White-cheeked Terns on the ground – Jubail

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Since being floored by Covid my old way of birding has had to change. I
can’t walk anything like the distances I could. So one area I have begun
to ex…

1 week ago

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Yesterday I spent the morning on Mt. Hermon, working there with INPA and
Nadav to better protect the precious ecosystem of the mountain, threatened
by fu…

3 weeks 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 …

2 months ago

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

6 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

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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

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5 years ago

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@PortlandBirdObs 7 Sandwich Terns west Portland Bill 0700 and a Common Tern
east. 5 Dunlin and a Common Tern Ferrybridge
— Debby Saunders (@debbyseamis…

5 hours ago

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Following the excitement of yesterday’s *Nightjar* and *Western Subalpine
Warbler*, today proved equally as exhilarating, although the highs came
courtes…

5 hours ago

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The past week has seen spring migration generally slow down as we move into
the summer period. Nevertheless, we’ve had a few nice highlights as birds
con…

6 hours ago

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Hola a tod@s

El 18 de junio por la tarde Sonia y yo estuvimos haciendo esnorquel en la
Playa del Rincón, en Bolnuevo.

Paisajes marinos en la Playa del Rin…

9 hours ago

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Spring Spotted Flycatchers are normally scarce at St Aldhelms with
typically only one or two seen on a good day. So, it was surprising to hear
Phil Saunder…

1 day ago

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La postura tranquila y relajada del chotacabras cuellirrojo transmite una
sensación de serenidad en su hábitat natural.
Chotacabras cuellirrojo. Caprimul…

1 day ago

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Unas imágenes del Chagra del Senegal ” Tchagra senegalus” tomadas en
nuestra última visita a Ceuta.

En esta ocasión nos movimos por la zona donde tamb…

2 days ago

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Today saw the third and final visit to the Gwylan Islands to finish
monitoring and ringing the breeding seabirds. However, the weather almost
but a stop …

3 days ago

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A look at Bowling Green Marsh this mornining did not get me much . But I
did see the long staying 3 *Eurasian Spoonbill* , 2 Grey Heron , 2 Little
Egret…

4 days ago

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16th June 2023 A mile out off the north end of Bryher and came across 100s
of Manx Shearwater and good numbers of auks, including this Puffin. I was
let of…

1 week ago

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Con los niveles de agua muy bajos que hubieron al menos hasta el mes de
mayo de 2023, los flamencos aprovecharon estas condiciones y llegaron a
lagunas v…

3 weeks ago

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30th May – 1st June

My last visit was during the Sabah Big Year in Oct 2022 but had a problem
with my smartphone so not able to update the trip with t…

3 weeks 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…

4 weeks 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 weeks 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 weeks 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…

5 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 …

1 month 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 …

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