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most often in Almaty Region
EOS 850D, Sigma 150-600
on the site since 6 February 2018

447observations 168species 33%of the Birds.kz list 11 of 20regions 365comments 1diary entry

big year 2026table

69-thplace of 93

7 species in 2026

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where they watch birds

11 of 20 regions of Kazakhstan

Almaty Region133 Akmola Region84 Turkistan Region79 Astana54 Almaty39 Mangystau Region20 Pavlodar Region19 Kyzylorda Region8 Zhambyl Region7 Shymkent3

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North Kazakhstan Region1

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new species in 2026

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Steppe Grey Shrike17 Apr
Citrine Wagtail16 Apr
Lesser Short-toed Lark17 Mar

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201820222026

Most in 2018: 222 observations

Observations 447 Species 168 Diaries 1 Map 153 Comments 365

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all 2026 7 2025 3 2023 2 2022 33 2020 63 2019 117 2018 222

BIRD SPECIES

all species Common Kestrel 13 Common Sparrowhawk 13 Long-legged Buzzard 12 Black Kite 10 White-tailed Sea-Eagle 9 Western Marsh-Harrier 9 Baraba Steppe Gull 8 Steppe Eagle 8 Mute Swan 8 Golden Eagle 7 Pallid Harrier 7 Rough-legged Buzzard 6 Grey Partridge 5 Upland Buzzard 5 Great Spotted Woodpecker 5 Common Buzzard 5 Common Raven 5 Booted Eagle 5 Little Owl 5 Northern Wheatear 5 Eastern Imperial Eagle 5 Northern Goshawk 5 Caspian Gull 5 Northern Lapwing 4 Common Pheasant 4 Carrion Crow 4 Isabelline Shrike 4 Lesser Whitethroat 4 Common Chaffinch 4 Tawny Pipit 4 Rook 4 Barn Swallow 4 Eurasian Collared Dove 4 Wood Pigeon 4 Pallas's Gull 4 Common Redshank 4 Lammergeier 4 Eurasian Magpie 4 Cinereous Vulture 4 Common Pochard 3 Great Crested Grebe 3 Great White Egret 3 Grey Heron 3 Ruddy Shelduck 3 Greater Spotted Eagle 3 Himalayan Vulture 3 Eurasian Hobby 3 Little Ringed Plover 3 Caspian Tern 3 Long-eared Owl 3 Eurasian Roller 3 Yellow Wagtail 3 Masked Wagtail 3 Turkestan Shrike 3 Lesser Grey Shrike 3 Spotted Flycatcher 3 Great Tit 3 Eurasian Linnet 3 Northern Bullfinch 3 Siberian Stonechat 3 Isabelline Wheatear 3 Eurasian Redstart 3 Fieldfare 3 Mistle Thrush 3 Hooded Crow 3 Rock Bunting 2 Oriental Turtle Dove 2 Great Cormorant 2 Slender-billed Gull 2 Mew Gull 2 Glossy Ibis 2 European Greenfinch 2 Spotted Redshank 2 Black Lark 2 Black-headed Gull 2 Paddyfield Warbler 2 Rock Pigeon 2 Gadwall 2 Mallard 2 Black Stork 2 White Wagtail 2 Pied Wheatear 2 Common Chiffchaff 2 House Sparrow 2 Peregrine Falcon 2 Black-throated Thrush 2 Spanish Sparrow 2 Whooper Swan 2 Lesser Kestrel 2 Saker Falcon 2 Tree Pipit 2 Chukar Partridge 2 Griffon Vulture 2 Egyptian Vulture 2 Yellowhammer 2 Demoiselle Crane 2 Pine Bunting 2 Eurasian Jackdaw 2 Eastern Buzzard 2 White-tailed Lapwing 2 Black-winged Stilt 2 Wood Sandpiper 2 Northern Wren 1 Blyth's Reed Warbler 1 Booted Warbler 1 Common Whitethroat 1 Willow Warbler 1 Willow Tit 1 Eastern Rock Nuthatch 1 Hen Harrier 1 Meadow Bunting 1 Ortolan Bunting 1 Grey-necked Bunting 1 Red-headed Bunting 1 Grey-headed Goldfinch 1 Tree Sparrow 1 Mongolian Finch 1 Desert Finch 1 Long-tailed Rosefinch 1 Rock Sparrow 1 White-winged Grosbeak 1 Little Egret 1 Purple Heron 1 Eastern Black-eared Wheatear 1 Barbary Falcon 1 Finsch's Wheatear 1 Merlin 1 Red-footed Falcon 1 Willow Ptarmigan 1 Common Crane 1 Common Coot 1 Corn Bunting 1 Marsh Sandpiper 1 Ruff 1 Black-winged Pratincole 1 Goosander 1 Little Gull 1 Siberian Black-backed Gull 1 Common Starling 1 Northern Shoveler 1 White-winged Tern 1 Gull-billed Tern 1 Common Tern 1 Black-Bellied Sandgrouse 1 Northern Pintail 1 Stock Pigeon 1 Laughing Dove 1 Eversmann's Redstart 1 Common Teal 1 Common Swift 1 Blue-cheeked Bee-eater 1 Common Nightingale 1 Hoopoe 1 Common Shelduck 1 Crested Lark 1 Lesser Short-toed Lark 1 Bimaculated Lark 1 White-winged Lark 1 Horned Lark 1 Sky Lark 1 Bluethroat 1 Citrine Wagtail 1 Greylag Goose 1 Black-Necked Grebe 1 Long-tailed Shrike 1 Rosy Starling 1 Steppe Grey Shrike 1 Bohemian Waxwing 1

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all Almaty Region 133Akmola Region 84Turkistan Region 79Astana 54Almaty 39 Mangystau Region 20Pavlodar Region 19Kyzylorda Region 8Zhambyl Region 7Shymkent 3North Kazakhstan Region 1

Northern Bullfinch 13 Mar 2020 · Central Park, Astana 3 photos (short)

Eurasian Magpie 13 Mar 2020 · Central Park, Astana 4 photos (short) 😍 5🐤 1

Eurasian Jackdaw 13 Mar 2020 · Central Park, Astana

Great Spotted Woodpecker 13 Mar 2020 · Central Park, Astana 3 photos (short)

Isabelline Shrike 17 Mar 2018 · Sairam, Turkistan Region 3 photos (short) 😍 3🐤 1

Fieldfare 29 Feb 2020 · Astana 4 photos (short) 😍 1🐤 1

Great Tit 19 Jan 2020 · Botanical Garden, Astana 3 photos (short) 😍 2🐤 1

Grey Partridge 19 Jan 2020 · Pyramid, Astana 3 photos (short) 😍 5

Hooded Crow 11 Jan 2020 · Dendropark, Astana

Great Spotted Woodpecker 11 Jan 2020 · Dendropark, Astana 😍 1

Northern Bullfinch 11 Jan 2020 · Dendropark, Astana 2 photos (short) 😍 2

Rough-legged Buzzard 4 Jan 2020 · Talgar, Almaty Region 😍 1

White-winged Grosbeak 4 Jan 2020 · Talgar, Almaty Region 2 photos (short)

Isabelline Wheatear 16 Mar 2019 · Kokpek, Almaty Region 2 photos (short) 😍 3

Pied Wheatear 16 Mar 2019 · Kokpek, Almaty Region 😍 4

Great Spotted Woodpecker 10 Jul 2019 · Burabay (Borovoe), Akmola Region 🐤 1

Siberian Stonechat 11 Jul 2019 · Акмолинская область 3 photos (short)

Common Chaffinch 10 Jul 2019 · Burabay (Borovoe), Akmola Region 2 photos (short) 😍 2

Northern Bullfinch 10 Jul 2019 · Burabay (Borovoe), Akmola Region 4 photos (short) 😍 1🐤 2

Willow Tit 10 Jul 2019 · Burabay (Borovoe), Akmola Region 3 photos (short)

White Wagtail 10 Jul 2019 · Burabay (Borovoe), Akmola Region 3 photos (short)

Hooded Crow 10 Jul 2019 · Burabay (Borovoe), Akmola Region 🐤 1

Fieldfare 10 Jul 2019 · Burabay (Borovoe), Akmola Region 3 photos (short) 😍 1🐤 1

Greater Spotted Eagle 11 Jul 2019 · Акмолинская область 6 photos (short) 😍 2🐤 2

Awards of Нурлан

5 awards · several levels in each

awardgroup.species

10 10 species

25 25 species

50 50 species

100 100 species

150 150 species

awardgroup.observations

1 1 observation

10 10 observations

50 50 observations

100 100 observations

250 250 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

5 5 years on the site

awardgroup.diary

1 1 diary entry

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