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
Monitoring White-headed Duck in Kazakhstan
In 2012, OSME’s Conservation and Research Fund provided The Association for the Conservation of Biodiversity of Kazakhstan (ACBK) funding to
OSME Blogs
Important OSME dates for your diary
The first month of 2015 has already passed and this year is turning out to be a busy one for
Hunting/illegal killing of birds in the OSME region and the Mediterranean
Biodiversity is under greater pressure than ever before. Of the 10,000 or so bird species across the globe, approximately 1
News
Review of Illegal Killing in the Mediterranean
OSME has been informed by BirdLife International that the preliminary results from the review of illegal killing in the Mediterranean are now
OSME’s new look!
OSME has a new look website, that we hope our members and visitors find informative and user-friendly. This redesign is
The first breeding record of the Hypocolius for Kuwait and Arabia
The photograph above shows an adult male and female feeding three chicks at Jahra Pools Reserve. Photograph by Khaled Al-Ghanem.
OSME & The Bird Fair 2014 – some reflections
Mike Jennings, author of the Atlas of The Breeding Birds of Arabia, visiting the OSME stand Well, it seems like
Simon Aspinall Wildlife Education Centre
Turf cutting for the Simon Aspinall Wildlife Education Centre. Jack Aspinall (centre), NWT chairman, Martin Shaw (left) and HLF’s Philip