart (Phoenicurus erythronotus)5

43Bluethroat (Luscinia svecica)2

44Black-throated Thrush (Turdus atrogularis)20

45Fieldfare (Turdus pilaris)2

46Azure Tit (Parus cyanus)2

47Great Tit (Parus major)

48European Greenfinch (Chloris chloris)

49Grey-headed Goldfinch (Carduelis caniceps)

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Great Snipe (Gallinago media)

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© Alexandr Fedulin
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© Margarita Davydova
2021-04-02
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