First spring Whinchat & Lesser Grey Shrike – Dhahran Football Field

معركة الصباح -8 ابريل – 29 رمضان 1445

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ما ان نزلت الحديقة حتى تنبهت لحركة غير عادية واصوات المواء المييزة
للتميرات بشكل عال ومتواصل وغير عادي. غير عادي من حيث التوقيت لانها عادة
تنشط بهذا الص…

1 week ago

Champions of the Flyway 2024

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On Monday (April 1st) it was Champions of the Flyway again, for the 11th
year. It was a strange one, all-Israeli, without the international
component. Be…

1 week 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…

3 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…

4 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…

4 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

17th April

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The smallest of upticks in passage was appreciated after a couple of lean
days but the 50 *Swallows*, 25 *Wheatears*, 15 *Chiffchaffs*, 10 *Wheatears*,
10 …

2 hours ago

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Giselle’s birthday was a relaxed affair, with all of the cleaning and
decorating put on hold for a day of enjoying the Island. Although it was
still real…

3 hours ago

Sepelrastas 15.4.2024

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Kevään pikkurarit on täällä ja Helsingissäkin on päässyt nauttimaan
onneksi edes jostain töiden ohessa. Tiukassa on ollut aika linnnuille,
mutta kaikki …

6 hours ago

Marina del Carmolí

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Hola a tod@s

El 12 de abril por la tarde estuve observando aves en la costa de la Marina
del Carmolí.

Costa de la Marina del Carmolí

Las especies de ave…

6 hours ago

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The morning started much the same as yesterday with the students joining
the Obs staff for morning census, practicing their newly acquired skills
from K…

1 day ago

GAVIOTA CABECINEGRA COJA

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Ya están las Gaviotas Cabecinegras ” Larus melanocephalus” vistiendose con
su plumaje de celo.

Este ejemplar, bastante confiado, nos llamó la atenció…

1 day ago

White-throated kingfisher Feeding behavior

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White-throated kingfisher Feeding behavior
[image: Lotus pond at Temerloh, Malaysia]
That white-red is KWSP (Employees’ Provident Fund) building
Last week’s…

1 day ago

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3rd April 2024 The Crane performed well in the Salkee fields in the gale
force lashing rain. After a Crane first turning up on Bryher a few days
ago, it de…

3 days ago

12th -14th April

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It has been a fairly quiet few days birding-wise, mostly owing to the lack
of favourable weather. We still managed the one year tick though, and
continue…

3 days ago

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Last few shots from Arizona… Hope you enjoy then .

4 days ago

Mist netting 21/3/24

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A small team assembled for a mist netting session around the willows &
Stafford Brook. We set up a base in the pond dipping shelter, and finished
settin…

3 weeks ago

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January 2024 Private tour booked for the lovely Becki and Andrew on a cold
winter Friday in West Cornwall. We set off from HQ at 8.30 and headed
straight…

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 …

3 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…

4 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 …

4 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…

8 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…

2 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