White-winged Terns – Dhahran Waste Water Lake

Excellent day made even better!

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Friday was one of those crazy days… I started early at the Jerusalem Bird
Observatory, leading a birding walk for the birding club operated by
BirdLife…

1 week 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…

1 month 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…

8 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…

9 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

18th September

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With the northeasterly having upped a notch and scarcely a cloud in the sky
the day’s action looked likely to be upward – and so it proved with a
veritable…

4 hours ago

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Another glorious September day was perfect for the autumn Work Party to
crack on, with a light northeasterly breeze ideal for exterior painting.
Cath, Ha…

6 hours ago

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I went down to Bowling Green Marsh early this morning to catch the high
tide and the best bird that I saw was this *Great White Egret* , a rare
visitor …

15 hours ago

Chorlitejo patinegro

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Recientemente, estuve en el Parc Natural dels Aiguamolls de l’Empordà, uno
de los lugares más emblemáticos para la observación de aves en Cataluña.
Este …

19 hours ago

NOS ACERCAMOS AL MORRO DOS VENTOS

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Despues de visitar el Velo de la Novia, llegamos a nuestro alojamiento, la
Pousada do parque, situada dentro del parque nacional de Chapada Dos
Guimara…

21 hours ago

San Clemente del Tuyú (marzo 2024)

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A finales del mes de marzo hicimos una recorrida por la ciudad de San
Clemente del Tuyú, donde vimos algunas especies de aves en la zona
portuaria y Las …

1 day ago

12th – 17th September

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Things have remained quiet but have continued ticking over in the last few
days. Highlights from 12th include a Blackcap and Garden Warbler in the
Trolla…

1 day ago

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Strong south-westerly winds continued with heavy rain for much of the day
before it cleared and calm late afternoon. Waders around the Narrows and
the So…

3 days ago

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27th August 2024 The GULL-BILLED TERN that was discovered by Mike Puxley
yesterday was still at Portcressa Bay today where it showed off superbly!
First th…

3 weeks ago

Food for the King

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This kingfisher is from the same pond where the stork-billed kingfisher was
photographed feeding on small Puyu fish.
The white-throated here probably catch …

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…

2 months 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…

3 months 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…

3 months 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…

3 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 …

8 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…

9 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 …

9 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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[image: Lundy]
*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