Birding Wadi Jizan Lake – Abu Arish

Gambia 2019

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Well behind in posting this one as life has been a bit full on but here’s
pics from our trip to Gambia in 2019. Unfortunately there will be a bit of
a gap…

6 months ago

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Notes from the field – Nader Fahad on using the OSME Birds of the Middle
East Arabic App Nader Fahad is a young bird watcher and photographer based
in Sa…

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…

3 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…

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 …

4 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…

5 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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6 years ago

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It was another successful and spectacular *Storm Petrel* ringing session in
South Haven last night, enjoyed under a star-filled and Milky Way
splattered …

6 hours ago

3rd – 13th July

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Another big break between blog posts as attention has turned towards
seabird monitoring. Bad weather has hampered efforts at times but we are
well underw…

8 hours ago

Supervivencia Veraniega en el Bosque

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En pleno verano, con el termómetro disparado, las aves del bosque recurren
a estrategias ingeniosas para combatir el calor. Buscan refugio en la
espesur…

21 hours ago

Por campos de Las Flores y Pila

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Imágenes obtenidas en una salida junto a Ricardo Juliano, avezado
observador de aves, que ha recorrido gran parte del país.
Fue u largo recorrido desde la…

1 day ago

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A look at Bowling Green Marsh today got me the smart looking *Spotted
Redshank* that was in with 50+ Common Redshank .

Other birds seen today were Commo…

1 day ago

LA CUEVA DE POSTOJNA. ARTE BAJO TIERRA.

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Y ya estamos en Postojna, localidad donde está una de las cuevas mas
famosas de Europa, con mas de 24 Kms de extensión. La visita comienza con
un viaje…

1 day ago

11th July

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It was a fair day to be out looking but, bar a scatter of waders and a few
hirundines overhead, today wasn’t especially rewarding. A total of 29 *Sand
Mart…

2 days ago

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The day started with heavy showers and a moderate westerly wind, before
clearing up into a bright afternoon.

It was quiet on the migrant front, with the …

1 week ago

18th June – Martin Down

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On 18th June I visited the wonderful expanse of chalk grassland that is
Martin Down National Nature Reserve. My main aim was to see the mythical
hoverfl…

1 week ago

Salinas de San Pedro

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Hola a tod@s

El 26 de junio por la tarde Yolanda Leira y yo estuvimos viendo aves en las
Salinas de San Pedro.

Las especies de aves que observamos o escuc…

1 week ago

Toukokuun lopput ja kesäkuun alku

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Toukokuun puolessa välissä alkoi uudet työt lentoasemalla, joten suurin
aika mennyt uusien asioiden omaksumiseen ja viikonloppuisin toki vähän
tullut my…

3 weeks ago

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17th June 2024 SOLITARY SANDPIPER showing off at the project pool this
evening. Three days ago, Steve Rockell put on a pic of a sandpiper that he
took in f…

3 weeks ago

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“Another fantastic short tour in Majorca, beautiful weather, amazing
scenery and fabulous Birds”

The post Majorca – Spring 2024 appeared first on Cornwal…

4 weeks ago

Mist netting 3/6/24

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This session took place in the willows and along the Stafford Brook quite
close to the Discovery Hut. A total of 28 birds were caught comprising 10
speci…

4 weeks ago

Barn Owl throuple and other odd goings on

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Over the long bank holiday weekend we had a chance to make our first visits
to Barn Owl nestboxes across part of our patch. It was a long slog, with
plen…

1 month ago

Rundum Highland, Tenom

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9th – 13th January 2024

Bird survey with the Sabah Birdwatchers Association at Rundum Highland,
revealed some of the exciting mixture of species from …

5 months ago

We’re migrated to a new website…

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This blogspot is no longer active and will continue to be hosted online as
an archive. But never fear, all of your favourite island news and more and
can n…

7 months ago

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SEAWATCHING in Cornwall is my main interest in birding, mainly because the
county lends itself perfectly to an incredible passage of seabirds and a
its …

7 months ago

Birds Beaks

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I made this simple explanation about the diversity of beak types in the
birds. You could of course delve deeper into more complex beak types and
their us…

11 months ago

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*Welcome to Lundy Bird Observatory*

As a proud member of the Bird Observatory community, Lundy Bird Observatory
is committed to and promo…

1 year 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…

3 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 …

3 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.

4 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…

4 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…

5 years ago