Breeding Pied Avocet – Jubail area

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Yesterday Carmel Ravid found a stunning summer-plumaged Pacific
Golden-Plover in Hulda Reservoir. This reservoir is few minutes from home,
and is sort-of…

16 hours ago

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دأبت على سماع صيحات ببغاءات الدرة في فترات عديدة من النهار ولم أكن ارها
مهما حاولت وكثيرا إن كنت محظوظة أراها تطير مبتعدة قبل أن استوعب أنها كانت
فوق شج…

1 day ago

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Since being floored by Covid my old way of birding has had to change. I
can’t walk anything like the distances I could. So one area I have begun
to ex…

2 weeks ago

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

6 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

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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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Although we will save our thank yous for tomorrow, today was Eleanor and
Louis’ last full day on Dream Island (for this spring/summer anyway), the
last f…

4 hours ago

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*Portland Bill*
Manx Shearwater 1e 2w
Balearic Shearwater 2w
Cormorant 10 likely migrants
Common Scoter 15e 7w
Common Sandpiper 1
Mediterranean Gull 27
Sand…

5 hours ago

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En la mañana del pasado sabado 6 de mayo nos acercamos un rato a las
lagunas Juncosa y Salada, en el término municipal de El Puerto de Santa
Maria. Des…

20 hours ago

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I returned home from a quiet walk around St Aldhelms, to find this stunning
Broad-bodied Chaser in the garden. It was quite happy & I saw in perched up
on …

1 day ago

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With wet weather this morning, last night was spent in the North West
Fields ringing Manx Shearwaters with 108 ringed and 40 retraps including
two birds …

2 days ago

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The first rarities of the month appeared on the 3rd when a Black Kite was
seen at Wadebridge and an adult Night Heron was found at Bude Marshes.
Either…

2 days ago

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Patas y garras :
Las patas del búho chico son largas y emplumadas. Estas patas son fuertes y
musculosas, permitiéndole percharse y moverse hábilmente en …

3 days ago

Inside Mecca

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This National Geographic documentary was shoot in 2003 when I was doing my
hajj pilgrimage to Mecca. Ismail the 3rd character in the film is in our
grou…

3 days ago

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The past week has seen spring migration generally slow down as we move into
the summer period. Nevertheless, we’ve had a few nice highlights as birds
con…

4 days ago

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Hola a tod@s

El 18 de junio por la tarde Sonia y yo estuvimos haciendo esnorquel en la
Playa del Rincón, en Bolnuevo.

Paisajes marinos en la Playa del Rin…

4 days ago

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A look at Bowling Green Marsh this mornining did not get me much . But I
did see the long staying 3 *Eurasian Spoonbill* , 2 Grey Heron , 2 Little
Egret…

1 week ago

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16th June 2023 A mile out off the north end of Bryher and came across 100s
of Manx Shearwater and good numbers of auks, including this Puffin. I was
let of…

1 week 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…

3 weeks 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…

4 weeks 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…

5 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…

5 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…

5 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…

5 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…

2 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 …

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