Birding Jubail in January

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My dear dog Bamba passed away on Wednesday. Bamba was my loyal birding
companion for 12 years, and much of my birding in recent years, including
the eBir…

1 week ago

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الجوف – Al-jawf 1 Pacific Golden-Plover 2 Sociable Lapwing 3 Merlin 4 Jack
Snipe 5 Oriental Honey-buzzard 6 Slender-billed Gull 7 Little Bittern 8
Black-…

5 weeks ago

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أن تفتح النافذة قبيل الاشراق فتلمح دخلة على الغصن البعيد فتحدثك نفسك هل
اسرع وابدل العدسة بأخرى أطولـ وقبل ان تتخذ القرار تأتي الدخلة وتقف أقرب ما
يمكن …

3 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…

2 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…

2 years ago

Adventures in Mexico

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In January 2020 we headed off to Mexico for some decent weather as the UK
was looking very grim. After an 11 hour flight we landed in Puerto
Vallarta and …

2 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 …

3 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 t…

3 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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5 years ago

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A *Woodcock *flushed from Penn’s Weare wasn’t quite a first for the year
since the observer reported flushing what was presumably the same
individual from …

3 hours ago

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Burung But-but mengawan
Mating of the Greater Coucal. Greater Coucals *(Centropus sinensis bubutus)*

Couple – Greater Coucals *(Centropus sinensis bubutus)*…

1 day ago

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* Sabine`s Gull*

A trip out to Hampshire today with Ken and Andy in hope of seeing the adult*
Sabine`s Gull* that has been showing at Budds Farm in Havan…

2 days ago

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Segundo dia en Gambia. Despues de dormir en el hotel Senegambia nos
acercamos al aeropuerto a recuperar el equipaje de Julio que no había
llegado en n…

2 days ago

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en el Parc Fluvial Besòs, desde el mes de octubre, un macho joven.

Cuchara común, Spatula clypeata, cullerot, Northern Shoveler (1.FEB.2023)

2 days ago

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Ya hemos llegado al Pacífico. Segundo océano en mi lista mundial, ¡Toma ya!

Tras llegar al hotel anocheciendo y pasar una noche entre curiosa y
accident…

2 weeks ago

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2-4th January 2023

Spent a few days with friend from Singapore and Osman at Tambunan and Kota
Belud district for the rare Bulwer’s Pheasant and Whit…

2 weeks ago

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Nuevamente realizamos la primera salida de observación del año en la
misma zona, en cercanías de la pequeña localidad de Zenón Videla Dorna, en
el partid…

2 weeks ago

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The Skokholm Island Annual Report 2021 is now available as a FREE,
searchable, tree-saving PDF here:

bit.ly/3G1d1TZ

2021 was a memorable year on Dream I…

5 weeks ago

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No bird watching during the November… My new hobby, Brazilian Jiu-jitsu
takes most of my spare time, but I´m not worried. More to come when the
warm a…

1 month ago

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Highlights between the 21st to 26th of November included 22 Whooper Swan,
10 Russian White-fronted Goose, 5 Common Scoter, 2 Iceland Gull, a Glaucous
Gul…

1 month ago

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Tour Report 3rd to 10th October 2022 DAY ONE Our intrepid group of 7 (plus
Paul as guide) headed off to Scilly for our first week long tour on Monday
3rd…

3 months ago

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Overnight rain and easterly winds had us hopeful again for some good birds
on the Island, yet in the morning it seemed fairly quiet around Cristin.
Showe…

3 months ago

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It’s been a strange summer for lots of our regular projects, with freak
weather, bird flu and remnants of Covid still making life difficult. Some
of our …

3 months ago

Mist netting 6/9/2022

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A session was planned for Tuesday morning, to take place before the
forecast rain at about 10. As it was, there was a short sharp shower at
about 8, and …

4 months 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…

1 year 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 …

2 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.

2 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…

2 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…

4 years ago