OSME at the British Birdwatching Fair
Over the weekend of the 19th – 21st August NGOs, charities, tour groups and about 20,000 people interested in birds […]
Oiseaux de Libye/Birds of Libya
Paul Isenmann, Jens Hering, Stefan Brehme, Mohamed Essghaier, Khaled Etayeb, Essam Bourass and Hicham Azafzaf. 2016. Oiseaux de Libye/Birds of Libya.
Illegal Killing of Birds in Arabia – a serious regional threat
Guest blog by Majd Abu Zaghlan In a joint effort to collect information on the scale of illegal bird killing
European Breeding Bird Atlas 2: an appeal for help
Guest blog from Mark Eaton Good, appropriate conservation action relies upon knowledge. Knowledge of what species and habitats most need
OSME Region List (ORL) version 3.3α
Striped Crake, Aenigmatolimnas marginalis. Photo: Ammar Al-Jeraiwi. The ORL version 3.3 was published in early July 2016 in a β-version to meet
Conservation on Socotra
Guest blog by Abdalgamil Mohammed Socotra Archipelago is one of the biodiversity-rich islands in the world thus gaining wide international
Minutes of the 38th Annual General Meeting
Minutes of the 38th Annual General Meeting held on Saturday 2nd July at the premises of the British Trust for Ornithology,
Can you help with surveys of the Indian Ocean coast?
According to the 6th edition of the AEWA Conservation Status Report, nearly 75% of the population size estimates of the waterbird populations
The OSME Summer Meeting and 38th AGM
The OSME Summer Meeting and 38th AGM will be held at BTO Headquarters, Thetford, Norfolk on Saturday 2nd July. Doors
Words from BirdLife International’s Middle East Office
Guest blog from Majd Abu Zaghlan I feel very fortunate that I was born and raised in Jordan – a Mediterranean
World Migratory Bird Day
The 10th May is World Migratory Bird Day (WMBD) an annual initiative, co-ordinated by UNEP/CMS, to raise awareness about the
Satellite tracking of Dalmatian Pelicans
Guest blog by Abbas Ashoori Although the Dalmatian Pelican (Pelecanus crispus) population has increased in some sites in Europe
Saving Globally Threatened steppe birds in Turkey
Doğa, the BirdLife partner in Turkey, has recently launched a new conservation programme for Globally Threatened steppe birds in extensive
Tracking loggerhead turtles to their death in the Eastern Mediterranean
Adult female loggerhead turtle caught in a trammel net, Iskele, North Cyprus. Photographer Olkan Ergüler The Marine Turtle Conservation Project in North