Recipient of Great Bustard bursary announced

Our most recent Sandgrouse (44/1) was a special issue featuring the proceedings of an international conference, ‘advancing the conservation of the Great Bustard in Asia.’ The research papers from Central Asia, the Caucasus, and the Middle East, clearly highlight...

Sandgrouse: revised publication schedule

OSME members may have noticed that they are yet to receive their second issue of Sandgrouse for 2022. Publication of Sandgrouse 44 (2) has been delayed for various reasons and we’ve now decided to wait until early in the New Year...

OSME 44th Annual General Meeting

We will be holding this digitally via Zoom on Saturday, 26th November 2022, from 10.00 – 11.00 (GMT). You can register for the meeting using the following link: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZYpcumpqDIiGNNOS4ogkEdI9dZmol_cEg4R Copies of the draft minutes of the 43rd...

Tracking Sociable Lapwings – your help required

The Sociable Lapwing Vanellus gregarius is the most threatened bird in the OSME region and is the only species listed as Critically Endangered by BirdLife International. The Slender-billed Curlew Numenius tenuirostris is also categorised as Critically Endangered,...

Nature Iraq – 20 years on

Guest blog by Azzam Alwash Nature Iraq began as EDEN AGAIN, a project that focused the world’s attention on the drying of the marshes of southern Iraq.  Our work was focused on informing the world that the...

Galala Raptor Count

Guest blog by Steffen Oppel Over the past years a lot of effort has been invested to protect migratory raptors along the eastern Mediterranean flyway – but are those efforts yielding results? Breeding territories of Egyptian Vultures...