Pallid Swift – Dhahran Waste Water Lake

Super day at Maagan Michael

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I don’t do these kind of things anymore, report on a single days’ birding.
However, today was really brilliant and report-worthy. Once a month I spend
a …

3 days ago

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سنونو أبيض الحلق White-throated Swallow دخلة جبلية Mountain Chiffchaff

The post الشاردة Vagrant appeared first on Nader Fahd.

1 week 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 months 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…

9 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…

4 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

16th October

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IN FOCUS SOUTH WEST Optics day this Sunday 20th October @PortlandBirdObs
@DorsetBirdClub @DorsetWildlife 01225 891352 for more info @opticronuk
@Swarovsk…

4 hours ago

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A dank day saw a thick mist present from an incredibly slow dawn until late
afternoon, the sea, and then quickly the base of the mainland, not visible
un…

8 hours ago

9 Oct 24 – Little & Large

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I was doing my usual volunteering on the Dorset Wildlife Trust Brownsea
reserve, as it was a Wednesday. I wasn’t on the rota for anything
immediately after…

12 hours ago

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A trip out today with my mates Ken and Andy down to Cornwall in hope of
seeing a Red-Flanked Bluetail . But our first stop was at Lizard Village
where a…

18 hours ago

LLEGAMOS AL PANTANAL

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Dejamos Poconé y por fin llegamos a la carretera transpantaneira. 150 Kms
de pista que termina en Porto Jofre. Este año es muy seco y hay pocos
humeda…

20 hours ago

Parque de Polvoranca

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Hola a tod@s

Los días 5 y 6 de octubre Eva Heredero y yo estuvimos viendo aves en el
Parque de Polvoranca, al oeste de Leganes, al suroeste de la ciudad de…

3 days ago

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11th October 2024 Late morning and Paul Kemp turned up this Isabelline
Wheatear on the slopes below Star Castle. At last things are starting to
liven up af…

4 days ago

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It was a chilly day with moderate northerly winds and light rain showers. A *Merlin
*was seen on the South End, a *Common Gull* was in Henllwyn, and two *…

6 days ago

6th – 10th October

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A very mixed bag in terms of what the weather offered, however the
easterlies promised didn’t exactly deliver the birds we had hoped for, the
past few d…

6 days ago

Juvenile Jungle fowl

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One morning, I noticed this big bird perching on a coconut tree petiole.
Domesticated fowl rarely fly high up the tree. This must be a jungle
species that…

1 week ago

Mist-netting 26/9/24

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The weather forecast kept changing & we almost cancelled the session due to
impending rain showers….but decided to give it a go. We’d originally
planne…

2 weeks ago

San Clemente del Tuyú (marzo 2024)

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A finales del mes de marzo hicimos una recorrida por la ciudad de San
Clemente del Tuyú, donde vimos algunas especies de aves en la zona
portuaria y Las …

4 weeks 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…

3 months 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…

3 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…

4 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…

4 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 …

9 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…

10 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 …

10 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…

6 years ago