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most often in West Kazakhstan Region
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on the site since 15 April 2019

1 369observations 189species 37%of the Birds.kz list 3 of 20regions 1 128comments 2diary entries

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West Kazakhstan Region1 359 Akmola Region7 Almaty3

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Most in 2021: 367 observations

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all 2025 30 2024 65 2023 90 2022 270 2021 367 2020 353 2019 194

BIRD SPECIES

all species Common Kestrel 35 Grey Heron 35 Mute Swan 34 Montagu's Harrier 33 Northern Wheatear 33 White-tailed Sea-Eagle 30 Black Kite 28 Ortolan Bunting 26 Yellowhammer 26 Common Starling 26 Red-footed Falcon 25 Caspian Gull 25 Steppe Eagle 24 White Wagtail 23 Eastern Imperial Eagle 23 Great Crested Grebe 22 Western Marsh-Harrier 22 Wood Pigeon 22 Isabelline Wheatear 21 Red-backed Shrike 21 Common Chaffinch 20 Yellow Wagtail 19 Hoopoe 19 Mallard 19 Long-legged Buzzard 16 Rough-legged Buzzard 15 Black-headed Gull 15 Blue Tit 14 Common Coot 14 Great Cormorant 14 European Bee-eater 14 Tree Sparrow 13 Sky Lark 13 Northern Lapwing 12 Common Buzzard 12 Common Whitethroat 12 Rook 12 Bluethroat 12 Fieldfare 12 Grey Partridge 10 Black-winged Stilt 10 Common Tern 10 Barn Swallow 10 Spotted Flycatcher 10 Eurasian Linnet 10 Lesser Grey Shrike 10 Wood Sandpiper 9 Hen Harrier 9 Hawfinch 9 Great Spotted Woodpecker 9 Common Oystercatcher 8 Greater Short-toed Lark 8 Green Sandpiper 8 Whinchat 8 Ruff 8 Booted Warbler 8 Great Grey Shrike 8 Garganey 8 Red-crested Pochard 7 Common Pochard 7 Crested Lark 7 Ruddy Shelduck 7 Common Sparrowhawk 7 Great White Egret 7 Tree Pipit 7 Stock Pigeon 6 Mistle Thrush 6 Black-winged Pratincole 6 Eurasian Goldfinch 6 Eurasian Jackdaw 6 Little Ringed Plover 6 Common Sandpiper 6 Great Tit 6 Eurasian Roller 6 Black Woodpecker 6 Eurasian Hobby 6 Calandra Lark 6 Little Bustard 5 Northern Reed Bunting 5 Baraba Steppe Gull 5 Horned Lark 5 Little Tern 5 Blue-cheeked Bee-eater 5 Tawny Pipit 5 Common Cuckoo 5 Eurasian Spoonbill 5 Willow Warbler 5 Kentish Plover 4 Gadwall 4 Black-Necked Grebe 4 White-winged Tern 4 Lesser Kestrel 4 Common Moorhen 4 Common Rosefinch 4 Eurasian Redstart 4 Wood Lark 4 Red-headed Bunting 4 Eurasian Curlew 4 Dalmatian Pelican 4 Eurasian Siskin 4 Pine Bunting 4 Rock Pigeon 4 European Greenfinch 4 Little Stint 4 White-headed Duck 4 Brambling 3 Greater White-fronted Goose 3 House Sparrow 3 Tufted Duck 3 Lesser Short-toed Lark 3 Pallid Harrier 3 Goldcrest 3 Siberian Stonechat 3 Black Tern 3 Song Thrush 3 Common Shelduck 3 Mew Gull 3 Temminck's Stint 3 Black-tailed Godwit 3 Common Chiffchaff 3 Snow Bunting 2 Eurasian Collared Dove 2 Booted Eagle 2 Common Kingfisher 2 Northern House Martin 2 Smew 2 Long-eared Owl 2 Whiskered Tern 2 Sand Martin 2 Pied Flycatcher 2 Common Raven 2 Northern Bullfinch 2 Purple Heron 2 Pallas's Gull 2 Long-tailed Tit 2 Dunlin 2 Common Snipe 2 Lapland Longspur 2 European Robin 2 Red-necked Phalarope 2 Cetti's Warbler 2 Spotted Redshank 2 Short-eared Owl 2 Eurasian Nuthatch 2 Northern Shoveler 2 Eurasian Honey-Buzzard 2 Goosander 2 Common Redshank 2 Eurasian Penduline Tit 2 White-winged Lark 2 Common Treecreeper 2 Red-breasted Goose 1 Rosy Starling 1 Common Crane 1 Common Mynah 1 Demoiselle Crane 1 Little Gull 1 Common Goldeneye 1 Meadow Pipit 1 Great Reed Warbler 1 Coal Tit 1 Eurasian Blackbird 1 Lesser Spotted Woodpecker 1 Water Rail 1 Eurasian Jay 1 Eurasian Wryneck 1 Willow Tit 1 Barred Warbler 1 Broad-billed Sandpiper 1 Marsh Sandpiper 1 Redwing 1 Eurasian Wigeon 1 Common Redpoll 1 Northern Pintail 1 Greylag Goose 1 Tawny Owl 1 Eurasian Magpie 1 Curlew Sandpiper 1 Golden Eagle 1 Red-breasted Flycatcher 1 Bohemian Waxwing 1 Levant Sparrowhawk 1 Bearded Tit 1 Red-Necked Grebe 1 Sanderling 1 Common Teal 1 Paddyfield Warbler 1 Little Bittern 1 Rock Sparrow 1

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all West Kazakhstan Region 1359Akmola Region 7Almaty 3

3 Little Ringed Plover 6 Jul 2022 · Shalkar lake, West Kazakhstan Region 😍 1🐤 1

3 Northern Wheatear 6 Jul 2022 · Shalkar lake, West Kazakhstan Region 😍 1🐤 1

3 Sand Martin 6 Jul 2022 · Shalkar lake, West Kazakhstan Region 😍 2🐤 1

Black-headed Gull 6 Jul 2022 · Shalkar lake, West Kazakhstan Region 😍 1

Kentish Plover 6 Jul 2022 · Shalkar lake, West Kazakhstan Region 😍 3

Steppe Eagle 6 Jul 2022 · Terekti district, West-Kazakhstan Region 😍 2

White-winged Lark 6 Jul 2022 · Shalkar lake, West Kazakhstan Region 😍 2

Little Ringed Plover 6 Jul 2022 · Shalkar lake, West Kazakhstan Region 😍 3

Isabelline Wheatear 6 Jul 2022 · Shalkar lake, West Kazakhstan Region

Sky Lark 6 Jul 2022 · Shalkar lake, West Kazakhstan Region

Isabelline Wheatear 1 Jul 2022 · Oral, West Kazakhstan Region 😍 1

Ortolan Bunting 1 Jul 2022 · Oral, West Kazakhstan Region 😍 1

White Wagtail 1 Jul 2022 · Near Oral, Michurinsky, West Kazakhstan... 😍 1

Common Kestrel 1 Jul 2022 · Derkul, West Kazakhstan Region 🐤 1

2 Red-headed Bunting 30 Jun 2022 · Derkul, West Kazakhstan Region 😍 2

Common Kestrel 30 Jun 2022 · Derkul, West Kazakhstan Region 😍 1

2 Red-backed Shrike 30 Jun 2022 · Derkul, West Kazakhstan Region 😍 1

Lesser Grey Shrike 30 Jun 2022 · Derkul, West Kazakhstan Region 😍 1

Ortolan Bunting 30 Jun 2022 · Derkul, West Kazakhstan Region 😍 1

Northern Wheatear 30 Jun 2022 · Near Oral, Michurinsky, West Kazakhstan... 😍 1

European Bee-eater 30 Jun 2022 · Near Oral, Michurinsky, West Kazakhstan... 😍 2

Common Kestrel 29 Jun 2022 · Baiterek district, West-Kazakhstan Regio... 😍 2

Little Bustard 29 Jun 2022 · Baiterek district, West-Kazakhstan Regio... 😍 3

Lesser Grey Shrike 28 Jun 2022 · Derkul, West Kazakhstan Region 😍 2

Awards of Алдияр

5 awards · several levels in each

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10 10 species

25 25 species

50 50 species

100 100 species

150 150 species

awardgroup.observations

1 1 observation

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50 50 observations

100 100 observations

250 250 observations

500 500 observations

1K 1 000 observations

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3/20 3 regions

awardgroup.years

1 1 year on the site

3 3 years on the site

5 5 years on the site

awardgroup.diary

1 1 diary entry

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