Whilst in Jizan and looking for colour
ringed Baltic Gulls we went down the coast towards Yemen. As there is unrest in
Yemen and it is not too safe to go too close to the boarder we stopped at Jizan
Sewage Works about 12 kilometres south of the city centre. This sewage works is
a modern facility so few birds occur where the water is treated but some
overflow goes out to a small area of mangroves and into the sea. This area
proved to be a good new site with plenty of good birds seen. The mangroves held
plenty of Eurasian (Mangrove) Reed Warblers, and many Greater Flamingo were
around. Birds of prey seen included a single first calendar year Greater
Spotted Eagle, tens of Black Kits and a single Long-legged Buzzard. Waders
included Green Sandpiper, Wood Sandpiper, Common Sandpiper, Grey Plover,
Black-winged Stilt, Common Redshank and Pied Avocet. Hundred duck were recorded
nearby with three species were there including Pintail, Northern Shoveller and
Eurasian Wigeon.
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| Black Kite |
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| Black Kite |
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| Black Kite |
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| Bar-tailed Godwit |
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| Greater Flamingo |
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| Grey Plover |
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| Northern Pintail |
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| Northern Pintail |
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| Northern Shoveler |
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| Northern Shoveler |
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| Eurasian Wigeon |
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| House Crow |
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| Mangrove Reed Warbler |
