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19 September 2014

A scattering of Shrikes – Sabkhat Al Fasl

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Last weekend there were a few more signs of migration occurring and one of the signs were the few shrikes that had started to appear. A nic...
18 September 2014

Western Marsh Harriers return to Tabuk – Bird records by Viv Wilson

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Viv Wilson has been out birding his local area of Tabuk and sent me a number of good photos of Western Marsh Harrier taken at the weekend. ...
17 September 2014

A good afternoons birding on the ‘patch’ – Dhahran Hills

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On Friday I took my girls out for an afternoons birding and we had a great time and saw a few good birds. We have started taking out the ne...
16 September 2014

Spotted Redshank and Common Redshank on wet ditch – Dhahran Hills

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Both Spotted Redshank and Common Redshank are uncommon on the ‘patch’ with Spotted Redshank scarce. I had only seen the species a couple of...
15 September 2014

Arabian Grey Shrike - Dhahran Hills

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Whilst birding the ‘patch’ last week I found a Shrike on top of a dead date palm in the disused spray fields. The Grey shrikes in the Easter...
14 September 2014

Increasing numbers of ducks – Dhahran Hills

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Small numbers of ducks have been using the percolation pond for the last few weeks with the majority being Garganey. On 10 September there w...
13 September 2014

New born Arabian Spiny-tailed Lizard – Record by Mansur Al-Fahad

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The below photograph of a new born Arabian Spiny-tailed Lizard was sent to me by Mansur Al Fahad who has kindly allowed me to use it on my w...
12 September 2014

A few migrants on the ‘patch’ – Dhahran Hills

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The last few days on the ‘patch’ have turned up a few migrants but not very many. Bee-eaters have been passing over in small numbers with mo...
11 September 2014

At last some migrants – Sabkhat Al Fasl

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Last weekends birding at Sabkhat Al Fasl at last produced some migrants. Normally by the end of August good numbers of birds are already pa...