Cinnamon-breasted Bunting – Bahah

Poland – Aquatic Warblers and more

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I recently returned from a short work visit to Poland, with Amir Balaban.
This trip was organised with OTOP, to learn about their excellent
conservation …

2 weeks ago

الطيور في شهر أبريل

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يعتبر هذا الشهر من افضل الشهور للاستمتاع بطيور الحديقة حيث تكون الطيور
المقيمة في اجمل حلة لها والعديد منها قد فرخ وظهرت صغاره وبعضها ما زال يسعى
لحضنة …

4 weeks ago

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…

5 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

25th June

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No great enthusiasm for prolonged fieldwork in today’s blistering sunshine.
A blank for new migrants on the land but more than 20 Balearic Shearwaters …

5 hours ago

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Today saw the first 2024 survey of the Quarry *Storm Petrels*, with the
four staff each taking a transect down through the boulder scree to play a
record…

5 hours ago

Sierra Nevada

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Hola a tod@s

Entre el 14 de junio por la tarde y el 16 de junio por la tarde Manolo
Ruiz, Sara Díaz y yo subimos a los picos Alcazaba y Mulhacén desde el
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7 hours ago

28 May 24 – Overnight For A Night (Heron)

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One the afternoon of 26 May 24, reports appeared on twitter & RBA of a
Yellow-crowned Night Heron in Ireland, with the initial twitter suggestions
that it …

1 day ago

JARDINES DE MARRAKECH

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Amanece en Marrakech en el último día de nuestra corta escapada a Marruecos
y todavía tenemos tiempo para acercarnos a unos jardines urbanos a ver y
fo…

3 days ago

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I had a look around Bystock Pond this morning but did not see many birds
at all with only the following . Common Moorhen . Winter Wren . Common
Chiffcha…

4 days ago

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Calm northerly wind with sunny skies meant for a rather nice day on the
Island. A *Cuckoo* sang from Nant first thing before reappearing in the
Wetlands …

6 days ago

Visita a la RECS en otoño (MAYO 2024)

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El día 24 de mayo visitamos nuevamente la Reserva Ecológica Costanera Sur
(RECS).
Comparto fotos tomadas ese día, algo singular y un video donde narro la …

6 days 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…

1 week ago

First Clearwings of the Year

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The weather has been poor so far this year and so I have not bothered
putting my Clearwing lures out, however, with a few brighter spells during
the week…

1 week ago

16th – 17th

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A sea watch on 16th produced 15 Manx Shearwater, seven Storm Petrel, 114
Puffin, 181 Auk sp., two Arctic Skua, and one Great Skua. On the land, a
Cuckoo wa…

1 week 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…

1 week 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…

1 week 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…

1 week 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…

3 weeks 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…

6 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 …

6 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…

10 months ago

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[image: Lundy]
*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