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Whilst birding the Jubail area 7 July I found 16 Egyptian Nightjars with at least seven juveniles. Two of the juveniles could hardly fly and…
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Tendaba Dam is a large wetland area near Khamis Mushait. We visited the location in mid-March and found a number of good birds including a W…
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We went ringing at Al Ali Farm in the afternoon last weekend. I had only been ringing at this site once before and it looks like a great sit…
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Whilst birding an area of small fields near Billasimer I saw a Desert Locust Schistocerca gregariasituation . The Desert Locust can form p…
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Whilst birdwatching at Jebal Hamrah recently I found a Blandford’s Short-nosed Desert Lizard or Short-nosed Lizard. It is a small to me…
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Whilst birding the Jubail area recently I came across four female Pied Kingfisher. This species is now becoming an uncommon winter visitor …
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Whilst birding the Jubail area in late-June I came across a few different terns flying around. Most birds were White-cheeked Terns which bre…
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Whilst birding the Dhahran Waste Water Lake 1 July, I came across the first returning wader in the form of a Common Greenshank. Black-winged…
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Of particular importance is the recently proven continuation of rock art production and reverence of specific motifs in the precinct. Animal…
My Middle East Blog List
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الفداء
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في احد أيام ترددي على المنطقة التي وصفتها في التدوينة السابقة لاحظت أن أحد
التميرات تتصرف بشكل غير معتاد فهي تصدح بطقطقاتها المألوفة ولكن بتسارع يدل
عل…
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Local Basra!
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This summer keeps giving. Early morning streak-continuation birding,
schoolrun, coffee in the garden with my wife, phone beeps: Rony Livne and
his team h…
2 weeks ago
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Bird recordings
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Since being floored by Covid my old way of birding has had to change. I
can’t walk anything like the distances I could. So one area I have begun
to ex…
4 weeks 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…
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…
4 years ago
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15th July
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The wind freshened still further today and was gusting well into gale force
by the afternoon although for the most part the rain held off. For no good
reas…
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Els Estanys de Almenara
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Hola a tod@sEl 7 de julio a inicios de la tarde estuve un rato en el Espacio Natural
Els Estanys de Almenara, en la provincia de Valencia.Els Estanys de…
21 hours ago
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Stormies on the move
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Last month saw us able to mist net Storm Petrels down at Porthgwarra on two
nights, catching a total of 119 birds. Of these, 113 were unringed, three
wer…
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Reidora NH65
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Historial: NH65 nacida en 2021. Anillada en el Parc de la Ciutadella
(Barcelona) en Enero-2022 , observada en Julio-2023 en el Parc de
Diagonal Mar….
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27 Mar 22 – A Female Reeves’s Pheasant
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There are a couple of sites in the historic Isle of Purbeck where there is
a reasonable chance of seeing Reeves’s Pheasants. The males are stunning
Pheasan…
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SEGUIMOS EN TANGKOKO
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Dejamos los alrededores y nos introducimos en el bosque tropical de
Tangkoko.Oscuridad, silencio y poco movimiento. Lo habitual de los estratos bajos de…
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3rd – 10th July
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There’s certainly been a slowing to the pace of birding in the last few
days and that has seen us set our sights towards the essential breeding
bird work t…
5 days ago
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We went ringing at Al Ali Farm in the afternoon last weekend. I had only been ringing at this site once before and it looks like a great sit…
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Tendaba Dam is a large wetland area near Khamis Mushait. We visited the location in mid-March and found a number of good birds including a W…
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Our last ringing trip took us back to Alba Marsh. It was a few weeks since we last went and whilst putting up the nets it appeared the numb…
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Whilst birding the Tanoumah area of the Asir mountains, north of Abha recently I photographed an Arabian Woodpecker Dendrocopos doraeat ….
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Whilst birdwatching at Jebal Hamrah recently I found a Blandford’s Short-nosed Desert Lizard or Short-nosed Lizard. It is a small to me…
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Whilst birding an area of small fields near Billasimer I saw a Desert Locust Schistocerca gregariasituation . The Desert Locust can form p…
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Wader numbers in Jubail have fluctuated over the last month. It has been a poor season for Sand Plovers with very low numbers of Greater San…
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Whilst birding the Raydah Escarpment we found a number of Blackstart near the wadi bottom and village. The species is a common resident of …
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Whilst birding the Jubail area I came across a few Little Terns some of which had well grown young to feed. As most of the area is flooded …
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This rock formation is about 160 kilometres from Dhahran near the town of Judah also spelt Goodah. The rock formation can be reached relativ…
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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
Buff-bellied Pipit (Anthus rubescens japonicus), Al Sikak Farms, 24 December 2022
Most Recent Saudi Arabia species
Bank Myna (Acridotheres ginginianus) Old Diriyah, Riyadh Province, 10 February 2023
Most Recent New Ringing Species
Common Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia, Sabkhat Al Fasl, Jubail, 24 March 2023
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Satellite Tracked Steppe Eagles
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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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