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OSME is please to present the most extensive range of trip reports covering the Middle East, the Caucasus and Central Asia and is grateful to all the observers for supplying them. Select the report you would like to read from the list below. If you would like to be notified by email when new trip reports are placed on the OSME web site, fill in and send in the form at the bottom of this page.

The countries below are listed alphabetically.

    Afghanistan - June to September 2002

    Armenia - July to November 1995
    Armenia - 4 to 10 July 1998
    Armenia - 23 May to 1 June 2000
    Armenia - 5 to 16 June 2000
    Armenia - 4 to 15 June 2000

    Caucasus (Russian) - 21 July to 4 August 2001

    Cyprus - April 1994
    Cyprus - 5 to 12 April 1995
    Cyprus - 8 to 21 April 1995
    Cyprus - 12 to 26 April 1995
    Cyprus - 30 December 1995 to 6 January 1996
    Cyprus - late May/early June 1996
    Cyprus - 26 March to 9 April 1997
    Cyprus - 21 to 28 April 1997
    Cyprus - 10 to 17 September 1997
    Cyprus - 20 to 27 April 1998
    Cyprus (north) - 28 October to 1 November 1998
    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 - 4 to 18 December 1995
    Egypt - 18 May to 21 June 1996
    Egypt - 16 to 29 September 1996
    Egypt - 29 November to 6 December 1998
    Egypt - 29 March to 5 April 1999
    Egypt - 3 to 23 June 1999
    Egypt - 1 to 13 December 1999
    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 - 1 to 8 January 2001
    Egypt - 5 to 12 August 2001
    Egypt - 10 September to 24 September 2001
    Egypt - 11 to 24 January 2002
    Egypt - 11 to 25 March 2002
    Egypt - 14 to 31 March 2002
    Egypt - 4 to 10 April 2002
    Egypt - 15 to 22 April 2002
    Egypt - 7 to 20 October 2002
    Egypt - 17 to 23 October 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 & Jordan - January 2002

    Georgia (Caucasus) - 31 July to 11 August 1998

    Iran - 18 August to 14 September 1998
    Iran - October 1997 and March 2000
    Iran - 20 February to 7 March 2000
    Iran - April 2001
    Iran (Qeshm Island) - 25 to 27 April 2001

    Iran & Uzbekistan - 4 to 18 September 1997

    Iran & Turkey - 20 September to 13 October 1999

    Israel - 7 to 14 December 1995
    Israel - 13 to 24 March 1996
    Israel - 18 to 24 March 1996
    Israel - 25 February to 1 May 1996
    Israel - August 1996
    Israel - 7 to 17 November 1996
    Israel - 24 to 31 November 1996
    Northern Israel - 22 December to 5 January 1996/97
    Israel - 22 December to 5 January 1996/97
    Israel - 29 December to 3 January 1996/97
    Israel - 17 to 23rd March 1997
    Israel - 3 to 10 April 1997
    Israel - September 1997
    Israel - 2 September to 30 November 1997
    Israel - 17 to 24 November 1997
    Israel - 9 to 23 November 1998
    Israel - 16 December 1998 to 12 January 1999
    Israel - 25 October to 1 November 1999
    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 & Jordan - 24 to 31 December 1996

    Jordan (Wadi Rum) - 18 March 1999
    Jordan - 5 to 14 November 1999
    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 & Syria - 8 May to 14 June 1994
    Jordan & Syria - 13 to 19 March 1998

    Kazakstan - 4 to 15 October 1996
    Kazakstan - 23 May to 25 June 1998
    Kazakstan - 27 May to 5 June 1999
    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

    Kazakstan & Uzbekistan - 25 June to 16 July 1997

    Kazakstan & Kyrgyzstan - 26 July to 8 August 1997

    Kyrgyzstan - 12 to 29 July 2000
    Kyrgyzstan - 25 to 26 November 2000
    Kyrgyzstan - September 2001
    Kyrgyzstan - 6 to 29 August 2003

    Kuwait - 16 to 29 March 2000
    Kuwait - 30 April to 4 May 2005

    Lebanon - 12 March to 11 April 1997
    Lebanon - 7-14 April 2007

    Lesvos - 18 to 25 May 1995
    Lesvos - September 1994, 1995, 1996 & April 1997
    Lesvos - 20 September to 2 October 1996
    Lesvos - 6 to 13 May 1999
    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 - 22 February to 11 March 1995
    Oman - 1 - 19 November 1998
    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

    Qatar & Saudi Arabia - 24 March to 17 April 2003

    Rhodes - 7th to 27th April 2003

    Saudi Arabia - March 1992 to October 1993
    Saudi Arabia - 1 to 14 October 1999
    Saudi Arabia (Southwest) - December 1999
    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 - 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 & Jordan - 8 May to 14 June 1994
    Syria & Jordan - 1997 to 2000

    Tajikistan - 12 April to 4 May 1997

    Turkey - 18 to 31 May 1993
    Turkey - 31 May to 7 June 1994
    Turkey - 25 May to 9 June 1995
    Turkey - 28 March to 3 April 1996
    Turkey - Anatolia - 20 May to 2 June 1998
    Turkey - 23 July to 10 August 1998
    Turkey - 6 to 16 August 1998
    Turkey - 9 to 16 February 1999 (short report)
    Turkey - 9 to 16 February 1999 (full report)
    Turkey - 5 to 20 June 1999
    Turkey - 14 July to 19 August 1999
    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

    Turkmenistan - 4-7 May 2004
    Turkmenistan - February/March 2005

    Tunisia - January 1997
    Tunisia - 25 January to 1 February 1997
    Tunisia - 14 to 21 February 1999
    Tunisia - 7 to 15 March 1999

    United Arab Emirates - 27 December 1994 to 7 January 1995
    United Arab Emirates - 11 to 17 February 1995
    United Arab Emirates - 7 to 14 January 1996
    United Arab Emirates - 17 to 25 February 1996
    United Arab Emirates - 9 to 17 March 1996
    United Arab Emirates - 3 to 10 April 1996
    United Arab Emirates - 26 December 1996 to 9 January 1997
    United Arab Emirates - 3 to 18 April 1998
    United Arab Emirates - 19 March to 7 April 1999
    United Arab Emirates - 24 to 28 October 1999
    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 - 1 to 8 March 2003
    United Arab Emirates - 15 to 20 February 2006

    United Arab Emirates & Oman - 25 March to 15 April 2002

    Uzbekistan - January & April 2000 (very long - 250k)

    Uzbekistan & Iran - 4 to 18 September 1997

    Uzbekistan & Kazakstan - 25 June to 16 July 1997

    Uzbekistan & Kyrgyzstan - 6 June to 3 July 2000

    Yemen - 17 October to 7 November 1992
    Yemen - 8 to 25 January 1995


A hearty thanks are extended to all those who have given permission for their trip reports to be displayed here, this is now proving to be an extremely valuable and much appreciated resource used by many visiting birders. Please do consider placing versions of your trip reports here (we can always promote the selling of commercial versions if required) to help us encourage birdwatching and conservation of birds in the Middle East, Caucasus and Central Asia.


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