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most often in Mangystau Region
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on the site since 12 November 2022

1 088observations 225species 44%of the Birds.kz list 14 of 20regions 102comments

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26-thplace of 93

121 species in 2026

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14 of 20 regions of Kazakhstan

Mangystau Region836 Atyrau Region63 East Kazakhstan Region49 Aktobe Region30 Almaty24 West Kazakhstan Region18 Turkistan Region16 North Kazakhstan Region15 Zhambyl Region12 Astana9

4 more regions

Abai Region7 Kostanay Region4 Pavlodar Region4 Kyzylorda Region1

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Little Crake15 Sep
Eurasian Honey-Buzzard12 Sep
Great Spotted Woodpecker26 Aug

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Most in 2026: 309 observations

Observations 1 088 Species 225 Map 199 Comments 102

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YEAR

all 2026 309 2025 249 2024 145 2023 306 2022 79

BIRD SPECIES

all species Great Cormorant 28 Grey Heron 19 Little Ringed Plover 18 Western Marsh-Harrier 18 Common Kestrel 17 Glossy Ibis 17 Dunlin 16 Slender-billed Gull 16 Mute Swan 15 Common Redshank 14 Rook 14 Red-crested Pochard 14 Common Sparrowhawk 13 White Wagtail 13 Black-headed Gull 13 Common Tern 13 Greater Flamingo 12 Great White Egret 12 Caspian Gull 12 Black Kite 12 Common Shelduck 11 Common Chiffchaff 11 Citrine Wagtail 11 Kentish Plover 11 Crested Lark 11 Eurasian Jackdaw 11 Black-winged Stilt 10 Hooded Crow 10 Common Snipe 10 Wood Pigeon 10 Eurasian Magpie 10 Bar-tailed Godwit 10 Grey Plover 9 Green Sandpiper 9 Terek Sandpiper 9 Spotted Flycatcher 9 Wood Sandpiper 8 Barn Swallow 8 Eurasian Redstart 8 Ruddy Turnstone 8 Common Sandpiper 8 House Sparrow 8 Mallard 8 Northern Shoveler 8 Garganey 8 Tree Sparrow 8 Ruff 8 Northern Reed Bunting 8 Little Egret 7 Mistle Thrush 7 Hoopoe 7 Sanderling 7 Little Tern 7 Bohemian Waxwing 7 Northern Wheatear 7 Common Chaffinch 7 Black-Necked Grebe 7 Red-necked Phalarope 7 White-winged Tern 7 Whinchat 7 Common Goldeneye 7 Eurasian Blackbird 7 Common Starling 7 Fieldfare 6 Pied Avocet 6 Purple Heron 6 Common Cuckoo 6 European Greenfinch 6 Greater Ringed Plover 6 Common Greenshank 6 White-tailed Sea-Eagle 6 Isabelline Wheatear 6 Great Tit 6 Tufted Duck 6 Pied Wheatear 6 Eurasian Collared Dove 6 Hawfinch 5 Black-headed Wagtail 5 Masked Wagtail 5 Red-backed Shrike 5 Hen Harrier 5 Yellowhammer 5 Common Coot 5 Lesser Whitethroat 5 Blue Tit 5 Carrion Crow 5 Little Stint 5 Common Swift 5 Brambling 5 Bluethroat 4 Great Crested Grebe 4 European Robin 4 Pallas's Gull 4 Red Crossbill 4 Tree Pipit 4 Curlew Sandpiper 4 Blue-cheeked Bee-eater 4 Song Thrush 4 Marsh Sandpiper 4 Eurasian Roller 4 Broad-billed Sandpiper 4 Long-eared Owl 4 Sand Martin 4 Long-legged Buzzard 4 Common Mynah 4 Azure Tit 3 Eurasian Wigeon 3 Whooper Swan 3 Great Grey Shrike 3 European Golden Oriole 3 Black-crowned Night Heron 3 Pallid Harrier 3 Osprey 3 Mew Gull 3 Eurasian Siskin 3 Black Redstart 3 Eurasian Whimbrel 3 Desert Finch 3 Eurasian Bittern 3 Gadwall 3 Shikra 3 Willow Tit 3 Eurasian Hobby 3 Eurasian Spoonbill 3 Pine Bunting 3 Eurasian Curlew 3 Grey Wagtail 3 Finsch's Wheatear 3 Whiskered Tern 3 White-headed Duck 3 Willow Warbler 3 Northern Pintail 2 Northern Bullfinch 2 Red-breasted Merganser 2 Common Kingfisher 2 Siberian Stonechat 2 White-tailed Lapwing 2 Garden Warbler 2 Common Whitethroat 2 Sykes's Warbler 2 Little Gull 2 Black-Bellied Sandgrouse 2 Steppe Eagle 2 Alpine Swift 2 Red-breasted Flycatcher 2 Water Rail 2 Caspian Tern 2 Gull-billed Tern 2 Yellow Wagtail 2 Dalmatian Pelican 2 Lesser Short-toed Lark 2 Common Rosefinch 2 Chukar Partridge 2 Golden Eagle 2 Eastern Black-eared Wheatear 2 Little Bittern 2 Stock Pigeon 2 Northern House Martin 2 Sandwich Tern 2 Red-footed Falcon 2 Eversmann's Redstart 2 Black-tailed Godwit 2 Ruddy Shelduck 2 Grey Partridge 2 Grey-headed Goldfinch 2 Bimaculated Lark 2 Goosander 2 Long-tailed Duck 2 Common Redpoll 2 Eurasian Goldfinch 1 Bearded Tit 1 Slavonian Grebe 1 Black Woodpecker 1 Goldcrest 1 Red-Necked Grebe 1 Booted Warbler 1 Little Crake 1 Hume's Warbler 1 Northern Lapwing 1 Calandra Lark 1 Corn Bunting 1 Pygmy Cormorant 1 Common Teal 1 Black Stork 1 Greater Short-toed Lark 1 Tawny Pipit 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker 1 Greater White-fronted Goose 1 Sky Lark 1 Rosy Starling 1 Brown Dipper 1 Laughing Dove 1 Eurasian Honey-Buzzard 1 Eurasian Nuthatch 1 Peregrine Falcon 1 Yellow-breasted Tit 1 Great Snipe 1 Ural Owl 1 Velvet Scoter 1 Ortolan Bunting 1 Eastern Buzzard 1 Lesser Kestrel 1 Rock Pigeon 1 Black-throated Thrush 1 Lesser Spotted Woodpecker 1 Lesser Grey Shrike 1 Solitary Snipe 1 Black-throated Accentor 1 Common Pochard 1 Greater Scaup 1 Meadow Pipit 1 European Bee-eater 1 Redwing 1 Long-tailed Tit 1 Oriental Turtle Dove 1 Cetti's Warbler 1 Steppe Grey Shrike 1 Common Raven 1 Ring-billed Gull 1 Little Grebe 1 European Stonechat 1 Eastern Imperial Eagle 1 Squacco Heron 1 Yellow-backed Wagtail 1 Horned Lark 1

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all Mangystau Region 836Atyrau Region 63East Kazakhstan Region 49Aktobe Region 30Almaty 24 West Kazakhstan Region 18Turkistan Region 16North Kazakhstan Region 15Zhambyl Region 12Astana 9Abai Region 7Kostanay Region 4Pavlodar Region 4Kyzylorda Region 1

Only “needs identification” 2

Eurasian Jackdaw 12 Feb · Aktau, Mangystau Region

2 Rook 12 Feb · Aktau, Mangystau Region 🐤 1

Lesser Whitethroat 14 Feb · Aktau, Mangystau Region 😍 1

European Black Redstart 14 Feb · Aktau, Mangystau Region 😍 1

Common Chiffchaff 14 Feb · Aktau, Mangystau Region

Wood Pigeon 14 Feb · Aktau, Mangystau Region 😍 2

Mute Swan 14 Feb · Aktau, Mangystau Region 😍 2

Rook 14 Feb · Aktau, Mangystau Region 😍 3

Long-eared Owl 14 Feb · Aktau, Mangystau Region 😍 2

Wood Pigeon 11 Feb · Aktau, Mangystau Region 😍 1🐤 1

Fieldfare 5 Feb · Aktau, Mangystau Region 😍 3

Northern Reed Bunting 5 Feb · Aktau, Mangystau Region 😍 2

Mute Swan 24 Jan · Karakol lake, Mangystau Region 😍 2

Steppe Eagle 24 Jan · Karakiya-Karakol, Mangystau Region 😍 3

Hen Harrier 24 Jan · Karakiya-Karakol, Mangystau Region 😍 1🐤 1

Blue Tit 21 Jan · Aktau, Mangystau Region 😍 4

Fieldfare 21 Jan · Aktau, Mangystau Region 😍 2

Black-Necked Grebe 4 Jan · Aktau, Mangystau Region 😍 1

Eurasian Blackbird 4 Jan · Aktau, Mangystau Region

3 Water Rail 4 Jan · 5A microdistrict embankment, Aktau, Mang... 😍 2🐤 5

Crested Lark 4 Jan · 5A microdistrict embankment, Aktau, Mang... 😍 2

Great White Egret 7 Dec 2025 · Karakiya-Karakol State Nature Reserve, M... 🐤 1

White-tailed Sea-Eagle 7 Dec 2025 · Karakiya-Karakol, Mangystau Region 😍 1

Grey Heron 7 Dec 2025 · Karakiya-Karakol, Mangystau Region

Awards of Василий

4 awards · several levels in each

awardgroup.species

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

awardgroup.regions

3/20 3 regions

5/20 5 regions

10/20 10 regions

awardgroup.years

1 1 year on the site

3 3 years on the site

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