On a winter trip to Judah, also known as Jebal Hamrah, Phil and I came across a good number of larks. They were mainly on a rough stony area between large pivot fields and consisted of a new species for Saudi Arabia for me Temminck’s Lark.
There were five birds present but they never allowed close approach so only record shots were taken of them. Also alongside them were Bar-tailed Larks a species seen almost every time we go to this site and one not easy to see elsewhere.
Unfortunately no Arabian (Dunn’s) Larks could be located alongside them as has happened many years previously. Other larks noted were Eurasian Skylarks and Lesser-short-toed Larks making the trip and very enjoyable one.
![Plenty of Larks – Judah Temmincks Lark1](https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-bSIZq2HhnRc/XFQ_oHllJPI/AAAAAAAAdhQ/cA1xe2H51Y49JEVI-Pg-5jCPJCueb1k7wCLcBGAs/s1600/Temmincks_Lark1.jpg)
![Plenty of Larks – Judah Bar tailed Lark1](https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-6ewsx_PV0tc/XFQ_nGY-LrI/AAAAAAAAdhA/BZZZEfw9l5Uu29sSVVjE9bzLhqP5N4wzACLcBGAs/s1600/Bar-tailed_Lark1.jpg)
![Plenty of Larks – Judah Bar tailed Lark2](https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-WmSJHlVWLds/XFQ_nEdhOxI/AAAAAAAAdhI/xHe9Cw75KJAGSQ-lowCeCPu4xJ4n9PpDACLcBGAs/s1600/Bar-tailed_Lark2.jpg)
![Plenty of Larks – Judah Euraisian Skylark](https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-YPJA--5vAhs/XFQ_nJCPvTI/AAAAAAAAdhE/IHXq82tAzO0678pmPGMpfYHSZ9GiLysMgCLcBGAs/s1600/Euraisian_Skylark.jpg)
![Plenty of Larks – Judah Lesser Short toed Lark2](https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-VAnAOXz-BYU/XFQ_nxQnT2I/AAAAAAAAdhM/khf5k-QhesM_0TgEPDHfFhtf0IWyQuUdgCLcBGAs/s1600/Lesser_Short-toed_Lark2.jpg)
![Plenty of Larks – Judah Temmincks Lark5](https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-v5YcDxwWxoA/XFQ_oVb6p-I/AAAAAAAAdhU/YsdO-_DoXZc9df3CFalpsADt9-uSXaBDwCLcBGAs/s1600/Temmincks_Lark5.jpg)
![Plenty of Larks – Judah Jem Babbington](https://focusingonwildlife.com/news/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/Jem_Babbington_square-e1326016039596.jpg)
Jem Babbington
Jem Babbington is a keen birder and amateur photographer located in Dhahran, Eastern Saudi Arabia where he goes birding every day. Jem was born in England and is a serious local patch and local area birder who has been birding for almost forty years and has birded in more than fifty countries. Jem is learning to ring birds in Bahrain as a perfect way to learn more about the birds of the area. Saudi Arabia is a very much under-watched and under-recorded country.
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