Birds of Saudi Arabia

Whilst in the southwest in mid-November we travelled across to Najran birding the wadies and hills in areas where very few birders have vent...

The tall woodland around Billasimer looked good for birdwatching and as neither Phil or I had birded the area we spent both our available mo...

Whilst birding the Talea Valley in summertime it is very hot quite hard work. A few birds breed in the dry and rocky wadi bottom but seeing...

Last summer I visited Tanoumah, and have just sorted out my photos from the trip. Below are a few species I managed to see and photograph in...

Whilst in the Asir Mountains recently I went down the Raydah Escarpment early in the morning. This is the best place and best time to try t...

Whilst birding in the southwest I came across a number of Abyssinian White-eyes, firstly at the top of the Raydah Escarpment in Abha and th...

After our successful trip to the Bani Saad area looking for Arabian Golden-winged Grosbeak we went to the Taif Euphorbia Forest, an area wh...

Last Friday Phil Roberts and I went to the Taif area of Saudi Arabia in the hope of locating Arabian Golden-winged Grosbea...

An unidentified ‘mangrove white-eye’ species occurs along the Red Sea Coast of southwest Saudi Arabia (Newton 2006) but very few records...