Record numbers of Red-knobbed Coot – Khamis Mushait area

White Wagtail mystery

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In May-June 2019 (pre-covid, pre-war, another era) I led a Rockjumper tour
to Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan (read the tour report here). Our first morning
se…

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…

2 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…

2 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

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Much improved conditions but no uptick in migrant activity today. A *Marsh
Harrier* at the Bill looked a lot the individual that was there a few days
ago…

1 hour ago

PALOMAS TORCACES AL AMANECER

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Salgo de casa por la mañana temprano y me encuentro con algunas Palomas
Torcaces ” Columba palumbus” sobre un bonito árbol en flor del vecino de
enfren…

1 day ago

Rambla del Cabezo Negro

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Hola a tod@s

El 28 de febrero por la tarde Marta Pellicer y yo estuvimos recorriendo un
tramo de la Rambla del Cabezo Negro, en el municipio de Cartagena.
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3 days ago

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News of 30+ *Barnacle Geese* on the Exminster Marshes saw me going over to
see if I could catch up with them , and I ended up with nice views of them
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4 days ago

#OcellsdeSantAdrià Feb-2024

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Listado de las aves que he logrado observar en Sant Adrià de Besòs
entre el 1 y el 29 de febrero de 2024

6 days ago

Shelduck Migration Project

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At the cannon netting session on 19th February the group took part in a
shelduck research project which aims to identify the risks to migrating
individua…

1 week ago

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17th February 2024 An hour on the scooter, north of Chiang Mia and I got
myself a lifer! Long-billed Plover at Mae Taeng Inigation Project No, you
havn’t m…

2 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…

1 month 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 …

1 month 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…

2 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 …

2 months 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 …

3 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…

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…

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…

6 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…

11 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