A rare vagrant species for Kazakhstan. On February 27 and 28, two birds kept in the thickets of silverberries near the village of Uzynagash (43 km west of Almaty). This is the sixth record of the Dusky Thrush for Kazakhstan. Records of this species are known for the Syrdarya, near the village of Dzhulek (October 16, 1927), near Almaty (February 16, 2013), as well as Ust-Kamenogorsk (October 14 and 16, 2016), Kurgaldzhino (May 7, 2020).

First observation of this species in Uzbekistan

First observation of this species in Uzbekistan

The first meeting in winter in Russia and the second meeting in the Primorsky Territory.

The first winter record on Lake Baikal.

The first winter meeting in the Kemerovo region and the first meeting in January in Siberia as a whole.

A widely distributed in the territory of the Irkutsk Region, but much rarely seen species.

The first record of Pygmy Cormorant in Almaty in general and, in particular, during the winter. The expansion of the Pygmy Cormorant to the northeast concerns not only the probable nesting area, but also the wintering grounds. The nearest winter finds are Sorbulak and Taldykorgan (winter 2017-18, one bird each). In this connection, it is worth noting a significant number of birds in the Almaty (40) and Sorbulak (20) records this winter.

The first record of this species in more than half a century on the territory of the Naurzum reserve.

Few irregular wintering species in the Azov-Black Sea region. The third observation at the Kuialnytskyi lyman.

First record of winter nesting of Eurasian Dipper.

The 3rd record of the species in Yakutia, and the 1st in the western Yakutia.

Probably the first winter observation outside the Azov-Black Sea region, where the species regularly winters mainly in the deltas of large rivers. 2 birds have been observed in Poltava since December 23.

The first confirmed observation in Ukraine.

First winter record for Sorbulak (-10 ° С). Before that, the latest sighting at Sorbulak was on November 24, 2006 (3 birds, Belyalov, Karpov, 2013). Twice the wintering of Pied Avocet were recorded on Shardara (7 birds on January 14, 2018 and 35 birds on January 11, 2020, B. M. Gubin, S. Baskakova, A. Isabekov).

First winter record of the Buff-bellied Pipit.

Single encounters with wintering trials in the region; the first record of a bird belonging definitely to the eastern subspecies Tachybaptus ruficollis poggei in the Irkutsk Region.

The third record of the species for the Katon-Karagai state national nature park and the fourth for the Southern Altai. Before single birds were seen during spring migration and in winter on April 30 and December 11, 2005 in the gardens of the village Katon-Karagai (Starikov 2006, Chelyshev 2006), as well as on December 3, 2018, two robins were seen in the northern spurs of the Narym ridge (Berezovikov 2019).

A rare record for the Korgalzhyn reserve. In total, 3 sightings are known: one bird each on December 5, 1986 and November 27, 2008, two birds - on May 1, 2009. // Кошкин А.В. 2017. Орнитофауна Тениз-Коргалжынского региона (Центральный Казахстан) // Рус. орнитол. журн. 26 (1415): 909-956.

The first photo of a European Robin from the east of Kazakhstan on the website birds.kz. The first registration for Semey in the last 70 years.

The first observation in Ukraine in the winter.

Fifth record in Kazakhstan. The first two refer to Sorbulak: July 16, 2009 (Kovalenko, Dyakin 2009) and December 7, 2013 (Belyalov, Fedorenko 2014); another bird was observed in December 2014 - January 2015 in the vicinity of Taldykorgan (Belyaev, Berezovikov 2015); On July 10, 2019, one bird was found by A. Putilin in the Kostanaynay region on the territory of the Alty Sai eco park (see www.birds.kz).

A very rare resident bird. On the website birds.kz this is only the third photographic record of the species.

This is the first record of the Prunella collaris erythropygia in the kazakh part of Altai, where it was only supposed to be found (Gavrilov 1999).

Second record for the Altyn-Emel National Park. For the first time, one birds of this species were recorded in a flock of Water Pipits on October 14, 2017, as well as on October 18 and 20 (Belyaev 2018).

A new species for the fauna of Kazakhstan. The Passer simplex zarudnyi lives in the Karakum Desert and the southern part of the Kyzylkum Desert (Stepanyan 1990). This is the first find in the northern part of Kyzylkum!

The first record for "Alty-Emel" National Park.

A new species for the Altyn-Emel National Park and the first photo record of the species on the site www.birds.kz in South-Eastern Kazakhstan.

Rare birds in South-Eastern Kazakhstan, and second record for "Altyn-Emel" National Park.

Second record for the Altyn-Emel National Park. For the first time this species was recorded in the park in the crowns of elm on October 12, 2017. Also, on October 14, 15 and 19, the one birds kept in the same place (Belyaev, 2018).

Rare birds in South-Eastern Kazakhstan, and second record for "Altyn-Emel" National Park.

The first record for "Altyn-Emel" National Park. Rare birds in South-Eastern Kazakhstan.

Second record for the Altyn-Emel National Park. For the first time, two birds of this species were recorded in a flock of Water Pipits on October 14, 2017 feeding in a swamp by a pond. On October 18 and 20, one bird was seen in the same place (Belyaev 2018).