A guest blog from Tomas Axen Haraldsson ”Are ALL those birds eagles you mean? But there are hundreds of them…!” Shouts of excitement and disbelief from Lebanese picnic tables as the spectacle of bird migration overwhelms local villagers during...
A guest blog by Elena Markitani BirdLife Cyprus – the official partner of BirdLife International in Cyprus – is currently the most active non-profit, non-governmental conservation organization in Cyprus, working to conserve wild birds, their habitats and wider...
This year has been an important milestone for OSME as we reach our 50th anniversary. In 1968, The Ornithological Society of Turkey (OST) was launched, and in 1978 its geographical remit expanded and became the Ornithological Society...
This year one of the winners of the prestigious Midori Prize is our good friend from the Middle East, Assad Serhal, Director General of the Society for the Protection of Nature in Lebanon (BirdLife Lebanon). Assad’s nomination...
Guest blog by Dr Lars-Uwe Kettner, German Consulate General Erbil, Iraq (July 2016 – July 2018) When one thinks of northern Iraq, conflicts often come to mind: the horrific crimes of the so-called Islamic State, death and destruction in Mosul,...
Guest blog by Berken Demir from Turkey Hello, My name is Berkan Demir, I am 20 years old. I live in Turkey’s one of most beautiful places near Aras River Bird Paradise, in Yukarı Çıyrıklı Village of...
This review was first published on Dutch Birding website and is reproduced here with the consent of the web-editors of DB and the author. Dutch Birding website: https://www.dutchbirding.nl/..checklist_of_the_species_and_subspecies Iran is one of the largest countries in the Western...
The first International Bird Observatory Conference (IBOC) was hosted by Falsterbo Bird Observatory in Sweden over four days in August of 2014. This was the first attempt to bring together representatives from the world’s observatories at a...
Lebanon has the potential to be an excellent birding destination but there are currently few, if any, organised trips to check out the ornithological highlights. If anything, the country is better known for its high level of...
A guest blog by Abdulkarim Nasher, Ali Yahya Mahroos, Ahmed Saeed Suleiman & Haifa S. Baziyad Socotra, Yemen’s special island, is famous throughout the world for its biodiversity. It has eleven endemic breeding birds, the highest global...
Range maps for all 4 Hyaena species including the striped hyaena, spotted hyaena, brown hyaena and aardwolf, have not been updated since 1998. Until the end of 2018, the IUCN Hyena Specialist Group is compiling observation records for all...
The Handbook of Western Palearctic Birds Passerines (2 Volumes). Hadoram Shirihai and Lars Svensson Volume 1: Larks to Warblers; 648pp Volume 2: Flycatchers to Buntings; 623pp Total weight: 5.2 kg (11.5 lbs) Price: £150.00, but there are discounted offers, by 20%...
Guest blog by Güven Eken Located at the junction of three continents, Asia, Africa and Europe, Turkey hosts an exceptionally rich and diverse avifauna. 485 bird species are recorded, of which at least 370 occur regularly. This accounts for...
OSME’s Annual Report and Accounts were approved at our AGM at the BTO in Thetford, England at the beginning of July. They are being submitted to the Charity Commission, the Charity Regulator in due course for publication...
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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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