First Egyptian Nightjar of year – Jubail

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Yesterday I spent the morning on Mt. Hermon, working there with INPA and
Nadav to better protect the precious ecosystem of the mountain, threatened
by fu…

1 week ago

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تابعنا في الشهر الفضيل ما أحدثت لقطة الامام والقطة التي صعدت على كتفه
ومسحت وجهها بوجهه، وكيف تلقى الناس عبر العالم هذه اللقطة الانسانية المعبرة
جدا عن …

1 month ago

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

5 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…

4 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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South easterly winds on the Northern Isles during late spring always get
the pulse racing, with the possibility that just about anything might turn
up. W…

5 hours ago

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The novelty of some rainfall – admittedly not much but the first for three
weeks or so – did no particular favours and, at least for passerines, it
remaine…

5 hours ago

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Whilst it seems that every day on Dream Island is a special one, today was
particularly brilliant, for it was the first staff visit to the Bluffs
*Razorb…

6 hours ago

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Blogi vaan laahaa peräsä, un ei oo aikaa, tai voimia kirjoitella mitään
erikoisuuksia.

Toukoukuussa tuli hoideltua yksi suomenpiste itselle Espoosta ja…

1 day ago

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Late April proved to be exciting locally with a Woodchat Shrike found
within walking distance of the house. Foolishly, I didn’t take the camera
with me whe…

1 day ago

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Hola a tod@s

Los días 24, 25 y 26 de mayo estuve varios ratos observando aves en el
Castillo de Xiquena y sus alrededores.

Castillo de Xiquena

Las espec…

2 days ago

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Su nombre deriva del plumaje rojizo que lo diferencia del chotacabras gris
. Además, posee patrones de camuflaje que le permiten mimetizarse con su
entor…

2 days ago

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Another trip down to Exmouth this morning and I took a look at the
recycling centre and was rewarded with the second summer *Yellow-Legged
Gull* that sho…

2 days ago

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6th June 2023 Patrick Lanaway discovered this Purple Heron at Porth Hellick
this evening. I was gettin my gear on to play footy when Patrick Lanaway
let me…

3 days ago

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The easterly weather continued and unfortunately like the Song Sparrow the
White-throated Sparrow had departed overnight. However, a female *Pied
Flycatc…

6 days ago

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Con los niveles de agua muy bajos que hubieron al menos hasta el mes de
mayo de 2023, los flamencos aprovecharon estas condiciones y llegaron a
lagunas v…

1 week ago

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30th May – 1st June

My last visit was during the Sabah Big Year in Oct 2022 but had a problem
with my smartphone so not able to update the trip with t…

1 week ago

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We took the opportunity of a fine evening to do a quick Great Black-backed
Gull nest count on Mullion Island yesterday. Quite bizarrely, almost the
first…

2 weeks ago

Ringing Resumes!

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A small team of ringers met at 6am yesterday for a mist netting session at
the Colyford Common end of the Seaton Wetlands, our first session since
Septem…

2 weeks ago

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Hace unos meses el amigo Antonio Acedo me comentó la posibilidad de un
viaje a Marruecos. Un destino, cercano, relativamente económico y con
muchas aves…

2 weeks ago

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A full bus (with others meeting us at RSPB Ham Wall) headed of early from
HQ at Hayle on 14th May for a full day on the Somerset Levels. We arrived
at th…

3 weeks ago

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The Squacco Heron and star bird of April carried over in to May and
performed well for the many visitors. Philip Hambly, the owner of Lethytep
reserve …

4 weeks 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