News from Syria
Sociable Lapwing in Syria March 29 Photo courtecy: Ahmad Aidek. Although it is very difficult to go to the Syrian […]
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Jordan Birding now on Facebook
People interested in birding in Jordan can now join the Facebook group ‘Birdwatching Club in Jordan’ where they can obtain
OSME Blogs
Northern Bald Ibis Update
Chris Bowden, International Species Recovery Officer & SAVE Programme Manager, RSPB, reports the following good news: We’ve just heard from
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IBAs officially recognised in Kazakhstan
Following the publication of the first national inventory of Important Bird Areas (IBAs) in Kazakhstan in 2008, the Association for
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Batumi Raptor Count Internship
OSME has received the following details of an exciting opportunity in the Republic of Georgia. For more information, including how
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Atlas of the Breeding Birds of Arabia 1
The OSME Library has received two reports from Mike Jennings, ABBA Co-ordinator, on recent ABBA surveys conducted in South-west Saudi
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Batumi Raptor Count Internship
OSME has received the following details of an exciting opportunity in the Republic of Georgia. For more information, including how
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Have a holiday and help OSME
The OSME Library has received two reports from Mike Jennings, ABBA Co-ordinator, on recent ABBA surveys conducted in South-west Saudi
3rd Falconry Festival, UAE, 10-18 December 2011
Falconry but with a concern for the balance of nature Omar Fadhil recently represented Nature Iraq at the third falconry
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Recent News about the Collared Kingfisher, UAE.
The following is an article published by the newspaper, The National. http://www.thenational.ae/news/uae-news/environment/rare-kingfisher-thre… Rare kingfisher threatened by demise of mangroves While
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Obituary: Simon Aspinall
Simon Aspinall, known personally or by reputation to birders throughout the OSME region, died in Norfolk on 31st October 2011
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Sultanate of Oman hosts an International Conference on Migratory Shorebirds
An International Conference, ‘Oman as a gravitational centre in the global flyway network of migratory shorebirds’ was recently organised by
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Sooty Falcon Research Project Extended. (From the Muscat Daily)
(www.muscatdaily.com)The Office for Conservation of Environment (OCE), Diwan of Royal Court, which started research on sooty falcons in 2007 along
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Abolghasem Khaleghizadeh, Editor of PODOCES, has recently circulated three papers on rare birds in Iran. Two of these cover the period 1860-1970:
Scott D.A. 2008. Rare birds in Iran in the late 1960s and 1970s. Podoces 3(1/2): 1–30. Roselaar C.S. & Aliabadian