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Whilst birding the stony Desert area around Sakaka with Phil Roberts and Nader Fahd, we came across a wheatear at the bottom of the escarpme…
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Whilst birding the Al Jouf area at the end of December I saw a few Desert Finch, which are mainly resident in Saudi Arabia. It is now regard…
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Whilst birding the Hanidh area on 20 January Phil Roberts noticed a Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus sitting in a tree on the edge of a larg…
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The Arabian Gazelle Gazella arabica until recently, was thought to be synonymous with its ecologically and behaviourally very similar s…
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The site of Rajajil (The Men) is near Sakākā, a city in northwestern Saudi Arabia which is the capital of Al Jawf Province. It is located j…
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Abqaiq Landfill site is quite close to Dhahran and is situated off the old Abqaiq Road. It is a landfill for all sorts of waste from the Dam…
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Whilst birding a fe w days ago I saw an Arabian Red Fox Vulpes vulpes arabica just before it was getting dark. It was seen in the scrubby…
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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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The Common Myna Acridotheres tristis is an introduced species that is common in many areas of the Kingdom and breeds in many large towns. …
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Bamba
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My dear dog Bamba passed away on Wednesday. Bamba was my loyal birding
companion for 12 years, and much of my birding in recent years, including
the eBir…
3 days ago
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قائمة الرصد Birding List
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الجوف – Al-jawf 1 Pacific Golden-Plover 2 Sociable Lapwing 3 Merlin 4 Jack
Snipe 5 Oriental Honey-buzzard 6 Slender-billed Gull 7 Little Bittern 8
Black-…
4 weeks ago
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تخيل …
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أن تفتح النافذة قبيل الاشراق فتلمح دخلة على الغصن البعيد فتحدثك نفسك هل
اسرع وابدل العدسة بأخرى أطولـ وقبل ان تتخذ القرار تأتي الدخلة وتقف أقرب ما
يمكن …
3 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…
1 year 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 …
2 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
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24th January
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Drearier but quiet conditions for the duration today. A *Great White Egret*
south over Ferrybridge was a first for the year, whilst a count of 1300 *Medit…
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Oriole fighting his own reflection
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Black-naped oriole *(Oriolus chinensis maculatus)*
I was photographing the lion dance when I noticed this yellow bird was
attacking his own reflection in m…
1 day ago
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Norfolk Trip
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A trip to Norfolk with Ken, Andy and the intrepid Paul. We left Exeter at
11pm on Thursday the 19th, and our first stop was at Stonehenge, where we
saw our…
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ALREDEDORES DE KOTU
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Seguimos en nuestro primer dia en Gambia. Dejamos Abuko y nos dirigimos a
la costa a un lugar llamado Kotu. Allí es donde tiene Essa Touray, nuestro
gu…
4 days ago
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2 Caspian Gull at Newlyn
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18th January 2023 One of the Caspian Gull distance at Newlyn As I was in
Penzance, early afternoon I met up with the main man, Martin Elliot at
Newlyn hopi…
5 days ago
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Costa Rica V. PN Carara y río Tárcoles.
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Ya hemos llegado al Pacífico. Segundo océano en mi lista mundial, ¡Toma ya!
Tras llegar al hotel anocheciendo y pasar una noche entre curiosa y
accident…
6 days ago
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Laguna de Torrevieja
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Hola a tod@sEl 15 de enero por la tarde se realizó el censo invernal de aguiluchos en
la Laguna de Torrevieja, organizado por la Asociación FauNatura.La…
6 days ago
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I went to Sakaka in late December and met up Phil Roberts who had driven from Dammam to Sakaka a couple of days before my arrival. Once I ar…
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Whilst birding Dhahran in late December I came across a Desert White Butterfly Pontia glauconome , which is a striking white butterfly of …
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Whilst birding Dhahran Hills Lake in late December I saw a few good typical wetland birds. A singing Caspian Reed Warbler was in full song o…
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The last visit to Jubail produced at least six Greater Spotted Eagles, mainly seen perched on the power pylons, but occasionally in the reed…
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I visited Dhahran Hills lake at first light in late December I found a group of four Mallard Anas platyrhynchos , two males and two female…
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Whilst birding the Al Sikak farms near Salwa in southeast Saudi Arabia Phil Roberts hear a Pipit fly over calling. He alerted me to the bird…
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The Dhahran Hills Lake has had a number of different species of gull on it over the last few weeks. A large group of thirty plus Black-heade…
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I recently visited the Salwa area in the hope I may be able to get better photographs of Grey Francolin. This is a scarce breeding resident …
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At the end of December, we visited Haradh in the hope of seeing some good birds on the pivot irrigation fields. This are used to have hundre…
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Whilst birding the Al Jouf area of northwest Saudi Arabia we came across some pale looking Desert Lark Alauda deserti near Sakaka, resem…
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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
Eurasian Eurasian Stone-curlew (Burhinus oedicnemus), Jubail, 16 September 2022
Most Recent Saudi Arabia species
See-see Partridge Ammoperdix griseogularis Qiyal, Sakaka, Al Jouf Province, 29 December 2022
Most Recent New Ringing Species
Common Rosefinch Carpodacus erythrinus, Sabkhat Al Fasl, Jubail, 23 September 2020
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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