Shelek. Enbekshikazakh region. Alma-Ata oblast.

6 am – 8 am. Marshes over Sarybulak. The most popular birds are Pheasants, Kestrels, Black-headed Gulls, Turkestan Shrikes, Magpies, Carrion Crows. On lakes saw Moorhen, Mallards, Red-crested Pochards, Great White Egrets, one Green Sandpiper. Met this year first Roller. Hoopoes. Much birds fly from west onto east. Grey Herons, Great White Egrets, Common Terns, Great Cormorant, Spoonbill, Oystercatcher. Spoonbill in flight looks like Great White Egret but wafts of wings are more often. In the bushes Turkestan Tits sing. Barn Swallows fly.

10 am – 11 am. Baiseit, a cattle-breeding farm. Mynahs, Common Starlings, Tree and Indian Sparrows, Barn and House Swallows, Hoopoe. House Swallows build nests. Bee-eaters have arrived. Saw them in one only a place. Flock about 8-10 birds sat on wires and trees.

6 pm – 8 pm. Kyzyl-Sharyk. On familiar little lake all the same birds. Pair of Ruddy Shelduck, Little Ringed Plovers, Grey-headed Goldfinches, Hoopoes, Long-legged Buzzard. Crying Common Sandpipers rush one after another. Shelducks cautiously came to water and after bathing departed to mountains. On the sunset saw Northern Wheater which happens in South-East Kazakhstan only on migration pass.