A guest blog by Michael Heiss, member of the Besh Barmag Bird Migration Count team No Besh Barmag Bird Migration Count was organised for autumn 2019. That is sad. The organisation team made this tough decision, because it...
A guest blog by Volen Arkumarev This is the story of a young Egyptian Vulture Neophron percnopterus called Anna. She was born and raised in captivity in Prague Zoo but is among those privileged birds which were...
OSME have been working with partners in Lebanon, and beyond, to develop youth Bird Camps which have now been held in October 2018, April 2019 and most recently in the autumn of 2019. This autumn’s Bird Camp...
A guest blog by Jem Babbington, Phil Roberts & Mike McGrady Further monitoring has been undertaken following on from the initial counts of approximately 4900 Steppe Eagles recorded at two rubbish dump sites north of Riyadh. See...
A guest blog from Ali Yahya A. Mahroos on behalf of the Socotra UNE-GEF team. Socotra, Yemen.
Guest blog by Mischa Keijmel This article is written following the sighting of large aggregations of Steppe Eagles Aquila nipalensis at dump sites north-west of Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. The area was suspected to be important because a...
The following short vulture updates from across the Middle East are reproduced with the permission of the IUCN Vulture Specialist Group. They are taken from the Vulture Specialist Group newsletter (issue 11). If you are interested in...
We’re delighted that after a period of significant trials we can now offer a digital edition of Sandgrouse free to all our members. It was enthusiastically welcomed at its Rutland Birdfair launch with many members requesting access....
Guest blog by Basma Sheta I am Basma Sheta, from Damietta on the north coast of Egypt. I have a PhD in Zoology, specializing in bird ecology. The study of birds was one of the most beautiful...
A guest blog by Valentine Moser from Switzerland This autumn I spent two weeks volunteering in Lebanon in support of the project RaptorCountLebanon2019. Watching from our viewing platform overlooking Beirut and the Mediterranean Sea was a great experience! I...
Trevor Poyser was a giant of ornithological publishing, joint founder of the renowned publishers T & AD Poyser famous for their ground-breaking books, particularly the Species Monograph series. Trevor was also a keen supporter of OSME, as...
After the successful weekend Bird Camps in Lebanon in October 2018 and April 2019 we decided to scale up the project to a 25 day long raptor count. Inspired by such counts at Batumi, Besh Barmag and...
Guest blog by Ikram Quttaineh from Palestine I am a 32-year-old Palestinian woman, holder of a master degree in rural sustainable development. Like many other Palestinians, I got to know more and more about birds by watching...
This autumn migration 2019 through the OSME region will be exciting to follow. The raptors, storks and other birds making their perilous journey from their breeding grounds in Eurasia across the killing fields in the Middle East...
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Joint Regional Bird Club meeting at the Natural History Museum (London): 21st September 2024
OSME AGM: 26th October 2024
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