Conservation on Socotra
Guest blog by Abdalgamil Mohammed Socotra Archipelago is one of the biodiversity-rich islands in the world thus gaining wide international
Minutes of the 38th Annual General Meeting
Minutes of the 38th Annual General Meeting held on Saturday 2nd July at the premises of the British Trust for Ornithology,
Can you help with surveys of the Indian Ocean coast?
According to the 6th edition of the AEWA Conservation Status Report, nearly 75% of the population size estimates of the waterbird populations
The OSME Summer Meeting and 38th AGM
The OSME Summer Meeting and 38th AGM will be held at BTO Headquarters, Thetford, Norfolk on Saturday 2nd July. Doors
Words from BirdLife International’s Middle East Office
Guest blog from Majd Abu Zaghlan I feel very fortunate that I was born and raised in Jordan – a Mediterranean
World Migratory Bird Day
The 10th May is World Migratory Bird Day (WMBD) an annual initiative, co-ordinated by UNEP/CMS, to raise awareness about the
Satellite tracking of Dalmatian Pelicans
Guest blog by Abbas Ashoori Although the Dalmatian Pelican (Pelecanus crispus) population has increased in some sites in Europe
Saving Globally Threatened steppe birds in Turkey
Doğa, the BirdLife partner in Turkey, has recently launched a new conservation programme for Globally Threatened steppe birds in extensive
Tracking loggerhead turtles to their death in the Eastern Mediterranean
Adult female loggerhead turtle caught in a trammel net, Iskele, North Cyprus. Photographer Olkan Ergüler The Marine Turtle Conservation Project in North
An Azerbaijan interlude with young naturalists
During 25-30 October 2015 the youth committee of BirdLife Sweden visited Azerbaijan to study bird migration at Besh Barmag but
Undiscovered owls
Undiscovered owls Magnus Robb & The Sound Approach Published by The Sound Approach, 12 Market Street, Poole, Dorset BH15 1NF,
The New Birds of Kazakhstan
The New Birds of Kazakhstan by Arend Wassink. Published by Arend Wassink, Postweg 64, 1795 De Cocksdorp, Texel, The Netherlands. Pp382.
Birding in Oman
A guest blog by Bart de Schutter In November/December 2012 a friend of mine visited Oman on a birding and photographing trip.
Monitoring Yelkouan Shearwaters in the Bosphorus
Guest blog post by Dilek Sahin The Yelkouan Shearwater (Puffinus yelkouan) is a globally threatened seabird species endemic to the