September on the Cricket Field – Dhahran Hills

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It’s been a while since I last posted here. Not for the lack of birding –
with migration intensity peaking from day to day, I am out and about as
much as…

1 week ago

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قررت أن يكون شهري الصيف مثمرين من ناحية أن اكثف مراقبة طيورنا المحلية
وارجع ملاحظات سابقة سجلتها عنها.

اخترت منطقة بالقرب من المنزل فيها ارض خالية كنت …

3 weeks ago

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Had a bit of time while over visiting my mother to visit an old haunt of
mine from my youth, the Broad Meadow Estuary in North County Dublin. The
Estuary h…

2 months ago

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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…

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…

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…

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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5 years ago

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Frankly, pitiful today. In much improved conditions there was plenty of
fieldwork and fair showings of the expected *Meadow Pipits*, *alba wagtail*
and *Si…

4 hours ago

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A trip down to Cornwall today with Dave Land and Paul Bray in search of *Lesser
Grey Shrike* that had been found on Bodmin Moor near Minions . And it did…

5 hours ago

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Syyskuun loppupuoli oli aktiivisempaa rektkeilyä, kiitos tällä viikolla
alkaneen kesälomani.

20.9 olin Juliuksen jalkapallotreeneissä, kun kuulin tutun…

5 hours ago

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Although the sea remained sizable and the wind fresh, a more westerly
breeze and some careful planning around the tides meant that we could
squeeze in th…

5 hours ago

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Strong southwesterlies have dominated the last four days, although a brief
spell of overnight southeasterlies also brought a small flurry of migrants
to…

6 hours ago

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Banded Woodpecker on the coconut tree
Banded Woodpecker *(Chrysophlegma miniaceum malaccense)*
Finding food on the coconut tree (Cocos nucifera)

11 hours ago

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Strong south westerlies continued to dominate and saw little arrival of
migrants. An adult *Arctic Skua *went south with a vocal *Chaffinch *around
Crist…

3 days ago

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Hola a tod@s

El 17 de septiembre Esther Muñoz Sabater y yo estuvimos viendo naturaleza
en el Río Alcanadre, en concreto en el tramo entre el Salto de Bierg…

5 days ago

A successful wader catch 13/9/23

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It was in the pre-covid era that the last wader catch on the Axe took
place, so there was much trepidation and excitement between ringers as we
set up on…

1 week ago

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Ayer de pasada por la laguna de Monte, cerca de la avenida costanera me
llamó la atención que todo el día hubiera a unos 50 metros de la orillas un
grupo …

1 week ago

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9th – 18th September 2023

Sanjee’s 3rd visit to Malaysia and the first for Asha on the custom made
birding tour around Sabah mainly for the Bornean end…

1 week ago

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15th September 2023 This Woodchat Shrike was still present at the Content
horse paddocks Got out for an hour after work and within a few minutes of
arrivin…

2 weeks ago

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Seawatching takes centre stage in this post. Naturally, Cornwall is
strategically positioned to take full advantage of the wealth of seabirds
passing b…

5 weeks ago

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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 month ago

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After one of the strangest springs weather-wise, the Barn Owl season seemed
to be all over the place in 2023. We had regular sites unoccupied,
non-breedi…

1 month ago

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Hace unos meses el amigo Antonio Acedo me comentó la posibilidad de un
viaje a Marruecos. Un destino, cercano, relativamente económico y con
muchas aves…

4 months ago

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A full bus (with others meeting us at RSPB Ham Wall) headed of early from
HQ at Hayle on 14th May for a full day on the Somerset Levels. We arrived
at th…

4 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…

4 years ago