Save the date: 20th January 2024 – OSME’s next online Winter Meeting
Unfortunately, we had to postpone our planned winter meeting and move it from December to January. The new date is […]
A glimpse into the Batumi Raptor Count of 2023
Guest blog by Fernando Gros and Eva Drukker Every autumn the skies above Batumi, Georgia open up to a spectacular
Looking for signs of Shearwaters Breeding on Cyprus
Guest blog by Antaia Christou In Cyprus, seabird conservation efforts to date have focused on the breeding colony of Audouin’s
OSME 45th Annual General Meeting
We will be holding this digitally via Zoom on Saturday, 18th November 2023, from 10.00 – 11.00 (GMT). Copies of
Training on “Raptor Identification and migration count”, Galala, Egypt
Guest blog by Haitham Mossad For the second successive year Nature Conservation Egypt (NCE) has organized a full spring raptor
The story of the last surviving wild Siberian Crane (Omid) and Roya
Guest blog by Keramat Hafezi Birgani The Siberian Crane is a critically endangered species of birds. There used to be
Socotra celebrates World Bird of Prey Day
Guest blog by Ahmed Saeed Suleiman On Yemen’s island of Socotra in the Arabian Sea and the Indian Ocean we
Swift Conservation in Iran: educating the public
Guest blog by Abraham Shokouhi In the first guest blog about our Common Swift Apus apus Conservation Project in Iran
A trip to Syria to meet falcon trappers and traffickers
Guest blog by Lyse Mauvais In April 2023, I travelled to northeast Syria to meet falcon hunters and traders, a little
Besh Barmag: autumn migration 2023 – call for counters!
Do you want to witness one of the world’s best bird migration spectacles? On the first of September the third
Raising funds for Sociable Lapwing conservation in Uzbekistan
The Bird Conservation Fund in the US are working with OSME to raise funds for our colleagues in Uzbekistan to
OSME at the Global Birdfair 14-16 July 2023
OSME will again have a stand at the Global Birdfair to be held at the Rutland Showground, Oakham, on the
OSME Youth Development Fund Travel Bursary launched
Our Youth Development Fund was launched in 2019 and has gone from strength to strength. To date, we have supported
Trevor Poyser Species Conservation Fund supports Northern Bald Ibis conservation in Türkiye
The 2023 Trevor Poyser Species Conservation Fund has been awarded to WWF-Türkiye for the project “Back to the Migration for Northern