A second European Robin near Jubail – Bird records by Phil Roberts
Phil Roberts was in the
Juabil area looking for the European Robin last week but without luck. This
would have been a new species for him if he had seen it, but unfortunately he
could not locate it. On the second attempt on 9 December Phil managed to find a
second European Robin quite some distance from the first. At the time, as European
Robin is a scarce winter visitor to the country we assumed the bird was the
same but the original bird is still in its original location making the bird
Phil found a new one? We have been
suffering a very cold spell in the Eastern province and further north, with
temperatures down to 6 degrees Celsius and this has probably driven the birds
further south than normal trying to find somewhere slightly warmer. Whilst in
the area Phil also saw a Western Marsh Harrier feeding on a dead Greater
Flamingo, showing that they scavenge almost anything. Phil has kindly sent me
photos of the European Robin and Western Marsh Harrier and allowed me to
reproduce them on my website.
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| European Robin |
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| Western Marsh Harrier |
