Pied Kingfisher – Dhahran Waste Water Lake

Ma’agan Michael

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On Wednesday I had a day at Ma’agan Michael with meetings and stuff. I had
little time for birding before and between and after the meetings. I’m
still h…

4 days ago

أرض الفراشات

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اشتقت لأرض الفراشاتـ كما سميتها، وهي بقعة من الارض في طريق مكة كنت اتردد
عليها السنة الماضية بعد الموسم المطري المميز الذي اكرمنا الله به في شهر
ديسمبر …

3 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…

1 month 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…

1 month 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

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6 years ago

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Still very quiet bird-wise, with a *Manx Shearwater* through off the Bill
today’s only worthwhile sighting.

4 hours ago

Esnorquel en El Portús

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Hola a tod@s

El 23 de enero por la tarde Eva Heredero y yo estuvimos un rato haciendo
esnorquel en El Portús.

Las especies de peces que observamos fueron:…

7 hours ago

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I went out to Yarner Wood on the edge of Dartmoor this morning in hope of
seeing Lesser Redpoll but my luck was out today as after much searching
none w…

13 hours ago

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3rd February 2024 If it wasn’t for an Indian Mongoose hunting in the cover
on the north side of the south marsh, I would never of got this image of
this Sp…

2 days ago

Blue-throated Bee-eater communal roosting

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communal roosting
on a tall River Tamarind *(Leucaena leucocephala)* tree
This is the third episode I have seen this bird communal roosting. The
first at…

6 days ago

Lagunero

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Circus aeruginosus. Aguilucho Lagunero Occidental. Arpella vulgar. Eurasian
Marsh-Harrier .

– Todas las imágenes © Paco Torres del día 24.I.2024 en E…

1 week 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 weeks 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 weeks 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…

1 month 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 …

1 month ago

Start of the winter Chiffs

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It’s not often we start our winter sewage works ringing in December, but a
couple of weekends of cold weather recently gave us the chance to venture
out …

2 months ago

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We can only apologise that tonight’s Blog is dropping on the wrong side of
midnight, but it has been quite a day! It began well before dawn as
inevitably…

2 months ago

30th October – 5th November

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With continued easterlies, we’ve had some more great birds during the last
week, including a yet more additions to the year list. That being said,
espec…

3 months ago

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With the season coming to an end, most of the day was spent busily sorting
out the observatory for the winter. However, mid-morning there was one last
su…

3 months ago

Mist netting 17/10/2023

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Four members of the Group were joined by Fiona, a Countryside Assistant
with Wild East Devon, for a session in the ‘Willows’. This area, which is
quite …

3 months ago

Isovesipääsky 13.10.2023

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Pohdittiin perjantaina 13 päivä Juliuksen kanssa, että mitähän sitä
pitäisi värkätä. Poika toivoi karkkipäivänkarkkien hakua, ja sovittiin,
että näin te…

3 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…

5 months ago

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As a proud member of the Bird Observatory community, Lundy Bird Observatory
is committed to and promo…

10 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…

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.

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…

5 years ago