Fat Sand Rats – Khursaniyah

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أن تفتح النافذة قبيل الاشراق فتلمح دخلة على الغصن البعيد فتحدثك نفسك هل
اسرع وابدل العدسة بأخرى أطولـ وقبل ان تتخذ القرار تأتي الدخلة وتقف أقرب ما
يمكن …

4 days ago

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Yesterday our team Champions of the Flyway, representing BirdLife
Israel/Society for the protection of Nature in Israel, participated in
Global Big Day,…

1 week 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…

1 year 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 …

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 …

2 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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4 years ago

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Another day of wild weather – long spells of heavy rain driven in on a
southerly gale – didn’t look to have anything much to offer by way of
birding opport…

3 hours ago

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A day of stiff southeasterlies was surprisingly noisy on the *Fieldfare*
front, their cackles exploding across the Island for a third day. Although
it wa…

4 hours ago

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En esta entrada algunas imagenes del Paiño de Wilson ” Oceanites oceanicus”.

Tomadas en nuestra reciente salida pelágica desde Chipiona.

Se trata d…

20 hours ago

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A mixed bag in terms of weather over the last few days but it the
Easterlies have been lingering on the horizon and today saw them take
effect in full f…

1 day ago

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There was a fall of birds at Berry Head this morning . So I thought that I
would take a look around Orcombe Point . But the birding was really slow
and a…

1 day 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 …

2 days ago

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Strong easterlies overnight that continued throughout the day made for an
unprecedented migration spectacle! An island record day count of 6970 (!!) *Fiel…

2 days ago

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Bubulcus ibis, Garcilla Bueyera, Esplugabous, Cattle Egret
Normalmente se suelen ver un par de garcillas bueyeras, encima del Mercat
del Besòs, o sus …

3 days ago

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Aprovechando un viaje relámpago de 3 días con el objetivo de jugar un
partido de veteranos con mi antiguo club de rugby (Atlántico R C) contra el
Getxo,…

3 days ago

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My final day today and I awoke to a strong wind once again with a F5-6 SW
blowing, my hopes were not high and after packing my bags and checking out
I he…

5 days ago

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During a lunch break at the DWT Brownsea Villa, I had the chance to
photograph some of the Hornet Hoverflies feeding around the Ivy. They are
one of the mo…

5 days ago

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I was casually working at the office when I noticed an alarm of Pygmy
Cormorant from Espoo! I was really mind blown and thought that this must be
some k…

2 weeks ago

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Hola a tod@s

El 1 de octubre a última hora de la tarde estuve observando aves en la
Laguna de Pétrola.

Laguna de Pétrola

Las especies de aves que vi fue…

2 weeks ago

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11-24th September 2022

The trip supposed to commenced in 2020 but due to the Covid19 stuff etc,
the group arrived early September and birding started …

2 weeks ago

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Malaysian pied fantail *(Rhipidura javanica longicauda)*

Burung Sambar Murai Gila

3 weeks ago

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FAMILIA THRAUPIDAE
Estatus de conservación: preocupación menor

Habita las ecorregiones del monte y el espinal en el centro del país,
siendo una especie end…

3 weeks 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 …

1 month ago

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May weather started with a light westerly breeze, generally cool. A light
south easterly wind on the 8th changed course to south or south-west mid
month…

4 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…

2 years ago

Jack Snipe at Porth Hellick!!

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Yesterday, Three of us observed a summer plumage *Jack Snipe* in June on
Scilly!! How bizarre is that??

At 08.00 this morning, Jo and I twitched a singi…

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