I began the year with an account of a barn owl. I am finishing the year with another account of barn owls. The weather so far in December has been awful with rain on most days and very dull conditions. Hardly conducive to good photography but there have been a couple of days when conditions […]
Category: Wildlife
Long-legged Buzzards – Haradh
Whilst birding in Haradh in mid-January I saw at least five Long-legged Buzzards Buteo rufinus. These birds must be wintering in the area as there were too many in too small an area for them to be breeders. Long-legged Buzzard is an uncommon breeding resident in all areas of the Kingdom. In the Riyadh area […]
Results of the Best Photo of the Month January 2019
We are delighted to announce the results of our latest photo competition. Alan Murphy wins First Prize for his brilliant image ‘Belted Kingfisher’. Dave Richards wins Second Prize for his outstanding image ‘Male Sykes’s Monkey’. Third Prize goes to Paamul Jack for his inspiring photo ‘I See Something Yummy!’. See detailed results below: (click on […]
Lapland comes to Scotney
First stop this morning was an easy Red-necked Grebe at Camber although with temperatures of minus six as we arrived the small lake was frozen forcing the Grebe to the far side. Next stop was Scotney where we failed to find the wintering Black-necked Grebe and with the Geese not present we decided to walk […]
Four Black-throated Thrushes in Deffi Park – Jubail
Phil Roberts and I went to Deffi Park on 20 January to see if we could find any displaced birds. Weather to the north of us has been very severe with lots of snow and we were hoping the cold weather may have moved birds south. Deffi Park is a large urban park in Jubail […]
Lechuza de campanario (Barn owl) Tyto alba
En un nuevo aporte escrito para el Blog compartimos estas fotografías de otra de las hermosas lechuzas que pudimos observar junto al amigo Nicolás Pavese; la Lechuza de campanario, Chuinda en mbyá-guaraní. Espectacular cerrar el año de esta manera, increíble poder ver y fotografiar a esta especie, pensar que hasta comienzos del 2016 solo había […]
Capuchino canela (Tawny-bellied Seedeater) Sporophila hypoxantha
El pasado 20 de Diciembre aprovechando las vacaciones nos fuimos a la siesta con Nico hasta Ituzaingó a pescar un rato y a aprovechar para fotografiar algo de aves. Tuvimos la suerte de encontrarnos con algunos Capuchinos y este juvenil Capuchino canela fue el que mas colaboró con nosotros para poder fotografiarlo. Pese al alto […]
White-crowned Wheatear – Haradh
Phil Roberts and I found a juvenile White-crowned Wheatears Oenanthe leucopyga at Haradh on 13 January 2017. The bird was seen along a roadside with scattered rocks as well as fences to keep people away from the pivot irrigation fields. This species had not been recorded in this area previously according to Mike Jennings, but […]