Migration in full swing – Dhahran Hills

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I often get asked what is my favourite bird. As a professional birder, I
find this question impossible to answer. I appreciate a Willow Warbler as
much a…

6 days ago

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تابعنا في الشهر الفضيل ما أحدثت لقطة الامام والقطة التي صعدت على كتفه
ومسحت وجهها بوجهه، وكيف تلقى الناس عبر العالم هذه اللقطة الانسانية المعبرة
جدا عن …

2 weeks ago

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الجوف – Al-jawf Common MynaBlack Scrub-RobinBimaculated
LarkDunlinGreen-winged TealHooded WheatearSociable LapwingPacific
Golden-PloverMerlinJack SnipeOr…

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…

2 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…

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 …

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 …

3 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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5 years ago

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Yesterday’s weather upturn was maintained and by the calm, sunny late
afternoon it had begun to feel really pleasant. A little flourish of *Spotted
Flycatc…

4 hours ago

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It was another busy day of *Manx Shearwater* burrow checks, with over 150
sites inspected to see which birds were present and whether they were on an
egg…

4 hours ago

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Unas imágenes de un adulto y tres pichones de macá grande (*Podiceps
major*) tomadas en la laguna de Monte.
La particularidad de estas tomas es que se pu…

1 day ago

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The Squacco Heron and star bird of April carried over in to May and
performed well for the many visitors. Philip Hambly, the owner of Lethytep
reserve …

1 day ago

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I spent this morning looking around the Exminster Marshes and I managed to
see . 50+ Common Shelduck , 3 Juvenile *European Spoonbill *, 2 Little
Egret …

1 day ago

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S’Albufera National Nature Reserve and surrounding areas Another recce to
our favorite Mediterranean island for a very short two day excursion in
order t…

1 day ago

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The south easterlies have continued, although persistent fog has dominated
the last few days, making birding a bit more challenging and potentially
limi…

2 days ago

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Primera visita de esta primavera a la Marisma de Cetina, en el termino
municipal de Puerto Real y que nos queda bastante cerca de casa.

Todas las fot…

2 days ago

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Building south-westerlies were accompanied initially by cloudy skies, but
later cleared and made for some sunny skies. It was fairly quiet on the
birding…

4 days ago

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Huhtikuun loppu ja toukokuu aina loppuun asti ovat kiireisintä aikaa,
mikäli haluaa kerrytellä mukavan vuodenpistesaaliin. Omalla kohdalla tätä
pelkoa e…

1 week ago

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27th April – 1st May 2023

Short birding trip for the 2nd time in Sabah and this time the targets were
birds from the mountains such as Bornean Peacock…

1 week ago

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En el Parc Fluvial Besòs tramo de Sant Adrià de Besòs, desde hace más de
una semana.

A diferencia de otras aves limícolas que buscan alimento en la supe…

2 weeks ago

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13th April 2023 That’s 7 Woodchat Shrikes that have turned up so far and I
was fortunate enough to find two of them including this cracker this
evening at …

4 weeks ago

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Ahora si, ahora ya podemos decir que estamos en pleno paso migratorio,
reforzado además por ligeros episodios de calima y vientos favorables que
arrastr…

4 weeks 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 …

6 months 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 …

8 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.

3 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…

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