White-cheeked Terns – Khafra Marsh

Diaries of an avid birder

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August 6th, 04:45

I have a late morning meeting in Sde Boker. My original plan is to do
MacQueen’s Bustard point counts before the meeting (more on that …

14 hours ago

رحلة أبها 1445 – مشاهد طبيعية

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تعتبر شجرتي العرعر والطلح أهم مظهر للغطاء النباتي في جبال الحجاز ومنطقة
عسير ومناطق أخرى في المرتفعات الغربية .

يهيمن العرعر الفينيقي على المرتفعات الت…

5 days ago

Gambia 2019

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Well behind in posting this one as life has been a bit full on but here’s
pics from our trip to Gambia in 2019. Unfortunately there will be a bit of
a gap…

7 months ago

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Notes from the field – Nader Fahad on using the OSME Birds of the Middle
East Arabic App Nader Fahad is a young bird watcher and photographer based
in Sa…

7 months ago

Home Sweet Home

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09 December 2020 – Kyalami Estate, Midrand

I am now back home in South Africa and re-united with my family after
almost a year due to the Covid restricti…

3 years ago

Stopover 187

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by M. McGrady, F. Al Lamki, B. Meyburg, A. Spalton

As mentioned in yesterday’s post (click here), 187 has been in southern
Russia for the last week or s…

3 years ago

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This morning I went to Jahra Farms, having a feeling that the
Black-throated Thrush should have arrived by now as two weeks earlier one
was found in Pivot …

4 years ago

KAUST week ending May 30, 2019

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KAUST week ending May 30, 2019

Indian Silverbill
Another very quiet week birdwise at KAUST.

A pair of Indian Silverbills have been seen a number of times…

5 years ago

Morocco October 2017

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Trip report for 4 days in Morocco October 2017

Full PDF report and images can be found here : Morocco

[image: Northern Bald Ibis (Geronticus eremita)]

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6 years ago

12th August

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An overnight blast of warm easterly brought with it hope of an Aquatic
Warbler or a Melodious Warbler but delivered on the passerine front as near
to nothi…

2 hours ago

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Changeover day dawned calmer after a night of thunder and lightning. With
three moth enthusiasts arriving on the boat, we are looking forward to some
goo…

4 hours ago

19 años de la Larus audouinii ATL8

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Observada en la desembocadura del río Besòs.
Hoy volví a ver una Gaviota de Audouin que tiene un interesante historial.
Esta gaviota fue anillada en la P…

10 hours ago

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This morning I made the effort of going over to the Exminster Marshes in
hope of seeing the long staying juvenile *Purple Heron* . And it was worth
it as…

14 hours ago

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7th August 2024 Mega find by Martin Goody who discovered this CLIFF SWALLOW
at Porth Hellick. Shortly after 08.30, I was at the airport dropping folks
off …

1 day ago

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Calmer weather saw some arrival with two *White Wagtails*, two *Sanderlings*,
a *Dunlin *and three *Ringed* *Plovers *were on Solfach. A *Sand Martin *was
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2 days ago

20 Jul 24 – Preparing For The Island Games

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The Island Games began in 1985 as the Inter-Island Games, involving the
islands surrounding the United Kingdom, but also encouraged the countries
of Icelan…

3 days ago

BAJAMAR EN LA PLAYA DE MONTIJO

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Uno de nuestros lugares favoritos a corta distancia de casa es la playa de
Montijo cuando hay bajamar.

Y dar un paseo por allí al amanecer es siempre…

3 days ago

29th July – 5th August

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The wheels of Autumn are slowly grinding their way into action, despite
this we are still yet to have a Willow Warbler.

The highlights over the last we…

1 week ago

Esnorquel en Playa La Carolina

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Hola a tod@s

El 21 de julio Irene Amorós y yo estuvimos haciendo snorkel en Playa La
Carolina, al sur de la Región de Murcia.

Las especies de peces que vi…

1 week ago

Por campos de Las Flores y Pila

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Imágenes obtenidas en una salida junto a Ricardo Juliano, avezado
observador de aves, que ha recorrido gran parte del país.
Fue u largo recorrido desde la…

4 weeks ago

18th June – Martin Down

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On 18th June I visited the wonderful expanse of chalk grassland that is
Martin Down National Nature Reserve. My main aim was to see the mythical
hoverfl…

5 weeks ago

Toukokuun lopput ja kesäkuun alku

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Toukokuun puolessa välissä alkoi uudet työt lentoasemalla, joten suurin
aika mennyt uusien asioiden omaksumiseen ja viikonloppuisin toki vähän
tullut my…

1 month ago

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“Another fantastic short tour in Majorca, beautiful weather, amazing
scenery and fabulous Birds”

The post Majorca – Spring 2024 appeared first on Cornwal…

1 month ago

Mist netting 3/6/24

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This session took place in the willows and along the Stafford Brook quite
close to the Discovery Hut. A total of 28 birds were caught comprising 10
speci…

1 month ago

Barn Owl throuple and other odd goings on

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Over the long bank holiday weekend we had a chance to make our first visits
to Barn Owl nestboxes across part of our patch. It was a long slog, with
plen…

2 months ago

Rundum Highland, Tenom

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9th – 13th January 2024

Bird survey with the Sabah Birdwatchers Association at Rundum Highland,
revealed some of the exciting mixture of species from …

6 months ago

We’re migrated to a new website…

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This blogspot is no longer active and will continue to be hosted online as
an archive. But never fear, all of your favourite island news and more and
can n…

8 months ago

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SEAWATCHING in Cornwall is my main interest in birding, mainly because the
county lends itself perfectly to an incredible passage of seabirds and a
its …

8 months ago

Birds Beaks

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I made this simple explanation about the diversity of beak types in the
birds. You could of course delve deeper into more complex beak types and
their us…

1 year ago

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*Welcome to Lundy Bird Observatory*

As a proud member of the Bird Observatory community, Lundy Bird Observatory
is committed to and promo…

1 year ago

Early June Visit

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Over half term we had a family trip down to Cornwall again. With two out of
three children in tow we headed off on Tuesday for the rest of the week.

The…

3 years ago

What makes for a long life?

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Rob Robinson writes: I am sometimes asked the question: “How long do birds
live?” The answer is, as to many good questions, “It depends”. The oldest
known …

4 years ago

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The migration blog has a new home, head over to
https://www.bto.org/community/bto-blog to check out what species are on the
move and where best to find them.

4 years ago

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Birding at my backyard is a solo activity , that don’t involve large crowd
gathering. Friday, 13 Mar 2020, 10:23 PM MYT – Malaysia positive cases =
197 cas…

4 years ago

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For those who have not heard, I am afraid I have some bad news to share.
Rob, my brother, died suddenly at home in Mauritania from a heart attack on
the 9t…

5 years ago