My Middle East Blog List
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غشنة يوم المولد
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امتلئت الحديقة في يوم 12 من ربيع الاول الموافق 27 سبتمبر بأصوات غير عادية
للنغاري التي لم نعتد أن نسمع تغريدها ولا حتى نداءاتها في هذا الوقت من
السنة، و…
1 week ago
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Autumn fall
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It’s been a while since I last posted here. Not for the lack of birding –
with migration intensity peaking from day to day, I am out and about as
much as…
3 weeks ago
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Broad Meadow Estuary
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Had a bit of time while over visiting my mother to visit an old haunt of
mine from my youth, the Broad Meadow Estuary in North County Dublin. The
Estuary h…
2 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…
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…
4 years ago
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Trip report for 4 days in Morocco October 2017Full PDF report and images can be found here : Morocco
[image: Northern Bald Ibis (Geronticus eremita)]…
5 years ago
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My Other Favourite Blog List
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13th October
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*Although a good deal is too strange to be believed, nothing is too strange
to have happened* Thomas HardyThe new normal of climate breakdown was alwa…
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27 Jun 23 – Angola – Another Miombo Patch
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The original plan was we were going to have a proper breakfast before
heading off on the long drive to Huambo. It would be a driving day with a
few roadsid…
10 hours ago
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Cigüeña DER ABY07
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Hoy he logrado leer la anilla que la cigüeña de la que solo tenía una
lectura parcial (ver entrada en este blog el día 4 de octubre) , ahora una
vez su…
10 hours ago
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Birding Cornwall
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I have just spent the last four days birding in Cornwall. Here is a list of
birds seen , mostly in Porthgwarra and Pendeen Point. Most of the time sea
wa…
12 hours ago
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[Mollusca • 2023] Cayo margarita, C. galbinus, etc. • Replacing Mechanical Protection with Colorful Faces–twice: Parallel Evolution of the Non-operculate Marine Worm-snail Genera Thylacodes (Guettard, 1770) and Cayo n. gen. (Gastropoda: Vermetidae)
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* Cayo margarita*, *C. galbinus *&* C. refulgens *
Bieler, Collins, Golding & Rawlings,*in* Bieler, Collins, Golding, Granados-Cifuentes, Healy, Rawli…
19 hours ago
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8th-11th October
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A real mixed bag of good and bad weather with some superb days thrown in
to keep the obs staff going despite howling gales and pouring rain.The 8th st…
1 day ago
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DE NUEVO EL ESCRIBANO SAHARIANO
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Volvemos a encontrarnos con el Escribano Sahariano ” Emberiza sahari” en
esta nueva visita a Ceuta.Desde hace unos años este pájaro esta expandiendo…
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Esnorquel en El Portús
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Hola a tod@sEl 6 de octubre a inicios de la tarde Elsa Negro Calduch y yo estuvimos un
rato haciendo snorkel en El Portús.Paisaje marino en El Portús
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3 days ago
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Mantereella taas. 8.10.2023
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Eilinen oli pelkkää sadetta Sörvessä, joten päätettiin lähteä kiitämään
Jänden kanssa. Ajeltiin iltapäivällä Läänemaalle ja Kiigen lomakylään.
Sadetta r…
5 days ago
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2 BOBOLINK together on Scilly!
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30th September 2023 One of the 2 BOBOLINK at the north end of the runway
where both birds showed well when flushed up by an aircraft coming in
overhead. Mi…
1 week ago
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A successful wader catch 13/9/23
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It was in the pre-covid era that the last wader catch on the Axe took
place, so there was much trepidation and excitement between ringers as we
set up on…
3 weeks ago
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Cigüeñas en la laguna
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Ayer de pasada por la laguna de Monte, cerca de la avenida costanera me
llamó la atención que todo el día hubiera a unos 50 metros de la orillas un
grupo …
3 weeks ago
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Birding with Sanjee and Asha
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9th – 18th September 2023
Sanjee’s 3rd visit to Malaysia and the first for Asha on the custom made
birding tour around Sabah mainly for the Bornean end…
3 weeks ago
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Birding highlights in Cornwall August 2023
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Seawatching takes centre stage in this post. Naturally, Cornwall is
strategically positioned to take full advantage of the wealth of seabirds
passing b…
1 month ago
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Birds Beaks
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I made this simple explanation about the diversity of beak types in the
birds. You could of course delve deeper into more complex beak types and
their us…
2 months ago
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Barn Owl 2023 update
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After one of the strangest springs weather-wise, the Barn Owl season seemed
to be all over the place in 2023. We had regular sites unoccupied,
non-breedi…
2 months ago
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Avalon Marshes Day Tour – May 2023
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A full bus (with others meeting us at RSPB Ham Wall) headed of early from
HQ at Hayle on 14th May for a full day on the Somerset Levels. We arrived
at th…
4 months ago
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Over half term we had a family trip down to Cornwall again. With two out of
three children in tow we headed off on Tuesday for the rest of the week.The…
2 years ago
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Rob Robinson writes: I am sometimes asked the question: “How long do birds
live?” The answer is, as to many good questions, “It depends”. The oldest
known …
3 years ago
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Migration Blog has moved.
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The migration blog has a new home, head over to
https://www.bto.org/community/bto-blog to check out what species are on the
move and where best to find them.
3 years ago
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Birding during COVID-19 Pandemic
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Birding at my backyard is a solo activity , that don’t involve large crowd
gathering. Friday, 13 Mar 2020, 10:23 PM MYT – Malaysia positive cases =
197 cas…
3 years ago
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Robert Tovey
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For those who have not heard, I am afraid I have some bad news to share.
Rob, my brother, died suddenly at home in Mauritania from a heart attack on
the 9t…
5 years ago
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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 Saudi Arabia species
Most Recent New Ringing Species
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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
Critically Endangered
Endangered
Endangered
Endangered
Endangered
Endangered
Vulnerable
Vulnerable
Vulnerable
Vulnerable
Vulnerable
Vulnerable
Vulnerable
Vulnerable
Vulnerable
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Sandgrouse Cover Photo 42 (1)
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)
Arabian Partridge (Alectoris melanocephala)
Arabian Spotted Eagle Owl (Bubo milesi)
Arabian Scops Owl (Otus pamelae)
Arabian Woodpecker (Dendrocopos dorae)
Arabian Magpie (Pica asirensis)
Yemen Thrush (Turdus menachensis)
Arabian Wheatear (Oenanthe lugentoides) – male
Arabian Sunbird (Cinnyris (habessinicus) hellmayri)
Arabian Waxbill (Estrilda rubibarba)
Arabian Golden-winged Grosbeak (Rhynchostruthus percivali)
Yemen Warbler (Sylvia buryi)
Arabian Serin (Serinus rothschildi)
Yemen Serin (Serinus menachensis)
Yemen Linnet (Carduelis yemenensis)
Red-breasted Wheatear (Oenanthe bottae)
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