The Trevor Poyser Species Conservation Fund: call for applications
The Trevor Poyser Species Conservation Fund is now open for applications until the 1st December 2021. The fund supports research
Help count waterbirds in the OSME Region: please join the International Waterbird Census
Guest blog by Szabolcs Nagy Although the OSME region is dominated by deserts and dry land, the Eastern Mediterranean, the
The role of the Egyptian Vultures in the lives of the Socotri
A guest blog by Ali Yahya Ali Mahrous and Salem Abdullah Ali Mohammed Due to the long isolation of the
eBirders Shining a Brighter Light on the Distribution, Habitat, and Vocalizations of the Asir Magpie
Guest blog by Gregory Askew Prior to November 2017, when I first moved to Saudi Arabia, only six observations of
The southern marshes of Iraq
Guest blog by Laith Jawad with support from Mudhafar Salim and Salwan Abed This guest blog is by Laith Jawad,
BIRD RINGING FELLOWSHIP IN NORTHEASTERN TURKEY: SEP 1-NOV 15
Travel fellowship and a stipend for a licensed ringer at northeastern Turkey’s Aras River Ornithological Research Station, home to 302 bird species Eastern Turkey Bird Monitoring Project
OSME 43rd Annual General Meeting
We will be holding this digitally via Zoom on Saturday June the 19th2021 from 14.00 BST (13.00 GMT) for a
The OSME online Summer Meeting: 12th June 2021
We will again be holding our Summer Meeting online and it is free to attend and open to all. The
Raptor Count Lebanon – call for volunteers
Once again OSME is teaming up with the Society for the Protection of Nature in Lebanon (SPNL) to repeat the
Migratory soaring bird migration monitoring in the East African-Eurasian flyway
The East African-Eurasian flyway represents one of the most important routes for migratory soaring birds in the world. Each spring
Dates for your diary
OSME Virtual Summer Meeting We are delighted to be holding another online summer meeting that will feature a range of
Southwest Iran – a Middle East Birding Paradise
Guest blog by Keramat Hafezi Birgani This is a rather different blog to those normally published on the OSME website.
Encounters with Pale Martins in Saudi Arabia
A guest blog by Gregory Askew On January 15, my daughter and I were out at Al Asfar Lake in
Arabic field guide App – new iOS update
Our free Arabic App was launched in April 2018 and so far has been downloaded almost 6000 times. This is