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most often in Turkistan Region
NIKON COOLPIX P900
on the site since 16 March 2024

618observations 255species 50%of the Birds.kz list 9 of 20regions 42comments 1diary entry

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215 species in 2026

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where they watch birds

9 of 20 regions of Kazakhstan

Turkistan Region486 Shymkent100 Pavlodar Region9 Almaty Region8 Kyzylorda Region6 Kostanay Region3 Zhetysu Region2 Mangystau Region2 Zhambyl Region2

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Sociable Lapwing10 Oct
Peregrine Falcon11 Sep
Asian Desert Warbler29 Aug

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Most in 2026: 362 observations

Observations 618 Species 255 Diaries 1 Map 204 Comments 42

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all 2026 362 2025 209 2024 40 2023 2 2021 3 2009 2

BIRD SPECIES

all species Long-legged Buzzard 10 White-tailed Sea-Eagle 9 Western Marsh-Harrier 7 Common Kestrel 7 Short-toed Snake-Eagle 7 Osprey 7 Shikra 6 Common Raven 6 Pygmy Cormorant 6 Great White Pelican 6 Ruddy Shelduck 6 Caspian Gull 5 Demoiselle Crane 5 Greylag Goose 5 Great White Egret 5 Dalmatian Pelican 5 Steppe Eagle 5 Common Sparrowhawk 5 Streaked Scrub Warbler 5 Black Redstart 5 Glossy Ibis 5 Common Coot 5 Pied Wheatear 5 Sykes's Warbler 5 Common Chiffchaff 5 Common Chaffinch 4 Mallard 4 Water Pipit 4 Tree Pipit 4 Barn Swallow 4 Eurasian Roller 4 Eurasian Curlew 4 Pallas's Gull 4 Red-crested Pochard 4 Black-crowned Night Heron 4 Little Egret 4 Grey Heron 4 Bluethroat 4 Common Buzzard 4 White Stork 4 Booted Eagle 4 Eastern Imperial Eagle 4 Egyptian Vulture 4 Eurasian Jackdaw 4 Common Whitethroat 4 Chukar Partridge 4 Northern Reed Bunting 4 Common Crane 4 Corn Bunting 4 Northern Lapwing 4 Common Kingfisher 3 Black-headed Gull 3 Common Mynah 3 Common Moorhen 3 Turkestan Shrike 3 European Bee-eater 3 Great Bustard 3 Hoopoe 3 Pied Bushchat 3 Little Bustard 3 Golden Eagle 3 Crested Lark 3 Lammergeier 3 Yellow-breasted Tit 3 Black Stork 3 Great Grey Shrike 3 Siberian Stonechat 3 Calandra Lark 3 Eurasian Linnet 3 Eurasian Hobby 3 Merlin 3 Mute Swan 3 Great Crested Grebe 3 Ruff 3 Green Sandpiper 3 Red-headed Bunting 3 Common Oystercatcher 3 Common Pheasant 3 Oriental Turtle Dove 3 Pander's Ground-Jay 3 Wood Pigeon 3 Common Teal 3 Yellowhammer 3 Common Shelduck 3 Purple Heron 3 Black-Bellied Sandgrouse 3 Mistle Thrush 3 Eurasian Spoonbill 3 Hen Harrier 3 Isabelline Wheatear 3 Finsch's Wheatear 3 House Sparrow 3 Common Cuckoo 3 Little Owl 3 Common Starling 2 Rosy Starling 2 Great Cormorant 2 Greater Flamingo 2 Greater White-fronted Goose 2 Whooper Swan 2 Gadwall 2 Northern Shoveler 2 Common Pochard 2 Ferruginous Duck 2 Tufted Duck 2 Common Goldeneye 2 Smew 2 Goosander 2 Black Kite 2 Northern Goshawk 2 Eastern Buzzard 2 Cinereous Vulture 2 Griffon Vulture 2 Saker Falcon 2 Lesser Kestrel 2 Little Ringed Plover 2 Greater Sand Plover 2 Sociable Lapwing 2 White-tailed Lapwing 2 Black-winged Stilt 2 Wood Sandpiper 2 Spotted Redshank 2 Red-necked Phalarope 2 Collared Pratincole 2 Caspian Tern 2 Common Tern 2 Little Tern 2 Eurasian Collared Dove 2 Laughing Dove 2 Eurasian Scops-Owl 2 White-Winged Woodpecker 2 Red-rumped Swallow 2 Pale Sand Martin 2 Greater Short-toed Lark 2 Yellow Wagtail 2 Black-headed Wagtail 2 White Wagtail 2 Isabelline Shrike 2 Red-backed Shrike 2 Lesser Grey Shrike 2 Steppe Grey Shrike 2 Blyth's Reed Warbler 2 Eastern Olivaceous Warbler 2 Lesser Whitethroat 2 Hume's Whitethroat 2 Greenish Warbler 2 Asian Paradise Flycatcher 2 Spotted Flycatcher 2 Bearded Tit 2 Turkestan Tit 2 White-crowned Penduline Tit 2 Pine Bunting 2 Rock Bunting 2 Grey-necked Bunting 2 Grey-headed Goldfinch 2 Common Rosefinch 2 Northern Wheatear 2 Desert Wheatear 2 Rufous Bush Robin 2 Eurasian Redstart 2 Black-throated Thrush 2 Eurasian Blackbird 2 Blue Whistling Thrush 2 Indian Sparrow 2 Tree Sparrow 2 European Golden Oriole 2 Indian Golden Oriole 2 Eurasian Magpie 2 Yellow-billed Chough 2 Rook 2 Carrion Crow 2 Hooded Crow 2 Long-tailed Shrike 1 Greater Spotted Eagle 1 Common Greenshank 1 Bewick's Swan 1 Northern Wren 1 Moustached Warbler 1 Sedge Warbler 1 Paddyfield Warbler 1 Upland Buzzard 1 Clamorous Reed Warbler 1 Booted Warbler 1 Pied Avocet 1 Variable Wheatear 1 Ruddy Turnstone 1 Montagu's Harrier 1 Northern Pintail 1 Menetries Warbler 1 Asian Desert Warbler 1 Kentish Plover 1 Pallid Harrier 1 Hume's Warbler 1 Eurasian Stone Curlew 1 Little Grebe 1 Black-Necked Grebe 1 Goldcrest 1 Crested Honey-Buzzard 1 Macqueen's Bustard 1 Great Tit 1 Eversmann's Redstart 1 European Robin 1 Eastern Rock Nuthatch 1 Wallcreeper 1 Baillon's Crake 1 Water Rail 1 Common Nightingale 1 Red-breasted Merganser 1 Meadow Bunting 1 Common Quail 1 Ortolan Bunting 1 Rock Pigeon 1 Rock Sparrow 1 Gull-billed Tern 1 Eurasian Eagle-Owl 1 Short-eared Owl 1 Grey Partridge 1 Pallid Scops Owl 1 Black Tern 1 European Nightjar 1 Egyptian Nightjar 1 Common Swift 1 Baraba Steppe Gull 1 Black-tailed Godwit 1 Blue-cheeked Bee-eater 1 Common Snipe 1 Sanderling 1 Eurasian Wryneck 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker 1 Red-footed Falcon 1 Lesser Spotted Woodpecker 1 Curlew Sandpiper 1 Brambling 1 Northern House Martin 1 Sand Martin 1 Red-fronted Serin 1 Temminck's Stint 1 European Greenfinch 1 Lesser Short-toed Lark 1 Little Stint 1 White-winged Lark 1 Horned Lark 1 Sky Lark 1 Eurasian Wigeon 1 Peregrine Falcon 1 Citrine Wagtail 1 Grey Wagtail 1 Mongolian Finch 1 Masked Wagtail 1 Tawny Pipit 1 Terek Sandpiper 1 Common Sandpiper 1 Garganey 1 Common Redshank 1 Himalayan Vulture 1

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all Turkistan Region 486Shymkent 100Pavlodar Region 9Almaty Region 8Kyzylorda Region 6 Kostanay Region 3Zhetysu Region 2Mangystau Region 2Zhambyl Region 2

Merlin 11 Jan 2025 · Koksarayskoye reservoir, Turkistan Regio... 😍 2

Common Pochard 11 Jan 2025 · Shymkent 😍 2

Common Goldeneye 11 Jan 2025 · Shymkent 😍 1

Great Cormorant 10 Jan 2025 · Shymkent 😍 1

2 Goosander 11 Jan 2025 · Shymkent 😍 1

Carrion Crow 9 Jan 2025 · Shymkent 😍 1

Crested Lark 9 Jan 2025 · Shymkent 😍 1

2 Greylag Goose 10 Jan 2025 · Shardara reservoir, Turkistan Region 😍 2

Hooded Crow 9 Jan 2025 · Shardara reservoir, Turkistan Region 😍 1

2 White-tailed Sea-Eagle 10 Jan 2025 · Shardara reservoir, Turkistan Region 😍 3

Bewick's Swan 10 Jan 2025 · Shardara reservoir, Turkistan Region 😍 1

2 Smew 10 Jan 2025 · Shardara reservoir, Turkistan Region 😍 1

2 Mute Swan 10 Jan 2025 · Shardara reservoir, Turkistan Region 😍 1

Whooper Swan 10 Jan 2025 · Shardara reservoir, Turkistan Region 😍 1

Dalmatian Pelican 10 Jan 2025 · Below Shardara reservoir dam, Shardara,... 😍 1

Western Marsh-Harrier 10 Jan 2025 · Shardara, Turkistan Region 😍 3

2 Great White Egret 10 Jan 2025 · Shymkent 😍 3

3 Lesser Whitethroat 9 Jan 2025 · Shymkent 😍 2

Long-legged Buzzard 9 Jan 2025 · Shymkent 😍 3

2 Common Chaffinch 9 Jan 2025 · Shymkent 😍 1

Northern Lapwing 9 Sep 2024 · Chimkent-Shoshkakol, Turkistan Region

Ruff 9 Sep 2024 · Chimkent-Shoshkakol, Turkistan Region

2 Greylag Goose 9 Sep 2024 · Shoshkakolskie lakes, Turkistan Region

2 Purple Heron 9 Sep 2024 · Shoshkakolskie lakes, Turkistan Region

Awards of Сырымбет

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3/20 3 regions

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1 1 year on the site

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1 1 diary entry

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