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209observations 135species 26%of the Birds.kz list 4 of 20regions 31comments

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101 species in 2026

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4 of 20 regions of Kazakhstan

Turkistan Region142 Akmola Region32 Zhambyl Region10 Atyrau Region6

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Eurasian Goldfinch24 Oct
Great Spotted Woodpecker23 Oct
Great Tit23 Oct

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Most in 2026: 146 observations

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all 2026 146 2025 19 2024 16 2023 2 2022 1 2018 7 2015 18

BIRD SPECIES

all species Mallard 5 Common Tern 4 Black-headed Gull 4 Caspian Gull 4 Great White Egret 4 Black-winged Stilt 4 Cinereous Vulture 3 Whooper Swan 3 Grey Heron 3 Black-crowned Night Heron 3 Common Redshank 3 Green Sandpiper 3 Marsh Sandpiper 3 Dalmatian Pelican 3 Spotted Flycatcher 2 Willow Tit 2 Collared Pratincole 2 Great Tit 2 Eastern Imperial Eagle 2 White-tailed Sea-Eagle 2 Common Pochard 2 Tufted Duck 2 Siberian Stonechat 2 Northern Wheatear 2 Common Kestrel 2 Black-Bellied Sandgrouse 2 Hen Harrier 2 Western Marsh-Harrier 2 Common Mynah 2 Northern Shoveler 2 Eurasian Jackdaw 2 Rook 2 Common Buzzard 2 Common Starling 2 Northern Lapwing 2 Common Greenshank 2 Crested Lark 2 Calandra Lark 2 Common Sandpiper 2 Yellow Wagtail 2 Ruff 2 Little Stint 2 Booted Eagle 2 Dunlin 2 Steppe Eagle 2 Black-tailed Godwit 2 Common Chiffchaff 2 Little Tern 1 Rock Pigeon 1 Eurasian Collared Dove 1 Oriental Turtle Dove 1 Common Cuckoo 1 Long-eared Owl 1 Eurasian Scops-Owl 1 Little Owl 1 European Nightjar 1 Common Kingfisher 1 Eurasian Roller 1 Hoopoe 1 Eurasian Wryneck 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker 1 White-Winged Woodpecker 1 Sky Lark 1 White Wagtail 1 Great Grey Shrike 1 Bohemian Waxwing 1 Northern Wren 1 Cetti's Warbler 1 Lesser Whitethroat 1 Blue Tit 1 Turkestan Tit 1 Eurasian Nuthatch 1 Red-headed Bunting 1 Common Chaffinch 1 Eurasian Siskin 1 Eurasian Goldfinch 1 Eurasian Linnet 1 Desert Wheatear 1 Isabelline Wheatear 1 Eurasian Redstart 1 Black Redstart 1 European Robin 1 Bluethroat 1 Song Thrush 1 Mistle Thrush 1 Tree Sparrow 1 Indian Golden Oriole 1 Eurasian Magpie 1 Hooded Crow 1 Rosy Starling 1 Red-Necked Grebe 1 Great Crested Grebe 1 Great White Pelican 1 Great Cormorant 1 Pygmy Cormorant 1 Purple Heron 1 Eurasian Spoonbill 1 White Stork 1 Greylag Goose 1 Mute Swan 1 Bewick's Swan 1 Ruddy Shelduck 1 Common Teal 1 Eurasian Wigeon 1 Northern Pintail 1 Garganey 1 Red-crested Pochard 1 Smew 1 Red-breasted Merganser 1 Pallid Harrier 1 Common Sparrowhawk 1 Shikra 1 Long-legged Buzzard 1 Short-toed Snake-Eagle 1 Griffon Vulture 1 Peregrine Falcon 1 Lesser Kestrel 1 Common Crane 1 Demoiselle Crane 1 Common Moorhen 1 Common Coot 1 Little Bustard 1 Eurasian Stone Curlew 1 Little Ringed Plover 1 Sociable Lapwing 1 White-tailed Lapwing 1 Temminck's Stint 1 Common Snipe 1 Pallas's Gull 1 Slender-billed Gull 1 Baraba Steppe Gull 1 Mew Gull 1 White-winged Tern 1 Gull-billed Tern 1 Caspian Tern 1

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all Turkistan Region 142Akmola Region 32Zhambyl Region 10Atyrau Region 6

Only “needs identification” 6

6 Long-eared Owl 14 Oct 2024 · Kaspiyskoye more, Atyrau Region 😍 3🐤 1

4 Great Grey Shrike 29 Oct 2024 · Kaspiyskoye more, Atyrau Region 🐤 1

4 Blue Tit 22 Oct 2024 · Kaspiyskoye more, Atyrau Region 🐤 1

3 Red-breasted Merganser 24 Oct 2024 · Kaspiyskoye more, Atyrau Region

3 Great Cormorant 24 Oct 2024 · Kaspiyskoye more, Atyrau Region

4 Common Sparrowhawk 24 Oct 2024 · Kaspiyskoye more, Atyrau Region 😍 3

3 Sky Lark 29 Oct 2024 · Kaspiyskoye more, Atyrau Region 😍 1

4 Song Thrush 29 Oct 2024 · Kaspiyskoye more, Atyrau Region 🐤 1

4 European Robin 29 Oct 2024 · Каспийское море 😍 1🐤 1

3 Northern Wren 28 Oct 2024 · Каспийское море 😍 1🐤 1

3 Common Chaffinch 27 Feb · Кентау, Туркистанская область

2 Eurasian Linnet 5 Mar · Кентау, Туркистанская область

4 Common Starling 10 Apr · Кентау, Туркистанская область

3 Mistle Thrush 29 Mar 2025 · Кентау, Туркистанская область

4 Isabelline Wheatear 6 Sep · Kentau, Turkistan Region

7 Lesser Kestrel 5 Sep 2025 · Kentau, Turkistan Region 😍 2

3 Eurasian Wryneck 19 May · Kentau, Turkistan Region

3 Black-crowned Night Heron 24 Jul 2025 · Kusshyata, Turkistan Region 🐤 1

2 Eurasian Roller 24 Jul · Kusshyata, Turkistan Region 😍 1

3 Hoopoe 15 Mar 2023 · Syr Darya Turkestansky GRPP, Turkistan R... 😍 2

3 Mallard 18 Feb · Коксарайское вдхр., Туркистанская област...

3 Eurasian Jackdaw 15 Apr · Kusshyata, Turkistan Region

4 Pygmy Cormorant 15 Apr · Kusshyata, Turkistan Region

5 Black-crowned Night Heron 17 Apr · Kusshyata, Turkistan Region 😍 3

Awards of Нурлан

4 awards · several levels in each

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10 10 species

25 25 species

50 50 species

100 100 species

awardgroup.observations

1 1 observation

10 10 observations

50 50 observations

100 100 observations

awardgroup.regions

3/20 3 regions

awardgroup.years

1 1 year on the site

3 3 years on the site

5 5 years on the site

10 10 years on the site

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