Migratory soaring bird migration monitoring in the East African-Eurasian flyway
The East African-Eurasian flyway represents one of the most important routes for migratory soaring birds in the world. Each spring […]
Dates for your diary
OSME Virtual Summer Meeting We are delighted to be holding another online summer meeting that will feature a range of
Southwest Iran – a Middle East Birding Paradise
Guest blog by Keramat Hafezi Birgani This is a rather different blog to those normally published on the OSME website.
Encounters with Pale Martins in Saudi Arabia
A guest blog by Gregory Askew On January 15, my daughter and I were out at Al Asfar Lake in
Arabic field guide App – new iOS update
Our free Arabic App was launched in April 2018 and so far has been downloaded almost 6000 times. This is
Raptor Conservation in Oman
A guest blog by Maïa Sarrouf Willson about Oman’s efforts to conserve raptors The Sultanate of Oman is home to
Conservation is Syria is thriving
A guest blog by Nabegh Ghazal Asswad on behalf of the Syrian Society for the Conservation of Wildlife The Syrian
Egyptian Vulture – a Bird on the Brink
OSME are delighted to join forces with Birds on the Brink to co-fund a project on the Endangered Egyptian Vulture
OSME Chairman’s overview of 2020
The year 2020 will undoubtedly be remembered for the global pandemic which has affected so many people around the world.
A Double-MEGA-twitch in Lebanon
Guest blog by Fouad Itani Lebanon has been in the news a lot in the past few years, a refugee
Syrian Serin supported by the Trevor Poyser Species Conservation Fund
The 2021 Trevor Poyser Species Conservation Fund will fund a breeding survey of the Syrian Serin in Lebanon by the
Booklet of Protection of Migratory Birds in Lebanon
The Lebanese bird conservation community is increasingly successful in its struggle to protect the millions of migratory birds passing over
OSME’s first online Winter Meeting: 23rd January 2021
Following on from the success of our first-ever online Summer Meeting using Zoom, we’ll be holding an online Winter Meeting
Turkey’s Largest Egyptian Vulture Breeding Area
Guest blog by Şafak Arslan of Doga The Egyptian Vulture is globally threatened and among the species in most rapid