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most often in Karaganda Region
Canon eos 7D
on the site since 6 April 2016

213observations 123species 24%of the Birds.kz list 7 of 20regions 48comments

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14 species in 2026

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7 of 20 regions of Kazakhstan

Karaganda Region90 Almaty Region78 Almaty22 Turkistan Region11 Akmola Region7 Abai Region3 Zhetysu Region1

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new species in 2026

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House Sparrow3 Jun
Willow Warbler28 Apr
Ibisbill16 Mar

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Most in 2025: 42 observations

Observations 213 Species 123 Map 129 Comments 48

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all 2026 17 2025 42 2024 21 2023 14 2022 21 2021 4 2020 9 2019 35 2018 26 2017 10 2016 10 2015 2 2014 1 2010 1

BIRD SPECIES

all species Slavonian Grebe 7 Long-legged Buzzard 5 Common Sparrowhawk 5 Fieldfare 5 Great White Egret 5 Barn Swallow 5 Common Coot 5 Western Marsh-Harrier 4 Demoiselle Crane 4 Common Kingfisher 4 Mute Swan 4 Siberian Stonechat 4 Ruddy Shelduck 3 Common Chiffchaff 3 Mallard 3 Common Tern 3 Black-headed Gull 3 Black-winged Stilt 3 Bluethroat 3 Eurasian Roller 3 Lesser Whitethroat 3 Cinereous Vulture 3 Great Crested Grebe 3 White Wagtail 3 Azure Tit 2 Dalmatian Pelican 2 Grey Heron 2 Montagu's Harrier 2 Common Kestrel 2 Little Ringed Plover 2 Northern Lapwing 2 Common Sandpiper 2 Wood Pigeon 2 Rock Pigeon 2 Oriental Turtle Dove 2 Horned Lark 2 Yellow Wagtail 2 Grey Wagtail 2 Spotted Flycatcher 2 Common Starling 2 Northern Wheatear 2 Isabelline Wheatear 2 Eurasian Redstart 2 Tree Sparrow 2 Rook 2 Ibisbill 1 Green Sandpiper 1 Wood Sandpiper 1 Common Redshank 1 Black Redstart 1 Ruff 1 Dunlin 1 Eurasian Curlew 1 Eurasian Whimbrel 1 Northern Shoveler 1 Caspian Gull 1 Black Tern 1 Garganey 1 Pallas's Sandgrouse 1 Great Cormorant 1 Black-throated Thrush 1 Arctic Loon 1 Laughing Dove 1 Common Cuckoo 1 Long-eared Owl 1 Little Owl 1 Northern Pintail 1 European Bee-eater 1 Common Shelduck 1 Hoopoe 1 Greylag Goose 1 Calandra Lark 1 Bimaculated Lark 1 Eurasian Blackbird 1 Blue Whistling Thrush 1 House Sparrow 1 Greater Flamingo 1 Masked Wagtail 1 Isabelline Shrike 1 Turkestan Shrike 1 Lesser Grey Shrike 1 Bohemian Waxwing 1 Brown Dipper 1 Booted Warbler 1 Common Whitethroat 1 Black-crowned Night Heron 1 Willow Warbler 1 Little Bittern 1 Greenish Warbler 1 Carrion Crow 1 Goldcrest 1 Bearded Tit 1 Common Mynah 1 Eastern Rock Nuthatch 1 Corn Bunting 1 Pine Bunting 1 Grey-necked Bunting 1 Red-headed Bunting 1 Common Chaffinch 1 Eurasian Siskin 1 Common Redpoll 1 Mongolian Finch 1 Desert Finch 1 Common Rosefinch 1 Pygmy Cormorant 1 Eurasian Magpie 1 Shikra 1 Black Kite 1 Common Buzzard 1 Greater Spotted Eagle 1 Egyptian Vulture 1 Goosander 1 Eurasian Hobby 1 Pied Wheatear 1 Chukar Partridge 1 Common Crane 1 White-headed Duck 1 Ferruginous Duck 1 Little Bustard 1 Spotted Nutcracker 1 Eurasian Jackdaw 1 Red-crested Pochard 1 Pied Avocet 1

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all Karaganda Region 90Almaty Region 78Almaty 22Turkistan Region 11Akmola Region 7 Abai Region 3Zhetysu Region 1

Barn Swallow 24 Jun 2022 · Tuimebaev, Bentovskie ponds, Almaty Regi... 😍 1

Barn Swallow 21 Jun 2022 · Baum Grove, Almaty

Laughing Dove 21 Jun 2022 · Baum Grove, Almaty 😍 1

Tree Sparrow 23 Apr 2022 · Sorbulak lake system, Almaty Region 😍 2

Calandra Lark 23 Apr 2022 · Sorbulak lake system, Almaty Region 😍 2

Mallard 18 Feb 2022 · Gorky Park, Almaty 😍 1

Brown Dipper 18 Feb 2022 · Almaty-Vesnovka, Almaty 😍 1

Dalmatian Pelican 23 Apr 2022 · Sorbulak lake system, Almaty Region 😍 1

Great White Egret 23 Apr 2022 · Sorbulak lake system, Almaty Region 😍 1

Black-headed Gull 23 Apr 2022 · Sorbulak lake system, Almaty Region 🐤 1

Little Bittern 18 Jun 2022 · Pond near Airport, Almaty 😍 2

Black Tern 26 Jun 2022 · Mezhdurechensk, Almaty Region 😍 1

Masked Wagtail 25 May 2022 · Derevyannoe lake, Almaty Region

Mute Swan 29 Aug 2022 · Karaganda, Karaganda Region 😍 1🐤 1

Demoiselle Crane 2 Aug 2022 · Karagandinskaya oblast' 2 photos (short) 😍 1

Eurasian Hobby 9 Aug 2020 · Northern Balkhash, Karaganda Region 😍 1

Pygmy Cormorant 19 Sep 2020 · Sorbulak lake, Almaty Region

Montagu's Harrier 25 Aug 2017 · Alakol 2 photos (short)

Cinereous Vulture 3 May 2017 · Kurmety, Almaty Region

Arctic Loon 8 May 2019 · Korgalzhyn, Akmola Region 😍 8🐤 3

Wood Sandpiper 13 Sep 2019 · Karaganda region

Dunlin 13 Sep 2019 · Karaganda region

Common Kestrel 12 Sep 2019 · Karaganda region 2 photos (short) 😍 1

White Wagtail 13 Sep 2019 · Karaganda region

Awards of Ирина

4 awards · several levels in each

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10 10 species

25 25 species

50 50 species

100 100 species

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1 1 observation

10 10 observations

50 50 observations

100 100 observations

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3/20 3 regions

5/20 5 regions

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

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