Wader numbers building – Jubail

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Yesterday morning I left home early, with some expectations for decent
‘weather’ and migration. I arrived at Arsuf (just north of Tel Aviv) at
dawn, to d…

1 week ago

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أن تفتح النافذة قبيل الاشراق فتلمح دخلة على الغصن البعيد فتحدثك نفسك هل
اسرع وابدل العدسة بأخرى أطولـ وقبل ان تتخذ القرار تأتي الدخلة وتقف أقرب ما
يمكن …

3 weeks 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…

1 year 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 …

2 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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4 years ago

8th November

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Another wild overnight blow drove quantities of seabirds close to shore and
another all-day seawatch was in order. Although the fiercest of the onshore
win…

34 minutes ago

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A spectacular day of huge clouds, rainbows, low sun, apocalyptic showers
and massive waves was a November classic. We only ringed two birds, one a
*Moorh…

2 hours ago

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Mañana del pasado domingo 9 de octubre y nos acercamos a los lagos
artificiales de la urbanización de Costa Ballena en la buena compañía de
Paco Chicla…

17 hours ago

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Chroicocephalus ridibundus, Gaviota Reidora, Gavina vulgar, Black-headed
Gull.
Foto observación en el Parc Diagonal Mar en noviembre de 2022.
ND84 An…

1 day ago

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Yesterday there was a *Glaucous Gull* found at the Exeter Quay . Today
local birder Dave Boult went to see if it was still around and he was in
luck and…

1 day ago

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29th October – 2nd November 2022

Their first birding trip to Sabah since they started to enjoys birds in the
Philippines late last year. We started at…

1 day ago

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My Fungi knowledge is very limited, but Fly Agaric is one of the few
distinctive Fungi species that I know. Although they look superb, it is
best not to to…

2 days ago

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The best way to describe the last few days would be blustery! The wet
weather has also set in making the last few days difficult birding if
nothing else…

5 days ago

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Tour Report 3rd to 10th October 2022 DAY ONE Our intrepid group of 7 (plus
Paul as guide) headed off to Scilly for our first week long tour on Monday
3rd…

1 week ago

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After arriving on 16th in Estonia and more specific Western part of the
country, we started our morning in Cape Pösaspea at 8 am. Annika Forsten
was alr…

1 week ago

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Overnight rain and easterly winds had us hopeful again for some good birds
on the Island, yet in the morning it seemed fairly quiet around Cristin.
Showe…

1 week ago

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FAMILIA ANATIDAE
Status de conservación según BirdLife: cercano a la amenaza

Habita lagos y ríos en la Patagonia y Cuyo, también en el sur de Chile,
pref…

1 week ago

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Oriental pied Hornbill Mating ritual

*Oriental pied Hornbill (Anthracoceros albirostris convexus)*

The male picks a piece of papaya fruit
and offer it to t…

2 weeks ago

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It’s been a strange summer for lots of our regular projects, with freak
weather, bird flu and remnants of Covid still making life difficult. Some
of our …

2 weeks ago

Mist netting 6/9/2022

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A session was planned for Tuesday morning, to take place before the
forecast rain at about 10. As it was, there was a short sharp shower at
about 8, and …

2 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…

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.

2 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…

2 years ago

Jack Snipe at Porth Hellick!!

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Yesterday, Three of us observed a summer plumage *Jack Snipe* in June on
Scilly!! How bizarre is that??

At 08.00 this morning, Jo and I twitched a singi…

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