Death of Syrian ornithologist
Sad news has been received about a regular contributor to MEBirdNet, Yousef Ali Alzaoby, who was recently killed in his […]
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Sociable Lapwing in Syria March 29 Photo courtecy: Ahmad Aidek. Although it is very difficult to go to the Syrian
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Jordan Birding now on Facebook
People interested in birding in Jordan can now join the Facebook group ‘Birdwatching Club in Jordan’ where they can obtain
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IBAs officially recognised in Kazakhstan
Following the publication of the first national inventory of Important Bird Areas (IBAs) in Kazakhstan in 2008, the Association for
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Batumi Raptor Count Internship
OSME has received the following details of an exciting opportunity in the Republic of Georgia. For more information, including how
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Atlas of the Breeding Birds of Arabia 1
The OSME Library has received two reports from Mike Jennings, ABBA Co-ordinator, on recent ABBA surveys conducted in South-west Saudi
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Batumi Raptor Count Internship
OSME has received the following details of an exciting opportunity in the Republic of Georgia. For more information, including how
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Have a holiday and help OSME
The OSME Library has received two reports from Mike Jennings, ABBA Co-ordinator, on recent ABBA surveys conducted in South-west Saudi
3rd Falconry Festival, UAE, 10-18 December 2011
Falconry but with a concern for the balance of nature Omar Fadhil recently represented Nature Iraq at the third falconry
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Recent News about the Collared Kingfisher, UAE.
The following is an article published by the newspaper, The National. http://www.thenational.ae/news/uae-news/environment/rare-kingfisher-thre… Rare kingfisher threatened by demise of mangroves While
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Obituary: Simon Aspinall
Simon Aspinall, known personally or by reputation to birders throughout the OSME region, died in Norfolk on 31st October 2011
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Sultanate of Oman hosts an International Conference on Migratory Shorebirds
An International Conference, ‘Oman as a gravitational centre in the global flyway network of migratory shorebirds’ was recently organised by
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Sooty Falcon Research Project Extended. (From the Muscat Daily)
(www.muscatdaily.com)The Office for Conservation of Environment (OCE), Diwan of Royal Court, which started research on sooty falcons in 2007 along
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Abolghasem Khaleghizadeh, Editor of PODOCES, has recently circulated three papers on rare birds in Iran. Two of these cover the period 1860-1970:
Scott D.A. 2008. Rare birds in Iran in the late 1960s and 1970s. Podoces 3(1/2): 1–30. Roselaar C.S. & Aliabadian