Birds of Saudi Arabia

I posted photos of Hypocolius that are wintering in the Al Uqair area recently with birds perched together, in flight as well as drinking. H...

Whilst in the southwest mountains of Saudi Arabia in winter this year Phil Roberts set up his camera trap and left it out for a few days in ...

I went to Al Uqair in mid-January in the hope of see the Hypocolius that are wintering in the area. In November I saw over a hundred birds b...

Whilst in the southwest mountains of Saudi Arabia in winter this year Phil Roberts set up his camera trap and left it out for a few days in ...

Deffi Park in the winter is an excellent place to see Crested Honey Buzzard that have been wintering there every winter for the past six yea...

Whilst walking around the Waste Water Lake in Dhahran in mid-January I saw a Mediterranean Tiger Blue   Tancus rosaceus   butterfly. These b...

The day after I saw two Pied Kingfishers together in Jubail I found another bird on my local patch of the Dhahran Waste Water Lake, perched ...

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

I visited the Dhahran Waste Water Lake at first light in late December and saw the Indian Roller perched on the overhead power lines. Unfort...

Whilst birding Dhahran in December I came across a couple of Desert White Butterfly   Pontia glauconome . I have been seeing this butterfly ...