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Fetisovo, Kenderli bay. Mangistau.


2017-10-02| Askar Isabekov
duration 2 часа
weather солнечно
rout вдоль берега на север, около 3 км
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# species number comment

1Great Cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo)1

2Mute Swan (Cygnus olor)3

3Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos)20

4Common Teal (Anas crecca)3

5Montagu's Harrier (Circus pygargus)1

6Western Marsh-Harrier (Circus aeruginosus)1

7Common Sparrowhawk (Accipiter nisus)1

8Long-legged Buzzard (Buteo rufinus)2

9Common Kestrel (Falco tinnunculus)2

10Greater Ringed Plover (Charadrius hiaticula)10

11Northern Lapwing (Vanellus vanellus)5

12Red-necked Phalarope (Phalaropus lobatus)8

13Ruff (Philomachus pugnax)7

14Little Stint (Calidris minuta)7

15Dunlin (Calidris alpina)15

16Common Snipe (Gallinago gallinago)1

17Black-headed Gull (Larus ridibundus)2

18Slender-billed Gull (Larus genei)2

19Caspian Gull (Larus cachinnans)5

20Rock Pigeon (Columba livia)20

21Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica)2

22Bimaculated Lark (Melanocorypha bimaculata)5

23White Wagtail (Motacilla alba)25

24Tree Pipit (Anthus trivialis)1

25Common Chiffchaff (Phylloscopus collybita)10

26Bluethroat (Luscinia svecica)3

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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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