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The number of Western Cattle Egrets in Jubail appears to be increasing year on year and in late April we saw at least 25 birds with some of …
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We went ringing at Al Ali Farm in the afternoon last weekend. I had only been ringing at this site once before and it looks like a great sit…
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Birding Dhahran Hills where I live last week produced a few Red-throated Pipit Anthus cervinus on one of the grass football fields. Some o…
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Whilst birdwatching at Jebal Hamrah recently I found a Blandford’s Short-nosed Desert Lizard or Short-nosed Lizard. It is a small to me…
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Whilst birding the bottom of the Raydah Escarpment I came across some Datura innoxia . It is a tuberous-rooted, subshrub that typically re…
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Tendaba Dam is a large wetland area near Khamis Mushait. We visited the location in mid-March and found a number of good birds including a W…
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Whilst birding the Tanoumah area of the Asir mountains, north of Abha recently I photographed an Arabian Woodpecker Dendrocopos doraeat ….
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Wader numbers in Jubail have fluctuated over the last month. It has been a poor season for Sand Plovers with very low numbers of Greater San…
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Abu Ali Island is situated close to Jubail Industrial City 125 kilometres north of the Dammam/Al Khobar/Dhahran area. This site is in the Ar…
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My favourite bird?
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I often get asked what is my favourite bird. As a professional birder, I
find this question impossible to answer. I appreciate a Willow Warbler as
much a…
2 days ago
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الامام والقطة
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تابعنا في الشهر الفضيل ما أحدثت لقطة الامام والقطة التي صعدت على كتفه
ومسحت وجهها بوجهه، وكيف تلقى الناس عبر العالم هذه اللقطة الانسانية المعبرة
جدا عن …
2 weeks ago
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قائمة الرصد Birding List
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الجوف – Al-jawf Common MynaBlack Scrub-RobinBimaculated
LarkDunlinGreen-winged TealHooded WheatearSociable LapwingPacific
Golden-PloverMerlinJack SnipeOr…
4 months ago
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09 December 2020 – Kyalami Estate, Midrand
I am now back home in South Africa and re-united with my family after
almost a year due to the Covid restricti…
2 years ago
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by M. McGrady, F. Al Lamki, B. Meyburg, A. Spalton
As mentioned in yesterday’s post (click here), 187 has been in southern
Russia for the last week or s…
2 years ago
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In January 2020 we headed off to Mexico for some decent weather as the UK
was looking very grim. After an 11 hour flight we landed in Puerto
Vallarta and …
3 years ago
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07/11/2019 at Jahra Farms and Jal Al-Zor
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This morning I went to Jahra Farms, having a feeling that the
Black-throated Thrush should have arrived by now as two weeks earlier one
was found in Pivot …
3 years ago
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KAUST week ending May 30, 2019
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KAUST week ending May 30, 2019Indian Silverbill
Another very quiet week birdwise at KAUST.A pair of Indian Silverbills have been seen a number of times t…
3 years ago
My Other Favourite Blog List
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7th May
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It was a lovely sunny day to be out birding but unfortunately yesterday
afternoon’s fog had persisted throughout the night and still didn’t clear
until a w…
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Common Swift
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A quick half hour spent on the Exminster Marshes got me 6 *Common Swift*
…my first in Devon this year . Also seen were a few European Reed Warbler
, S…
11 hours ago
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TAMBIEN ESTE AÑO EL PITO BEREBER
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En nuestra visita a Ceuta también buscamos y encontramos al Pito Bereber ”
Picus levaillantii”.El año pasado vimos y fotografiamos a una hembra, pre…
19 hours ago
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4th-6th May
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The south easterly winds arrived as promised and with birds! Whilst no
major rarity has been discovered as a result (yet!), there have been plenty
of ye…
19 hours ago
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Salar de los Canos
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Hola a tod@sEl 3 de abril por la tarde estuve observando aves en el Salar de los Canos.
Salar de los Canos
Las especies de aves que vi fueron: tarro bla…
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[Mammalogy • 2023] Hipposideros kingstonae • Solving the Taxonomic Identity of Hipposideros cineraceus sensu lato (Chiroptera: Hipposideridae) in the Thai-Malay Peninsula, with the Description of A New Species
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*Hipposideros kingstonae *
Wongwaiyut, Karapan, Saekong, Francis, Guillén-Servent, Senawi, Khan,
Bates, Jantarit & Soisook, 2023ค้างคาวหน้ายักษ์เล็กสีเ…
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Lajien runsautta 3.5.2023
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Huhtikuun loppu ja toukokuu aina loppuun asti ovat kiireisintä aikaa,
mikäli haluaa kerrytellä mukavan vuodenpistesaaliin. Omalla kohdalla tätä
pelkoa e…
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Most Recent New ‘Patch’ Species
Ruppell’s Weaver (Places galbula), Dhahran Hills, Dhahran, 12 March 2021
Most Recent New Eastern Province Species
Buff-bellied Pipit (Anthus rubescens japonicus), Al Sikak Farms, 24 December 2022
Most Recent Saudi Arabia species
Bank Myna (Acridotheres ginginianus) Old Diriyah, Riyadh Province, 10 February 2023
Most Recent New Ringing Species
Common Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia, Sabkhat Al Fasl, Jubail, 24 March 2023
Trektellen – ‘NocMig’
Satellite Tracked Steppe Eagles
British Trust for Ornithology
Euring
First for Arabia
Rüppell’s Vulture (Gyps rueppelli), Tanoumah, Asir Province 12 October 2018
First for Saudi Arabia
Long-tailed Shrike (Lanius schach), Dhahran, Eastern Province 14 February 2016
First for Saudi Arabia
Buff-bellied Pipit Anthus rubescens japonicas Al Sikak Farms, Eastern Province, 23 December 2022
First for Bahrain
Siberian Buff-bellied Pipit (A. r. japonicas), Alba Marsh, 20th January 2012
Second for Bahrain
Paddyfield Warbler (Acrocephalus agricola), Alba Marsh, 28 November 2014
First for Sabkhat Al Fasl
Basra Reed Warbler (Acrocephalus griseldis), Sabkhat Al Fasl, 25 April 2014 – Photo by Phil Roberts
First for Sabkhat Al Fasl
Common Blackbird (Turdus merula), Sabkhat Al Fasl, 23 January 2015
Critically Endangered
Sociable Lapwing (Vanellus gregarius), Haradh, Eastern Province, 16 October 2020
Critically Endangered
Rüppell’s Vulture (Gyps rueppelli), Tanoumah, Asir Province 12 October 2018
Endangered
Egyptian Vulture (Neophron percnopterus), Farasan Islands, Jizan Province, 5 August 2020
Endangered
Lappet-faced Vulture (Torgos tracheliotos), Mahazat Al Sayd, 18 July 2020
Endangered
Arabian Magpie (Pica asirensis), Bilasmer, Asir Province, 18 May 2019
Endangered
Steppe Eagle (Aquila nipalensis), Ushaiqer, Riyadh Province, 19 December 2020
Endangered
Basra Reed Warbler (Acrocephalus griseldis), Sabkhat Al Fasl, Eastern Province, 25 April 2014
Vulnerable
Common Pochard (Aythya ferina), Dhahran Hills Percolation Pond, Dhahran, Eastern Province, 16 November 2014
Vulnerable
European Turtle Dove (Streptopelia turtur), Sabkhat Al Fasl, Eastern Province, 11 April 2013
Vulnerable
Socotra Cormorant (Phalocrocorax nigrogularis), Al Uqayr, Eastern Province, 31 December 2021
Vulnerable
Greater Spotted Eagle (Clanga clanga), Sabkhat Al Fasl, Eastern Province, 12 November 2021
Vulnerable
Eastern Imperial Eagle (Aquila heliacal), Ushaiqer, Riyadh Province, 19 December 2020
Vulnerable
Arabian Woodpecker (Dendrocoptes Dorae), An Namas, Asir Province, 26 May 2018
Vulnerable
Yemen Warbler (Curruca buryi), An Namas, Asir Province, 12 July 2022
Vulnerable
Yemen Thrush (Turdus menachensis), Wadi Thee Gazelle, Taif, Mecca Province, 30 July 2018
Vulnerable
Syrian Serin (Serinus syriacus), Jebal Lawz, Tabuk, Tabuk Province, 03 January 2021
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Egyptian Nightjar, Sabkhat Al Fasl 2014 – Jem Babbington
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Pharaoh Eagle Owl, Jubail 2018 – Jem Babbington
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Steppe Eagles, Ushaiqer 2019 – Jem Babbington
Philby’s Partridge (Alectoris philbyi)
Philby’s Partridge (Alectoris philbyi), Abha, Asir Province, May 2018
Arabian Partridge (Alectoris melanocephala)
Arabian Partridge (Alectoris melanocephala), Raydah Escarpment, 30 July 2019
Arabian Spotted Eagle Owl (Bubo milesi)
Arabian Spotted Eagle Owl (Bubo milesi), Raydah Escarpment, Abha, 29 October 2019
Arabian Scops Owl (Otus pamelae)
Arabian Scops Owl (Otus pamelae), Al Mehfar Park, Tanoumah, 29 October 2019
Arabian Woodpecker (Dendrocopos dorae)
Arabian Woodpecker (Dendrocopos dorae), Al Mehfar Park, Tanoumah, 18 June 2018
Arabian Magpie (Pica asirensis)
Arabian Magpie (Pica asirensis), Billasimer, 18 May 2019
Yemen Thrush (Turdus menachensis)
Yemen Thrush (Turdus menachensis), Raydah Escarpment, July 2013
Arabian Wheatear (Oenanthe lugentoides) – male
Arabian Wheatear (Oenanthe lugentoides), Raydah Escarpment, July 2013
Arabian Sunbird (Cinnyris (habessinicus) hellmayri)
Arabian Sunbird (Cinnyris (habessinicus) hellmayri), Raydah Escarpment, 16 June 2018
Arabian Waxbill (Estrilda rubibarba)
Arabian Waxbill (Estrilda rubibarba), Wadi Thee Gazelle, Taif, June 2016
Arabian Golden-winged Grosbeak (Rhynchostruthus percivali)
Arabian Golden-winged Grosbeak (Rhynchostruthus percivali), Wadi Grosbeak, Bani Saad, June 2016
Yemen Warbler (Sylvia buryi)
Yemen Warbler (Sylvia buryi), Al Mehfar Park, Tanumah Park, 18 June 2018
Arabian Serin (Serinus rothschildi)
Arabian Serin (Serinus rothschildi), Taif National Park, Taif, July 2015
Yemen Serin (Serinus menachensis)
Yemen Serin (Serinus menachensis), Al Mehfar Park, Tanoumah, June 2015
Yemen Linnet (Carduelis yemenensis)
Yemen Linnet (Carduelis yemenensis), Raydah Escarpment, Abha, May 2016
Red-breasted Wheatear (Oenanthe bottae)
Red-breasted Wheatear (Oenanthe bottae) Talea Valley, Abha, 29 June 2019
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