Silverbills amongst the residents – Dhahran Waste Water Lake

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A few days ago a female Mediterranean Monk Seal (*Monachus monachus*)
landed on a beach just south of Tel Aviv, in Jaffa. It is globally
Endangered, with l…

1 week 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 …

5 weeks ago

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

5 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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More lovely, settled weather and more late migrants today. After
yesterday’s promising signs it was the sea that returned to the fore to
provide the best o…

3 hours ago

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A stunning day with virtually no swell meant that we could get the Dale
Sailing barge in at South Haven, this the easiest way for us to bring three
mattr…

3 hours ago

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Hola a tod@s

El 19 de mayo al mediodía Sonia y yo estuvimos un rato viendo aves en la
Rambla del Cañar.

Rambla del Cañar

Las especies de aves que observ…

3 hours ago

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Aprovechando que vamos a comer al puerto pesquero de Chipiona pasamos junto
a la colonia de cria del Vencejo Culiblanco ” Apus affinis” e intentamos
to…

19 hours ago

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*Polycirrus onibi *Jimi, *P. aoandon *Jimi, & *P. ikeguchii *Jimi,

*in *Jimi, Bessho-Uehara, Nakamura, Sakata, Hayashi, *et *Ogoh, 2023
DOI: *10.1098/rs…

1 day ago

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Mapa historial: Anillada cuando era pollo en 2019 en el Port de
Barcelona), observada en Sant Adrià de Besòs, en la barra de arena de la
desembocadura…

2 days ago

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The past few days have been a much quieter affair compared to the
excitements of the previous blog post. Clear skies and bright sunshine has
meant birding …

3 days ago

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We took the opportunity of a fine evening to do a quick Great Black-backed
Gull nest count on Mullion Island yesterday. Quite bizarrely, almost the
first…

3 days ago

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A look around Aylesbeare Common this morning got me 2 male *Common
Crossbill* my 1st for this year ! Also seen were 3 Common Stonechat , 2
Common Raven …

3 days ago

Ringing Resumes!

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A small team of ringers met at 6am yesterday for a mist netting session at
the Colyford Common end of the Seaton Wetlands, our first session since
Septem…

4 days 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…

5 days ago

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21st May 2023 I only caught up with some 30 Red kite with the largest
gathering of 18 individuals over Bryher late morning. It’s been not so
lively this Ma…

6 days ago

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The day started off with clear skies and feeble south-easterlies, which
later swinged round to the north-west. It was an entertaining day in terms
of mig…

6 days 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…

1 week ago

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Halleluja, kesäinen keli on vihdoin saapunut tänne pohjolaan ja lajeja
hyppii ovista, sekä ikunoista.

Toukokuun alun parhaita päiviä oli 4.5. Olin töis…

2 weeks 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…

2 weeks 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 …

2 weeks 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…

3 weeks 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