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most often in Astana
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on the site since 20 September 2025

258observations 197species 38%of the Birds.kz list 7 of 20regions 59comments 2diary entries

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14-thplace of 93

190 species in 2026

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7 of 20 regions of Kazakhstan

Astana77 Kostanay Region62 Almaty Region30 Mangystau Region29 North Kazakhstan Region28 Akmola Region22 Almaty10

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Griffon Vulture25 Oct
Citrine Wagtail25 Oct
Rock Sparrow25 Oct

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Most in 2026: 216 observations

Observations 258 Species 197 Diaries 2 Map 155 Comments 59

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BIRD SPECIES

all species Rosy Starling 3 European Greenfinch 3 Coal Tit 3 Greater Short-toed Lark 3 Grey Partridge 3 Paddyfield Warbler 3 Willow Tit 3 Black Redstart 3 Marsh Sandpiper 2 Calandra Lark 2 Common Sandpiper 2 Eurasian Siskin 2 Long-legged Buzzard 2 Eurasian Linnet 2 Ruff 2 Wood Pigeon 2 Northern Bullfinch 2 Hawfinch 2 Little Stint 2 Eurasian Collared Dove 2 Oriental Turtle Dove 2 Masked Wagtail 2 Isabelline Wheatear 2 Tree Pipit 2 Eurasian Redstart 2 Great Cormorant 2 Saker Falcon 2 Long-eared Owl 2 Red-backed Shrike 2 Short-eared Owl 2 Fieldfare 2 Steppe Eagle 2 Greylag Goose 2 Common Kestrel 2 Northern Lapwing 2 Common Mynah 2 Eurasian Magpie 2 Spotted Nutcracker 2 Booted Warbler 2 Common Whitethroat 2 Black-headed Gull 2 Hoopoe 2 Common Shelduck 2 Western Marsh-Harrier 2 Spotted Flycatcher 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker 2 Goldcrest 2 Long-tailed Tit 2 Azure Tit 2 Common Sparrowhawk 2 Eurasian Nuthatch 2 Common Crane 2 Demoiselle Crane 2 Wood Sandpiper 1 Common Redshank 1 Terek Sandpiper 1 Dunlin 1 Sanderling 1 Common Snipe 1 Black-tailed Godwit 1 Black-winged Pratincole 1 Pallas's Gull 1 Little Gull 1 Slender-billed Gull 1 Baraba Steppe Gull 1 Black Tern 1 White-winged Tern 1 Gull-billed Tern 1 Caspian Tern 1 Common Tern 1 Little Tern 1 Black-Bellied Sandgrouse 1 Pallas's Sandgrouse 1 Stock Pigeon 1 Laughing Dove 1 Common Cuckoo 1 Little Owl 1 European Nightjar 1 Common Swift 1 Common Kingfisher 1 European Bee-eater 1 Eurasian Roller 1 Eurasian Wryneck 1 Grey-Headed Woodpecker 1 White-Winged Woodpecker 1 Lesser Spotted Woodpecker 1 Barn Swallow 1 Sand Martin 1 Crested Lark 1 Black Lark 1 Horned Lark 1 Sky Lark 1 Yellow Wagtail 1 Citrine Wagtail 1 Grey Wagtail 1 White Wagtail 1 Water Pipit 1 Isabelline Shrike 1 Turkestan Shrike 1 Lesser Grey Shrike 1 Great Grey Shrike 1 Bohemian Waxwing 1 Cetti's Warbler 1 Western Grasshopper Warbler 1 Sedge Warbler 1 Lesser Whitethroat 1 Common Chiffchaff 1 Greenish Warbler 1 Hume's Warbler 1 Streaked Scrub Warbler 1 Bearded Tit 1 Eurasian Penduline Tit 1 Eastern Rock Nuthatch 1 Common Treecreeper 1 Northern Reed Bunting 1 Red-headed Bunting 1 Common Chaffinch 1 Brambling 1 Eurasian Goldfinch 1 Common Rosefinch 1 Red Crossbill 1 Siberian Stonechat 1 Northern Wheatear 1 Pied Wheatear 1 Desert Wheatear 1 Blue-capped Redstart 1 Eversmann's Redstart 1 Guldenstadt's Redstart 1 European Robin 1 Bluethroat 1 Black-throated Thrush 1 Eurasian Blackbird 1 Song Thrush 1 Mistle Thrush 1 House Sparrow 1 Tree Sparrow 1 Rock Sparrow 1 Red-billed Chough 1 Yellow-billed Chough 1 Eurasian Jackdaw 1 Rook 1 Carrion Crow 1 Hooded Crow 1 Common Starling 1 Common Raven 1 Black-Necked Grebe 1 Slavonian Grebe 1 Red-Necked Grebe 1 Great Crested Grebe 1 Great White Pelican 1 Little Bittern 1 Great White Egret 1 Little Egret 1 Grey Heron 1 Eurasian Spoonbill 1 Glossy Ibis 1 Greater Flamingo 1 Mute Swan 1 Whooper Swan 1 Ruddy Shelduck 1 Mallard 1 Garganey 1 Northern Shoveler 1 Red-crested Pochard 1 Common Pochard 1 Tufted Duck 1 White-headed Duck 1 Osprey 1 Eurasian Honey-Buzzard 1 Crested Honey-Buzzard 1 Black Kite 1 Pallid Harrier 1 Common Buzzard 1 Short-toed Snake-Eagle 1 Eastern Imperial Eagle 1 Golden Eagle 1 White-tailed Sea-Eagle 1 Egyptian Vulture 1 Cinereous Vulture 1 Griffon Vulture 1 Eurasian Hobby 1 Merlin 1 Red-footed Falcon 1 Himalayan Snowcock 1 Chukar Partridge 1 Common Pheasant 1 Baillon's Crake 1 Common Moorhen 1 Common Coot 1 Little Bustard 1 Greater Ringed Plover 1 Little Ringed Plover 1 Kentish Plover 1 White-tailed Lapwing 1 Black-winged Stilt 1 Pied Avocet 1 Green Sandpiper 1

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all Astana 77Kostanay Region 62Almaty Region 30Mangystau Region 29North Kazakhstan Region 28 Akmola Region 22Almaty 10

Bearded Tit 17 May · Kosshy, Astana 😍 2

Common Sandpiper 17 May · Maly Taldykol lake, Astana 😍 1

Paddyfield Warbler 17 May · Maly Taldykol lake, Astana

White-headed Duck 17 May · Maly Taldykol lake, Astana 😍 4

Common Whitethroat 17 May · Pyramid, Astana 😍 1

Red-backed Shrike 18 May · Astana 😍 3

Eurasian Hobby 18 May · Botanical Garden, Astana 😍 6

Paddyfield Warbler 7 May · Nur-Sultan, Astana 😍 1

Sand Martin 7 May · Nur-Sultan, Astana 😍 1

Common Tern 3 May · Nur-Sultan, Astana

Common Whitethroat 3 May · Petropavl, North Kazakhstan Region 😍 1

Siberian Stonechat 3 May · Petropavl, North Kazakhstan Region 😍 1

Eurasian Redstart 3 May · Petropavl, North Kazakhstan Region 😍 1

Eurasian Wryneck 2 May · Petropavl, North Kazakhstan Region 😍 3

Tree Sparrow 2 May · Beskol, North Kazakhstan Region 😍 3

Black Kite 2 May · Beskol, North Kazakhstan Region 😍 3

Common Starling 2 May · Beskol, North Kazakhstan Region

Grey Heron 2 May · Beskol, North Kazakhstan Region

Common Kestrel 2 May · Beskol, North Kazakhstan Region 😍 2

Great White Egret 2 May · Beskol, North Kazakhstan Region

Marsh Sandpiper 2 May · Beskol, North Kazakhstan Region

Green Sandpiper 2 May · Beskol, North Kazakhstan Region 😍 1

Black-winged Stilt 2 May · Beskol, North Kazakhstan Region

Great Cormorant 2 May · Beskol, North Kazakhstan Region 😍 1

Awards of Амир

5 awards · several levels in each

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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

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3/20 3 regions

5/20 5 regions

awardgroup.years

1 1 year on the site

awardgroup.diary

1 1 diary entry

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