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most often in Mangystau Region
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on the site since 19 January 2021

223observations 116species 23%of the Birds.kz list 1 of 20regions 1comment

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34 species in 2026

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Mangystau Region223

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Eurasian Wryneck17 Aug
Masked Wagtail17 Aug
Lesser Grey Shrike17 Aug

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Most in 2021: 144 observations

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BIRD SPECIES

all species Willow Warbler 7 White Wagtail 7 Mallard 6 Common Sandpiper 5 Wood Sandpiper 5 Eurasian Redstart 5 Crested Lark 5 Hooded Crow 5 House Sparrow 5 Red-backed Shrike 4 Whinchat 4 Little Ringed Plover 4 Northern Wheatear 4 Ruddy Turnstone 4 Common Chiffchaff 3 Common Chaffinch 3 Mew Gull 3 Green Sandpiper 3 Black-winged Stilt 3 Mute Swan 3 Paddyfield Warbler 3 Garganey 3 Black-headed Gull 3 Bar-tailed Godwit 3 Eurasian Collared Dove 2 Bluethroat 2 Fieldfare 2 Eurasian Blackbird 2 Hoopoe 2 Mistle Thrush 2 Barn Swallow 2 Hawfinch 2 Grey Wagtail 2 Tufted Duck 2 Terek Sandpiper 2 Red-necked Phalarope 2 Black Kite 2 Great Cormorant 2 Blyth's Reed Warbler 2 Sykes's Warbler 2 Common Whitethroat 2 Common Kestrel 2 Rosy Starling 2 Sanderling 2 Black-Necked Grebe 2 Corn Bunting 2 Slender-billed Gull 2 Ortolan Bunting 2 Caspian Gull 2 Glossy Ibis 2 Common Tern 2 Common Rosefinch 2 Greater Ringed Plover 2 Citrine Wagtail 2 Pied Wheatear 2 European Robin 1 Redwing 1 Song Thrush 1 Spanish Sparrow 1 Common Raven 1 Common Starling 1 Woodchat Shrike 1 Little Egret 1 Grey Heron 1 Common Shelduck 1 Common Teal 1 Gadwall 1 Eurasian Wigeon 1 Red-crested Pochard 1 White-tailed Sea-Eagle 1 Peregrine Falcon 1 Spotted Crake 1 Common Coot 1 Eurasian Golden Plover 1 Greater Sand Plover 1 Kentish Plover 1 Common Redshank 1 Ruff 1 Little Stint 1 Temminck's Stint 1 Curlew Sandpiper 1 Dunlin 1 Eurasian Whimbrel 1 Sandwich Tern 1 Little Tern 1 Wood Pigeon 1 Rock Pigeon 1 Long-eared Owl 1 European Nightjar 1 Common Kingfisher 1 Eurasian Wryneck 1 Yellow Wagtail 1 Masked Wagtail 1 Tree Pipit 1 Lesser Grey Shrike 1 Steppe Grey Shrike 1 Northern Wren 1 Sedge Warbler 1 Great Reed Warbler 1 Menetries Warbler 1 Pied Flycatcher 1 Red-breasted Flycatcher 1 Spotted Flycatcher 1 Yellowhammer 1 Pine Bunting 1 Northern Reed Bunting 1 Red-headed Bunting 1 Brambling 1 European Greenfinch 1 Desert Finch 1 Long-tailed Rosefinch 1 Siberian Stonechat 1 Eastern Black-eared Wheatear 1 Finsch's Wheatear 1 Isabelline Wheatear 1 Black Redstart 1

Red-crested Pochard 10 May 2025 · Baskuduk, Aktau, Mangystau Region

Garganey 10 May 2025 · Baskuduk, Aktau, Mangystau Region

Glossy Ibis 10 May 2025 · Baskuduk, Aktau, Mangystau Region 😍 3

Bar-tailed Godwit 10 May 2025 · Baskuduk, Aktau, Mangystau Region

Eurasian Whimbrel 10 May 2025 · Baskuduk, Aktau, Mangystau Region 😍 1

Crested Lark 10 May 2025 · Baskuduk, Aktau, Mangystau Region 😍 3

Ruddy Turnstone 10 May 2025 · Baskuduk, Aktau, Mangystau Region 😍 1

Common Shelduck 10 May 2025 · Baskuduk, Aktau, Mangystau Region 😍 3

Terek Sandpiper 10 May 2025 · Baskuduk, Aktau, Mangystau Region 😍 1

Northern Wheatear 4 May 2025 · Aktau, Mangystau Region 3 photos (short) 😍 6🐤 1

Woodchat Shrike 4 May 2025 · Aktau, Mangystau Region 3 photos (short) 😍 8🐤 2

Wood Sandpiper 4 May 2025 · 5A microdistrict embankment, Aktau, Mang... 😍 4

Black-Necked Grebe 4 May 2025 · 5A microdistrict embankment, Aktau, Mang...

Little Ringed Plover 4 May 2025 · 5A microdistrict embankment, Aktau, Mang... 😍 4

Whinchat 4 May 2025 · 5A microdistrict embankment, Aktau, Mang... 😍 7🐤 1

Willow Warbler 4 May 2025 · 5A microdistrict embankment, Aktau, Mang... 😍 4

Sykes's Warbler 4 May 2025 · 5A microdistrict embankment, Aktau, Mang... 😍 1

Whinchat 4 May 2025 · 5A microdistrict embankment, Aktau, Mang... 😍 5

Red-backed Shrike 4 May 2025 · 5A microdistrict embankment, Aktau, Mang... 😍 9

Wood Pigeon 16 Apr 2025 · Aktau, Mangystau Region 2 photos (short) 😍 1

Common Kestrel 9 Apr 2025 · Aktau, Mangystau Region 😍 3

Grey Wagtail 9 Apr 2025 · Aktau, Mangystau Region 😍 3🐤 1

Hybrid Wagtail 9 Apr 2025 · Aktau, Mangystau Region 2 photos (short) 🐤 2

Mallard 9 Apr 2025 · Aktau, Mangystau Region

Awards of Алёна

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