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Aktau. Mangistau.


2017-10-04| Askar Isabekov
duration 3 часа
weather солнце
rout сквер у акимата - набережная - ботанический сад
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notes с Александром Беляевым, Анар Исабековой, Анной Ясько.


# species number comment

1Black-Necked Grebe (Podiceps nigricollis)6

2Great Cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo)150

3Mute Swan (Cygnus olor)4

4Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos)20

5Common Teal (Anas crecca)15

6Common Goldeneye (Bucephala clangula)3

7Common Sparrowhawk (Accipiter nisus)2

8Common Kestrel (Falco tinnunculus)3

9Spotted Crake (Porzana porzana)1видел А.Беляев

10Northern Lapwing (Vanellus vanellus)2

11Ruff (Philomachus pugnax)1

12Common Snipe (Gallinago gallinago)1

13Eurasian Woodcock (Scolopax rusticola)2бот сад

14Black-headed Gull (Larus ridibundus)

15Caspian Gull (Larus cachinnans)

16Rock Pigeon (Columba livia)

17Oriental Turtle Dove (Streptopelia orientalis)20

18Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica)50

19Crested Lark (Galerida cristata)

20Greater Short-toed Lark (Calandrella brachydactyla)

21White Wagtail (Motacilla alba)10

22Tree Pipit (Anthus trivialis)1

23Red-backed Shrike (Lanius collurio)1

24Common Starling (Sturnus vulgaris)5

25Hooded Crow (Corvus cornix)3

26Common Chiffchaff (Phylloscopus collybita)10

27Goldcrest (Regulus regulus)1

28Red-breasted Flycatcher (Ficedula parva)2

29Siberian Stonechat (Saxicola maurus)1

30Isabelline Wheatear (Oenanthe isabellina)1

31Eurasian Redstart (Phoenicurus phoenicurus)2

32European Robin (Erithacus rubecula)2

33Bluethroat (Luscinia svecica)2

34Song Thrush (Turdus philomelos)5

35House Sparrow (Passer domesticus)

36Tree Sparrow (Passer montanus)

37Common Chaffinch (Fringilla coelebs)2

38Brambling (Fringilla montifringilla)2

39Eurasian Siskin (Carduelis spinus)2

40Eurasian Linnet (Acanthis cannabina)1видел А.Беляев

41Desert Finch (Rhodospiza obsoleta)10

42Common Rosefinch (Carpodacus erythrinus)1

43Northern Reed Bunting (Emberiza schoeniclus)1

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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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