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most often in Mangystau Region
Canon 7d + Sigma 150-500
on the site since 22 February 2012

1 982observations 216species 42%of the Birds.kz list 2 of 20regions 620comments

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2 of 20 regions of Kazakhstan

Mangystau Region1 978 Astana4

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Most in 2012: 446 observations

Observations 1 982 Species 216 Map 98 Comments 620

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YEAR

all 2021 78 2020 256 2019 46 2018 79 2017 134 2016 176 2015 184 2014 196 2013 358 2012 446 2011 4 2010 9 2009 4 2007 4 2006 8

BIRD SPECIES

all species Caspian Gull 60 House Sparrow 46 Pied Wheatear 45 Mallard 38 Black Kite 34 Great Cormorant 32 Spotted Flycatcher 30 Common Chaffinch 30 Black-headed Gull 29 Common Chiffchaff 29 Long-legged Buzzard 29 White-tailed Sea-Eagle 28 Ruff 28 Mute Swan 27 Common Pochard 27 Common Kestrel 26 Eurasian Redstart 23 Red-backed Shrike 23 Common Sparrowhawk 23 Song Thrush 23 White Wagtail 22 Crested Lark 21 Brambling 21 Common Tern 21 Common Redshank 21 Whooper Swan 20 Common Starling 20 Kentish Plover 20 Grey Heron 20 Fieldfare 20 Hoopoe 20 Bar-tailed Godwit 19 Rosy Starling 19 Barn Swallow 18 Eurasian Collared Dove 18 Blue-cheeked Bee-eater 18 Rock Sparrow 17 Tufted Duck 17 Common Buzzard 17 Common Shelduck 17 Mew Gull 16 Rook 16 Common Teal 15 Willow Warbler 15 Great Crested Grebe 15 European Bee-eater 15 Lesser Grey Shrike 15 Isabelline Wheatear 14 Hooded Crow 14 Black Redstart 14 Sky Lark 14 Common Oystercatcher 14 Black-winged Stilt 13 Purple Heron 13 Northern Wheatear 13 Pallas's Gull 13 Common Goldeneye 13 Common Whitethroat 12 Sanderling 12 Glossy Ibis 12 Common Raven 12 Red-breasted Merganser 12 Western Marsh-Harrier 12 Slender-billed Gull 12 Northern Lapwing 11 Garden Warbler 11 Ruddy Turnstone 11 Red-headed Bunting 11 Finsch's Wheatear 10 Red-necked Phalarope 10 European Robin 10 Bohemian Waxwing 10 Tree Pipit 10 Ruddy Shelduck 9 Eurasian Hobby 9 Horned Lark 9 Calandra Lark 9 Wood Sandpiper 9 Common Cuckoo 9 Greater Scaup 9 Dunlin 9 Little Ringed Plover 9 Little Tern 8 Eurasian Blackbird 8 Terek Sandpiper 8 Eurasian Siskin 8 Chukar Partridge 8 Northern Shoveler 8 Oriental Turtle Dove 8 Red-Necked Grebe 7 Common Swift 7 Yellow Wagtail 7 Rock Pigeon 7 Eurasian Whimbrel 7 White-winged Tern 7 Eurasian Jackdaw 7 Tree Sparrow 7 Yellowhammer 7 Eurasian Roller 7 Eurasian Honey-Buzzard 7 Steppe Eagle 6 Garganey 6 European Golden Oriole 6 Black-Bellied Sandgrouse 6 Black-Necked Grebe 6 Common Coot 6 Lesser Short-toed Lark 6 Little Grebe 6 Common Mynah 6 Eastern Black-eared Wheatear 6 Lesser Kestrel 6 Mistle Thrush 6 Common Snipe 6 Citrine Wagtail 6 Little Gull 6 Greater Ringed Plover 5 Little Owl 5 Green Sandpiper 5 Great White Egret 5 Blyth's Reed Warbler 5 Greater Flamingo 5 Northern Pintail 5 Corn Bunting 5 Hawfinch 5 Redwing 5 Little Stint 5 Long-tailed Duck 5 Sand Martin 5 Levant Sparrowhawk 5 Pallid Harrier 5 Lesser Whitethroat 4 Red-crested Pochard 4 Gadwall 4 European Turtle Dove 4 Siberian Stonechat 4 Hen Harrier 4 Eurasian Wigeon 4 Pied Avocet 4 Greater Short-toed Lark 4 Red-breasted Flycatcher 4 Bimaculated Lark 4 Bluethroat 4 Goosander 3 Rough-legged Buzzard 3 Eurasian Curlew 3 Curlew Sandpiper 3 Common Sandpiper 3 Black-throated Thrush 3 Black-headed Wagtail 3 Ortolan Bunting 3 Laughing Dove 3 Great Reed Warbler 3 Whinchat 3 Sedge Warbler 3 Barred Warbler 3 Steppe Grey Shrike 3 Common Rosefinch 3 Little Egret 3 Arctic Loon 2 Northern Reed Bunting 2 Desert Finch 2 Booted Warbler 2 Long-tailed Shrike 2 Spotted Crake 2 Sandwich Tern 2 Spotted Redshank 2 Long-tailed Rosefinch 2 Common Moorhen 2 Montagu's Harrier 2 Saker Falcon 2 Slavonian Grebe 2 Moustached Warbler 1 Northern Bullfinch 1 Marsh Warbler 1 Grey Plover 1 Eurasian Eagle-Owl 1 Northern Goshawk 1 Tawny Pipit 1 Great Grey Shrike 1 Stock Pigeon 1 Bewick's Swan 1 Caspian Plover 1 White-winged Lark 1 Northern House Martin 1 Red-throated Pipit 1 Smew 1 Black-crowned Night Heron 1 Black Tern 1 Great Tit 1 Eurasian Magpie 1 Black-tailed Godwit 1 Wood Lark 1 Rufous-tailed Rock Thrush 1 Eurasian Woodcock 1 Collared Flycatcher 1 Caspian Tern 1 Black-headed Bunting 1 Menetries Warbler 1 Little Bittern 1 Pied Flycatcher 1 Merlin 1 Long-eared Owl 1 European Nightjar 1 Thrush Nightingale 1 Greater Spotted Eagle 1 Desert Wheatear 1 Yellow-backed Wagtail 1 Shikra 1 Common Greenshank 1 Sykes's Warbler 1 Meadow Pipit 1 Sociable Lapwing 1 Short-toed Snake-Eagle 1 Woodchat Shrike 1 Grey Wagtail 1 Golden Eagle 1

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all Mangystau Region 1978Astana 4

2 Common Whitethroat 2 Jun 2020 · Tupkaragan, Mangystau Region

Red-headed Bunting 2 Jun 2020 · Tupkaragan, Mangystau Region

Willow Warbler 2 Jun 2020 · Tupkaragan, Mangystau Region 😍 3

Sedge Warbler 2 Jun 2020 · Tupkaragan, Mangystau Region 😍 8

Common Tern 2 Jun 2020 · Tupkaragan, Mangystau Region 😍 1

Eurasian Collared Dove 2 Jun 2020 · Tupkaragan, Mangystau Region 😍 6

Ruddy Shelduck 2 Jun 2020 · Tupkaragan, Mangystau Region 😍 1

Lesser Grey Shrike 2 Jun 2020 · Tupkaragan, Mangystau Region 😍 8

Long-legged Buzzard 2 Jun 2020 · Tupkaragan, Mangystau Region 😍 1

Siberian Stonechat 2 Jun 2020 · Tupkaragan, Mangystau Region 😍 3

Caspian Gull 29 May 2020 · Fort, Shevchenko, Fort-Shevtshenko, Mang... 😍 1

2 House Sparrow 29 May 2020 · Fort, Shevchenko, Fort-Shevtshenko, Mang... 😍 3

Little Gull 28 May 2020 · Fort, Shevchenko, Fort-Shevtshenko, Mang... 😍 1🐤 1

2 Little Tern 28 May 2020 · Fort, Shevchenko, Fort-Shevtshenko, Mang... 😍 4

Sanderling 28 May 2020 · Fort, Shevchenko, Fort-Shevtshenko, Mang... 😍 5

Ruddy Turnstone 28 May 2020 · Fort, Shevchenko, Fort-Shevtshenko, Mang...

Sandwich Tern 28 May 2020 · Fort, Shevchenko, Fort-Shevtshenko, Mang... 😍 6

2 Great Reed Warbler 23 May 2020 · Tupkaragan, Mangystau Region 😍 3

2 Sedge Warbler 23 May 2020 · Tupkaragan, Mangystau Region 😍 1

2 Long-tailed Shrike 23 May 2020 · Tupkaragan, Mangystau Region 😍 12✍️ 6🐤 2

Lesser Grey Shrike 23 May 2020 · Tupkaragan, Mangystau Region 😍 5

2 Long-tailed Shrike 23 May 2020 · Tupkaragan, Mangystau Region 😍 5✍️ 1

2 Eurasian Collared Dove 23 May 2020 · Tupkaragan, Mangystau Region 😍 3

2 Common Shelduck 23 May 2020 · Tupkaragan, Mangystau Region 😍 2

Awards of Айсагали

4 awards · several levels in each

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10 10 species

25 25 species

50 50 species

100 100 species

150 150 species

200 200 species

awardgroup.observations

1 1 observation

10 10 observations

50 50 observations

100 100 observations

250 250 observations

500 500 observations

1K 1 000 observations

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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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1 New species for the site

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