My Middle East Blog List
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معركة الصباح -8 ابريل – 29 رمضان 1445
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ما ان نزلت الحديقة حتى تنبهت لحركة غير عادية واصوات المواء المييزة
للتميرات بشكل عال ومتواصل وغير عادي. غير عادي من حيث التوقيت لانها عادة
تنشط بهذا الص…
1 week ago
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On Monday (April 1st) it was Champions of the Flyway again, for the 11th
year. It was a strange one, all-Israeli, without the international
component. Be…
2 weeks ago
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Well behind in posting this one as life has been a bit full on but here’s
pics from our trip to Gambia in 2019. Unfortunately there will be a bit of
a gap…
3 months ago
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Article in OSME
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Notes from the field – Nader Fahad on using the OSME Birds of the Middle
East Arabic App Nader Fahad is a young bird watcher and photographer based
in Sa…
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…
3 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 …
4 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)]…
6 years ago
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My Other Favourite Blog List
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Spring northeasterlies have attained almost magical status here in recent
times so their forecast arrival – for pretty well the first time this
season – ha…
6 hours ago
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Vuelvo a ver otra elegante cigüeñuela en el Parc Fluvial Besòs
Himantopus himantopus. Cigüeñuela. Cames llargues. Black-winged Stilt.– Todas las imá…
12 hours ago
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The Exminster Marshes
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A couple of hours on the Exminster Marses this morning in a very strong
wind got me . 20+ Common Shelduck , a male Gadwall , 2 Grey Heron , 3 Ruff
, a fl…
1 day ago
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Hola a tod@sEl 13 de abril por la mañana voluntari@s del grupo de anillamiento de ANSE realizaron
un anillamiento científico de aves en el humedal de El H…
1 day ago
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15th started with an early morning whole island Black Guillemot census. We
had been slightly worried how this species had fared over the harsh winter
giv…
2 days ago
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Kevään pikkurarit on täällä ja Helsingissäkin on päässyt nauttimaan
onneksi edes jostain töiden ohessa. Tiukassa on ollut aika linnnuille,
mutta kaikki …
3 days ago
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8th Crane for Scilly
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3rd April 2024 The Crane performed well in the Salkee fields in the gale
force lashing rain. After a Crane first turning up on Bryher a few days
ago, it de…
6 days ago
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A small team assembled for a mist netting session around the willows &
Stafford Brook. We set up a base in the pond dipping shelter, and finished
settin…
4 weeks ago
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West Cornwall – Tour for Two
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January 2024 Private tour booked for the lovely Becki and Andrew on a cold
winter Friday in West Cornwall. We set off from HQ at 8.30 and headed
straight…
2 months ago
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9th – 13th January 2024
Bird survey with the Sabah Birdwatchers Association at Rundum Highland,
revealed some of the exciting mixture of species from …
3 months ago
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We’re migrated to a new website…
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This blogspot is no longer active and will continue to be hosted online as
an archive. But never fear, all of your favourite island news and more and
can n…
4 months ago
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Seawatching highlights during 2023
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SEAWATCHING in Cornwall is my main interest in birding, mainly because the
county lends itself perfectly to an incredible passage of seabirds and a
its …
4 months ago
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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…
8 months ago
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Welcome
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[image: Lundy] *Welcome to Lundy Bird Observatory*
As a proud member of the Bird Observatory community, Lundy Bird Observatory
is committed to and promo…
1 year 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.
4 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…
4 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 Eastern Province Species
Most Recent New Saudi Arabian Species
Most Recent New Ringing Species
Eurasian Stone-curlew calling – Jubail
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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
Sandgrouse Cover Photo 37 (1)
Sandgrouse Cover Photo Supplement 4
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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