Socotra Buzzard enters Guinness Book of Records!
The Socotra Buzzard Buteo socotraensis has just entered the Guinness Book of Records as the newest bird of prey in […]
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Socotra Governance & Biodiversity Project
As part of the activities celebrating the 2010 Year of Biodiversity and the Arabic Environment Day, the Socotra Governance &
A Guide to the Biodiversity of Deir ez-Zor Area
The following photographs are of Ahmad Aidak (Syria) showing his book A Guide to the Birdlife Area to interested rangers and officials
AFGHANISTAN Large-billed Reed Warblers discovered breeding
The breeding site of one of the world’s least known birds, Large-billed Reed Warbler Acrocephalus orinus, has been discovered in
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Armenia news 2010
Bird of the Year Within its ‘Bird of the Year’ annual campaign, the Armenian Society for the Protection of Birds
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Egypt Lake Qarun under threat
Birding Egypt on Facebook Birding Egypt have opened a new forum on Facebook for all those interested in birds, birdwatching
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Georgia Batumi Raptor Count 2010
Since 2008 the autumn migration of raptors at Batumi on the east side of the Black sea has been monitored
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IRAN Waterbird monitoring in 2009
In January 2009, a group from Foundation Working Group International Waterbird and Wetland Research (WIWO) and the Iranian Department of
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New bulletin for Iran
A new bulletin, Balaban, aimed to encourage Iranian birders and ornithologists to publish results of their works in their native
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Socotra (Yemen) Prize for Socotra Project website
The Socotra Governance & Biodiversity Project website (www.socotraproject.org) has been awarded the gold prize in the Yemen Web Awards 2009.
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Mheimideh under immediate threat
Mheimideh is probably the best birding site along the Syrian Euphrates; all who visit come away astonished that such a
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Atlas of the Breeding Birds of Arabia
The Atlas of the Breeding Birds of Arabia project reaches a very important stage this year with the publication of