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Saudi Arabia Recommended Bird Books
- Handbook of Western Palearctic Birds: Passerines: A Photographic Guide – Hadoram Shirahai & Lars Svensson (2018)
- Gulls of the World: A Photographic Guide – Klaus Malling Olsen (Mar 2018)
- Flight Identification of Raptors of Europe, North Africa and the Middle East – Dick Forsman (Feb 2016)
- Gulls of Europe, Asia and North America (Helm Identification Guides) – Klaus Malling Olsen & Hans Larsson (Sep 2004)
- Atlas of the Breeding Birds of Arabia – Michael C. Jennings (Sep 2010)
- Birds of the Middle East – Richard Porter & Simon Aspinall (Aug 2010 – Helm Field Guides)
- Collins Bird Guide – Lars Svensson, Killian Mullarney, Dan Zetterstrom & Peter J. Grant (Mar 2010)
- The Raptors of Europe and the Middle East: A Handbook to Field Identification – Dick Forsman (Oct 2007)
- Birds of Europe with North Africa & the Middle East – Lars Jonsson (Aug 2005)
- The Handbook of Bird Identification: For Europe and the Western Palearctic – Mark Beaman, Steve Madge, Hillary Burn & Dan Zetterstrom (Nov 1998 – Helm Identification Guides)
- The Birds of Israel – Hadoram Shirahai (Jun 1996)
- Birds of the Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia – G. Bundy, RJ. Connor & C. Harrison (Aug 1989)
Middle East Bird Information Websites
Saudi Arabia Birding Locations
Saudi Arabia Trip Reports
Middle East Bird Photography Websites
About The Blog
I hope you enjoy browsing my latest images & notes from the field, the majority are from Dhahran (eastern Saudi Arabia) as well as bird ringing in Bahrain. Most of the photographs are of birds but I will also include other interesting natural history shots when I take them.
About The Photographs
All photos on this blog are copyright and may not be copied or reproduced without my permission. Please ask if you would like to use any of my photographs for any reason.
My camera gear:
Canon EOS 1DX mkII
Canon EOS 5D mkIII
Canon 600 mm f/4 IS II USM
Canon 70-200mm f/2.8 IS II USM
Canon 100 mm f/2.8 Macro IS USM
Canon 28-70 mm f/2.8 IS II USM
EF-14x III Extender
Most Recent New ‘Patch’ Species
Most Recent New Eastern Province Species
Western Barn Owl (Tyto alba), Dhahran Waste Water Lake, Dhahran, 23 December 2023
Most Recent New Saudi Arabian Species
Great Spotted Cuckoo (Clamator glandarius), Al Uqair, Eastern Province, 8 March 2024
Most Recent New Ringing Species
Common Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia, Sabkhat Al Fasl, Jubail, 24 March 2023
Eurasian Stone-curlew calling – Jubail
Featured post
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
First for Sabkhat Al Fasl
IUCN Red List Species – Saudi Arabia
CRITICALLY ENDANGERED
Sociable Lapwing (Vanellus gregarious)
Ruppell’s Vulture (Gyps rueppelli)
ENDANGERED
White-headed Duck (Oxyura leucocephala)
Great Knot (Calidris tenuirostris)
Northern Bald Ibis (Geronticus eremita)
Egyptian Vulture (Neophron percnopterus)
Lappet-faced Vulture (Torgos tracheliotus)
Steppe Eagle (Aquila nipalensis)
Saker Falcon (Falco cherrug)
Arabian Magpie (Pica asirensis)
Basra Reed Warbler (Acrocephalus griseldis)
Yellow-breasted Bunting (Emberiza aureola)
VULNERABLE
Marbled Duck (Marmaronetta angustirostris)
Common Pochard (Aythya ferina)
Great Bustard (Otis tarda)
Macqueen’s Bustard (Chlamydotis macqueenii)
European Turtle Dove (Streptopelia turtur)
Black-legged Kittiwake (Rissa tridactyla)
Socotra Cormorant (Phalocrocorax nigrogularis)
Greater Spotted Eagle (Clanga clanga)
Tawny Eagle (Aquila rapax)
Eastern Imperial Eagle (Aquila heliacal)
Arabian Woodpecker (Dendrocoptes Dorae)
Sooty Falcon (Falco concolor)
Yemen Warbler (Curruca buryi)
Yemen Thrush (Turdus menachensis)
Syrian Serin (Serinus syriacus)
Rustic Bunting (Emberiza rustica)
Critically Endangered
Sociable Lapwing (Vanellus gregarius), Dhahran, Eastern Province, 9 October 2023
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 Waste Water Lake, Dhahran, Eastern Province, 9 December 2023
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
Sandgrouse Cover Photo 37 (1)

Egyptian Nightjar, Sabkhat Al Fasl 2014 – Jem Babbington
Sandgrouse Cover Photo Supplement 4

Pharaoh Eagle Owl, Jubail 2018 – Jem Babbington
Sandgrouse Cover Photo 42 (1)

Steppe Eagles, Ushaiqer 2019 – Jem Babbington
Saudi Arabia – Arabian Endemics
Arabian Partridge Alectoris melanocephala
Arabian Scops Owl Otus pamelae
Arabian Woodpecker Dendrocopos dorae
Yemen Warbler Sylvia buryi
Arabian Magpie Pica asirensis
Yemen Thrush Turdus menachensis
Arabian Wheatear Oenanthe lugentoides
Arabian Sunbird Cinnyris hellmayri
Arabian Golden-winged Grosbeak Rhynchostruthus percivali
Arabian Serin Serinus rothschildi
Yemen Serin Serinus menachensis
Yemen Linnet Carduelis yemenensis
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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