OSME is now on YouTube
We have recently set up a YouTube channel to enable us to post video content that is relevant to the […]
Common Swifts in Iran – a Conservation Project
A guest blog by Abraham Shokouhi I became very curious about the Common Swift Apus apus pekinensis in 2013 when
The Turkestan Ground-jay in Uzbekistan
Guest blog by Robert J. Burnside I have been working in the Kyzylkum desert, in Uzbekistan, since 2013 on the
OSME online Summer Meeting – programme & registration
OSME will be holding our first online Summer Meeting using Zoom on the 15th August. We have an exciting line-up
OSME’s first online Summer Meeting – save the date!
Saturday 15th August: 10.30-12.45 (BST) One of the few positive things to come out of the global coronavirus pandemic is
The OSME Region List of bird taxa v6.1
is now available here Version 6.1 follows the genus change in IOC10.2 of African Crake from Crex to Crecopis as
Update on the ‘Mangrove White-eye’ in Saudi Arabia
Guest blog by Jem Babbington The Abyssinian White-eye Zosterops abyssinicus occurs in the highlands of southwestern Arabia and eastern Africa
The wonderful marshes of Khuzestan – an Iranian treasure
Guest blog by Keramat Hafezi Birgani My name is Keramat Hafezi Birgani, I was born in the city of Masjed
Bird trapping in Cyprus – an update
Guest blog by Guy Shorrock In April 2020, BirdLife Cyprus published the autumn 2019 bird trapping survey. This suggests that
Expansion of Namaqua Dove in the OSME Region
Guest blog by Łukasz Ławicki Expansion and range extension of Namaqua Dove Oena capensis in the OSME Region has been
Checklist of the Birds of the Socotra Archipelago
Richard Porter & Ahmed Saeed Suleiman Ahmed Saeed Suleiman and I have updated the Socotra Bird Checklist following new discoveries
Youth development and Bird Camps update
Birds go on – birdwatchers on hold A message from Tomas Axén Haraldsson The current situation with the spread of
Latest issue of Sandgrouse: free to download
Given the current extraordinary circumstances which have seen millions of people around the world confined to their homes, OSME has
Birds of Lebanon, a Photographic Guide to 404 Species
By Ghassan Ramadan-Jaradi and Fouad Itani ISBN 9 789953 051062 In English Association for Bird Conservation in Lebanon Published in