A Bird Camp on Cyprus
Guest blog by Robin Snape A Bird Camp on Cyprus had been discussed and planned since early 2020 in collaboration […]
Raptor Count Lebanon 2021
Guest blog by Louis Junior Saad Despite all international birdwatchers cancelling their trips due to Covid and nationwide circumstances, the
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,
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
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
Raptor Conservation in Oman
A guest blog by Maïa Sarrouf Willson about Oman’s efforts to conserve raptors The Sultanate of Oman is home to
Conservation is Syria is thriving
A guest blog by Nabegh Ghazal Asswad on behalf of the Syrian Society for the Conservation of Wildlife The Syrian
A Double-MEGA-twitch in Lebanon
Guest blog by Fouad Itani Lebanon has been in the news a lot in the past few years, a refugee
Turkey’s Largest Egyptian Vulture Breeding Area
Guest blog by Şafak Arslan of Doga The Egyptian Vulture is globally threatened and among the species in most rapid
Finding Steppe Whimbrel in Abu Dhabi
Guest blog by Oscar Campbell – with thanks to Simon Lloyd The start of it all. It was this image