Best photos of the month. December 2025. Photos by Gennadiy Dyakin in birding.day.

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Best photos of the month, December 2025

Long-eared Owl | Gennadiy Dyakin | 13

Ibisbill | Gennadiy Dyakin | 12

Northern Wren | Gennadiy Dyakin | 10

Carrion Crow | Gennadiy Dyakin | 9

Ibisbill | Gennadiy Dyakin | 9

Eurasian Dipper | Gennadiy Dyakin | 9

Northern Wren | Gennadiy Dyakin | 8

Common Kestrel | Gennadiy Dyakin | 7

Ibisbill | Gennadiy Dyakin | 7

Ibisbill | Gennadiy Dyakin | 7

Green Sandpiper | Gennadiy Dyakin | 7

Common Sparrowhawk | Gennadiy Dyakin | 7

Long-eared Owl | Gennadiy Dyakin | 7

Mistle Thrush | Gennadiy Dyakin | 6

Ibisbill | Gennadiy Dyakin | 6

Himalayan Vulture | Gennadiy Dyakin | 6

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Current Result 2025

407 species

rare birds records

Long-toed Stint (Calidris subminuta)

© Gennadiy Dyakin
2025-05-10
Sorbulak lake, Almaty region

A rare migratory species for Kazakhstan.

Kentish Plover (Charadrius alexandrinus)

© Gennadiy Dyakin
2024-12-07
Sorbulak lake, Almaty region

Second winter record, first for the southeast of Kazakhstan. Previously, it was only observed in Aktau in January 2016 (Yas'ko, 2017).

White-headed Duck (Oxyura leucocephala)

© Gennadiy Dyakin
2024-12-07
Sorbulak lake, Almaty region

The second winter record in the south-east of Kazakhstan. Before this, 4 and 5 white-headed ducks were observed on Sorbulak on December 12 and 19, 2004 (Belyalov, Karpov, 2004). Winter finds are also known on Lake Karakol (Mangistau region): probably a delayed individual on December 8, 2011 (Kovshar, Karpov 2019) and several birds on December 12, 2019 (Nurlykhanov, see site gallery).

Caucasian Chiffchaff (Phylloscopus lorenzii)

© Gennadiy Dyakin
2018-05-08
Fakel, Mangistau region

A new species for Kazakhstan. The habitat of Phylloscopus lorenzii covers Turkey, the Caucasus, Transcaucasia and northern Iran.

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unidentified

2025-11-12

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2025-11-11

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