OSME is pleased to present a wide range of trip reports relating to the Middle East, the Caucasus and Central Asia and is grateful to the observers who have allowed them to be posted on the website. Click on the links below to access each individual report.
The countries below are listed alphabetically.
Afghanistan
- Afghanistan – June to September 2002
- Afghanistan Bird List, May-Sept 2011
- OPERATION HERRICK 16, HELMAND PROVINCE, AFGHANISTAN, A BIRDER’S PERSEPCTIVE
Armenia
- Armenia – 23 May to 1 June 2000
- Armenia – 5 to 16 June 2000
- Armenia – 4 to 15 June 2000
- Armenia – 12 to 25 May 201
Azerbaijan
- Azerbaijan 12-19 April 2012
- Azerbaijan 3-11 October 2013
- Azerbaijan 5-13 May 2014 by Tomas Axén Haraldsson
- Azerbaijan 25-30 October 2015 by Tomas Axén Haraldsson
- Azerbaijan 6-14 May 2016, by Tomas Axen Haraldsson
- Azerbaijan, Besh Barmag 15-20 September 2016, by Tomas Axen Haraldsson
- Azerbaijan 20-25 April 2017, Bird Camp Besh Barmag, by Tomas Axen Haraldsson
- Georgia and Azerbaijan 3rd to 16th December 2019
Caucasus
Cyprus
- Cyprus – 12 to 19 March 2000
- Cyprus – 4 to 11 April 2000
- Cyprus – 21 to 27 December 2000
- Cyprus – 30 March to 11 April 2001
- Cyprus – 9 to 16 April 2001
- Cyprus – 11 to 18 November 2001
- Cyprus – 25 to 31 March 2002
- Cyprus – 27 October – 3 November 2002
- Cyprus – 5 – 12 January 2003
- Cyprus – 15 to 21 April 2003
- Cyprus – 4 to 11 April 2004
- Cyprus – 10 to 17 May 2004
- Cyprus – 2 to 8 November 2004
Egypt
- Egypt – 19 June to 3 July 2000
- Egypt – 4 to 19 July 2000
- Egypt – 31 August to 6 September 2000
- Egypt – 16 to 30 October 2000
- Egypt – 1 to 7 December 2000
- Egypt & Jordan – January 2002
- Egypt – 3 to 18 May 2003
- Egypt – 12 to 22 August 2003
- Egypt – 8 to 14 November 2003
- Egypt – 26 March to 8 April 2004
- Egypt – 8 to 20 April 2004
- Egypt – Sharm el Sheikh, Na’ama Bay and St. Katherine’s Monastery, 17th – 24th July 2005
- Egypt – CAIRO, LUXOR AND THE RED SEA COAST, 18th – 26th MARCH 2006
- Egypt – CAIRO, ABU SIMBEL AD THE RED SEA COAST, 23rd June – 1st July 2007
- Egypt, 23 February-3 March 2008
- Egypt – RBT Egypt & Petra Apr 2008
- Egypt – RBT Egypt & Petra Apr 2009
- Egypt – RBT Egypt & Petra Apr 2010
- Egypt – Gebel Elba Ornithological Survey 3- 10 of April 2010
- Egypt – 23/4 – 2/5/2010
- Egypt – Marsa Alam & Southern coast – June 3/10th 2010
- Egypt – the southern Red Sea Coast, September 27 – October 6, 2011
- Egypt – 7-14 May 2012
- Egypt – Sharm el Sheikh -19th -26th November 2012
- Egypt – 27 April – 10 May 2013
- Egypt – Winter trip to Sinai, 18-28 February 2013
Georgia
- Georgia (Caucasus) – 18 February to 4 March 2000
- Georgia May 2008
- Georgia 9-15 May, 2010
- Georgia April 2011
- Georgia September 2017
- Birding Caucasus April 2019 by Alex Rukhaia
- A ten day birdwatching tour to Georgia 2nd to 12th May 2019, by Alexander Rukhaia
- Georgia and Azerbaijan 3rd to 16th December 2019
- Georgia 1-9 March 2022, by Alex Rukhaia
Iran
- Iran – October 1997 and March 2000
- Iran – 20 February to 7 March 2000
- Iran – April 2001
- Iran (Qeshm Island) – 25 to 27 April 2001
- 12 August – 6 September 2010
- Qeshm (Gheshm) Island, Iran 9-14 March 2015
- Iran April 2013 (in Norwegian Language)
- Iran 19 April – 2 May 2017
- Iran 20 April – 5 May 2019 (in German)
Papers from Iran
Thanks to Abolghasem Khaleghizadeh, Editor of PODOCES who submitted the papers to OSME for circulation.
- PODOCES 3- Rare Birds in Iran in the 1970s
- PODOCES 4(1)- Rare Birds of Iran, 1860s-1960s
- PODOCES 6_1_ Rare Birds in Iran in 1980-2010
- Khaleghizadeh et al. 2010-Birds of Tehran Province[1]
Israel
- Israel – 14th to 23 January 2000
- Israel – 12 to 19 March 2000
- Israel – 21 March to 3 April 2000
- Israel – 24 March to 5 April 2000
- Israel – 27 March to 9 April 2000
- Israel – 27 March to 13 April 2000
- Israel – 25 August to 11 Spetember 2000
- Israel – 5 to 12 October 2000
- Israel – 1 to 8 April 2001
- Israel – 25 August to 10 September 2001 (long)
- Israel – 25 November to 2 December 2001
- Israel – 6 to 24 March 2002
- ISRAEL 3rd – 11th December 2005
- ISRAEL March-April 2008
Jordan
- Jordan – 1 to 8 March 2000
- Jordan – 17 to 26 March 2000
- Jordan (Wadi Rum) 14 April 2000
- Jordan – 14 to 25 October 2000
- Jordan – 25 March to 1 April 2001
- Jordan – 21 August to 5 September 2001
- Jordan – 3 to 12 March 2002
- Jordan – 7 to 12 March 2002
- Jordan & Egypt – January 2002
- Jordan, 19th March to 2nd April 2011
- Aqaba and Petra, April 2014
- Jordan, October 2017
Kazakstan.
- Kazakstan – 17 to 28 July 2000
- Kazakstan – 8 to 26 May 2002
- Kazakstan – 25 May to 6 June 2003
- Kazakstan – 29 May to 10 June 2003
- NE Kazakhestan 22 June – 10 July 2021
Kyrgyzstan –
- Kyrgyzstan – 12 to 29 July 2000
- Kyrgyzstan – 25 to 26 November 2000
- Kyrgyzstan – September 2001
- Kyrgyzstan – 6 to 29 August 2003
- Kyrgyzstan in August 2017 by Ivan Turkovskiy
Kuwait
- Kuwait – 16 to 29 March 2000
- Kuwait – 30 April to 4 May 2005
- Kuwait Trip Report April 2007
- KUWAIT 12TH – 20TH JANUARY 2008
Lebanon
- Lebanon 12-18 May 2006 by Tomas Axén Haraldsson
- Lebanon – 7th to 14th April 2007 by Richard Prior
- Lebanon – 21 to 28 March 2008 by Richard Prior
- Lebanon 1-4 October 2018 by Tomas Axén Haraldsson
- Trip report Lebanon 5-8 April 2019 by Tomas Axén Haraldsson
- Lebanon: 9th – 22nd September 2019 – Valentin Moser
Lesvos
- Lesvos – 4 to 11 May 2000
- Lesvos – 4 to 11 May 2000
- Lesvos – 1 to 13 September 2000
- Lesvos – 3 to 17 May 2001
- Lesvos – 2 to 16 May 2002
- Lesvos – 14 to 28 June 2002
- Lesvos – 6 to 13 January 2003
Oman
- Oman – 22 September to 5 October 2000
- Oman – 17 to 31 March 2001
- Oman – 10 to 23 November 2001
- Oman & United Arab Emirates – 25 March to 15 April 2002
- Oman 13–25 December 2008
- Oman November 2014 (in Norwegian Language)
- Dhofar, Oman July 13-26 2015
- Light birding in Dhofar, Oman 19-29 July 2016
- Oman 16-30 November 2017
- Oman 20 Feb-20 Mar 2018
Qatar
Rhodes
Saudi Arabia
- Saudi Arabia (Southwest) – 4 to 11 May 2002
- Saudi Arabia (Southwest) – 26 October to 2 November 2002
- Saudi Arabia & Qatar – 24 March to 17 April 2003
Syria
- Syria & Jordan – 1997 to 2000
- Syria – compilation 1997 to 2000
- Syria – 19 March to 1 April 2001
- Syria – 24 February to 8 March 2002
- Syria – 19 to 26 September 2002
- Syria – 10 to 19 June 2003
- Syria – 2 to 11 April 2004
- Syria – 20 to 30 April 2006
- Syria 14-22 April 2009 by Tomas Axén Haraldsson
- Spring 30 March-26 April 2010
- Syria 7-14 April 2010
- Syria 23-31 April 2011 by Tomas Axén Haraldsson
Tajikistan
Turkey
- Turkey – 24 March to 2 April 2000
- Turkey – 13 August to 7 September 2000
- Turkey – 17 June to 2 July 2001
- Turkey – 3 to 20 August 2001
- Turkey – 10 to 22 September 2001
- Turkey – 16 to 22 October 2001
- Turkey – 8 to 12 May 2002
- Turkey – 26 May to 10 June 2002
- Turkey – 31 May to 28 June 2002
- Turkey July 2004
Turkmenistan
Tunisia
United Arab Emirates
- United Arab Emirates – 19 March to 4 April 2000
- United Arab Emirates – 1 to 7 April 2000
- United Arab Emirates – 1 to 14 April 2000
- United Arab Emirates – 13 to 20 April 2000
- United Arab Emirates – 6 to 10 March 2001
- United Arab Emirates & Oman – 25 March to 15 April 2002
- United Arab Emirates – 1 to 8 March 2003
- United Arab Emirates – 15 to 20 February 2006
- UAE 12-13 & 26-28 December 2008
Uzbekistan
- Uzbekistan – January & April 2000 (very long – 250k)
- Uzbekistan & Kyrgyzstan – 6 June to 3 July 2000
- Uzbekistan: Birding in the Chimgan and Beldersay area, Tashkent Province, 2-3 May 2015