Raising awareness of Socotra’s Egyptian Vultures and unique wildlife
A guest blog from Ali Yahya A. Mahroos on behalf of the Socotra UNE-GEF team. Socotra, Yemen.
Globally important number of Steppe Eagles discovered in Saudi Arabia
Guest blog by Mischa Keijmel This article is written following the sighting of large aggregations of Steppe Eagles Aquila nipalensis
Vulture News from the Middle East
The following short vulture updates from across the Middle East are reproduced with the permission of the IUCN Vulture Specialist
Sandgrouse now available as a Digital Edition
We’re delighted that after a period of significant trials we can now offer a digital edition of Sandgrouse free to
A lady birder in Egypt
Guest blog by Basma Sheta I am Basma Sheta, from Damietta on the north coast of Egypt. I have a
Volunteering In Lebanon
A guest blog by Valentine Moser from Switzerland This autumn I spent two weeks volunteering in Lebanon in support of
OSME is delighted to introduce the Trevor Poyser Species Conservation Fund
Trevor Poyser was a giant of ornithological publishing, joint founder of the renowned publishers T & AD Poyser famous for
Lebanon Bird Camp, autumn 2019 – some news from the field
After the successful weekend Bird Camps in Lebanon in October 2018 and April 2019 we decided to scale up the
I Love Nature 8
Guest blog by Ikram Quttaineh from Palestine I am a 32-year-old Palestinian woman, holder of a master degree in rural
Autumn raptor migration kicks off – and so do their protectors!
This autumn migration 2019 through the OSME region will be exciting to follow. The raptors, storks and other birds making
The 11th European Bird Curators’ meeting
Photo: the Steinhardt Museum of Natural History The 11th European Bird Curators’ meeting (EBC) will be held between the 24th
The scale of illegal bird killing in the Middle East revealed for the first time
As many of you will know OSME have been working with BirdLife International, and with the help of many experts
CALL FOR VOLUNTEERING COUNTERS & TRAINERS FOR RAPTOR MIGRATION COUNT
RAPTOR MIGRATION COUNT LEBANON SEPTEMBER 2019 Lebanon is situated straight in the eastern Mediterranean flyway and sees the annual migration of hundreds of
BIRD RINGING FELLOWSHIP IN NORTHEASTERN TURKEY
Travel fellowships for licensed ringers at northeastern Turkey’s Aras River Ornithological Research Station, home to 292 bird species Eastern Turkey Bird Monitoring Project run by the University