Globally Threatened Birds of the OSME region need your help
BirdLife International has just released the European Red List for birds having collated the latest data from right across Europe and reassessed […]
Massive declines of the Yellow-breasted Bunting compared to the Passenger Pigeon
It is not often you hear buntings compared to pigeons, but last week an excellent, yet worrying, scientific paper was
OSME and OBC jointly fund White-headed Duck surveys in Kazakhstan
OSME and OBC are delighted to announce we are joining forces to provide £2000 of funding for the further monitoring of White-headed
OSME Blogs
The OSME Summer Meeting and 37th AGM
The OSME Summer Meeting and 37th AGM will be held at BTO Headquarters, Thetford, Norfolk on Saturday 4 July. Doors
Basra Reed Warbler – some concluding remarks
The Basra Reed Warbler Acrocephalus griseldis is listed as Endangered by the IUCN, and its breeding range is largely restricted to the
Help count 10,000 raptors in the Batumi sky
Dear Birders, have ever wondered how 10.000 raptors would look in the sky? Visit Eurasia’s largest bottleneck for autumn raptor
Atlas of the Breeding Birds of Arabia: 2015 records
Observers in the Arabian Peninsula are asked to send in their personal observations of breeding species for 2015 when it
Volunteers needed to find remaining endangered yellow-breasted buntings in Mongolia
(Note – Although this request covers an area outside the OSME region, the opportunity may be of interest to a
Help wanted for raptor surveys in Turkey
CALL FOR VOLUNTEERS JOIN RAPTOR MIGRATION CENSUS IN TURKEY THIS SUMMER Location: Adana Province, Turkey Duration: 15 August – 15
Appeal for waterbird images from African-Eurasian Migratory Waterbird Agreement (AEWA)
Sergey Dereliev the UNEP/AEWA Secretariat is planning to produce a coffee table book featuring some of the waterbird species for which the Agreement has undertaken initiatives. OSME is helping
OSME library finds a new home at the BTO
For a long time, the OSME library has been something of a mobile affair, housed by willing volunteers from OSME
Appeal for images of barn owl Tyto sp from all populations worldwide
Alexandre Roulin of Lausanne University is preparing a book about barn owls worldwide. OSME is helping publicise his request for
International Partnership Aids Wildlife Conservation in Iraq
Richard Porter, a founder member of OSME, has been associated with conservation work in Iraq for more than a decade,
Purple Swamphen – request for photos, feathers, tissue samples
OSME has received a request to publicise the following project concerning Purple Swamphen (Porphyrio porphyrio. This is an interesting project