Northern Shoveler – Dhahran Waste Water Lake

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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…

2 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

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5 years ago

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31st March – 2nd April 2023

Another excellent trip with Ming, Ben and Lisa from Singapore with the aim
for the rarest Bornean Peacock-Pheasant at Telu…

2 hours ago

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An ever calmer day was ideal for the early afternoon arrival of the Spring
2023 Friends of Skokholm and Skomer Work Party. A mad morning was spent
rushin…

5 hours ago

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A day out with the boys today in Cornwall , with our first stop at
Metherall to look for the *Little Bunting* that seems to be wintering there
. We trie…

8 hours ago

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Today was a real slow-burner with, very oddly for this time of year, more
migration during the afternoon than at any time during the morning. With a
light …

18 hours ago

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Volvemos a visitar Ceuta en esta primavera después del grato recuerdo que
nos dejó la visita en dos ocasiones de este pequeño territorio español en
el …

20 hours ago

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The south-westerly winds were strong this morning but dropped later in the
afternoon, with bouts of fog interweaved throughout the day. Migrants were
sti…

3 days 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…

4 days 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…

5 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…

6 days 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…

2 weeks 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 …

2 weeks 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…

2 weeks 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…

5 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