Ground-breaking Arabic App brings birdwatching to a new generation
This impressive headline from Bird Life International Middle East followed the low key launch on Apple devices of our new […]
The OSME Conservation Fund
OSME’s small grants programme is now known as the Conservation Fund and has been funding projects since the early 1980s. In recent
OSME highlights from 2017
As we start to get to grips with 2018, it is worth reflecting on another good year for OSME and
The Production of the Free App for the Birds of the Middle East Arabic Edition
The first working version is now being tested! Can you help us with a Donation? The launch at the Emirates
Birding for bird conservation in Azerbaijan
The bird migration bottle neck of Besh Barmag, on the Caspian Sea north of Baku, Azerbaijan, is currently the scene
Lebanese Authorities will not leave hunters free to flout the law
OSME is very pleased to read the following statement on the website of the Society for the Protection of Nature
Priority sites for conservation and protection: “Key Biodiversity Areas of Iraq”
From marshlands to mountains: Iraq’s most vital areas for wildlife are mapped for the first time in an important new
Hypocolius Project – can you help?
The Hypocolius (Hypocolius ampelinus) is a target species for many birders visiting the OSME region, and it is the sole
Knot ‘EI’ again!
Dmitry Dorofeev and his team have been counting and ringing shorebirds in the estuary of the Khairusova-Belogolovaya River, Kamchatka, Russia
Illegal killing of birds in the Arabian Peninsula, Iraq and Iran: peer-review
Regular readers of this website will be aware that OSME and BirdLife International are working on an assessment of the
EI in the UAE: a story of one Great Knot
Earlier this year you may remember Dmitry Dorofev and Oscar Campbell wrote a guest blog about the sighting of a
The OSME Summer Meeting and 39th AGM
The OSME Summer Meeting and 39th AGM will be held at BTO Headquarters, Thetford, Norfolk on Saturday 1st July. Doors
World Migratory Bird Day: Bar-tailed godwit
The different migration routes used by Bar-tailed Godwits (Jesse Conklin at TeamPiersa.org) With distribution and migration routes across many areas of
Spring Sandgrouse vol 39-1
Receiving your copy of Sandgrouse is a sure sign of spring for OSME members! The spring issue of volume 39