Batumi Raptor Count: Flyway Monitoring Traineeship
Batumi Raptor Count: Flyway Monitoring Traineeship Personal reflections from the 2025 participants In 2024 OSME inaugurated a new initiative together […]
Protecting Nature in a Wired World: My journey with Birds and Power Lines in Iran
the effects of power lines on wildlife
A Socotran birdwatcher
A Socotran birdwatcher A Guest Blog by Ruslan Amin Gumaan Hello! I am Ruslan Amin Gumaan, from Socotra Island, Yemen.
The Sociable Lapwing in Turkmenistan – a pictorial extravaganza
The Sociable Lapwing in Turkmenistan – a pictorial extravaganza Guest photo blog by Atamyrat Veyisov Atamyrat is a Turkmen ornithologist
Tracking Little Bustards across Kyrgyzstan and beyond
Following the recent monumental publication in Sandgrouse of articles related to Little Bustards Tetrax tetrax in their “eastern population”, it would be easy to think that all has been said. Not so: We are excited to present the results of another summer of fieldwork here in Kyrgyzstan
A unique and vital achievement about Sociable Lapwings migration to Iran
Guest blog by Keramat Hafezi Birgani These words reminds people in Iran of the Iranian Cheetah Acinonyx jubatus venaticus that
Hobbyist to Pro: how OSME bird training courses transformed my birdwatching
Guest blog by Ismael Khalifa My story with birds began in early childhood. As a kid in an Upper Egyptian
Learning in depth bird conservation by volunteering in Birdlife International partner in Europe
Guest blog by Zülfü Ferecli I recently concluded a 10-month journey as a European Solidarity Corps (ESC) volunteer in Croatia, working
The Chorokhi Delta: A deathly trap for migratory birds along the eastern Black Sea coast
By Aslan Bolkvadze, Alexander Rukhaia & Tohar Tal Are you looking for a top-notch birdwatching destination to watch thousands of
Expanding Horizons at the Eymir Ornithological Research Center
Guest blog by Bahar Öksuzer Dear readers, The sun rises upon our station, casting a golden light as we prepare
A young birdwatcher in Turkiye
Guest blog by Çağan Abbasoğlu Hello! I am Çağan Abbasoğlu, an 18 year old birder from Istanbul, Türkiye. I started
Galugah Raptor Count: the story of a bottleneck in Iran
Guest blog by Ali Mousavi Galugah, it literally means “bottleneck” in Persian. It is a small town in the southeastern
Bon Bons on Track in Northern Cyprus – A tribute to two Martins
Guest blog by Robin Snape In their 1992 book The Birds of Cyprus Flint and Stewart wrote that in the
Amazing scientific journey in the Babylon wetlands – central Iraq
Guest blog by Kamil Al-fayadhi Babylon, an ancient city situated on the lower Euphrates River in southern Mesopotamia, is located