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21 April 2015

Mole Cricket – Dhahran Hills

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The Mole Cricket is an impressive and unusual looking insect from the family Gryllotalpidae measuring 3-5 cm long and as it is nocturnal ...
20 April 2015

Western White Stork ringing recoveries - Rafha

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A number of ringing recoveries of Western White Stork Ciconia ciconia have recently been sent to me by Mike Jennings to who I am very grat...
19 April 2015

Three new ringing species for the project – Sabkhat Al Fasl

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Whilst ringing on 10 April Nicole and I trapped and ringed three new species for our Sabkhat Al Fasl ringing project. These were Tree Pipit...
18 April 2015

Returning breeding Caspian Reed Warbler – Sabkhat Al Fasl

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Whilst ringing on 10 April 2015 we re-trapped an adult Caspian Reed Warbler with a ring showing we had ringed the bird before on 2 May 201...
17 April 2015

Collared Flycatcher near Tabuk – Bird records by Viv Wilson

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Viv Wilson photographed an adult male Collared Flycatcher near to Tabuk 11 April 2015 and sent the photos to a number of local birdwatchers...
16 April 2015

Male Semi-collared Flycatcher in Dhahran – Bird record by Mats Ris

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Mats Ris sent me a couple of photos of a male Semi-collared Flycatcher taken near his house on the edge of Dhahran Golf course. He had seen...
15 April 2015

Caucasian Bluethroat trapped and ringed – Sabkhat Al Fasl

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Whilst ringing on 10 April we trapped and ringed a Caucasian Bluethroat Luscinia svecica magna , which is lumped with White-spotted Bluethr...
14 April 2015

Roughtail Rock Agama near Tabuk – Record by Viv Wilson

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The Roughtail Rock Agama Laudakia stellio is also known as a Hardim or Star Lizard and is a species of agamid lizard found in Greece, Cent...
13 April 2015

Red-throated and Tree Pipits – Dhahran Hills golf course

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A trip to Dhahran Hills golf course in early April allowed me to scan the grassy fairways near to the walking path. Here I saw plenty of pi...
12 April 2015

Mexican Poppy – Wadi Thee Gazal

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The Mexican Poppy Argemone mexicana is a species of poppy originally from Mexico but now widely naturalized around the world in...