Whilst
biding the Haradh area on 5 February 2015 Phil Roberts and I found a
Spur-winged Lapwing in a pivot irrigation field next to the NADEC dairy farm.
The species is still scarce in the Eastern Province with all records shown
below:
Haradh 24th
October 1986
Dhahran
22nd November 1986
Sabkhat Al
Fasl 30th October & 6th November 2009
An adult
Dhahran Saudi Aramco Camp, percolation pond 12th & 13th May 2011
An adult
Dhahran Saudi Aramco Camp, percolation pond 8th August 2012
Dhahran
Saudi Aramco Camp, percolation pond 27th September to 2nd October 2012
An adult
Ash Shargiyah Development Company Farm (Fadhili) 12th October 2012
Two adult
were at Ash Shargiyah Development Company Farm, Fadhili 31 January 2013
15 birds
were at NADEC dairy farm in Haradh 7 February 2013 showing the species is
expanding its range eastwards into the Eastern Province
In Saudi
Arabia as a whole the Spur-winged Lapwing is a common breeder in the southwest
from Yemen boarder up the Red Sea coast to near Jeddah as well as the extreme
northwest and the area around Riyadh.
