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most often in Mangystau Region
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on the site since 13 November 2014 · last visit today

6 729observations 297species 58%of the Birds.kz list 2 of 20regions 15 962comments 73diary entries

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13-thplace of 93

201 species in 2026

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2 of 20 regions of Kazakhstan

Mangystau Region6 723 Atyrau Region6

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Rustic Bunting1 Oct
Spotted Redshank11 Sep
Long-tailed Shrike25 Aug

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Most in 2018: 877 observations

Observations 6 729 Species 297 Diaries 73 Map 208 Comments 15 962

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all 2026 710 2025 578 2024 497 2023 451 2022 541 2021 581 2020 368 2019 206 2018 877 2017 766 2016 582 2015 541 2014 31

BIRD SPECIES

all species Caspian Gull 176 Common Chiffchaff 138 Red-backed Shrike 134 White Wagtail 119 Eurasian Redstart 99 Spotted Flycatcher 92 Pied Wheatear 88 Willow Warbler 88 Black-headed Gull 85 Red-breasted Flycatcher 72 Mute Swan 71 Northern Reed Bunting 70 Common Kestrel 69 Blyth's Reed Warbler 69 Citrine Wagtail 68 Great Cormorant 68 Mallard 67 Slender-billed Gull 65 Black-Necked Grebe 63 Bluethroat 63 Common Whitethroat 62 Black Redstart 61 Grey Heron 60 Paddyfield Warbler 60 House Sparrow 59 Siberian Stonechat 57 Crested Lark 57 Wood Sandpiper 55 Hooded Crow 55 Northern Wheatear 55 Mew Gull 55 Song Thrush 55 Little Ringed Plover 53 European Robin 52 Red-breasted Merganser 52 Sykes's Warbler 51 Common Sandpiper 51 Whinchat 51 Common Chaffinch 51 Common Tern 48 Ruddy Turnstone 48 Black Kite 46 Barn Swallow 45 Tree Pipit 45 Glossy Ibis 45 Tufted Duck 45 Brambling 44 Ruff 44 Lesser Whitethroat 43 Kentish Plover 43 Common Sparrowhawk 43 Garden Warbler 43 Greater Ringed Plover 42 Yellow Wagtail 41 Isabelline Wheatear 40 Black-winged Stilt 39 Common Rosefinch 39 Fieldfare 39 Great Crested Grebe 38 Ortolan Bunting 38 Great Reed Warbler 37 Eurasian Siskin 37 Hoopoe 37 Little Stint 37 Common Redshank 37 Eurasian Blackbird 36 Eurasian Collared Dove 36 Red-necked Phalarope 35 Yellowhammer 34 Barred Warbler 33 Mistle Thrush 33 Garganey 32 Redwing 32 Common Goldeneye 31 Dunlin 31 Bohemian Waxwing 31 Green Sandpiper 31 Rook 31 Black-headed Wagtail 31 Spotted Crake 31 Hawfinch 30 Water Rail 30 Common Swift 30 Siberian Black-backed Gull 30 Blue Tit 29 Thrush Nightingale 29 Common Teal 29 Tree Sparrow 29 Pallas's Gull 29 Little Tern 28 Western Marsh-Harrier 28 Long-legged Buzzard 28 Sandwich Tern 27 Common Starling 27 Common Snipe 27 Pied Flycatcher 27 Grey Wagtail 26 Ring-billed Gull 26 Lesser Short-toed Lark 26 Laughing Dove 25 Common Cuckoo 25 Common Shelduck 25 Greater Flamingo 25 Eurasian Reed Warbler 25 Common Coot 25 Eurasian Wryneck 24 Great White Egret 24 Lesser Grey Shrike 24 Sanderling 23 Red-headed Bunting 22 Rosy Starling 22 Eurasian Wigeon 22 Bar-tailed Godwit 22 Whiskered Tern 22 Northern Shoveler 21 Great Grey Shrike 21 Desert Finch 21 Terek Sandpiper 20 Eastern Black-eared Wheatear 20 Northern House Martin 20 Caspian Tern 20 Northern Pintail 19 Greater Short-toed Lark 19 Rock Pigeon 19 Red-Necked Grebe 19 Common Buzzard 19 Red-crested Pochard 19 Booted Warbler 19 Common Kingfisher 18 Little Egret 18 European Bee-eater 18 Eurasian Honey-Buzzard 18 Finsch's Wheatear 18 Gadwall 18 White-tailed Sea-Eagle 17 Hen Harrier 17 Levant Sparrowhawk 17 Rock Sparrow 17 Long-tailed Rosefinch 17 Horned Lark 17 Curlew Sandpiper 17 Sky Lark 16 Black-throated Thrush 15 Shikra 15 Temminck's Stint 15 Northern Wren 15 Pine Bunting 15 Greenish Warbler 15 Ruddy Shelduck 15 White-winged Tern 15 Oriental Turtle Dove 15 Calandra Lark 15 Sedge Warbler 14 Hume's Warbler 14 Common Greenshank 14 Common Raven 14 Whooper Swan 14 Meadow Pipit 13 Purple Heron 13 European Golden Oriole 13 Long-eared Owl 13 Common Pochard 12 Grey Plover 12 Black-Bellied Sandgrouse 12 Goldcrest 12 Blue-cheeked Bee-eater 12 Slavonian Grebe 12 European Greenfinch 12 Dunnock 12 Little Bittern 12 Greater Sand Plover 12 Masked Wagtail 11 Savi's Warbler 11 Eurasian Woodcock 11 Chukar Partridge 11 Semi-collared Flycatcher 11 Broad-billed Sandpiper 10 Eurasian Whimbrel 10 Baraba Steppe Gull 10 Great Tit 10 Marsh Warbler 10 Turkestan Shrike 10 Blackcap 10 Peregrine Falcon 10 Steppe Eagle 10 Pied Avocet 9 Sand Martin 9 Yellow-backed Wagtail 9 Eurasian Curlew 9 Bimaculated Lark 9 Steppe Grey Shrike 9 Goosander 9 Wood Warbler 9 Eurasian Jackdaw 8 Pallid Harrier 8 Eurasian Eagle-Owl 7 Marsh Sandpiper 7 Red-throated Pipit 7 Spanish Sparrow 7 Red Crossbill 7 Eurasian Roller 7 Eurasian Golden Plover 7 Little Owl 7 Eurasian Hobby 7 Golden Eagle 6 Northern Lapwing 6 Desert Wheatear 6 Eurasian Penduline Tit 6 Pied Bushchat 6 Gull-billed Tern 6 Osprey 6 Baillon's Crake 5 Streaked Scrub Warbler 5 Common Oystercatcher 5 Jack Snipe 5 Dalmatian Pelican 5 White-winged Lark 5 Stock Pigeon 5 Wood Pigeon 5 Eurasian Goldfinch 4 Common Nightingale 4 Lesser Kestrel 4 Common Moorhen 4 Little Crake 4 European Nightjar 4 Northern Bullfinch 4 Alpine Swift 4 Black-crowned Night Heron 4 Woodchat Shrike 4 Moustached Warbler 4 Corn Bunting 4 Greater Scaup 4 Short-eared Owl 3 Little Bustard 3 Bearded Tit 3 Northern Goshawk 3 Cetti's Warbler 3 Tawny Pipit 3 Common Treecreeper 3 European Stonechat 3 Black-headed Bunting 3 Menetries Warbler 3 Red-footed Falcon 3 Collared Flycatcher 3 Herring Gull 3 Eurasian Spoonbill 3 River Warbler 2 Cattle Egret 2 Blue Rock Thrush 2 Little Gull 2 Brahminy Kite 2 Squacco Heron 2 Eastern Olivaceous Warbler 2 White-tailed Lapwing 2 Asian Desert Warbler 2 Great Black-backed Gull 2 Black-tailed Godwit 2 Common Quail 2 Red-breasted Goose 2 Long-tailed Tit 2 Greylag Goose 2 Montagu's Harrier 2 Coal Tit 2 Collared Pratincole 1 Icterine Warbler 1 Rufous-tailed Rock Thrush 1 Ring Ouzel 1 Black Tern 1 Corncrake 1 Greater White-fronted Goose 1 Rustic Bunting 1 Mediterranean Gull 1 Solitary Snipe 1 Eyebrowed Thrush 1 Bean Goose 1 Red-rumped Swallow 1 Greater Spotted Eagle 1 Western Grasshopper Warbler 1 Isabelline Shrike 1 Merlin 1 Pygmy Cormorant 1 Red-throated Loon 1 Short-toed Snake-Eagle 1 Trumpeter Finch 1 Arctic Loon 1 Glaucous Gull 1 Booted Eagle 1 Meadow Bunting 1 Eurasian Stone Curlew 1 Black-legged Kittiwake 1 Long-tailed Shrike 1 Pallas's Warbler 1 Smew 1 Long-tailed Duck 1 Spotted Redshank 1 Little Grebe 1 Wallcreeper 1

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all Mangystau Region 6723Atyrau Region 6

Only “needs identification” 1

3 Greater Flamingo 14 Jun · Warm beach, Aktau, Mangystau Region 😍 8🐤 1

Little Tern 14 Jun · Warm beach, Aktau, Mangystau Region 😍 5

Common Swift 6 Jun · Embankment, Aktau, Mangystau Region 😍 5🐤 1

2 Common Tern 6 Jun · Embankment, Aktau, Mangystau Region 😍 8

2 Hooded Crow 6 Jun · Embankment, Aktau, Mangystau Region 😍 6

2 Common Swift 6 Jun · Embankment, Aktau, Mangystau Region 😍 1🐤 3

Common Swift 6 Jun · Embankment, Aktau, Mangystau Region 😍 7🐤 1

Red-backed Shrike 31 May · Aktau, Mangystau Region 😍 5

3 Common Cuckoo 31 May · Aktau, Mangystau Region 😍 2🐤 3

2 Red-headed Bunting 31 May · Aktau, Mangystau Region 😍 7

Crested Lark 31 May · Aktau, Mangystau Region

Sykes's Warbler 31 May · Aktau, Mangystau Region 😍 2

Bimaculated Lark 31 May · Aktau, Mangystau Region 😍 4

Steppe Grey Shrike 31 May · Aktau, Mangystau Region 😍 2

Pied Wheatear 31 May · Aktau, Mangystau Region 😍 8

Caspian Gull 31 May · Aktau, Mangystau Region 😍 2

2 Greater Short-toed Lark 31 May · Aktau, Mangystau Region 😍 5

Spotted Flycatcher 31 May · Aktau, Mangystau Region 😍 1

5 Sedge Warbler 31 May · Aktau, Mangystau Region 🐤 1

3 Barred Warbler 31 May · Aktau, Mangystau Region 😍 6🐤 1

Bimaculated Lark 31 May · Aktau, Mangystau Region 😍 1

3 Blue-cheeked Bee-eater 31 May · Aktau, Mangystau Region 😍 7

2 Isabelline Wheatear 31 May · Aktau, Mangystau Region

2 Isabelline Wheatear 31 May · Aktau, Mangystau Region 😍 5

Awards of Анна

5 awards · several levels in each

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25 25 species

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100 100 species

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200 200 species

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50 50 observations

100 100 observations

250 250 observations

500 500 observations

1K 1 000 observations

2.5K 2 500 observations

5K 5 000 observations

awardgroup.years

1 1 year on the site

3 3 years on the site

5 5 years on the site

10 10 years on the site

awardgroup.pioneer

1 New species for the site

5 5 new species for the site

awardgroup.diary

1 1 diary entry

10 10 diary entries

50 50 diary entries

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