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698observations 190species 37%of the Birds.kz list 1 of 20regions 504comments

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BIRD SPECIES

all species Great Spotted Woodpecker 23 Eurasian Nuthatch 16 Blue Tit 14 Common Chaffinch 13 Northern Bullfinch 13 Great Tit 12 Paddyfield Warbler 12 Yellowhammer 11 Black Woodpecker 10 Willow Tit 10 Yellow Wagtail 9 Syrian Woodpecker 9 Eurasian Linnet 8 Ruff 8 White Wagtail 8 Lesser Spotted Woodpecker 8 Booted Warbler 8 European Bee-eater 8 Ortolan Bunting 8 Long-tailed Tit 8 Grey-Headed Woodpecker 7 Common Chiffchaff 7 Common Buzzard 7 Hawfinch 7 Eurasian Goldfinch 7 Goldcrest 7 Red-backed Shrike 7 Sky Lark 7 Eurasian Jay 6 Long-eared Owl 6 Crested Lark 6 Grey Partridge 6 Eurasian Siskin 6 Eurasian Redstart 6 Bluethroat 6 Wood Sandpiper 6 Common Sparrowhawk 6 Northern Wheatear 6 Northern Lapwing 6 Hoopoe 6 Bohemian Waxwing 6 Montagu's Harrier 6 Great Reed Warbler 5 Common Cuckoo 5 Common Starling 5 Bearded Tit 5 Grey Heron 5 Red-footed Falcon 5 Wood Pigeon 5 Common Oystercatcher 5 Tree Sparrow 5 White-Backed Woodpecker 5 Coal Tit 5 Long-legged Buzzard 4 Great White Egret 4 Mistle Thrush 4 Lesser Grey Shrike 4 Eurasian Wryneck 4 Little Bustard 4 Lesser Whitethroat 4 Great Crested Grebe 4 Long-tailed Rosefinch 4 Water Rail 4 Eurasian Collared Dove 4 Black-headed Gull 4 Short-eared Owl 4 Spotted Flycatcher 4 White-tailed Sea-Eagle 4 Eastern Imperial Eagle 4 Red-headed Bunting 4 Caspian Gull 4 Northern Reed Bunting 4 Little Bittern 4 Common Whitethroat 4 Fieldfare 4 Tree Pipit 4 Black Kite 4 Thrush Nightingale 3 Black-winged Pratincole 3 Common Shelduck 3 Eurasian Jackdaw 3 Eurasian Curlew 3 Yellow-backed Wagtail 3 Isabelline Wheatear 3 European Robin 3 Little Ringed Plover 3 Whinchat 3 Common Teal 3 House Sparrow 3 Sedge Warbler 3 Eurasian Roller 3 Mallard 3 Common Treecreeper 3 Mute Swan 3 Willow Warbler 3 Common Kestrel 3 Terek Sandpiper 3 Black-winged Stilt 3 Common Sandpiper 3 Tawny Owl 3 European Golden Oriole 3 Common Tern 3 Little Stint 3 Great Cormorant 3 Pied Flycatcher 3 Blyth's Reed Warbler 2 Demoiselle Crane 2 Common Pheasant 2 Marsh Warbler 2 Ruddy Shelduck 2 Barred Warbler 2 Common Redpoll 2 Rock Pigeon 2 Oriental Turtle Dove 2 Siberian Stonechat 2 European Greenfinch 2 Rook 2 Barn Swallow 2 Hooded Crow 2 Green Sandpiper 2 White-winged Lark 2 Levant Sparrowhawk 2 Common Rosefinch 2 Steppe Eagle 2 Spotted Nutcracker 2 Brambling 2 Common Redshank 2 Eurasian Magpie 1 Eurasian Spoonbill 1 Slender-billed Gull 1 Gadwall 1 Eurasian Penduline Tit 1 Smew 1 Little Gull 1 Garganey 1 Sand Martin 1 Hen Harrier 1 Greater White-fronted Goose 1 Black-tailed Godwit 1 Black Tern 1 Grey Plover 1 Pallas's Gull 1 Rosy Starling 1 Lapland Longspur 1 Eurasian Blackbird 1 Red-necked Phalarope 1 Common Crane 1 Cetti's Warbler 1 Calandra Lark 1 Spotted Redshank 1 Eurasian Hobby 1 Common Coot 1 Greater Ringed Plover 1 Eurasian Bittern 1 Common Kingfisher 1 Marsh Sandpiper 1 Western Marsh-Harrier 1 Peregrine Falcon 1 Collared Flycatcher 1 Dalmatian Pelican 1 Red-breasted Flycatcher 1 Azure Tit 1 Snow Bunting 1 Kentish Plover 1 Eurasian Reed Warbler 1 Eurasian Scops-Owl 1 Common Greenshank 1 Black-Necked Grebe 1 Common Moorhen 1 Song Thrush 1 Little Crake 1 Whiskered Tern 1 Savi's Warbler 1 Middle Spotted Woodpecker 1 Pied Avocet 1 Greenish Warbler 1 Wood Lark 1 Purple Heron 1 Greater Scaup 1 Whooper Swan 1 Wood Warbler 1 Curlew Sandpiper 1 Citrine Wagtail 1 Northern Shoveler 1 Horned Lark 1 Tawny Pipit 1 White-winged Tern 1 Common Goldeneye 1 Tufted Duck 1 Stock Pigeon 1

2 Long-eared Owl 28 May 2017 · Derkul, West Kazakhstan Region 😍 1

Gadwall 25 May 2017 · Zachagansk, Oral, West Kazakhstan Region

Red-backed Shrike 25 May 2017 · Zachagansk, Oral, West Kazakhstan Region

Common Whitethroat 25 May 2017 · Zachagansk, Oral, West Kazakhstan Region

3 Long-legged Buzzard 24 May 2017 · Западно-Казахстанская область

Red-headed Bunting 24 May 2017 · Западно-Казахстанская область

Lesser Grey Shrike 24 May 2017 · Западно-Казахстанская область

Mistle Thrush 24 May 2017 · Ankaty, West Kazakhstan Region

Short-eared Owl 24 May 2017 · Ankaty, West Kazakhstan Region 😍 2🐤 1

2 Eastern Imperial Eagle 24 May 2017 · Shalkar lake, West Kazakhstan Region 😍 1✍️ 1🐤 1

Calandra Lark 24 May 2017 · Shalkar lake, West Kazakhstan Region

Eurasian Curlew 24 May 2017 · Shalkar lake, West Kazakhstan Region

2 Ruff 24 May 2017 · Shalkar lake, West Kazakhstan Region

2 Common Shelduck 24 May 2017 · Shalkar lake, West Kazakhstan Region

Little Gull 24 May 2017 · Shalkar lake, West Kazakhstan Region

Caspian Gull 24 May 2017 · Shalkar lake, West Kazakhstan Region

Pallas's Gull 24 May 2017 · Shalkar lake, West Kazakhstan Region

2 Kentish Plover 24 May 2017 · Shalkar lake, West Kazakhstan Region

European Golden Oriole 23 May 2017 · Barbastau, West Kazakhstan Region

2 Black-Necked Grebe 23 May 2017 · Западно-Казахстанская область 😍 2

2 Barred Warbler 22 May 2017 · Zachagansk, Oral, West Kazakhstan Region 😍 3

Red-headed Bunting 21 May 2017 · Западно-Казахстанская область 😍 1

2 Common Redshank 21 May 2017 · Balagan, West Kazakhstan Region

Little Ringed Plover 21 May 2017 · Balagan, West Kazakhstan Region 😍 1

Awards of Айнур

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3 3 years on the site

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1 New species for the site

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