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
OSME’s 42nd Annual General Meeting
We held our first ever Zoom AGM on Saturday November the 28th and it was great to see so many members
Finding Steppe Whimbrel in Abu Dhabi
Guest blog by Oscar Campbell – with thanks to Simon Lloyd The start of it all. It was this image
Armenian Ups and Downs: Diary notes and photographs of three visiting naturalists in Armenia
By Peter Marren and Richard Price. Privately published. 2020. Hardback. 76pp. Price £20 (£15 for OSME members)[Available from Home Farm
Save the date: 23rd January 2021 – OSME’s first online Winter Meeting
OSME will hold their first ever Winter Meeting online n 23rd January 2021, a hugely successful online Summer Meeting using Zoom.
The OSME expedition to Yemen in 1985 – personal reflections
Guest blog by Chris Bowden The opportunity to spend two months in the field in North Yemen (as it was
The Socotra Wildlife Association – conserving wildlife through awareness and capacity building
Guest blog by Ali Yahya Ali Bin Mahrous and Nasser Abdulrahman Ahmed of the Socotra Wildlife Association The Socotra Wildlife Association
Birds of Faynan, Past and Present
Steven Mithen, Fares Khoury, Ben Greet, Judith White and Nebras Maslamani. 2019. Birds of Faynan: past and present. Faynan Heritage.
Helping European Rollers in Northern Cyprus
A guest blog by Amie Wheeldon on encouraging the re-establishment of European Rollers at breeding grounds in Northern Cyprus The
The Trevor Poyser Species Conservation Fund: call for applications
The Trevor Poyser Species Conservation Fund is now open for applications until the 1st December 2020. The fund supports research