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| Western White Stork |
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| Western White Stork |
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| Western White Stork |
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| Western White Stork |
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| Collared Pratincole - juvenile |
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| Collared Pratincole - juvenile |
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| Collared Pratincole - juvenile |
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| Yellow Wagtail - beema |
Title Picture
20 September 2013
Western White Stork still present – Dhahran Hills
The Western White
Stork, was still present at the same football field along with the juvenile Collared Pratincole yesterday. This time the light was better as I got to the field earlier in the evening and managed to get a few better photographs. Yellow Wagtail numbers had increased with a few smart looking beema types about. The wet ditch still holds three Little Stints, one
Green Sandpiper and one Wood Sandpiper and the Great Reed Warbler is still
flitting about in the small patches of reeds growing along the edge of the
ditch. Very few other birds are around in this area apart from a few European
Bee-eaters flying over calling and several Eurasian Hoopoes looking for food in
the soft banks.
The best bird seen around the spray
fields and pond was an adult Southern Grey Shrike in the bushes near the pond.
The only other real sign of migration was plenty of Yellow Wagtails on the
fields and scrubby desert area and several Sand Martins flying over the
settling pond where waders included Black-winged Stilt, Little Stint, Wood
Sandpiper and Kentish Plover in varying numbers. A juvenile Purple Heron was seen in the ate evening flying over the scrubby desert area as it was getting dark.
