In the area where we were photographing, there was a huge number of long-legged buzzards. When we were passing subsequent villages, there was no single kilometer, where a long-legged buzzard could not be seen. Some of the pictures were taken exactly that way. The long-legged buzzard appeared in the hide practically a single time, just in front of the lenses. A few times it appeared also in the background. It is not very much larger than our common buzzard. It has a wingspan of about 135 cm, with a weight of around 1.5 kg. They are beautiful and I’m glad I managed to take a few dynamic shots in good lighting. In Turkey you don’t have to wait in a hide for long to see a long-legged buzzard. It is enough to have a  car and travel calmly for a while. Of course it cannot be seen everywhere in Turkey, but a local guide will advise you on where to go to see it. When you see it by the roadside it is good to prepare the camera so that when you go near it, you don’t have to make too many moves that could startle it. That’s how the majority of photos presented here were taken.
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TURKEY 2 – introduction text - Eastern imperial eagle
1.Eastern imperial eagle.2.Bearded vulture.3.Long-legged buzzard.4.Cinereous vulture.5.Egyptian vulture.6.Krüper's nuthatch.7.Syrian woodpecker.8.Squacco heron.9.Eurasian hobby.10.Red-fronted serin.11.Eurasian crag martin.12.Western rock nuthatch.13.Steppe eagle.14.Steppe buzzard.15.Isabelline wheatear.16.Sombre tit.17.Red-breasted flycatcher.18.European nightjar.19.Short-toed snake eagle.20.Armenian gull.21.Black-capped jay.22.Tree pipit.23.Eurasian spoonbill. 24.Collared Flycatcher.
Mammals :1.Persian squirrel.  2.Southern-East Asian Wolf 
And changes in the galleries: 25.Griffon vulture.26.Common kestrel.27.Ruddy shelduck.28.Little egret.29.White-tailed eagle.30.Crested lark.31.Raven.32.Grey heron.33.European goldfinch.34.Mistle thrush.35.Black stork.36.Ortolan bunting.37.Northern Wheatear.38.Grey wagtail.
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Kazakhstan – 05/2024- introductory text – Black Lark
NEWS galery
BIRDS:
1.Black Lark(T). 2.White-winged lark(V). 3.Bimacula  ted lark. 4. Oriental Turtle-Dove. 5. Booted Warbler.(V) 6.Paddyfield Warbler(V). 7.Red-headed Bunting(V). 8.Terek Sandpiper. 9.Turkestan Shrike. 10.Macqueen's Bustard. 11.Magellanic Plover. 12.Sykes's Warbler(V). 13.Brown Dipper(T).14.Pallid Scops-Owl 15.Grey-necked Bunting. 16.Saxaul Sparrow(V) 17.White-winged Woodpecker(V). 18.Pale-backed Pigeon. 19.Hume's Whitethroat.
MAMMALS : 1.Great gerbil. 2.Goitered gazelle.
REPTILES : 1.Russian tortoise. 2.Steppe agama. 3.Secret toadhead agama.

CHANGES in Galleries:
BIRDS:
1.Black-bellied sandgrouse(V). 2.Pallas's gull(V). 3.Calandra Lark. 4.Lesser Grey Shrike (V). 5.Red-footed Falcon. 6. Eurasian Sparrowhawk. 7.Eurasian hobby. 8.Long-legged buzzard. 9.Marsh harrier. 10.Pallid Harrier. 11.Montagu's Harrier. 12.Black Kite. 13.Northern Wheatear. 14.Isabelline wheatear. 15.Pied Wheatear.16.Temminck's Stint. 17.Barn Swallow. 18.Blue Whistling-Thrush. 19.Rosy Starling(T,V). 20.Ruddy shelduck. 21.Demoiselle Crane. 22.Brown-necked Raven. 23.Eurasian Tree Sparrow. 24.Bluethroat. 25.Common Cuckoo. 26.Common Myna. 27.Spotted Flycatcher. 28.Rufous-tailed Rock Thrush. 29.White Wagtail. 30.Western Yellow Wagtail. 31.Citrine wagtail. 32.White-throated dipper. 33.Redstart. 34.Common Tern. 35.Caspian Tern. 36.White-winged Tern. 37.Black-tailed Godwit. 38.Greater Sand Plove. 39. Azure Tit. 40.Short-toed Lark. 41.Mediterranean Short-toed Lark. 42.Tawny Pipit. 43.Buff-browed Warbler. 44.Ortolan Bunting. 45.Eurasian skylark. 46.Crested Lark. 47.Siberian Stonechat. 48.Wood Sandpiper. 49.Caspian Gull. 50.Red-crested pochard. 51.House Sparrow. 52.White-tailed eagle. 53.Great Tit. 54.Western Jackdaw. 55.European Roller. 56.Egyptian vulture. 57.Chukar patridge.58.Shikra(V).

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