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أين سيجد التمير غصنا ليطعم الصغير في أرض البطيخ
واين يجد الدوري كسرات خبز وكعك وقد سبقه لها طفل كسره الجوع في أرض
البطيخو…
3 weeks ago
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I’m late to the party, but in this case, better late than never.
Over the weekend of 11–13 July, I took part in the world’s largest birding
event – Globa…
3 weeks ago
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الدرسات Buntings
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درسة رفيعة تخطيط Striolated Bunting درسة شعيرية Ortolan Bunting درسة قمحية
Corn BuntingThe post الدرسات Buntings appeared first on Nader Fahd.
5 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…
4 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 …
5 years ago
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by M. McGrady, A. Spalton, B-U Meyburg, F. Al LamkiOffice for Conservation of the Environment ranger with tagged Steppe Eagle
at Raysut, January 2019. We…
5 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 …
5 years ago
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171326 a change in home range.
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by B.-U. Meyburg & M. McGradyMost of the Egyptian vultures we captured and fitted with satellite
transmitters in January 2018 were apparently settled ter…
5 years ago
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KAUST week ending May 23, 2019
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KAUST week ending May 23, 2019
mostly White-cheeked Terns behind, Crab Plovers in the centre and a Caspian
Tern in the front.
A very quiet week at KAUST w…
6 years ago
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My Other Favourite Blog List
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Our current productive spell of migration continued nicely today, with
plenty of common migrants on the move including 60 *Willow Warblers*, 15
*Wheatears*…
11 hours ago
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20 Aug 25 – A Nice Brownsea Pyralid
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The DWT team ran their Moth trap overnight before my normal volunteering on
the Brownsea reserve. Taise, one of the DWT team, was showing the Moths off
to …
19 hours ago
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Marsh Sandpiper
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A dash down to Black Hole Marsh near Seaton this morning as news came out
of a *Marsh Sandpiper* that was on show . I arrived to be told that the
bird ha…
1 day ago
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Hola a tod@s
El 3 de agosto por la tarde Esther Muñoz y yo hicimos snorkel en Cala
Cerrada, en la Reserva Marina de Cabo Tiñoso.Paisajes marinos en Cal…
2 days ago
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After having had several successful catches in the vicinity of the
Discovery Hut, four of us ventured down to Colyford Common to ring in the
‘crop field’…
6 days ago
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Frailecillosa a corta distancia
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En tierra firme, el Frailecillo Atlántico (*Fratercula arctica*) deja ver
un repertorio de comportamientos y rasgos que pasan desapercibidos en mar
abie…
1 week ago
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Glosy Starling
Yellow-vented Bulbul
Brown Shrike
(From AI Overview)
Birds pant, or more specifically engage in “gular fluttering,” to cool
down by rapidl…
1 week ago
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Before the heat of the day in the UK’s fourth heat wave, I headed to the
New Forest for a couple of species. First, to Dibden Bottom where up to
three ma…
1 week ago
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With the Sheep Festival and Black Guillemot chick ringing taking up a lot
of obs staff time, field sightings have been a bit few and far between
during …
2 weeks ago
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ALGUNAS IMAGENES DE LOROS BRASILEÑOS
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En esta entrada algunas imágenes de loros fotografiados en nuestra última
visita a Brasil.
Comenzamos con el Guacamayo Aliverde ” Ara chloroptera”, fot…
4 weeks ago
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Scilly
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Highlights from the spring March-June These 2 Turtle Dove were the forth
for the garden Only a handful of Red Kite this spring Little-ringed Plover,
Golf C…
4 weeks ago
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Cornish Kittiwakes coming back home
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It’s that time of year again where we start to turn our attention to
seabirds, with Kittiwakes starting to settle on cliffs always a lure. An
afternoon c…
4 months ago
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Norfolk – January 2025
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After a (thankfully!) uneventful journey from Cornwall we arrived at our
superb accommodation in Norfolk at 1430hrs and once all introductions were
compl…
6 months ago
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Pendeen Update & Booted Eagle Visit
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Introduction*I realise that I never posted a “final” post on my Pendeen Birding blog.
Readers may have gathered from the lack of posts that “something” …
6 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 …
1 year 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…
1 year 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 …
1 year 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 …
1 year ago
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Welcome
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As a proud member of the Bird Observatory network, Lundy is committed to
the long-term study of bird populations and migration. Explore …
2 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…
5 years ago
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For me, the period from mid-February to mid-March has always felt a bit of
a damp squib the renewed vigour of New Year has started to wane but spring
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5 years ago
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Forty three species at the waste water site
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Yesterday I went to the waste water site again. It is my “local” patch
these days since the demise of F-Nord lake. The lake was pumped dry by
overzealous c…
6 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
Pied Avocet (Recurvirostra avosetta), Dhahran Waste Water Lake, 7 September 2024
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
India Silverbill Euodice malabarica, Khafra Marsh, Jubail, 20 September 2024
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
CRITICAL Sociable Lapwing Ruppell’s Vulture ENDAGERED White-headed Duck Northern Bald Ibis Great Knot Egyptian Vulture Bateleur Lappet-faced Vulture Steppe Eagle Saker Falcon Asir Magpie Basra Reed Warbler Yellow-breasted Bunting VULNERABLE Pochard European Turtle Dove Great Bustard Asian Houbara Socotra Cormorant Grey Plover Broad-billed Sandpiper Curlew Sandpiper Black-legged Kittiwake Greater Spotted Eagle Tawny Eagle Eastern Imperial Eagle Sooty Falcon Syrian Serin Rustic Bunting NEAR THREATENED Marbled Duck Ferruginous Duck Sooty Shearwater Jouanin’s Petrel Arabain Bustard Eurasian Oystercatcher Northern Lapwing Eurasian Curlew Bar-tailed Godwit Black-tailed Godwit Ruddy Turnstone Red Knot Dunlin Great Snipe Black-winged Pratincole Bearded Vulture Cinereous Vulture Pallid Harrier Alexandrine Parakeet Arabian Woodpecker Woodchat Shrike Yemen Warbler Redwing Yemen Thrush Arabian Grosbeak Meadow Pipit Cinereous Bunting
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
Curlew Sandpiper (Calidris ferruginea), Sabkhat Al Fasl, Eastern Province, 2 October 2020
Vulnerable
Grey Plover (Pluvialis squatarola), Sabkhat Al Fasl, Eastern Province, 22 October 2021
Vulnerable
Broad-billed Sandpiper (Calidris falcinellus), Sabkhat Al Fasl, Eastern Province, 31 August 2012
Vulnerable
Syrian Serin (Serinus syriacus), Jebal Lawz, Tabuk, Tabuk Province, 3 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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