Birds of Saudi Arabia

Whilst in Dhahran main camp Phil Roberts found a Desert Hedgehog in his garden where he took the below photo that he has kindly allowed me ...

Euan Ferguson was in Saudi Arabia with a couple of other birdwatchers in spring 2017, conducting an environmental survey and found a male R...

The below photos were taken in the spring in Jubail but I did not post them at the time. Normally birds keep well hidden but this individua...

Whilst birdwatching in the Abha area, in the mountains of southwest Saudi Arabia, Munzir came across an Anderson’s Rock Agama. This species...

Whilst biding the Jubail area in early August 2017 I saw two Spur-winged Lapwing again in the same place where they have been present since...

Graceful Prinia is a very common resident breeder in the Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia, mainly around the edges of the main reed beds. T...

I visited Phil’s Fields three times in July 2017 and saw a lot of good birds in the area. Some of the birds seen were summer visitors from ...

Munzir saw Hamadryas Baboon Papio hamadryas whilst birding the Raydah Escarpment near Abha. This is a very good place the see the species ...

The Egyptian Nightjars Caprimulgus aegyptius that are again spending the summer in Jubail are still around in good numbers wi...

Whilst at Jubail recently I saw a Western Osprey being mobbed by hundreds of Black-winged Stilts. The bird was not put off its fishing atte...