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most often in Almaty Region
Canon 650D + Tamron SP 150-600
on the site since 8 September 2017

645observations 221species 43%of the Birds.kz list 8 of 20regions 695comments

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46-thplace of 93

40 species in 2026

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8 of 20 regions of Kazakhstan

Almaty Region267 Pavlodar Region95 Almaty93 Zhetysu Region71 Akmola Region63 Astana35 Zhambyl Region18 Karaganda Region3

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new species in 2026

+4first time on the site for this member

Mew Gull24 May
Relict Gull24 May
Common Teal23 May

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Most in 2021: 277 observations

Observations 645 Species 221 Map 422 Comments 695

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all 2026 43 2025 12 2023 167 2021 277 2019 111 2017 27 2008 8

BIRD SPECIES

all species White-headed Duck 13 Red-crested Pochard 11 Common Mynah 9 Rosy Starling 8 Dalmatian Pelican 8 Gadwall 7 Great Cormorant 7 Black-tailed Godwit 7 Sand Martin 7 Great Crested Grebe 7 Black-Necked Grebe 7 Common Pochard 6 Black Kite 6 Masked Wagtail 6 Rook 6 Little Stint 6 Isabelline Wheatear 6 Caspian Gull 6 Hoopoe 6 Common Kestrel 6 Turkestan Shrike 6 Black-Bellied Sandgrouse 6 Great White Egret 6 Grey Heron 6 Black-winged Stilt 6 Rock Pigeon 6 Ferruginous Duck 6 Greylag Goose 6 Yellow Wagtail 6 Ruddy Shelduck 6 Demoiselle Crane 6 Siberian Stonechat 5 Grey Wagtail 5 Common Sandpiper 5 Lesser Whitethroat 5 Barn Swallow 5 Little Ringed Plover 5 Carrion Crow 5 Black-headed Gull 5 Mute Swan 5 Temminck's Stint 5 Sociable Lapwing 5 Eversmann's Redstart 5 Wood Sandpiper 5 Eurasian Roller 5 Garganey 5 Ruff 5 Western Marsh-Harrier 4 Oriental Turtle Dove 4 Red-necked Phalarope 4 Pallas's Gull 4 Terek Sandpiper 4 Calandra Lark 4 Spotted Flycatcher 4 Crested Lark 4 Tawny Pipit 4 Northern Pintail 4 Common Tern 4 House Sparrow 4 Long-legged Buzzard 4 Wood Pigeon 4 Northern Lapwing 4 White-browed Tit-Warbler 4 Mallard 4 Gull-billed Tern 4 Eurasian Jackdaw 4 Bluethroat 4 Clamorous Reed Warbler 4 Baraba Steppe Gull 4 Whooper Swan 4 White-Winged Woodpecker 3 Ortolan Bunting 3 Common Sparrowhawk 3 Great White Pelican 3 Pied Wheatear 3 European Bee-eater 3 Common Snipe 3 Greater Short-toed Lark 3 Slavonian Grebe 3 Eurasian Curlew 3 Common Coot 3 Common Starling 3 Rufous-tailed Rock Thrush 3 Tree Pipit 3 Grey-necked Bunting 3 Northern Shoveler 3 Blue Whistling Thrush 3 Common Moorhen 3 Red-headed Bunting 3 Common Oystercatcher 3 Red-mantled Rosefinch 3 Great Tit 3 Marsh Sandpiper 3 Eurasian Magpie 3 Green Sandpiper 3 Caspian Tern 3 White-winged Tern 3 Fieldfare 2 Laughing Dove 2 Black-winged Pratincole 2 Northern Wren 2 White-tailed Sea-Eagle 2 Common Shelduck 2 Lesser Kestrel 2 Common Kingfisher 2 Glossy Ibis 2 Blyth's Reed Warbler 2 Spotted Redshank 2 White-winged Grosbeak 2 Short-toed Snake-Eagle 2 Black Lark 2 Red-footed Falcon 2 Eurasian Redstart 2 Spanish Sparrow 2 Red-fronted Serin 2 Tree Sparrow 2 Common Whitethroat 2 Little Gull 2 Black-throated Accentor 2 Mistle Thrush 2 Pygmy Cormorant 2 Yellow-eyed Pigeon 2 Crested Honey-Buzzard 2 Tufted Duck 2 Red-Necked Grebe 2 Rock Bunting 2 Lesser Short-toed Lark 2 Greenish Warbler 2 Pied Avocet 2 Merlin 2 Steppe Grey Shrike 2 Pallas's Sandgrouse 2 Red-rumped Swallow 2 Ibisbill 2 Azure Tit 2 Common Rosefinch 2 Common Redshank 2 Hume's Warbler 2 Eurasian Hobby 2 Curlew Sandpiper 2 Common Swift 2 Dunlin 2 White Wagtail 2 Northern Wheatear 2 Northern House Martin 2 Eurasian Whimbrel 2 Hooded Crow 2 Paddyfield Warbler 2 Eurasian Collared Dove 2 White-winged Lark 2 Common Nightingale 2 Common Cuckoo 2 Black-throated Thrush 2 Black-headed Wagtail 2 Asiatic Dowitcher 1 Isabelline Shrike 1 Little Bustard 1 Stock Pigeon 1 Eurasian Scops-Owl 1 Cetti's Warbler 1 Pallid Harrier 1 Eurasian Wryneck 1 Common Chiffchaff 1 Citrine Wagtail 1 Common Pheasant 1 Hawfinch 1 Eurasian Goldfinch 1 Relict Gull 1 Savi's Warbler 1 Brown Dipper 1 Mongolian Finch 1 Mew Gull 1 Saxaul Sparrow 1 Common Goldeneye 1 Brambling 1 Bearded Tit 1 European Nightjar 1 Black Tern 1 Brown-necked Raven 1 Booted Warbler 1 Black-crowned Night Heron 1 Eurasian Linnet 1 Little Tern 1 European Turtle Dove 1 Eurasian Dipper 1 Common Crane 1 Shikra 1 Brown Accentor 1 Black Redstart 1 Slender-billed Gull 1 Indian Sparrow 1 Red Crossbill 1 Common Raven 1 Spotted Nutcracker 1 Lammergeier 1 Common Teal 1 Sykes's Warbler 1 Great Reed Warbler 1 Coal Tit 1 Sky Lark 1 Greater Ringed Plover 1 Sulphur-bellied Warbler 1 Water Pipit 1 Greater Flamingo 1 Desert Finch 1 Eurasian Blackbird 1 Northern Reed Bunting 1 Turkestan Tit 1 Golden Eagle 1 Songar Tit 1 Common Greenshank 1 Little Grebe 1 Goosander 1 Himalayan Rubythroat 1 Yellow-billed Chough 1 Black Stork 1 Osprey 1 Lesser Grey Shrike 1 European Greenfinch 1 Long-tailed Duck 1 Goldcrest 1

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all Almaty Region 267Pavlodar Region 95Almaty 93Zhetysu Region 71Akmola Region 63 Astana 35Zhambyl Region 18Karaganda Region 3

Rock Bunting 15 May 2021 · Talgar District, Almaty Region 😍 3

2 Eurasian Hobby 15 May 2021 · Talgar District, Almaty Region

Western Marsh-Harrier 15 May 2021 · Sorbulak Lake System, Almaty Region 😍 1

2 Clamorous Reed Warbler 15 May 2021 · Sorbulak Lake System, Almaty Region 😍 1

2 Northern House Martin 15 May 2021 · Mezhdurechensk, Almaty Region

2 Eurasian Collared Dove 15 May 2021 · Mezhdurechensk, Almaty Region 😍 1

3 Red-rumped Swallow 15 May 2021 · Mezhdurechensk, Almaty Region 😍 1

Tree Sparrow 15 May 2021 · Almaty

Red-crested Pochard 14 May 2021 · Sorbulak Lake System, Almaty Region 😍 1

5 Clamorous Reed Warbler 14 May 2021 · Sorbulak Lake System, Almaty Region 🐤 1

3 Caspian Gull 14 May 2021 · Sorbulak Lake System, Almaty Region 😍 1

Western Marsh-Harrier 14 May 2021 · Sorbulak Lake System, Almaty Region 😍 1

Grey Heron 14 May 2021 · Sorbulak Lake System, Almaty Region 😍 1

Great Cormorant 14 May 2021 · Sorbulak Lake System, Almaty Region 😍 1

Eurasian Collared Dove 14 May 2021 · Sairan, Almaty

5 Red-rumped Swallow 14 May 2021 · Sairan, Almaty 😍 1🐤 1

2 Wood Pigeon 14 May 2021 · Sairan, Almaty 😍 1

Common Sandpiper 14 May 2021 · Sairan, Bolshaya Almatinka river, Almaty 🐤 1

Greenish Warbler 14 May 2021 · Sairan, Bolshaya Almatinka river, Almaty

4 Common Nightingale 14 May 2021 · Sairan, Bolshaya Almatinka river, Almaty 🐤 1

House Sparrow 14 May 2021 · Sairan, Bolshaya Almatinka river, Almaty 😍 1

Carrion Crow 14 May 2021 · Sairan, Bolshaya Almatinka river, Almaty 😍 1

Great Tit 14 May 2021 · Sairan, Bolshaya Almatinka river, Almaty

Black-headed Gull 14 May 2021 · Sairan, Bolshaya Almatinka river, Almaty 😍 1

Awards of Андрей

4 awards · several levels in each

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25 25 species

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200 200 species

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100 100 observations

250 250 observations

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3/20 3 regions

5/20 5 regions

awardgroup.years

1 1 year on the site

3 3 years on the site

5 5 years on the site

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