Red-rumped Swallows – Dhahran

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جلست متخفة بين الشجيرات في عصر يوم السابع عشر من شعبان التاسع من مارس
انتظر من يمكن أن يظهر من الطيور خاصة الدخلات ، وبعد برهة نزلت الطفلتين
اسراء وسارة…

1 week ago

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This morning I visited Loess Park NR in the northern Negev, in hope of
catching up with the Dotterel flock that winters there, just before they
leave us …

3 weeks ago

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الجوف – Al-jawf Common MynaBlack Scrub-RobinBimaculated
LarkDunlinGreen-winged TealHooded WheatearSociable LapwingPacific
Golden-PloverMerlinJack SnipeOr…

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 …

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 …

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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Every cloud has a silver lining and today it was the manufacturers of
trench foot remedies that will have done well out of our misfortune in
having to en…

3 hours ago

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Morning rain followed by an ever thickening wet mist and then more rain
made for a rather damp affair of difficult birding. A pair of *Woodpigeon*
in Sou…

4 hours ago

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Tiene unos ojos rojos, muy distintivos que resaltan en su plumaje negro y
blanco, que le proporcionan una excelente visión en condiciones de poca
luz, lo…

6 hours ago

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While birders down south seem to be enjoying the start of the summer
weather, up here on North Ronaldsay it is a totally different story. The
26th was do…

8 hours ago

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Pequeños retazos, eso es lo que vamos viendo por la isla. Cada día se
anima un poco mas, nuevas especies, mas cantidades, el paso ya está en
marcha. Per…

1 day ago

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Y llegamos a la Reserva Natural del Bosque de Farasuto. Zona protegida de
pequeño tamaño, unas 4.5 hectáreas; retales de las selvas siempreverdes
exist…

1 day ago

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Flat calm weather and full sun made for a rather nice change from the
constant windy and wet weather last week. Nets were opened at both Nant and
Cristin…

2 days ago

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*Moderate to strong southwesterlies all week with occasional rain. Calm and
light northerly winds on 26th.*

A total of eight *Teal *were seen on 24th and…

2 days ago

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There has been an influx of Alpine Swifts into the British Isles and I
managed to see one at Berry Head on the 20th March .
But there has been a few around …

5 days ago

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17th – 20th March 2023

As this was Peter’s first trip to Sabah, we decided to visit Mt. Alab, Mt.
Trusmadi, Tambunan and Mt. Kinabalu, Kundasang for s…

1 week ago

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18th March 2023 After seeing 100s of White Wagtail only a few days ago in
Jordan, it was still good to see this individual at Baggy Moor Back in the
UK aft…

1 week ago

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Pictures of common garden birds taken with the 24-70mm f4, on my recent
visit to Turkiye.

Eastern Turkey starlings in flight
A pair of tree sparrows on a …

1 week ago

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This winter has been very slow and dark and frustrating birdvicely. I have
had almost zero energy to go out with my camera and most of my free time I
ha…

1 week 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…

4 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 …

5 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 …

6 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.

3 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…

3 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