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Tackling illegal killing, taking and trade of birds in Sub-Saharan Africa

Tackling illegal killing, taking and trade of birds in Sub-Saharan Africa

January 27, 2021November 7, 2021 Supertrooper 1 Comment

As part of our effort to curb the devastating damage wreaked by the bird trade, BirdLife has embarked on a study to compile all existing information about bird killing, trapping and trade in Sub-Saharan Africa. We’re inviting you to get in touch with any information that can help us fill in the gaps. A bustling […]

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Cypriot police ignore mass killing of protected birds

Cypriot police ignore mass killing of protected birds

October 21, 2020October 19, 2020 Supertrooper 5 Comments

The massacre of protected birds perpetrated by hunters in Meneou, close to the residential area and the Pyrgos tis Rigenas grows bigger by the day. After the initial recovery of 2 dead Swallows and 72 dead Bee-eaters, plus 2 injured Bee-eaters made by BirdLife Cyprus on Saturday 26th; CABS teams have continued monitoring the area […]

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Serengeti birdlife in spring

Serengeti birdlife in spring

November 23, 2017December 23, 2019 Mike Haworth 2 Comments

It was mid-September in the western Corridor of the Serengeti. A bit early for most of the migrants, but there were a few early arrivals. The resident avian population in the Serengeti at this time of the year is diverse and would gladden any bird lover’s heart. There was also a wide variety of habitats […]

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European Roller – Jubail

European Roller – Jubail

June 20, 2017December 23, 2019 Jem Babbington 8 Comments

Whilst birding the Jubail area in late May I came across two European Rollers of which one I was able to photograph and is shown below. Saudi Arabia has three species of roller on the country list. These are Indian Roller Coracias benghalensis a vagrant, Abyssinian Roller Coracias abyssinicus a breeding resident of the southwest […]

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European Roller Ringing Recovery – Riyadh

European Roller Ringing Recovery – Riyadh

April 21, 2017December 23, 2019 Jem Babbington Leave a comment

Brendan recently sent me a ringing recovery of a European Roller that he and Abdullah trapped and ringed in Bahrain in 2008 that was found dead in the Riyadh region of Saudi Arabia in 2014. It was a bit of a shame that it was not found on its wintering grounds as we could have […]

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Much more at Rakhyut

Much more at Rakhyut

November 7, 2015December 23, 2019 Robert Tovey Leave a comment

There was much more to Rakhyut than owling (see yesterday’s blog). On the mountain top before we (Saeed Shanfari, Hedi Khecharem and I) descended into Rakhyut the action started. There were four eagles. Three were steppe eagle which soon disappeared.   Eastern imperial eagle 1 One eagle stayed behind and give good views. It was […]

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Dowkah delivers again

Dowkah delivers again

October 5, 2015December 23, 2019 Robert Tovey Leave a comment

My Eid trip lasted from Tuesday afternoon until Saturday evening. It involved 3500 kilometres of travel and took me to several birding locations. This and the next four blogs will chronicle the results.I headed north out of Salalah on Tuesday and reached one of my favourite birding locations, Dowkah desert farm, with time to bird […]

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Sabi Sands: February 2010 (Part 1)

Sabi Sands: February 2010 (Part 1)

August 19, 2014December 23, 2019 Morkel Erasmus Leave a comment

Some of you may recall that I have been posting some WAY overdue trip reports on my blog as well. I am still far behind, but I thought it best to get going again…my last report was a series of posts on a trip with my wife to the Kruger National Park in 2009. Let’s […]

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