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Rybprudkhoz, Uralsk city, West Kazakhstan Region


2020-05-21| Aldiyar Saparbayev
duration 3 часа
weather Облачно
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equipment Nikon Coolpix P1000
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# species number comment

1Black-Necked Grebe (Podiceps nigricollis)6

2Red-Necked Grebe (Podiceps grisegena)2

3Great Crested Grebe (Podiceps cristatus)10

4Grey Heron (Ardea cinerea)2

5Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos)8

6Black Kite (Milvus migrans)2

7Western Marsh-Harrier (Circus aeruginosus)2

8Common Coot (Fulica atra)10

9Black-winged Stilt (Himantopus himantopus)4

10Wood Sandpiper (Tringa glareola)10

11Common Snipe (Gallinago gallinago)1

12Black-headed Gull (Larus ridibundus)25

13Common Tern (Sterna hirundo)4

14Wood Pigeon (Columba palumbus)2

15European Bee-eater (Merops apiaster)30

16Black Woodpecker (Dryocopus martius)1

17Yellow Wagtail (Motacilla flava)4

18White Wagtail (Motacilla alba)2

19European Golden Oriole (Oriolus oriolus)1по голосу

20Common Starling (Sturnus vulgaris)20

21Spotted Flycatcher (Muscicapa striata)1

22Bluethroat (Luscinia svecica)10

23Eurasian Penduline Tit (Remiz pendulinus)2

24Ortolan Bunting (Emberiza hortulana)2

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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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