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most often in Almaty Region
Canon R7
on the site since 21 August 2016

131observations 93species 18%of the Birds.kz list 4 of 20regions 26comments 4diary entries

where they watch birds

4 of 20 regions of Kazakhstan

Almaty Region62 Almaty42 Shymkent15 Turkistan Region12

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201620212026

Most in 2023: 86 observations

Observations 131 Species 93 Diaries 4 Map 52 Comments 26

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all 2023 86 2018 6 2016 39

BIRD SPECIES

all species Shikra 5 Turkestan Shrike 3 Eurasian Hobby 3 Black-throated Thrush 3 White-crowned Penduline Tit 3 Common Kestrel 3 Oriental Turtle Dove 3 Common Sparrowhawk 3 Eastern Buzzard 2 Grey Wagtail 2 Booted Eagle 2 Little Bustard 2 Eurasian Blackbird 2 Mistle Thrush 2 Blue Whistling Thrush 2 Black Kite 2 Black-throated Accentor 2 Black-Necked Grebe 2 Red-rumped Swallow 2 Dalmatian Pelican 2 Blue-capped Redstart 2 Water Pipit 2 Common Chaffinch 2 Brambling 2 Long-legged Buzzard 2 Common Buzzard 2 Pied Bushchat 2 Greenish Warbler 2 Hoopoe 1 Eurasian Wryneck 1 Northern House Martin 1 Citrine Wagtail 1 Tree Pipit 1 Lesser Grey Shrike 1 Brown Dipper 1 Cetti's Warbler 1 Common Whitethroat 1 Common Chiffchaff 1 Hume's Warbler 1 Spotted Flycatcher 1 Goldcrest 1 Songar Tit 1 Coal Tit 1 Yellow-breasted Tit 1 Wallcreeper 1 Common Treecreeper 1 Meadow Bunting 1 Northern Reed Bunting 1 Ortolan Bunting 1 Red-headed Bunting 1 Grey-headed Goldfinch 1 Red-mantled Rosefinch 1 Red Crossbill 1 White-winged Grosbeak 1 Siberian Stonechat 1 Northern Wheatear 1 Blue Rock Thrush 1 Black Redstart 1 Himalayan Rubythroat 1 Alpine Accentor 1 Common Mynah 1 Eurasian Magpie 1 Spotted Nutcracker 1 Eurasian Jackdaw 1 Rosy Starling 1 Rook 1 Black-crowned Night Heron 1 Ruddy Shelduck 1 Common Teal 1 Ferruginous Duck 1 Pallid Harrier 1 Western Marsh-Harrier 1 Greater Spotted Eagle 1 Golden Eagle 1 Lammergeier 1 Cinereous Vulture 1 Barbary Falcon 1 Lesser Kestrel 1 Chukar Partridge 1 Common Pheasant 1 Common Moorhen 1 Little Ringed Plover 1 Black-winged Stilt 1 Common Oystercatcher 1 Red-necked Phalarope 1 Common Snipe 1 Solitary Snipe 1 Common Tern 1 Rock Pigeon 1 Common Cuckoo 1 Common Swift 1 Common Kingfisher 1 Eurasian Roller 1

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all Almaty Region 62Almaty 42Shymkent 15Turkistan Region 12

Common Swift 13 May 2023 · Ak-bulak, Almaty Region 🐤 1

Eurasian Wryneck 7 May 2023 · Ak-bulak, Almaty Region

Water Pipit 7 May 2023 · Ak-bulak, Almaty Region

Common Buzzard 7 May 2023 · Ak-bulak, Almaty Region

Black-throated Accentor 7 May 2023 · Ak-bulak, Almaty Region 😍 4

Goldcrest 7 May 2023 · Ak-bulak, Almaty Region 😍 5🐤 1

Eurasian Hobby 7 May 2023 · Ak-bulak, Almaty Region

Coal Tit 7 May 2023 · Ak-bulak, Almaty Region 😍 4

Tree Pipit 7 May 2023 · Ak-bulak, Almaty Region 😍 1

2 Steppe Buzzard 7 May 2023 · Ak-bulak, Almaty Region

2 Common Sparrowhawk 7 May 2023 · Ak-bulak, Almaty Region 😍 7

Common Kestrel 7 May 2023 · Ak-bulak, Almaty Region 😍 3🐤 1

Common Cuckoo 29 Apr 2023 · Kapshagay Reservoir, Almaty Region 😍 2

Black Kite 29 Apr 2023 · Almaty, Sorbulakskaya system lakes, Alma... 😍 1

2 Dalmatian Pelican 29 Apr 2023 · Almaty, Sorbulakskaya system lakes, Alma... 😍 2

Common Sparrowhawk 29 Apr 2023 · Zhana Arna, Almaty Region 😍 1

Rock Pigeon 29 Apr 2023 · Zhana Arna, Almaty Region

Black-crowned Night Heron 23 Apr 2023 · Zhanashar, Almaty Region 😍 3

Northern House Martin 23 Apr 2023 · Zhanashar, Almaty Region 😍 1

Common Oystercatcher 23 Apr 2023 · Zhanashar, Almaty Region 😍 6

2 White-crowned Penduline Tit 23 Apr 2023 · Kosmos, Almaty Region 😍 3

Little Ringed Plover 23 Apr 2023 · Kosmos, Almaty Region 😍 3

Black-winged Stilt 23 Apr 2023 · Kosmos, Almaty Region 😍 4

Oriental Turtle Dove 23 Apr 2023 · Zhanashar, Almaty Region 😍 1

Awards of Алексей

5 awards · several levels in each

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10 10 species

25 25 species

50 50 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

awardgroup.diary

1 1 diary entry

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