An amazing barbed-wire fence – Al Uqayr

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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 …

1 week ago

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يكثر تحليق الجوارح فوق المنزل والمنطقة حولها في أشهر هجرة الخريف والعديد
منها يبقى طول الشتاء ونراه عادة محلقا بشكل منتظم يوميا في ساعات محددة ومن
هذه ا…

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-…

2 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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I took a walk around Powderham Marsh this morning and I saw the *Snow
Goose* that has been around the Exe Estuary for a few years now . I also
sae a fem…

5 hours ago

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The winter-bleached, bare Courtyard Elder branches, wildly swaying below a
grey and unforgiving sky, contrasted starkly with today’s avian highlight.
A s…

6 hours ago

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Portland Bird Obs this Sun 19th March @PortlandBirdObs is the venue for our
Optics field day @opticronuk @SwarovskiOptik @hawkeoptics @VortexOpticsUK
fir…

6 hours ago

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Hoy he observado en mi paseo hasta la desembocadura la presencia de cuatro
faisanes en el tramo final del río Besós, lo que supone un aumento en el
númer…

6 hours ago

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Dejamos las lagunas y nos acercamos a la playa de Kartong.

Donde dimos un buen paseo buscando principalmente al escaso Chorlitejo
Frentiblanco ” Char…

21 hours ago

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It seems like quite a long time ago I last sat here and did a NRBO blog
post, it might be a long one as you might want to know what we’ve all been
up to…

1 day ago

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13th March 2023 It was like seeing a new species seeing this Black-necked
Grebe as it’s nearly thirty years since I’ve seen one in summer plumage
when I ha…

2 days ago

Canastero pálido (Asthenes modesta)

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ORDEN PASSERIFORMES
FAMILIA FURNARIIDAE
Status de conservación según BirdLife: preocupación menor

Habita praderas templadas y praderas elevadas subtropicale…

2 weeks ago

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1st January – 31st December 2022

I started my career as a freelance bird guide in 2007 after working with
one of the oldest travel agent in Sabah as a…

2 weeks ago

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Hola a tod@s

El 19 de febrero por la mañana Tania Pérez y yo estuvimos viendo fauna en
Sierra Espuña.

Sierra Espuña

Las especies de aves que observamos …

3 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…

2 months 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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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…

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 …

4 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.

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…

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