Eleven Cream-coloured Courser – Al Uqair

Tibetan Sand-PloverS!

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So this is how it went: Saturday morning I get back from my weekly circuit
of Hulda Reservoir with Piki et al. I take a look on eBird to see if
anything …

2 days ago

رحلة أبها 1445 – مشاهد طبيعية

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تعتبر شجرتي العرعر والطلح أهم مظهر للغطاء النباتي في جبال الحجاز ومنطقة
عسير ومناطق أخرى في المرتفعات الغربية .

يهيمن العرعر الفينيقي على المرتفعات الت…

2 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…

8 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…

8 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

[Herpetology • 2024] Leiolepis glaurung • the First Rock-dwelling Species
of Butterfly Lizard Leiolepis Cuvier, 1829 (Squamata: Agamidae) from the
Khorat Plateau in northeastern Thailand

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*Leiolepis glaurung *
Wanchai, Rujirawan, Murdoch, Aksornneam, Promnun, Kaatz, Gregory, Nguyen,
Iderstein, Quah, L. L. Grismer, J. L. Grismer & Aowphol,…

2 hours ago

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26th August 2024 Mike Puxley did the business in finding us local birders a
Scilly tick in the shape of a GULL-BILLED TERN at Porthcressa Bay!! After
the C…

4 hours ago

27th August

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A day that was at least enjoyable for the return of summer-like conditions
after all the recent turbulence but, sadly, was far from memorable on the
birdin…

5 hours ago

Embalse de Puentes

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Hola a tod@s

Los días 18, 19, 22, 23 y 24 de julio estuve algunos ratos en el Embalse de
Puentes y sus alrededores.

Embalse de Puentes

Las especies de a…

8 hours ago

21st-27th August

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The persistent westerly based weather has continued this week, its often
been coupled with showers and strong winds that have left us at times
feeling a…

10 hours ago

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A dank and grey day was rather blustery and often a bit wet, conditions
which again focussed our minds on seawatching. Sadly the wind was a little
too so…

10 hours ago

Patiamarilla P8CP

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ESPERANDO HISTORIAL, supongo que por el esquema naranja con grafía negra,
pertenecen a las anilladas en las Islas Baleares .

[ *B8CP * ] Anillas de m…

13 hours ago

27 Aug 24 – It’s That Time Of Year Again

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It’s that time of year again when the Autumn Lady’s Tresses are appearing
on the short grassy slopes of the Purbeck coastline. It’s the last of the
British…

14 hours ago

CHARRANES EN MONTIJO

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En esta entrada algunas imágenes de charranes en la playa de Montijo.
Comenzamos con el Charrán Común ”
Sterna…

2 days ago

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The wind calmed to a brisk westerly, off the West Coast a *Storm Petrel*,
five *Arctic Skuas*, two *Common Scoters*, 13 *Sandwich Terns*, 14 *Ringed
Plov…

3 days ago

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A look at Bowling Green Marsh in Topsham this morning got me 5 Little
Egret , 2 *Cattle Egret* , numerous Eurasian Curlew , Black-Tailed Godwit &
Common…

4 days ago

Food for the King

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This kingfisher is from the same pond where the stork-billed kingfisher was
photographed feeding on small Puyu fish.
The white-throated here probably catch …

1 week ago

RECS y amigos (agosto 2024)

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El día 4 de agosto fuimos para la Reserva Ecológica Costanera Sur (RECS)
pero como el día anterior había llovido mucho no abrió sus puertas, por lo
que es…

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 month 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…

2 months 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…

2 months 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…

2 months 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…

2 months 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 …

7 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…

8 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 …

8 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…

1 year 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 …

4 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