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| Savi's Warbler |
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| Savi's Warbler |
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| Savi's Warbler |
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| Yellow Wagtail |
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| Sand Martin |
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| Graceful Prinia |
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| Great Reed Warbler |
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| House Sparrow - adult male |
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| Little Bittern - adult female |
Title Picture
11 October 2014
Savi’s Warbler trapped and ringed – Sabkhat Al Fasl
Whilst ringing on 26 September we caught a Savi’s Warbler.
Savi’s Warbler has a status as a rare migrant to all areas of Saudi Arabia but
the number of records of birds seen, heard singing or trapped whilst I have
been in the Eastern Province in the last four years makes the true status as an
uncommon migrant in both spring and autumn. This is the second Savi’s Warbler
trapped and ringed at this site in 2014 and we caught and ringed four birds in
Bahrain in two years ringing there, where it previously had a status as a
vagrant. Although it was extremely hot
for ringing we managed to catch a few birds including Yellow Wagtail, House
Sparrow, Eurasian Reed Warbler, Little Bittern (Females & Juvenile),
Graceful Prinia, Indian Reed Warbler, Great Reed Warbler and a Sand Martin.
Yellow Wagtail and Sand Martin were new ringing species for us so although
numbers were not particularly high we had a good mornings ringing before it
became too hot to continue at 40 degrees Celsius.
