Kapchagai reservoir. Almaty oblast.

Many Jackdaws, Azure and Turkestan Tits are audible and visible in the elms along the road. On the wires there are already many Rollers. Red-headed Buntings, Stonechats, Tree and Indian Sparrows sing in the shore bushes. One Hoopoe. One female Turkestan Shrike, several Cuckoos, one of which is brownish. Raptors, saw the male Shikra and the female Kestrel. In the sky the flock of tens Demoiselle Crane hovered. From time to time Grey Herons flew. On the water Common Sandpipers, Little Terns, Black-headed Gulls occured. There are many Carrion Crows. Large white-headed gulls was seen far away, but I could not examine them even into binoculars. Still large brown heron would fly, may be Bittern.