Birds of Saudi Arabia

Hundreds of Carmine Darter are still around in the vegetation next to the Dhahran Waste Water Lake. Below is a photograph of a different col...

Whilst birding the Dhahran Waste Water Lake in late May I saw hundreds of Carmine Darter Crocothemis erythraea . They are common in this are...

Whilst birding the Dhahran Waste Water Lake recently I came across a few Carmine Darter   Crocothemis erythraea . The Carmine Darter is a co...

Whilst birding the Dhahran Waste Water Lake recently I came across a few Carmine Darter   Crocothemis erythraea . The Carmine Darter is a co...

Whilst birding the Soudah Waterfall area near Abha in the western mountains we came across several bright red coloured Carmine Darter   Croc...

Whilst birding the mountains of Tanoumah we came across an area of permanent water with good bird and insect life. One of the most common i...

Whilst birding Saudi Arabia over the last few months I come across a couple of Dragonflies I did not know how to identify. Alejandra Ortega...

Whilst birding Jubail looking for Egyptian Nightjars, Phil Roberts found a bright red coloured Carmine Darter   Crocothemis erythraea  perc...

Whilst birdwatching at Wadi Waj in Taif I came across a number of Carmine Darters. They are a medium-sized dragonfly measuring about 50 mil...

Whilst birding in Taif I found a bright red colour dragonfly flying over and perched near a small flowing stream. The Carmine Darter Crocot...

Whilst birding at Sabkhat Al Fasl, looking for Egyptian Nightjars, I found a bright red coloured Dragonfly that perched regularly on a small...

As it has been relatively quiet bird wise recently I have been out looking for insects with the help of my two daughters who have much shar...

Whilst birding the ‘patch’ yesterday I found a larger dragonfly than the common Purple Darter. This insect was a bright red colour and perch...