Birds of Saudi Arabia

Jehad Alammadi found some breeding Indian (Clamourous) Reed Warblers in Bahrain and managed to take a few photographs of them that he has v...

Phil went to Jubail recently and had a pretty good mornings birdwatching.   The highlights were 63 Grey-headed Swamphen, 2 Marsh Harrier, 5...

Whilst ringing at Sabkhat Al Fasl on 17 March we caught a few birds which was very surprising as the wind was very strong. The forecast had...

Whilst ringing at Jubail recently we have started to catch typical winter species. These include Common Kingfisher, Water Pipit and Bluethr...

During our ringing sessions at Sabkhat Al Fasl we catch good numbers of Indian Reed Warblers some of which are retraps. Some of these birds...

Whilst birding the Jubail area recently I saw a few interesting herons. Many Grey Herons and Western Great Egrets were flying around but al...

Whilst ringing in Jubail we trapped and ringed a number of Indian Reed Warbler many of which were in moult as can be seen from the below ph...

Whilst birding the Abu Hadriyah area recently Arnold Uy and found some amazing birds. He very kindly sent me the details and has allowed me...

The middle of summer is the slowest time for birdwatching in Saudi Arabia but it is always worth going out and seeing what you can see and ...

Indian Reed Warbler is a common breeding resident of Bahrain and Eastern Saudi Arabia but photos of the young and nest are not easy to take...