Enjoying Iran’s Wildlife
Guest blog by Fardin Naziri I was born in countryside of Talesh county, at the edge of the Hyrcanian forests in the south-west of the Caspian Sea. The Caspian Sea was just one kilometer from our house and it...
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Call for volunteers at bird observatories in the OSME region
Several of the bird observatories across the OSME region have regular openings for both volunteers, students and also paid positions. It is generally bird ringing or bird migration monitoring but also other activities. Below we list the...
Key Biodiversity Areas of Iraq
Key Biodiversity Areas of Iraq Nature Iraq Tablet House Publishing, 2017 Hardback, 297pp; colour photos, illustrations and maps ISBN 978-0-9886514-6-3; £49.99 A review by Mike Evans Key Biodiversity Area (KBA) is a conservation term that has only come...
5 Reasons why you should NOT participate in Batumi Raptor Count
Guest blog by Bart Hoekstra You could be lucky enough to see an Imperial Eagle flying 20 meters past the station. Maybe you can even hear the wind move through its feathers. Photo by John Wright. Since 2008,...
I Love Nature 5
Guest blog by Jaden Pope A bird survey in Kuwait My name is Jaden Pope and I am from Johannesburg, South Africa. I came to Kuwait when I was four years old in 2007 and have lived...
The Bird Ringing, Research and Education Center at Eastern Turkey’s Aras River Wetlands Bird Paradise – a Heaven On Earth
A guest blog by Lale Aktay Sözüer & Çağan H. Şekercioğlu If you ask our volunteers and those who have spent time at Aras River Bird Ringing Station, they will tell you the same thing; Aras is a unique heaven on earth and the...
I LOVE NATURE 4
A guest blog by Behrad Farkhondeh from Iran Since childhood, my father was taking me to see nature. He always wanted me to become interested in nature. We were going to climb mountains, valleys and forests near Tehran. When I...
Ground-breaking Arabic App brings birdwatching to a new generation
This impressive headline from Bird Life International Middle East followed the low key launch on Apple devices of our new Birds of the Middle East App at the Summit for Flyways in Abu Dhabi at the end...
Iraq and Iran’s Hawizeh Marshes: threats and opportunities
Guest blog by Laith Ali Al-Obeidi of Nature Iraq The Hawizeh Marshes form a large part of the famous Mesopotamian marshlands. They lie in southern Iraq, east of Tigris River on the Iraqi-Iranian border. They make up...
Migrations: A field study of adversity
Guest blog by Derek Robertson I am privileged to spend my days in wild and beautiful places painting birds. I am fascinated by them: by their abstract shapes, their song, their behaviour, their migrations. I have sketched...
I love nature 3
A Guest blog by Zülfü Ferecli Hi, my name is Zulfu. I am interested in wildlife from my childhood, and I remember that when I was a kid I loved watching documentaries on the TV and keeping...
The OSME Summer meeting and 40th AGM
In 1968, The Ornithological Society of Turkey (OST) was launched, and in 1978 its geographical remit expanded to become the Ornithological Society of the Middle East, with the addition of The Caucasus and Central Asia in 2001....
I love nature 2
A guest blog from Lyudmila Slobodkina of Uzbekistan I tend to look up more frequently… Since childhood, I took care of nature, but to take an active part in protecting the environment, I started only studying in the lyceum. I was a...
When a place is part of us, and we are part of it
Guest blog by Mervat Batarseh of RSCN Not too long ago, children used to spend most of their time in the nature playing and relaxing. Their connection to the place was solid, and it meant for them to preserve it. We...