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    • Atyrau area, Zhylyoi district.

    2025-10-11| Andrey Kovalenko
    duration 8:30 - 15:30
    weather С утра низкая облачность. Потом солнечно, небольшая облачность. Температура от +8 до +20 градусов. Западный умеренный ветер.
    rout 1 км по вахтовому поселку. 4 км по дороге. 5 км по прудам-испарителям.
    equipment Бинокль, фотокамера.
    notes Большой день.

    # species number comment
    1Great Crested Grebe (Podiceps cristatus)1
    2Great Cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo)1
    3Grey Heron (Ardea cinerea)12
    4Mute Swan (Cygnus olor)
    5Common Shelduck (Tadorna tadorna)
    6Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos)
    7Common Teal (Anas crecca)
    8Eurasian Wigeon (Anas penelope)
    9Northern Shoveler (Anas clypeata)
    10Common Pochard (Aythya ferina)
    11Tufted Duck (Aythya fuligula)
    12Common Goldeneye (Bucephala clangula)
    13White-headed Duck (Oxyura leucocephala)4
    14Hen Harrier (Circus cyaneus)1
    15Common Sparrowhawk (Accipiter nisus)1
    16Long-legged Buzzard (Buteo rufinus)1
    17Steppe Eagle (Aquila nipalensis)1
    18Eastern Imperial Eagle (Aquila heliaca)1
    19White-tailed Sea-Eagle (Haliaeetus albicilla)1
    20Common Kestrel (Falco tinnunculus)2
    21Water Rail (Rallus aquaticus)1
    22Spotted Crake (Porzana porzana)1Голос
    23Common Coot (Fulica atra)6
    24Northern Lapwing (Vanellus vanellus)9
    25Ruff (Philomachus pugnax)3
    26Little Stint (Calidris minuta)1
    27Curlew Sandpiper (Calidris ferruginea)2
    28Dunlin (Calidris alpina)4
    29Pallas's Gull (Larus ichthyaetus)1
    30Caspian Gull (Larus cachinnans)30
    31Mew Gull (Larus canus)10
    32Black-Bellied Sandgrouse (Pterocles orientalis)12
    33Pallas's Sandgrouse (Syrrhaptes paradoxus)10
    34Rock Pigeon (Columba livia)feral
    35Eurasian Collared Dove (Streptopelia decaocto)30
    36Oriental Turtle Dove (Streptopelia orientalis)2
    37Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica)
    38Sand Martin (Riparia riparia)3
    39Crested Lark (Galerida cristata)4
    40Lesser Short-toed Lark (Calandrella rufescens)200
    41Calandra Lark (Melanocorypha calandra)30
    42White Wagtail (Motacilla alba)15
    43Common Starling (Sturnus vulgaris)1000
    44Eurasian Jackdaw (Corvus monedula)
    45Rook (Corvus frugilegus)
    46Hooded Crow (Corvus cornix)
    47Cetti's Warbler (Cettia cetti)4
    48Paddyfield Warbler (Acrocephalus agricola)10
    49Blyth's Reed Warbler (Acrocephalus dumetorum)1
    50Common Chiffchaff (Phylloscopus collybita)110
    51Goldcrest (Regulus regulus)1
    52Siberian Stonechat (Saxicola maurus)1
    53Northern Wheatear (Oenanthe oenanthe)3
    54European Robin (Erithacus rubecula)4
    55Bluethroat (Luscinia svecica)10
    56Song Thrush (Turdus philomelos)10
    57Bearded Tit (Panurus biarmicus)7
    58Eurasian Penduline Tit (Remiz pendulinus)6
    59Blue Tit (Parus caeruleus)60
    60Great Tit (Parus major)3
    61House Sparrow (Passer domesticus)
    62Spanish Sparrow (Passer hispaniolensis)20
    63Common Chaffinch (Fringilla coelebs)
    64Brambling (Fringilla montifringilla)10
    65Eurasian Siskin (Carduelis spinus)4
    66Eurasian Linnet (Acanthis cannabina)3
    67Desert Finch (Rhodospiza obsoleta)200
    68Pine Bunting (Emberiza leucocephala)10
    69Northern Reed Bunting (Emberiza schoeniclus)200

    authors

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    Abdikhalyk Sanzhar
    Amirekul Kudaibergen
    Andryuchshenko Artem
    Antonov Mikhail
    Ayé Raffael
    Barashkova Anna
    Baskakova Svetlana
    Bastaev Vasilii
    Bell Darren
    Belyaev Alexandr
    Disero Tim
    Isabekov Askar
    Ishchenko Ilia
    Ishkov Leonid
    Iskak Indira
    Ivanova Maria
    Kanunnikov Nikita
    Khristinetsky Daniil
    Kovalenko Andrey
    Kurochkin Alexey
    Lukin Genady
    Malyshkin Igor
    Molino Felix
    Naizagarin Aidar
    Ongarbayev Nurlan
    Rage Vitaliy
    Saparbayev Aldiyar
    Yasko Anna
    Zvyaginceva Viktoriya

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    © Alexandr Fedulin
    2026-03-30

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    © Margarita Davydova
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